The Heros relationship with their Family & key Friend

[jjrrs]

After playing 5+ suikoden games, the main characters always have a great relationship of love and respect to their parent figures, there is also normally a great friend with the same type of relationship to the Hero that cause them hardship or betrays them.

So far I see very little wrong with the constant great friends sometimes enemies relationships, I'm sure everyone can relate to the ups and downs in a friendship as it produced some of the greatest characters and storylines(Jowy, Ted, Snowe, Lulu, Saileeds) But as much as the great parents and heroes seem to make such ideal families, I find it very hard to relate to while I envy the wonderful relationships they have in my own life.

I'm not about to start bitching about my own family relationships but in the suikoden stories, every parent figure have been respected by the kids and everyone around them(Teo, Genkaku, Wyett, Lucia, Glen, Walter, Arshtat, Ferid) because they are such good people. Even though they are sometimes a bit hard on their kids, these characters are always respective, patient, and affectionate toward them. I guess the obvious reason for such great relationships is that the storywriters want you to feel bad when something terrible happens to the parents(it did for everyone except Lucia), is there any other reason why these situations keep on coming back again and again?

I personally don't know anyone under 30 that has a relationship based on trust and respect with their parents. I guess it could also be an old asian family respect thing, but nowadays asian families are no where like that. Just as my heart gets all warm from seeing the wonderful families like the one in V, I can't help but snapping back to reality and recall the last thing I was just bitched at about by my own parents 5 min ago...

Since we assume his role, isn't it about time that the parent/child relationship for the hero become a bit more relatable for the kids of today?
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[Calvin]

Well, I'm 21, and as a child I never had a big problem with my parents. Sure, there were fights, but overall we did trust and respect each other. That being said, I believe that while many of the parents may have had good ideals and morals at heart, a lot of them didn't do so hot of a job in the end.

Tir and Teo's relationship was based on trust and respect, however they ended up fighting each other, and Tir even killed his own father! I wouldn't say that Teo was patient with his son, as at one point I believe he even said something like "He's an enemy of the Empire now," or something to that effect.

We don't know about Suikoden II, as Riou's adoptive father is already dead--and while you can assume they overall had a good relationship, you can't really define that relationship further. Afterall, who wouldn't feel remorse and regret and their parent's death, and therefore refrain from saying too many bad things about them?

In Suikoden III, the technical Tenkai Star, Thomas, had a horrible relationship with his father. Hugo had a good relationship with his mother, however it wasn't as you describe, as throughout the game he is given several options to distance himself from her (when you are given choices to say "get off me!" etc.). Chris never had a chance to explor the relationship with her father, as Wyatt didn't even tell her until right before he died. I would hardly call that typical fathering, and would go so far as to call it borderline irresponsible.

I don't remember enough on Suikoden IV and Suikoden Tactics to comment on those games.

*Spoilers, Highlight to Read*

In Suikoden V, while Ferid seemed to be an excellent and caring (albiet strict) father, Arshtat was at several points under the influence of the Sun rune, causing the whole family to have to tread carefully around her. In the beginning of the game, if you question her, she yells at you and invokes the power of the Sun Rune. I don't think that makes her the greatest mom in the world, although to be fair, its not her fault completely. Also, she kills Ferid, her own husband. Again, not completely her fault, but still. In fact, I kinda of feel sorry for the Prince because his family is dysfunctional as hell in my opinion. His mother kills his father, His younger sister fights him on the battlefield, and his Aunt betrays him, which nearly results in the death of the only other person he had to confide in--his bodyguard and friend. Regardless of each of their reasons, they all put a heavy emotional burden on the Prince, which piled higher and higher as the game wore on.

*End Spoilers*

Anyways, I would hardly say that Suikoden has been filled with parents who have been respectful 100% of the time.
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[jjrrs]

I think there is still very strong evident that every single story so far setup the parents as about the best they could be to their kids, yes there were issues but the love, respect and affectionate is always there