Magnus is definitely playing this up. He's cognizant of the fact that there's some kind of miscommunication going on with him and Laertes, sometimes, when he proposes projects and Dad thinks he's treating them like a foregone conclusion instead of suggestions that can be denied, but he isn't really sure how else to present things to him to overcome that miscommunication. Even so, he's really impressed by the boundaries Dad sets. Magnus likes boundaries, and that having them makes it clear where and how he fits places. He's noticed that Dad is quicker to tell Sunny 'no' when she wants to do something that could be dangerous, too, than he was at the beginning -- like he's gaining confidence in being a father. It's really cool to see. It's really cool to be able to be on the receiving end of some of that, too, and not just because it's helped Magnus move over the hump of being able to see Laertes as a dad without active effort. It's just -- it's nice, to belong, and to know that people (both of their dads) are actively trying to think about what's best for him, too.
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Magnus is definitely playing this up. He's cognizant of the fact that there's some kind of miscommunication going on with him and Laertes, sometimes, when he proposes projects and Dad thinks he's treating them like a foregone conclusion instead of suggestions that can be denied, but he isn't really sure how else to present things to him to overcome that miscommunication. Even so, he's really impressed by the boundaries Dad sets. Magnus likes boundaries, and that having them makes it clear where and how he fits places. He's noticed that Dad is quicker to tell Sunny 'no' when she wants to do something that could be dangerous, too, than he was at the beginning -- like he's gaining confidence in being a father. It's really cool to see. It's really cool to be able to be on the receiving end of some of that, too, and not just because it's helped Magnus move over the hump of being able to see Laertes as a dad without active effort. It's just -- it's nice, to belong, and to know that people (both of their dads) are actively trying to think about what's best for him, too.