...apparently...or at least...Evidentally...That's the problem: we are never exactly told. (No disrespect intended, IluvBarnabas!)
It's most probably true that there's no one scene where someone lays out the entire Dameon Edwards story, BUT everything about how/why his death occurred is indeed explained. The writer's provided all the details. And personally when it comes to a lot of the shows that I watch I'm often happier not to have the writers spoon feed me and/or tie things up with a nice neat bow because it means the writers trust the intelligence of their audience. :)
[spoiler]IluvBarnabas's suggestion that he was bothering Angelique to the point of murder seems unlikely, even for Angelique. Surely a lovely lady like that knew ways of getting rid of an unwanted suitor without resorting to homicide. Maybe he was blackmailing her? (In that case I would immediately become 100% convinced that Angelique did instigate the murder.)[/spoiler]
Dameon Edwards was an affair that Angelique had, one of her many apparently. ... This is all just pure speculation on my part.
Actually, it's more than just speculation that Dameon and Ang had had an affair. Ang admits as much in Ep #1006 and it's explained that [spoiler]she got Trask and Bruno to take care of him for her because he was becoming too persistent in his, uh, affections.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Dameon, says Angelique, I gave you every opportunity to go away and leave me alone, but you refused--I did what had to be done. You mean you got Bruno and Trask to do it for you? he accuses (I definitely get the idea there was dialogue before this, but they cut it out). Bruno loved me the way I wanted to be loved, she says. No man loved you like I did! says Dameon. She holds up her hand and orders, stay where you are, don't come any closer--keep looking into my eyes. I know you want your death revenge, I cannot blame you for that, but I cannot allow it--I have laid many plans here, and I won't have them upset by you or anyone else. And I won't rest until Quentin knows the truth about you, promises Dameon. You will rest, Angelique assures him--I summoned you here and I can send you away again--you had to appear because I used the candle of the seven secrets, they can bring you here because they have control over life, and they can send you away again because they control death--they can send you back to your grave forever. He assures her, the candles have no power over me. Try to move, she suggests, to lift your hand and snuff out the candles. I can't move! cries Dameon. I have a hold over you in death, too, she says--you see, and when the seventh candle appears, you appeared, when the seventh is snuffed out, you will return to your tomb and never appear again. NO! shouts Dameon, you can't do it! Poor Dameon, croons Ang, putting out the candles, just as handsome and charming in death as you were in life--and every bit as meddlesome!--but not for much longer--goodbye, Dameon. She snuffs out the final candle as Dameon begs for his--er--existence. He cries out and disappears, leaving only the skeleton hanging there. Angelique bursts into evil laughter, "Now nothing stands in my way, the house will be mine again, Dameon--Quentin will be mine again, and nothing can stop me--nothing!"[/spoiler]
Well, confusing characters is a bigger problem than the DS writers could have ever hoped to solve. [b003] But then, I suppose that just comes with aging. Getting older is a bitch sometimes! :D :'(
Maybe there was something annoying about the guy (especially those clothes) that made me suppress it in my mind.
Bruno Is Horrified... and For Good Reason!
I'm surprised that I even remember anything about the Dameon Edwards story. The 1970 Parallel Time storyline has never been one of my favorites.
Go figure.
and in general the wardrobing in parallel-time was extremely weird.
a ghost in an orange leisure suit...only on d.s.. [ghost_wacko]
DC's "sparkle, Neely, sparkle!" approach to plotting.
Claude North was another character whose reason d'etre I could never figure out, just like ectopoleyester Dameon. (Although I now know what the big deal about Dameon was.) I do know - and correct me if I'm wrong - that Claude was you-know-who's boyfriend, and that he apparently "lent her out" to you-know-who to use to bring back Angelique, and then figured maybe that wasn't the best thing to do. Okay, fine. But - once again - they made such an initial big deal about it and then he's gone. Actually, I'm glad he did vanish rather quickly. I didn't like him. He came off as a snooty, snotty, self-centered, arrogant critter, the kind of person who patronizes the Splash Bar in New York City.
Bob the Bartender, President of the Alec Baldwin Fan Club [ghost_wacko] [ghost_nowink]
Oh, I loved Emory Bass' portrayal of Mr. Best! I re-watched some of his scenes last month when my second Leviathan DVD set came in. Really superb work. Bass was so cold and calculating--glacial even as he purred over how "lovely" dear Amanda was. Exquisite!
ectopolyester
The actor playing Claude North struck me as being too young to be playing this timeless ancient being.
A red herring, maybe.
That wasn't good preparation for the real world, was it...?
I mean, a classic example would be the wizard in The Wizard of Oz. No one could say his reality matches the build-up. And, yes, one can say that even though he was ultimately very different, he served an intricate/essential part of the story
I think a character can perform some significant and pivotal act, but still be disappointing in that his/her personality isn't developed, or developed in a satisfying way. Plot isn't everything.
I didn't know he was going to turn out to be a minor character
And when men of mystery appear on TV shows, or in books, etc., eventually the mysteries are solved by the end, usually anyway. That's why we stay tuned.
CN's personal backstory
he disappears in a puff of smoke (not literally... I forget his end) and that's it.
If he'd just been some guy, it wouldn't have mattered, but they drew us in with the frequent mantions of the name with that air of importance, and he had this "presence" and delivery...
suki forbes and julianka were indeed minor characters but for me they created something memorable and unique during their brief stays on the show.
claude and demeon not so much...
true were both pivotal to the plot of the parallel-time storyline but for they they didn't create a lasting impression given the big buildup they both got(again all i can recall about demeon is that leisure suit).