Maester Tim

Wick's occasional outbursts of anger are such an underrated aspect of his characterization. Beyond just being something refreshingly different from his usual sweet/sad/scared trinity, I think it shows A LOT about the environment he was raised in.

Wick is a patient man, he only actually breaks down into anger when he's already been pushed to his limit with stress. His grandmother refusing his pleas to spare Thjazi and Tyranny continually ignoring him, his first time on death's door, being insulted (and even punched) constantly by his allies, etc. And when he snaps it only directed at the cause of his frustration (Tyranny disobeying him, Thaisha killing one of the luxes in a spur of the moment, Julien punching him). And when he doesn't have someone in particular to snap at, he just simmers in self-resentment.

When he does lose his temper, it reflects on Yanessa in a couple interesting ways. For one, it honestly makes him resemble Yanessa's aggression a lot. It's quick, it's loud, and it's mean.

But moreso it reflects the effect growing up around her anger had on him and his ability to stand up for himself. He may have been his family's favorite child, but his reaction to Yanessa's outburst in episode 3 reads to me as someone who is used to seeing it and being cowed into submission by it, or seeing others be cowed by it.

It explains a lot about Wick, despite sometimes having misplaced confidence, being so hesitant to actually stand up for himself until his stress boils over into rage and he can't stop himself. Then he usually feels the need to apologize immediately afterword. Being in that environment trained him to be obedient and passive, even in the face of anger and insults.

He never learned to stand up for himself normally, so now he just lets his stress build up continuously until it boils over into aggression.

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bc azune started that episode on a Mission, he was going to follow thjazi's final instructions, casually asking if thaisha can reshape the stone, fully presumptive that if this is what must be done, then it will be

and you can see in the way luis acts the moment vaelus speaks up, that he... misstepped. he overplayed his hand. he forgot (in what tends to happen when hes on a mission) to check in with the people who are directly affected by what must be done

theres a moment when luis makes the decision not to look at ashley, that azune doesnt look at vaelus at all when she is speaking, unable to look her in the eye with the full knowledge that he had been so cavalierly and casually speaking about profaning her cherished religious artifact

and it is vaelus who later reaches out to azune with a moment of understanding, it is vaelus who is the first to reach out and meet azune where he is at. and it is vaelus, with the full experience of having being recently forgotten as someone whose opinion matters, its her who speaks to azune's hurts first

it speaks to how vaelus, this old nun of a fallen shaper, is the one to reach across party lines to offer an empathetic hand when her experience with azune so far has been... poor lets say...

i dont think vaelus likes azune, but she understands him perhaps more than anyone else... and it hurts to understand someone who would, without hesitancy, ruin a memory of someone you loved

like.

Is the best part that he got doxxed? No.

Is the best part that he got tracked down by a local and beaten? No.

Arrested on state at federal charges, looking at up to 5 years and 50K? Nope.

The best part is the local city council's reaction.

After the incident, another video went viral showing what appeared to be that man getting a beating. The Maui Police Department said they had no record of any reports of disorderly conduct or assault related to the monk seal incident.