An alienating influence

I was watching Chronicle the other day, the movie of three boys who had superpowers from some kind of radiation. I guess this will be a bit of a spoiler, but I'm writing it anyway.

So this movie was about how three boys found out they had the ability of telekinesis, the power of moving objects without contact. Now here's the thing, they're good boys, no trouble, I guess just young adults who wants little fun here and there, jokes here and there, but no major victims or anything. One of the kid had an abusive family therefore having the power was something to vent to, he'd fly his camera around the room instead of sleeping and all that. The movie itself, you'll have to watch it, here I'm talking about how a protagonist becomes an antagonist.

I'm focusing on this abusive family kid. So basically this kid was a loner before he came close to the other two, and then they got the power, which then linked them, even closer. No one else knows about this power, so it's a secret that bonded them.

Somehow his father talked to him saying that originally he had had no friends, and that all of his friends are fake, no one to trust, etc.

Here's the thing, this kid doesn't look up to his dad, nor does he even like him. So why, in the end, does he listen and believe his father?

If you're reading this, I assume that you have a sibling or two of some kind right? Probably a big brother and a smaller sister, or a sibling of the same gender. As you grow up, there will be controversies of opinion between you and your sibling hence the buildup of sibling bonds. This kid, he didn't have any siblings, and as a guy the person he looks up to is his dad. The only, yet abusive, dad he has. Question is; why does he look up to a guy he doesn't like?

We all have our own role models, may it be a famous person, or someone in your family. This person is the person who you'd look up to, believe, and expect from right? At one point or another, you'd find flaws in this person, and ask yourself, can I really believe this person? But in your conscience that was a rhetorical person and you'd stick to this person the rest of your life. You would simply believe or trust this person won't you? BUT, if you didn't have anyone else but your abusive dad, who would you look up to? Who can you believe?

Hard question wasn't that. My point is that, some people look up to the wrong models, they look up to that model out of desperation of options, they don't know anything about the world, but from that person, and if you've stuck to that person since your childhood, you would listen to him and think about what he's said to you, however much you dislike him.

So think of it this way, if you're a guy I assume you look up to your dad more than your mom right? (Vice versa to girls) Now, what if they were abusive? See, you can't see them that way. If they were abusive, you'd fantasize them being normal, and this was what the kid was doing, he listens to his dad, as much as he hates his dad, whatever his dad says sticks to him.

Ever heard the quote 'Love can make people do crazy things'? Well desperation can make people be crazy. The kid was desperate enough to know the world through someone else's eyes and his dad was just the one to give him that vision, even though it's negative. He believed, acted on even, to what his dad said. He had no friends.

If you were convinced to have no friends, you would leave your friends and detach yourself from the social groups, slowly but surely. Some will notice, others won't. The ones that notice will try to boost your self-esteem, yet you're so convinced that you didn't care anymore, hence you'll do crazy things. Do things that are so selfish that you think won't affect anyone, but in fact it affects your friends.