His vengeance on his father - was to take his father's family, then kill Daddy. He does the same with Giles. Note, he doesn't kill Giles - he kills Jenny.
I hadn't really thought about Jenny's murder as an attack on the Scooby patriarch. But it makes sense. And of course, Angel knew that nothing would hurt Buffy more than to see her father figure suffering.
I disagree that Angelus ever adored or revered the Master. I think he just rebelled against the Master's power, the way he rebelled against all the father figures in his life - and the way his own "sons" would subsequently rebel against him. He may tell himself that he wants them to revere him, but the only one who actually did was Penn, and Angelus got bored of him in five seconds and then abandoned him for a century. (I wrote a fic about this once.) Angel is secretly proud of his sons when they defy his patriarchal authority, because that's what he always did. If they don't defy him, then they're not really made in his own image.
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Date: 2012-11-18 04:43 pm (UTC)I hadn't really thought about Jenny's murder as an attack on the Scooby patriarch. But it makes sense. And of course, Angel knew that nothing would hurt Buffy more than to see her father figure suffering.
I disagree that Angelus ever adored or revered the Master. I think he just rebelled against the Master's power, the way he rebelled against all the father figures in his life - and the way his own "sons" would subsequently rebel against him. He may tell himself that he wants them to revere him, but the only one who actually did was Penn, and Angelus got bored of him in five seconds and then abandoned him for a century. (I wrote a fic about this once.) Angel is secretly proud of his sons when they defy his patriarchal authority, because that's what he always did. If they don't defy him, then they're not really made in his own image.