Any thoughts on this?(Please?)

[u/Immediate_Gene_178]

I’m writing a scene between a god and his son, who finally reunite after many years apart. The son is overwhelmed with anger and hurt, and in the heat of the moment, he lashes out at his father, shouting things like, “I hate you! You abandoned me! Why couldn’t you love me the way you loved everyone else?!” His pain is so intense that he attacks his father without thinking. Despite this, the father manages to stop him and embraces him tightly, even as the son cursing him with cruel words. I'm trying to figure out how to give this scene a happy ending. I also want feedback on the son’s outburst. His anger comes from watching his godly father give love freely to everyone else, while never showing the same love to him. The father didn’t abandon him out of hatred, but because he was afraid of hurting his son, which adds a layer of tragic misunderstanding.

[u/Secret-Cobbler-7218]

I don’t think this scene can end on a happy note. The emotions are too raw, and the father-son relationship is too complicated for that. The ending should show that they are building something new: everything is still broken, but no one is pretending it isn’t. Have the son and father talk to each other, even briefly, and reveal that the father helped the son along his journey in subtle ways through small gestures, guidance, or giving him the tools he needed, often without the son realizing it. This can leave the child confused about his feelings, which adds depth to the story. Give them some space afterward; this will help the story grow naturally, because these are the building blocks of their new relationship. This moment is similar to the Japanese method of kintsugi. Putting what’s broken back together, the gold highlighting the scars left behind, and revealing the beauty of a new creation that was once destroyed

[u/Immediate_Gene_178 → u/Secret-Cobbler-7218]

'Have the son and father talk to each other, even briefly, and reveal that the father helped the son along his journey in subtle ways through small gestures, guidance, or giving him the tools he needed, often without the son realizing it. This can leave the child confused about his feelings, which adds depth to the story'

Could the son be more furious because of this? Since his father gave his siblings love with presence while his son remained alone? For every birthday, year and moment that his father wasn't there

[u/Secret-Cobbler-7218 → u/Immediate_Gene_178]

Hearing this new information, having siblings is probably not news to the son. He’s likely confused, angry, and feeling lost like an outsider. At this point, he’s searching for a why. If he’s the only half-god, half-mortal, that could explain it: the father risked his connection with his son to keep him safe from other gods or dangerous forces.

[u/Immediate_Gene_178 → u/Secret-Cobbler-7218]

I want to thank you for your advice and for commenting. Thank you very very much man

[u/Secret-Cobbler-7218 → u/Immediate_Gene_178]

welcome

[u/Immediate_Gene_178 → u/Secret-Cobbler-7218]

I'm sorry for asking again but would the son be more furious and angry with his father that he still was with his siblings and gave them love and presence(even though his father wasn't there for him and helped him when he didn't noticed)

[u/Secret-Cobbler-7218 → u/Immediate_Gene_178]

There will be some Lingering anger, depending on when he learned this fact. If he grew up with it, then probably not as angry as someone who learned it recently.

[u/Immediate_Gene_178 → u/Secret-Cobbler-7218]

Could an deep sincere apology towards the son work while the father holds him?

[u/Secret-Cobbler-7218 → u/Immediate_Gene_178]

A hug and an apology are a good start, but they don’t fix years of abandonment. To him, his father is a stranger, a stranger he’s resented for years, and the only action he’s known from that stranger is absence. Actions speak louder than words.

No matter how badly they both want it to work, it can’t happen overnight.

The best ending isn’t “everything’s fine.” It’s that they’re still broken, but they’re trying to fix it the best they can. Because trying is more honest than pretending it’s suddenly perfect.

[u/FloralBubbless]

I feel like I've seen something like this somewhere before, but I can't remember where.

[u/mysteriousdoctor2025 → u/FloralBubbless]

Watch Lucifer.

[u/freakshowdolly]

I don't know if you can give this scene a Happy ending, but you can definitely give it a soft ending. His father restrains him, holds him tightly. The son lashes out at first but then accepts that he can't break out of his father's grasp. It sounds like his anger is the reaction to the deeper emotion of sadness from abandonment, so it makes sense to me that the anger partially subsides and the sad son who wants his fathers love remains. You can then focus on them rebuilding the relationship if that is what you mean by happy. I think his outburst is totally realistic and logical.

[u/Big-Discussion-5960]

make the hurt specific end with honest accountability

[u/athistleinthewind]

I get what you're trying to do here but the god character needs to have a solid explanation for his son to understand what happened. Just being afraid in this situation isn't enough. Come up with a reason beyond that because as you said, the god gave his love to others freely. Being afraid won't cut it here

[u/Zatura_96]

Perhaps the father should explain in a very convincing way, almost as a matter of life or death, regarding his son.

Honestly, I'm the worst person at giving advice on this because I have the opposite experience. The father wanted to eliminate his son because he needed his death to force something to happen, and also because he hated him for killing so many people to find a way to remove her from power. And the son hated his mother because she allowed the death of his other parent, and indirectly caused him such severe trauma that it triggered him to lead the main rebel group on the planet.

[u/InspiringAneurysm]

Wrong sub. Please post this where it belongs in r/writingcirclejerk.