Yeah, I know it won't ever happen in canon. But hey, I'm an NCIS Gal and season 9 and we still haven't seen Tony's house (he could live in a cupboard for all I know).
It is so skimmed over. Do we even know his mum's name for sure? Did White mention it was Jo (I was unsure because that is HIS name...)
I do think that Danny's devotion is a device used to directly oppose/mirror what Steve's experience was. Steve: Sent at least 6 hours flight away by his father. At the time he didn't know why AND his mother had just died. His world as he knew it was gone. Danny: Moved clear across the country so he could be a father. Because without Grace, his world as he knew it was gone. And Steve had known Danny 2 days when he bought a dolphin hotel ticket because he knows how important this is, not just for Danny but for Grace.
It seems kind of simplistic to think that His mum couldn't make up for the lack of paternal nurturing/guidance/overt 'love'. But I know for myself how much it hurts when your dad doesn't tell you he is proud of you. And I'm a girl so... We remember the negatives and the voids for some reason.
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Date: 2011-11-21 11:50 am (UTC)It is so skimmed over. Do we even know his mum's name for sure? Did White mention it was Jo (I was unsure because that is HIS name...)
I do think that Danny's devotion is a device used to directly oppose/mirror what Steve's experience was. Steve: Sent at least 6 hours flight away by his father. At the time he didn't know why AND his mother had just died. His world as he knew it was gone. Danny: Moved clear across the country so he could be a father. Because without Grace, his world as he knew it was gone. And Steve had known Danny 2 days when he bought a dolphin hotel ticket because he knows how important this is, not just for Danny but for Grace.
It seems kind of simplistic to think that His mum couldn't make up for the lack of paternal nurturing/guidance/overt 'love'. But I know for myself how much it hurts when your dad doesn't tell you he is proud of you. And I'm a girl so... We remember the negatives and the voids for some reason.