Written by Mermaid Priscila
In the previous article, we looked at Amelia Quintana being an orphan brought up by strangers. In this article, we look more closely at her experience of being a fatherless girl, and describe how it affected her, shaping her into the character that she’s now.
For starters, Amelia never had proper parental in her life. She was found by Ms. Quintana, who subsequently adopted and raised her, almost as if she was her child. Even though the woman was not related to Amelia by blood, she still represented some form of mother figure to Amelia. Maxine Foti disclosed that Ms. Quintana had a partner, but since he was a human man living in Brazil, he didn’t live with her in the third ring of Antemidia. So, Amelia had a foster mother, but no foster father.
Growing up without one posed many challenges to her. Fathers teach daughters how to feel self-confident, set proper boundaries, and also, how to deal with opposite gender.
Amelia didn’t have this type of example, in her life. After moving to the court to assume her role as the elective princess, things didn’t change much. She remained just as fatherless as earlier.
Intriguingly, there is one person in court that she might be unconsciously viewing as a father figure, and that’s the man who chose her for the post, and her country’s supreme ruler, General Asvald. Amelia mentions in the prologue that because he had believed in her, she wants to do her best, and fulfill her potential, and become excellent. Throughout the course of the story, she seems preoccupied with shirking her responsibility and disappointing him; and calms down only as they reunite. She looks up to General Asvald protecting her from General Aalona’s negative influences, and he’s the one she asks for permission regarding important matters.
However, it does remain a fact that General Asvald is a seventy year-old dictator who can mostly teach her information related to the military, politics, etc. – everything that he’d teach to his successor. Because of his duties, he can’t tech Amelia, what fathers and grandfathers typically teach to their daughters, for example, how to read men, etc. As a result, Amelia keeps being clueless around boys, and it’s difficult for her to recognize that her two friends, Tony and Taisuke, may both have feelings for her. She sees them both in a purely friendly way, and feels embarrassed, thinking about love.
When she went to the mausoleum, she accidentally found her father there, Adavan Vega. This was a very shocking experience, as she didn’t expect that out of all places in the world, she’d find him there, locked in one of the cells.
At first, she had no idea that it was him, and she was extremely surprised when she found out they were related. She completely didn’t know how to react when she met him. It was awkward, and she felt like she was talking to a stranger.
Throughout their interaction with him at the mausoleum, Amelia treated him more like a sidekick and buddy, than a father, but that could’ve been because they both worked together to devise a means of escape from the mausoleum. Also, Amelia preferred to call him by his name, “Adavan,” rather than dad.
“Mermaid Princess Amelia and the Lost Symphony” is an interesting novel because it doesn’t just tell mermaid adventures, it also shows what many kids can go through in their life.
Some never get to know their parents, while some others get to know only one of them. In any case, what matters most, is that one keeps striving to become better, just like Amelia, and doesn’t let their family situation, and childhood, define them. It is not going to be easy, but if Amelia was able to deal with those things, so can everyone else!
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