maggie2

I can't speak for angearia, but this:

we have been as blind to her humanity as she is generally blind to the humanity of others

and this:

We haven't seen her as a person

as well as this:

up until now we've been seeing Cordy...as not real and as someone whose feelings don't matter.

suggest a level of dehumanization on the part of the viewer, given the use of "we." And I (along, I think, with Emmie) am saying that my opinion of S1 Cordelia wasn't about ignorance of her humanity, so the effect on her characterization is different.

So when I say "I am not wild about Cordelia given her actions thus far, and I am unsatisfied with the implications for her story" and you say "this is where we start seeing her as a person" it feels a bit as if you are inadvertently implying I do not see her as a person, because, as you say, they are different issues. It looks to me as if that's the sticking point.

I hope this doesn't come across as combative, I just want to explain myself, because it looks as if I haven't done a great job of that thus far.