Making returned 'Cordy' a twist villain killed Connor's characterization.

The audience was never allowed to acknowledge and absorb the true horror of being groomed, manipulated, and sexually assaulted by a supernatural force... after being groomed, manipulated, and psychologically tortured by the man who raised him.

For the sake of the twist, Connor is framed as a villain, rather than as a victim, which is cruelly ironic.  The audience is gaslit about the character being gaslit.

He had so much potential as a character, and they just wasted it.

Cordelia raised baby Connor along with Angel. I consider her as Connor's mother, because she did everything a mom does. Which add that level of grossness and uneasiness to season 4. It felt like watching an incestuous couple.

Connor is such a classic, poster-child example of Reactive Attachment Disorder. He's always broken my heart.

Vincent Kartheiser's talent still managed to shine through,despite the limited material he was given. Peace Out is one of my favorites of the series. I get why people hated Connor,but I only ever felt sorry for him. He was a mixed bag of rage and confusion,and it was to see why.

Conner is a victim of joss's toxicity

It reminds me of the mistreatment of Dawn, Joss must really just hate teenagers lmao. Even in our normal world, teens have a hard time adjusting to life. They're dramatic and whiny because they're growing into themselves. Throw in supernatural creatures, dead parents, etc and of course they're going to act up. They deserved better writing and better circumstances!

Angel rejecting his son really made no sense - zero. Angel s self loathing made him forgive others for transgressing against him normally

I liked Connor a lot after Angel had his memory wiped and gave him a normal life & family.

Connor gets the character development in the comics that he deserves.

If Spike could get redemption then Connor can too

Connor was one of my favourite characters. Poor guy was not given treatment he deserved.

"Too late. Too late." in 3x20 always chills me to the bone, because of how true it is. There is no way to talk Connor's trauma out of him, to convince him Angel is good, to make him understand what good even is. It's too entrenched, too tied to his sense of self, too late.

That moment is also reminiscent of their final(ish) confrontation in 4x22, "You let him get me. Oh, you let him get me." as they are fundamentally the same statement. It took 25 episodes for him to truly see Holtz as the monster he is, but that understanding was never the balm that would allow him to finally heal.

The writers did him dirty for most of season 4. I like him in season 3 and season 5 he especially shines.  I have no idea why they decided to try and put “Cordy” and him together.  Obviously no one would like that.

Amazing to see someone talk about Connor with some empathy for once 😢

Connor was always one of my very favorites since he was introduced. I obviously wasn’t a fan of the thing with him and Cordelia, but I loved his character and Vincent’s performance

I always wished he could've met Dawn. I feel like they would have really understood one another

I mean, if I was a kidnapped baby and raised by someone who wasn’t my real father, I would hold a grudge too. I just subbed to your channel 👍🏻

The worst part is that none of the Fang Gang outside of Angel ever consider that they might have been a bit too harsh on the kid and expected him to get over his distrust and trauma quickly

I loved the idea of Connor. I also loved him when he came back in season 3, I wish they could of continued  that character instead of the total ruin in season 4. Letting him and Angel getting closer and making Connor Angel biggest love, like they did with Dawn and Buffy. I guess male relationships, even family, frightened Joss.

I think the two greatest scenes Connor has is with Cordy in the church and with Angel in the season 4 finale. He’s completely numb and has been hollowed out by his traumatic upbringing by Holtz and the seeming indifference of his father and Angel Investigations. Brilliantly done!