Originally Posted by
DAHX
This is how I see it too. I don’t think Logan always did the best things, and I feel like sometimes he should have done more, sure, but not like he could have. Daken didn’t even let him talk to him and got super angry when Logan showed any sign of him caring about him. Other times he got angry when Logan didn’t care, so figure out what to do...
Logan also had many other problems to take care of, so it didn’t really help that Daken constantly tried to screw things up for him. I feel like Logan didn’t know what to do with Daken either; he did want to help, but how can you help when your son is conditioned to hate you more than anything, rejects you and blame you for everything that happened to him? And how can you help someone anyway who just learned his entire life was a lie and was mad as hell? Daken would have never listened to Logan or accepted any form of help from him, and he didn’t feel like he needed help either, as he didn’t see or admit to himself that he was messed up. And as I see he didn't really know what he wanted either.
But Daken’s behavior is understandable too. He was tortured and conditioned for decades, his life was stolen from him, and it suddenly turned out it was all just a lie, he was just a tool all along. Of course, he was excessively furious and didn't handle the situation well. He wanted Logan to hurt because he was hurting too. Logan knew Daken had a good reason to be angry, he understood very well what it’s like to be vengeful after being used by others. He was hoping that Daken would calm down after a while or find a way to handle himself, but he just didn’t.
As much as Logan wanted to help, he was in a situation where he couldn’t and all he could do is just watch his son being destructive, while Daken as much as he didn’t want to be defined by Logan and driven by his hatred towards him, he was unable to overcome it. So it was impossible for them to find common ground.
And add the fact to this all that writers never wanted them to find any kind of resolution because the purpose of Daken’s existence was to give Logan another source of hardship. If they had resolved the issue between them, there wouldn't have been stories to tell. So Daken’s only role remained to cause trouble for Logan, while Logan either didn’t do anything or failed to do anything.
And this is why I liked Daken’s reaction to Logan’s death, it felt like he finally realized that his hate was misplaced and it didn’t lead anywhere. I really want him to move on from his hate and anger finally, it lasted way too long already.
I really want them(and the writers) to find another way because we literally saw everything by now. How many times can you tell a story about Daken hating Logan? Logan even killed him once when he went too far… Daken would be stupid to keep up with it. They both were dead, I hope they see things differently now.
Side note for Evan: this is the reason why Daken fans hated this story the most. Daken went through a lot of abuse as a child (and as an adult too), and he showed a few times before that he wouldn’t hurt children probably because he understands very well what that means. And Remender really ignored all of that and his past life experience and made him beat up a kid to show how awful he is, so Logan can kill him… yeah, it was messed up, but that’s something I hold against the writer… Daken is capable of many awful things, we know that very well already. But would be good if writers didn’t ignore and mess up his past just to make him even more awful and just to fit their narratives.