no like. how was that not everyone’s first thought when listening to that podcast??? william, for a hockey guy you are BAFFLING!! set up home alone traps bc he was scared someone would break into the house and “get them.” making personalized gifts for the sharks staff?? not only putting up but LEAVING christmas decorations up for months after christmas. i’m barely scratching the surface. will is fucking WEIRD, like i’m throwing my willhead hat on the table and saying mack is objectively the more normal of the two. at least he’s weird in a defined hockey boy way. idk WHAT will is
will barely even knowing when his family is there for road games but having to be a good sport after and taking pictures with seventy-five family friends he's barely met, will refusing to spend time alone with his dad but taking mack along to everything he does and his dad not reading the room and leaving him the f alone for one millisecond, will always wanting to do something and plan something and stay busy because otherwise the voices get to him, mom who is a control freak with a color coded spreadsheet saying will is the best planner after her, colleen talking about how 'we' were playing denver etc about will's teams like she was part of it, the bedazzled jackets and inserting herself into every inch of his life down to the wag chat and getting all will's friends to call her mom, buying a whole ass cape cod house so will and his friends can come stay over and colleen can once more be part of that junior hockey vibe she seems to miss so much, the way none of the smiths have ever heard of being alone or taking motherfucking chill pill at all, will somehow being extremely gay coded and instead of being heinously bullied for it in a sport that revolves entirely around masculinity ending up beloved by every dude he's ever played with and their girlfriends, cat 'will has so many friends!', colleen being surprised mack and will are that close even though will's known for codependent boy best friends, the way she was like but I wonder if they'd been as close if they hadn't had that shared experience together. like anon this is a SKILLS issue I fear!!!!