Mixed feelings on this. Definitely agreed that attempting to like, apprehend Bro as a Prince of Heart is gonna distract you from the purposes he's serving as Dave's foil, but it also seems like the kids' limited knowledge of their guardians kind of produces it? Like because they can't conceptualize their parents as people they get these distorted reflections of themselves instead when trying to explain their behavior
The success of a paradigm may not be for the reasons it claims (i.e. accurate description of the world). This is good.