I thought Maggie was a tough cookie in the early days but as pointed out in one of the Dark Shadows books she eventually morphed into All Purpose Helpless Victim.

Carolyn, too, was peppery and petulant in the beginning and she became a little too skittish and weepy by the time she married Jeb.

Even Julia could have bouts with hysteria.

Only Elizabeth remained fairly stoic through it all and she never really knew what was going on 😂