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Sorry if this is already a post. Just tell me, and I shall repent, and flog myself.
Anyway, I just wanted to see some discussion on how Cordelia's character completely changed after the second season of Angel.
Yes, I do understand that we, the viewers, should assume that she matures when she gets the visions. And sure, I can accept that.
Partly.
But can a woman like Cordelia, a sharp, sarcastic and causticly hilarious woman, can one thing completely change the way she sees the world? I just thought that by the time that she was a higher power (that was a what the hell moment for me) she was a completely different character.
Can anybody share their opinions on this?

Yeah, she changed a lot, but she was still her old self deep down inside. I mean, remember that first episode after Buffy died, and Angel came back from his trip? She was all like hinting "whadya bring me, whadya bring me?" actually, through most of the first 15-20 minutes of that episode, she was like her old self. THere were a few other times too when I had to laugh and be like 'yup, you can't compleatly hide the rich ditz, can you luv?'

And even Buffy was a sarcastic and hilarious woman with her powers.

Well, I was going for when Buffy used to be popular and probably more spoiled.

Classic, bitchy, fearless Cordy in seasons one and two were by far the best.

It was funny, after finishing Angel I went back and started a rewatch on BTVS and was like "Hoshitman, Cordy was a b***h?" she really did come a long way. And I liked her from Angel S1-S3, since she was still her same old Cordy but she had a dose of reality that made her human and not sheltered high school chick.

Cordy is probably my favorite Buffy/Angel character. She really did grow up right before our very eyes....gradually in baby steps.

By the end of the second season of Buffy, she's already a different character...Her failed relationship with Xander Harris really put her in a position outside of where she started, with no hope of returning. The same girls who respected and admired her suddenly looked down on her by showing her exactly how bad a person she was. It's only natural that she grow beyond that.

As for what became of her once she left Sunnydale, she found herself inside in the inner triangle, one of three...rather than her position in the Scoobies, as one of the many.

Cordy grew up, but her change was relevant to her immediate surroundings. And thus, were great characterization by the writing staff.

It's a shame they couldn't of continued to mature Buffy in the same way. They kept putting Buffy in the same kind of positions, but after the third season, they just stopped letting her personality change. But that's probably another topic all together.

I think you're way off target here. She didn't even realize she had feelings for Angel until midway to the end of season 3. (By then she had already gone through a lot of her changing.) As for her dying her hair blonde, didn't that happen in Season 4? The same season that she was inhabited by what she would give birth to, Jasmine.

Most of Cordy's change happened midway through Season 1, with Doyle's death, the rest of her maturity came after a time with the visions and the things she experienced...like her time in Lorne's dimension with the Grooselug(sp?), the birth of Angel's son, etc, etc.

Also, sex has little to do with Angel's losing his soul, it's all about achieving true happiness, as he manages to have sex with Darla, Eve and the werewolf chick who's name just escaped me without losing his soul. (Did I miss anyone?)