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Sep. 18th, 2023 23:34So, Beyonce has a song called Daddy Lessons and, like, to be clear, I respect that she's talking about a very specific experience as a Black woman in America.
But also? Every time I listen to it?
I think about Lian Harper. It's about a complex relationship between a daughter and her father and also guns, so like...I mean! There's also lines about alcohol which, given Roy is an addict, also twing for me every time.
It makes me think of how Lian might think about her dad if he dies and she has to deal with the complicated trauma of loving a man who arguably couldn't quite superheroing to give her a stable life.
The pre-chorus is arguably the part that works the least but
He said, "Take care of your mother
Watch out for your sister"
That's when Daddy looked at me
It just makes me think of Cheshire and her son, who is Lian's half-brother and who I would absolutely expect to show up in twenty years if Lian even exists in canon at that point (who knows.) Which like, no one thinks about Lian circa-2010s anymore but I always imagined Roy finding about about that kid and kidnapping him for his own safety and then he can join Lian and Damian in the "our moms are evil" club.
(ETA: I just went digging and apparently Lian isn't gone anymore?? Wikipedia says she's a bartender with amnesia and wikia says she's on an alien planet with Ollie so WHO KNOWS. Is Ceridan back?????? Probably not, talk about obscure.)
But also? Every time I listen to it?
I think about Lian Harper. It's about a complex relationship between a daughter and her father and also guns, so like...I mean! There's also lines about alcohol which, given Roy is an addict, also twing for me every time.
It makes me think of how Lian might think about her dad if he dies and she has to deal with the complicated trauma of loving a man who arguably couldn't quite superheroing to give her a stable life.
The pre-chorus is arguably the part that works the least but
He said, "Take care of your mother
Watch out for your sister"
That's when Daddy looked at me
It just makes me think of Cheshire and her son, who is Lian's half-brother and who I would absolutely expect to show up in twenty years if Lian even exists in canon at that point (who knows.) Which like, no one thinks about Lian circa-2010s anymore but I always imagined Roy finding about about that kid and kidnapping him for his own safety and then he can join Lian and Damian in the "our moms are evil" club.
(ETA: I just went digging and apparently Lian isn't gone anymore?? Wikipedia says she's a bartender with amnesia and wikia says she's on an alien planet with Ollie so WHO KNOWS. Is Ceridan back?????? Probably not, talk about obscure.)
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