#fictional dads

[replaytech]

shoutout 2 grumpy old dads that desperately need a hug & a kiss y’all r my fave

[thedadbracket]

hello and welcome to…

THE DAD BRACKET

the bracket where YOU, the tumblr dot com masses, get to decide your FAVORITE DAD.

Da Rulez 📖

FICTIONAL DADS ONLY!!! don’t be weird.

cis men, trans men, and masc nb folks all qualify as a dad! i’m all for gender anarchy, but i need to bottleneck the number of submissions somehow. (i’m a brainweird senior in college i am busy and my brain is very fickle. you know how it is)

no bad dads please!!! i don’t wanna see any canonically shitty dudes on this list.

before submitting, click HERE to see who’s been submitted already. i’ll be including as many as i can, with an even number; who gets in won’t be based on number of submissions because i want to keep the size of the spreadsheet manageable. also, feel free to check the FAQ!

shoutout to @battle-of-the-dads and @single-father-swag-competition for being fellow Dad Tournaments. inspirations under the cut!

SUBMIT YOUR DADS HERE, and may the best dad win!!!!

the inspirations:

@ultimate-fnaf-showdown @ut-side-character-showdown @ultimate-rat-bracket @neurodivergentswagsummit @malewife-swag-competition @swaglesscompetition @soppingwetbeastoff @foundfamilyarena @plural-swag-competition @ultimatefnaf-favoritecompetition @best-fnaf-character @girlbosswar @bestcharacterwithfirepowers @rabbitswag-competition @redandgreenpoll @fuckablerobotbracket (run by one of my besties) @creature-competition @letsgetreadytotumble @nonbiney-swag-competition @character-of-all-time @pinknredbracket @bestfnafcharacter

[echostarz123]

If I made a list of fictional father figure characters I would want to adopt me, I think people would give me weird looks if I put a stick figure on that list...

[firawren]

Some of my favorite fictional dads

In honor of Father's Day, here are some fictional dads that I really enjoy for their dadness:

Bandit Heeler from Bluey

Prince Charming aka David Nolan aka Daddy Charming from Once Upon a Time

Harry Bright from Mamma Mia

Tatsuo Kusakabe from My Neighbor Totoro

Félix and Agustín from Encanto

Gerry Lane from World War Z

Honorable mention:

Captain Holt from Brooklyn Nine-Nine

[dogbound1128]

That's how he got his cowboy hyperfixation

Clarification: 'Kris' refers to me, the creator of this comic, not Kris deltarune

[annaberunoyume]

SHOUTOUT TO OUR BELOVED FICTiONAL DADS!

Happy Father's Day! 👨‍👩‍👦👪

(you'll get that gif if you remember Kessie and Rabbit)

[rachel-sylvan-author]

Happy Father's Day!

Karen Traviss "Republic Commando" series

[lathan-chillyfilm]

Underrated Fictional Fathers

Earl Devereaux

I mean, let’s think about this logically:

Very first second we meet him, basically confirms that his son’s safety & success come first

Speaking to Flint in an apologetic & somber tone, admitting that yes, he’s said a lot of admittedly threatening and disapproving things to him, but ultimately does want to move past it for the happiness of his family

Commissioning an entire ice cream snow day for his son’s birthday alone

Showing genuine concern for his child’s health after he falls into a food coma near the end of the film

Pushing tooth and nail through a literal tsunami of food to protect his loved ones

Changing professions after moving to California, all to ensure his family a stable income

AND promising to take his child on adventures with Flint & The Gang once he gets his first chest hair

Dad Score:

10/10

Beautiful; Exemplary Even.

[chewysgummies]

A wallpaper for my fictional dad since it's been a while

[daisywords]

One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.

Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.

It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?

Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.

[authorsamanthapicaro]

Tuesday trope:

Kind, supportive dad

There are characters with dads who are wonderfully supportive and caring

Limitless Roads Cafe, my first book, has this trope for the main character and her dad

Other YA books with this trope:

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya McGregor

To All the Boys I’ve loved Before by Jenny Han

Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

[jellyfishsaliva]

Me, whenever I see a fictional male, middle aged character with a mentoring role:

[blorppppp]

the urge to watch edits of fictional fathers is getting stronger, i yearn, i starve, i need

[valtsv]

will never understand the misogynistic inclination to pigeonhole every female character into the "exasperated sensible mom friend" role as if there's anything better than a woman so devoid of maternal instincts that she makes wire mother look soft. woman who rolls over and walks out onto the balcony to smoke a post-coital cigarette alone and leaves without a note or any kind of acknowledgement after sleeping with you because she can't stand the vulnerability of sleeping next to someone, or waking up beside them the following morning. woman whose idea of relaxing is abusing substances alone in a dark corner somewhere, and snarling and snapping at anyone who approaches her, regardless of intent. woman so emotionally unavailable she fails or refuses to notice that her lame ass partner is trying to push the divorce papers until they've taken the kids and left a heartfelt but scathing note pinned to the fridge. woman with more vices than genuine friends. woman whose expression stays blank and arms remain limply at her sides when you wrap her up in yours for a hug. woman without a gentle touch in her body, with nothing but rough edges and sharp angles.