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In stories where one or more characters have Divine Parentage, chances are that they're going to have a rather poor relationship with that parent. Whether the parent is abusive, absent, or just doesn't really get along with their kid, it's very rare for any children of the gods to grow up without some degree of parental issues.
The reason for this common dynamic is quite simple: people very rarely like authority figures, and a divine parent manages to cram two of the greatest authority figures in an average person's life into one. The fact that a divine being is also largely to entirely removed from the mortal life their child presumably leads also means that them getting along poorly with them is all but a given.
In most cases, the god will be absent for the simple reason that this is the relationship most people have with a god, but in other cases, the relationship might be more abusive, often by way of the god being manipulative or controlling. These two types of relationships happen to reflect the way Western audiences are likely to view a god. Not present in everyday life, but also someone whose rules they are expected to follow. For this reason, it's more common for the child to be the sympathetic party since audiences can relate more to their side of things than they can to an immortal divine being.
Subtrope of Hates Their Parent and very frequently incorporates Abusive Parents or Parental Neglect. See also Rage Against the Heavens, which is when a character, demigod or not, actively opposes the divine.
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Dragon Age: Played with regarding the relationship between Morrigan and Flemeth/Mythal. On one hand, Morrigan had very good reasons to despise her mother, namely due to her being raised as a host for Flemeth to extend her lifespan as well as for having Morrigan be impregnated by a Grey Warden for her son to become a vessel for an archdemon’s soul. On the other hand, not only would Morrigan not discover that Flemeth is the elven goddess Mythal until their confrontation in Dragon Age: Inquisition, but the same game also reveals that the elven gods were actually powerful mages who were deified by the elves whom they enslaved until they were banished to the Fade by Solas/Fen'Harel after they murdered Mythal out of jealousy.
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In The Magic Flute, Pamina is the mortal daughter of the divine Queen of the Night. She loves her mother very much, and at the beginning, having been kidnapped for her own good by the high priest Sarastro, she wants only to reunite with her, despite Sarastro's insistence that the Queen would destroy her happiness. But then the Queen appears to Pamina and orders her to murder Sarastro, threatening to disown her if she refuses. This makes Pamina sadly realize her mother's cruelty, and from then on she embraces her new life in Sarastro's realm.
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Elden Ring:
None of God-Queen Marika's children even mention their relationship to her, which is pretty damning on its own. Reading into the lore reveals that she's a deeply callous and pragmatic woman who outright tells her children that they will either prove themselves or die, and she doesn't seem to care much either way.
Messmer the Impaler in the DLC trailer does seem to address Marika directly, but only to criticize her and the Money Shot depicts him in front of a decapitated statue of her, so he probably doesn't like her much either.
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DuckTales (2017): Played for Laughs with Zeus and his children, Storkules and Selene. While all are gods, Zeus is a blowhard and sore loser who is happy to enchant Storkules into destroying his best friend for a petty competition, even as Storkules begs him not to. He grounds both children in his temple to stop them from assisting the mortals during Lunaris's invasion of Earth in "Moonvasion!" They eventually manage to escape and tie their father up in order to lend an assist at the last minute.
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Alicorn: Celestia couldn't handle the idea of opening herself up to loving someone after 1000 years, leading her to give up her daughter at birth. 17 years later, Rainbow Dash is furious to learn who her mother is, both because her newfound royalty ruins her life, and because learning that not even her mother wanted her makes her Inferiority Superiority Complex so much worse. Celestia does love her daughter and wants to reconnect but at this point, their relationship seems beyond repair. That's not even getting into Twilight, Celestia's student and surrogate daughter, who's left feeling neglected and like a Replacement Goldfish after the truth of Rainbow Dash's parentage comes out. One of the fic's main overarching conflicts is the emotional fallout between Rainbow Dash and Twilight as a result of Celestia's emotional neglect.
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Little Glimpses: Rainbow Dash is Happily Adopted and loves Celestia as her mother, but is frustrated at her tendency to keep secrets. Even when Rainbow does convince her to spill the details about her aunt Luna, she's roped into being Secret-Keeper and has to lie to her best friend.
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The gods in Percy Jackson and the Olympians are generally not actively abusive (with a few exceptions like Ares), but that's because being abusive would require being present. Almost all half-bloods never meet their godly parent in their entire life, and a good amount of them grow up without even knowing who their godly parent is because they couldn't be bothered to claim them. The Hermes cabin, which hosts half-bloods without a known parent, is filled to the brim. The neglect causes so much resentment that a lot of half-bloods joined Kronos just for the chance of making the Olympians suffer. One of the boons Percy asks of the Olympians at the end of the series is that all half-bloods have to be claimed once they know about their heritage.
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How I Lost My Mother: Celestia heard a prophecy that her daughter would end up overthrowing Equestria, and dealt with this by throwing her out, taking away her alicorn magic, and erasing everyone's memory of her existing in the first place — including said daughter's. Guess what said daughter ended up doing once she remembered.
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Daine Sarrasri in The Immortals is an illegitimate child with an unheard of talent for Wild Magic, whose unknown father was entirely absent from her life. Among other things, her unusual magic allows her to speak to animals, shapeshift, and expand the minds of animals allowing them to comprehend human-level concepts. Her mother had hinted that she would explain who he was to Daine, but dies before having the chance. In the last book of the quartet, we learn that he's Weiryn, the God of the Hunt. He's been neglecting her because she was mortal, and therefore not in his sphere of influence or interest. When Daine finally meets him, he accepts her as his daughter, but demonstrates Blue-and-Orange Morality and a disregard towards human suffering, and he's disappointed that a daughter of his is so animal-loving, rather than being a natural predator like he is.
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Krapopolis: Tyrannis has a poor relationship with his mother, the goddess Deliria, due to her self-centeredness and general indifference towards mortals.
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League: The demigod King Shark begins tearing up when Batman addresses Robin as "son" in his pre-recorded message, admitting to the squad he has a complicated relationship with his own father. Unlocked ARGUS tapes go into detail, revealing that at a younger age Shark foolhardily went to the surface to prove himself, where he was captured and sent to Belle Reve penitentiary, and his father never once sent any rescue.
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Genshin Impact: The Raiden Shogun, the Electro Archon, once created a divine karakuri puppet as a test prototype, as part of her plan of making a new puppet body for herself, supposedly to reach her ideal of "eternity". Unexpectedly, said puppet — which looks like a young boy — developed a will and cried in his sleep. The Shogun thought this meant that he wouldn't be strong enough to bear the burden of divinity, so she decided to set him free so he could find his own way. Said puppet, however, thought of her as her mother and thus viewed her decision as Parental Abandonment. Since then, he has always been resentful of her creator/mother; he then joined the organization Fatui, called himself "Kunikuzushi" ("Country Destroyer"), and committed crimes with them, including trying to decimate the 5 blacksmith families in Inazuma as a form of revenge to her.
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The Bible: Jesus, the Son of God, is willing to carry out the will of God the Father, but moments like Jesus calling out "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?"note "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" as he was on the cross might give this impression (in context, he was quoting the first line of Psalm 22, which, despite the opening line, ends on a triumphant note, as does Jesus' suffering with the resurrection).
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God of War: Even before he finds out that Zeus is his father, Kratos has plenty of reasons not to like him. He allowed Thanatos to take his younger brother Deimos prisoner out of suspicion that he was the marked warrior destined to destroy Olympus (and ultimately, Thanatos killed him), put a curse on Kratos' mother Callisto so that if she ever tried revealing his father's identity, she'd turn into a monster (and she did, forcing Kratos to Mercy Kill her. And in addition to letting Kratos stay enslaved to Ares up until the moment he accidentally killed his wife and daughter, Zeus showed No Sympathy towards his son's anguish, refusing to take away his memories of the murder, which made Kratos attempt to kill himself. The last straw was Zeus stripping Kratos of his divine powers and (temporarily) stabbing him to death at the start of the second game, at which point, not even learning Zeus was his father would stop Kratos from tearing his way out of the Underworld to take revenge on him and anyone who'd stand in Kratos' way. Zeus' attempts to prevent his overthrowing at the hands of Kratos only ensured Kratos would want to do it.
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The God Empress of Ponykind: Celestia, also known as the God-Emperor of Mankind, to her credit seems to have learned from the Primarchs (See Tabletop Games) and decided that parenting maybe isn't for her. She instead treats Luna as a sister and equal, which goes better but still not great, leading to Luna becoming Nightmare Moon out of fear that Celestia is pushing her aside to take all the glory herself.
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If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device: The Emperor, having gotten the Adaptational Nice Guy treatment, has a much better relationship with his sons, which gets even better thanks to his Character Development. This does not mean they don't have a lot of issues with him though, and none of them — not even the fanatically loyal Custodes — will hesitate in calling out what a colossal Jerkass he is.
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Next, Ixion, the son of Ares. After becoming a fire-controlling entity after centuries of being chained to a fiery wheel in the Underworld, he wants revenge on his father Ares for not doing anything to stop Zeus from sending him to the Underworld in the first place, despite earlier offering him divine mercy and bringing him up to Olympus to protect him after he murdered his father-in-law. Of course, Ixion being Ixion, it doesn't register with him that the reason Ares didn't defend him a second time is because he tried to rape Hera, Ares' own mother (and Ixion's own grandmother, to boot!), and that is something Ares was perfectly justified in not defending his son for.
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SpongeBob SquarePants: In "Clash of Triton", the mighty King Neptune confesses that he has a troubled relationship with his son Triton. Triton has started taking an interest in mortal games and curing diseases, which Neptune considers strange and doesn't really understand. Neptune eventually decides to deal with this by exiling Triton to the "Island in the Sky," never to be seen again, causing Triton to grow bitter and resentful. Once he's unleashed thanks to Patrick and Spongebob, he goes on a violent rampage, which Neptune considers proper godly behavior and makes him proud, leading to the two reconciling.
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The Emperor from Warhammer 40,000 is a raging narcissist, authoritarian tyrant, and Control Freak to the extreme. Shockingly, this has gained him little love from any of his Primarch children to the point that half of them ran off and joined Chaos, while the remaining half are either dead or don't like him all that much. When Roboute Guilliman, one of his children who most believes in his cause, came back, he had a talk with his father in which he more or less told him to piss off and that the only reason he's still supporting him is because he believes in the Imperium, and not because he's his father.
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Hazbin Hotel: Charlie Morningstar is the daughter of the Archangel Lucifer, who, while not a god, is one of the most explicitly powerful divine beings in the setting, on par with the strongest of Angels, and definitely the strongest character in Hell. For millennia, Charlie's relationship with Lucifer has been strained due to Lucifer only really calling on her when he needs her to do something and the two otherwise not seeing a lot of each other, and it is only in "Dad Beat Dad" that they realize how much they actually have in common by being Wide Eyed Idealists in a world of overwhelming cynicism.
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The Lightning Thief has the same as the source material (see Literature), with an entire song dedicated to talking shit about their parents, quoted above. The complaints range from all of them being absent, to Aphrodite being embarrassing, to Demeter being an annoying Granola Girl, to Kronos eating his children alive.
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Princess Celestia may not have actual children in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic but that doesn't stop various fanfic writers from exploring her broken relationship with various characters written as her children. These fics frequently depict her as a deeply flawed mother who has trouble relating to her children due to her status as The Aloner, her royalty, and her divinity. Other fics go the Ron the Death Eater route and make her actively cruel and abusive.
Sunset Shimmer tends to be on the receiving end of this trope more than other characters, given that her being both A Pupil of Mine Until She Turned to Evil and a prodigal son makes her relationship with Celestia easily read as someone having a bad falling out with their parent figure. First Hoof Account, The Witch of the Everfree, and A Moment in the Sun all explore the leadup and aftermath of their falling out, with Celestia's failures as a parent playing as much a role as Sunset's ambition.
Alicorn: Celestia couldn't handle the idea of opening herself up to loving someone after 1000 years, leading her to give up her daughter at birth. 17 years later, Rainbow Dash is furious to learn who her mother is, both because her newfound royalty ruins her life, and because learning that not even her mother wanted her makes her Inferiority Superiority Complex so much worse. Celestia does love her daughter and wants to reconnect but at this point, their relationship seems beyond repair. That's not even getting into Twilight, Celestia's student and surrogate daughter, who's left feeling neglected and like a Replacement Goldfish after the truth of Rainbow Dash's parentage comes out. One of the fic's main overarching conflicts is the emotional fallout between Rainbow Dash and Twilight as a result of Celestia's emotional neglect.
The God Empress of Ponykind: Celestia, also known as the God-Emperor of Mankind, to her credit seems to have learned from the Primarchs (See Tabletop Games) and decided that parenting maybe isn't for her. She instead treats Luna as a sister and equal, which goes better but still not great, leading to Luna becoming Nightmare Moon out of fear that Celestia is pushing her aside to take all the glory herself.
How I Lost My Mother: Celestia heard a prophecy that her daughter would end up overthrowing Equestria, and dealt with this by throwing her out, taking away her alicorn magic, and erasing everyone's memory of her existing in the first place — including said daughter's. Guess what said daughter ended up doing once she remembered.
Little Glimpses: Rainbow Dash is Happily Adopted and loves Celestia as her mother, but is frustrated at her tendency to keep secrets. Even when Rainbow does convince her to spill the details about her aunt Luna, she's roped into being Secret-Keeper and has to lie to her best friend.
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Hades: Zagreus is shown to have had a rocky relationship with his father Hades even before he learns that he's been lied to about his mother's identity and starts trying to break out of the underworld in order to meet her. This is partly due to Zagreus' own disdain for Celestial Bureaucracy and partly due to Hades' sternness. Hades repeatedly and personally intervenes in Zagreus' escape attempts, up to and including serving as the Final Boss, though there's an element of Tough Love to it as Zagreus can't survive for long on the surface anyway. As the game progresses, however, they slowly patch things up, and Hades officially sanctions Zagreus' escape attempts as a way of tightening the underworld's security so that no one else can escape.
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Family Guy: A cutaway gag shows that Jesus doesn't get along with his stepfather Saint Joseph. Jesus calls his real father to see if he can move in with him and his new wife, but the deity rather callously brushes him off.
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