I was going to take a little period of time (probably an entire day) to collect myself and then go forward with the gazebo starter I was telling you, but absolutely, if you have an idea reacting to this then I'd prefer that
Walter: I wish Malcolm would push me a little Malcolm: pushes him a little when his closest friend has just vanished/died which may or may not be related to finally crossing a threshold of complete psychological torture Walter: ...are you kidding me
"can we talk about X extremely sensitive topic?" "ok yes maybe some" "Hey can we also talk about Y extremely sensitive topic?" Walter just like ARE YOU KIDDING ME
So with Malcolm also completely unable to understand (both in this moment and over time e.g. "whee we're having a sleepover" during flood, even as an initial reaction that he could quickly realize he had to temper, Walter is still like WHY) Walter is just... mad...
Anyway he likes the guy a lot, does not really understand what he wants or needs because a) it seems to change and b) he seems to lie about it and basically he doesn't want him to die because he thinks he can have a really great life if they can just bust through the wall they keep banging both their heads on.
It may seem contradictory that Walter flips around like "oh, so you're admitting the barge is bad? Not some not-so-bad thing that ultimately helps people?" but he's... struggling...
Walter is seriously as pissed off about this as he was about "inmates. Some of them are trying their best" or "you can just poke a vampire in the eye" except this is even more personal
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there will be some stuff in brackets in here that I originally intended to cover in the "first waking up on the stuck together flood" thread
I will have you know that Varker would be incredibly offended if he knew 'old' had been a descriptor used for him in any way. he's not old, he dyes and moisturizes to make sure that word has no business being anywhere near his name xD
I am sorry to say that is itself very much 'old queen' behavior. maybe just 'queen' would be more appropriate but I feel in that context it would have seemed more like it could mean royalty or whatever Walter is just here like "is that how he wants people to think of him? noted, good for him"
I was looking at this to check the comment about The Apps and I'm losing it at "John Doe's significant other" so like yes Arthur's Polycule. honestly John does have more lines in the web but well. usually Walter gets more mileage out of Arthur's Polycule
Aaaaaaand then I woke up ungodly early by my standards and couldn't get back to sleep so um. I'm gonna have to muddle through work as best I can for a while before anything else
So yeah today was a near total wash. I'm getting a batch of what I can done, now. I think I'll personally be physically okay tomorrow but I don't want to make specific claims
where it says "leaves an empty space" in walter's new room description, i'm picturing the admiral taking it super literally and there just being a pocket of void where the shower should be
its half wasted on Varker, but he does actually like Norton so there is that. Just endearing him to Varker more, though it will absolutely not change how rude and petty he is to him, but thats a game they both like playing, so its fine.
Every so often I'm just thinking about like Walter: I'm graduating now. The admiral is done screwing with me. I don't want to be part of any evil anymore. It's over Malcolm: you mean this place gave you a second chance in life and opportunities to experience different things? And maybe even... a warden with good advice? Walter: [fingerguns] NOPE!
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: just so you know in our thread Walter did mean "you" as in "one", you know, general you, and in particular "being faced with no reasonable alternative to survive" more about how inmates are forced to graduate
So I'm not saying you have to change it, just, you know, if it's like this, Walter will probably be like "oh my fuckin god he assumed it was All About Him and went on yet another one of his rambles about how everything before was so terrible and everything now is so wonderful. Again"
But yeah like Walter does truly believe like... Trevor rubbing salt in the wound Pyotr received from Blitzø... Allan and Ken murdering John silver... Will and Shaw tolerating this place despite the breaches... Whatever the hell Misty and Natalie and John and Arthur have going on... Becoming such a demon is a fate worse than death
On Mobile plurk I often copy out my comment, refresh, then paste it back in. Just in case there's suddenly a new context where it would be offensive or confusing
btw I did find his disclosure about his sister very interesting. It will be interesting if that can come back eventually because it could definitely add to Walter's argument YOU NEED THE TRUTH AT HOME!!11
Malcolm: pushes him a little when his closest friend has just vanished/died which may or may not be related to finally crossing a threshold of complete psychological torture
Walter: ...are you kidding me
"ok yes maybe some"
"Hey can we also talk about Y extremely sensitive topic?"
Walter just like ARE YOU KIDDING ME
Police officer
Therapist
Nurse
Medical researcher
Parent (technically a vocation)
Love how wardens are not a single one of those things <3
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for those playing along at home
Walter is just here like "is that how he wants people to think of him? noted, good for him"
that Arthur would be particularly disappointed in Walter saying out loud "ulterior motives"
Walter: I'm graduating now. The admiral is done screwing with me. I don't want to be part of any evil anymore. It's over
Malcolm: you mean this place gave you a second chance in life and opportunities to experience different things? And maybe even... a warden with good advice?
Walter: [fingerguns] NOPE!