Alot of people hate Haon's father, but I don't. You can't deny the he was emotional withdrawn from Haon, or that he was rarely around, but Haon brought up a point in the words he chose to swallow. That if his father was lonely after his wife/slash mother died, why couldn't they mourn together? Why did he push Haon away? Mourning a love one is alot to overcome. Even when you have nobody but yourself to look after, just day to day coping can be a struggle. Adding a child into the mix makes things harder. You have to remain in a headspace where even if you don't feel like it, you have to make sure the child is taken care of, and you can scream all day "Well that child didn't ask to be there. It's the parents responsibility to be there through thick and thin. Haon was mourning too."
And while all that is true it does not change the fact that coping with death is different for everyone. Haon's mother passed and his father put all connection and emotions on the back burner. He made sure Haon had peers, teachers, clothes, food, and just about anything else to keep a child engaged, but kept his interactions with his son to a minimum. Question? Did anyone else notice that Haon's resemblance to his father isn't that big? That more than likely means he looks more like his mother. Looking and caring for your son that looks like your deceased wife may not have been easy for his dad.
The part that I love the most about this and his father, is also the saddest piece. The regret he fell into when he lost everything and if you read the last chapter you realize everything for Haon's father was not even the academy. Cause if Haon had stayed gone, he wouldn't have even touched it. Everything was Haon. His only son and last piece of his wife. Even with Haon alive the regret and guilt doesn't go away because facts are he was a disconnected parent, but from present forward he can at least try to be better and that's what I love. That he is trying and not being high-handed about it. Haon doesn't have to forgive him, you can't undo what's been done, but I can hope continuous effort on the father's part brings at least the occasional visit and drinking session.
Alot of people hate Haon's father, but I don't. You can't deny the he was emotional withdrawn from Haon, or that he was rarely around, but Haon brought up a point in the words he chose to swallow. That if his father was lonely after his wife/slash mother died, why couldn't they mourn together? Why did he push Haon away? Mourning a love one is alot to overcome. Even when you have nobody but yourself to look after, just day to day coping can be a struggle. Adding a child into the mix makes things harder. You have to remain in a headspace where even if you don't feel like it, you have to make sure the child is taken care of, and you can scream all day "Well that child didn't ask to be there. It's the parents responsibility to be there through thick and thin. Haon was mourning too."
And while all that is true it does not change the fact that coping with death is different for everyone. Haon's mother passed and his father put all connection and emotions on the back burner. He made sure Haon had peers, teachers, clothes, food, and just about anything else to keep a child engaged, but kept his interactions with his son to a minimum. Question? Did anyone else notice that Haon's resemblance to his father isn't that big? That more than likely means he looks more like his mother. Looking and caring for your son that looks like your deceased wife may not have been easy for his dad.
The part that I love the most about this and his father, is also the saddest piece. The regret he fell into when he lost everything and if you read the last chapter you realize everything for Haon's father was not even the academy. Cause if Haon had stayed gone, he wouldn't have even touched it. Everything was Haon. His only son and last piece of his wife. Even with Haon alive the regret and guilt doesn't go away because facts are he was a disconnected parent, but from present forward he can at least try to be better and that's what I love. That he is trying and not being high-handed about it. Haon doesn't have to forgive him, you can't undo what's been done, but I can hope continuous effort on the father's part brings at least the occasional visit and drinking session.