Man...it's as if some of you don't know Sasuke at all.
Sasuke is NOT a deadbeat father, BUT he IS absent A LOT.
Why? Because Sasuke has laser sharp focus and when he fixates on something, nothing else matters.
To Sasuke, protecting the peace tht Itachi suffered for and ensuring the Kaguya stuff never happens again is supreme.
When he had a kid, the kid became an ADDITIONAL motivation for him dedicating himself even more to his work. To him, ensuring Sarada never suffers the way he did is a very real concern.
To him, being away a lot is a NECESSARY part of the mission.....if he can't see his child, so be it....the mission is supreme...
It doesn't mean he doesn't care about his child, it just means his responsibilities, his life mission requires him to be away a lot, but it's also for her sake.
Sasuke has never been one to learn from other's mistakes....in fact, he tends to repeat them....so, I predict he'll be just like Itachi and his father was toward him: DISTANT...but motivated by love....everything he does is bc of love, but he'll never show that love until she's about to die or something...Sarada won't know how much she means to her daddy until something extreme happens, then she'll come to understand him....
...his ACTIONS will be driven by love, but he won't show it.....we will NEVER, EVER see Sasuke smiling and joking around with Sarada...
Instead, he'll invest in making her as strong as possible bc that's how he shows his love....making her strong for her own good and to enable her to continue protecting the peace when she gets older...
....Sasuke will be a "good" dad...but a good dad HIS way.....Sasuke has always been about doing things his way.....he will never be a typical dad....
....Sarada is frustrated with him bc she doesn't understand why everything else seems to come before her and her mom....that's also why she thinks Bolt is an idiot....yea, she thinks he's dumb for misbehaving, but also bc to her, wtf is he acting up for? At least he gets to see his dad every day.
I picture Sasuke like Gin from Hunter X Hunter....he keeps tabs on Sarada, probably knows how her grades are, but an every day presence giving her piggy back rides and shit?....NOPE.....that Sasuke is gone.....the pre-massacre Sasuke is gone....the most we'll get is the part 1 Sasuke who never really showed his feelings, but would put his life on the line for you....
Also...IDK where this "she called him papa stuff comes from"...in Viz she says, "when it comes to dads, we're both totally oh yea".....she never specifically called Sasuke papa...she was talking about dads in the general sense.....yea "dad" is an informal way to refer to one's father, but she's clearly unhappy with him....based on the context, she clearly thinks he's a jerk.