‘General Hospital’ Poll: Who Is The Better Mob Dad – Julian Jerome Or Sonny Corinthos? Vote Now!

‘General Hospital’ (GH) over the years has had more than its fair share of mob storylines and mobsters. But two have stuck around – the Corinthos and Jerome cartels. Running each of these mob factions is a dangerous dad – today we ask which is the best mob dad – Julian or Sonny?

Sonny Corinthos [Maurice Benard] aka The Teflon Don and Julian Jerome [William deVry] are very different, yet a lot alike. Both have kids with Alexis Davis [Nancy Lee Grahn] and Olivia Falconeri [Lisa LoCicero], both have a long and violent history, troubled sibling relationships, and other commonalities.

But as fathers, they are miles apart – but the question is, which is the better father – Julian or Sonny? Let’s dig into the evidence – read then vote in the POLL below.

Father to All

Sonny has a strong paternal instinct – heck the first kid that he was father to wasn’t even his own – it was AJ’s kid Michael Quartermaine [Chad Duell]. Sonny doesn’t care much who fathers the kid, he’ll love it. Case in point was how he welcomed Jordan Ashford’s [Vinessa Antoine] son TJ into his home and also encouraged Michael to step up in the same way for Sabrina Santiago [Teresa Castillo].

Julian has been very open to Alexis’ kids that are not his – even though Molly Lansing [Haley Pullos] clearly doesn’t like him. Julian has gone out of his way to be good to Alexis’ girls – even when he took hell for it. He proved how invested he was in all of her children when he asked their blessing before proposing even knowing Molly might say “no way.” Both are open to dadhood of all sorts.

Secret Kids

Both have kids they didn’t know about – ironically, one each from Olivia. Olivia kept Dante Falconeri [Dominic Zamprogna] from Sonny and tried to keep baby Leo from Julian – she just did a poor job of it the second time. Then again Olivia keeping Dante from Sonny also led to Dante being shot by his dad, so that’s not cool. Sonny has more than made up for it, so it’s all good, right?

However both have dealt lovingly with their secret kids – aside from that shooting by Sonny. Sonny got to know Dante as an adult while Julian got to know Sam Morgan [Kelly Monaco] and Lucas Jones [Ryan Carnes] as grownups. They have both relished finding out they had these kids and lamented the fact that they missed years of not knowing them. Julian gets a bonus as a mob boss with an openly gay son.

Good Grandpas

Both Julian and Sonny aren’t just dads, but granddads. Sonny has Rocco Falconeri and Julian has Danny Morgan. Julian gets a thumbs up for being tested to donate bone marrow to Danny even before he knew he was his grandson. He was overjoyed to find out he could save his grandson’s life even though it put him at risk for being exposed as Julian Jerome – he was still Derek Wells back then.

Co-Parenting Skills

This is one area where you have to give Julian credit. Even though Olivia stole Leo away from Julian and let him mourn his son’s death, when he found it out, Julian found a way to make peace with her so they can co-parent. He even put on that awful Christmas sweater. Julian and Olivia are making it work and he’s not holding her lie against her.

On the flip side, Sonny is not trying to work things out with Ava Jerome [Maura West] even though they have 18 years more of this to go. But, to give Sonny credit, Ava did Morgan Corinthos [Bryan Craig] dirty and shot his fiancée Connie. But still, it seems like Sonny could figure out it’s not in baby Avery’s best interest to keep fighting with her mother.

So what do you think GH fans, who do you think is the better mob dad, Julian or Sonny? Sonny has at least been able to see all but one of his children grow up from birth while Julian thought he had missed out on all his kids growing up until he was blessed with baby Leo…

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