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   Angel: 10 Reasons Cordelia Is Actually The Show’s Main Character   
      
   Cordelia Chase was arguably the real star of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer   
   spinoff Angel and here's why she's the true main character.   
      
   BY JONATHAN THOMPSON   
      
   It seems like it would be a given that a television show’s titular character   
   would also be the star, but depending on who fans ask, that is not always   
   true. Such is the case with Angel, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff   
   focused on the redemption    
   journey of the vampire with a soul. Arguably, the series is also a spinoff   
   focusing on Cordelia Chase, the one-time Sunnydale mean girl turned wannabe   
   actress and eventual champion.   
       
   During her time on Angel, Cordy grew in ways unimaginable while almost always   
   stealing the spotlight from her brooding companion. Cordelia's journey was   
   unparalleled and she forever changed the series.   
      
    10   
   Her Character Development Was The Most Expansive   
       
   When Cordelia first arrived in Los Angeles, she was essentially the same   
   shallow teen viewers knew from the first three seasons of Buffy. But, by the   
   end of her time on Angel, Cordelia had undergone extensive character   
   development that was unrivaled by    
   any other character in the series.   
      
   During seasons 1 through 3, she transformed from the shallow leader of the   
   Cordettes to a skilled and empathetic champion for good. The breadth of her   
   growth before the events of Season 4 is something even Angel himself could not   
   compete with.   
      
      
   9   
   She Was The Catalyst For Angel’s Growth   
       
   Beyond her own growth, Cordelia was key in advancing Angel’s character   
   development. While Angel was helping the helpless, it was Cordelia who brought   
   Angel Investigations to fruition, focusing Angel’s purpose. She supported   
   and guided him. She kept    
   him grounded, helping him maintain better relationships with characters like   
   Wesley and, to a point, even Connor. She fostered in Angel a sense of humanity   
   that led him to fall in love with her. Without Cordelia, Angel might never   
   have become the    
   champion he was meant to be.   
      
      
   8   
   She Rivaled Buffy For Angel’s Love   
       
   As Cordelia continued fighting by Angel’s side, she began taking on a new   
   role in his life, one that was previously reserved for another former   
   cheerleader: his love.   
       
   How Angel and Cordy’s romance compares to Buffy and Angel’s is debatable   
   among fans, but it certainly promoted the notion that behind every great   
   champion stands a greater woman. Only, with Cordelia, it felt like she was   
   standing next to Angel, not    
   behind him, furthering his character and the series with the love they   
   developed for each other.   
      
      
   7   
   She Was Relatable   
       
   In Angel, Cordelia was usually the character viewers could most relate to.   
   This was especially true in the earlier seasons when she was somewhat lost and   
   struggling to establish herself.   
      
   Cordelia was a very human character trying to fake it until she made it, both   
   in life and her career, while surviving the supernatural. She was seemingly   
   designed to be the audience surrogate, guiding viewers into Angel’s   
   fantastical adventures. This    
   made her a character of key importance and relatability in ways Angel himself   
   never could be.   
      
      
   6   
   Big Bads Often Focused On Her   
       
   Angel aside, there was one character who the Big Bads consistently sought to   
   take out to achieve success: Cordelia. Cordelia was such a pivotal character   
   in the Buffyverse that she often needed to be taken out just so the   
   antagonists could achieve any of    
   their goals.   
      
   From Wolfram & Heart repeatedly trying to kill or sideline her to Jasmine   
   using her as a way to take over the world, Cordelia was almost always a threat   
   to the forces of darkness and factored into their evil plans.   
      
      
   5   
   She Was Almost Always In The Spotlight   
       
   Angel’s Big Bads weren’t the only ones focused on Cordelia. The series’   
   writers kept her at the forefront of the narrative for the majority of her   
   time on the show. While Angel was seemingly the focus, Cordelia truly carried   
   the series on her back.   
      
   Several Cordy-focused episodes including “Room w/a Vu,” “Birthday,”   
   and "You're Welcome" prove it. Even during the bizarre and tragic turns her   
   character took in Season 4, Cordelia experienced a lot of time in the   
   limelight – albeit possessed    
   by Jasmine.   
      
      
   4   
   Fans Are Still Upset She Was Written Off   
       
   Season 4 was the show’s most controversial and Cordelia was the focal point.   
   A victim of character assassination, she was unrecognizable by the season   
   finale. From Cordy’s relationship with Connor to the Jasmine plot twist and   
   the mystical coma,    
   viewers felt betrayed.   
      
   Cordelia returned for a final episode in Season 5, but her seven-year stint in   
   the Buffyverse was over and fans were not pleased. Today, fans are still   
   frustrated about what happened to Cordelia. Recently, Charisma Carpenter   
   herself opened up about the    
   circumstances behind Cordelia’s demise.   
      
      
   3   
   She Was Given Her Own Farewell Episode   
       
   Despite the upset over Cordelia’s departure after Jasmine’s birth, she was   
   important enough to the series to warrant a proper farewell episode.   
      
   In what was perhaps a nod to a comment she once made to Giles in   
   "Gingerbread," Cordelia woke up in a coma in Angel’s 100th episode. During   
   the aptly titled and sad episode “You’re Welcome,” viewers were given   
   one last hurrah with the Cordy they    
   had known and loved pre-Season 4. True to form, her character even continued   
   playing a pivotal role in the series during her final moments.   
      
      
   2   
   The Series Finale Hinged On Her   
       
   The Angel series finale was a rollercoaster because the show was unexpectedly   
   canceled and the finale was open-ended. Lack of closure aside, “Not Fade   
   Away” still managed to wrap things up, but none of it would have happened   
   without Cordelia.   
       
   In her last appearance, Cordy used the favor that the Powers That Be owed her   
   to give Angel a pivotal vision. In doing so, she sacrificed herself so Angel   
   could regain his focus on being a champion. This also set events in motion   
   that led to the series    
   finale.   
      
      
   1   
   She Was Truly A Champion   
       
   Unlike Angel or even Buffy, Cordelia had to work twice as hard to become a   
   force for good, evolving into a compassionate person and formidable fighter.   
   After Doyle gave her the visions, she tried her best to get rid of them, but   
   she eventually accepted    
   and embraced them, just like she did her destiny.   
      
      
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