I gave Erik a #1 Dad mug for Christmas, but only because you feel more like my mom. Or what it felt like a mom ought to be.
[There's no push-pull of authority and fear and neediness and eagerness to prove herself with him, none of the taut balance she associates with fatherhood even when it works well. He's just - safety, warmth, comfort. An easy understanding she always wanted from Magda, and never got - although that part, at least, was no one's fault. They never had as much in common as Magneto thought they did.]
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Date: 2014-04-01 03:48 pm (UTC)I gave Erik a #1 Dad mug for Christmas, but only because you feel more like my mom. Or what it felt like a mom ought to be.
[There's no push-pull of authority and fear and neediness and eagerness to prove herself with him, none of the taut balance she associates with fatherhood even when it works well. He's just - safety, warmth, comfort. An easy understanding she always wanted from Magda, and never got - although that part, at least, was no one's fault. They never had as much in common as Magneto thought they did.]