LOL!! Just found out that JF looks at this board once a month or so so I imagine the ego will be sailing when he sees these comments!

Are you serious, Nancy? that is so great!!!

Well, he certainly deserves all the wonderful praise he gets!

Barnabas is wonderful! 

Welcome, Thirdratehack! 

A very happy birthday, Tripwire and CandleLighter! Best wishes!

Well, if Angelique hadn't interfered with Barnabas and Josette, they would have been perfect together, although in his eyes, it seemed as though she could do nothing wrong, and I wonder  how long their marriage might have lasted with such high expectations.

Even the most loving couple gets in to an argument every now and then, but if they went in to the marriage expecting perfection, it would be a harsh reality to discover that neither of them was flawless.
Josette and all her reincarnations got a bit tiring and he should have moved on. I'm not trying to be insensitive, because I know it was traumatic for him to lose Josette the way he did, but he could find so much more happiness if he would have let her go.

Angelique could have been loving, but her uncertainty and jealousy caused her to manipulate people, and even when Barnabas married her, she was constantly looking over her shoulder to make certain another woman wasn't  trying to steal him away from her. I think she was too involved in her spells and deceptions to ever give them up. And after all she did to him and his family, I just can't see them mending their marriage and going on from there.

Barnabas often bossed Julia around, and she just as often gave in to his demands, but she was the only one courageous enough to confront him about being a vampire.

She grounded him in reality and sensibility when he wanted to rush headlong in to something that was less than safe or wise, and many was the time he heeded her warnings. She had the greatest influence over him, far more so than anyone else.

I think that if she ever realized where she stood with barnabas, and stopped trying to get him to notice her, she could have had even more sway over him. He changed her behavior as well, softening her manner and helping her to come out of herself and allow others to get closer to her.

IMHO, she would be the best choice for him.

I wrote a story about this once! Imagine his reactions to all that had occured and been invented since 1795/96. Hell, the fact that America and England were playing nice by 1967 should have been enough to throw him into total shock!

LOL, Buzz! Yeah, I think the expression on his face would be priceless when he found out England and the U.S. were getting along just fine, (thank you very much), when the last time he knew it, the U.S. had recently gained their independence.

I have to agree with the others about how Barnabas must have been getting his supply of...um...well..blood from somewhere, there were things you know happened on the show that just weren't shown.

There is a great deal of vampire lore, Dracula, and other more recent authors, but IMHO, I think a lot of it is shaped by people's interpretations, and if an author, or person, doesn't like one particular aspect of the vampire lore, then they change it to something more inventive or something more to their liking.

I realize that some things, for example, the cross being a deterrent to vampires is something that is used in DS, but on the other hand, do we really know for certain that Barnabas, or vampires in general must "sleep" in a coffin during the day?

[spoiler]When Barnabas and Vicki were in that car accident just after Vicki's return from 1795, Dr. Lang wants to keep Barnabas in the hospital for observation. Julia tries to convince him to allow her to take Barnabas home, but he refuses. She then insists that all windows, and doors be completely covered so that no amount of sunlight can enter the room. Lang agrees.[/spoiler]

I may not have gotten all the details correct, but the gist of it is, that Barnabas was able to remain out of his coffin as long as no daylight entered the room he was occupying.

It's just something to think about...

My deepest sympathy and condolences go out to David Selby and his family. It is difficult to lose a loved one. My sincerest prayers are with him. 

Thanks so much for the link!

Congratulations! This is excellent!

Will it be available in an audio format?