#peter rumancek

I'll still kinda be forever disappointed that the writers of Hemlock Grove (among many errors they made) tried to force a "Roman, the Daddy" narrative.

The Roman I know and understand wouldn't really give a shit and would be more disgusted/rebellious against what Olivia made him do. He wouldn't play into his mother's sick fantasies of him being a father and continuing an Upir line, or whatever. He'd fight against it with every fibre of his being.

Yes, sure, he's sweet with Shelley, but he's not father material and I never quite understood why the show went down that path. It would've made more sense and been more interesting if he did just reject the baby.

Because, you know... she did have a willing, protective, self-sacrificing man in her life who was prepared to be her father for months.

It was Peter.

The guy that was in love with her mother, wholeheartedly. The guy that would caress the baby bump. The guy that had a mystical fucking sign given to him the moment she was coming into the world. The guy who was smoking cigars and was fully stepping into Teen Dad mode. The guy who she sensed was at the door. The guy who turned against the moon and risked everything to find the truth about her attackers. The guy that was tortured for her and never said a word about it.

Peter was her real father.

And it fucks with my head that after everything he goes through to find her, they decide to have a pass-the-potato situation with the baby and ultimately hand her over to Shelley and her pedo boyfriend.