And, at what point, does one stop being able to have father figures in their life? Did you abandon all father figures at 18? I find that hard to believe.
you're still missing it--there was nothing to abandon, because he was never that. And as far as developing new father figures--why would he be a default father figure to her?
That was imply not the relationship dynamic. Again, he was simply "some guy that knows my stepmother." That is it. there is nothing more to read into that, or assume that our typical social structure is immediately applicable to theirs. Seriously--these are people that jet off to Riomaggiore when they feel like it or take July off to yacht around the South of France. Deny it all you want--they are different. Relationships are different. It's perfectly reasonable to be introduced to any number of people with various levels of connections to your own people in this way. It just happens. It further complicates things that Farrow's well-publicized long-term relationships with people like Sinatra throw a wrench into the whole "normal family" dynamic.
Again, don't forget that Mia's relationship with Woody for those decades was never a marriage, and they never lived together. I believe she never once stayed at his apartment. Why would a relationship like that, for decades, suddenly transfer to the type of people that would adopt the partners new kids and raise them in the way we would expect? it wouldn't...
Let's look at other high profile cases that receive a lot of media attention. The people involved, especially years later, have a hard time believing what they've heard on TV and what they actually saw. Who am I supposed to believe? The daughter who says she was molested by Woody or the son who has heard on the news a hundred times that she was coached to say it?
That's the thing--I'm pretty sure this was never said on the news a hundred times. Media never brought out these stories during that time, or when this newer article was published. Those are statements from the horse's mouth, and few are bringing it up.
All I know, like I mentioned earlier, is that I was you--creeped out by the gross pervy Woody Allen, whose portrait was so clearly and so perfectly painted for me. Then, I looked into those other articles, from friends and everyone else in the family that are not Mia and Dylan, and from the actual court trials and the details of the trials.
Nothing adds up. It flipped me over, completely.
Everyone thinks that Woody raised Soon Yi and creepily groomed her as a child. Everyone thinks that he was married to Mia, who brought in Soon Yi to live with them from a previous marriage...that is all completely false.
First, one realizes that the popular story is demonstrably false. Then, one realizes that the source of the story (Mia) lacks any credibility. Finally, one can't help but accept that it is all bullshit.