Duskford
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I gave a very brief thought on their background when I was creating Dustin and Shawn, I'll attempt to explain it here. Their father is slightly rich, not as much as Heather's family for a long shot, but he is, and he's a very traditional man who rules the family with an iron fist and believes his wife should stay at home taking care of the house; he also has a really authoritative attitude towards the people who work for him and the ones he sees as being beneath him. Ok, that said, let's focus on Shawn and Dustin.
From a very early age, Shawn has watched his father treat other people harshly, seeing them as mere instruments, and he grew up thinking that was how he should be. As for Dustin, he ended up flocking to his kind, submissive mother's side, so he had her as a role model instead of his father, who always belittled him for not acting like his older brother (on here Patzo was right, Dustin isn't too much comfortable with compliments). Shawn's attitude towards women and sex had its origin when he was going through puberty and spied on his dad having sex with his mother, but caring only about his pleasure, using her as an object; the image got etched into his brain, and seeing as he always idolized his father, he believed that was how he should treat women as well.
When Dustin decided to take a year off after high school so he could wait for Victoria to graduate, his father wasn't too impressed. He works for people richer than him and took advantage of the fact that a promotion at another city was offered to him to separate his son from the girl who stopped him from going to college straight after high school.
Dustin and Shawn never really bonded, it was always a struggle between the dad's side and the mom's side, but at the end of the day, all of them were submissive to the father.
And that's it, I guess, that's the version I keep in mind when writing my main thread.
From a very early age, Shawn has watched his father treat other people harshly, seeing them as mere instruments, and he grew up thinking that was how he should be. As for Dustin, he ended up flocking to his kind, submissive mother's side, so he had her as a role model instead of his father, who always belittled him for not acting like his older brother (on here Patzo was right, Dustin isn't too much comfortable with compliments). Shawn's attitude towards women and sex had its origin when he was going through puberty and spied on his dad having sex with his mother, but caring only about his pleasure, using her as an object; the image got etched into his brain, and seeing as he always idolized his father, he believed that was how he should treat women as well.
When Dustin decided to take a year off after high school so he could wait for Victoria to graduate, his father wasn't too impressed. He works for people richer than him and took advantage of the fact that a promotion at another city was offered to him to separate his son from the girl who stopped him from going to college straight after high school.
Dustin and Shawn never really bonded, it was always a struggle between the dad's side and the mom's side, but at the end of the day, all of them were submissive to the father.
And that's it, I guess, that's the version I keep in mind when writing my main thread.