continued Thatfucker discussion

[anonniemouse]

Since we've been kicked off FFA for the week, please feel free to continue the anon discussion here. Apologies if this is a big flop - I've never made a DW community before!

The rules are vaguely the same as they are over on FFA. Please refrain from being too much of an asshole, making personal attacks, posting identifying information or engaging in transfail.

ETA: If there's information you'd like to see archived (journal/blog posts related to Andy, etc.), please dump it here and link to it from the main post for discussing.

Comments

Re: Channeling questions

[(Anonymous)]

You want to feel like a hero who saves the world? You don't need to actually do it, if you're like Andy. Just get someone to look at you like you are. To tell you you are. Get them to believe it with such conviction you become that thing in their eyes.

This is such an important point.

I strongly suspect this is a huge part of why he does what he does. It's evident in the 'alters' he assumes, the stories/lies he tells, that he's desperate to be seen as some swashbuckling, maverick hero. But he doesn't actually want to DO anything that will earn him a hero title. So he takes shortcuts constantly, and lies about his life and who he is until he finds someone who believes him. As long as there's one person who believes his spinning and mirrors back at him the person he really longs to be, he gets to feel heroic/important without actually being either.