I see a lot of people hating on Eve’s dad, and rightfully so. He’s bigoted, aggressive and extremely dismissive of Eve’s powers and feelings. He also is just an overall dick….BUT he did make a point when he said this. Eve sometimes rushes to help without fully understand the context of situation since her powers are so busted and wide-ranging. So far that hasn’t been a huge issue, at least that we’ve seen on screen, but last week’s episode showed us the negative repercussions of her actions. So as it stands, Eve’s dad is wrong 99% of the time, but right on this rare instance. What do y’all think?
He’s very flawed in a lot of ways. He’s actively hurting his family with his perception of masculinity and providing and what not. He is very cruel to eve about her powers. He just isn’t a very kind or comforting man for his family.
But this moment was a good reality check for Eve. These sorts of characters, the ones you’re supposed to dislike SHOULD have the occasion “damn, he’s right” moments. Eve sees herself as a god capable of helping people and objectively knowing what’s best over local officials. She had to learn she doesn’t know everything and is incapable of always just following her instincts.
MORE planning needs to go into superheroes trying to act on their own principles, not less. The issue isn’t necessarily just that she built over unstable ground, but the fact that she didn’t know that was a thing to consider. She now knows she had to EDUCATE herself on why things are how they are, instead of just saying they need to change.