I remember that the Kitty-Angelique scene was once shown at a DS Festival, and everyone cheered!  Let's face it, Josette should've bitch-slapped Angelique the moment she [spoiler]found out that Angelique was going to marry Barnabas.[/spoiler] Another catifght that should've been: Jenny vs. Laura, 1897- after all, [spoiler]Laura stole Quentin away from Jenny, leaving her alone, pregnant and at the "mercy" of Edward and Judith while going insane.  Remember, it was Laura (with Dirk) who set Jenny loose that final time, leading to Jenny's death and the werewolf curse.[/spoiler]

I'm surprised there wasn't one between Maggie and Carolyn after Joe had had enough of Carolyn's capricious behavior (especially where Burke was concerned) and found Maggie far more appealing.

Rebecca, you probably know this following fact already, but to those who don't:

Another link is that Grayson was in the film End of the Road, which had James Earl Jones as a costar!

To me Quentin in 1897 was very much the embodiment of the word!  He could be such an creep, and yet he had a charm about him that you could forgive him anyuthing- well, almost eveything. [spoiler]He had that curse coming for the way he treated Jenny.[/spoiler]

And of course, Nicholas with his fabulous panache.  If Roger really had a way with the ladies, he'd be in this category, but fittingly his rival Burke (when Mitch Ryan played him) fits easily.  As for Gerard Stlies- he really do anything endearing on the show- he was always plotting against someone, [spoiler]and this was even before Judah took over![/spoiler] Too villainous to be a rogue.

Nathan Forbes started out as a rogue, but when he was exposed as a hypocritical bigamist, he veered staight into villainy like Gerard.

Tim Shaw actually became a rogue [spoiler]after being framed by Trask, like Burke Devlin he had a score to settle and wasn't above using ladies to do it![/spoiler] (Both characters were probably based on Edmond Dantes, aka The Count of Monte Cristo).

But I've really gotta give props to my favorite DS villain, the one and only Count Petofi!  Now, that man had panache to spare!!  No matter how deliciously bad he got, you just couldn't get enough of him.  DS did a major error in not bringing him back to 1969 and instead going with the Leviatan storyline.

Maybe you should contact Jim Pierson & Ann Wilson at the Festival to start things moving- a permanent memorial to this great actor would be a sweet tribute.

I just realized something: who will take care of Dark Shadows Online?  Also, Craig was planning to put out the new edition of Barnabas & Co. next month.  I suppose he made longterm plans for the maintenance of his site and his book in case things got terminal, but I never thought this soon......

Hooray for Lara!  New worlds are definitely opening up for her!  Hollywood's loss is academia's gain.  Now if only John Karlen taught acting.....

It's so damn unfair!  I saw him at the Festival and thought things had turned for the better.  He's done so much for Ds fandom with his entertaining books (over the weekend I was going over his guide to DS collectibles) and DS online, among other things.  If he does 'cross over' soon, you can be assured he'll get the ultimate welcoming committe a DS fan can get: just imagine Louis, Joan, Grayson, Michael, Thayer, Donald et al welcoming him at the Pearly Gates!  But I'm still hoping for a last-minute miracle.......

Welcome to the club, LOL!