sick of seeing posts about how hades is actually a great father to nico and justifying the way he has treated nico. i don’t think he’s AWFUL, but he did treat nico badly. there is never a justifiable reason to tell your 12 year old child that you wished they had died instead of their sibling. holy shit i can’t believe i have to say that. he lied to and tricked nico, taking advantage of his trusting nature to pursue his own ambitions. he royally fucked up and he did things that are no doubt damaging to his relationship with nico.
do i think he’s redeemable? it depends! he has since tried to mend his relationship with nico and i think that’s cool. the thing about mending a relationship with an abusive parent is that it’s up to the victim whether or not they can forgive that person and let them back into their life. sometimes, if the person has truly changed and the victim feels they can safely be around them again, and the abuser has acknowledged their faults, then they can have a good relationship. often this is not possible, and that’s fine. you are not at all required to forgive someone who hurt you. however it seems that nico has, at least mostly, forgiven hades and is trying to have a positive relationship with him. so yea i’d say hades is redeeming himself. but that doesn’t mean you can forget what he did or brush it off. there’s no justification for what he did