The Father Will Kill the Son.

[elisi]

Thanks to Kiki_May and promethia_tenk I went and hunted down a vid I remembered, but had lost. And I've been flailing ever since and now need to share it with you, since it's possible you don't know it...

Ruiner by danegen. Summary: Angel, Spike, Connor (daddy issues)

I can't say anything other than WATCH IT! It's brilliantly edited and the visual parallels will FLOOR you. Also... Angel. Damn. To quote Promethia:

But then, AtS just gets my vote all over for taking a hockey stick to the shins of the hero narrative and leaving it on its back, wondering what happened.

Which we've known from the beginning, actually (esp if you count 'Amends' as the first AtS episode. Which I do):

“It’s not the demon in me that needs killing, it’s the man.”

Or, to quote Philip Larkin:

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.

So in conclusion: Watch the vid. SO GOOD!

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[elisi]

Well technically Angel is his grandfather... ;)

(Mostly I like how it's all kinds of things simultaneously. <3)