Why do I keep seeing people defending TSATS Will by stating things that are objectively wrong 😭 he was not forced into being a war medic at the last second, he and all the Apollo kids are specifically trained as combat medics from the start because demigods get injured and die literally all of the time. Will has seen death more than any other camper except for Nico. Part of being trained as a combat medic! Involves being comfortable around dead/dying people! You MUST be willing to accept death and know when to cut your losses! Obviously he doesn't WANT anyone to die but that doesn't mean he views death as 'evil' or whatever.
i mean, i guess we could consider that he was “forced” to be a combat medic by being born as a son of apollo. i’d never want to be a combat medic but if i found out i was a demigod and a child of Apollo/Asklepius i’d really have no other choice.
outside of that, yeah. he should be comfortable with death enough (honestly call me stupid but i thought that was the point of solangelo. everyone being at least kinda scared of nico except for will).
you know what could have worked a lot better than will suddenly being a wimp? will having resentment or rage against the underworld instead of simple fear. will recognizing death (the death of his brothers, the death of his patients) as his major source of trauma and having difficulty forgiving Nico’s realm. Will answering “maybe to you. you can see them again” to nico’s claim that death isn’t cruel. which doesn’t mean he’s scared of it. he simply thinks it’s something that objectively sucks and has often ruined his life.
it would have even be cool had he called out nico on his bullshit. lets be real, for most people death is a final, definitive bye-bye to someone we love. it does suck hard. nico speaks from what we could call “a place of privilege”. that doesn’t mean his perspective as a son of Hades doesn’t make sense, it just means it would be realistic for Will to side eye him for it.
it would have provided more or less the same conflict without retconning the fact that will is not scared of nico. lol
