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singlecrosser

Essay prompts

Jul 29, 2006 20:01

Okay, I'll bite. Anything you might conceivably want a mini-essay on for either Wolfwood or Livio, ask away. IC, OOC or canon questions are all cool. Or if there was something about Anakin you wanted to know before he left that I haven't covered, I can do that too. Maybe. If my brain works right.

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sisterskeeper July 29 2006, 11:08:19 UTC

Why doesn't Wolfwood smack Simon one?

No, really, that's my essay prompt.

Or, you know, what Livio thinks of Gwendal/Wolfwood.

singlecrosser July 29 2006, 11:32:24 UTC

Haha good question. The way I figure it, it's either one of two things. The first thing is that he sort of assumes Simon talks on and on so much because no one will actually listen to him. He doesn't know if this is true or not, but considering just how much Simon talks? It's highly likely. He thinks Simon is highly wound up, so he kind of has the idea that if he gets everything out of his system, he might relax a fraction. So he lets him run on and on and on, regardless of what he's saying. If Simon ever said something that truly pissed Wolfwood off, believe me, he would let him know.

That ties into the second thing: Wolfwood is used to annoying, opinionated people. Or he's used to annoying, opinionated Vash the Stampede, at least. Vash nagged Wolfwood for just about a year on the same. damn. subject. He blocked it out at first, or yelled a lot, or just ignored him, but eventually it got to him. How does this relate to Simon? Well. Simon is one of those annoying, opinionated types, although a different breed than Vash. Like I said ( ... )

singlecrosser July 29 2006, 11:36:00 UTC

SECOND POINT: Livio on Gwendal/Wolfwood.

At this point in time, Livio's only known about it for a week. And now he's met Gwendal. He is, er... confused. Sort of. He honestly never figured Wolfwood as the sort to be gay. But then, on that note, he never considered the idea of Wolfwood having a partner of any sort. Wolfwood is determinedly a solo operator, and he probably exhibited this even when he was 12, or however old they were when they knew each other. So he's trying to align his thoughts to the idea of Wolfwood being, uh. In love. It's hard, damn it.

But he thinks it's probably a good thing. After everything that happened, including [SPOILERZ], Livio is 100% for anything that can make Wolfwood happy. He's always respected Wolfwood and looked to him as a role model figure, sort of, so he figures it must be all right. Hey, it might be weird to him, but if it works for Wolfwood, he's not gonna say so.

_overshadowed_ July 29 2006, 11:52:27 UTC

What would be Wolfwood's ideal life? Picket fense ideal and all that.

PART THE FIRST singlecrosser July 29 2006, 12:09:40 UTC

Canon actually gives me some idea of this! There is a bonus chapter in Trigun Maximum where Wolfwood performs a funeral for this girl's grandfather. The girl wants to hold on to her property but can't because of this sleazy landlord who says she either gives up the property or keeps it, but becomes his wife. She says at one point that she wishes she knew what it was like to be like Wolfwood, being able to wander wherever he wanted and all. Wolfwood pauses then points out the window to a hawk or something that had landed outside. He says "That bird... it's in terrible shape. If you could look deep into its heart, you would find that all it wants is a safe place to sleep, sufficient food, and a peaceful life. How much more would it envy... your luxurious cage ( ... )

PART THE SECOND singlecrosser July 29 2006, 12:09:55 UTC

That doesn't quite compute with Wolfwood. He hears Gwendal say that, but he doesn't think he's part of Gwendal's family. He's got third-wheel syndrome in that regard. He's going to feel like the outsider for a long long time, if not forever. He's really happy that someone would even say that, say he's part of their family, but he doesn't get it. He's probably not capable of it. So while he may want things like a family and a home in his ideal life, actually being presented with them confuses him. A lot. For one thing, he's never really had a family, so he doesn't know what he's meant to do, exactly. For another, he really does not believe he deserves anything like this. Camp included. He sometimes, every so often, expects that the whole camp thing is an elaborate construction of limbo or purgatory, and it could be ripped out from under him at any time. Because really. He has done very little to deserve any kind of happy ending. The best he got was a satisfactory ending where he'd resolved all his business ( ... )

Re: PART THE SECOND _overshadowed_ July 29 2006, 12:14:06 UTC

HAHA Ari has that same problem but with Al. Al wants to take him back to his world and have him be part of the family. But Ari also has the third wheel syndrome for all of the FMA crew.

CURSE IT ALL, NICONII

Thread 7

_mrgrumpypants_ August 4 2006, 07:45:34 UTC

... forget Wolfram's fic for a moment. Tell me, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, what is your complete, twelve step reaction to:

"Preacher, I believe I may be with child."

I am a sadistic man.

singlecrosser August 4 2006, 08:00:29 UTC

...WELL. I don't know if there'd be twelve steps to it. But I can see it going something like this.

Gwendal: Nicholas, I have something of import to tell you.
Wolfwood: Oh, okay, let's have it.
Gwendal: I believe I may be with child.
Wolfwood: ...Oh.
Gwendal: Oh?
Wolfwood: Oh. That's nice.
Gwendal: That is what you truly think?
Wolfwood: Yeah. That's nice. ...excuse me for a second. *FAINTS*
Gwendal: Nicholas?!

After he regained consciousness, though, he'd probably be some strange mix of "WTFWTFWTFFF" and "...I'm going to have KIDS :DDDD" He'd get over the sheer whatthefuckery eventually (maybe after the fifth month) and just be... happy. Because as I've said somewhere else, kids are Wolfwood's absolutely favourite thing ever and though he never thought he'd have any of his own, the opportunity would thrill him to no end. He'd probably stress about being an absolutely shithouse father, or try to anyway; Gwendal would smack him one, I'm guessing.

Iiii don't know how well he'd take the actual pregnancy, though. Because. Um. Male ( ... )

sisterskeeper August 16 2006, 09:01:24 UTC

Wolfwood's opinions on Simon. Because I shun relationship memes.

PART THE FIRST directdamage August 16 2006, 10:19:12 UTC

Weeeell, let me see if I can organise my thoughts on this. I think, in my previous memes, I said that Wolfwood thought Simon was highly strung and needed to relax. I believe this was before he knew about River's predicament, and while that's somewhat changed his opinion, he STILL thinks Simon needs to calm down a bit. It's no wonder, to him, why Simon seems to be on the verge of a breakdown sometimes because he does it to himself.

Just reviewed the last meme... Wolfwood does think Simon's a good person, and he likes talking to him. Obviously he does, or he wouldn't bother; he doesn't give people he dislikes the time of day. I can't exactly say what made him bother talking to him in the beginning, because the only link they had was that Simon was the doctor on the scene when Gwendal broke Wolfwood's ribs. He appreciated that Simon was trying to help, especially when Gwendal was being all RAR SOY UN MONSTRUO. However, there are a few key things that happened that makes Wolfwood appreciate Simon's company ( ... )

PART THE SECOND directdamage August 16 2006, 10:19:46 UTC

Then we have Wolfwood's situation with Livio, which also pings him as kind of similar to Simon and River. Not exactly the same, of course, but there are parallells. He knows how damned hard it is to deal with someone who's not quite right mentally, who could go off at any time and seriously hurt someone, or him. Wolfwood hates himself because he wasn't able to prevent Livio from befalling the same fate he did, and couldn't save him. Even though he did in fact save Livio before he died in another way, he doesn't see it that way really. What I'm getting at is that he respects Simon for sticking to it, and not giving up on it. He probably sees Simon as more successful than he was.

Now, Simon's pessimism. Wolfwood doesn't like it. He knows he can't really make Simon see differently, not unless there was some life-changing moment around the corner for him, but he's not going to let it drop either. Wolfwood does not see the point in living every day expecting to die. Because, wtf, no. That's not living. That's waiting. He knows Simon's ( ... )