User:Zythe/Illyria (Angel)

Overview
Amy Acker wanted to portray... Joss wanted... Illyria is...

Introduction
The episode "A Hole in the World"...

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Television
<> Introducing Illyria allowed the

Comic books
Illyria's continued storyline, and her character's growth and development, has been a major focus of comic books which continue the story of Angel beyond Season Five.


 * Spotlight
 * Angel: After the Fall plot importance / Spike: After the Fall centrality
 * Angel: Only Human headliner
 * "Connorland"
 * Period for which the character is "languishing" with little to do (cf. Huehner)
 * Illyria and Spike miniseries

Other appearances
In Peter David's Dark Angel series...

Characteristics
Illyria allowed producers to inject the show with more humour in the form of honest truth-telling, something the show had previously relied on Cordelia (played by Charisma Carpenter) for. A former 'God-King', Illyria's attitude is...

Analyses
In so-and-so's book,
 * Monstrous-Feminine / Barbara Creed
 * mother-daughter subjectivity
 * parallels with Cordelia/Jasmine storyline

Reception

 * reviews of Season Five and comic books, Illyria-heaviness of the After the Fall series (wasn't there a reviewer who said non-fans might think from covers that 'Illyria' was the titular 'Angel'?)

Popularity

 * harder to quantify but probably sourceable