Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

Describe your most recent POV character’s father.

Oh, I was SO CLOSE to being able to write about a DC character, but then last night I wrote just a little more of Kevin, so he wins out this week.

Hm, considering the last DC character I wrote was the Amazon Antiope, and as far as I know there's nothing at all about her father in canon, maybe that's for the best?

Kevin has a great relationship with his father, who is an absolute sweetheart and has supported his son all his life (and who follows me on Twitter, augh). One of my favorite moments on Kevin's DVD is his father choking up with emotion while he talks about how proud he is of his son. How Kevin turned out so evil with such a fantastic role model is a great mystery of wrestling. :)

Comments

[prince0froses]

Rorden's father was a wandering wastrel of an elf who liked to take advantage of human women, charming them with his ethereal good looks and then vanishing never to be seen again. That's literally all Rorden knows about his father, he doesn't even have a name, which is why Rorden doesn't have a surname, just a place-name.

Sian's father, Eldyn Fairshadow, has taken on several different incarnations in my RP history. He's usually a scholar or historian, him being an innkeeper in this world was the result of him, Sian and Lyr originally being a cameo like 3 campaigns back. Eldyn is a kind and loving father who loved their mother deeply, was devastated by her loss, and after her death was totally married to his work. Sylgi wormed her way into his heart/life/bed by being so adjacent to his work that it just made sense to marry her. His sons are everything to him.

Mary's father was, like Rorden's, and asshole, and that's the most she knows about him. She grew up knowing even less until she asked her grandparents when she was a teenager, they kept his identity a secret from her.

[mithen]

Two terrible absent fathers and one good father! Is it a coincidence that the two with bad fathers are also the ones who suffered the loss of their home and community, or do you think that connects thematically in some way?