He rapes his friends of their memories so that Connor can live a normal life. Doesn't give them a choice. Doesn't care. He does it for his own legacy, his own immortality. Huh? I have to say I disagree with this hugely. He does it for Connor's sake, and because of it sells out on every level: He loses his mission, his redemption and his friends.
GUNN (softly, confessing) It was just a piece of paper. I was losing it. Everything they put in my head, everything that made me different. Special. And he could fix it. Make it permanent. So I signed a piece of paper. It was a custom's release form. I didn't think anyone would get hurt.
WESLEY Nothing from Wolfram & Hart is ever free. You knew that.
GUNN I couldn't go back... to being just the muscle. I—I didn't think it would be one of us. I didn't think it would be Fred.
Angel has no such illusions. He knows exactly what the price will be, and is willing to pay it to save his child. (Remind me, have you seen Children of Earth?) Or, to quote this fic:
"This is what you are. This is why you fight."
And he looked into the pool, and he saw the child, their child. But the mist hung over the water, and the truth became harder and harder to see through the haze.
The girl with the golden hair held out her hands. "If you turn over the child," she said, "You can save the world."
But he shook his head, and stood firm.
"I'll save the child," he said, "If I have to turn over the world."
It's fatherly love, not pride, which motivates him. Just look at how hopelessly he views his own fate in S5 - he does not expect to in any way avoid paying for all his crimes.
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Date: 2012-03-21 07:05 am (UTC)Huh? I have to say I disagree with this hugely. He does it for Connor's sake, and because of it sells out on every level: He loses his mission, his redemption and his friends.
GUNN (softly, confessing)
It was just a piece of paper. I was losing it. Everything they put in my head, everything that made me different. Special. And he could fix it. Make it permanent. So I signed a piece of paper. It was a custom's release form. I didn't think anyone would get hurt.
WESLEY
Nothing from Wolfram & Hart is ever free. You knew that.
GUNN
I couldn't go back... to being just the muscle. I—I didn't think it would be one of us. I didn't think it would be Fred.
Angel has no such illusions. He knows exactly what the price will be, and is willing to pay it to save his child. (Remind me, have you seen Children of Earth?) Or, to quote this fic:
It's fatherly love, not pride, which motivates him. Just look at how hopelessly he views his own fate in S5 - he does not expect to in any way avoid paying for all his crimes.