Especially since she had Barnabas hook up with Sheriff Patterson at one point.
(Which is quite a testament to her imagination because I suspect very few fans might have come up with that...)
Oh, most definitely! But, once again, poor Julia is shut out completely.
Without having read it, I didn't mean to imply that her imagination coming up with that plot device was either a good or bad thing - only that few fans would have ever come up with it!
As for poor Julia, well, that's just classic DS. I suspect that about the only way they would ever get together would be if both characters were being written out of the show because while they remained on the show the Will They or Won't They dynamic would be too fruitful from a writing POV, especially when it comes to great Julia moments...