and see i cannot not be invested in gil and agatha and gil and tarvek, whups, too many feelings about their relationships, i am MORE invested in them than agatha/gil at this point because gil as a person and a character is starting to just annoy me„
haha, i get that! gil’s a sort of character that really appeals to me in general aka: the noble (as in, noble in character not noble of birth) dumbass who works from the gut vs working from the brain. I LOVE HOT-BLOODED DOPES!!!!!!! FRICK.
LMAO UNRELATED TANGENT i do think that a lot of what he’s done lately is consistent with how his character has always been presented: he’s very temperamental, very impulsive, and for as clever and insightful as he is emotionally, he’s also very bull-headed; when he thinks something is Absolutely Right, he goes for it even if it means losing everything else. which is why i’m actually super pleased to see that as de facto ruler of the wulfenbach empire, he’s not been all that great at it. he can figure stuff out and work for larger goals and ideals, but generally he’s a people person; if he doesn’t have a specific person or group of people to help or protect (or “protect”) he’s kind of at a loss.
while agatha’s been largely concerned so far with surviving + proving herself, she — as the hero — is also very much aware of and driven by persons, ideas, places, and events that occur outside of her personal sphere, so in this sense she’s absolutely suited for Saving The World; she’s inspired and affected by and emotionally and intellectually involved in the circumstances of complete strangers, empathetic but also practical, able to balance her emotional concerns with reason. tarvek, too, is very involved with every level of every task or situation he considers, so when he does inevitably take charge of the family + sturmhalten (GOD I’M SO EXCITED/READY FOR IT, LIKE… i know he’s done a lot of messed up shit that will hopefully be addressed, but he’s also clearly trying to make up for these things AND he’s possibly the only really decent person in his entire family, so. like, the comic plays him as the Evil Guy in the group, but i think as king he’ll be pretty fair and effective), he’ll be a very effective ruler/administrator.
but gil… is not… really suited to be The Leader Of Everything. he doesn’t even really want to be in charge. so, like, hahaha, i’ve actually really enjoyed seeing him be largely out of his element when the political machinations take front and center — agatha’s very quickly learning how to navigate politics and, in the future, the power structure of europa, and obviously this is tarvek’s specialty, but if gil can’t brute force something then he’s at a loss (and he’s always been such a sucker wrt other people: he talks a lot of game about being Jaded and such, but the fact of the matter is he trusts people he knows he shouldn’t trust, for no reason other than he’s so open that he expects everyone else to be so open too) — and him evidently failing so spectacularly at ruling/managing the empire.
what… a beautiful doofus…………………..
so this is super great and i want to frame it and put little lightning bolts around it and it’s basically the character analysis i’ve been wanting to write on gil for ages but never got round to
(god i love gil he’s a big dumbass and he tries so hard but he’s just not cut out for leadership or politics remotely and trying to do it just makes things worse for everyone but he’s still such a sweetie and he really does just want to love and protect and do science)
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