I can't deny that fitting a loving father into canon seamlessly would be a very difficult thing.
I think that one could exhibit the fairly classic "lack of strong father figure" behavior while still having a loving father back at home, especially if we assume that Faith would still have come to Sunnydale, deliberately divorcing herself from her father. Add in her psychological instability, which could have any of a million causes. Teenagers don't really need a reason to rebel, do they?
Just because Faith made bad decisions doesn't mean she came from a broken family (or was lower class). I think it could happen to any of us.
Of course AU-happy-Faith/Excellent Father might be a perfectly good pairing too.
no subject
I think that one could exhibit the fairly classic "lack of strong father figure" behavior while still having a loving father back at home, especially if we assume that Faith would still have come to Sunnydale, deliberately divorcing herself from her father. Add in her psychological instability, which could have any of a million causes. Teenagers don't really need a reason to rebel, do they?
Just because Faith made bad decisions doesn't mean she came from a broken family (or was lower class). I think it could happen to any of us.
Of course AU-happy-Faith/Excellent Father might be a perfectly good pairing too.