Sudden question upon watching Angel season three

[cdybedahl]

When did Cordelia lose her virginity, and to who? Buffy lost hers to Angel, Xander lost his to Faith, Willow lost hers to Oz, but what about Cordelia? She didn't get it on with Xander, obviously. And it seems doubtful that she would've slept with any of the guys she dated while she was at Sunnydale High. By the time she ends up in Pylea, she sure acts like she's a sexually active young woman when Groo shows up. So who, and when?

Comments

[minim_calibre]

I'm thinking during the summer between S3 and S1, after she'd moved to L.A.

We know she was (probably) not a virgin when she got laid in Expecting.

[archbishopm.livejournal.com]

We know she was (probably) not a virgin when she got laid in Expecting.

I kind of got the impression that she was.

*nods*

[anna-maria.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's what I thought when I saw that ep. I think this is something over which fans have speculated inconclusively over the years.

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

I always thought she lost her virginity long before she started dating Xander (I always thought it was her football playing boyfriend when she was a freshman -- the one that came back in "Some Assembly Required") and that it turned out so bad that she just...didn't want to have sex for awhile afterwards.

But a lot of people seem to think "Expecting" was the first time. Which doesn't really work for me, because, dude, Cordelia? Queen Of Everything in high school. And you can't exactly be Queen Of Everything if you haven't had the sex. It's not right, but it's true.

[archbishopm.livejournal.com]

I always thought it was her football playing boyfriend when she was a freshman -- the one that came back in "Some Assembly Required"

He wasn't her boyfriend, though--it's fresh in my mind because that episode was on Space yesterday ;-D--she had a thing for him but he figured he was too good for her. And Cordelia really doesn't strike me as the sort of person who'd have sex in such unflattering circumstances, even in junior high.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

I always thought she lost her virginity long before she started dating Xander

That's always been my assumption, too. But maybe we're reading British assumptions about sex in secondary school into American behaviour?

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

Nope, 'cause I'm American. So I'm reading American assumptions about sex in secondary school into American behavior. ;)

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

And it seems doubtful that she would've slept with any of the guys she dated while she was at Sunnydale High.

Doesn't seem doubtful to me.

[rozk.livejournal.com]

I have always assumed it was earlier rather than later, but this does leave the question of Xander. If Cordelia is still a virgin, that explains why Xander is until after the break up when he sleeps with Faith. If she is not, that raises the question of why Xander and she did not have sex. Which is itself a whole interesting can of worms.

My guess, for what it's worth, is that she lost her technical virginity to some nameless frat-boy or to Devon, and that it was messy and unfun. But who knows, maybe Jonathan was good for something apart from bringing coffee.

OTOH it is perfectly possible to have a reputation for sex without actually doing it, and exploit it rather than be hurt by it. And there are all the varieties of deniable sex. I would have thought, though, that if it had been as late as 'Expecting', she would have said something.