Orphans who OBSESS over their dead daddies but like, strangely DGAF about mum?

\- The Starks, Game of Thrones. Katelyn Stark was an attentive, sensitive, fair, and kind mother. Ask anyone! Well “anyone” being Brianne of Tarth or Little Finger, certainly not her own goddamn kids. Despite dying perhaps a more undignified, horrific death than Ned, all the Stark children can talk about is Ned, Ned, Ned. And you could say “Hey, him getting decapitated kicked things off!” but…I just don’t feel like real, actual humans who lost their mother wouldn’t mourn her the same because it didn’t have the same geopolitical ramifications.

\- Luke Skywalker, Star Wars- Luke inherits Anakin’s lightsaber, he learns he was a pilot, that he was in the clone wars, obviously that he was a Jedi as well and even has some insight into the personality traits the led to his downfall. When he FINALLY gets even remotely curious about what the hell kind of woman Padmé was, he asks fucking Leia. Not the Force ghosts he spent days with who likely would’ve known Padmé. Leia. Even in the sequel series Padmé is \*never\* mentioned. Despite being Queen, Senator, an influence in the rebel alliance, etc.

\- Bruce Wayne (various incarnations but noticeably the Nolan trilogy). Bruce’s parents were shot up in front of him in an alley which spurs a decades long crusade for justice that defines his life. He’s extremely affected by his father’s distinct tenor, inventiveness, and kindness. His mother? Meh. She was definitely there, especially for the getting shot up in the alley part but like, what is there to say? TDKR literally has Selina stealing her pearls and Bruce is just like “Oh hey, those were my mothers”. Cool, Martha liked her pearl necklace. Good to know.

Also just a weird dynamic of a similar caliber in that trilogy- Two-Face deducing Jim Gordon loves his son more than his daughter and being…kinda right? No wonder that girl had to eventually become Batgirl.