We few...we band of buggered

[shadowkat]

I'm speaking of the five people on my friends list who didn't think Ats 5.18 was the cat's pajamas and were just a little disturbed by the message at the end. I think it's five, may be less. Not sure.

Sigh. Bad day. Very bad day. Getting worse. It's past one and I should sleep, instead I keep writing and deleting posts.

Got some bad news tonight about my sister-in-law who just had the baby. She's in dreadful pain. Slipped disc and severe back contusion from her labor, which have made it impossible for her to care for her new baby. I'm terribly worried about her.
She's such a sweet person and so does not deserve this. And there's nothing I can do to help. My brother is keeping everyone but close friends away at this point - due to her fragile emotional state. (Her mother is not helping her, they had to throw her out). The whole situation makes me cry.
All my other problems, of which there are many, seem silly in comparison. There is nothing worse than wanting to help and being unable to.

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No, it's more than that

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

What is it about the episode that bothers you-the "maybe you can be saved by a lie?"?

fresne and I actually discuss this in more depth in the comments to my last entry. Connor was not saved just by a lie. That would be one thing. He was saved at the expense of others, Angel shifted reality and in doing so changed and alterred others lives possibly to their detriment and did not think twice about it. So it's not just because Connor was saved by lies, it's because Angel pulled a Jasmine on everyone else - Angel did *exactly* the same thing Jasmine did and he got *exactly* what he wanted - Connor gets the perfect family and the perfect life. Angel was rewarded, while his friends go to hell.

What Angel did, if you think about it, is in essence sacrifice everyone to save his son. He shifted reality. He signed on with WR&H. He changed his friends memories and who they were. That disturbs me. It's incredibly ironic if you think about it - Angel makes a huge deal about Jasmine removing their free will and telling lies and how that's wrong and then turns around and pulls the same deal to save his son. Angel is no better than Jasmine was. She's right when she tells him that in Peace-Out.

Connor's happiness is at the expense of the reality that existed prior to it. It's similar in a way to what the monks did with Dawn in BTVS. The difference is that the monks did it to prevent Glory from finding the key and destroying reality as we know it, Angel did it to save his son, reality be damned. Buffy died instead of Dawn to keep reality intact and save her sister. Angel kills his son, then changes reality to save him.

Re: No, it's more than that

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

This is important stuff, because it is so in keeping with Angel's tendency to make sweeping decisions that effect other people without consulting them. Saving it for possible inclusion in my "Origin" analysis.