A belated welcome to the Forums, Garth Blackwood!

SPOILER for 1970 --

Didn't Sebastian Shaw, who was Roxanne's slave, basically will himself out from under her power?  She attacked his beloved Maggie, he got peeved, and the next thing you know he is poised over her coffin with a gun, intent on destroying her.

Maybe psychics are more resilient? 

Mark,

I'm coming to your house to sing "The Sweet Sweet Sway."

In the
1840 storyline, Quentin's son is Tad. But did'nt Gabriel and Edith have children, if they do, what
is their names?

Hi, Doug.  They had at least two.  Gabriel mentioned after Hortense's meltdown that the children (I think they were always referred to plurally) were sent away to school.  We know that at least one was a son since he would become the father of Judith, Edward, Quentin and Carl.

The names Geoffrey and Charles come up from time to time with partial origins in an essay by Warren Oddson.  Occasionally, the name Caleb (mentioned in the present as an ancestor who owned a certain house) gets added to the equation by fans, bringing the number of children to 3.  But just to be clear, the genders, first names, and total number of Gabriel's and Edith's children were never stated on the show.

I remember during 1969 when David and Amy entered the West Wing trying to find the ghost
of Quentin, Amy asked David who is the man in the painting. David said that is Thaddeus Collins
and he lived during the Civil War. Could Thaddeus be the son of Gabriel and Edith?

There's a topic from last year that may interest you.  It begins here:

i'm doing 1840...finally

Thaddeus enters the discussion at the bottom of p. 3.

Note: doctor, extremely, ... young, ... have already been used.

Y is for Yolanda Hawkins (now a NY director) who was in the cast of the 1988 off-Broadway stage version of DS.

Quote from: Lydia on March 16, 2008, 12:32:56 PM

Insane people can summon the strength to do things that seem physically impossible.  I've never seen this in action, but I believe it: they don't worry about the consequences, and put their heart and nerve and sinew into whatever it is that they feel they must do.  And Millicent felt she must put up a facade of being normal - or anyway, her crackpot version of normal.

Really?   I just awakened and already I've learned  something.   Well explained too.   Adrenaline I suppose, though I never understood how that could make you stronger.

FWIU, insanity (also alcoholism, drug abuse, etc.) provide only the illusion of increased physical strength and intellectual function.  Lydia, you may be thinking about "temporary insanity" or rage which, as MT said, causes the body to release adrenaline (epinephrine) and norepinephrine.  Other hormones are released, but these in particular cause the increased physical strength and motivation, a heightened perception, and extend the person's capacity to function, plus and other symptoms.  Bipolar disorder and other conditions (can you say PMS?) can increase the potential to become enraged, but the release of epi and norepi is still in reaction to the anger or extreme stress.

Sorry for going off topic here.

And, if you notice, Angelique never really did anything that bad to Julia. Compare what she did to Julia (practically nothing) to what she did to Barnabas' ACTUAL family, and it pales in comparison. All this even after Julia slapped the H-E-L-L out of Cassangelique! which called for some serious retribution!

brandon makes an interesting point...

by rights angelique should have turned julia into toast.she was in part responsible for the removal of her curse on barnabas and was always assisting him in some way.
let's not forget either that part of the curse was that anyone who loved barnabas would die and we all know how julia felt.

people seem to like to throw julia a pity party because barnabas never returned her feelings but considering what sort of catastrophes befell most of the other characters julia got off rather easily.

This exchange, from #1144, takes place in 1840, and Angelique seems crueler here to one of Barnabas' loved ones than she ever was as Cassandra (whom she has no memory of, btw):  (Very spoilery)

Valerie/Angelique: Surely you're not surprised to see me, Julia.
Julia: You caused...
Valerie:  I caused you to fall asleep this afternoon. So you got to the mausoleum too late to destroy Roxanne.
Julia:  Where am I?
Valerie:  In an old lighthouse. I had Roxanne bring you here. She is completely under my control.
Julia:  What are you going to do to me?
Valerie:  Why nothing, dear sister in law. I'm simply going to allow nature to take its course... and let you die.
Julia: And after I die?
Valerie: You will become a vampire. Does that frighten you, Julia? Oh, I suppose I could have destroyed you in a more conventional way, but that would have given me no joy. It would give me great joy to see you rise from the dead and walk the night. And just think, Julia, in your new existence, you'll be able to understand all that Barnabas has gone through. You''ll be closer to him than you ever have been before. Isn't that what you've always wanted?
Julia:  Barnabas hates you. You'll never have him.
Valerie:  Perhaps not,  but neither will you, nor will any other woman. Now I'll stay here with you until Laszlo comes to guard you.  So, Julia, try to enjoy the last night of your life.

I'm coming to my first fest in years!

That's fantastic, David!  I'm looking forward to seeing you again.

And congrats on the DVD.