Fathers STILL get the rough treatment in media, from being portrayed as too old to understand the modern day, feckless, violent, cold and just plain absent.
And we all see the fatherless behaviour that in reality causes...
So to celebrate a day that often gets overlooked to the female equivalent, what are some of the best representations of fathers you've seen in media?
Anime My daughter left the nest and Returned an S Rank adventurer: Belgrieve or 'the red ogre' is a perfect example of a positive role model I can think of in Anime. He's strict but fair, patient when he needs to be but not a push over, knows when to be emotional and when to think with a clear head. He's such a good role model that even former enemies switch to following his leads and former friends who fell off the right path immediately get back on the path just knowing He's around.
**As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll use my appraisal skill to Rise in the world **: for the time he's on screen, Raven shows he's not just a great warrior and lord but an excellent father, encouraging his son when he can, traching him the right values and when it matters most, just talking to him when he needed it and that attitude extended to all the other members of the cast.
Western Media: I think the diluge of propaganda over the years is making my mind a bit blank on this unfortunately. Had to delve into my brain for this:
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (1990s): James Avery played uncle Philip PERFECTLY, he was the greatest role model of a good Black father figure so no wonder they character assassinated him in the 'remake'
What are you're picks as to save it going to long, I should mention there are quite a few 'regression father stories' in Manhwa too where a father who makes mistakes raising their child (usually daughter) regresses in time to raise them properly, it's a genre to itself at this point.
Eliwood himself is a great father in FE6, as is Hector.
Honestly most of FE6 is a lot of great fathers that FE7 shows you them in detail.
Eh... I don't really agree with that. Eliwood's behavior in FE6 was disappointing, and Hector dies before anything happens in the story. Their characters in FE7 were great, but FE6? Nah. I dont recall any great (or even particularly good) fathers in FE6 except Bartre.
Their screentime was minimal, but they what little there was showed they hadn't changed much from FE7 so you can assume most of which still applies.
Except Bartre who absolutely did become a king in between the two.
Eh... Hector I'll give you (even if it was anticlimactic and early as hell), but Eliwood, no. Keep in mind what his father went through in FE7 and compare it to him in FE6. It just feels... lame.
Hector was killed by the strongest guy in the world and his surprise ambush dragon army, where Eliwood couldn't do anything against bandits (nor show up for his best friend and the country as a whole) because of... a bad cold?
Even if you can argue that its somehow some super debilitating illness (which is hard to swallow if Eliwood can still move at all, and is also a lame storytelling device in general), its still not comparable to the literal torture his father endured and still fought with all his heart for his family and those he cares about. It makes Eliwood come across as a badly written character.
In retrospect, my memory of FE6 is pretty poor as I didn't enjoy it very much (opinion, its the worst GBA title by a mile), so I'll default to your better knowledge of it.
Fire Emblem Heroes has been filling in the blanks somewhat. Seeing that musclehead class-change to a mage to trick-or-treat with his daughter (i.e. Hector: Dressed-Up Duo) is tooth-rottingly precious.
For all its flaws, FEH is good about throwing in one "non-viral" choice with most of their wierd alt-banners that does show someone there has played the games before PoR a few times.