I think that even when his wife was alive he didn't really took care of them. None of the kids think of him as a reliable adult, only as father in name so it is quite possible that the wife took care of the kids mostly alone with the help of nanny and the maids. He loves his wife very much and took care of her but it really didn't matter to him if they have kids or not because the only important thing to him was his wife so when she passed away it was only natural he didn't care for them and ignored them, and the kids knew from the start that they shouldn't rely on him because he didn't care for them.
The family dynamic sure is strange because whales do take care of their children until they are adults but I think that the whale family here is f up because the author is trying o make the family more interesting ╮(￣▽￣)╭. If I understand correctly, rest of the families are normal (the dolphin family for example), it's just the whale family that is weird
when i started reading ur comment, even i thought how normal the white dolphin family is compared to the killer whales. (≧∀≦)
& i am sure u r right that he never cared for his offspring - even when his wife was alive. i was just wondering about this, cause he keeps thinking about her when he's around the MC. so wondered if anything would change.
but i wonder if his wife was a caregiver - as she was also a killer whale, so maybe she also just left her kids to the abusive nannies - as the oldest son hasn't mentioned his mother & he the only one, old enough to reminisce about the loss of a loving parent - no?!?
To tell the truth, I wouldn't be surprised if you're right about the wife. The whole family is fucked up. But I still hope that she cared for them and that the children are so independent because the rest of the family or because this is their personality (like, if the rest of the family are all like this so maybe it in the blood? Idk but it is possible that all the child characters are behaving like adults because it's their personality like in all of the manhwas where the child mc/ side and other characters are more mature than they are supposed to be so the story won't be boring...) and not because their mother was abusive too
it's sooo weird, this dynamic that children (babies) r left to fend for themselves & only if they survive & show powers, they r noticed. but not enough to be shown care or love - just acknowledged.
they still have to keep fighting - such a weird dynamic -
hard to like any of the adults & i just feel so bad for the children (even heartbroken for all the babies that died being neglected & abused this way).
heck animals take care of their babies (only - sadly if the offspring is deformed or sick, they get abandoned) so i don't get why the author thought up such a dynamic in regards to animal-people. would think that combo would make the parents even more protective of their progeny - no? ┑(￣Д ￣)┍