For the dark shadows ask game 1, 8, 9, 13, 17, 18, 20, 22 (sorry for sending so many but there were too many good questions!!)
1. If you had to be bitten by any character who becomes a vampire throughout the whole series, who would it be and why?
The Adam arc... I know it's widely hated, but I love it. It was actually the most painful arc for me to watch. I kept having to pause mid episode and stop watching and then resume a few days later, not only because of how completely unbearable Roger Davis is to watch, but also because of the whirlwind emotions Robert Rodan evokes as Adam. I would go so far as to say Dark Shadows' Adam is my favorite adaptation of Frankenstein's monster from this past decade. I really can't think of any other character who can make me feel so much anger and frustration but also so much secondhand pain and embarrassment, intense sympathy and empathy paired with recognition of the unforgivable.
9. If you could rewrite any arc, which would it be and why?
1897 for obvious reasons relating to the Romani characters involved. That aside, the Leviathan arc. I certainly don't hate it, but it could definitely use for a lot of improvements. At the very least, I would make sure Carolyn Stoddard didn't end up Permanently Married (and Grieving) to Jeb, the Creature (Repulsive). All the love to Christopher Pennock. I only wish he'd been better utilized. Again, I'll have to revisit this with my thoughts as to how I'd actually rewrite the arc upon rewatching.
13. Two characters or actors you wish had gotten more screen time together? (Any crack ships?)
Ooh, I so wish John Karlen and Joan Bennet had gotten more screen time together, but that said, I wish John Karlen had got more screen time with all of the other best actors on Dark Shadows. I suppose my closet thing to a crack ship would be Willie and Quentin. They've interacted in canon, yes, but only a few thousand episodes in, and certainly not in any romantic context, but...
17. If you had the chance to play any character, which one would you pick?
18. If you could recast any character as a different actor, which would it be?
Ooh, this one is tricky. My cop out answer is that I would recast all of Roger Davis' characters as anyone but Roger Davis. In all seriousness, I was always expecting to see Alexandra Moltke as Josette and still believe it might have been better that way.
20. Which characters do you wish had lasted longer before permanently dying or getting written off?
Various, but most notably Sam Evans and Joe Haskell. It's sad, but by the time they were written off, I feel that Maggie's character had completely lost sight of what made her so lovable in the first place. It's not that she needed Sam or even Joe to be a strong, defiant, compelling character, but their characters were beloved to me as she was, and their losses were strongly felt.
22. Favorite flub / unintentionally hilarious moment?
Sorry, but it HAS to be "incestors." It's even thematically relevant. Thank you, Louis Edmonds.
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