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« on: June 15, 2013, 01:59:12 AM »
[spoiler]Well DL, I'm not sure what constitutes taking advantage, here. Perhaps he's seen by some as taking advantage by accepting her help when not in love with her, as she wants him to be. It's an uncomfortable situation in which I'm not sure there are any proper solutions. Sending her away because he's not in love with her could be cruel. He does feel a deep friendship for her, though, and I think friendship is very much under-rated. I think that there is mutual devotion and loyalty. It's hard to turn away help when it's very much needed, when lives are at stake. Julia's motive is often saving lives I think, not just helping Barnabas. He returns the help often.
Women DS fans will sometimes say that Barnabas is clueless regarding Julia's love and devotion to him. He may be perfectly aware of it, and early on he has mentioned it, in the lab with Lang is one instance. I'm not sure how he could show fans the awareness they think he lacks, except by "switching on" romantic love for Julia when, for whatever reasons, it just happens not to exist. Is that possible?
I'm going beyond anything you brought up DL, but all this has been rolling around in my head for awhile, and I thought I'd say it.[/spoiler]