Originally posted by gman992
Also, and this is just some thinking, it is possible that the Watcher Diaries may just be a bit inaccurate in that they tend to be based on hearsay than actual fact. I mean, think about it, how in the world is a Watcher/Slayer going to know the exact date (I mean by year) that Angel becomes a Vampire. I mean was there someone who actually witnessed Darla bite Liam?...I mean they don't even know what his real name is. So, we can imagine that the Diaries, while on the whole, can tend to be a bit inaccurate with the dates. Most of the stuff, from my perspective, this is where my historical thinking comes into play, in the Diaries tend to be a bit second-hand. ie..someone heard a story-a rumor-that a man named Liam was turned into a vampire, and that was passed from village to village until it reached the ears of the Council. Well, okay, Liam who? What village? Where? and especially when? Who turned him? They didn't have The Drudge Report back then. Or CNN. Or the internet. Or Satelitte communications. Or cell-phones. Secondly, do you think that villagers even believed in vampires? They would probably just settle it down to a rumor. Liam rose from the dead. Okay. Did anyone see him? Was CNN there to witness it. I just saying that when you are dealing with diaries and accounts from different people and different places, times are going to be confused...unless of course it comes from the horse's mouth...like Spike in "Fool for Love"... I mean when Giles tells the Scoobies that The Master was the oldest known Vampire on record(that the Council knows of) it doesn't mean that there wasn't GrandFather Master laying low somewhere. I mean who turned the Master in the first place? Some vampire, I reckon that we never even heard of yet...