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Gave Hazbin Hotel a watch, and while I found it mostly mediocre in its execution the concept of Lucifer and Charlie really stuck with me. It's pretty unusual for me to be attracted to parent/child incest unless it's particularly abusive, which these two very much aren't. If anything, I think I'm enamored with the idea of Lucifer's undying affection for Charlie and how that might look in an incestuous concept. For some reason, it speaks to me.
My main idea right now is that them being separated for so long made them crave affection from each other in a way that their brains start to interpet as romantic. I think Lucifer is lonely and with Charlie being the only person he has left in his life, it makes his brain go to some uncomfortable places. He desperately wants to be a good father to her, and yet he keeps wanting to be close to her in ways no father should.
As for Charlie, I think she's subconsciously really eager to get Lucifer's approval. And in search for this parental affection, she ends up viewing her father in a romantic like way. She wants to be close to him in any way that's possible.
They go from being completely distant to immediately jumping at the opportunity to spend time together and they let their shows of affection escalate in a way that they wouldn't if they weren't so desperate to reconnect and have the deepest bond they can. And I don't think they immediately register it as incestuous, because it never crosses the line, but once they realize that in their efforts to form a connection they've accidentally recreated a wierdly romantic dynamic, it really horrifies them. On one level because they are both trying to be better people, on another because they fear this will pull them apart again.
I also think that they are very unaware of how the other person feels. They are fully convinced the feeling is unrequited.
Ultimately what dooms them is that having away from each other for so long, made it so that they accidentally registered their relationship as something that it isn't and, not very aware of how to navigate a normal father-daughter relationship, started expressing that affection in unappropriate way and constantly pushing their limits, because they are just so desperate to be close, and this desperation will lead them some weird places.
My main idea right now is that them being separated for so long made them crave affection from each other in a way that their brains start to interpet as romantic. I think Lucifer is lonely and with Charlie being the only person he has left in his life, it makes his brain go to some uncomfortable places. He desperately wants to be a good father to her, and yet he keeps wanting to be close to her in ways no father should.
As for Charlie, I think she's subconsciously really eager to get Lucifer's approval. And in search for this parental affection, she ends up viewing her father in a romantic like way. She wants to be close to him in any way that's possible.
They go from being completely distant to immediately jumping at the opportunity to spend time together and they let their shows of affection escalate in a way that they wouldn't if they weren't so desperate to reconnect and have the deepest bond they can. And I don't think they immediately register it as incestuous, because it never crosses the line, but once they realize that in their efforts to form a connection they've accidentally recreated a wierdly romantic dynamic, it really horrifies them. On one level because they are both trying to be better people, on another because they fear this will pull them apart again.
I also think that they are very unaware of how the other person feels. They are fully convinced the feeling is unrequited.
Ultimately what dooms them is that having away from each other for so long, made it so that they accidentally registered their relationship as something that it isn't and, not very aware of how to navigate a normal father-daughter relationship, started expressing that affection in unappropriate way and constantly pushing their limits, because they are just so desperate to be close, and this desperation will lead them some weird places.
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