The Expanse Aesthetics- Amos Burton for @disabilityfest
Gif by @the-roci
Content Warnings: CSA, forced sex work, casual abelism
“Amos is different, but he’s not crazy and he’s not evil. He’s just… always needed someone to help him out with the world.” -Naomi Nagata, The Expanse TV.
“Amos was aware in a distant way that his gut hurt, like he’d eaten a little too much food. Probably fear or shock or something.” - Amos Burton(POV), Nemesis Games
“He couldn’t tell if the release in Erich’s eyes was relief or disappointment. Maybe both. Lydia would have known. Or Naomi. Or Holden. Alex, probably. For him, it was just a little change in muscle tension. Could have meant anything.” -Amos Burton(POV), Nemesis Games
“Amos was a man without subtext. When he said he needed some time alone, it was because he needed some time alone.” - Alex Kamal(POV), Nemesis Games
“There was no fear in [Amos’] voice or… expression, and it left Burton with the sense he was talking to an idiot” - Burton(POV) The Churn
“ ‘Kind of fucked it up, me,’ [Amos] said… “Burton told me to get what I could out of this guy. Looking back, I think he just meant money, so.” [Amos] leaned against the couch, hands deep in his pockets, and shrugged. “Oops.” -Amos Burton, Lydia(POV), The Churn
“She’d made [Amos] soup the night Liev had turned him out for the first time, and while he ate told him lies about her first time with a john to make him laugh.” - Lydia(POV), The Churn
“ ‘Those kids? They’re illegal, but they don’t just vanish, not right away,’ Amos continued, ‘They got uses, too.’
Holden felt his chest tighten a little. It wasn’t something he’d ever thought about. When, a second later, Naomi spoke, her horror echoed his.
‘Jesus.’
‘Jesus got nothing to do with it,’ Amos said, ‘No Jesus in the squeeze trade. But some kids wind up in the pimp gangs, some wind up on the streets…’
‘Some wind up finding a way to ship offworld and they never go back?’ Naomi asked, her voice quiet.
‘Maybe,’ Amos said, his voice as flat and conversational as ever. ‘Maybe some do. But most of them just… disappear, eventually. Used up. Most of them.’ “ - Amos Burton, Naomi Nagata, James Holden(POV) Caliban’s War.
An in depth meta by @almostdefinitelydying on Amos’ mental health including his reaction to trauma as an autistic(coded) character can be found here> https://almostdefinitelydying.tumblr.com/post/157406005655/okay-so-the-thing-about-amos
[ID: A three by three grid. White text on black background, “There’s still light in him”. White all caps text on green back ground, “I am not a puzzle piece”. A zoomed in entry in a dictionary, “Loyalty”. A array of tools including a wrenches and hammers. A gif of Wes Chatham as Amos Burton, he has light skin and short sandy blond hair. A close of up bandaged hands being wrung together. Black, scrawled text on a white background, “This ain’t no place for no hero”. A cardboard box with marker saying, “bad memories do not open”. A black heart with white text, “respect sex workers”. End ID.]
