The most straightforward is Cynthia's dad, Frederick. Hella knight, awesome dad. Gets frustrated with Cynthia in her supports, but then again every dad does until she reveals her motives.

She definitely looks up to him quite a bit, and while she sees Sumia as an ideal in a lot of ways, Cynthia's father is definitely a role model as well.

Elsa's dad is... well. Depending on who you ask, somewhere between loving and abusive.

I think that it's not unfair to label his behavior as bordering on abusive, absolutely, but it's the sort of thing where the situation a) isn't one he or anybody he knew knew how to deal with, and

b ) that is

was extremely dangerous.

Parents dying in the sinking ship was not great for her issues, and if you ask OUAT, they were actually leaving to find a way to help her, which makes the daddy/parent issues even worse.

Then we have Xander. Even if he's probably getting dropped from the game he's in, couldn't do this meme without mentioning him.

As a father, he does pretty well. He's big on trying to make sure that Siegbert views him as a comrade/father/maybe inspiration, but not ideal, which I think is great-and probably ties back into his issues wi-

th his own dad. Which. Hoo boy.

Apparently, Garon was at one point an at least alright father?

Still had his flaws. Slept with a few too many women in such a way that created an awkward as fuck political climate.

But was a fair ruler, and a fair father, so much so that Xander-who it seems did, initially, make the mistake of seeing Garon as an ideal-wound up basically putting him on a pedestal.

Which was of cours a problem for spoilerific reasons.

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