MONICA。 probably does not have a father! we hear about her mom and sisters, and her mom lives with her to help take care of her son julius, but there is no father in the picture. i imagine that there hasn't been, for awhile; he was either dead or gone long ago, during monica's childhood. this doesn't really impact her, much.
of course, there's the issue of who julius' father is! it is pretty much confirmed to be nick fury, but there's a significance to the fact that monica doesn't let him occupy that role. julius is her son, not nick's.
DONNA。 also doesn't really have a father, at least not a biological one! she's diana's mirror-twin, and diana obviously doesn't have a father. however, donna was raised by the titans of myth, and of them rhea was her actually adoptive mother. coeus and phoebe were kind of like adoptive parents, as well, but then coeus married donna so i prefer to ignore the previous parental-role. in her mortal life, donna had a foster father named carl stacy, but he died when she was infant and for the longest time she didn't even remember he existed. tl;dr - she's an amazon and amazons don't need dads.
DAMIAN。 also known as "prince of daddy issues." damian's dad is bruce wayne, and yes he is batman. damian didn't actually meet bruce until he was 10, though talia had told him stories about how amazing batman was. damian really wanted his father's approval, but ended up killing someone, and then basically was just a big pain in bruce's side. bruce acknowledged him after this whole thing with ra's al ghul, but talia was like "i'm not going to let my son be a soldier for you" (though being an assassin is okay?). eventually, bruce died! leaving damian with unresolved feelings.
dick and alfred sort of took over the father-role for damian, though i suppose you'd technically name them big brother and grandfather. but they are the ones who act like fathers to him, teaching him and supporting him emotionally. when bruce does come back, damian makes a big deal about wanting to stay with dick ("what about batman and robin?") so i think that's a pretty clear indication that dick was worth more to him as a parental figure than bruce, at that point.
damian both loves and hates bruce. he desperately wants his approval and to live up to his legacy, but at the same time he wants to reject bruce before bruce can reject him, again. he is insanely jealous of his adoptive siblings because bruce chose them, whereas he was saddled with damian. so basically damian constantly feels the need to prove himself, even if bruce doesn't mind his existence, anymore.
CLINT。 clint's dad was an asshole. his name was harold barton and he was an alcoholic who routinely got drunk and beat his sons. and then he got himself killed in a car crash, along with his wife. failed authority figure count: 1.
from there, clint and his brother went to the circus, where clint was taken under the wing of the swordsman and later trick shot. he looked up to these men, respected them, wanted to be liked them... and they both ended up horribly disappointing him by being bad people. (though they both get redemption, down the line! i suppose clint can feel better about that.) failed authority figure count: 3.
and then later on his elder brother goes bad guy and then is dead but seemingly innocent and then comes back and is a villain again!! now he's a dark avenger or something i don't even care. failed authority figure count: 4.
the joke is that, upon joining the avengers, clint gets a not-suckish father figure--captain america!! but by that point he's such a bundle of daddy issues that he picks at cap all the time just because he can. and obviously their primary relationship is as friends/comrades, so the father thing is a bit of an undercurrent (though it is not at all subtle).
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of course, there's the issue of who julius' father is! it is pretty much confirmed to be nick fury, but there's a significance to the fact that monica doesn't let him occupy that role. julius is her son, not nick's.
DONNA。 also doesn't really have a father, at least not a biological one! she's diana's mirror-twin, and diana obviously doesn't have a father. however, donna was raised by the titans of myth, and of them rhea was her actually adoptive mother. coeus and phoebe were kind of like adoptive parents, as well, but then coeus married donna so i prefer to ignore the previous parental-role. in her mortal life, donna had a foster father named carl stacy, but he died when she was infant and for the longest time she didn't even remember he existed. tl;dr - she's an amazon and amazons don't need dads.
DAMIAN。 also known as "prince of daddy issues." damian's dad is bruce wayne, and yes he is batman. damian didn't actually meet bruce until he was 10, though talia had told him stories about how amazing batman was. damian really wanted his father's approval, but ended up killing someone, and then basically was just a big pain in bruce's side. bruce acknowledged him after this whole thing with ra's al ghul, but talia was like "i'm not going to let my son be a soldier for you" (though being an assassin is okay?). eventually, bruce died! leaving damian with unresolved feelings.
dick and alfred sort of took over the father-role for damian, though i suppose you'd technically name them big brother and grandfather. but they are the ones who act like fathers to him, teaching him and supporting him emotionally. when bruce does come back, damian makes a big deal about wanting to stay with dick ("what about batman and robin?") so i think that's a pretty clear indication that dick was worth more to him as a parental figure than bruce, at that point.
damian both loves and hates bruce. he desperately wants his approval and to live up to his legacy, but at the same time he wants to reject bruce before bruce can reject him, again. he is insanely jealous of his adoptive siblings because bruce chose them, whereas he was saddled with damian. so basically damian constantly feels the need to prove himself, even if bruce doesn't mind his existence, anymore.
CLINT。 clint's dad was an asshole. his name was harold barton and he was an alcoholic who routinely got drunk and beat his sons. and then he got himself killed in a car crash, along with his wife. failed authority figure count: 1.
from there, clint and his brother went to the circus, where clint was taken under the wing of the swordsman and later trick shot. he looked up to these men, respected them, wanted to be liked them... and they both ended up horribly disappointing him by being bad people. (though they both get redemption, down the line! i suppose clint can feel better about that.) failed authority figure count: 3.
and then later on his elder brother goes bad guy and then is dead but seemingly innocent and then comes back and is a villain again!! now he's a dark avenger or something i don't even care. failed authority figure count: 4.
the joke is that, upon joining the avengers, clint gets a not-suckish father figure--captain america!! but by that point he's such a bundle of daddy issues that he picks at cap all the time just because he can. and obviously their primary relationship is as friends/comrades, so the father thing is a bit of an undercurrent (though it is not at all subtle).