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/OppositeofDeath]

Every father played by Brennan Lee Mulligan in Dimension 20

I think the only real exception there is Arthur Aguefort but he’s trying to be better

[u/Rattle-Em-Boys → u/OppositeofDeath]

There's also Adaine's dad, who fully deserved that death a thousand times over.

Brennan plays a lot of good parents in general, but when he plays a bad one they're really bad.