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It gives real good dads a bad name (discuss.online)
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[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's not about whether or not it fits someone's personal experience. It's about not normalizing or even romanticizing harmful behaviours.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

But with proper writing, it would make sense to have. To completely rid of it is stupid. Maybe "overly romanticizing the neglectful dad trope," I could agree with.

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

I think you are now talking about the definition of a trope. Look, as a plot line, what you wrote is doable. But tropes are by definition simplified. That is the problem.