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Author: BlueIceTea

Apr 29th 2012 at 6:34:26 PM

The difference between this and MamasBabyPapasMaybe is that that trope is about not knowing who the father is, whereas in this one we do learn the father's identity.

LukeYouAreMyFather is harder.  The main difference I'm seeing is that in many examples of LukeYouAreMyFather, the father knows from the first time he meets the child that he/she is his offspring, whereas in this trop he gets to know the child first and discovers the relationship afterwards - sometimes not till after the child is dead!

I guess that makes this a sub-trope of LukeYouAreMyFather, and a sister trope of MamasBabyPapasMaybe.

Hmm, I'm not sure whether the ''{{Series/Scrubs}}'' and ''IndianaJones'' examples count or not.  They're different from the examples I've listed, but they might still fit depending on what the exact definition of the trope is.  Some possibilities:
* A man believes that a child is his love-interest's by another man, ''and dislikes the child for that reason''.  Then he discovers that the child is in fact his own.
* A man believes that a child is his love-interest's by another man.  Then he discovers that the child is in fact his own.
* A man has an antipathetic relationship with another character.  Then he discovers that the character is in fact his own child.

I'm not sure which of those I prefer.  Thoughts?

Also, any thoughts about the title?  Is it okay, or do we need another one?  I was thinking of YourSonAllAlong, but I like the fact that the current one can readily be identified with the other LukeYouAreMy... tropes.