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• Shaving?

You can trace a lot back to Wilbur’s terrible daddy issues and one of the biggest examples of that is his weird little relationship with Phil. Namely his fascination with shaving and it’s stereotypical place as THE father-son activity. It’s always “Phil can teach us how to shave” and “Fundy look I’ll show you how to shave” all while most things point to his father never doing the same for him. He may have outright said this in the past but if he hasn’t, the horrific way he shaves is plenty for me (you are giving yourself razor burn, Wilbur). The weird sbi dynamic can probably be partly tied to his daddy issues overall.

• One Sided Experiences

Wilbur Soot is a licensed glider/light aircraft pilot! That’s pretty neat. He accomplished this pretty young, before most people can drive, and as far as I’ve seen it was completely through is father. Financing and supporting that kind of thing seems…very big to me. His father had experience with it before so it was a bit of family continuation, but it feels like such a big grand “cool thing”. I think it’s a good example of his dad’s “big things, unique things > life skills” attitude. That sure doesn’t sound familiar/s

• That’s Mean

Wilbur has said in the past that his self esteem was extremely low during secondary school because of his niche as the “smelly, weird kid”. He’s also said that this was due to the fact that when he’d visit his father after the divorce, he’d sleep on a mattress with the dog instead of having a proper bed, or at the very least would have poor sleeping arrangements. He’d also wear his uniform for the next day to sleep and end up smelling like dog. If anyone wants clips for these things I can go dig for them, but we at least know that Wilbur’s time at his father’s house was probably less pleasant and more degrading than with his mum.

• I Looked Up To You!