It's funny coming to H50 fandom from SPN fandom, where Sam and Dean's daddy issues are pretty central to the plot and their father's parenting ability is hotly debated by fans (and sometimes between characters on the show). And their dead mother has her own backstory, with flashbacks and an extended family that the boys eventually meet. But of course, it's not a buddy cop show so there's probably more room to explore that stuff.
I'm finding it really cathartic to write an AU where Steve's Mom is still alive - since Jack never left the Navy in this 'verse, she was never killed by Wo Fat - but Jack is dead. And Steve's Mom has a name and a job and a life of her own, and was a formative influence on Steve's post-Navy career choice. It sucks that canon never even gives her a goddamn name, but it's also nice to have so much room to create something new.
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Date: 2011-11-21 08:50 pm (UTC)I'm finding it really cathartic to write an AU where Steve's Mom is still alive - since Jack never left the Navy in this 'verse, she was never killed by Wo Fat - but Jack is dead. And Steve's Mom has a name and a job and a life of her own, and was a formative influence on Steve's post-Navy career choice. It sucks that canon never even gives her a goddamn name, but it's also nice to have so much room to create something new.