| "Desire": Analysis of the "Desire" Arc of ABC-TV's Port Charles
(c) Alison Armstrong |
| An analysis of the "Desire" episodes of the show Port Charles, formerly of ABC-TV. This site will focus on the scenes featuring the vampire character Caleb Morley/Stephen Clay (portrayed by actor Michael Easton). The character of Caleb Morley/Stephen Clay and any other characters relating to Port Charles are the property of ABC and their creators. This is a fan-run site and is not an official site, nor is it affiliated in any way with ABC, Port Charles, or the actors portraying any of the Port Charles characters. No copyright infringement is intended. The writings on this site are copyrighted by the author, Alison Armstrong, and may not be reproduced without the author's express permission. |
| "Desire" Analysis #3 "And I cry and no one can hear Inhale the blinded eyes that see The chaos bring the pitiful to me Even though I'm wide awake I will in blackest night And I wait for you It's cold in here, there's no one left And I wait for you And nothing stops it happening And I knew I'd cherish all my misery alone. . . . And they paid, I cry and cry for you Ghosts that haunt you with their sorrow I cried 'cause you were doomed Praying to the wound that swallows all that's cold and cruel Can you see the trees, charity and gratitude? They run to the pines It's black in here, blot out the sun and run to the pines Our misery runs wild and free And I knew the fire and the ashes of his grace.” “Northern Star” by Hole While Caleb searches for his vampire bride at the Villa, she desolately contemplates an eternity without him. Livvie feels the chill of an endless, formless, soulless existence isolated from the only one she could ever truly love. He, who has shown her the heights of ecstasy, now has, through his absence, sentenced her to an abyss of despair. |
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| Snappies of "Desire" scenes taken by A. Armstrong |
| Those who consider themselves virtuous have made it their mission to protect Port Charles from beings of her kind. Even within the sanctuary of her father’s house, they seek her out, and she is forced into hiding as her chief enemy, Alison, arrives uninvited at the doorway, snooping for clues regarding her whereabouts. She listens, huddling in the corner, as Alison ingratiatingly attempts to use her sweetly wholesome demeanor to ferret out information from Kevin.
When Kevin, protecting his daughter as he did with Joshua, denies seeing Livvie, Alison tells him she believes Livvie has resurfaced from Tess and been transformed into a vampire. Unconvinced by Alison’s claim that she needs to find Livvie so that she can “help” her, Kevin perceives that Alison has much more murderous intentions than her lying words suggest. “You mean slay her,” Kevin angrily retorts. “That’s why you’re trying to find her, isn’t it? You want to kill her!” “I respect that you love your daughter very much, but Livvie is not the same person she used to be,” Alison points out, as Livvie, lurking in the shadows, glares at her with glowing feline eyes and bares her fangs. “She’s a vampire now. She’s like Caleb, and you know what that evil is like. It nearly destroyed our town more than once.” Alison tries to rationalize her plans for murder, making it seem as if Livvie is some dangerous animal that needs to be euthanized. But Kevin sees through her hypocrisy, the double standard she, Lucy, and Rafe have towards vampires they happen to like. “What about your friend Ian?” he sneers. “Isn’t he a vampire? I don’t see anyone gunning for him.” “Ian’s not like her. He wasn’t taken by Caleb,” Alison unpersuasively argues. “Livvie chose to love him on her own.” “I think you should go now,” Kevin, lips clenched in fury, growls and rushes her out the door. “You should have let me kill her,” Livvie hisses, returning to the room once Alison has left. |