Absolutely, Countess! After watching four years of bad blood between these two, I felt like that scene was a slap in the face to the audience and an insult to Sarah, Josette, Jeremiah, Naomi, Roxanne, Vicki, Elizabeth, Dr. Lang, Ben Stokes, and everyone else who suffered either directly or indirectly from Angelique's evil.
I have never understood the rationale for Barnabas's feelings. One day, Angelique is turning his crush-of-the-month into a vampire, threatening to kill his dear friend Julia, and making snide remarks about his dead sister; practically the next day Angelique is his confidante and the apple of his eye. This transition was much too sudden for me. I might have been willing to believe that Barnabas's attitude toward Angelique had tempered if this had occurred in 1970--after battling Count Petofi and the Leviathans together, these two seemed to have developed a truce, or at least a degree of mutual understanding [spoiler](although after appearing to have matured, Angelique slid back into her old ways and used witchcraft on Maggie and Quentin, proving that she hadn't really changed after all)[/spoiler] --but even still the thought of them together leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I suppose we're supposed to think that [spoiler]Angelique curing him of vampirism was a sign that she was willing to let bygones be bygones and reform, but even that twist felt contrived. In no other time period was Angelique ever able to undo her spell; why was she suddenly able to do so now?[/spoiler]
The outcome to 1840 doesn't make sense in terms of the story or in terms of Barnabas's character, and moreover I think it's morally wrong because [spoiler]I see it as rewarding Angelique for her centuries of heinous behavior by giving her what she's tried all along to win through illegitimate means. Yes, ladies, stalking, smothering, and cursing the man you love, even hurting and killing the people he loves is a perfectly appropriate way to win his affections; after all, it worked for Angelique.[/spoiler] No offense intended to B/A fans, but IMHO, the pairing is sick in so many ways.
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