#|| and i do hc that between 16 and 17 mike did drugs to cope with both his psychosis and his evan guilt.
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were it not for the everything i need to get done right now i would drop the most nuclear meta about how william views parenting michael.
#oh boy six a.m.! ( ooc )#|| *my william tbc i don't hold anyone to any of my shit.#|| i just. yeah william bad william abusive but from his pov he's like.#|| on top of the toxic masculinity there's also not knowing how to parent a kid with severe mental illness.#|| and mike is bisexual in the 80s like.#|| there's both judgment AND a fear factor there given the political and medical crises.#|| and i do hc that between 16 and 17 mike did drugs to cope with both his psychosis and his evan guilt.#|| like all of that is a LOT to deal with and this was utah in the 80s.#|| he sees himself as a saint for not kicking michael out which is wrong.#|| but there is a realistically sympathetic bend here imo in that. that's just so much.#|| he's like 'oh you think i'm evil you think i hate my son? would a guy who hated his son do this?'#|| AND WHIPS OUT THE HOMEMADE PSYCHOSIS TREATMENT MANUAL.#|| IDK THEY'RE COMPLICATED TO ME.#|| DADS WILL CALL YOU WORTHLESS PARASITES AND THEN DEFEND YOU FROM THE SATANIC PANIC.#|| AND EGO AND GENUINE PATERNAL AFFECTION HAVE NO DIVIDING LINE.
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