Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-23962251-20131206041225/@comment-4839682-20131207024850

GothicNarcissus wrote: Utter solitude wrote: 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.

Of course real people move on and Jafar is unrealistic, but Jafar is not a real person. And it isn't as simple as getting Daddy to acknowledge him; Jafar wants the Sultan's throne. The best way to do that, and get at his father, is to have the man legitimize him. The man also tried to drown him, and he lives in a much different world than our modern one.

Besides, this is a television show. If these people acted the normal, rational way, it would be boring.

I find Jafar's actions to be extreme, but logical given the situation and his personality.