OK BUT IN TERMS OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DADSONA BRIAN’S ROUTE IS THE MOST INSIGHTFUL AND BEST ROUTE??? BECAUSE LITERALLY BRIAN WAS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE WITH ACTUAL DAD ISSUES (which the Dadsona clearly had)???
Think about it. He’s the most ‘Dad’ of all the dads. He most resembles the typical dad that many of us might have grown up with or know. Deck building, fishing, working with tools and construction, he’s a plethora of Dad Tropes put into a jolly Dad Bod package, and this is important both for the Dadsona’s perception of him and Brian’s actual personality.
You as the Dadsona are projecting your Dad Issues and insecurities from your own father onto Brian (see: the fishing dream). Brian resembles what Dadsona probably had for a father, which skews Dadsona’s perception of him, which causes Dadsona to want to prove something to him.
Brian is put in an unfair position, as he is simply trying to impress you, to make you happy, to get you to like him. He is a very typical traditional Dad figure, but from a romancing standpoint he is simply an honest guy who is enthusiastic about his likes and who loves his daughter, his work, life in general. He lives in the moment in the best way possible, and Dadsona is so stuck on past issues that he doesn’t see that until he goes through the appropriate ~character development~
Each dad is tailored specifically to very common tropes and archetypes which we assign to “dream daddies” or older men we are attracted to. They are all very specific character types, and equally important, subversions of said character types.
Brian is a subversion of your most archetypal American dad. And learning to see past his archetype to his actual personality is what makes romancing him so compelling. He’s the Daddy Issue Dream Daddy because his whole arc is for you, the character, to let goof what Daddy Issues you have and accept love from somebody you don’t have to prove yourself to.
And honestly, add that to his whole cuddly, warm, “i’m proud of my daughter and want you to like me” persona and he’s just an extremely lovable Dream Daddy and one of my favorites
Robert Small: *Criticises you for buying cheap ice cream, makes a gourmet meal for his neighbors complete with dessert*
Also Robert Small: *Eats a hot dog out of a garbage can*
This is hilarious but seriously got me thinking about Robert feels… He says dadsona deserves to treat himself with the icecream and treats others with nice dinners, takes Mary out for drinks, ect. But doesn’t really care what himself. This just screams how he feels about others compared to himself.
There are days when I wake up in the morning and cry because sending animals up to die alone in space hurts me to think about and comics like these are some of the only relief.
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