Are all Tama's other mates honorary parents to these kids too, like with the crablings?
((Iâm gonna have to say no to that one for a few reasons. As far as the crablings are concerned, the other mates being âhonorary parentsâ kind of makes sense because those who were his mates at the time were a lot more involved with both Tamatoa and Hemo and basically had interlinking relationships.
For Katali, she doesnât really think like that. Sheâs accepted that the crablings see her as a mother of sorts and she basically considers them to be âadoptedâ where sheâs concerned, which is just as well. (I also think I remember something about her and Lian being their godparents anyway, though itâs been long enough that Iâm not quite sure what the final discussion was.) However, she doesnât consider Tamatoaâs other mates to also be hers. Most of them she hardly knows -if at all- and the others she only considers acquaintances or friends. Also, having spent time being raised by wolves, she grew up with the mindset of only having one mate for life, and thatâs how she wants to keep things for herself even though Tamatoa thinks differently.
Now, as far as the cubs, Katali fully expects to raise her cubs in much the same way as wolves raise their young because thatâs her heritage as a shapeshifter as well as her choice. And while other wolves do help care for the cubs of any given pair within the pack when itâs necessary, they donât claim the cubs to be theirs when the parents are still present in their childrenâs lives. And itâs generally the same with humans as well.
That being said, I donât see Katali being okay with her cubs calling someone else âmomâ or such either. Sheâs highly loving, protective, rightfully possessive as a mother. The idea of âsharingâ her biological kids with anyone other than Tamatoa would only hurt her. ))
