sorry if any of these are repeats! ★ ▼ ☆
((because the song is stuck in my head, let’s go – Wendy had a mom until ten, and after that, had to mature faster so she could help her dad take care of her brothers, help out around the house…so when Abuelita moves into the Shack when Soo’s takes on the mantle of Mister Mystery, Wendy kinda takes a liking to Soo’s weird, but doting grandmother.
And when it was Abuelita’s time, Wendy nearly shut down like she did when her mother passed away.))
((Wendy was a TODDLER FROM HELL HOLY FUCK. It’s not that she’s poorly behaved, but her parents encouraged her to be active, be adventurous. You’re gonna climb that thing? Do it! We’ll catch you if you fall! You’re gonna stick what in your mouth? Okay, it’s not poisonous, it won’t hurt you, you’re not gonna swallow it – go for it!
Her babysitters as a kid were pretty well paid for all the shit they had to deal with. Thankfully, this phase didn’t go past sometime between age three and four…))
((You know how sometimes you suddenly realize your friend group is the “Ride together or die together” kind, and it’s the best kind of fuzzy feelings? Wendy realized that about her friends when she was fourteen and they all got put in juvie together for stealing a police car for a joyride. Thompson couldn’t ditch the car in time because his seatbelt got stuck, and was basically ready to give himself up to buy “the Cool Kids” some time, when they all stayed behind. They were all ready to go down together, even for the dumbest choice in their life thus far, and that was the moment of realization for Wendy that she had the greatest friends on the fucking planet.
They all agreed to not do that again, or at least, do it better, so they wouldn’t get caught.))
