Wilt

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by Vampyre

I agree, he really DOES need to think outside the box, seeing as he IS capable of a lot of things. Mechanics, Cleaning, Acting, Dancing, Plumbing, Hair Dressing, Decorating... and something else that starts with a B... but I just can't remember what it is.... Oh yeah! Basket ball!... He can do a darn sight more than a lot of the friends at Foster's THATS for sure.

He can do a darn sight more than 99.9% of the HUMANS I know! My grandfather was probably the only person I knew personally who could come close to being as versitile, or as helpful and self-sacrificing, as Wilt is, which I guess is one of the reasons I am so fond of Wilt. Wilt doesn't even realize just how much he does help others, or how much the household counts on him.

pitbulllady

[antgirl1]

Originally Posted by pitbulllady

He can do a darn sight more than 99.9% of the HUMANS I know! My grandfather was probably the only person I knew personally who could come close to being as versitile, or as helpful and self-sacrificing, as Wilt is, which I guess is one of the reasons I am so fond of Wilt. Wilt doesn't even realize just how much he does help others, or how much the household counts on him.

pitbulllady

People call Wilt a hero, and Wilt doesn't agree to that because he probably DOESN'T realize that if he could watch himself for one day, he'd know why people call him a hero and/or a helper.

Him doing the helpful things is like as if he was programed to do so. But he doesn't realize that he is doing it half the time. He does it and half the time he didn't know he did it. Just doing something without self-notice. XD

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by antgirl1

People call Wilt a hero, and Wilt doesn't agree to that because he probably DOESN'T realize that if he could watch himself for one day, he'd know why people call him a hero and/or a helper.

Him doing the helpful things is like as if he was programed to do so. But he doesn't realize that he is doing it half the time. He does it and half the time he didn't know he did it. Just doing something without self-notice. XD

People who are Type Two personalities ARE "hard-wired" to help others, literally. It is, more or less, their main reason for existing. It's also not unusual for people to see themselves quite differently from how OTHERS see them, for better or worse. I don't think that Wilt has any idea how important he is, or how he touches others' lives in a positive way, since for him, it's as natural as breathing. Still, even with that compulsion to help others, few Type Two's can master as many skills as we've seen Wilt undertake successfully. While people like him-those who can do pretty much anything, and do it better than most of the other people out there-used to be rather common, now it's more common to see a person who might excel at one or two things, and be totally clueless about everything else. With Wilt, it's all the more remarkable for having overcome not one, but TWO, serious physical handicaps. Most of the people like him in this world are vanishing as "The Greatest Generation" dies out, which is so sad, because in another decade or so, Wilt will most likely be the ONLY such character, real or otherwise, that most people under the age of 30 will ever have known.

pitbulllady

[Vampyre]

When you think about it, Society is really slipping is it not? Because not only are there few people these days who can do as much as Wilt, but there are also very few people who are as nice as Wilt. I hate using the word nice, but it's the only way to describe him. He's friendly, he's generous and he's one of the most optmistic characters I've ever heard of (next to a character in the fourth Lemony Snicket book, whom had been caught on a converor belt or something and had had his leg crushed by a stamping machine. A few paragraphs later he declares something like "Well, I have a severely broken leg, but at least i'm right legged!"). But now, everyone mostly cares about themselves. there ARE a few dotted about with a generous nature whoma re still willing to hold the door open instead of letting it slam in someones face, but those few seem to become fewer with every passing year.

[antgirl1]

Why must the world become so selfish? Whhhy??

When the show will stop (hopefully not in recent years) Wilt will still live on in our hearts, leaing us with his fondest memories. And a crap-load of "sorry"s to top it all off.

[Vampyre]

LOL

I'm very curious as to how Wilt is going to be once the fifth season rolls around, I'm sure he'll still be the same loveable old push over we've come to know and love, but do you think he'll say more? As Bloo said "It's ALWAYS the quiet ones." and although Wilt is a pretty confident speaker (usually XD) I've always seen him as rather quiet. For example: Take note, that you can BARELY here him when everyones speaking at the same time like in 'Busted' when they all declare "Madame Foster!" he may as well not have said anything at all, seeing as you can't here him, even if you listen really close and try to blank out the rest of the guys.

[scary_dream]

I think that may be for two reasons. One being that his voice is lower and smoother than the other characters, so it's difficult to hear him over "COCOCOCOCO!" or Bloo's loud, high voice. Perhaps it also shows his more adult side.... that he doesn't feel the need to scream over the characters with the younger mind-sets.

[Vampyre]

I've noticed that a lot have people have stopped posting on the majority of the other thread in the Imaginary Friend catergory. I really hope this thread keeps going, mainly because it would a be a darn shame if it didn't.

I wonder how long it took for Wilt to get used to being, dare i say it, disabled? Although Wilt is anything BUT disabled, due to the fact that he has four hundred and something batting average on his Coco card and can play pretty much any sport you can think of off the top of your head, he is TECHINICALLY handicapped. Do you think in the miserable situation that he was in when he ran away from home, that when he finally did get that arm of his amputated, do you think he thought he'd never be able to play a sport again? Of course if he DID he wouldn't have thought so for long seeing as he plays Basketball out on the court day but still. I'm also curious how long it took him to learn to tie his shoe with only one hand...

[antgirl1]

I'e never done it before, so it could've taken years. XD

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by Vampyre

I've noticed that a lot have people have stopped posting on the majority of the other thread in the Imaginary Friend catergory. I really hope this thread keeps going, mainly because it would a be a darn shame if it didn't.

I wonder how long it took for Wilt to get used to being, dare i say it, disabled? Although Wilt is anything BUT disabled, due to the fact that he has four hundred and something batting average on his Coco card and can play pretty much any sport you can think of off the top of your head, he is TECHINICALLY handicapped. Do you think in the miserable situation that he was in when he ran away from home, that when he finally did get that arm of his amputated, do you think he thought he'd never be able to play a sport again? Of course if he DID he wouldn't have thought so for long seeing as he plays Basketball out on the court day but still. I'm also curious how long it took him to learn to tie his shoe with only one hand...

One of the most amazing and wonderful things about Wilt is his Pit Bull-like determination; he just doesn't know the meaning of "give up"! For most people, the loss of an arm would be bad enough, but Wilt has also has to cope with the loss of the sight in one eye, leaving him without binocular vision. Still, the brain is such an astoundingly adaptive organ, and with determination and practice, practice and more practice, it can "re-wire" itself to be able to deal with so many situations. It probably did take Wilt several years to re-learn how to do things that most of us take for granted, like tying his shoes, or driving a car(he CAN drive), or even just standing up, since your arms are valuable in maintaining proper balance, for us bipeds. One of the reasons that Wilt adapted was because he HAD to; he spent eight years on his own, after losing his arm and eye, before coming to Foster's, and it's unlikely that he had anyone to help him or care for him during much of that time. He either had to adapt or die, and the latter doesn't sound like a very good option.

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