do y'all ever think - in the safe haven, after all is said and done, after ample time has passed and whatnot - that when new and young arrivals show up, gally just yk… has his moments😃?
like, yes, bro has definitely learned, worked on, and grown himself as a person, but there's definitely times where younger kids/teens test what little patience he still has left, and he'll trickle back into his old persona a bit. Glade Gally™ lmao.
and I think the best way to describe that is using that one tiktok audio from the croods movie lmfao (stfu, ik everything I say is followed by “...tHaT oNe tIkToK aUdi0!!”, I can't help being chronically online)...
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gally, welcoming newcomers to the safe haven: here…! right here…! all your needs will be met-
one kid, who's already asked one too many questions: i'm hungry-
gally: -IN A MINUTE!!!
newcomers: 😀…
thomas, fry, newt, and minho, who all saw this coming: 😔…
gally, continuing: 🙄 … 😊all your needs will be met, and…!
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LIKE LMAO😭. tell me he wouldn't have several little bursts like that where anyone that knew him pre-scorch and death cure events just has to laugh at because YUP, there's the gally we're used to.
alternatively, the vice versa lol…
thomas, minho, frypan, and newt still trying to adjust to Mature Gally™, completely flabbergasted when maybe a young newcomer is particularly aggravating or clumsy or whatever, and gally is just ever so patient and calm (for the most part, he's trying lmao💀✋🏽)...
“It's okay, you got it. No one carves a perfectly sharp stake their first try.” “No, not like that. You shave it towards you, and next thing you know, you'll be missing a thumb.” “Hey…! Your voice… lower it by several notches, please? Awesome, thanks.”
cue the boys just genuinely stunned because had it been them back in the glade, they never would've heard the end of his loud mouth and neverending string of demands.
ANOTHER AUDIO COMES TO MIND WITH THIS LMAO!!!...
that stupid ass clip from smiling friends lmaooo but in this context, it'd be like…
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minho, finishing an important conversation with gally, ending it with a dumbass joke he definitely should not have told lmao: *flinching*
gally, totally oblivious and amused: lol you're stupid, dude, I'll catch you later.
thomas & fry, having watched the entire interaction: ???
minho: dude, when he moved his arm, I thought he was gonna hit me😃. I thought he was gonna fucking punch me when he-
thomas: -I actually thought the same thing, I really did😔.
minho: yeah.
fry: I saw you flinch😆.
minho: he was fidgeting, he was, like- he was moving around a lot, and I thought he was gonna hit me😔.
fry: I just remember how he was in the glade, and like😓…
thomas: yeah, a lot of bad stuff happened there😞.
minho: yeah, I didn't know what he😶-... yeah😞.
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just a collective stun of how mellowed out he is now, which imo, I don't think would last too long, and it doesn't come from a place of like, “oh, we hate him.”
more of a genuine suprise at the 180° of his personality, like, be honest with yourself,,, if one of your closest friends suddenly became nearly the complete opposite of how you last knew and encountered them, you wouldn't be a little on edge? come on lol. I think over time, they'd get used to it and would probably rebond with one another - a "matter of time" type of deal.
anyways, just one of a million thoughts I have in my head, complete with references that will probably not be understood💀✋🏽.
Re-reading the maze runner after watching the movie is hilarious cause in the movies Alby is so nice and patient, then in the books he practically tells Thomas to shut the fuck up if he breathes too loudly and it gives my brain whiplash
