(This is the final cutscene from Whispers in the Walls; do not watch if you're avoiding spoilers)
Darling, it's not my fault I ran from the deal! I wanted to give you the page, but the game wouldn't let me, or maybe we could be making out right now. Besides, you did change the terms on me.
There's not a doubt in my mind that Wally is an entity that is confused and lonely and has no idea how to process that nor control itself.
Albrecht stepping into the Void for the first time was probably akin to that moment when you're a toddler and suddenly you're Aware. Your first memory. First instance of you really being you.
And what's the first thing Wally gets? A person panicking at its presence and running. It tries to follow... and promptly gets injured. So it's upset. Obviously.
And then more people keep showing up, essentially poking at it. It tries to stay back because the last encounter hurt. But it's curious. It gets the travelers' thoughts and emotions and fears. They don't make sense, but it's receiving them.
Whenever it tries to interact, no matter how indirect, the people end up maddened or disoriented and terrified. Well. That's not fun.
And then that asshole, the one who cut its finger off, keeps poking at it!
So is it really any wonder Wally is so hostile and cruel? That's all it's been shown.
Me: "Yeah I was really miserable and depressed last week (when I constantly tried to talked to you and you acted rude and cold) and I didnt really get out of the house until the weekend"
Friend: mmyeah I guess I didn't do much last week either. I tried this new drink from Starbucks tho
IT IS OKAY TO HAVE COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT ROMANCE!!!!!! IT IS OKAY TO NOT BE ROMANCE REPULSED OR ROMANCE FAVOURABLE!!!! IT IS OKAY IF YOUR FEELINGS ON ROMANCE DEPEND ON CONTEXT!!!! IT IS OKAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR FEELINGS ON ROMANCE ARE!!!!
the supers like the bats because they're the only humans who see them do impossible powerful feats and simply go "hnn" and continue on with their day like nothing of interest happened
Hey, just so you know, it's ok for your feelings to fluctuate. It's ok to be sex or romance repulsed one day and not the next. It's ok to be indifferent one day and favorable the next. It's ok it you think you're sex repulsed and then realize maybe you're sex adverse. It's ok to be romance indifferent one moment and adverse the next. It's ok. Your experiences are valid.
Percy (trying to make light of Jason’s horrible life): well…. At least all that suffering wasn’t for nothing. you have a killer college application story.
Jason: considering the fact I can’t actually leave Camp Jupiter without express permission, even getting kidnapped without my consent for me labelled a traitor within about an hour, the fact I have no skills of navigating the mortal world because I’ve been in the army since I was 3 so can’t really leave to go to uni and the fact that I’m pretty sure I’m blacklisted from the New Rome University since when I asked if I’d be eligible they laughed in my Face I don’t think I really need an application
Percy: GODS EVEN NAKING FUN OF YOUR LIFE LEADS TO MORE INSANITY WHAT IS THIS