How I feel about this character: I love Cordelia, everything about her, flaws and her best qualities. I love that she reigned the high school, that she was introduced the world of vampires and just kind of rolled with it. It’s not that it wasn’t new or scary, but it was something she had to deal with so she did. And that’s what she continued to do with every new and scary thing in her life. Whether it was love and heartbreak or it was the visions or anything else life through at her; she struggled and she bled and she kept her important. I love that she became a hero, and she was a hero, but she never lost who she was. She became a fighter, but she still loved designer clothes and shoes, she became more powerful, but she still said the things no one else would say. All the people I ship romantically with this character: I think Xander and Doyle’s relationship with her were important for character development (but I wasn’t really a fan of Xander and her) but it really comes down it will always be Cordelia/Angel for me. (Though occasionally in S2 I ship her a little with Gunn, but not in a sad it never happened way, more they had chemistry way.) My non-romantic OTP for this character: Hmmm…Wesley? I always enjoyed their relationship and how different they are, but how they understood each other, and trusted each other, and they both believed in this mission they were on. And despite my love of Angel/Cordelia, I think while he gave Cordelia a chance, it was Wesley who first saw her for who she was/who she could be in S2 when she continued on with what she was doing, when he saw the toll the visions had on her, that she had grown. And that meant a lot. My unpopular opinion about this character: Umm…I guess that I don’t think S4 destroyed her character. I mean, people have every right to dislike a season or what they’re doing with a character, but I don’t think it destroyed her character. It became clear that it was someone else taking over her body, it was never her, it was never Cordelia. One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: That she hadn’t died. I like S4 and am fine with her being the big bad, or used as the big bad, but why they had to kill her afterwards seemed unnecessary. As amazing as “You’re Welcome” is and it’s a good ending, getting her back to her roots/who she was, it never makes sense to me why she couldn’t have woken up and just been a part of the team again.
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Date: 2014-11-10 01:30 am (UTC)All the people I ship romantically with this character: I think Xander and Doyle’s relationship with her were important for character development (but I wasn’t really a fan of Xander and her) but it really comes down it will always be Cordelia/Angel for me. (Though occasionally in S2 I ship her a little with Gunn, but not in a sad it never happened way, more they had chemistry way.)
My non-romantic OTP for this character: Hmmm…Wesley? I always enjoyed their relationship and how different they are, but how they understood each other, and trusted each other, and they both believed in this mission they were on. And despite my love of Angel/Cordelia, I think while he gave Cordelia a chance, it was Wesley who first saw her for who she was/who she could be in S2 when she continued on with what she was doing, when he saw the toll the visions had on her, that she had grown. And that meant a lot.
My unpopular opinion about this character: Umm…I guess that I don’t think S4 destroyed her character. I mean, people have every right to dislike a season or what they’re doing with a character, but I don’t think it destroyed her character. It became clear that it was someone else taking over her body, it was never her, it was never Cordelia.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: That she hadn’t died. I like S4 and am fine with her being the big bad, or used as the big bad, but why they had to kill her afterwards seemed unnecessary. As amazing as “You’re Welcome” is and it’s a good ending, getting her back to her roots/who she was, it never makes sense to me why she couldn’t have woken up and just been a part of the team again.