What about if David was still alive because the MC had gone straight for the baby as the casket? How would the family dynamics change and what kind of father would he have been to Newman? What would he have thought of their otherworldliness/oddness?
Oh! In that case, he would've been pretty chill tbh. I've always pictured him as an easy-going guy and I can imagine him rolling his eyes at Maria's and Livvy's overbearing tendencies. I think Livvy would be a bit less obsessed with her baby sibling because the fear of losing them the way she lost her dad wouldn't be there.
I think I answered what kind of dad he would've been before and it's probably tagged tp david, but I said something like he would be the partner-in-crime type of dad, the "go, I'll talk to your mom" kind.
The otherworldliness would've made him sort of nervous, but he also would've been the sort of guy that tries to bond and understand what's going on in his child's head. He was an optimist and trusted there was good in everyone.
