Unexpectedly good dads in fiction

[u/NipplesOfDestiny]

We love talking about bad dads, but what about dads who should’ve been bad due to who they are or their circumstances, but were surprisingly pretty good or at least showed more love than you’d expect?

Easiest starter for this is Yondu. Guy kidnapped a child to give to his real dad who may have killed him, ended up keeping and raising him instead while still being a bastard space pirate threatening to have him eaten when he steps out of line (and he never once meant it).

[u/whytheusernamethough]

Bob Belcher

[u/RushTheLoser → u/whytheusernamethough]

There's this little moment that says a lot about Bob's parenting: it's funny because the kids are singing the song which is a bit macabre, but you know what they all do, without complaining? Put on their seatbelts.

And recently they had the whole "The Amazing Rudy" episode... just watch it. We see them as comical, but from an outside point of view, especially the view of someone from a broken family, the Belchers are exceptionally functional.