#in reality he's more crafty introspective and skilful than he initially lets on

[canisalbus]

Since your boys have a lot of traction now, do you feel like people have misinterpretations of them?

Hmm h, not that I've noticed?

Sometimes I worry that since they have a lot of contrasting traits, people might end up thinking they're polar opposites in every way, which isn't true. For example, Machete is melancholic and brainy so of course Vasco should be foolish but happy. Vasco is light-hearted and gregarious and doesn't always think things through as carefully as he perhaps should, but I'd say he's just as smart as Machete and heaps wiser. His intelligence manifests as high social skills, wittiness and fast, practical thinking. Whereas Machete is a glass cannon that excels at one or two things and gets stuck in paper bags the rest of the time, Vasco can resolve and overcome almost any obstacle that gets thrown his way thanks to his broader and more well-rounded skillset. He doesn't frolic through life unaware and unaffected by pain and hardship, he just makes it look easy because he has better tools to deal with them.