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𝟣𝟧. 𝑑𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝘩𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒? 𝑑𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒?
Philip grew up walking, riding his bike, taking the bus, or riding the subway to all his destinations on his own. The only times he was in a car was either going to a foster home or while he was living at one. He was taught how to ride a motorcycle briefly, but genuinely being taught how to ride a car wasn’t until Gabe insisted he learn his senior year to have some bonding time with him. Philip was….. okay? He was really observant but he always wanted to go faster rather slower and Helen’s knuckles were always white holding on when he was driving. Seeing as they love spoiling him without him asking or wanting them to, they bought him a car for graduation – and he probably wouldn’t have used it, but I gave him a dog and she’s his always-passenger and he likes listening to music, singing under his breath, and cruising around with her next to him.
𝟤𝟣. 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦’𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑?
Philip suffered from aquaphobia that was brought on by various traumatic experiences in his past, but he is slowly healing from it through therapy and circumstances. I have a bunch of headcanons on my page regarding this. Eventually, he won’t have a paralyzing fear of going near it. He becomes nonchalant. I think this finally happens through exposure therapy.
𝟥𝟤. 𝑑𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑦? 𝑑𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑓𝑎𝑟?
PHILIP? …. n e v e r …… yes. He is very easy to judge and critic people, but he still remains open-minded if they break his expectations, he just has intense trust issues that make him a skeptic. He’s grown up in an environment where it was dangerous to assume someone didn’t have bad intentions, so he has trust issues leading him to critique others. He does so in passive aggressive ways whether it’s looks, dry comments, or flat-out saying it to their face. He won’t blurt out his thoughts, he has to be prompted to do so.
As for judging from afar, you will notice he is an absolute wallflower / loner in social situations – often leaning against a wall by himself, rolling his eyes at people. Some of his judgement isn’t logical, but driven by other factors, especially envy/jealousy or just being blinded by what he wants something to be. HE’S HUMAN. He likes to assume he has a bull-shit detector ( which, in all fairness, is usually right 90% of the time ). He’s a very bitter boy who is valid in his bitterness.
