History Characters / ChildOfTheStormCivilians

* ExtremeDoormat: Downplayed. She's depicted as such by Carol, but the truth is far more nuanced than that. That being said, it's notable that she never confronted her husband for his psychological abuse until he attempted to have their daughter mind-raped. It's implied that it was a case of rose-tinted glasses/boiling a frog, as even Alison begrudgingly admits that Joe was genuinely good with the children when they were younger (and before the older two started defying his expectations). The attempted MindRape incident shook the scales from her eyes.

** In chapter 20, it's revealed that on finding out from her mother just what her husband wanted Harry [[MindRape to do to Carol]], she left Joe to Alison. In fact, not only does Alison note that Marie would be the only one able to stop her at this point, she also suggests that if Marie had heard about it first, she might have done something ''worse.''

* TookALevelInJerkass: Alison implied he was a more loving father when his children were younger, before Carol and Stevie began going outside his standards.

** More generally, the woman is [[AwesomenessByAnalysis scarily observant]]. She easily spots that Harry and Carol communicate a lot telepathically from simple observation, makes a very astute assessment of Harry's character after knowing him for all of a couple of hours, immediately realises that her husband conveniently falling asleep outside was caused by Harry (and makes a fair stab at why), and is comfortable confronting him with this fact. She also reveals that she'd figured out that Carol's SuperSoldier heritage had manifested, possibly before anyone but Carol herself, just by noticing a damaged doorknob and a broken bag.

** In the Clark and Harry mini-arc in the sequel, their response to Clark's travails and risks (and Harry's, though he's much better able to handle himself) is to ensure that before they go out to fight evil they dress up warm and eat vast bowls of chicken soup. Harry finds this both heartwarming and hilarious.

* GoodParents: Of the ParentsAsPeople variety. She most certainly isn't perfect, but she loves her children fiercely, would do anything to protect them. While she's scared to death of the sort of her trouble her daughter gets into, she ultimately resolves to be [[SoProudOfYou proud of her]]. ''Unfinished Business'' also reveals that she's consulted on calorie requirements for growing {{Super Soldier}}s and tailored Carol's diet to fit, even giving her an extra allowance to bulk out what the school will provide on a trip (though she's resigned to the fact that most of it will probably be junk food), and Carol suspects that a trend of enforced seconds and healthy snacks shows when she noticed that Carol's SuperSoldier genes had manifested.

** In chapter 20, it's revealed that on finding out from her mother just what her husband wanted Harry [[MindRape to do to Carol]], she leaves him to Alison. In fact, not only does Alison note that Marie would be the only one able to stop her at this point, she also suggests that if Marie had heard about it first, she might have done something ''worse.''

* WantedAGenderConformingChild: In spades, regarding both his older children in terms of a very narrow view of gender roles, wanting his older son to be an assertive and go-getting sportsman, and his daughter, his oldest child, to be quiet and demure ProperLady or GirlNextDoor. He got the exact opposite. This didn't stop him trying to force it, to his son's misery and Carol's violent resentment.

* GoodParents: Of the ParentsAsPeople variety. She most certainly isn't perfect, but she loves her children fiercely, would do anything to protect them, and while she's scared to death of the sort of her trouble her daughter gets into, she ultimately resolves to be proud of her. ''Unfinished Business'' also reveals that she's consulted on calorie requirements for growing {{Super Soldier}}s and tailored Carol's diet to fit, even giving her an extra allowance to bulk out what the school will provide on a trip (though she's resigned to the fact that most of it will probably be junk food), and Carol suspects that a trend of enforced seconds and healthy snacks shows when she noticed that Carol's SuperSoldier genes had manifested.

* WantedAGenderConformingChild: In spades, regarding both his older children in terms of a very narrow view of gender roles, wanting his older son to be an assertive and go-getting sportsman, and his daughter, his oldest child, to be quiet and demure. He got the exact opposite. This didn't stop him trying to force it, to his son's misery and Carol's violent resentment.

* ForWantOfANail: It's heavily implied that his AdaptationalHeroism is due to Doctor Strange's temporal meddling - for starters, Carol's a good influence on him. The fact that he's able to deduce that Clark has powers, and has friends with powers, also helps, removing a significant chunk of the tension between him and Clark throughout ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.

Father of Carol Danvers, with whom he most definitely does not see eye to eye. A StandardFiftiesFather living in the wrong century, and while he does love his children, his concept of what is good for them is both very traditional and very much not in line with what they might actually want. He's ignorant rather than malicious, but ignorance is arguably far more dangerous.

* StandardFiftiesFather: Heavily implied to be the StepfordSmiler variant.

* ExtremeDoormat: Downplayed. She's depicted as such by Carol, but the truth is far more nuanced than that. That being said, it's notable that she never confronted her husband for his psychological abuse until he attempted to have his daughter mind-raped. It's implied that it was a case of rose-tinted glasses/boiling a frog, as even Alison begrudgingly admits that Joe was genuinely good with the children when they were younger (and before the older two started defying his expectations). The attempted MindRape incident shook the scales from her eyes.

** Prior to appearing, Carol somewhat grudgingly notes that Marie got her artistic middle child a set of paints despite the fact that her husband greatly disapproved, and named said middle child Steven, hinting that she knew about her heritage (she later reveals that she figured out years ago).

* MamaBear: While a NonActionGuy as a rule, it is telling that Alison - her mother, a terrifying super-spy - remarks to [[spoiler: Joe, Carol's father]] that he should be very glad that it was [[TranquilFury her]] who first found out about what he wanted Harry [[MindRape to do to Carol]], rather than Jack or Marie. For context, Jack once threatened to kill General Ross with his bare hands for rather less, and it's implied Marie would have done ''worse.''
* TheMedic: ''Unfinished Business'' reveals that she used to be a nurse and that she's updating her license. It's implied that this is another way in which takes after her father, who is mentioned in passing as having often patched up Alison after missions.

* ParentalNeglect: On the receiving end from her mother, though Alison did eventually realise how she was screwing up her kids after seeing how Howard Stark was treating Tony, and tried to make amends. Marie's also guilty of a certain amount of this herself, turning a blind eye to her husband's abuse until he crossed a line she couldn't ignore.

* ButtMonkey: Whenever he appears, bad things are usually about to happen to him - [[KarmicButMonkey though he usually deserves them]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: Alison implied he was more loving with his children with they were younger,

* ExtremeDoormat: Downplayed. She's depicted as such by Carol, but the truth is far more nuanced than that. That being said, it's notable that she never confronted her husband for his psychological abuse until he attempted to have his daughter mind raped. It's implied that it was a case of rose-tinted glasses/boiling a frog, as even Alison begrudgingly admits that he was genuinely good with the children when they were younger (and before the older two started defying his expectations). The attempted MindRape incident shook the scales from her eyes.

* GenerationXerox: She's much, much more like her daughter than either is initially willing to admit. On a sadder note, her issues with her daughter are lampshaded as the exact inverse of those she had with her own mother. Thankfully, she comes to her senses much quicker.

** Prior to appearing, Carol somewhat grudgingly notes that she got her artistic middle child a set of paints despite the fact that her husband greatly disapproved, and named said middle child Steven, hinting that she knew about her heritage (she later reveals that she figured out years ago).
** More generally, the woman is scarily observant. She easily spots that Harry and Carol communicate a lot telepathically from simple observation, makes a very astute assessment of Harry's character after knowing him for all of a couple of hours, immediately realises that her husband conveniently falling asleep outside was caused by Harry (and make a fair stab at why), and be comfortable confronting him with this fact. She also reveals that she'd figured out that Carol's SuperSoldier heritage had manifested, possibly before anyone but Carol herself, just by noticing a damaged doorknob and a broken bag.
** In chapter 20, it's revealed that on finding out from her mother just what her husband wanted Harry [[MindRape to do to Carol]], she leaves him to Alison. In fact, not only does she note that Marie would be the only one able to stop her at this point, she also suggests that if Marie had heard about it first, she might have done something ''worse.''

* ParentalNeglect: On the receiving end from her mother, though Alison did eventually realise how she was screwing up her kids after seeing how Howard Stark was treating Tony, and tried to make amends. She's also guilty of a certain amount of this herself, turning a blind eye to her husband's abuse until he crossed a line she couldn't ignore.

* AbusiveParents: Psychologically abusive, trying to force his older two children into being what he thinks they should be (i.e. brash, ActionGirl Carol into a ProperLady or a GirlNextDoor, and quiet, artistic Stevie into TheAllAmericanBoy). [[WellIntentionedExtremist He genuinely believes that this is for their own good]], though WordOfGod observes that he's the type who's all nice and friendly until things stop going his way. This behaviour, leading up to [[spoiler: him trying to get Harry to alter Carol's mind]], ultimately gets him dealt with by Alison in chapter 20.

* ButtMonkey: Whenever he appears, bad things are usually about to happen to him - [[KickTheSonOfABitch though he usually deserves them]].

* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Alison notes that while his request of Harry was completely unacceptable, Joe also doesn't understand just how bad [[spoiler: MindRape]] actually is, and how much of a violation of trust it would be for Harry. This is the only reason that his wife and mother restrict themselves to getting him KickedUpstairs and ''de facto'' separated from his children.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Deserving of this - see AbusiveParents for why. While Harry restrains himself to scaring him and telepathically knocking him out, Alison arranges for him to be KickedUpstairs by his company and given a job out of state, giving him a calm, firm talk to the tune of 'you will do what I say or I will make you wish that I had killed you', while nearly breaking his arm with a twist of her wrist, while seated and sipping her tea, when he tries to start blustering.

* StaringDownCthulhu: Whatever else there is to say about him, he's no coward, when he stands up to an enraged Harry (who internally notes that under other circumstances, he might actually be impressed). He then does the same to Alison in chapter 20, though this is presented as delusional bluster, and she is very much not impressed.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: On the receiving end of one after he pushes Harry's BerserkButton.
** Alison gives him a rather cold one in chapter 20.

* AdaptionalRelationshipChange: As opposed to Scott Summers' LoveInterest, she's his grandmother.

* PsychicPowers: She's a formidably powerful telepath, in roughly the same class as Charles Xavier. By her own account, this made it a very nasty surprise when she ran into a time-travelling Harry, who was in an entirely different weight-class and capable of handling her like a child.

* BreakTheCycleOfBadParenting: She was at best [[ParentalNeglect neglected]] by her parents who found her a social appendage at best. As a result, she left Alex Summers and their son, Christopher, when she realised that she was beginning to feel more or less the same distaste and frustration towards her son that her parents had felt towards her, wanting to spare her son the same treatment.

* NonActionGuy: In comparison to pretty much all of Harry's friends and family, who range from BadassNormal to PhysicalGod, his physical abilities are pretty average, nor does he have any superpowers beyond a (possible) slight HealingFactor.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Subtle, but there. Lionel Luthor is not a good father, and consequently Lex goes looking for approval from the likes of Tony Stark, Brigadier Jack O'Neill and Loki.

* ParentalNeglect: On the receiving end from her mother, though Alison did eventually realise how she was screwing up her kids after seeing how Howard Stark was treating Tony, and tried to make amends.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: He really does want what he thinks is best for his children. He's just unwilling to consider/uncaring of/their own opinions of what that is, and willing to resort to [[spoiler: MindRape]] to get it (that being said, it's also made clear he doesn't understand how bad this is). Harry, needless to say, erupts with fury. When his wife and mother-in-law find out the details, they aren't too pleased either.

* CosmicPlaything: He gets picked on constantly at school, and is nearly turned into a vampire, only being saved by Harry's intervention. Then it gets very literal in ''Unfinished Business'', when the GreenLanternRing decides to involve him.