Great King Vito did nothing to nurture Fredo even before he was displeased with Fredo's "sexual excesses"
Poor Fredo copped it from everyone - Vito, Carmela, Sonny, Michael, Greene, Deanna
Originally Posted by Evita
Originally Posted by Capri
He got no fatherly love fatherly guidance fatherly responsibility Great Mafia King but no father
Extracts: I reckon, the Great Mafia King neglected his blood family, leaving all sorts of needless problems behind
Fredo He was left rudderless, resulting him turning traitor for his kid brother's murder, to be Don
Short of sons
Sonny dead and Michael in hiding in Sicily
It is fleshed out in the book that Vito, cruelly and contemptuously dismissed Fredo that Carmela can still cook their meals or similar when Tom asked should Fredo be brought home
