Right. The Angelique timeline is confusing and multi-layered. Here are my theories on the Angelique timeline. Let's look at the first, unaltered string of Angelique appearances. This is the scenario before Barnabas was ever released from his coffin in 1967...
ANGELIQUE TIMELINE 1
1692 (Miranda - present in all versions - may have been a prior incarnation)
1795
1840 (no Barnabas)
1897 (no Barnabas - she was there for some other reason)
1968 (& 1969?)
1795
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I say Angelique was in the original 1897 scenario because unlike the 1840 time-trip, Barnabas' alteration of history in 1897 does not have a rollover effect in the present day. In other words, when Barnabas changes history in 1897, the effects in the present happen AFTER the Quentin/Beth haunting. Everyone remembers what happened even AFTER Barnabas changed history. In 1840, however, we had a rollover effect where existing history was apparently completely re-written from that point on. The present day family, as far as we could tell, has no memory of Gerard/Daphne. The tricks of time perhaps? The effects of time travel are inconsistent and the results are unpredictable. Going with that, when Beth's ghost reveals what happened in 1897, she is recounting the original series of events. Angelique was there. Who knows why. During that FIRST series of events, however, Angelique had NO knowledge yet of 1968, Cassandra etc.. She had not lived that yet. BUT - In 1968 (or perhaps '69)Satan punished Angelique by sending her back to 1795. It seems Angelique, in a sense, had to relive her life from that point on, which brings us to Angelique timeline number 2...
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ANGELIQUE TIMELINE NUMBER 2
1692 (Miranda)
1795 (with knowledge of '68 events)
1840 (memory wiped by the devil for whatever reason? - some presumed failure?)
1897 (memory of 1968 restored - Barnabas is there this time around to save David and Chris)
1968 (her memory is probably wiped when she relives these events as Cassandra - however, this time around she's not sent back to the past as she's done her pennance by reliving those 200 years)
1970 (Angelique goes on living her life and marries Sky Rumson)
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Basically, Angelique lived her life twice. When Barnabas goes to 1897, Angelique is going through the "Take Two" version of her life. Again, Barnabas' tampering in 1897 only had an effect from a certain point on in 1969, as everyone clearly remembers the hauntings of Quentin and Beth.
However, in the second run of Angelique's life, she doesn't get sent back to 1795 as punishment by her master because she has atoned for her previous failure. She goes on with her life and marries Sky, then helps against the Leviathans.
BUT, the merry-go-round doesn't stop here folks. Barnabas and Julia go tinker with the past some more in 1840, but this time, instead of time being altered from a certain point forward (i.e. after the Gerard/Daphne hauntings) their tampering with the past seemingly has a rollover effect from 1840 onwards. This is troubling because these changes presumably alter the future great deal. In my view, some of these things probably righted themselves after Barnabas, Julia and Stokes left 1840. Some of them though would probably have long reaching effects. This brings us to Angelique timeline 3
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ANGELIQUE TIMELINE 3
1692 (Miranda)
1795 (knowledge of 1968)
1840 (memory wiped by master as punishment for some failure?)
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Angelique dies in 1840 after Barnabas and Julia arrive. This is troubling because her presence in 1897, 1968 and 1970 is presumably nullified. Then again, Angelique never really stayed dead. Maybe after she died in Timeline 3, Satan offered her the chance to go to 1971, memories completely intact in exchange for something.... That is open to speculation.
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Now, as for Baranabs having the habit of not returning to his coffin - I figure the Leviathans stuck him back in there in 1795. In 1840, I'm guessing when Barnabas trod the stairway, time took care of putting him back in his coffin. Remember he had a body in 1971 and one in 1840. Perhaps a "swap" took place. His 1971 vampiric body returned to the 1840 coffin, and was replaced by his human 1840 body. The mind boggles. For that matter, Barnabas must have done the I-Ching from INSIDE his coffin in 1970 since he was a vampire at the time. If he was in the trance and the sun rose wouldn't he be destroyed if he was sitting outside the coffin?! Imagine him lying in there inside the casket with the I-Ching wands scattered on his chest!
Ok, this must be really confusing. I need some fresh air.
~Penny Dreadful~