DE: they were kids that I once knew

[boston_bruiser]

Saw Wreck-It Ralph the other night. I'm filing a suit against Disney in the morning for emotional damages.


Kidding, kidding.

Anyway. DE for y'all.

How would your character's parents describe them?

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[spit_it_out]

HAHAHAHA OMG. *steels self*

Bruce Banner: His mother was wonderful, and she adored him. She would describe him as wonderful (I imagine would also think he was wonderful after his accident, had she lived that long - though if she had, maybe there wouldn't be a Hulk? Who knows.)

His father was a abusive, psychotic alcoholic, who hated Bruce, and described him openly as a monster even when he was tiny. And then went on to kill his mother, and then years later, Bruce killed him. Which is at least partly where all the uncontrollable rage comes from.

HAPPY DAYS.

This is comic book!canon, of course. I am attempting to stay away from it until I see whether it ever comes up in the Marvel!verse, or what might be different.

Gene Hunt: Gene's mother is proud of him, and what he's become. She'd describe him as a good man, and a daft apeth, and never mention that she wishes he'd drink a bit less, sometimes. This is the version of his mother that lives in his world, of course. In real life, I imagine she'd feel much the same, given that his brother turned to drugs and ran away, only Gene didn't live long enough to fulfill his potential.

His father was an abusive alcoholic, who beat the crap out of his family until Gene was thirteen, and Stuart sixteen, and they could take him if they stuck together. This may actually have made Albert describe his lads as 'real men', because real men use their fists. On the other hand, their lack of respect for him probably meant he really called them a waste of space, at least to their faces.

Gene is unrepentant about being glad he lived long enough to see his father die.

Bruce Wayne: His parents are deeeaaaaaad.

*ahem* But! Before all that unpleasantness, they were fabulous parents who loved him very much. And I couldn't write down all the brilliant things they would say about him while they were alive.

If they could see him now - I think his mother would be sorry that it came to this, that he wasn't able to let go of the guilt, and grief, and anger about it all. She'd give anything to take that away. The same for Thomas, though he would certainly be a little disappointed that Bruce ever thought about murdering someone. So they'd describe him as damaged, but valiant, and the person they love the most.

Harry Potter: See canon. I think their sheer pride in him would overwhelm any description. They'd describe him as so brave, and a good man with a good heart, and it would be an outpouring of how much they love him, and how sorry they are they missed out on him growing up.

In conclusion: parents.

In other news: Happy Thanksgiving, America! Have fun.

[lilium_evansiae]

. . . I kind of just want to hug every single one of them now.

Oh, look. I have an icon for that.

(But, yes, exactly. For the one of your pups' parents I can speak for, inexpressibly proud of the remarkable young man he has become. And simultaneously incredibly sorry he had to be the Chosen One, and that she and James didn't get to just watch him grow up happy and loved and maybe a little less extraordinary. But they could not be any prouder of him -- it's not humanly possible.)

[kd7sov]

...Wow, that's a pretty shoddy wiki article. Hang on, let me clean it up a bit first.

All right. So. Felix's parents are still alive, but not really relevant to his life. Part of this is that they live in his old hometown, while he's been exiled. Also that he went on this huge quest and they didn't. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't know what to say about him. Oh, they love him and all, but they probably think he's... uncanny.

Kain's parents are dead. He barely remembers them, though pleasing (his idea of) his father is a major life goal. I... don't honestly think he's been successful.

Fluttershy is a pegasus; she has no parents or family at all. (Note that this is not entirely true; in the second season there was one baby pegasus with earth pony parents, and one pegasus referred to as the brother of another. But that's it. Contrast the rest of the mane six, who each have at least three other family members; contrast especially the Apple family.) In any case, if Fluttershy had a father, I imagine he'd be rather like Gordon, father of her journal-namesake. This (which I've linked here before) is a fair approximation of a ponfied Gordon. He'd probably go on and on about how adorable she is and how glad he is that she's found a place for herself and something that makes her happy and how if she'd really tried she could have aced that flight camp and gotten into the Wonderbolts and... I have no idea about her mother. And Rune Factory's no help there; Natsume doesn't seem to believe in two-parent families any more. Possibly her mother's the head of the Pegasus Mafia. (Note: There is no such thing as the Pegasus Mafia.)

Cranky is a one-episode character who isn't an Apple or named Filthy Rich, so he doesn't have family either. I vaguely imagine donkeys as even more independent than ponies, so they probably don't worry about him. Possibly they figure something along the lines of "We haven't heard from Cranky in a while. He must be doing all right." "Yep, no news is good news."

[newredshoes]

Heh. Spoken by Hotspur's father early in the play: "Imagination of some great exploit / Drives him beyond the bounds of patience." Spoken by his uncle: "He apprehends a world of figures here, / But not the form of what he should attend." In other words, INSUFFERABLE. But also the light of their life, in his parents' case? In The Hollow Crown, Joe Armstrong's real father, Alun Armstrong, plays his onscreen father, which makes all their interactions very real and poignant: the scene where Northumberland receives word of Hotspur's death at Shrewsbury is just. I mean, of course it's going to be heartbreaking, but. His real dad!

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Bilbo's parents are described as comfortable, and in the beginning of the book the narrator remarks that Bilbo is well on his way to becoming the same sort of solid citizen his father was. But his mother is part Took, and the Tooks are ... you know. Odd. So while I think they would be shocked at his eventual adventures, his mother, at least, might understand why he went.

Merlin's mother Hunith loves Merlin dearly and he loves her in return and would do anything to protect her. When Gwen was banished from Camelot Merlin sent her to Hunith, knowing she'd be safe there. He only met his father once and then just for a day, but mourned his death even so and regrets they had so short a time together.

Stuart's relationship with his parents never comes up canon, and during the montages in the movie where the boys are shown with their families he's the only one who doesn't. It's a bit like he was hatched. I've played it that his parents love him but don't understand him one bit, and spoil him terribly because they didn't know what else to do.

Steve. I'm glad the movie chose to go a different direction than comics canon: Steve's father died before Steve was born or soon after and never met Steve, and he was raised by his mother until she died. (I've also given him grandparents because I can.) There's a thread where someone asks him what his mother would think of his transformation, and he says he thinks she'd be glad he finally looks like his father.

On a more meta level, how strong would Sarah Rogers have to be to be a nurse raising a child, basically alone, in New York City in the 1920s and during the Depression? Pretty damn strong. It's been remarked to Steve, too, that he comes from a family of protectors and caretakers (I made his extended family police and firefighters because those were the only jobs available to Irish immigrants for a long time in the US) and Captain America is just one more aspect of that.

So basically, Steve is the man his mother raised him to be and she'd be very proud of him; and since I'm plugging my ears and going "la la la" to comics canon about his father, I think his father would be, too, and would expect nothing less than his boy being the pinnacle of what the men in his family have been.

[aberration]

Mmm...

Elle's mother died when she was six, and I don't think she'd really be able to even comprehend what happened to her daughter. It's one of the reasons Elle has never really sought anything more out about her - at most she might be able to track down some relatives, but she knows she'd never really be able to relate or share anything with those people, and she'd likely just be a negative intrusion on their lives.

Her father died what in her world's time is just over a year ago, and I guess in millitime has been more like three years. He did describe her in canon once that I remember, calling her "Someone who can execute, someone whose compass points north-northwest" (contrasting her with a moral compass that points "true north," and I think playing off a line from Hamlet that I use in her profile). Otherwise, he expressed disappointment in her a lot, because she fucked things up a lot. He probably would have described her as unstable and volatile, but effective - but how she is now, I don't know, because he's dead and also because she knows how he treated her as a child, and that was something he worked very hard to keep from her. Regardless, I don't think it would be fatherly pride. But Elle cares a whole lot less about that than she did before, so!


Asami's mother also died when she was very young. At the time she thought of her daughter as sweet but sometimes a little high-maintenance. As Asami is now, I think her mother would have been happy that she turned out to be a poised and intelligent young woman, and that she learned to share her father's talent in engineering without getting motor oil on her good clothes.

Her father currently loves her to a near painful degree. She's been his only immediate family for a long time, and the only other person who experienced such a profound loss as he did after the death of his wife. Asami's also a lot like him in a lot of ways, both in her engineering talent and in her behavior generally (for better or worse), while also being for the most part such a lovely young woman. All in all, he's very proud of her.

But that's not going to last.


It's my millicanon that Manny's parents separated when he was very young and he didn't have much contact with his father. His mother also predeceased him, but before that they were on distant but decent terms, with her appreciating his ambition, even if it separated them. Now she'd probably just be sad that he died relatively young.


While she tends not to be as open and candid as Leslie is, her mother is clearly very proud of her. In the past, Leslie's mother tended to be rather dismissive of her at times, as Leslie just doesn't have the same shrewd and cunning personality as her mother does, which can be a problem for someone with political ambitions. But as Leslie has accomplished more over the course of the show, her mother has been shown as more visibly proud of her.

And in my headcanon, Leslie's father was a lot more like her in terms of personality, though he didn't have the same drive and ambition as she did, so he'd be very proud of her, and probably boastfully describe her as his daughter, the future president.


Marceline... well, we don't know enough about her mother for me to say anything on that. Her father is the demon ruler of the Nightosphere, who has been a very inconsistent presence in her life, and isn't generally very mindful of her feelings. In canon, he's told her he loves her, though he also ate her fries (... look, it hurt her feelings, apparently!) and tricked her into wearing an amulet that forced her to take his place as ruler of the Nightosphere because he "wanted to be proud" of her. He did seem to accept her demand that he be proud of her for who she is, so I tend to think he does genuinely love her, but would also describe her as an oddball, and sometimes wild and unmanageable, a bit like how a typical father might describe his rowdy teenage daughter.

[leeshajoy]

In canon, he's told her he loves her, though he also ate her fries (... look, it hurt her feelings, apparently!)

My perhaps-too-charitable interpretation of the fries thing is that it's not the only bad thing he did, but one that she's latched on to as a representative sample of how he doesn't respect her needs and desires.

Or given that this is Adventure Time, it could just be a silly joke.

[minkhollow]

OH THIS SHOULD BE FUN.

Cata's parents may very well be dead; she doesn't know, having not spoken to them since she enrolled in the Guild, and she doesn't much care. They never really got on anyway.

Sam's parents are dead. His mother spent the few years she was alive to raise him in a magic-addled stupor. Per CWDP last year, she is proud of him, though she wouldn't have chosen for her son to become an assassin. She can understand what led him to it, though.
His father... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Llllllllet's just say he's disappoint and leave it at that, NOT THAT SAM GIVES ANY OF THE SHITS WHAT HE THINKS.

Claudia's parents are dead (car crash - Millicanonically only a car crash, since not everything is evil plots or Artifacts - when she was seven). They were proud of their brilliant little girl before they died and would be now. Again, through CWDP her mother has told her as much.

Apollo... well, your relationship with your dad is going to be a little fraught when he's the dude in charge of the pantheon. He loves his mother.
His stepmother, not so much, but Hera doesn't really go out of her way to endear herself to any of her husband's extramarital children.

Imp's father would do a lot of grumbling, since they had a huge fight about the merits of music vs. hauling rocks around the countryside before Imp left. His mother, I've long headcanoned, died when Imp was ten or so. I think she'd be proud of everything he's accomplished.

Regulus' mother thinks he's the Perfect Pureblood Son, and expects him to stay that way, doubly so since Sirius left. His father (and even though Quinn's not here to ask, we've batted this around enough that I can answer) thinks both of his sons are the two things that made suffering through his marriage worthwhile, and hopes at least one of them gets a chance to actually be happy.

Red's parents are dead (at least, I'm assuming it's safe to say her father is). Whitetexting because this is from the most recent episode: Her mother would describe her as Very Confused and why do you want to hang out with humans, silly girl. (Given her mother's attitudes toward the wolf thing, I think it's safe to say her father was also a werewolf, but I think if he were still around she would have introduced Red to her father, so. --He may very well have been the one to give her the key to controlling the wolf...)
Her grandmother, as the most active raising agent in Red's life, has made some incredibly stupid decisions in the name of trying to protect Red from the shitty aspects of the curse, and so won't understand when Red tells her she intends to embrace both sides of it. She sees much more to be feared from the wolf, which I suspect has to do with the circumstances in which she was pulled into it.
Frankly, Red's the only one in that family with a sensible approach to the matter.

[the_fairest]

I have a tiny rogue-princess clearing her throat at that last line.



She doesn't care if she's not here by blood, Red called her family, and that's what they are. Forever.

[knightoftheswan]

To reverse this for just a moment, Mia describes her mother as being warm and loving early in the game. This is a contrast to how the player is introduced to Lemia Ausa, as the real Lemia's locked away and the person imitating Lemia tosses your ass in the dungeon and abducts your girl. After this, you can go talk to Lemia throughout much of the game. She'll give the party information and advice to Mia specifically. Before the whole thing's through, Lemia mentions more than once that she's proud of her daughter and tells Mia that she's ready to be the Guildmaster of Vane.

Lucas is often described by his family as coddled. This is before his great world-changing adventure. Flint would examine Lucas's recent choices, some of them pretty much direct results of Flint more or less abandoning Lucas in favor of searching for Claus for the past three years, and say that his son probably made the best decisions he could in those circumstances. Flint would probably be concerned about the lasting problems Lucas has now but proud that he's strong enough to continue doing what he believes he needs to do now. Hinawa would say Lucas has become a thoughtful, strong boy, that she's so proud of him, and that she'll always be there for him and Claus no matter what.

Lohengrin, having a history based on his opera and his Arthurian legend, is the son of Parsifal. Or Percival. They're the same character, but the opera is called Parsifal. Parsifal is a knight of both strength and compassion. (In the opera, he shoots down a swan as a youth. When the knights confront him with the swan's body and ask what harm it did, Parsifal is so remorseful that he breaks his bow. Also, holy crap Lohengrin gives me a lot of stuff to look up.) Parsifal would likely say Lohengrin is a knight of his word and he couldn't be prouder of his son.

[bjornwilde]

How did I miss that Lohengrin was Arthurian based? I think he and Palamedes should me though we'll have to decide if they'll recognize each other. = ]

[bjornwilde]

This is a really good question.

Ben's parents died when he was barely a teen, and they likely thought he was a punk and a waste just like his older brother who died. His Uncle Jake and Aunt Petunia (who took care of him after his parents death) saw much more in him and still think he is an amazing guy.

Hank's parents love him and think he is a genius who will one day do something amazing that will change the world.

Thalia's parents are a classic example of why the gods should not have relationships with mortals. Her mother was so wrapped up the pain of losing Zeus that she practically ignored Thalia while Zeus had better things to do. Her mother is dead now, but Zeus is proud of her though he can't or doesn't know how to show it.

Jessica's parents are very proud of their greatest accomplishment, especially her dad. The fact that he saw her as the product of an experiment lessens this somewhat (end sarcasm). I honestly don't remember how much her mother was a willing participant in the experiment.

Val was loved by both her parents and highly respected. They saw the best of each other in her as well as herself.

Andrea's mom loves her and is so proud of her accomplishments that she is fit to burst. Her father is dead and wouldn't understand the things Andrea does much, though he enjoyed her company when he was alive and she was a child.

Palamedes I am not so sure of. Arthurian legend states that Palamedes came to Britain with his father and brothers, so that implies his father valued him, to me at least. No mention is made of his mother.

[puckishly]

So, half my characters don't exactly have parents, as such ... two points!

1) I think Ava's parents are/were like, teachers or something. They would be rrrrreally surprised by the abrupt left turn her existence has taken.

2) "Dead Hearts" is on my Ava playlist! 😁

[stuck_mynock]

*eyes current roster*

Well.

Atton's parents - although he didn't much know his father - would probably fairly rapidly come to the conclusion that Atton himself has come to: That their son Jaq functionally died age nineteen, and the person who left Malachor V is somebody completely different, who has his face and memories and some of his personality, but lacks most of the crucial elements that made him Jaq.

So that's - a thing.


Moving on, Leo Fudou's father was a very harsh disciplinarian - and we never see his mother, which is a shame. Leo implies that he's the less favoured twin, but he chooses Leo over his brother to be the next RODO, and his reasoning for this is that Leo's basic nature is more compassionate and better suited to knighthood, so he at very least respects Leo.

I'd imagine that Fudou Snr, for all his breathtaking emotional distance (there's a reason his sons are so breathtakingly self-destructively co-dependent), probably did love both his sons. At the same time, though, I think 'sons as people to care for' was a secondary concern to 'sons as people to take on my mantle'.


Leonardo da Vinci's father - again, we've never seen his mother - is a total dick. He manipulates his son, he talks down to him, he's emotionally distant, he makes and breaks promises, he's just generally awful, and I have strong doubts he actually cares about his son at all. I think it'd be truer to say that he cares about the damage it'd do to his reputation if he cut the boy loose.

(And historically, Leonardo da Vinci is a bastard, which I'm presuming is also true of Leonardo!verse, especially since it's mentioned that his father's future wife doesn't know about him.)


Teddy's parents would be proud, I assume. They might possibly wish that he projected less of a 'bland nigh-emotionless' presentation, but he's a good person, a very competent Auror, and has surprisingly well-developed interpersonal relationships.


Seamus' parents think he's a troublemaker and a handful, but they're proud of him, and especially proud of his role during the war, although they'd rather have liked it if he didn't have to do that.

[boston_bruiser]

Voodoo's parents are dead.

John's parents are dead.

Mako's parents are dead.




They're all Batman. Clearly.

[seat_five_girl]

Mako can be Batman. I want to see Asami as Tony Stark. Together they (and the Avatar!)... wow. That was rough on that city block.

Who has the standing rebuilding contract in this district?

[inlovewithwords]

I will leave Henry to the players of his mothers. His father doesn't know about him yet. I dare say he'd be too busy being stunned at first to process.

As for Lois, at her current 19/20 her mother would be proud of her for trying to raise Lucy, a little disappointed she got so flippant about her own life, concerned about her recklessness, glad she stopped smoking, and generally say that she is a good, brave, strong girl who will be amazing beyond words. I think as a rule Ella will always be sad how Sam and Lois' relationship turned out--Lucy and Lois', too--but also delighted she found a family to love comfortably. By the end of canon? Oh so unimaginably proud of her eldest, all her accomplishment and future--including that she let herself actually love, and a sweet, decent, steady guy who won't leave her with yet another relationship in flames.

As for her dad, Sam is actually quite proud of her. At 19/20 she's still somewhat cut off due to getting kicked out of Met U, and he'll get a little uncomfortable as she turns to Jonathan and Martha Kent for replacement-parenting. And man do their politics diverge, and eventually her Things with both the Blur (later Superman) and with Clark Kent (a little inexplicable, the man's boring!) will separate them a bit more (not nearly as badly as in comics canon) but he loves her deeply. And, despite snarking about her politics, is very proud of her. He'd probably end up with backhanded compliments in that way.

Tavi has a mother, a future step-father, an uncle who was the nearest he had to a father (and regards him as the closest to a son he'd had till end of canon), and a dead father. (Also Sextus in the wings.) Lotsa parent figures, for a nearly orphaned boy (thanks, 'sana). Overall, his living family is fiercely proud of him. As a rule, they'd all describe him as a good man, determined, (a little too) clever, dangerous, a little reckless probably, and Bernard and Isana will always have a little of 'their little boy' in that image. Araris has a little better perspective, with a mix of 'my lord,' 'my charge,' and 'my lord's son, who's grown up very well and doesn't need me hovering anymore.' Isana and Araris also have a distinct "He is Septimus' son" semi-nostalgic thing. Sextus as well--though he'd add naive and overly idealistic, no doubt. But he secretly loved Tavi very much, and was and would be very, very proud of him. Also utterly bemused.

As for Septimus? I think if told about everything Tavi accomplishes, his first reaction would be 'what is this child i don't even' bafflement, followed up by laughter and burning pride. Probably he would just laugh and describe Tavi as his son, more than he ever dreamed and hoped for in his son--though where the boy gets some of ideas, he has no clue.

And everyone--parents, child(ren?), friends, vassals, soldiers, wife--pretty much agree he's insane.

[kd7sov]

My favorite thing anyone says about Tavi is by his future father-in-law: I don't remember the exact words, but something along the lines of "Tavi does things big. Possibly you've noticed."

[death_gone_mad]

Oh boy.

Amascut's parents, Tumeken and Elidinis, haven't had any dialog in game yet, and much less any dialog relating to Amascut. They are both touted as the bringers and preservers of life, but they both are quite wrathful. However, there is some reason that Amascut hasn't been dealt a Prometheus or Loki style punishment, and I believe it is because her parents are protecting her.

This despite of what she has done to her adopted siblings and her constant bickering with her brother, Icthlarin.

Her father, at least according to the story Tumeken's Dream is disappointed in her, for although Icthlarin redeemed himself, Amascut has remained full of spite. But Tumeken's Dream is most likely not a historical document, but a piece of pro-Al Kharid religious propaganda.

[venturedean]

Haaaah. Welcome to Daddy Issues R Us.

Brisco's dad was gone a lot of the time when he was a kid, which led to some resentment well into his adult years, although it's clear that he loved and was proud of his son. We don't know much about his mother, other than the fact that she died when he was fairly young.

Fry's family wasn't too dysfunctional, other than the fact that his dad was constantly trying to toughen him up.

If you asked Henry what he'd say about Shawn, he'd probably say something to the effect that he's got a good head on his shoulders, if he'd ever bother to use it instead of skating by on instinct and luck. His push to have Shawn follow in his footsteps drove a huge rift between them over the years, but they've gotten a lot better.

Dean... man, where do I even start? To begin with, he doesn't know who his mom is, and canon is deliberately vague on the subject. His dad is selfish, mostly amoral, and borderline (if not outright) emotionally abusive, though there are moments that make it clear that he does care about his sons underneath it all. (This is one of my favorite scenes.) He's also pushing Dean to follow in his footsteps, which he hates but doesn't really know what to do about.

[sbpd_papabear]

Shawn's an idiot.

I mean, sure... okay, maybe he's got a little bit of skill after *years* of training but he chooses to squander it playing parlor tricks and thinking he's got the world under his thumb.

Well, don't be surprised when it all comes crashing down. He's smart, and if he ever chooses to apply himself to something worthwhile it'll be a hell of a sight.

Still an idiot.

[alsoagreengrass]

Scorpius thinks they'd rather have a better son. That he's too different. This is not true. His parents love him and they are proud of him. (Do they sometimes think he's a little on the mad side? Yes, but that's because he is.) He's still in a stage where he's not very good with communicating with them and so they can only guess and do their best. He's getting better at talking to them, though.

[gorgonfondness]

His not-mom will agree with the love and being proud of him.

And it's always nice to have someone who can calm Cepheus down...

[jjprobert]

Hrm, work to do, procrastinating? Me? Never!

Let's see: Alfred's parents were proud of what he had achieved before they died and considered him a wonderful gentleman, he sees no reason for that opinion to have changed since. Erik's were very happy with his academic career, though they did wish he had a bit more of a social life outside the department. Max's parents are still alive, though getting on a bit, and won't live to see the culmination of his life's work. They also don't really see why he's so bothered by it, but they accepted that he is, a long time ago.

Now for my more complex pups.
Well, Bean has no parents. That he knows of. Solves the issue (except it doesn't). By the time he finds out he does have parents, and they find out about him, he's changed. They are very proud of the boy they get.

Jack. I could write an essay on Jack's family issues. I hope I've managed to get enough of them across so far in OOMs. I will elaborate, but probably tomorrow, once this piece of work is handed in.

[gavin62truck]

Tommy's dad would call him a pussy. If his mom were alive, she'd probably call him that, too.

It's not that Michael and Martha Gavin didn't love their six kids, it's just that the dysfunction ran deep. From what was said about her in canon, Tommy's mother was a controlling alcoholic chain-smoker. Tommy's dad was a WWII veteran and a firefighter, and also a raging alcoholic who never had time for his kids. (He even had an affair and had an illegitimate child on the side.) There was more verbal abuse than displays affection in the Gavin household, except Tommy's younger brother Johnny was probably the favorite.

I could go on about Gavin family issues, but I'm pretty sure Tommy's dad doesn't think he's anything special.

[arrin]

AndrAIa

wasn't born, so much as willed into existence by her Game, but parents wise, Dot and Bob care for her very much.

Thirteen

hasn't had the best relationship with her parents, having been terrified of, then resenting her mother who had Huntington's. Her father, on the other hand, was rather preoccupied with caring for her mother while she was sick, then retreated into his grief when she passed away.

If they were on speaking terms, though, her father would probably be proud of her. Tell people how smart she is, that she skipped ahead a bunch of grades, became a doctor, and even received a posting in a position where she got to help people where other doctors have failed.

As for her mother...well...I keep meaning to do a Conversations With Dead People for her...

Kaidan

's mother passed away when he was young, but his father is immensely proud of his son, and takes every opportunity to inform his extended family of this. Especially so since some of them are of the mind that he should just stop using his biotics, leave the military, and try some of the "cures" out there.

Hawke

's dad obviously thought enough of her to make her the head of the family when he passed away, believed enough in his oldest daughter, that she was skilled and strong enough to look after her mother, brother and sister when he was gone. He thought the world of her, even if he wasn't able to teach her magic like he was able to with Bethany. He taught her all he could, and a lot of her worldview and her own personal morals are a direct result of his teachings.

Her mother adores her, as she does with all of her children, and respects Hawke enough to defer to her as head of the family, allowing her to take the lead when it comes to what remains of their family. Sometimes, she can be a bit mouthy for her mother's liking, but she's long since accepted that this is just how her daughter is, even if she does allow her mouth to get away from her sometimes.

Kanaya

was raised by a giant moth-like grub. No, seriously, and while she died before their game, she still proved to be supportive after she was prototyped as a sort of game guide for Kanaya.

[a1enzo]

Enzo's father (nullofscience) is very proud of him and his accomplishments, especially given all the difficult circumstances of his childhood. (Effective orphanhood from ages 5 to 10, shadow of his father supposedly having destroyed the Twin City, the whole copy situation... Enzo would not be nearly so well-adjusted if his backstory had not been written retroactively.) As a scientist, he's especially proud of Enzo's role as User-researcher.

His mother died when he was born, but evidence suggests she would feel the same.

[canadasgreatest]

This is a bit difficult in some cases. Here, allow me to let the characters to answer.

Spider: "My father thought of me as the side of him that was always best, that delightful and festive side that really did credit to the old godhood. People say that it's easy being a god and, for the most part, they're right. Well, it was for me, except when I had to...go away. It's not easy being put out of the rest of you, to be split apart into two gods, but dad always thought that was for the best and now things are better than ever. Two god-sons of Anansi and he couldn't be prouder."

Crypto: "My momma was Clone Tank 7 on the planet Furon, and therefore doesn't have squat to say about me. And I have no idea who my father IS, unless he's the original Cryptosporidium, in which case he's obviously dead since clones are usually made one after the other. So, if I AM my own father, then I uhhh...guess I'm okay with me. Yeah."

Welman: "I suppose, when you get down to it, my father and mother would describe me as an alright sort of a sprite, brilliant and imaginative the way I would solve dad's experiments and always study. Of course...I imagine they're rather upset about being nullified like I was. Even as a null, I have no way os seeking them out beyond finding a way to restore Lost Angles to its former glory, so I feel as though they're more than a little disappointed there. Of course, lately, I have been consulting others in my field over Bad Sector Restoration."

The Red Panda: "Well, it's not exactly a matter of how they would view me in my current line of work, mostly because they wouldn't. If my father were still around and had somehow gotten wise to my identity, I would have his memory erased faster than Jack Rabbit. My folks were okay, I suppose, but there is something to be said about what they'd do to earn ludicrous amounts of money, to the point where I could just sit around all day with nothing to do until I die. If, by chance, they had a chance to see me as I am, and miraculously escaped my mind being in theirs...I imagine they would be very confused, and then shocked, and then thinking that I'd lost me mind. Many others have...at first."

Inspector Clouseau: "My pahrents? They weuld be seuh proud... Police weurk has been in my family for many, many yahrs. To kneuw that the freuhts of their lions weuld make such a fine inspector of the Surete weuld overwhelm them immensely."

[camwyn]

Ray's parents were always proud of their little boy, especially when he got into Columbia at fourteen, but they died in a car crash on the Long Island Expressway when he was in his first year of grad school and he had to drop out and go work in the private sector to take care of his younger sister. (Millicanon. All we know about his parents from the movie is "I loved that house! My parents left me that house!", I don't use either movie novelization or cartoon material as canon unless it suits me, and there's nothing about his parents in the Ghostbusters: Legion comic.)

Gordon's parents both died sometime after the Incident, before his return. Word is that his mother was very proud of him. Nobody knows what happened to his father. I don't think things could have gone very well for an airline pilot who was probably in the air the day things started coming through holes in reality, though. (Millicanon. The closest we come to knowing Gordon's family status in canon is that there is a picture of a baby in his locker and that one version of canon has a prelude that includes a scientist saying Gordon is single and has no dependents. I had to make everything up.)

Adrian's father died a few years ago, of Xen wildlife, but he was proud of what he knew of his son. He'd been told by two master sergeants that Adrian had died in the line of duty at a rescue mission gone horribly wrong at Black Mesa, New Mexico. Adrian's mom is still alive and I don't think she could be prouder of her boy, although she still finds it weird that he's not much older than when she saw him off to Arizona twenty-one years back and his baby brother has outpaced him by a good two decades. Also she's kind of weirded out by the silver hand, but tells herself there are worse prosthetics to have. (Also millicanon. Opposing Force says exactly nothing about Adrian's family and doesn't even show a photograph in his locker the way the main HL game does for Gordon.)

Varric's parents are dead, so far as I know, unless his father retired from looking after the family interests and left Bartrand in charge, which I doubt.

Medic's parents died when he was six; he was raised by a strict German grandpapa und a somewhat indulgent grandmama. Both of them are actually remarkably proud of him, although the closest you'll get to admitting this from Grandpapa is a nod and a "That'll do" kind of response.

Mordin has outlived his only parent. Salarians survive to about age forty or so, maybe forty-five if they're lucky, and he's in his late thirties. He only has a mother because salarians are haplodiploid and only fertilized eggs produce females. So, yeah.

Arcade's father died when he was a boy, and Arcade knows nothing of the exact circumstances. His mother died some years after that. Arcade spends a lot of time wondering what they'd think of their boy...

I'll get the others later. my train's here.

[ceitfianna]

Will's parents love him and worry about him. They're both alive and tired living in Nottingham, he's their only living child and while they wish he wasn't fighting with Robin. They do understand why he's doing it.

Charles' parents were proud of him, his mother wanted him to be a proper gentleman and she succeeded though she did worry when his mutation when he was growing up. I'm not sure of the state of his father other than not around. A stepfather is referred to but again I don't know what happened to his father. I haven't picked a headcanon for it but I see his parents are proud of him and confused by Raven but they cared for her. He was more raised by his Nanny who loved him and made sure he worked and was as great as he could be.

Sameth's parents are proud of him but busy, so its complicated. They're loving but neglectful and not good at showing him how they care. Amy can better answer how Sabriel feels about him.

Moist's parents died when he was young and he was raised by his grandparents. All of them were proper Uberwaldians so I think they would be confused by what he's doing with his life.

William's mother is proud of how he's stepped up to take care of them, but worries as she sees him becoming like his father, overworked. She also wishes that he could have spent more time in school as she sees a lot of possibility in him that's going unanswered. Ali can answer for Dan.

Jane's parents are tricky. Her father is incredibly proud of her and encourages her with her writing. Her mother wishes that she would not hold onto foolish dreams, but she is proud of how intelligent and beautiful her daughter is and wishes her dreams were more realistic.

Demeter is complicated because Greek gods, who the relationship is fraught. I don't know a good response as I'm a little too turkified to do the research.

Tumnus' father was killed by the White Witch and I think his father would be very proud of him. He would be sad that Tumnus had to make a deal with the Witch at one point but happy with how he helped Lucy and the Pevensies. I have no idea about his mother.

The Pirate King's father was a lord and I think he would approve of how in charge his son is. His mother would find him charming and reckless. He's not how they wanted him to end up.

[death_gone_mad]

Is Cain Marko (Juggernaut) still related to Charles by adoption (or marriage) in the Movie!verse? The only thing I remember about Charles' youth come from the '90s cartoon series, an episode about Juggernaut specifically, though my memory of that episode is fuzzy at best. There was some sort of implied sibling rivalry fueled by potential parental favoritism?

Oh, movieverse diverges from the comics and the cartons so... Ugh, so many potentially contradictory canon sources.

[mm_mythos]

I'm not too sure what Matrix's parents would think of him. On one hand, they'd be quite proud that he survived losing a Game, because up until that point, losing a Game was a fate worse than deletion. He survived, found help in the form of Ray Tracer, Captain Capacitor and the pirates, alongside AndrAIa, rescued Bob from the Web, fought Megabyte to the point where he could've killed the virus if he wanted to, and in general helped save Mainframe. But not too proud of the kind of person he became along the way. Or rather, they'd understand why, but wish he'd turned out differently regardless.

How Rabastan is seen by his parents is something I have thought about from time to time. My personal head-canon is that his mother was the one who worried the most about her children, trying to do the best she could with a son like Rodolphus, and fretting over Rabastan's oddities. Mr Lestrange was probably strict, and while not demanding of perfection, still had Standards Others Should Meet. The time between the brothers' graduation and incarceration caused a lot of trouble between parents and children. Rodolphus by this point had been "written off" by Mr Lestrange, whereas Rabastan was almost disowned. Neither of Rabastan's parents are proud of what he did while under Voldemort's control, but they are proud that he left it all behind and even more proud that he has a new life on a new world where he can be the man they knew he could be at last.

The parents of Xamot and Tomax would Not Be Happy At All. Sure, the twins are successful and wealthy, but when you take into account how they got there...

[abitofawildman]

Raph: "Raphael, you always bear the world's problems on your shoulders. It is an admirable quality when you are a protector of others. But you must realize that while at times you might not be my favorite student, it does not mean that you are my least favorite son. You are strong, passionate, and loyal to your fault. These are the merits of a great leader as well, but only when tempered with compassion and humility."
- TMNT (2007)

Mike "Michaelangelo means well."

Bumi While Aang may not have agreed with or approved of all of Bumi's life decisions, there's not a doubt in my mind that Aang is proud of his son and the man he has become.

Aang As mentor and guardian, Gyatso is the closest thing that Aang has to a traditional father figure. He loved Aang, and found him to be a joyful and carefree child so very different from his pensive friend Roku.

The Loompas didn't know their parents. They were raised in Wonka's Children's collective. It's one of the many sources of their considerable man pain.

[camwyn]

As for the others:

Hektor, who just got approved, is part of a very large family (we are talking 'they call my father Priam of the fifty sons, and they are not far wrong' large here). Fortunately he's also one of the favoured members of the family, and his father will almost certainly be naming him, rather than one of his brothers, the heir to the throne of Troy sometime fairly soon. His mother is very pleased with him as well, although she finds it a little nerve-wracking how willing he is to take a place in the vanguard and lead his men in brightly polished and decorated armor. She thinks he makes himself too much of a target.

Zira's canon says nothing about anyone in her family. I am going with the assumption that she has a sister and a nephew (a little bit of a nod to the original Planet of the Apes movie, in which Zira's nephew provided some youth commentary). And that her parents are pleased with her scientific accomplishments, glad that she's working with animals rather than in a more male-appropriate scientific field like physics or mathematics (apes tend to be conservative in many regards, why not their attitudes towards women in the sciences), and most of all very happy that she's getting married to a fine, respectable fellow who could probably make it easier for her papers and studies to be accepted by the higher ups.

And Ellen... Ellen's mother lived just long enough to give a name to her newborn daughter, and then her heart gave out. Her father James was very proud of his daughter's accomplishments as of the start of canon, but in keeping with what seems to have been a lifelong pattern of piss-poor decision making, chose to express his fullest confidence in her by leaving her a holotape saying "you're a good person, make a life for yourself in the vault, who knows maybe we'll see each other again" before running off. Apparently he thought this demonstrated his belief that she could handle herself and anything else. After they met up again he was even more pleased with what he'd heard of her actions on the surface, and that even with all the killing and fighting she had turned out to be a thoroughly decent person, and then once again the Piss Poor Decision Making Disorder kicked in and he got himself killed trying to protect his life's work and his daughter from an enemy that barely even noticed the damage he did them.