So, I got bored tonight and (very, VERY) briefly summarized the relationships between all of my Yu Yu Hakusho fanfiction original main characters and their parents. This was more for my benefit than anything: I wanted to see how each relationship compared, and if any overlapped to an unsatisfactorily excessive degree. There are some minor overlaps here and there (there are only so many parent-child combos, after all) but for the most part I think I’ve done an OK job of crafting these families.
It has occurred to me, however, that all of my OCs are only children. That seemed weird to me until I realized that the circumstances of my OCs’ births were all pretty out of the ordinary; for many of these non-nuclear families, second children would have been out of the question.
I tried my best to avoid spoilers, and the only ones you have to really worry about are both minor and in the final paragraph (which belongs to my OC from “Towers”, whose name is Noa). Some details have been left out to avoid spoilers, so if you feel like you’re missing something, it’s because you probably are (ha ha?).
Future Talk: Dani and her parents are extremely close and honest with each other after weathering the storm of Dani’s many health problems as a tight, cohesive, and communicative unit. Dani trusts them with everything, though she is slightly more connected to her father than she is to her mother (her mother has a tendency to want to get her own way, whereas her father made a point to take Dani’s ideas into consideration).
Ren’s father is out of the picture, having divorced her mother and moved to Germany when Ren was a baby. Ren’s mother was close to Ren during Ren’s childhood, but then she became involved in Project DOA and stopped seeing Ren but for maybe once a month, leaving her to be raised by nannies and Dani’s parents. The adult-Ren no longer sees her mother as anything but a stranger, though internally she grieves the distance between them. Ren’s mother feels much the same, though with a tinge of added regret and guilty.
Speak: Momo is close with her mother, who is more or less one of her best friends and her primary confidante since she is fluent in sign language and made sure Momo felt like a normal girl while growing up. Their bond is fierce, and though they are as close as best friends, Momo’s mother is also the type to defend her daughter until her last breath, even when Momo doesn’t want her mother to interfere. Momo is at arm’s length with her father, whom she treats with polite respect. They both wish to get to know each other better, but they are both awkward about it because of the drama in their family.
Scratch: Tora’s parents seek to protect her at all costs, but they also want her to live a normal life. Therefore, they are close to her but are very firm at times they think they’re in the right. Tora often needs her space from her parents when they get too worried over her affairs, but she loves her family very much. They love her as well, but they also fear her just a little since they don’t know what she truly is. They would never admit that fear aloud.
Fakes & Fiends: Chiyo has to take care of her father since he is a drunkard; they love one another, but he is a horrible father and they are both very much aware of his shortcomings—Chiyo’s father is a guilt ridden mess, and Chiyo resents him as much as she loves him. Chiyo’s mother distantly disdains Chiyo, but she isn’t above using her daughter when she can. Chiyo hates her mother, plain and simple, though she longs for a mother-figure in her life.
Saiyuri’s mother loves Saiyuri fiercely, but she is too cowardly to risk her life for her daughter’s sake. Saiyuri is more or less ambivalent on the subject of mothers. Saiyuri’s father views Saiyuri as a tool to be used and rarely (if ever) considers her feelings when he makes decisions about her life; Saiyuri both hates her father and longs for his approval and affection at once, striving to outdo him as a means of both putting him in his place AND showing him that she’s worthy of being his daughter.
Touched: Hina loves her mother, but she is also afraid of her mother while pitying her at the same time. Hina’s mother resents Hina to a certain extent, but she also wants to see Hina succeed in life and does not know how to reconcile her conflicting feelings. This results in Hina’s mother treating Hina in a bipolar fashion, one which does not allow Hina to trust her mother enough to become close to her. Hina’s mother sees this fear and hesitance and interprets it as hostility, which makes her in turn act hostile toward Hina, widening the rift between them.
Towers: Noa’s parents are deceased. Her aunt raised her and views Noa as a priceless object meant to be kept under lock and key. Her love for Noa (if you can call it that) is obsessive. Noa selflessly loves her aunt and does not realize how badly she is being treated at her hands.
