Dan's dad is a homophobic jerk. He should not have had the responsibility of raising Dan. When I first conceived him, he was mildly homophobic. In the end he became something more extreme.
I needed to have him have a vice. I needed to have reason for Dan to be distant from his father apart from being gay. Specifically, I needed for this vice to be the reason why he stays separated from his son for over a week. Alcoholism didn't seem to fit the criteria, as he could have come back and drank at the lodge. I don't think that hard drugs would have been in the house, that Tate would have allowed himself to be around a drug addict. Gambling really didn't fit either, as being in the middle of nowhere wouldn't present a reason to be gone in a week.
Sex. Dan's dad has an issue with sex. Initially it was just sex. But keeping him home for over a week for sex at Tate's plotting would require the use of a prostitute. So the addiction turned into whores. It also explains not having much money for giving Dan anything: decent car, college, or anything else.
By normalizing sex with a hooker, Dan's dad really doesn't understand the emotional connection found outside a sex for pay situation. His sexual identity is fake. Dan sees this, and it adds to his distance from his father.
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