#its ignoring a huge point of conflict for wg and also kind of mischaracterizing steven as well

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every time i see art of boxleitner and wordgirl in an explicitly father-daughter scenario i sit there gritting my teeth and fists clenched like thats not her father thats not her father thats not her father thats not h

#like nothing wrong with it ig.... ? like ur not evil and ur not terrible for liking it #but she has a dad. a pretty good dad in fact (well minus that one ep. lalalaala) #but steven is her weird uncle at best and strange neighbor at worst #hes a mentor and a trusted adult but still not her dad #and i know this owes to the writing of the show and steven is everyones fav blorbo (mine included!) but i very much dislike how in so many #cases this white guy is becoming number one dad to this child of color as if she doesnt have a loving family at home #like ive been thru the owl house trenches and im kinda sick of white favoritism esp in the parental space #like in the case of toh how everyone really fawned over eda being a “good mom” to luz while camilla was highly criticized for a while before #everyone warmed up to her . and even then i dont think she was wholly liked #despite her also being a victim of ableism and potentially undiagnosed neurodivergence. her good intentions doesnt negate the harm she #caused but thats a good char exploration and plot driver between mother and daughter and its a really unique exploration of motherhood ive #seen in kids tv. and its smth i envisioned for wordgirl and her own parents who are good intentioned but still have room to grow for their #kids. #i can see why steven is popular as a father figure bc we see a lot of him and he is a guardian figure in the show that wg misses but #i still think that a big part of wg's char is someone who is split btwn being a normal girl and a hero. in this case steven is her #“superhero dad” (i say this non-seriously just to make a point) with her real parents representing her “normal” side #and exploring how she reconciles these experiences and even these adult figures in her life could be interesting! #but cutting out her parents and only having steven as a father or primarily showing him as being doting and loving of wg kind of feels like #its ignoring a huge point of conflict for wg and also kind of mischaracterizing steven as well