Contemplating the idea of 12 year old William Wisp sneaking into the bathroom to try and do Emo eyeliner for the first time in his life at like. Midnight. And he fucks it up crazy bad and is panicking because it isn’t rubbing off . And accidentally makes a bunch of noise and wakes his mom up . And when she walks in he’s Genuinely Worried because well……. They’ve never really Talked about stuff like this . William knows his mom is very religious and cares a Lot about manners and politeness and is so so So worried about the worst possible scenario . But his mom just helps him wash off the make up and teaches him how to put it on right and when she looks at William and sees how worried he is , she tells him that she loves him as he is . This is real and true and canon to me . And also William cries and ruins the eyeliner his mom Just Helped Him Put On
Today I’m thinking about the concept of William not telling his parents he died. They only ever refer to it as “the accident”, His parents never acknowledge he Died, William never even implies it when they’re around... When his parents come to take him back home after the Planetary Threat in PD s1, they might not even know they’re endangering themselves and the entirety of Deadwood, in the same way they never knew how often William risked his life when he was still a normal kid . William has to beg his dad not to take him home, to give PD a chance, to hear them out, to Not Take Him Back . Throws up
[JRWI UPP Spoilers] It's So Over For The Problem Side Of The Table + Father Son Wisp Duo 3 / Mr Wisp You Are The Father
Lui: Well, we know what to do if she comes for you. So that problem at least should be fine.
William: Thanks. I feel a lot better about your unkillable four legged Therian grandma running at me in the street faster than the human can react.
Lui: It's better than not knowing what to do if she came for you.
[Zach: At this point, you guys hear the door open upstairs.]
Norah: [screams]
William: It's over- I- yeah.
[Zach: You hear them up there. You hear keys hit a counter. And you hear feet moving with purpose.]
[Charlie: Oh, no.]
[Nate: They're mad.]
William: Oh, we're gonna be-
[Zach: The basement door flies open.]
Lui: Should I hide?
William: No, it's fine.
Mrs. Wisp: William, Wisp, get your behind up here now.
William: I'm sorry, Mom. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Guys, I wish that grandma killed me.
Mrs. Wisp: Now!
William: Yes, mom.
Lui: That's- Thats what you're thinking about?
William: I'm gonna be a bit.
[Charlie: And I'll walk up.]
Mrs. Wisp: William, I swear to god. Get your ass up here.
William: I'm really sorry, Mom. I promise it's not my fault. Oh, my gosh. She's swearing. Guys, I'm gonna, it's over, it's over. Genuinely, thank you. Thank you for everything. Thank you for everything you do.
Issac: You're my best friend- You're my best friend.
William: I'm sorry, Mom. I'm coming, I'm coming.
[Charlie: I'll run upstairs.]
[Zach: You run upstairs. Your dad is pacing. He looks more nervous than you.]
[Charlie: Oh, no.]
[Zach: She is-]
[Charlie: Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no.]
[Zach: She is sitting in a chair.]
William: Mom, I-
Mrs. Wisp: Have you lost your goddamn mind?
William: I-I know how it looks and I'm really-
Mrs. Wisp: Explanation right now.
William: Yep.
Mrs. Wisp: Are they down there?
William: Yeah, mom, but I promise it's not what you think. We didn't flake. We didn't flake. Something, something happened and-
Mrs. Wisp: Oh, something happened?
William: Mm.
Mrs. Wisp: Oh, darling, something happened. I didn't realize.
Lui: Ms. Wisp. I got sick. Bad.
[Condi: Dude. Are you sure? Are you sure you want to lie?]
[Nate: I did get sick. It's not a lie, I threw up.]
[Condi:Okay, yeah. True.]
Norah: Lui threw up all over the place.
Lui: I had to come clean myself up and your house was closest.
William: It was really gross. And we dropped the casserole and I couldn't tell what was Lui and what was casserole and [takes a breath] mom, I'm really sorry. I'm really, really sorry. We went there, but by the time we got there, the curtains were all closed and I'm sorry for letting you down.
Lui: You know me, I'm tripping over my hair and shit. It's my fault.
William: Norah can corroborate.
[Milo: Yep. [beat] I um...]
William: Norah- Norah, corroborate.
[Milo: Yeah.]
[Charlie: Norah, Norah, please. Norah, please.]
Norah: Look, I-
[Milo: And you see, I come upstairs still with the vegetables in my hand, and I was just like,]
Norah: I, we all tried to make it there and, but Lui got sick and I didn't have the meds that were necessary. I usually carry around dramamine because I get nauseous as well.
Mrs. Wisp: Honey, honey, please.
Norah: Because I have anxiety and it's kind of making me anxious right now even talking about this, but he threw up. And I tried to, but he had to come and I'm so sorry.
[Zach: All of you, roll Persuasion. She's gonna see individually if she buys each,]
[Charlie: I'm so fucked, I'm so fucked.]
[Zach:Of your shit.]
[Charlie: Dude. I look at my dad and genuinely, the biggest bead of sweat that's ever formed on a human being like...]
[Zach: He won't make eye contact with you right now.]
[Charlie: Oh, fuck.]
[Zach: He won't do it. He won't do it. He won't do it.]
[Charlie: Oh, no, it's fine, it's fine. It's...]
[Nate: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.]
[Milo: I'm debating pushing.]
[Nate: I-I passed. I rolled under a 10. I got a nine.]
[Condi: I failed.]
[Zach: Pass. Fail.]
[Nate: That's cause I'm not lying. I really did get sick.]
[Charlie: I almost fumbled. Oh, wait, no, actually, wait, this was persuasion, right?]
[Zach: Yes.]
[Nate: Push it, push it, push it.]
[Charlie: Oh, it's ten.]
[Condi: No, that's a bad idea.]
[Charlie: I got a 39. I fail. I fail. I fail.]
[Zach: Fail. Pass.]
[Nate: I'm gonna push it. I can't get caught lying, bro.]
[Zach: Okay.]
[Condi: Your image.]
[Milo: Norah's like, heart rate starts, like, beating out of her chest. She's genuinely getting so nauseous and so anxious right now. And she...]
Norah: Ms. Wisp, you have to believe me. You have to believe me, please. You have to believe me. Would you like a carrot? Would you like celery, please?
[Milo: And I'm gonna push it.]
William: Come on, Mom. They're good carrots.
[Milo: [claps and fist bumps air]][Nate: Ooh, good push.]
[Charlie: What are we looking at? What are we looking at?]
William: Thank you, Mom. I knew you'd understand. I knew you'd see it. I knew you'd get it. Oh, I thought we were really in trouble, Mom. I thought it was gonna be really bad.
[Zach: She stares at you so hard. And your dad says,]
Mr. Wisp: I'm gonna go stand outside.
[laughter]
[Zach: He walks out. You hear the sliding glass, like, door, it's getting jammed. He's just, like, jangling it over there while she stares at you.]
[Charlie: Oh, she stares at me. And I'm smiling at Isaac, and I turn to her,]
William: Oh, fucked up double.
[Nate: You see?]
Mrs. Wisp: So he got sick,
William: Right.
Mrs. Wisp: And you couldn't go.
William: Well I had to-
Mrs. Wisp: Your friend had a bellyache. So sorry about that. And that meant you didn't have to go, that's so interesting.
Issac: Well, friends stick together.
William: Friends stick together, Mom.
Issac: When-
Mrs. Wisp: Do they?
Lui: He had to let me inside the house.
Issac: Yeah. Do they not. Do friends not stick together? I thought it was like, they teach that in, like, PBS kids on, like, the Sesame Street.
[Zach: Isaac, as soon as you start talking, she looks at you for a second, walks over to the wall.]
[Charlie: Oh, no.]
[ Zach: See, she pulls off a phone.]
Issac: No, no, don't do that. No, come on, seriously. They already know I wasn't there.
Mrs. Wisp: You stop talking.
Norah: [gasps]
Mrs. Wisp: Hello? Yeah, I found them. They were over here in the basement. Mm, mmh, mm. Big time.
[Charlie: Oh my god, fuck.]
Mrs. Wisp: Well, no cause they were talking about Lui got sick. Poor boy.
[Condi: Oh, poor boy.]
[Charlie: Poor boy, poor boy.]
Mrs. Wisp: Yeah, and you know Norah?
[Charlie: You know Norah.]
Mrs. Wisp: Mmmh, shortly. All right. All right. Okay. Okay. Yup, bye. Bye.
[Nate: I'm just staring. I'm, like, looking down-]
[Charlie: I'm staring straight ahead.]
[Nate: I'm also looking like, you're looking up. I'm looking down. Sipping on the ginger ale.]
[Charlie: I'm not meeting anyone's eyeline.]
Mrs. Wisp: Thanks to you, the Abrahams will be going hungry tonight. Now, how do you feel about that?
Issac: Do they not have any other food?
[laughter]
Issac: I'm sorry.
Mrs. Wisp: Get out.
Issac: Okay.
Mrs. Wisp: Get out of my house.
Issac: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Ms. Wisp.
Mrs. Wisp: I don't know who your mother is such a wonderful woman. Where you got those manners from, I will never understand.
Issac: We went there and nobody was there, though. Like, we were at the Abrahams.
Mrs. Wisp: What in the world are you talking about? Just go, just go.
Issac: Okay.
Mrs. Wisp: Your mother will be along soon.
Issac: How are they?
Mrs. Wisp: And you...
Issac: Fuck.
William: Yeah, mom?
Mrs. Wisp: Now, you are gonna find something for them to eat tonight and make sure that they do.
William: Okay.
Mrs. Wisp: You understand me?
William: Yes, mom. I'm sorry.
Mrs. Wisp: Good Lord in heaven. William, I just...hmpf.
Lui: Did the memorial go okay?
Mrs. Wisp: Yeah, it went fine.
Lui: Their kid is...sss-
[laughter]
Lui: -being remembered well?
Mrs. Wisp: Yes, it was a terrible-
Lui: I know.
Mrs. Wisp: It was a hard room to be in, and-
Lui: It seems like there's been a lot of...
William: How did it happen again? Oh, that. Shit shit shit- Sorry. I'll get...
[laughter]
William: I'm going to make. I'll make food for them.
Mrs. Wisp: Give me strength.
Norah: [stuttering] Ms. Wisp.
Mrs. Wisp: Just one second.
[Zach: She opens the sliding glass door.]
Mrs. Wisp: Get in here and sit down, you're scaring the neighbors.
[Charlie: Was that to my dad?]
[Zach: Yeah.]
[Nate: Yeah.]
[Milo
[laughing] You're scaring the neighbors?]
[Zach: He's out doing laps around the house. Just, like, randomly pass by a window.]
[Charlie: Oh, god. Oh, god dude.]
[Zach: He's, like, walking real fast. He comes in, sits down, his foot's tapping.]
[JRWI UPP Spoilers] Wisp Family Time + Father Son Wisp Duo 5 / Mr Wisp You Are The Father
[Zach: Your mom gets out of the car and she looks over to you and just. Just says,]
Mrs. Wisp: W... William, I'm probably going to be getting to bed here soon. Um... Y'all are more than welcome to, you know, sleep in the basement if you like or whatever. I'm uh sorry for getting loud with you.
William: I-I'm sorry again.
Mrs. Wisp: I-It's all right. A-and I understand that being your age there, you know, things like that aren't the most fun or exciting.
William: No, it's not-
Mrs. Wisp: It's important to be there for those people who need you. That's all it is. And I just hope [sighs] I hope that in all my yelling, I haven't, we haven't lost sight of that.
William: Love you, Mom.
Mrs. Wisp: I love you.
[Zach: She comes over, kiss you on the head.]
William: Okay, okay. Not in front of my- Not In front of my friends.
Mrs. Wisp: [smooching sounds]
William: Stop, stop it. Stop, stop. You're ruining my eyeliner. Mom!
[laughter]
Mrs. Wisp: It's just fine.
[Zach: And she goes, like, smear your face.]
William: [disgusted groan]
Mrs. Wisp: Well, I can get [licks her thumb]
[Zach: She starts to-]
William: Stop it, stop, stop. Go to bed.
Lui: Uh, Mrs. Wisp.
Mrs. Wisp: Yes Lui?
Lui: Do you mind letting my mom know that I'll be staying here?
Mrs. Wisp: Well, it does seem like something you with a phone could probably do, but I imagine I could do that though.
Lui: I didn't want to take your phone, you know, unless, if it's fine. I don't mind.
Mrs. Wisp: I will give her a call, yes.
Lui: They don't let me have a phone.
[Zach: She goes inside, opens the door, and you hear like a-]
Mr. Wisp: [startled gasp]
[Zach: -from the inside.]
Mrs. Wisp: It is just me.
[Zach: She shuts the door.]
Lui: Basement. Basement, now.
William: Basement, basement.
Norah: Basement?
[Nate: All right. I rush down. Do, do, do, do, do, do.]
