[ ONLY GILBERT ... ONLY GILBERT WOULD DO SUCH A HALF-ASSED JOB OF CONVINCING HIM ... like half the time he keeps everything under wraps whenever Gilbert comes by, but thinking badly of his adopted siblings is such a new concept to him. That and no one tells him anything. Jerks. He deserves to be on the in-crowd and get informed with all the bullshit that's gone down since he kicked the bucket. It's not vilification, exactly, but on the receiving end Elliot's voice comes off as particularly judgmental, slung into the phone like an immiscible insult. ]
I don't know. I was hoping you knew something about it, seeing as how he's always concerned about you when you land yourself in trouble.
[ AKA why are you friends with Oz? Why is anyone friends with Oz? Why is Elliot himself friends with Oz? Vessalius's only (questionable???) charm points are his absurd optimism in the middle of crisis, and that's saying something. When it comes down to it, Elliot will hate you forever for abandoning him for a rabbit boy, a girl, and then Gilbert's own feelings, respectively, because it doesn't automatically relate to him in some way. This is what the call's really about. Ten entire tons of abandonment issues barely concealed by his own self-denigration in the matter because Gilbert never picks up the hint until it smacks him squarely in the face. ]
Both. It's not as if I care about what you do in your free time in particular, but if you don't even know what Vincent's been up to, you must be in trouble. It happened quite a while ago.
[ He's not helping matters digging his own grave, but Elliot's trying harder than he ever did when he was technically alive, so it matters that he's reaching out (or so he'll convince himself of, in the end). ]
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I don't know. I was hoping you knew something about it, seeing as how he's always concerned about you when you land yourself in trouble.
[ AKA why are you friends with Oz? Why is anyone friends with Oz? Why is Elliot himself friends with Oz? Vessalius's only (questionable???) charm points are his absurd optimism in the middle of crisis, and that's saying something. When it comes down to it, Elliot will hate you forever for abandoning him for a rabbit boy, a girl, and then Gilbert's own feelings, respectively, because it doesn't automatically relate to him in some way. This is what the call's really about. Ten entire tons of abandonment issues barely concealed by his own self-denigration in the matter because Gilbert never picks up the hint until it smacks him squarely in the face. ]
Both. It's not as if I care about what you do in your free time in particular, but if you don't even know what Vincent's been up to, you must be in trouble. It happened quite a while ago.
[ He's not helping matters digging his own grave, but Elliot's trying harder than he ever did when he was technically alive, so it matters that he's reaching out (or so he'll convince himself of, in the end). ]
... You can tell me what's wrong.