Seen a lot of ‘Simon is not only angry and violent’ posts going around and I completely agree.
So consider: Simon being wary of Grace’s frequent crash outs:
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Ryland chucked the scanner into the air, and it clattered against the floor with a loud crack. Simon flinched.
“One thing!” Ryland shouted, “I just want one thing to make sense!”
Every muscle in Simon’s body tensed, watching Ryland’s every move-
as he put his hands to his face and groaned into them. It was stupid, it was so stupid, but the sudden burst of anger surprised Simon. Violence wasn't something Simon was a stranger to. Anyone could be violent, Simon just knew better than to be in the line of fire. Ryland had been so gentle, but his anger was explosive as it was brief.
In less than a second, Ryland’s anger dissipated and he was sulking. His face barely changed from the sudden outburst, there was no warning, no build up. Even after it was clear Ryland’s anger had passed, Simon couldn’t banish the way his eyes tracked Ryland’s pacing, expecting Ryland to throw the item at Simon next, at the other Eridians. To hit a wall, the nearest person. It was so unexpected from a person like Ryland, but Simon should know better. Everyone was violent, anyone who survived or clawed their way to the top in this universe used their anger as their fuel. Simon was no different.
“Grace!” Rocky scolded, “No breaking equipment!”
The Eridians barely moved at Ryland’s outburst. Had they seen the same thing Simon did? Why was no one reacting?
Ryland turned to them with his hands on his hips. “Both the temperatures are the same.”
His anger wasn’t directed at anyone at least, and Ryland wasn’t taking it out on the Eridians despite how close they stood to him. Even if they were ‘family’, that meant little when it came to emotional outbursts. But Simon knew the signs of his brother's anger. He could read when something he said was going to trigger a fight, when frustration or annoyance would boil over into an explosion. Besides Gabriel, Simon wasn’t afraid of fighting any of his brothers or being in their line of fire. It was cathartic, even, sometimes, to take out their anger on each other. To funnel their fists into tough skin instead of breaking down screaming or crying at their unfair and cruel circumstances. Fucking Ezekiel had it out for Simon most, the scrappy shithead.
Then again, Ryland had barely reacted to Rocky’s outbursts, not doing much more than holding him back from attacking Simon. Simon was just being ridiculous. Afraid of the man currently hitting his forehead over the desk. He needed to get a fucking grip.
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Redson if we could consider that maybe you and Mk could be cousins by brotherhood since well DBK and Wukong did know each other-
No. We're not going to consider that for a NUMBER of reasons.
For one, as has been previously stated on this blog. The Monkey King is NOT the noodleboy's father.
And for ANOTHER, as has ALSO been previously stated. I don't care WHAT brotherhood they had in the past, Wukong isn't my uncle. It doesn't have to work that way.
AND if it did, I'm disowning him!!!
I'm not accepting a relation to that man, and the noodleboy is in no way my cousin either way????
I haven't introduced you to my best friend yet, have I? Name is Frannie (named after one of my favourite character from Phil Rickman's Merrily Watkins novels) and he lives in the tree next to my office window. On the bad days, when the (physical) pain is too much and the world and everything else seems hopeless and dark, this little fellow still manages to put a smile on my face and make the world a little brighter. Even if it's just for a minute. Thought I'd share a few photos (and yes, he's sneezing in the first one).