#mdtbh

[quietfounder]

You don't know how badly I want to draw Shak, Lisa, and Zayna hanging out and playing video games. But I'm terrible at drawing hands and different poses.

I just think they would make a cool group.

[mydadthebountyhunter]

[thirstyokapi]

Nova redesign because I don’t like his old design anymore

[delilahtoad]

a reminder to never give up on making art ever

hi, how the fuck does this

turn into this

this may or may not be an excuse to show off an art im rlly proud of- but like- I STAYED UP UNTIL 5AM MAKING THIS OK- man i need to go to sleep-

aaaaa zeetha my girl 😭😭😭 this may be as close as 3d as I can get her given my 3 given up attempts at blender lol

[nikostarzz]

MDTBH x Wind Breaker

Blame my friend for this crossover (This silly crossover is everything to me,,,)

First set was made a longgg ass time ago

Was thinking abt them again, so I drew them again!

[chronicallylatetotheparty]

Gonna ramble a bit about

The Family Dynamics of My Dad the Bounty Hunter

Because I've never seen an animated property handle family conflict like this before.

Let's start with the titular character Terry Hendrix alias Sabo Brok

The first thing we learn about Terry is that he's a space bounty hunter.

The second thing we learn about Terry is that he's separated from his wife Tess because his job gets in the way of being their for his family.

And while Sean is still young enough not to resent his father's absence in his life Lisa is a few years older and makes it clear that she doesn't see her father as dependable.

This is mollified somewhat when the kids find out about his real job but the underlying issues: Terry's lack of communication and willingness to understand his kids. Remains the emotional linchpin of the narrative throughout season one.

When Lisa discovers that her dad's bosses are the bad guys and the person Terry's been tracking isn't a criminal but a rebel Terry doesn't listen. Prompting Lisa to help Vax behind her father's back.

Culminating in an argument in which Terry says that his job is what pays for everything their family has. An understandable motivation for a father. Parents sacrifice so many things to provide for their families.

But the thing is: Lisa is right.

Her dad's job may provide material benefits but at the cost of harming innocent people. And Terry finally decides to start listening to his family.

Then there's Tess, or rather, Janeera's relationship with her own parents. And this is where the family dynamics were really elevated for me.

Because Janeera ran away from her home after the pressure and expectations of an entire planet became too much.

For over a decade Empress Gurira and Emperor Odoman, her parents, didn't know if she was alive or dead.

Janeera leaving hurt them. Hurt them so much even over a decade later their grief is an ever present reminder of her loss.

And they are allowed to be hurt. Allowed to express that to their daughter just as she is allowed to express how stifled she felt when she left. They have all of Doloraam to care for after all.

Here a lesser show would have the daughter lessen her own pain to center that of her parents. But the writers don't do that here.

Janeera's pain is recognized and validated even as she has to confront it in order to move forward.

Empress Gurira even says that she "did not see" Janeera when their actions forced her daughter to flee Doloraam. And she has no intention of repeating that mistake.

I... I don't think I can overstate how important an admission of fault like that is from a parent to a child.

So often in our media and society the children are expected to do all the emotional labor of reconciliation. To forgive and forget when their parents have not shown any understanding of what they did wrong. Promoting toxic positivity over genuine healing.

Even, perhaps especially, when said children are now adults in their own right.

My Dad the Bounty Hunter is about aliens and space adventures yes but more than that it's about broken families finding each other again.

[spacevixenmusic]

Source: My Dad The Bounty Hunter [2023]

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