I finally watched Father-Son Burger Nightmare! There's so much more Door being good here!
I love how he apologises to Boy like that. It's such a small thing, and that's something that really exposes who he is. He could just brush him off, but he doesn't. He wants Boy to know that he's listened to, and that he, Door, is doing wrong by zoning out while Boy's talking to him.
He puts Boy's safety first. As much as you can while being a hunter and training him to be one too, at least...
He gives him advice instead of just scolding him for not knowing stuff or finding it hard to work stuff out, and talks to him like he's smart enough to engage with them. Some parents really don't do that; they treat it like a bother to have to teach and encourage their children, and use shame to keep them compliant.
He shows his approval of Boy freely, and when he thinks Boy is struggling with stuff, he tries to advise him; he doesn't withhold praise to use shame as a disciplining tool. Even when they're talking about something Boy's worried about, he's encouraging him, telling him that he's smart enough to handle these things, giving him confidence.
Also, this isn't a big thing but I find it really cute how he adopts Boy's eccentricities here with how he says eleven as beleven. It's just really cute, and shows how he's trying to engage with Boy on his level, rather than just talking straight down to him. And look at that lack of toxic masculinity! Telling him it's okay to have doubts, instead of pulling the "men always need to be strong and certain" card.
He's deeply conscious that Boy is a child, which seems to be a feat considering it seems like Big D raised him from the start to be a Hunter; he's not just blindly repeating what was done to him with no regard for whether or not Boy can handle it.
I think it shows a big difference between Door and Big D that Door is very aware of the trauma being inflicted on Boy, and seems to view as a bad thing he'd rather avoid if possible, whereas Big D views it as necessary and beneficial.
Even when he messes up what he's trying to say, he acknowledges to himself that he messed up; he accepts his faults in it instead of letting himself be too proud and blaming Boy, and he tries to explain what he actually meant. He's scolding himself in his head, not Boy. Not perfectly, but that's better than what it could be.
Even though the message he's ultimately teaching him here - that he shouldn't risk kindness to supernatural creatures - is deeply cynical and rather dark, I still think the way he does it is good. He sets the record straight on what he meant, and doesn't let Boy apologise and feel bad for being mistaken. He reaffirms that he's there for him, and that it wasn't that Boy was wrong to be kind; just that monsters will take advantage of it.
He really is a good dad, overall. For a paranoid, gun nut of a Hunter.
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