Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-23962251-20131206041225/@comment-5106672-20131207022102

Utter solitude wrote:

GothicNarcissus wrote: I kind of relate to him and know how bad parenting can affect one's life, but honestly, people move on. DO they? XD Yes, they do. I know better than I'd like to how a bad father or a bad relationship with him can affect people even into adulthood, but at some point they do move on and focus on picking up their own pieces rather than putting their whole life on hold waiting to get the affection they didn't have. Especially with an abusive father like the Sultan.

I have a friend in an Alice-Edwin situation, I am in a somewhat Regina-Cora one, and have more friends than I can think of with severely stained relationships with their fathers. While we're all affected on levels we can't probably really comprehend, I don't see anyone going above and beyond to make up for the past. Alice's reaction in the latest episode is far more sensible (going her own way but taking the chance she gets to be reconciled), Regina's with Cora (giving in when the latter starts showing her affection) or Rumple's with Peter Pan (screw you, I don't need you in my way – which is what I do) are too. Jafar's is just plain unrealistic.