I voted for Maggie and Kitty. I liked Maggie in the early episodes, but I didn't like her later on when she constantly became the frightened victim. I loved Kitty in the beginning, especially since she was different from all the other characters. I didn't like her as much after they turned her from a golddigger into another Josette clone. I didn't like any of the other characters.

    Ahhh. Magtoria! I should copyright that, ya know? Magtoria was what she became after Alexandra Moltke left the show. You see, they needed a new engenue, and Maggie was ... well... there! And she was popular enough with the audience to have been inserted in that role at the time. So, Maggie-- VERY SADLY-- filled the shoes of Victoria Winters. Thus, Magtoria was born. I really hated that... As my husband put it, that's really character assassination. Maggie was a really good character, and admirable at some points. ~DJ

I've always thought Ann Rice got her inspiration from that storyline. And you're right, she IS a DS fan. What year was IWTV written, anyway?

I also heard Ann Rice got a lot of her inspiration from personal experiences. I think that mainly pertained to Claudia, though.

And how do you guys DO that spoiler text thing? I'm new here so I'm almost afraid to reveal too much without knowing how to do that. ~DJ

   John Karlen truly was superb in all the roles he took on within DS. But I've gotta say, Willie Loomis has to be my favorite. I think Carl would be a close second, though, but Willie I'll always hold close to my heart. I always felt so sorry for him. He felt irrevocable sorrow for having let loose on Collinsport and its people a plague they could never have imagined in their worst nightmares. No wonder he goes crazy for a while... No, wait. I take that back. He might have gotten out of Wyndcliffe, but I don't think his mind ever fully recovered. Poor guy. ~DJ

    I'm in total agreement with this one.

   Hi, I'm DJ and I'm new here. Been trying to get into this forum for MONTHS! But, as far as the subject goes, I have a very vivid imagination and once watched the introduction of barn episodes on my laptop. I had my headphones on, the volume option turned to theatre and the lights off. Doing that, it was very easy to put myself in particularly Maggie's shoes when (not trying to spoil anything here) a certain incident involving Barnabas occurred. It was a very scary situation for her, I would imagine, being away from her family, her friends, not  knowing what to expect next. Some of those earlier eps I will admit are the stuff that nightmares are made of. ~DJ