Ah yes, the Connor/Lawson allusions are wonderful. Particularly how Lawson threatens the lives of Angel's loved ones - forcing Angel to discuss things before killing him.
Angel's relationship and choices regarding Connor has had lasting consequences on his friends lives. His choice to alter Connor's life - alterred his friends lives, literally "mind-raped them".
His choice to sire Lawson - causes Lawson to come back with the threat of chopping off his friends heads - another association to mind-rape or disconnection to the head and thought.
In both cases, when Angel realizes what the son is, he resists killing the son until it is almost too late, after the damage has already been done.
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Date: 2004-02-11 09:26 pm (UTC)Particularly how Lawson threatens the lives of Angel's loved ones - forcing Angel to discuss things before killing him.
Angel's relationship and choices regarding Connor has had lasting consequences on his friends lives.
His choice to alter Connor's life - alterred his friends lives, literally "mind-raped them".
His choice to sire Lawson - causes Lawson to come back with the threat of chopping off his friends heads - another association to mind-rape or disconnection to the head and thought.
In both cases, when Angel realizes what the son is, he resists killing the son until it is almost too late, after the damage has already been done.