Wilt

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by Sumshine 904

Yup, hopefully all our questions will be answered on Turkey Day...

I can't wait to find out who Wilt's creator was! My theory is that it might be a retired famouse basket ball player similar to Micheal Jordan (spelling?) or something similar to that. I don't think it would be a kid because why would they get rid of Wilt so soon if the creator's still a kid?

Well, we DO know from a previous episode that Wilt has been at Foster's for at least 22 years; he'd already been there for several years when Frankie moved in, and she appeared to have been around five or six at that time. He was already missing his arm and eye by the time he first appears in the Annual Foster's Photograph, too, so whatever happened(which will indeed be answered on Thanksgiving Day)had happened to him before he came to live at Foster's.

pitbulllady

[Sumshine 904]

Twenty two years? Wow... Then he was abused?... Oh, now that's really making me cry...

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by Sumshine 904

Twenty two years? Wow... Then he was abused?... Oh, now that's really making me cry...

We don't know that...yet. The question of HOW he lost his arm and eye will be answered on Thanksgiving Day, but I DO know that he did once have two arms and two eyes, and as CG has stated in her un-spoilerish(is that a real word?)thread(she's seen the movie already), Wilt's past, his physical condition, and his personality are all closely tied together.

pitbulllady

[CG]

It will most definately be revealed in the movie, you get to see via a series of flashbacks just what happened to him. Just how he got hurt will make you think even more (if possible) of the one armed imaginary then you did before.

[LaBlooGirl]

Originally Posted by CG

It will most definately be revealed in the movie, you get to see via a series of flashbacks just what happened to him. Just how he got hurt will make you think even more (if possible) of the one armed imaginary then you did before.

Neh, I already know Wilt is wonderful, so I'm sure it won't surprise me if he did some truly heroic deed or just something totally selfless. It would fit him perfectly, after all. I can truly imagine Wilt jumping in front of a bus to save a kid or protecting someone from vicious street dogs.

Seriously.

[DoubleLatte]

Originally Posted by CG

It will most definately be revealed in the movie, you get to see via a series of flashbacks just what happened to him. Just how he got hurt will make you think even more (if possible) of the one armed imaginary then you did before.

Oh great. This is all making me want to bang my head on the keyboard and beg to the gods for tomorrow to come.

[Sumshine 904]

We don't know that...yet. The question of HOW he lost his arm and eye will be answered on Thanksgiving Day, but I DO know that he did once have two arms and two eyes, and as CG has stated in her un-spoilerish(is that a real word?)thread(she's seen the movie already), Wilt's past, his physical condition, and his personality are all closely tied together.

pitbulllady

*groans impatiently* Now I wanna see the movie more than I did yesterday! >.<

Neh, I already know Wilt is wonderful, so I'm sure it won't surprise me if he did some truly heroic deed or just something totally selfless. It would fit him perfectly, after all. I can truly imagine Wilt jumping in front of a bus to save a kid or protecting someone from vicious street dogs.

Seriously.

I totally agree. :-D So, my new theory was that he saved a kid from rabid dogs, which tore Wilt's arm off and messed up his eye, and the kid and parents didn't want a messed up imaginary friend living with them (although I dun understand why they'd get rid of him, to me he's still adorable as always X3). This time this will be my final theory... Unless anyone else wants to make a better one.

[CG]

My word that's violent. o_o

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by Sumshine 904

*groans impatiently* Now I wanna see the movie more than I did yesterday! >.<



I totally agree. :-D So, my new theory was that he saved a kid from rabid dogs, which tore Wilt's arm off and messed up his eye, and the kid and parents didn't want a messed up imaginary friend living with them (although I dun understand why they'd get rid of him, to me he's still adorable as always X3). This time this will be my final theory... Unless anyone else wants to make a better one.

I'm not going to come up with anymore theories, since they will all very likely be proven wrong tomorrow night, anyway, LOL! I CAN say, though, that it's very unlikely that Craig and Lauren, being "dog people" themselves, would come up with a scenario in which one of their dearest creations is mauled by "street dogs"(whatever those are). Also, if Wilt was even slightly bitten by a rabid dog, and his family did not care enough to seek medical help for him, being an obviously warm-blooded, mammalian creature himself, he'd be very likely to develope the 100 percent LETHAL disease, too, wouldn't he? Rabid dogs don't run in packs; rabies is a horrible and excruciatingly painful disease that causes severely abnormal behavior in afflicted animals, and other animals recognize that something isn't right, and generally try to avoid the sick one. As for any dog attack, it would be next to impossible for any dog, no matter how large it is, to reach Wilt's head and upper torso, and if he were lying on the ground, they'd be more likely to go for his lower extremeties and body first, since that's how canines kill large prey-by disembowelment. Nasty, but effective, and I've witnessed it firsthand, watching a pack of Carolina Dogs(Dingoes, to you Aussies-yeah, we have 'em in North America, too)take down a doe. But even still, it would seem odd for dog lovers like Craig and Lauren(Wilt WAS, after all, based on one of their own dogs) would create a scenario which makes dogs out to be the villains, and surely knowing that a beloved character such as Wilt was torn up by dogs would have a negative impact on how many younger children see dogs.

pitbulllady

[CG]

I can at least say that isn't how it happened at all! I too am glad Lauren and Craig never chose to go with rabid dogs in any of their scenarioes. Sure in the opening of 'Phone Home' you see the poor little bone friend being chased by dogs, but you can blame that on the fact he was well. A bone.