#do NOT miss evil cordelia pregnancy. but i miss cordy though

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oh angel beloved i am always thinking about you… the show. not the character. the only thing i ever think about angel is “they turned that man into a muppet”

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How would you fix Cordelia's story? Would you still have her as the main baddie in S4 (but without the Connor BS)? Would she be a part of Wolfram and Hart?

Okay so there are lots of ways that I'd fix Cordelia's story. I mean lots. I have a whole bunch of AUs swimming around my head at any given point in time. Don't let JW or whoever fool you by saying they didn't have anywhere for Cordelia's story to go in s4 other than her being evil because there are many ways it could've gone instead. Yes, Cordelia totally could've still been the main baddie but in a morally gray way (which if handled well could've been so cool) and not possessed and without any of the grossness but also that's not the only way it could've been done. Honestly anything that keeps Cordy a) alive, b) in character, and c) not violated is a win in my book.

I have lots of fix-its for various points in the show (Connor doesn't get kidnapped, Cordy isn't possessed, incorporating CC's pregnancy into s4 way better than JW did, Cordy wakes up in s5, and so on), as do many of the other members of this blog and the cangel discord. But my personal favorite fix for s4 would be to get rid of everything after "The House Always Wins" including the amnesia plot. (Though, side note, I do think that plotline could be utilized in a really cute way by having Cordy fall in love with Angel all over again and be used to poke fun at the ridiculousness of this universe in general). I just think having Cordelia come back to Earth after being a Higher Power and making her plotline about her having to readjust could've been so interesting. Especially because as a Higher Power she saw so much bad happening in the world that having her come back and grapple with the fact that she can't save everyone could be so interesting and complex.

Also instead of the Beast, Angelus, the Beast Master/Jordy/Jasmine and whoever else was the antagonist for s4, I would make the big bad the Powers That Be. There are so many instances in the show that point to the PTB not being completely good or all that and I really think it was a huge miss to not delve into that idea more. ATS is a very morally gray show at times and making the PTB the bad guys could've really played into that more as well as further emphasizing the idea that "if nothing we do matters than all that matters is what we do". And Cordy previously being a Higher Power and readjusting to Earth and already having her ideals challenged could run parallel to this plot. I honestly think that Cordelia got kicked out of the Higher Plane in "The House Always Wins" because she helped Angel so really she could be such a key element to the gang finding out that the PTB isn't completely good and to their fight against the PTB. Plus finding out that the forces they've been fighting against aren't completely what they thought would affect everyone in Angel Investigations in such interesting ways, I just love the potential. It'd make for such an interesting s4, we really could've had it all.

One last thing but I'll try to keep it brief cause I don't want this to get too long but personally I don't think Cordelia would've joined Wolfram & Hart unless there was a very good reason. It just goes against so much of who she became and I think a big reason why everyone did join is because they were so lost when it came to what they were fighting for so unless Cordy was in that position, I don't see her joining. (whatisyourchildhoodtrauma actually inspired a cool AU where Cordy comes back in s5 and starts her own agency and some other stuff happens. But that's a post/ask for a different time.)

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--someonefantastic