Considering Noah does not look like ML, since he looks like his mom, ML probably gets triggered by prolonged exposure to noah
Yeah that makes sense. I understand his actions suck in the current chapters, but a lot of the comments that acknowledge what most likely happened to him but then continue insulting him feel kind of tone deaf I feel like. Yes, it doesn’t mean he can get away with treating people like shit and being neglectful to his child, but there is some level of sympathy and understanding I feel like should be given to him. What he went through is traumatic as fuck, and the fact his son looks like the same person who did that to him would obviously make him feel horrible. Considering how his people all love him, it doesn’t mean he’s an irredeemable monster, but just that the circumstances have made him extremely traumatized and gives explanation to why he’s reacting the way he is.
SA on men is as equally traumatizing as SA on any other gender, and what they really need is therapy and someone to talk it through with them and people to support them. Which can be hard for them to seek help with, as there’s such a huge stigma on the topic
Yeah, I can not even begin to see how his trauma will be handled because parents are people too, so while he neglects Noah, he doesn't physically abuse Noah and good god, Noah could've been treated so much worse by the ML if he truly hated Noah. It can be looked at the ML was prioritizing his mental health overall instead of being a "loving" parent
In the original timeline, he did leave Noah's development entirely to his stepmother, and we know what she did
While I'm not trying to downplay Noah's abuse from both parents, I just understand how it came about
Yeah, not to mention, i feel like if he gets such a reaction out from being near Noah, he probably doesn’t even know how to interact with him. Like, what if he ends up hurting Noah because of a trauma response? That would be even worse than neglecting him I feel like. So maybe a part of him is staying away cause he KNOWS he can’t be a good father at the moment. That’s what I’m hoping for though.
I think I’m still a bit iffy about how other people in the comments kinda downplayed how traumatic what he went through is and automatically labelling him as a piece of sht and stuff. Like, they even acknowledge what he went through but don’t give him a chance to heal and get character development. Not everybody can be strong and automatically forget that trauma and love the child that was the product of one of the worst things that can be done to a person. It takes time as it’s a very difficult and complex issue
At least ML doesn't look like he hates Noah
Yeah, more like uncomfortable or even scared
Yeah ml definitely was r-worded by the first wife. Honestly, I feel like he probably has some type of phobia from women because of it or something. Also I feel like he might be scared of his child because of it or something cause he always seems to get sick around Noah.
Honestly, I wish that world has therapy cause he definitely needs it. He may be an asshole rn and in the past timeline, but he did go through one of the most traumatic things you can go through so I understand some of his reactions. Hope he can better and be able to open up to his new family honestly.
Ding ding the wicked witch is dead though, cause if what I’m guessing actually happened, that first wife deserved to die