Wilt

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Originally Posted by WiltsAKGirl17

Well, '76 is gonna throw off some of my numbers, but I'll adapt.

Mildly off topic here, but I want to know: In Foster's Goes to Europe, we learn that Wilt has some sort of asthma-based allergy (I specifically refer to the part where he's "condensing" his suitcase and is leaving pretty much everything at home. He's pulls out an inhaler and announces, "Allergy medication." Or something to that effect). Any ideas what this allergy may be to?

I'm thinking something along the lines of dust or pollen. I highly doubt that it's fur or something similar, because then Eduardo would trigger a reaction, would he?

Actually, no one is allergic to fur, per se. Most animal allergies are due to reactions to dander, which is protein-rich dried animal saliva combined with skin secretions, in the animal's fur. Since cats wash themselves more than dogs, cats tend to produce the worst allergic reactions, but animals that have lanolin-type skin oils, like sheep and big cats(tigers, lions, etc.)and reindeer, can produce some really bad and even life-threatening asthmatic reactions in sensitive people. That's why I can't wear wool and can no longer keep big cats(yeah, I actually used to). Wilt is around a lot of feline IF's(though I really can't picture Bloppy Pants washing himself like my cats do, lol), with no problems, so he's probably allergic to dust(or dust mites, rather)and pollens, and probably some mold spores. Those are the biggest allergins with most sufferers, myself included. I have to carry one of those inhalers with me everywhere I go, just in case.

Wilt is a couple years younger than I thought, but I was in the ballpark. That means that basically, he and Jordan were together for roughly two years before that ill-fated game, if we're to assume that his "timeline" is the same as the other characters'(note that Mac is still eight, even though the series debuted in 2004, for instance). That would be about right, giving enough time for Wilt to turn his creator's lack of self-confidence around and help him develop his basketball skills to the point where they could take on other teams and begin to win, prior to reigning for a whole year before that game against Foul Larry and his creator.

I have found it rather odd, though, the number of people who have NOT seen Good Wilt Hunting, and upon seeing the designs for Wilt, still assume that he was created that way, with one arm and a messed-up eye, or that his creator abused him.

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