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Date Posted: 13:01:00 10/21/01 Sun
Author: Blue
Subject: Re: Why is there so much Darla hate?
In reply to: KhaliG 's message, "Re: Why is there so much Darla hate?" on 17:56:21 10/19/01 Fri


>Don't worry, I've got plenty of supplies. We'll share
>when the anti-Darla brigade starts moving. Should be
>starting up mid-November. I hope I have enough winter
>coats and socks for everyone...

LOL!


>I was slightly wary of Darla being back at the start
>of AtS season 2. I wasn't sure what role she was going
>to play in the season. I didn't even start really
>liking her until Dear Boy. I haven't thought of her as
>a true "villain" since that ep.

Exactly and me neither. In a way she's like Angel this year. Both of them can't be or aren't loved romantically.

>Ah, DF, the thorn in my side. I haven't been able to
>forgive him for doing that stupid interview.

I really think it was Joss trying to feel where the fandom was leaning.

>I've always found it a little funny that after
>Hearthrob aired, there were several posters who kept
>saying that the father of Darla's baby is Lindsey,
>when there was never a sex scene shown between the two
>of them.

I think there was some desperation in those posts. To me it was obviously not Lindsey. Everytime he came on to her, she played with him.


>I've always wondered what exactly pushed Darla into
>prostitution. Was it to escape a terrible homelife?
>Was she abused at one point? Did she lose her parents
>through a fatal illness and had to make her way as a
>"lady of the evening"? I took a history class that
>focused on American Woman's History from the Colonial
>Period to the end of the Nineteenth Century and it
>brought up the subject of how women had to survive and
>what kinds of jobs that were available in those days.
>It really wasn't until the mid-nineteenth century in
>the U.S. that females began to enter the workforce as
>teachers, and nurses (Clara Barton, Florence
>Nightingale, Dorothea Dix. Before, women could only be
>wives, spinisters, and prostitutes. To those who say,
>"Well, she could have opened up a tavern or become a
>boardinghouse lady"; I say, women who owned taverns or
>boardinghouses had to fight an uphill battle to keep
>their reputations clean. Even then, owning a tavern or
>boardinghouse caused people to think that a
>businesswoman was really a prostitute.
>
>Sorry, for the ramble, I'm a history major. :)

No, keep going and thank you for the information. =) Fascinating isn't it? Here are some great sites that give more information on this:

http://www.apva.org/history/orig.html

http://www.undelete.org/woa/woa.html


I also think that one of the major issues is that some are comparing Darla to present day prostitution and occupation standards which isn't fair. Also like you said not too many of these people know exactly the conditions and struggles women had to experience during Darla's time. To think she just chose prostitution on a whim and thought it'd be fun doesn't reflect the truth.


>>Oh man, you are NOT kidding there. I’m tired of the
>>"I’m so special" rap as well. I may like you Angel,
>>but please get off the high horse. =)
>
>Remember Disharmony? That is one ep where I truly wish
>Angel had gotten his face beaten up. Soulier than
>thou, indeed! Well, it looks like he's going to get
>his comeuppance at last with the baby.


Oh man! I just about lost it! How dare he think of himself like that! I'm so happy about the baby plot because like you said "it's time!"

Bring it ON!


Blue

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  • Re: Why is there so much Darla hate? -- SugarTherapy, 14:45:54 10/28/01 Sun
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