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*[[June Cogan]] - adoptive mother to the [[Colorado Kid]]{{refn|group=note|James' father, [[Paul Cogan|Paul]], is mentioned, but this is primarily a motherhood story<ref name=magic1>"[[Magic Hour: Part 1]]"</ref>}} |
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Revision as of 22:46, 11 November 2013
Haven avoids most gender and sexuality related tropes, except for un-balanced casting. See our Bechdel page and Death by gender for more on the numbers.
Missing moms
The large gender imbalance in Haven is most noticeable when looking at family lines. Most mothers are Missing Moms, and many of these are not even named.
There are many reasons for this. Troubles are triggered by emotional distress often leading to an origin story where the death of a parent triggers their child's Trouble. In Haven Lineage Comes From The Father using a Single Line Of Descent so the mother is often the dead parent or is simply not important enough to be mentioned. The number of dead parents has left most of the main characters suffering Parental Abandonment. For other death tropes, see Tropes/Death.
If you're a Doylist, this is because Most Writers Are Male.[note 1] There has been no Watsonian explanation presented for the lack of women, but many fans theorise that the Mysterious Woman is being punished for some original sin and that this punishment hurts the women of Haven as well.
Number overview
While the ratio for recurring characters in Haven is mostly even (13-15) there are severe number imbalances when looking at smaller characters.[note 2] The ratio for minor characters is 3:2 in favor of men.[note 3] The ratio for mentioned characters is even more severe, 2:1 in favor of men.[note 4] See Tropes: Bechdel for more specific number breakdowns.
The classic trope Men Are The Expendable Gender, is regularly averted. See Tropes: Death by gender for more.
Mothers vs. fathers
There are far more fathers in Haven then there are mothers. The gender gap is so large that there are as many father/son stories (11) as there are mother stories (11) and more missing mother stories (17) then there are mother stories.[note 5] There has been only one story where both parents were present and equally important: "Resurfacing",[2] where both James and Tracy Garrick are shown as full parents.
Mothers
- Hannah Driscoll - foster-mother to Bobby Mueller[note 6]
- Beatrice Mitchell - Trouble forces her into motherhood[4]
- Piper Taylor dies for her son, Landon[5]
- Mary Collins kidnaps her son, Daniel Glendower in an attempt to save his life[6]
- Gwen Glendower - step-mother to Leith Glendower[6][note 7][note 8]
- Roslyn Toomey - Wesley's mother[7]
- June Cogan - adoptive mother to the Colorado Kid[note 9]
- Sarah Vernon is James Cogan's birthmother. She later spends time with him as Lucy and Audrey Parker.[8][9][10]
- Rebecca Rafferty has a son Dylan.[11]
Mother/daughter stories
While these mothers do have the distinction of actually appearing, most of them die or leave their children. Beatrice Mitchell, Sarah Vernon and Mary Collins have to give up their children. Piper Taylor, Eleanor Carr, and Roslyn Toomey die. Only three of these mothers who don't die or give up their children: Hannah Driscoll, June Cogan and Rebecca Rafferty. Berta Shumway does not die or abandon her daughter either, but she's not on this list as that story is primarily a fatherhood story.[13]
Fathers
- Reverend Driscoll - father to Hannah Driscoll.[note 10]
- Duke Crocker - father to Jean Mitchell.[4]
- Alec - father to Vicki Dutton[14]
- Anson Shumway - father to Jeanie[note 11]
- Dwight Hendrickson - father to Lizie[15]
- Kyle Hopkins - kills himself to spare his unborn child his grave-digging Trouble[16]
- Gordon Chambers - father to Hadley[17]
- Roland Holloway[note 12]
- Morton Danvers, father to Ginger Danvers[18]
- Braer Brock - anticipatory father[note 13]
- Aiden Driscoll - anticipatory father[1]
Father/son stories
- Garland Wuornos/Nathan Wuornos[20]
- Max Hansen/Nathan Wuornos[21]
- T. J. Smith/Aaron Smith[22]
- Richard Brody/Chris Brody[23]
- Rory Campbell's father is present and assists the search party for his son.[15]
- Simon Crocker/Duke Crocker[16]
- Tor Magnusson/Liam Magnusson[24]
- Harry Nix/Connor Nix[note 14]
- Roy Crocker/Simon Crocker[note 15]
- Nathan Wuornos/James Cogan[26][10]
Missing mothers
These characters are missing their mothers: their mother died, ran off or is unmentioned or unnamed.[note 16]
- Marion Caldwell's mother died, triggering her Trouble. Though mentioned several times, she is unnamed.[20]
- Nathan Wuornos has two fathers (Garland Wuornos and Max Hansen). How many mothers he had is unknown and four seasons in no mother has been named.
- Duke Crocker is an orphan, but his father, Simon Crocker functions as a Mysterious Parent when he comes back from the dead to reveal Duke's Secret Legacy. Duke also meets his grandfather Roy, and Fitzwilliam Crocker, another male ancestor is mentioned. His mother is unnamed.
- Hannah Driscoll's mother Penny faked her death and abandoned her daughter.[3][6][note 7]
- Vicki Dutton works for her father, Alec. Her mother is never seen or mentioned.[14]
- Zack Taylor's father Landon and unnamed mother died in a fire. Landon's mother Piper brings Landon back to life but not his wife. The wife is never named.[5]
- Jackie Clark mentions that her father died, triggering her Trouble, but her mother is never mentioned.[27][note 17]
- Dwight Hendrickson mentions his father, but never his mother.[28]
- Aaron Smith's mother Connie Shubert dies in childbirth[22]
- Chris Brody's father Richard is seen, but his mother is unseen and unnamed.Chris also has a Wicked Stepmother in Felicia.[23]
- Henry's mother abandoned him, causing him to run away from home.[29]
- Rory Campbell's father is notified of his disappearance and helps run the search part. A mother is never mentioned.>ref name=www/>
- Hadley Chambers's parents split-up causing her unnamed mother to literally disappear. Her father Gordon Chambers still exists, he is the last person to be vanished by his daughter's Trouble.[17]
- Elizabeth Hendrickson - Dwight's daughter, Lizzie is portrayed as motherless. Her mother is never shown or mentioned.[30]
- Liam Magnusson is raised by single father Tor, after an unnamed mother abandoned him.[24]
- Ginger Danvers is raised by single father Morton after her mother died.[18]
- Wade Crocker's mother is never mentioned or named, despite the fact that Wade was not raised by his father and was therefore likely raised by his mother.[31]
- Bill and Sally Marigold's father have a father Frank but their mother is never mentioned.[31] [note 18]
Missing fathers
- Julia Carr's father is never mentioned.[12]
- Daniel Glendower's father Cole dies. His mother Mary Collins will take over as his primary caretaker once the Troubles are over and the Glendower's can leave the water.[6]
- Wesley Toomey's father is never mentioned or named. His Trouble is triggered when his mother Roslyn is abducted.[7]
- Mark's mother used a sperm donor.[25]
Brothers and sisters, by the numbers
Haven has very few siblings, due in large part to the high number of characters dealing with Orphan's Ordeal.
Brothers
- Vince and Dave Teagues[20]
- McShaw brothers, Geoff and Bll[32]
- Duke and Wade Crocker[33]
- Aiden and Jack Driscoll[1]
Sisters
Mixed siblings
- Michael and Brooke Garrick[2]
- Beverly Keegan and her unnamed brothers[34]
- Bruce and Annie Fresnel[16]
- Whitney, Craig and Will Brady[35]
- Sally and Bill Marigold[31]
Bloodlines
Notes
- ↑ Haven has had 8 male and 6 female writers.; men have written roughly 60% of all episodes. See Tropes: Bechdel - By writer for a more thorough breakdown.
- ↑ The ratio for recurring characters is only even if you look at how many characters they are and not have long they are on the show or how many episodes they are in. When measurements of duration and episodes are taken into account, men dominate here as well. Also, this does not take into account that there are 2 main male characters to 1 main female character.
- ↑ A minor character is a character who appears in at least one episode, but not more than two. Current numbers as of "Crush"[1] are 48-31. These numbers are not exact.
- ↑ Mentioned characters are characters that are mentioned but not seen or heard. This has a large effect when looking at the numbers of missing moms and unnamed women. Telling stories about women is often as important as seeing female characters. Current numbers as of "Crush" are 124-64. These numbers are not exact.
- ↑ The operative word here is *stories*. There are some characters that have both parents but one is the clear focus of the story.
- ↑ Reverend Driscoll is technically Bobby Mueller's foster-father, but the main parental influence in Bobby's life is Hannah.[3]
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Penny Driscoll and Gwen Glendower are the same person. But as Penny abandoned her daughter and faked her death while Gwen seems to have raised her step-son, she's in both lists under both names.
- ↑ It's never explicitly stated that she's Leither's step-mother, but it's a safe assumption. Leith's son, Daniel is 10 in 2010, and Penny Driscoll left the Rev to become Gwen Glendower in 1983, meaning that Leith would have been 16 at the oldest when his son was concieved.
- ↑ James' father, Paul, is mentioned, but this is primarily a motherhood story[8]
- ↑ Despite Penny Driscoll, this is still a fatherhood story. Penny abandoned Hannah as a child and faked her own death.[6] The two are never seen on screen together and the primary parental influence in Hannah's life is her father, Reverend Driscoll. Reverend Driscoll is also technically Bobby Mueller's foster-father, but the main parental influence in Bobby's life is Hannah.[3]
- ↑ While Jeanie does have a mother—Anson's ex-wife Berta—this is primarily a fatherhood story.[13]
- ↑ Roland's wife is mentioned but unnamed.[9]
- ↑ Braer and his wife, Carmen are not technically parents but "Lost and Found" uses Braer to tell a story about fatherhood none-the-less.[19]
- ↑ Connor's mother is present but is a very minor role, close to that of an extra. Harry's other children are also extras. The main story is a fatherhood story.[25]
- ↑ We don't see Roy's with Simon, though we do hear about their relationship. We also see Duke's interaction with his grandfather.[26]
- ↑ The previous categories took into account stories of motherhood and fatherhood. These categories look at stories where one parent is missing. This includes a parent who's absence is explained (died, ran away). It also includes instances where the parent is mentioned but for some reasons never named.
- ↑ This would not be notable except for the fact that Clark is a teenager. She mentions living at home after her father's death and once her Trouble triggers she flees town. Her mother, someone she'd presumably be living with and who would file a missing person's report is never mentioned.
- ↑ This would not be unusual except that the family is discussed more than once with no mention of a mother. Rudy Lucassi mentions doing the notification but mentions only the father. Wuornos and Hendrickson believe the Trouble to be in the Marigold line but only mention the father, not the mother.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Crush"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Resurfacing"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Butterfly"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ball and Chain"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Fur"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "The Tides That Bind"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "301"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Magic Hour: Part 1"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Real Estate"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Thanks For The Memories"
- ↑ "Countdown
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "As You Were"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Audrey Parker's Day Off"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Sketchy"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Who, What, Where, Wendigo?"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Sins of the Fathers"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Silent Night"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Burned"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Lost and Found"
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Welcome to Haven"
- ↑ "Spiral"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "A Tale of Two Audreys"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Sparks and Recreation"
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Stay"
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "The Farmer"
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Sarah"
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "Friend or Faux"
- ↑ "Escape to Haven"
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 "Survivors"
- ↑ "Consumed"
- ↑ "Fallout"
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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