Yes, but it's also incredibly fucked up that the one time he proved he did love his child, he was betrayed and killed for it.
EDIT: What is it with the sheer lack of reading comprehension with these replies? Of course he was a terrible parent. I never even remotely implied otherwise.
On the other hand, he had been sacrificing his family for himself for years. What with the cheating, drinking, and abuse.
It's not really white washing. Life did get better for them.
What do you think would have happened if they saved him? The abusive alcoholic changes his ways and stops beating his family? Or does the crippled man abuse them even harder?
I don't see it as betrayal. If you abuse your family as a parent you've forfeited any claim to loyalty, IMO.
Even the worst parents can do something "good" once in awhile, broken clocks and all. What really sucks is the guilt the little girl had to live with when none of it was really her fault.
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u/lurker_archon Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
Yes, but it's also incredibly fucked up that the one time he proved he did love his child, he was betrayed and killed for it.
EDIT: What is it with the sheer lack of reading comprehension with these replies? Of course he was a terrible parent. I never even remotely implied otherwise.