[UA] Cloudbusting and an archetype

[Nick Wedig]

>Merlin, in the early arthurian tales
>Obi Wan Kenobi
>The Pied Piper
>Dr. Seuss
>Roald Dahl (and/or/as represented by Willy Wonka)
>Mary Poppins
>Fagin from Oliver Twist
>
>... grown ups who listen to children, and somehow have not "forgotten the
>magic of youth".  They take children seriously, they don't laugh at the
>kids' imaginations, and they share stories.
>
>At the risk of getting really warped with this, maybe John Wayne Gacy
>ascended, turning the Archetype dark and twisted in our age?

Well, Fagin is pretty clearly already a negative version fo the archetype.

Perhaps a warping of the Father to include those not actually related to the child?

Some historical examples would be preferred to these fictional ones, but Greg's comment suggests that each of us could point to one or more examples in our own lives (and that, being very personal, well known examples are hard to find).

Mr. Teapot
"I'm kinda like your Dad, and a little like your Mom..." -Terry S. Taylor

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