I'm also of the opinion that Darla was involved in the Master's attempt to open the Hellmouth, and that's when she came to California.
Before then, I think she'd have wandered around the world, increasingly dissatisfied, trying to deny the huge hole that Angelus's absence had left in her heart. I think she'd quickly dump Spike and Dru, though - too many painful memories, plus I think she really only ever tolerated them for Angel's sake.
It's also my personal canon that she was in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, mind you. :-)
ETA - I don't think she stayed in Sunnydale all the time from the 1930s till the 1990s, mind you - I think she travelled around quite a bit in the interim. Possibly working on cunning magical schemes to free the Master, although Darla always struck me as a survivor rather than a planner. She'll attach herself to the person with the Big Idea and enjoy their power vicariously, then betray them once she gets bored with them.
I wonder how she got on with Luke, who appeared to be the Master's main deputy and as such acting-leader of the Order of Aurelius in his imprisonment? Rivals? Lovers? Co-conspirators? All three?
Darla always struck me as a survivor rather than a planner. She'll attach herself to the person with the Big Idea and enjoy their power vicariously, then betray them once she gets bored with them.
I wonder how she got on with Luke, who appeared to be the Master's main deputy and as such acting-leader of the Order of Aurelius in his imprisonment? Rivals? Lovers? Co-conspirators? All three?
Oooh, interesting question. I tend to think they weren't quite rivals, but they didn't really get along. Luke is clearly the one in charge, and while I don't think it would bother Darla much to have someone else calling the shots (she let Angelus do it), I don't think she'd take kindly to being ordered around. Likewise, I think there's probably a bit of resentment on Luke's part, because Darla's still the Master's favorite - even though HE was the one who was loyal and stuck by the Master all those years while she was flitting around the world enjoying herself.
Her attitude towards Drusilla seemed to be mostly exasperation and faint contempt to me. Mind you, for vampires that might qualify as affection. :-) That doesn't mean that she and Dru couldn't have fun together - see icon - but as i said in my ETA, Darla is a person who's spent 400 years Getting Along With People and Making The Best Of It as a survival trait. She was a successful prostitute; her main job skill was fooling her companions into thinking she enjoyed their company...
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Before then, I think she'd have wandered around the world, increasingly dissatisfied, trying to deny the huge hole that Angelus's absence had left in her heart. I think she'd quickly dump Spike and Dru, though - too many painful memories, plus I think she really only ever tolerated them for Angel's sake.
It's also my personal canon that she was in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, mind you. :-)
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I wonder how she got on with Luke, who appeared to be the Master's main deputy and as such acting-leader of the Order of Aurelius in his imprisonment? Rivals? Lovers? Co-conspirators? All three?
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Yes, this. Exactly.
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Oooh, interesting question. I tend to think they weren't quite rivals, but they didn't really get along. Luke is clearly the one in charge, and while I don't think it would bother Darla much to have someone else calling the shots (she let Angelus do it), I don't think she'd take kindly to being ordered around. Likewise, I think there's probably a bit of resentment on Luke's part, because Darla's still the Master's favorite - even though HE was the one who was loyal and stuck by the Master all those years while she was flitting around the world enjoying herself.
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Really?
I'd say that she actually enjoyed Dru's company, at least, for the most part.
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