what are the contestants' relationship with their parents and vice versa?
i feel like grassy's parents bear immeasurable amounts of guilt due to their lack of supervision essentially leading to grassy getting traumatized
Some contestants were not raised by their parents X-X and others I havent thought that deeply about
Grassy's parents were mortified. I'd dare say they were young and inexperienced with no support but each other. One at work, the other napping..
Grassy liked watching BFDI! The reruns were entertaining. He found out about BFB and applied. A few weeks later, he snuck out and took a bus to the show.
Both parents were MORTIFIED when they found out. There's so much guilt there, especially with the violent nature of BFB and TPOT. When the world fell into darkness, they fretted over Grassy's safety further.
His parents had a lot of expectations but also weren't often present. When they were, Firey Jr felt like he had hawks eyeing him. Sometimes they say he can take care of himself, that he's a young man now, but other times they tell him he's still a kid.
He had a rebellious streak before BFB, it built up to him applying as a sort of means of running away.
His parents are not perfect people. I think, following Firey Jr first disappearing, there was anger. Ohhh, he's going to be in so much trouble when he comes back!! Then, panic-- oh god he actually ran away. And lastly, guilt-- because of us.
I do want some of Firey Jr's actions to feel irrational and others justified. He is flawed. He is a teenager. He builds up anger and resentment, especially in the EXIT because he never got to grow up and mature. Dora and 8-Ball were not perfect caretakers either.
If Firey Jr gets therapy and some time to mature, he could definitely reunite with his parents and talk his feelings out. His parents, during the 5 years Firey Jr has been gone, HAVE grown a lot. They feel that guilt and, if Firey Jr hadn't gone to BFB, probably would've tried to be more present in his life.
You can't change the past but you can make the future. There is still time for things to mend between them, if only Firey Jr is willing to.
He loves his parents to death but GOD, why did they have to stay together??? Stubborn people.
His parents only stuck together because they wanted Cake to grow up with both of them. They didn't get along well, though nothing ever got physical between them, some shouting matches WOULD happen.
They fully split off when Cake turned 18. He wishes they did it sooner, it would've saved everyone a lot of stress.
LOVES her parents. All three of them have a strong relationship-- they're very encouraging people and no doubt are the reason why Pin was confident and refused to be knocked down.
She probably visited them between BFDIA and IDFB-- she seriously needed that break. I could open up IDFB with her coming back from that??
She does not have a strong relationship with her parents. She cares about them but like... she had so many siblings that her parents were trying to divide their attention on, though Ruby is the youngest. I do Not want to get into object reproduction right now sorry
It's mostly her sisters that raised her.
Her parents endorsed everything Flower wanted. They cherished her and loved her deeply, though they were admittedly inconsistent while raising her, one often full of criticism while the other was not.
I'm toying with the idea of her dying at one point and one parent spiralling so bad they commissioned Robot Flower essentially to get their daughter back. This turned up pointless as Flower was recovered a year or two after.
Flower didn't find out about the commission until BFB. Safe to say she was NOT happy when she found out that was kept from her and it caused a serious strain between everyone involved.
I'll make a post exploring that storyline at some point. It's got a lot of potential to play into Robot Flower's character.
His parents owned an animal rescue sanctuary :D they have a positive relationship with him and vice versa. He calls them every weekend until he's eliminated in TPOT
I think Tennis Ball lost her parents young. He revolved through a foster system for a long time and that ultimately played a roll in his separation anxiety.
She has some fond but distant memories of her parents, old as they are-- it makes her feel bittersweet when she thinks about them and he wishes he got to know them longer.
He has a distant relationship with his parents. He cares, they care-- but since the Steakhouse fell apart nothing has been the same. A part of him still feels like he failed his parents.
SCIENCE RUNS IN HER BLOOD. She was raised by a single dad and the two of them were as close as could be. He was a successful scientist(I don't know the field yet :P) and encouraged her interests. He was very accepting when she came out to him!! He also died when Yoyle City fell apart and wasn't able to be recovered. Golf Ball misses him dearly.
