Alador, Having Been A Dad For 16yrs:

Alador, having been a dad for 16yrs:

- Controls family image & friendships

- Only interfered in a bad situation because he's thinking of potential future boons

- Controlled what the kids can & can't do to the point he needed to get told off using his own words against him

- Kids are unhappy to see him/disappointed in how he reacts to the situation

- Has to have another fucking adult tell him to go fucking talk to his kids after a big incident

- Pays such little attention to them he's apparently not even talking to them anymore, and has to be told all of this by one of his kids he's ignoring

Darius, having been an uncle/dad figure kinda guy for like a couple weeks tops:

- Gives Hunter a phone, the first and only means he's ever had to contact people outside the castle, and openly encourages he do so

- Covers for Hunter on multiple highly illegal accounts

- Both encourages him (which helps Hunter develop his sense of confidence again) and fixes up his prized possession for him

- Immediately after telling Raine they couldn't go interfere for Eda & Luz's sakes, gets hyper-protective over Hunter

So yes, Alador, you are a hack compared to Darius, professionally, morally, and now as a guardian too.