your life, it impacts mine

Y'know, I wish we got to see the bit where Angel tells the Scooby Gang that Cordelia died. And if anyone made a crack about Cordy (in some kind of misguided attempt to lighten the mood), Angel would have calmly stated that, of everyone present, Cordelia — normal human being Cordelia — took on the physical strain of receiving visions so Angel and co. could continue helping the helpless, to the point she was suffering incredible pain and not telling people about it, and then willingly asked to become half demon, not knowing that through that choice her body would be exploited by a monstrous deity whose passage into this world landed her in a coma, and she never once woke up from it, and she could have Not Done That because she was very literally the queen of an entire realm and had a handsome and noble half demon who adored and respected her and was willing to take on the burden for her, so yeah, Angel misses her

just watched a star trek episode about a planet that relied so heavily on it's computer system that they all forgot the basics of their own knowledge. and that allowed them to miss the fact that they were being posioned with radiation and nearly ending their civilization. because they couldn't use their own knowledge to figure things out. i bring this up for no reason in particular