#i hope the writers get real fucked up with this storyline like s2 rafe times 100 fucked up

[futuremrscameron]

it’s sweet on paper but rafe’s family man plan is not going to work out.

let’s take a page from inception’s book and reverse rafe’s deepest want into a simple idea.

rafe wants to be a great father and pillar of he community like his father

the problem with that is his father was not a great man or a good father. ward was not good to all of his kids equally, rafe was his only son and ward intentionally or not withheld affection from him and gave him tough love when he needed a shoulder to cry on, was physically abusive at times and ignored his symptoms of mental illness for god knows how long (yes rose says he’s been doing this since rafe was ten but it could’ve been longer).

he loved sarah and favored her but was controlling and manipulative.

he loved wheezie but was neglectful enough that she noticed sarah was the “favorite”.

ward cameron was a deeply flawed man and rafe’s inability to see that will be his doom because he will make the same mistakes his father did.

rafe wants to be someone people respect and trust

rafe’s need for respect, in my opinion, comes from his need for his father’s affection. i know i know it all goes back to ward no but really rafe wants respect and trust because he’s a person duh but also because in his eyes it will prove him worthy to his father and his doubters that think he will never be shit but it’s mostly the father thing. rafe isn’t power hungry, i’m sure he would like power because power = safety and sometimes even respect but that’s not why he wants respect and trust. he believes that he can do better and be better so he wants to be recognized for his creativity and intelligence.

rafe wants to be good

rafe at his core wants to be a good person. it seems like a childish thing to want especially considering rafe’s emotional immaturity and that’s exactly what it is, a child’s dream. throughout the show rafe talks about wanting to get better, he wants to get clean, he wants to be kinder to his sisters, he wants to be trusted, he wants responsibility, he believes good men have all these things and it goes right back to his father. in his mind, good men have families, they have the respect of their communities, they’re loved.

the problem is rafe as he is right now is incapable of being a good father/husband. he needs to change, stop trying to be like his father, take responsibility for what he’s done and the people he’s hurt, and mature past his childish thinking. i don’t think this is gonna happen though so i’m excited to see whether the writers will have him either become like his father or a different beast entirely.