Can Helena forgive her father?

[AJ2002]

First of all, what does Helena have against her father? I am so shocked, that she doesn't even want to get to know him. She even said that all she wanted for him, was to kill her mother's killers.

I don't like the fact that she has so much animosity towards him. I think that is why Bruce is going to have to appear sometime. Both father and daughter are going to have to face each other eventually, and heal old wounds.

Helena is going to have to accept her father, and forgive him, if she's ever going to fully move on. I also would like if they both got to know each other, eventually.

Even though her mother is dead, she still has a father that is still living. She is blessed, and should be thankful that she still has a father thats living. Most people don't even have that.

I think there are sins on both sides, where all of this is concerned. Bruce is going to have to get over his grief and guilt, while Helena is going to have to get passed her resentment.

[HyperGear]

Like most of the other members in this forum, I would also like to see Bruce make an appearance on the show. The way the show is heading, Helena has other issues to face before she can even solve her dilema with her father. Until then we as the viewers would have to wait and see what other issues Helena has in her past that will foreshadow certain events in the future.

But if they did bring Bruce for an episode or more, it should bring huge ratings which the show has been lacking off recently.

[AJ2002]

The thing is, most/all of her issues are directed towards her resentment for her father.

Sure she has issues with trust, but she also has a lot of anger, hurt, and resentment in her. This all stems from her resentment towards Bruce. This is something she is going to have to deal with.

The only way Helena can do that, is her coming face to face with her father, and telling him exactly how she feels. They need to work this out, and she needs to forgive him.

[Catwoman101]

I think she does accept him as her father. She's just confused and torn between her mother and her father.

Ok this is how I see it......

Helena is not the same person she was when she was with her mother. She's changed a lot thanks mostly to Barbara. I think she hates the fact that she has become more like her father than her mother. Maybe she feels guilty. Maybe she hates the fact that she had to find out about Bruce through some other source. Maybe she feels like she doesn't need him. Bruce might of not of known that he had a daughter but he knows Selina. And he never stopped by her place to say hi. Even when she did come back from France.

The of course there is the fact that Selina had good reasons for not telling her who he was. Throughout Helena's childhood I'm sure she must of asked her mother who her father was or why he wasn't there. And we could only guess what Selina told her.

Does anyone here think that maybe the reason why Selina didn't tell Bruce about Helena was because she tought he might take her away from her? I think Bruce might have a little problem with her daughter being raised by a thief. Just a thought!

[AJ2002]

I am not sure if she's accepted him as her father. Helena acknowledges the fact that Bruce is her father, but from what I've seen, she has a lot of resentment towards him.

Notice how she acted, when Barbara was going on and on about what her dad would've done, as far as training a protigee (in episode two). She told Barb that "Batman was your hero, not mine." She said it in a way that let the audience know she was irriated, and she has some sort of anger towards her dad.

On top of that, she won't accept anything thats connected to "Wayne" money. Barb brought that up, along with the fact that she was lucky that Helena could handle the trust what was involved in getting all the equipment (computers, etc.).

That, along with the fact that she hasn't tried to get to know about her father at all, shows she has a lot of resentment towards him. I think the only way she can move on, is if she deals with her father, and that means coming face to face with him, and letting him know how she truly feels. She can't keep all of that hurt bottled up forever. Helena is going to have to face her father, just like Bruce is going to have to face his daughter. She's going to have to forgive him, if she's going to fully heal from that awful night 7 years ago, and move on.