You would think they'd have learned to appreciate that level of prestige by now. I've never understood myself how people can be so utterly pigheaded about things like that.
I have a friend... in fact, I have a few... who are in the same boat. Their parents wanted them to be one way, but for one reason or another, they just couldn't be that.
[If all Toph's parents feel about her is a sense of social embarrassment, then it's not likely to come to swords and treasons the way matters did for Jamke--and would do for Tailtiu, Azelle, and Lex. But Ethlyn is sure that it wouldn't have reached such extremes if there hadn't been problems long before. She knew that Lex was his father's less favored son, that Azelle grew up terrified of his brother's ruthless reputation.]
Some parents build out your whole life in their heads the moment you're born. How dare you challenge their preconceived notions? What a disrespectful thing for a child to do, making them try to think differently than the way they want to.
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I have a friend... in fact, I have a few... who are in the same boat. Their parents wanted them to be one way, but for one reason or another, they just couldn't be that.
[If all Toph's parents feel about her is a sense of social embarrassment, then it's not likely to come to swords and treasons the way matters did for Jamke--and would do for Tailtiu, Azelle, and Lex. But Ethlyn is sure that it wouldn't have reached such extremes if there hadn't been problems long before. She knew that Lex was his father's less favored son, that Azelle grew up terrified of his brother's ruthless reputation.]
Some parents build out your whole life in their heads the moment you're born. How dare you challenge their preconceived notions? What a disrespectful thing for a child to do, making them try to think differently than the way they want to.