Angelique was critical to the Barnabas era as she was the third leg of an important love triangle. Her and Doctor Hoffman both loved Barnabas but showed it in two completely different ways and this is what created the intensity of the stories. This was complicated by the fact that Barnabas seemed to love every other young thing except these two. The result seemed to be that no one was very emotionally satisfied.
A very good observation Jeffrey! They both vied for his love, attention, whatever...and he couldn't have cared less about them, in THAT sense I mean. I believe that in his own way, he *did* love Julia, but not in a romantic sense altho [spoiler]he comes VERY close to that, IMHO, during the 1995 Flashforward plotline.[/spoiler]
It would have been fun to have Lara & Grayson have an all out CATFIGHT over him, maybe end up in a fish pond ala Dynasty, LOL! As it is, we had to settle for [spoiler]a good old fashioned bitch slap from Jules to Angie during the Dream Curse plotline. It will have to suffice![/spoiler]