In the US it's Father's Day weekend, so happy Father's Day not just to you American dads but to all you dads wherever you are.

@dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2026-06-20 13:35

Missed one.

@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 2026-06-20 12:26

I love that Worf made this list, haha.

@pjwestin@lemmy.world 2026-06-20 19:23

Honestly, Vader's probably the best one up there, even before his face turn at the end of Jedi. When he finds out his son is alive, the first thing he does is seek him out and try to get him to join the family business. Sure, they have a tense conversation which doesn't end...great, but at least he's trying to reach out. Compare that to Worf, who seems to genuinely hate his kid and spends the better part of two shows pawning him off on other people, and it's not even close.

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@grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2026-06-20 12:58

Who's the middle left one?

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@JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2026-06-20 15:22

I'm not sure I'd call Ozai a good dad. Like, at least Vader had a redemption arc. Fuck, Zuko had a redemption arc. Not Ozai. Fuck that guy. His brother, Iroh, was a better dad...and he got his son killed! You want a good dad from the Avatar universe...it's probably Tenzin...*maybe* Hakoda. Aang was an absent father who played favorites. The inventor guy in Ba Sing Se was a good dad too, his only flaw was that he was forced into helping the fire nation. His heart was in the right place, and he felt sincere remorse for the negatives. Just like Hakoda and Iroh. Not Ozai. Even Aang could be excused...like if there's *one job* that's more important than family, it's probably "facilitating world peace" and "rebuilding your entire culture from a 99.999% genocide that happened when you were 10" Edit: I seriously thought I was in /r/daddit. Carry on.

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@eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-06-20 12:38

My father taught me to make sure I would never have to rely on him.

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@cmbabul@slrpnk.net 2026-06-20 17:45

I honestly don’t think even Vader and Tywin deserve association with Shou Tucker and Cronos

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@drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2026-06-21 04:32

Cronus gets a bad rap. A prophecy said that one of his children was going to rise up against him. That is self defense.

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@superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 2026-06-20 12:12

Longest day of the year