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

[Video]
Well, admittedly there were probably other methods that didn't involve pushing the son away. Less extreme ones, more mundane ways of raising him and keeping him safe.
...But the way chosen worked. If that can't be denied, my only question would be, "how did it effect both child and father?" Emotionally speaking.
[Video]
In general, they both adjusted well. Neither have deep-seated emotional scars and neither have problems interacting with others.
[This is all lies
SO MANY LIES]
Re: [Video]
Klaus just broke it in advance from the past]
Mm. And what about with one another? I imagine that, if anything suffered, it would be the parent-child relationship.