I cannot speak for everyone but I think SkekZok somehow gives off parent vibes. Ngl whenever I write SkekZok in pretty much anything he always has the role of 'supportive dad friend' with everyone pretty much. Even with SkekSo, SkekSil, SkekTek, SkekNa, SkekMal(to some degree), & the list goes on! I remember reading a fanfic of a Skeksis OC(SkekTah) where one of the chapters showed Zok to give off parent vibes & it honestly just stuck with me.
I wouldn't say "parent friend" since he legetimately hates everyone around him exceptmaybeSkekVarbutevenhimannoyshim and he acts responsible not out of care but out of putting some sense into all the idiots who surround him, but oddly I really think that if he had a child or one that had survived, even though he would not be the most caring and emotionally present and woule be very demanding (to his oldest who is meant to be the next Ritual Master in my Natives AU at least) and strict instead, I think he would still globally be caring and love them. I really don't know why but when I see that classy manipulative selfish sadomasochistic psycho I STILL see him as those kind of villains who would not be the best parents sure but who would still legetimately see his kids as the only people that matter and not hesitate kill another child if they had just stolen his own child's candy (barely exagerated...). In fact I often joke with @dracocheesecake about how much of a Karen he would be : "WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY SON IS NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS !? DO YOU KNOW WHO AM I !? I AM THE RITUAL MASTER ! I AM THE SECOND MOST INFLUENTIAL SKEKSIS AFTER THE EMPEROR ! SO IF I SAY HE WANTS TO DO IT, HE DOES IT OR I WILL SEE YOUR BOSS AND HAVE YOU THROWN IN JAIL !!! There honey you can now"









