When it takes a No Contact order to protect your kids, you don’t win the “Best Dad Ever” award—you disqualify yourself. But in Mark’s world, Elena’s comment section keeps handing him the trophy anyway.
In Mark’s family, each member has been cast into a role to protect the narcissist’s matriarch and her myth. Mark is the Golden Child. Nathan is his proxy. Erik and Liam are scapegoats. Walter and Tori played enablers. Diana acts as a flying monkey. Together, they form a house of cards built on denial, blame, and image control.