Wilt - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

pitbulllady · 10-21-2006, 09:37 AM

Yeah, I saw the screen cap of Wilt in the tub that CG made into an avatar, and I didn't know(haven't seen "Bloo's The Boss")if he fell in the tub or was actually taking a relaxing bath. I DID notice that he still had his shoes on, though; doesn't he WASH his feet, for crying out loud? Given how much he can sweat, those socks must get pretty funky, and I do not mean that in a good way, by the end of a typical day! Maybe that's part of the reason he's so reluctant to take off his shoes, but at least washing his feet would help with that particular problem! I dated a guy in college who wore shoes into the shower, because he was afraid he'd catch AIDS or some other disease/fungal infection/somethingorother from the shower stall through the soles of his feet; he was just about as OCD as Wilt is, too. I seem to be attracted to guys with emotional issues, for some reason, LOL!

Wilt is amazingly strong and agile, though, almost like a large constricting snake, like a python or boa. It would be difficult for someone to take him down and hurt him if he fought back, since I can imagine one blow from his fist would probably put someone out for the "mandatory eight-count" at the very least, even if he WAS pulling his punch quite a bit! Still, Mac and Bloo DID manage to not only take him down, but tie him up with duct tape and hide him in a closet during "Adoptcalypse Now". It's true that not having but one arm, and having a blind side, would put him at a disadvantage, but the thing with gangs is that they are experts in taking people out, in torturing people, and they have numbers on their side. They also know the advantage of striking without warning, and if caught off-guard, even with both arms and eyes(at that time), Wilt would have been at a serious disadvantage against a large group. Someone could also have shot him with a shotgun, which has pellets that scatter rather than a single bullet, and could very well account for him losing an eye and arm at the same time, especially if he KNEW he was going to be shot, since he would have reflexively put his "weaker" arm-the left one-up in front of him. Those earlier concept drawings of him on Craig's blog show him with that eye completely gone, stalk and all, so I would guess that the scars on his face are from where a plastic surgeon used muscles and skin from his facial lobes to try and reconstruct an eyestalk to support a fake eye, to try and give his face some semblence of symmetry.

Wilt certainly does have many of the symptoms of someone with PTSD, though. The rapid mood swings, the feelings of guilt, the desparation to belong and not be left alone, as well as possible memory loss, could very well be indicators that he does suffer from this, and it would be very surprising if he DIDN'T. He might NOT recall what happened to him, exactly, having "buried" it far back in his subconcious, where it continues to plague him like a splinter underneath the skin. People with PTSD can be fine for years, and then something will trigger the symptoms again. Wilt seemed fine at the beginning of the series, but as the past two seasons went on, we started to see some disturbing behavior emerge and now it seems that he's almost teetering on the brink of some sort of break-down.

pitbulllady

10-21-2006, 09:37 AM	#11
pitbulllady Co-Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,276	Yeah, I saw the screen cap of Wilt in the tub that CG made into an avatar, and I didn't know(haven't seen "Bloo's The Boss")if he fell in the tub or was actually taking a relaxing bath. I DID notice that he still had his shoes on, though; doesn't he WASH his feet, for crying out loud? Given how much he can sweat, those socks must get pretty funky, and I do not mean that in a good way, by the end of a typical day! Maybe that's part of the reason he's so reluctant to take off his shoes, but at least washing his feet would help with that particular problem! I dated a guy in college who wore shoes into the shower, because he was afraid he'd catch AIDS or some other disease/fungal infection/somethingorother from the shower stall through the soles of his feet; he was just about as OCD as Wilt is, too. I seem to be attracted to guys with emotional issues, for some reason, LOL! Wilt is amazingly strong and agile, though, almost like a large constricting snake, like a python or boa. It would be difficult for someone to take him down and hurt him if he fought back, since I can imagine one blow from his fist would probably put someone out for the "mandatory eight-count" at the very least, even if he WAS pulling his punch quite a bit! Still, Mac and Bloo DID manage to not only take him down, but tie him up with duct tape and hide him in a closet during "Adoptcalypse Now". It's true that not having but one arm, and having a blind side, would put him at a disadvantage, but the thing with gangs is that they are experts in taking people out, in torturing people, and they have numbers on their side. They also know the advantage of striking without warning, and if caught off-guard, even with both arms and eyes(at that time), Wilt would have been at a serious disadvantage against a large group. Someone could also have shot him with a shotgun, which has pellets that scatter rather than a single bullet, and could very well account for him losing an eye and arm at the same time, especially if he KNEW he was going to be shot, since he would have reflexively put his "weaker" arm-the left one-up in front of him. Those earlier concept drawings of him on Craig's blog show him with that eye completely gone, stalk and all, so I would guess that the scars on his face are from where a plastic surgeon used muscles and skin from his facial lobes to try and reconstruct an eyestalk to support a fake eye, to try and give his face some semblence of symmetry. Wilt certainly does have many of the symptoms of someone with PTSD, though. The rapid mood swings, the feelings of guilt, the desparation to belong and not be left alone, as well as possible memory loss, could very well be indicators that he does suffer from this, and it would be very surprising if he DIDN'T. He might NOT recall what happened to him, exactly, having "buried" it far back in his subconcious, where it continues to plague him like a splinter underneath the skin. People with PTSD can be fine for years, and then something will trigger the symptoms again. Wilt seemed fine at the beginning of the series, but as the past two seasons went on, we started to see some disturbing behavior emerge and now it seems that he's almost teetering on the brink of some sort of break-down. pitbulllady Last edited by pitbulllady; 10-21-2006 at 09:41 AM.