the most interesting storyline possiblities would have been barnabas and...angelique. their love/hate push/pull dynamic served as the catalyst for some of the most interesting storytelling on the show.
I agree, they were interesting together, and Jonathan and Lara had
incredible chemistry together, which is why, I'm sure, they [spoiler]were paired up in 1841 PT[/spoiler]
barnabas and julia¢â‚¬¦cat-and-mouse dynamic they had before 1795 was much more fascinating than the co-dependence they shared later on. it just gets too easy.
I liked the back and forth w/them a lot too, but I preferred them as allies, the dynamic duo I call them. But you're right, they WERE co-dependant upon one another, LOL! They TOTALLY enabled one another!
as for roxanne she and barnabas are perhaps the most boring and contrived coupling ever on the show.
This coupling was ridiculous, period. It came out of left field, was too quick and besides, Jon and Donna had ZERO chemistry. Now, having said that, I didn't mind them together TOO much in 1840. Figure THAT one out cousins!
Maybe they'd worn me down by then, LOL! The only other coupling as ridiculous is Quentin and Amanda!
elizabeth was a blood relative so that has a distict "yuck factor" to it.
Not to mention she was a clone practically of his mother, talk about an Oedipal complex!
Josette and all her reincarnations got a bit tiring¢â‚¬¦he could find so much more happiness if he would have let her go.
Which I think was the whole point of him being paired w/Roxanne. When [spoiler]Josette's ghost tells him to let her go and find someone else, he finds Roxanne in like 2 weeks![/spoiler]
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. 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.
Again, agree w/this! He treated her like crap a lot, even after they were friends, and she let him! I didn't enjoy THAT part of their relationship, her basically becoming a doormat. That said, a lot of the time when he bossed her around he was doing it for her own good, to protect her. Like when [spoiler]he point blank tells her there's no way in hell she's going back to PT w/him because "it's too dangerous".[/spoiler]
She did have great sway w/him and he listened to her more than anyone else it's true. He'd think things out more after she'd advise him, but not all of the time. And yeah, she changed a lot being friends w/him. She went from the Ice Maiden to a warm, caring, compassionate person. Remember how cold and detached she was in the beginning when she was treating Maggie at Wyndcliff?
But some of you forget that Barnabas HAD married....Angelique... and never divorced her.. So I'm with David. Besides, Angelique stood up to Barnabas. I think Barnabas liked that.
I can't disagree w/this. She had moxy and as much as Barnabas probably hated it, he admired it too I think. And it's true, they never divorced and neither TRULY died, so they ARE still married. Remember, [spoiler]in 1840 she tells him she'll spare Roxanne if he comes and lives w/her as man and wife, "because that is what we are!" she tells him. And she's 100% correct and he knows it, which is, I think, part of the reason he caves, because he can't argue w/her that she's NOT his wife.[/spoiler]
Okay, so I think by the end of 1840 Angelique finally transformed herself into being a real soulmate for Barnabas, and of course, she had a shared history with him from way back in his original life in 1795, so could share that past history with him
Errrp, sorry, gotta disagree w/this. I don't think their so-called ¢â‚¬Ëœhistory' was anything he'd want to reminiss about quite frankly. Unless it was to throw into her face all the crap she did to him and his family just because he dumped her.
time and time again he would go to Angelique for help, if he truly only felt hate for her I don't think he would have done that, deep down some of the original attraction to her remained.
Again, gotta disagree. He went to her for help again and again, it's true. But it was always reluctantly, and as a last resort. And he would always say, w/more than a hint of sarcasm, "What price must I pay for this?"
how do you know Barnabas ruled in bed?.... maybe Angelique ruled.
I think Angie probably did, and scared the hell out of him in the process, LOLLOL!
also i think angelique was more caught up in being "mrs barnabas Collins" than worrying about doing the nasty and since this seems not to exist on DS(except for the scene with Jeb and Carolyn) hence the few children born
Um, you're forgetting the very scandalicious episode 1202 when [spoiler]Bramwell and Catherine did the deed. Remember, he ended up getting her pregnant!