The thing about Etienne's father is that he's not an evil, novel villain like the queen, but he's the kind of man we see it everyday: a coward, frustrated and neglectful father, who convinces himself that he's the only victim of the circumstances and ignores his children suffering even if it's right in from of him.
This makes me hate him so much. I mean, he's not even that bad, the queen is way worse, but he's gonna have to lick Etienne's feet for me to even consider forgiving him hahahahha