[It's a good thing that John doesn't say any of that. If he did, well. Either Bro would develop teleportation powers under sheer angry willpower, or he would push his Arcanine to death trying to get to Johto as fast as possible. He has no idea his past self has made any kind of impression on John, and if he did he would find it really damn unfortunate that the guy screwed up so badly in order to give John the impression he did. Maybe Bro can be questionable sometimes, yeah. But that doesn't mean he doesn't deserve respect, in his opinion.
He's sorry for not being the kind of father who bakes every goddamn day and dotes lovingly.
Except not really.
Bro may not be the epitome of good parenting, and he may have made a lot of mistakes and he may have plenty of regrets, but if there's one thing he could never see himself being, it's anything like the kind of parent John might approve of. He is not an Egbert, and he's not the kind of fatherly material that John is used to. So if that's what it takes to get respect, then John is just out of fucking luck and is going to have to learn how to respect Bro for who he is.]
I'm sure you will. I think this conversation is done for now. So why don't you run along and win that beauty pageant now, Miss Johto.
[Because he's tired of this. He's got a headache, he's angry, and if he doesn't calm down, he's going to say something that might alienate Rose- if he hasn't somehow already. He knows she's probably been listening this entire goddamn time. Bro doesn't trust his mouth not to say something that'll dig his own hole deeper.]
I have plenty of angry ones to make up for it
He's sorry for not being the kind of father who bakes every goddamn day and dotes lovingly.
Except not really.
Bro may not be the epitome of good parenting, and he may have made a lot of mistakes and he may have plenty of regrets, but if there's one thing he could never see himself being, it's anything like the kind of parent John might approve of. He is not an Egbert, and he's not the kind of fatherly material that John is used to. So if that's what it takes to get respect, then John is just out of fucking luck and is going to have to learn how to respect Bro for who he is.]
I'm sure you will. I think this conversation is done for now. So why don't you run along and win that beauty pageant now, Miss Johto.
[Because he's tired of this. He's got a headache, he's angry, and if he doesn't calm down, he's going to say something that might alienate Rose- if he hasn't somehow already. He knows she's probably been listening this entire goddamn time. Bro doesn't trust his mouth not to say something that'll dig his own hole deeper.]