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commsroom · 2 years

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eiffel's sense of insignificance in his own life makes me so sad, and there's something about knowing he grew up with his birthday overshadowed by christmas, and the obvious resentment he feels, mixed with the expectation he'll never be anyone's priority, that just encapsulates that. mission launch for the hephaestus project was in march 2013; pagliacci is set in 2013; there's no exact timeline for events before that, but with such a narrow timeframe... eiffel thought he'd ruined the rest of his life before he even turned thirty. he most likely spent his 30th birthday in jail. and then no one wished him happy birthday on his 31st.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #he's turning 40 this year. i don't think he ever expected he would live to be 40.#he makes me so sad. i want to hold him #and yes. his actions are his responsibility.#he's also a person who bears the weight of a lifetime of disappointment and the belief that his mistakes are all he'll ever be seen for #and i think a lot about the idea that the opposite of addiction isn't sobriety; it's connection #i think that understanding is very present in wolf 359's treatment of eiffel as a character #on a happier note. not that his 32nd birthday was great (for other reasons)#but hera got him a gift... the next year minkowski and lovelace wished him happy birthday too...#so. i think that's nice. even if he does still have the buffy summers birthday curse <--- a reference he would understand and appreciate

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