One reason a real person might want to find and talk to an absent or distant parent is to tie up loose ends. Sort-of like some segments of fandom wanted Harry to come to some resolution with Snape. Those two characters will never get along unless one or the other goes completely OOC but the need for resolution is there.
Some RL people may feel the need to do that, others might not. Some RL people might buy into the idea that meeting the parent or coming to grips with a distant sort of parent will bring a break-through like a therapy session seems to do in TV shows: everyone gets weepy, the parent apologizes or beats the breast, the kid tearfully forgives, they hug... Hm. Sounds a lot like A Boy Named Sue.
Sometimes, you just want answers. No reconciliation, no snot-filled scenes, no nothing but having your say and getting it out. Finish things, tie up the loose ends.
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Date: 2011-01-26 03:23 am (UTC)Some RL people may feel the need to do that, others might not. Some RL people might buy into the idea that meeting the parent or coming to grips with a distant sort of parent will bring a break-through like a therapy session seems to do in TV shows: everyone gets weepy, the parent apologizes or beats the breast, the kid tearfully forgives, they hug... Hm. Sounds a lot like A Boy Named Sue.
Sometimes, you just want answers. No reconciliation, no snot-filled scenes, no nothing but having your say and getting it out. Finish things, tie up the loose ends.
IMO, of course. Your mileage may vary.