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I'm with the anon on this one. Uther may have messed up a lot of things but raising Arthur wasn't one of them. He may have been a bit emotionally stunted and unable to show it a lot of the time but as he said to Arthur in 1X09 "You mean more to me than this entire kingdom and certainly more than my own life" - He loved his son unconditionally, and he is not a bad father

Thanks for your contribution! Anyone got anything they want to add? Ask away!

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"Right, I'm going to be controversial here and suggest Remus Lupin.  I'm a massive Moony fan, but you've got to admit the guy's a bit of a douchedad.  He's Harry's only remaining father figure from his parents' generation, but is too wrapped up in himself to help the grieving lad who is being pursued by, you know, the world's most evil wizard. Then he abandons his pregnant wife to go on a suicide adventure before getting called out on his irresponsibility and bad parenting by Harry himself - A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD KID WITH WAY BIGGER SHIT ON HIS PLATE.  Then he goes and gets himself killed in battle anyway, so his own kid grows up without parents, the same as Harry whose upbringing he was so guilt-ridden about in the first place. Get your shit together, Remus."

Oooh controversy! I like it! Thanks for another great submission, shesnotwilfred. I think we should debate this one. What does everyone think about Lupin's parenting?

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They fuck you up, your mum and dad.   

    They may not mean to, but they do.   

They fill you with the faults they had

    And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn

    By fools in old-style hats and coats,   

Who half the time were soppy-stern

    And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.

    It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

    And don’t have any kids yourself.

- This Be The Verse, by Philip Larkin

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Fandom's Worst Dad #9 Fire Lord Ozai

Nominated by seleneblack The 4 nations found in the 'verse of the immensely popular Avatar Series are based on the four elements of Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Within the Fire Nation, we find our next candidate for Fandom's Worst Dad. Fire Lord Ozai (who however, does win back points for being voiced by Mark Hamill). 

Ozai was born as the second son of Fire Lord Azulon and became one of the most powerful firebenders in the world of avatar. His amazing record for overall dickishness begins with his wife, the rather awesome Ursa, the granddaughter of a past Avatar.

However, he only deigned to tell her that marrying him would mean severing all ties with her friends and family AFTER they were married. Which is probably not the best start to your married life.

Ozai and Ursa proceeded to have children, a boy Zuko and a girl Azula and the evidence seems to suggest that he treated his children well, at first. While on holiday Zuko nearly drowned in the sea and it was Ozai who managed to save him and Ozai himself mused "that he had attempted to be a good father in his children's early years."

However, Ozai once again showed his true colours when his older brother's (and heir to the Fire Nation) son died and he demanded to be made heir, so that the line of Fire Lords would continue through his children. Unsurprisingly Fire Lord Azulon didn't see eye to eye with Ozai on this matter and as a punishment he ordered Ozai to kill Zuko so that he would understand the pain his brother was going through. Ozai confirmed that he would indeed KILL HIS OWN SON in order to become Fire Lord. An act in isolation which 100% makes Ozai one of Fandom's Worst Dads. Luckily, Ursa found out and after pleading for Zuko's life provided Ozai with a plan for him to become Fire Lord without Zuko's death. The plan worked because Ozai was raised to Fire Lord in a chain of unknown events that lead to the death of Ozai's father and Ursa's banishment due to the "vicious, treasonous things" she did to help the plan come to fruition. 

Unfortunately, Ozai's bad parenting didn't end there. Once after Zuko had spoken out against a general in a war council, Ozai forced Zuko to face him in a duel. In the arena, Zuko buckled and pleaded for forgiveness from his farther. However, this only infuriated Ozai more and he proceed to burn the side of Zuko's face, leading to permanent scaring, before neatly getting rid of him by exiling him until he did the impossible and returned to the Fire Nation with the Avatar.

You may think that this is surely the end of Ozai's maltreatment of Zuko. Oh no. Not by a longshot, when Zuko returned from his travels with Avatar Ang to confront Ozai, his father made not one but TWO attempts to kill him.  Luckily, Zuko was able to foil both attempts, imprison his father and rise to take the throne of the Fire Nation.

Although Zuko's sister Azula was clearly Ozai's favourite child, she did not escape unscathed. There are clear suggestions of Ozai being mentally abusive to Azula, forcing her to be a mirror image of himself through raising her in an environment full of fear, power and perfection. In the end the pressurised environment surrounding Azula caused her mental collapse when she finally realised her father may never  truly love her or see her as his equal.

So, here's to Fire Lord Ozai self centred, world conquering, maniac and terrible, abusive farther. Thanks Lord Ozai for being such a glowing example of what makes a Fandom's Worst Dad.

Disclaimer: As yet I have not had chance to watch Avatar:The Last Airbender so I relied on avatar wiki for all the details in this post. If there's anything missed out, or any video evidence that should be considered please submit/reblog it!Thank you!

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Worst Fandom Dad #7: Hunson Abadeer (Marceline's Dad)

Now for an Adventure Time dad.

Hunson Abadeer a.k.a. Marceline (below) the vampire queen's dad.

So what exactly did he do that's so bad? Well, for starters, he's The Lord of Evil and ruler of the Nightosphere (basically the Land of Ooo's equivalent of hell). So he's essentially satan. Not exactly great father material am I right? Then, one day, he does something that his daughter can never forgive. HE EATS HER FRIES. As shown in the above video, the only way Marceline is able to express her angst about this is through the medium of song.

While I'm aware that Marceline and her dad are able to make amends of a sort later, I'm going to ignore all of that for the purposes of awarding him with the "Worst Fandom Dad" title. In any case, what sort of dad EATS HIS DAUGHTER'S FRIES?! A monster, that's who.