No doubt about Lexi, but I'm not voting her because she's too obvious. Female characters of good alignment are almost always portrayed as very caring and motherly, especially in kids shows.

As for the guys....
Honestly? I think they would all make good parents. When you're a hero who's always out there risking your life to save even those you don't know, it's only natural to assume you'd do anything to take care of your own children.

But let's analyze them from an objective point of view.

Ace - He would definitely be a protective and caring father, but I honestly think he'd be the least shining dad, of the bunch. He would be just as rigid on dicipline for his kids as he is for himself, because he wants to succeed all the time and he'd see his kid's faliure as his own.

Duck - It's been stated that ducks are very family oriented, and considering that Duck's an orphan, he would do his best to give his children all the love he never had. I think he would be the most outstanding father of the 'tics.

Slam - He would be...overprotective, I think. He would spend A LOT of time with his kids, he's the type that would stay out there playing hide and seek and making sand castels with them most of the time.

Tech - He'd take very good care of his kids, but he'd pretend a lot from them in school. I think most of the tension would be caused by a lower grade than what he expected from them. I have this hateful feeling in me that's telling me Tech would be a bit absent at times, being too busy with his projects in his lab.

Rev - Definitely a good, caring and observing father. Like Slam, he would spend a lot of time playing with them and would forgive their schemes more often than not.

Duck gets my vote.

Duck and Lexi.

Duck will be a good dad and someone who want the best for his children... I can see him making all the 'tics childrens laught and say stories... and he look like the type of man that want a family...

Lexi... not only because she's female (Zadavia is female and I don't see her like a good mom)... I think is more because she is someone who is alway taking care of others... and she will do the same with her childrens...


So... Rev... he is a kid in an adult body... he will one of those dad that will always let his childrens do what they want... if he has a girl (like in my story)... he will what we say in spanish the girl dad... he will give her all that she want...

Slam... at first he will not know what to do... but he will be a playfull dad... all the time playing with them... I don't see him overprotective... is tue he will protect his family no matter what... but not overprotective...

For me the two that will be no so good dad are Ace and Tech... Ace is because for him the responsability to be the Loonatics leader and save the world will be so important that family is not his priority... Is true he want his children learn all that he know... but he will ask more from them...

Tech.... he is like an absent dad... I don't think he will ask to his childrens to be the best... but looking that when is working all the world stop exist for him... is like:

Kid: dad... can I talk with you?
Tech: not now... I have to finish this (the most long and strange name that you can imagine)... we can talk when I'm finish
Kid: you said that when you begin this proyect... three days ago...

So... for me... Duck will be the overprotective dad that love his children and want the best for them, Lexi the responsable mother that know how to balance between family and her superhero "job"... she's the modern woman...

-- Edited by Tyranee at 09:22, 2007-05-03

Duck also gets my vote for the reasons Ayelet Ripley stated. Duck will shower his kids with all the love he never had from his real parents. But I also see Duck being overambitious, wanting his children to have the best, not to mention for them to be the best......
 
I also see Lexi as a balanced mum, able to control her kids (remember Tech and Rev's childish squabble in 'It came from outer space'? She shut them up!).


Tech can seem too distant and down-to-earth to be the fun and playful dad (that's Rev and Slam) but I'm sure he'll be able to give good advice and be supportful.
Ace would exercise his child to be excellent at martial arts like himself, but will not be too forceful. Ace would seem to be laid-back but I can also see him as a strict parent. With his detective skills, he may actually spy on his children (the poor kids!).

I voted for Duck too. X3

Well, counting out Lexi because girl's like her automatically tend to be wonderful parents...I definatly have to say Rev. Mainly for all the reasons above. But mostly because of what Mistress of Fear commented about Rip. He does have a good sense of family because of him probably. And he's now learned to be a better listener to his family's problems and issues, making him a caring father who would give a lot of attention to his child. Plus he's so much like a child himself, he'd understand them well, and get along wonderfully. Although, the only problem I see is that a child of Rev's would probably pick up his hyper and talkative-ness XD;;

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Well, this topic has been long dead, but I thought I'd revive it as it's a pretty interesting subject.

I agree with most of the comments already said about each Loonatic. They'd all bare good, decent children, and each child would definitely grow up in a loving and caring environment (even if one of the 'Tics isn't as good parentally as others, the kid would still have his 'uncles' and 'aunts' to look out for him/her, as I can see the children of each of the Loonatics being raised closely with the other Loonatics as well).

Ace would, for me, be the... Well, not the worst parent... Just not as good as the others. I can see him getting too caught up in his role as the team leader... Not purposefully mind you... And he'll later lament that he missed his kid's childhood completely.

If he had girls, I could see him as being very strict in the sense of curfews and boyfriends and such, and his sons would probably be expected to carry on his role as team leader (I dunno, that just what I can gather). He'd be a overly paranoid parent, thinking that there's always something around the corner, ready to grab his kids.

He'd be supportive of their decisions and whatever circumstances they find themselves in, yes, but he wouldn't be there for them emotionally if something was up. He would be the first on the scene if any of them were in trouble, that's for sure. Perhaps he may even be infuriating in the sense that he won't let them do certain things for fear of their safety...

If he got the time, I'm sure he'd spend it with his kids, but how much time can he be expected to obtain whilst in the midst of saving the universe and training and such? And he may even at some point feel like he's been detatched for too long and can't regain that connection or he'll just try too hard and suffocate them.

Lexi, of course, would be a loving and caring mother. Well balanced as someone above me has said... But I'm worried that maybe she'll push any daughters she may have to be as independant and as strong as she herself is... Maybe forcing them to grow up too soon. And I can see her being very strict toward her boys, and stress the importance of being a kind and empathetic person to avoid them turning out bitter and mean like Duck, which may drive them away from her.

Slam... I can barely even see in a relationship... But, ok... kids...

He'd be an all around playful father, but wouldn't be able to offer them much mental or emotional support... I can't see him as being a parent for discipline... So his kids would soon become pretty spoilt... I feel that the other Loonatics would do more of the raising aspect that Slam's children would need, while Slam just provides the love and attention they ultimately require...

Rev would be much like my father... Just without the sexual innuendo in every other sentence. His playfulness and innocence may force his wife/partner into the position of not having a husband, but another child.

But Rev would be emotionally supportive and somewhat strict in certain points of his children's mental growth, and they'd all be brought up to be very well exercised from a young age, that's for sure.

His youthfullness may become an annoyance to his offspring in their later years however... And his teen children may get pretty sick of his ramblings quickly... But as little tots, they'd adore him.

I think his biggest problem would be that he'd try just a little too hard, that he may miss the mark at times... Did that make sense?

Tech I can see as being a pretty absent father... He'd try to raise his kids by any support books he could find rather than his own parental instincts. I can see him as being somewhat detached, though not intentionally... He'd leave most of the loving and stuff for his missus.

Duck got my vote. Not because I'm being biased, but I can just see him as the family type.

Because he seems so reserved to forming real emotional relationships, any woman he'd marry would have to have made a deep and undying bond with him before he could commit to her in such a way... And any children thereafter would share the same, unconditional love from him, purely because they're his offspring; his flesh and blood.

Like other's have said before me, he'd shower his kids with the love that he himself never recieved from his biological parents. Although, as we've seen from the way he cares for Slam and Tweetums, he'd be quite strict when the time calls for it. His children would definitely be well-mannered "Slam, you've gotta gorge with your mouth closed". XD

He may have high expectations of his kids, but I don't think he'd push them to the point of alienating them... He'd be too afraid of losing their affections for him to give them reason to drive him away...

Now I'm late for class, so I haffta finish it there...

-- Edited by XtreamCrazy at 21:22, 2008-04-15

YAY!! Support for a semi anti-Duckie!! XD

Lol! Well it's true, isn't it? XD

Yeah, Lexi's such a kinda nad caring person even to Duck. She'd treasure and love her kids. ^__^

I legitimately had no clue. But I voted for Rev for one reason.

1.) I think his family-oriented mind shone through on The Family Business in his treatment of Rip. I don't know, for me that said that he'd make a good parent as well.

I must confess, though, that I think the worst parent would actually be Tech.

It was kind of a hard decision between Rev and Lexi in the first place. I considered Duck at first, and then I did not. Duck is such a wild card to me. I could see him being a fantastic father just as well as I could see him being a not-so-hot father. It seems that the biggest argument in favor of Duck here is that he was so deprived of parental guidance in his youth, and that he will form a strong bond with whoever the mother is, that he would therefore make a good father. The problem is that's kind of an assumption based off of another assumption, and, thanks to my debate-oriented mind, I can't accept that as hardline proof that he'd be a good father.

So Rev still gets my vote.

God I'd make a debate case out of ANYTHING.


-- Edited by Dragon Wing at 22:22, 2008-04-16

Good points, Dragon Wing. And I certainly agree. But I also agree with Emily, he could easily go one way or the other. I think it'd depend on his wife. -nod-

Ah, I think it's safe to say they'd all make great parents in their own little quirky ways. =3

LAWLZ!!!

I think the thing that humored me most about that was the fact that the kid was called Duck Jr. XD

Wow... You've only glomped Ace three times? You need to up your glompage girlie.

...

You're a girl, right?

A massive surprise hug!! 8D

*sneaks up behind Duck and massively surprise-hugs him*

Duck: 83

*hands you dozens of monsters and the Cookie Monster*

83

*ties up Rev and hand him over* 83

NUUUUUUUU!!! YOU HASTA SNEAKS UP BEHIND HIM AND SCREAM "GOTCH'A!!" THEN JUMP ON HIM AND SNUGGLE HIM. 83

Whoa, this glomping stuff is pretty kinky!

I have the odd feeling that if I theoretically straight-out made out with Rev it'd be less taboo than a fangirl glomp.

Done from behind. D:

I Google Image searched "glomp" and among other things got this:




Hmm...