Okay, I'm gonna do a "180" on my statements that Barnabas was an upper crust snob. I'm remembering now that really, we got TWO different Barnabas'. The first one, pre-1795, we got mean, creepy, cruel Barnabas, who thought NOTHING of destroying Maggie or anyone else who got in his way. Then we go back to 1795 and we get sweet, sensitive, cute as a bug's ear Barnabas who's kind to everyone. Hell, he probably went out of his way NOT to steps on bugs, LOL! This is the Barnabas who's devastated by what he thinks is Josette's and Jeremiah's betrayal.
Even when Vickie comes back to 1968, he's "different" from the jerk we saw prior to 1795 who sent Dave Woodard's ghost after Julia etc...True, he's got a definate EDGE to him, and killing is easier for him, especially when he's under the curse again (1897 etc...) but he's a NICE vampire! I just watched the ep in Leviathan where [spoiler]he tells Willie he's free to go live his life and to not worry about him and his problems. He's VERY sweet to Willie, almost like Willie's his younger brother or something. It really was a nice scene for John and Jonathan to play too.[/spoiler]