As a teenager, I wished I could BE Angelique! True, she muffed her spells sometimes, but she sure knew how to mess with enemies' heads. I always felt sorry for her because she obviously had an inferiority complex. With her looks, charm and smarts, she should have been able to get any guy she wanted--without using anything magic-related except her bewitching eyes. Latching on so voraciously to a man who didn't return her feelings was her downfall; ironically, when he finally DID return her love, she'd become human and ended up losing him. Irony played a large role in her life.
The Barnabas-Angelique dynamic was largely responsible for DS' success, IMHO. The two of them together had combustible chemistry, and it exploded when they took on the personas of Bramwell and Catherine in 1840-1PT.
Love, Robin