Well it seems that I definitely got it right on my apathy for Wesley being an unpopular opinion anyway! :P

And hmm yeah, I'd agree with that. I remember that Cordelia was pretty awesome in early season 2 with how much she had grown, while still remaining her snarky self. But it always felt like they didn't really know where to take her after that, and then she became really perfect and bland after they landed on making her a love interest for Angel.

Thanks for those links, I'm going to check them out now :)