Two [Video/Backdated to Event]: In Which Klaus Has Feelings Because Plurk Wanted It

[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[After talking to Ingrid, Klaus is feeling more than a little bit... off. For a man usually utterly unflappable, this sudden influx of ~feelings~ isn't usual or welcome.

He isn't a bad parent. He worked for years to make sure that his son was independent and strong. He did his very best to ensure that when, finally, one of the assassins actually hit their mark, Gil would be able to run the country efficiently. Wasn't that the important thing? Keeping Gil alive was far more important than keeping him happy. Dead children can't adore their fathers.

Only now, he's not so sure.]

I have a question for you, Prospero. An entirely hypothetical question.

Say there is a man. He is in charge of a country -- a large, volatile, war-torn country. He was welcomed as a savior when he first took power but almost immediately fell out of favor when he actually began to make decisions and it was discovered that he could not, in fact, please everyone. This man has a son.

He is, naturally, worried for his son's safety. He himself is the victim of several assassination attempts a month. He can handle them. A young child could not. Is it therefore acceptable for him to sever his ties with his child and keep the relationship a secret in order to protect the son and ensure that he grows up independent of the stress of being the heir to the throne, as it were? Especially considering that he did intend to tell him when he was old enough to handle it?

[Entirely hypothetical. Yes. SO HYPOTHETICAL BITCHES DON'T KNOW.]

Comments

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[toomanypetals.livejournal.com]

[YEAH RIGHT]

...You have a son?

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[STOP JUDGING]

This is a hypothetical situation, Kanda.

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

...But yes. Yes I do.

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

[Kaiji knows everyone's been spilling their guts out lately, so he wonders how hypothetical this is. That's not going to stop him from answering honestly.]

I think it's unfair for the kid not to know, whether you're the one who's raising him or not. He'll grow up with his own life, his own aspirations, only to have them taken away and replaced by a life he may not want.

[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[It is ENTIRELY HYPOTHETICAL WHY WOULD YOU THINK IT WAS ANYTHING BUT?!]

And if he is raised with a strong sense of duty and a sympathy to the needs of the country in which he resides, he should be able to set aside his own dreams for the good of all.

[Says a man who did just that and regrets it every day of his life. WHOOPS.]

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[needsteaplz.livejournal.com]

[You do realize when someone says its hypothetical, it obviously means they're talking about themselves or someone they know.]

I believe a child has a right to know about their birth parents. For this case, if the son knows his background, he has a better grasp with what's expected of him. How he decides to approach them is something only he can decide.

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[NO IT MEANS IT'S HYPOTHETICAL

SHHHHH]

But if the son is told eventually and given time to come to terms with his birthright before being presented to the world, doesn't that negate any possible damage?

[nomammano.livejournal.com]

Well then how would we end up with great fighting masters or kings without powerful secret fathers abandoning their sons. It gives them a great destiny!

[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[SOMEONE GETS IT]

I should think so! Some of the greatest heroes of my time came from such convoluted beginnings.

[He lives in a world where tropes walk the earth, okay.]

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[techno-logical.livejournal.com]

[Yeeeeeeep, COMPLETELY HYPOTHETICAL.

Anyway, have a line facing April, Klaus.]

No, I don't think it's fair. People have a right to know who their family is and it would've better prepared him for what's to come if he knew.

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[... April no... don't look at him like that no... ;A;]

His father did not intend to tell him and then immediately throw him into the world of politics. It was intended that he would be given time to adjust before being formally presented to the world. That should have been adequate time to prepare, in my view.

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[croibhristeoir]

I don't...think it's wrong, exactly. Perhaps it's unkind to have any child grow up without his father, but if it is for his safety...

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I should think keeping him alive would outweigh keeping him close to his family, especially given the unfriendly makeup of the country at the time. This is the problem with being in politics; those not politically-minded have a hard time understanding politically-motivated decisions.

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[crazyoldbat.livejournal.com]

You know what I think.

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

And I still think your opinion is short-sighted and uninformed. But you are a mother and thus your opinion is very unlikely to change.

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[greyerrant.livejournal.com]

Given that's more or less what the Emperor of mankind did, I'd say yes.

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

Mankind managed to get along long enough in your time to unite under a single emperor?

[Forgive him his reluctance to believe this.]

[Video]

[gaveupfeeling.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Angels are created rather than born, and I'm not certain whether they are capable of having children. I am lacking in the personal instincts of the matter.

However, as an impersonal question... The safety of one's child should come first, shouldn't it?

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

Yes. And in my view, that means it should come first regardless of what that entails.

An impersonal question in return: Angels?

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[soulsborderline.livejournal.com]

I think you'd get along with my commander. I didn't even know he had a son until I noticed the new kid had his last name.

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[NO ASUKA IT'S

IT'S HYPO..the...tical oh never mind]

A man in the position of commander isn't obligated or likely to share personal information with his subordinates, I would think.

[Video]

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Sounds like this hypothetical ruler would, hypothetically, ask people for their opinions about it at some point.

[A pause as she frowns.] A point that seems to make people feel kind of chatty about personal things, too... I shouldn't be giving you so much sass, I'm sorry.

Well, hypothetically [A faint, apologetic smile at that last dig sorry Klaus] speaking, would it have worked?

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[NOOOO SHHHH]

By would it have worked, do you mean 'did it keep him alive'?

Let us say, hypothetically, yes. It worked. Does the end justify the means, to coin a very overused phrase?

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[becomes-cold.livejournal.com]

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

[Excuse the typo, he's not very good with the text function just yet.]

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[a-mans-job.livejournal.com]

Going too easy on the kid, if you ask me.

[Clearly you should've beaten the shit out of him every day until he could take the assassins on his own, like Ryoma's dad would've!]

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

Oh? And what would you have done in his stead?

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ Saber's silence is well-deserved. After all, she was born to a King and a Queen, but raised far away from them. Kept a secret due to her gender. ]

It.. was the right thing to do.

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[myblimpisbigger.livejournal.com]

Would you perhaps be willing to explain your reasoning?