I watched a few Buffy episodes back in the day, though I never did get into it enough, definitely not enough to pick up Angel, but we'll see...
In this case, you need some basic background on Connor, otherwise I can't imagine you'd get very far, given his two sets of memories and livetimes and the reasons for that right at the start of the story. Luckily, I wrote an entire essay on him back on the day designed to introduce the character to newbies and analyze him for AtS watchers. :) It's here.
And oh, yes, I also love Johanna Constantine! (Is she the ancestor of John Constantine?
We can't be sure whether he is her biological descendant, though obviously they belong to the same family. Also, said family every few generations tends to produce a trickster archetype referred to as "The Laughing Magician", which Johanna and John are in their respective generations.
Lol, now I'm imagining Desire just... appearing as default Algarotti in that generation, to everyone :
Lady Mary: Of course! Lord Hervey: Naturally. Mitchell: Indisputably.
Casanova: Ahem. Barbarina: Not even. MT: Who? *gazes adoringly at FS* Poniatowski: There is but one in our century who could have that claim, and she was my destiny in addition to being my desire!
Lehndorff: You're all wrong. I always thought Algarotti was overrated. Whereas...
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Date: 2021-09-01 06:47 am (UTC)In this case, you need some basic background on Connor, otherwise I can't imagine you'd get very far, given his two sets of memories and livetimes and the reasons for that right at the start of the story. Luckily, I wrote an entire essay on him back on the day designed to introduce the character to newbies and analyze him for AtS watchers. :) It's here.
And oh, yes, I also love Johanna Constantine! (Is she the ancestor of John Constantine?
We can't be sure whether he is her biological descendant, though obviously they belong to the same family. Also, said family every few generations tends to produce a trickster archetype referred to as "The Laughing Magician", which Johanna and John are in their respective generations.
Lol, now I'm imagining Desire just... appearing as default Algarotti in that generation, to everyone :
Lady Mary: Of course!
Lord Hervey: Naturally.
Mitchell: Indisputably.
Casanova: Ahem.
Barbarina: Not even.
MT: Who? *gazes adoringly at FS*
Poniatowski: There is but one in our century who could have that claim, and she was my destiny in addition to being my desire!
Lehndorff: You're all wrong. I always thought Algarotti was overrated. Whereas...