User blog:ModestyElyonLane/Can Demetrius be... a problem teen?

After the Red Circus hijacking ended, the main plot freeze in place again and the operation Strix is practically not moving anywhere. So, I started to reread the manga in order to remember what it was originally about. When I reached the long-awaited meeting of Twilight and Donovan Desmond in chapter 38, it suddenly dawned on me during their conversation about children. When Loid told Don about his difficult relationship with Anya and that even though she is his offshoot and being her father, she must obey him, it does not always work that way and sometimes he does not think at all whether it is possible to manage her. Donovan suddenly "opened up" from his speech and admitted that their children are like strangers who cannot be understood and sympathized with. We all remember that resentment for Damian and it seems that Loid's paternal instinct in this matter also slightly blocked the full picture for him. I mean, if Donovan was honest here and didn't pretend to be in public to ward off the intrusive Loid from his family, then maybe Don wasn't talking about Damian at that moment, but about Demetrius.

Just look, Damian is a 6-year-old gentle child who worships his father and would do anything he asked him to. Most of the time he behaves respectfully and diligently and would not contradict his favorite parent in anything serious. I don't think Donovan is blind enough not to understand that. In addition, he does not take part in Damian's upbringing, the servants do it. What difficulties could he have with a six-year-old in this situation?

On the other hand, we have the mysterious figure of Demetrius! He is an Imperial Scholar, he is a teen and, unlike Damian, seems to be a born genius in many areas from early childhood. It seems that this guy has always had his own special opinion, and now that he has entered the nasty stage of the teenage crisis, when parents recede into the background and friends become a more authoritative figure, Donovan could really have serious problems with him. For example, in control and subordination.

Demy evoked the impression of a sharp and straightforward person on the phone, he does not seem to spare even the feelings of a little kid and has a more realistic opinion about his father than his younger brother. And if Demetrius has always been like this, then this would explain why, at such an advanced age, Don needed an “perilous adventure” with the conception of a second child. Damian can indeed be a replacement for Demetrius, but in a broader sense, because Demetrius with his views can become a more dangerous eclipsing star for his father.

For clarity, I'm not trying to say that father and elder son may not love each other or that Demetrius is always right about everything. And it doesn't have to be related to the politics of the country. But so far everything feels like Demetrius can really do and say what upsets and disappoints Donovan, and for this reason he praised Damian, who is eager for his attention, and seemed to warn him to "continued striving not to besmirch (0_0?) the Desmond name."