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rebornfandom2018-12-16 02:21 pm
warmskies) wrote in rebornfandom2018-12-16 02:21 pm
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Parenting Differences v1
posted originally on tumblr here.
One of these days I’m going to write a whole big damn thing on why Reborn is a better parental figure to Tsuna than Iemitsu is, I really will, I swear
But it very randomly hit me just how large the gap between the two of them is when it comes to understanding Tsuna
Towards the end of the manga, I always use the example of Tsuna and Iemitsu’s second battle as the primary example of why Iemitsu is a shit. I mean, he acts like an utter ass even as his son is getting more and more worked up and then, when Tsuna bounces back after Reborn gives him a quick ‘lesson’, he goes on about how fun the battle was only to start sulking about how Tsuna is like his mother when he blows up at Iemitsu for that comment. Like, there is not a single moment ever since Iemitsu resurfaced in Tsuna’s life that Tsuna has EVER shown any inclination or excitement when it’s come to the mafia or fighting. Anyone else with even the slightest ounce of skill in reading other people would realize that of course Tsuna would react badly to that kind of statement. The disconnect Iemitsu has with his own son is startling.
I just hadn’t realized how Reborn connected it. Because Reborn connects with and understands Tsuna 100x better. Tsuna even shows more reliance on Reborn than he’s ever shown to Iemitsu.
And the scene that made this snap into my brain was recalling the Future Arc, when they’re all just starting to figure out how to ignite the flames on their rings. Tsuna is the last to figure out his, he’s panicking, Lal is yelling at him, and he’s just not understanding because of course he wants to save everyone and fix what’s fucked up so why the hell isn’t the ring igniting?
Then Reborn intervenes. Reborn points out that not once has Tsuna ever wanted to be any sort of hero. He helps Tsuna recognize that, ultimately, his goals are much more selfish in that he just wants to protect those that are immediately close to him (Kyoko, his friends, Lambo) and go home. Nothing heroic about it. Just something simple and human.
And it works.
He doesn’t sit and do nothing (for very long anyway), he doesn’t do nothing but sigh how disappointed he is in Tsuna. He just zeroes in almost immediately on a basic aspect of Tsuna’s personality and approaches it in a blunt no nonsense way- he’s not a selfless hero, just a normal teenage kid who got dragged into all of this. Of course he’s going to care most about his friends instead of a Family he’s had no hand in making (yet) or an enemy he still doesn’t know very much about at all.
Reborn hasn’t known Tsuna for even a year, but he still gets him better than his own father even tries to understand.
One of these days I’m going to write a whole big damn thing on why Reborn is a better parental figure to Tsuna than Iemitsu is, I really will, I swear
But it very randomly hit me just how large the gap between the two of them is when it comes to understanding Tsuna
Towards the end of the manga, I always use the example of Tsuna and Iemitsu’s second battle as the primary example of why Iemitsu is a shit. I mean, he acts like an utter ass even as his son is getting more and more worked up and then, when Tsuna bounces back after Reborn gives him a quick ‘lesson’, he goes on about how fun the battle was only to start sulking about how Tsuna is like his mother when he blows up at Iemitsu for that comment. Like, there is not a single moment ever since Iemitsu resurfaced in Tsuna’s life that Tsuna has EVER shown any inclination or excitement when it’s come to the mafia or fighting. Anyone else with even the slightest ounce of skill in reading other people would realize that of course Tsuna would react badly to that kind of statement. The disconnect Iemitsu has with his own son is startling.
I just hadn’t realized how Reborn connected it. Because Reborn connects with and understands Tsuna 100x better. Tsuna even shows more reliance on Reborn than he’s ever shown to Iemitsu.
And the scene that made this snap into my brain was recalling the Future Arc, when they’re all just starting to figure out how to ignite the flames on their rings. Tsuna is the last to figure out his, he’s panicking, Lal is yelling at him, and he’s just not understanding because of course he wants to save everyone and fix what’s fucked up so why the hell isn’t the ring igniting?
Then Reborn intervenes. Reborn points out that not once has Tsuna ever wanted to be any sort of hero. He helps Tsuna recognize that, ultimately, his goals are much more selfish in that he just wants to protect those that are immediately close to him (Kyoko, his friends, Lambo) and go home. Nothing heroic about it. Just something simple and human.
And it works.
He doesn’t sit and do nothing (for very long anyway), he doesn’t do nothing but sigh how disappointed he is in Tsuna. He just zeroes in almost immediately on a basic aspect of Tsuna’s personality and approaches it in a blunt no nonsense way- he’s not a selfless hero, just a normal teenage kid who got dragged into all of this. Of course he’s going to care most about his friends instead of a Family he’s had no hand in making (yet) or an enemy he still doesn’t know very much about at all.
Reborn hasn’t known Tsuna for even a year, but he still gets him better than his own father even tries to understand.