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#like tell me honestly and frankly bc otherwise i cant understand the choice to make his dad that way

daisies-on-a-cup · 8 months

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actually you know what if you make will's dad an abusive parent i cant say i trust you much

#maybe this is controversial maybe its not #but i am TIRED of this interpretation of will's dad being some crazy abusive alcoholic who made will's childhood miserable #it doesnt make much sense and its that same thing i have with ppls interpretation of certain dc characters and their skin color #like. tell me WHY you think will's dad was/is abusive toward him. tell me about how you imagine will's childhood #and WHY you imagine it that way #is it bc will grew up poor? is it bc of some 'white-trash' southern stereotype you have in your head?#like tell me honestly and frankly bc otherwise i cant understand the choice to make his dad that way #i will fight tooth and nail to defend the good-will-dad hc bc the inverse of that makes me mad #giving will some 'tragic' backstory that involves parental abuse is in no way the compelling narrative you think it is #it actually detracts so much from will's character bc the POINT of his becoming is that he has ALWAYS been this way #nothing MADE will the way he is and the show literally follows will slow acceptance of that part of him #he's not 'dark' bc of some abusive childhood. that's not the connection we need to be making here and inserting this #cruel disparaging narrative that will's dad abused him with the only subtext being they were POOR is so fucked up #will graham

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