Wilt

[WiltsAKGirl17]

Originally Posted by pitbulllady

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.

pitbulllady

Once again, I do the poor choice of words thing-- in my little bit of research into allergies (ahem, reading a National Geographic article a year or so ago), I knew that dander was the allergen as opposed to the fur and meant dander here. Once again, sorry about the confusion. The only reason I was able to rule out dander was for the reason you stated-- because of Wilt?s day-to-day interactions with IF?s with fur.

Switching gears now, it would seem we were both in the ballpark concerning Wilt?s age-- personally, I had pegged him for being created in ?73. (The basis for my math was that he was 31 when the series debuted in 2004. A simple albeit effective system.)

There is an interesting dilemma about Wilt?s appearance-- I can?t speak for everyone, but when I first saw Wilt, I didn?t really ponder too deeply into his lack of an arm and eye. I never really pondered too deeply into it, in fact-- I just accepted it. I dunno, that?s just me.