Do you have any head canons specially toward Solby doing abandoned places videos and their dynamic when things get (possibly) dangerous?
(I went down a rabbit hole of other youtubers doing abandoned places and it scared me bc of how dangerous it can be 😭)
↪ ooo this is good because ive watched all of their urbex videos so many times!!!!!!! lets just say when they were young they acted like they were invincible... most of these are just what they actually do!!!
♡ young solby (mostly "canon")
↪ one of colbs quirks was to always get himself on precarious edges, high places, and next to insane drops, he's never fallen, so sammy has gotten used to seeing colbs on the edge of things. yet, it never fails to unsettle him.
↪ colbs is always the first on unstable ground
"dude be careful, don't fall through"
"im not, i'm being careful i promise, don't worry about it"
↪ sammy has indeed injured himself multiple times during explorations, and every time colbs turns into a ball of anxiety with his focus only on sammy, he wrings his hands together, messing with his rings, and asks sammy if hes okay over and over, ready to give him anything he needs
"are you sure dude?"
"do you need anything?"
↪ when sammy gets injured his voice turns nasally, a sound that colbs hates because he only hears it when sammy is scared, sick, or hurt
↪ the moment sammy goes down, colbs sprints towards him no matter what
↪ when people with guns get involved, colbs is the first to really freak out about it, insisting they have to go or do something to get away, sammy is more likely to think he can talk his way out of something, but he usually gets the memo when colbs insists they cant do anything about it
"dude they have guns, what do we do? they have guns!"
"maybe we can hide in here until---"
"no dude, they have /guns/, we need to go!"
↪ when they need to run, theyre in sync, but colbs usually runs faster than sammy (who almost always has the camera) despite sammy having done far more sports and hobby running
↪ sammy is the more likely one to get injured (and has fallen through the floor many times)
↪ for the camera, they usually whisper very loud (and allegedly can whisper quietly), but in their most scared moments, they're able to share a look that communicates to the other whatever escape plan they have
↪ both of their worst fear is people, yet sammy always does his white boy "hello?" and insists on talking to the danger, while colbs would rather stay silent and leave
"i think thats a person. hello?"
"dude! what the hell?"
"is anybody---"
"be quiet! what if hes got like a knife or something?"
↪ in turn colbs loves to climb onto places he really shouldnt be
"that doesnt look safe---dude, colby, what the fuck? get down"
and insists on trying first despite sammys warnings
"okay yeah, its slippery. i cant get up there"
↪ when in confrontation (other people, authority, etc) colbs falls easy into placating and submission, agreeing with and trying to adhere to whatever demands the other party wants saying things like
"we were just about leave, we'll leave"
"sorry, we'll go. got it"
"we got it sir, yeah we understand"
or otherwise stay quiet
↪ sammy on the other hand kind of puts himself in front of colbs verbally, instead often questioning the other party and honestly not making things better
"you dont need to point a knife at us, we'll go"
"dude chill out"
"we're just kids"
"we weren't doing anything bad---hey---"
and once its clear the other party wont listen to him he goes quiet
♡ young solby in more immediate danger (hcs)
↪ colbs is the first to call out, with that thin voice
"sam, sam? sam where are you?"
↪ when sammy calls out, he always carries a hint of disbelief like he cant believe something is happening
"colby this is not funny dude. colby? colby! hey!"
↪ both have instant reactions to protect each other, so it kind of cancels out to the two of them staying close to each others' side. its unlikely that one would be able to push in front of the other protectively without protest
↪ this leads to constant clothes grabbing, one hand always gripping onto the other like tether, as if one of them let go they would be whisked away
↪ if they go down, they go down together, snc vs the world
↪ they would refuse to leave the others side if the other requested it
↪ if the others clothes got ripped/too dirty/need to clean a wound the other would give up their clothes
↪ the chances of one of them getting seriously injured is crazy high in this era, with colbs most likely falling from a great height
↪ older solby are far more cautious, colbs in particular always keeping an extra eye out, unlike his younger self
↪ overall theyre both more weary off possible dangers, stepping lighter and cautiously peeking around corners with the camera first
↪ unlike their younger selves colbs is more likely to try and keep sammy from making situations worse with his talking, more assertive in his own speech
"no dude, shut up, don't be stupid"
"sam. don't talk to them"
↪ since theyve been out of the urbex game for a while, theyre more likely to argue on what to do in a dangerous situation first, unlike their younger selves instant communication
↪ although when it counts, like with primal fear, theyre still in sync
↪ theres almost no need for direct assurance that theyll go down together, they know in their bones what the outcome would be if something would happen to only one of them
↪ sammy is more in tuned to colbs' physical health, thus colbs is less likely to be encouraged to be the first on dangerous ground, but he does it anyway
↪ if they were in immediate danger they go quiet, instincts kicking in depending on the situation they either have at least hand on the other or move together as a unit, one being the others shadow
↪ they may be sloppy at urbex, but years of experience and now being older and more mature---knowing that any second this could be it for them for real this time (as they lucked out when they were younger) its no longer about the consequences nut how theyll let their story end (because it will always end with them together)
