#g!hudson

So... you're taking the scrolls out on hold without permission hm? How fast are you planning to pick reading up? Ahahaha

<Three months later>

'Hey Elisa, remember those scrolls you were ordered to escort to the museum? Here you go.'

'That was a while ago. How did you go about finding them?!'

Oh OUCH!

I LOVE that this is said by Hudson. I think it can be easy for younger people to dream of impossibilities. I don't know, it wouldn't have had the same weight coming from those who have been adapting so well to this world. But Hudson has held back. He didn't dive into learning about this world and finding ways to enjoy it besides his recliner and TV. But he doesn't have as long to live going forward as the rest, and he can admit out loud that they had an opportunity that they passed by in order to do the right thing.

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LOVE it! That's kind of big for Hudson imo. To say it out loud. He's reeling.

And of course, by letting him say something simple like this, he can speak a little bit what the others may be feeling even more strongly, they're missed chance and fitting into the world they've been thrust into. They're alone together again after briefly glimpsing a shot at living IN the world rather than beside it.

Hudson is such a shit. Haha. "Yep! Totally real! ...if it's true." LKJDOIFJLKE

Hudson has just been ON THE BALL. A part of me wants to attribute this to Goliath being so shaken, the others all being so shaken by the introduction of a new gargoyle. So why wouldn't Hudson be so shaken? And that reason also doesn't do full justice to Hudson. He's notably not one of the fastest gargoyles or best flyers at his age, but he is so far the first go after the mirror, and the rest are actually pretty quick to let him be the one to ensure it's safety and go after Demona.

So what's up? He was the one who told them to be careful what they wish for. Surely the mirror being around to tempt them would also cause their own problems.

But I think Hudson is thinking on a whole-picture scale right now than the others. Goliath is probably stuck on the possibility of Elisa being one of them. Broadway is probably fixated on getting his friend back to normal (and B being B probably thinks perhaps mirror-smash would mean things go back to normal). The others are probably enticed by what this mirror could mean for them. If it could make Elisa a gargoyle, could they become human? Would they want to?

Hudson, I think more than anyone right now, fully feels that things need to go back to as they were. That what the mirror is doing is playing with fire, and he won't just put faith in the idea that the mirror destroyed might mean the magic dispelled. I think he's old enough to know that it would be very unwise to trust in anything like that.