#qphil is at least a good parent to chay and tallulah

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What's does philza put in his characters to make me hate them so much

[missycolorful]

omgg, i saw a few posts about the glass child stuff but never really got too into it bc i felt like they were always missing something. i wasn't really sure what that was until i saw your post, where you mentioned lullahs abandonment issues, and everything just clicked. it just all makes sense now bc i know one of the biggest proponents to the "chays STILL a glass child" is qphils seemingly continuing to prioritize lullah over chay, when looking back at most of said moments it does feel more like a dad making sure the child who was abandoned doesnt feel like that ever again. i also feel like some of the issues come with qphils falling into habits, lullah hasn't really needed extra help in a while, but i don't feel as if that notion has fully into qphils mind yet. i would just love if both lullah and chay got one on one time with qphil bc i love them together, but i think each of them often times holds something back for the others' sake, y'know? lullah and bads and/or chay and tubbos recent solo hangouts kinda showcase the difference in dynamic. anyways, tl;dr you have amazing insight and an attention to detail that i, and i feel like a majority of others, missed out on, and i would love to see more character analysis/insights done by you, if you're interested of course!

oh my goodness, thank you you're far too kind, haha!! 😭

yeah, tbh, I'm kinda surprised that part of Phil's reasoning was either not considered or even ignored. When he mentioned them "being alone," Tallulah's abandonment issues instantly came to mind; it's a huge part of her arc, y'know? So, yeah I can't see this as him accommodating Lullah's disabilities while disregarding Chay; rather, it was him thinking about her literal trauma. If it were switched (Chay had these issues, not Lullah), Phil would go for him in a heartbeat. Why people spun it as "he wasn't worried about Chay" is wild to me.

i also feel like some of the issues come with qphils falling into habits,

mhhm, that's about the crux of it. Yes, q!Phil has trained Tallulah in PVP , and neither he nor Chay recently hover over her during pvp, but when it comes to adjusting to how much his kids have changed, we're still getting there. And not just cuz of, like I said, being separated during Purgatory makes it hard for Phil to grasp what they went through. But bc he himself isn't quite in tune with his own emotions/trauma. It's a detriment to helping his children and growing as a parent, and is part of his own character growth that he is surely yet steadily going through.

And YES! I'd LOVE for the kids to have one-on-ones with Philza. They usually come in pairs, which y'know, is what makes a lot of these issues so difficult. The kids don't have time to be alone with their father, bc they're typically online with him at the same time. I crave that sole father/son bonding, not just bc they need it, but because I love their dynamic so much <3

tbh, i usually limit my character analysis to my main POV, sometimes others if I feel confident enough (i.e. Missa, Baghera). Last thing I wanna do is write analysis that does injustice to a character - any cc!phil fan knows this pain, both in this fandom and others lol! and also some characters I'm admittedly… kinda scared to talk about bc some fans get uber defensive if you talk about any of their negative traits; all fanbases have people like this, of course, crows are NO exception, but this one specifically just… I'd need to be prompted to discuss this character whom I won't specify haha. regardless, if you or anyone else ever wants to ask about my insights on qsmp characters, whether q!Phil or others, I'm more than willing to at least give it a try. thank you again! :)

[qtubbo]

the only defense of phil that makes any sense is that he's not intentionally being mean (unless it's a character choice by cc!Phil which would be interesting). i think he's trying but he honestly does not understand how children actually work. he gets chay and tallulah because he's spent so much time with them but for eggs that he doesn't know it's not great.

also while we're discussing phil's parenting i've always hated how he speaks for his kids sometimes. he has a weird tendency to occasionally treat both of them as much younger or more shy than they are.

since this is a tubbo focused blog i'll give an example related to him. for some reason phil has decided to become overly involved in chayanne's tubbegg tasks. on movie night he was the one who brought it up and explained it to tubbo. this might seem small but as a parent he should have allowed chayanne to be the one to bring up tubbo's happiness cookies. chay is more than capable of doing that himself and the better parenting move would be to encourage him taking responsibility (even if it's a little silly). roughly the same thing happened today with phil not waiting to see what chayanne would do. chay is the one who came up with this bit, joining in on some teasing is fine but taking over is not.

ccPhil has no experience with children so it is kinda transferring over to how qPhil treats the younger eggs. He does seem to have an issue telling how young certain eggs act, for explain he seems to process Sunny and Tallulah as the same age even though Sunny acts much much younger than Tallulah. He is good with his own kids though due to just spending a lot of time with them, the speaking for his kids thing comes off to me at least as trying to always be there. His kids went missing for months now their back so he wants to be the one doing everything for them, the cookies thing was Chayanne’s bit so like it’s sad to see an adult get involved but I have empathy for the fact Phil seems to really miss playing with his kids.