Not mad or anything, but why do you dislike Dadvid with Max? Just geuinely curious, is it bc of the white savior thing?
Sorta but mainly I feel like is a tired trope atp. Like thereās nothing really new or fresh that can be brought to it thatāll genuinely make me go hmmā¦
Like when it comes to dadvid with Nikki or Preston thereās a ton of scenarios, character, and general growth that can happen with both characters if theyāre given the TIME. I genuinely just think other dynamics should be explored and valued. Let dadvid w/ max step down for a bit and give other dynamics a chance to shine. Iām all for expansion of character and seeing what a pairing can make arc wise. Thats why I love episodes like the summer social and new adventure. It explores dynamics only hinted at / not seen before.
Also genuinely I do see them more as an unhealthy type of bond, moreso on Davidās part. David is a man who will not allow himself to recognize and process his own traumas, we only get to see things through washed segments and moments but itās obvious heās experienced shit. And itās even more obvious with how much he projects ONTO max, which is not a relationship an adult should wanna have with anyone let alone a child theyāve known for only a few months. David being parental to other kids can be in short bursts and not feel the same as max because he doesnāt see them as a project. Thatās how he sees max, multiple times throughout the show (like parents day). And it has been shown David will value himself and his needs over max until he has to face the fact that max is not a piece of clay he can mold. Max is a child in a tough situation with no easy way out and no real comforts other than to normalize it. David lives in privilege filled ignorance and often will not open his eyes to see what max cannot ignore until itās screaming in his face.
Max is a child who needs someone to advocate for him, David often needs to be directed to do so. Which in my mind does not make them a healthy father/son pairing and why I do not like it. David is so willing to put his own needs (or what he thinks the campers / camp should want/need) over the actual needs of the children in front of him.
Also to answer the white savior part, there is a genuine racism problem within the community of people who like dadvid. A lot of aus, storylines, and general hcs kinda revolve around David being a sort of white savior to max. Like Nikki is also heavily emotionally neglected by her mother but we never see people depicting her mom / dad as abusing her physically and being demons on earth. Why is it only maxs parents that get treated like that? A lot of it has to do with internalized racism towards both Indian people and Asian people as a whole. Since itās very common for them to be stereotyped as evil abusive parents who hit and scold their children at any chance. Plus the amount of times Iāve seen people try to refer to Maxās parent as āIndian scammersā is crazy like holy racism.
Also a lot of the time many storylines are VERY poorly researched / written. You take max, a child who hates all change and you rip him away from all heās ever known just to get thrown into the life of a full grown man who canonically can barely take care of himself?? Heās gonna be WORSE!! Or like the āhis parents abandoned him at campā storyline makes literally no sense considering the campers go home on a BUS š Iām someone who does like fanon but I dislike when fanon will just completely ignore canon instead of trying to bend it a lil.
That also takes on, David is shown to not really be very good at taking care of himself. He is an irresponsible person at heart and needs to grow and change before he can think of having a child full time. He got max and nurf literal weapons for a fake holiday and people use that as a dadvid win like šš if my kid came home with a rifle like BB gun and said their counselor gave it to them for Christmas Iām calling the cops lmfao!! David got max a gift he knew max would not be safe or responsible with. THATS NOT GOOD!! That shows the type of parent / guardian heād be. Also david will actively skip sleeping (he says he doesnāt sleep in one episode), is willing to do anything to prove his āchildhood heroā is good (like hiring a criminal to point a gun at children), and his mindset is very damaging (just stay happy and ignore everything else until you canāt).
I really dislike ANY counselor taking on a major āparentā role to any camper in the show since the whole point of their character is supposed to be āwhy the fuck are they allowed to run a summer campā. But esp with max because we see it the most! We have the most evidence for max scenarios!!
Thanks for coming to my ted talk please do not send me death threats for my opinion. I have a lot more Iād say but lowkey thatād be more of an anti David rant. Not saying I hate him itās just,,, wow when you actually look at him heās terrible.
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