OS prompt 119.2 What was your character's childhood like? How has it influenced them since?
Harry's childhood was quite ordinary until his mother died. Before then she'd been the one keeping house and looking after Harry, and it had been his father's job to be the one in charge of the household and administer punishments. After Harry's mother died his father kept the same role, which meant that Harry felt a bit starved of attention. Which wasn't helped when he was sent to boarding school at the age of 11. And got even worse when his father re-married and Harry gained a step-mother and step-brother.
Harry was prepared to hate them, but his step-mother could see what was going on between Harry and his father, and since neither of them were very good at talking about it, she did help the relationship between them. And Harry's step-brother looked up to him, so Harry felt a responsibility towards him.
Even when they're grown up Harry still feels the same way about Will. The main influence Harry's childhood has had on his life is that of his father, because Harry always got his ideas about the way he should behave from him. Had Harry had children then he may have considered his father's role to be a father's role and acted the same way.
It's interesting that he can't quite cope with the idea of marrying Esther before he joins UNIT, and even ten years later he's still not sure about the idea of marriage. There's probably some reason there that can be traced back to his childhood if you tried, but I'm not a psychologist and that sort of things tends to feel a bit trite.
Harry was prepared to hate them, but his step-mother could see what was going on between Harry and his father, and since neither of them were very good at talking about it, she did help the relationship between them. And Harry's step-brother looked up to him, so Harry felt a responsibility towards him.
Even when they're grown up Harry still feels the same way about Will. The main influence Harry's childhood has had on his life is that of his father, because Harry always got his ideas about the way he should behave from him. Had Harry had children then he may have considered his father's role to be a father's role and acted the same way.
It's interesting that he can't quite cope with the idea of marrying Esther before he joins UNIT, and even ten years later he's still not sure about the idea of marriage. There's probably some reason there that can be traced back to his childhood if you tried, but I'm not a psychologist and that sort of things tends to feel a bit trite.