I never thought of Spike as taking Cordelia's role.
He was brought on to Angel to do the same thing. But Illyria did it better.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
DavidS - Jan 25, 2013 2:23:31 pm PST #9812 of 10458
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 25, 2013 6:23:43 pm PST #9813 of 10458
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Illyria had the benefit of replacing an annoying character with an awesome one rather than the reverse.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2013 6:35:51 pm PST #9814 of 10458
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The way things ended aside, Spike was not a downgrade for me when he moved into Sunnydale. That was a gradual process.
Then again, I liked Illyria too, so there's that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 26, 2013 6:27:29 am PST #9815 of 10458
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I loved him as a villain in Season 2, but by the time he became their Cordelia surrogate in Buffy: the College Years I think the character was a shadow of his former self.
Polter-Cow - Feb 05, 2013 8:25:31 am PST #9816 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
R.I.P. Robin Sachs. So sad.
Steph L. - Feb 05, 2013 8:28:36 am PST #9817 of 10458
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Wow, he was only 61.
Polter-Cow - Feb 05, 2013 8:35:23 am PST #9818 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He was older than Anthony Stewart Head. I didn't realize that. He always seemed much younger.
Wikipedia says he died on February 1. Also that he was in Babylon 5. Which makes me want to push up my viewing of that show now.
P.M. Marc - Feb 05, 2013 8:40:07 am PST #9819 of 10458
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
He played a number of characters on B5.
B5, sadly, has seen more than its fair share of actor deaths.
P-C, you should watch this: [link]
AKA, how women (and men) of a certain age will always see Tony Head. (The actress in these is Alice Eve's mother, as it turns out.)
Polter-Cow - Feb 05, 2013 8:45:25 am PST #9820 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee, yeah, I know about his coffee past.
P.M. Marc - Feb 05, 2013 8:49:41 am PST #9821 of 10458
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
There's knowing, and then there's wallowing in repeated viewings and sighing with moon eyes at the screen.
Damn. Robin Sachs was really too young.