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Heero-centric GW drabble
They laugh when he chooses to sleep in his Gundam, instead of camping out with them. They talk of tents, night breezes, the immensity of the sky, as if they're selling points. They're space babies; the novelty makes them happy. Not him. They assume he's obsessed with war, the mission, the risks, that he wants to be ready for battle at a moment's notice. They think it's a bit sad how he only feels safe cradled inside a war machine.
It's also true.
Mostly he sleeps in his Gundam because when he doesn't, he dreams age-faded memories of explosive decompression.
It's not even really the idea I wanted to write at first. *sadness* I have something about people growing up on colonies liking to close every door and window and liking solid structures around them, but that's more of a background, worldbuilding detail than anything to base a fic on.
... Not that I want to write a real GW fic again. >_>
No, really, I don't.
i can't think of anythiiiiing. heero, you whore, talk more loudly or go away already ToT
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(I'd expect morbid fascination to also be what propels some colony-babies to sleep open-air, without even a tent -- the notion that somehow you're risking something, cheating death if only on a psychological level.)
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I recall years ago, going car-camping (as opposed to a more extensive hike), and the park ranger came by to explain we couldn't tie the tent to trees; we had to use the single pole. It was an old pup-tent, and needed two poles, so we shrugged and folded up the tent to put back into the car, and laid out our sleeping bags right there on the ground. The park ranger was nearly beside himself: did we want a tent, they had one or two extra, maybe he could find us an alternate camping spot with two poles we could use... we kept saying, no, no, we'll be fine.
It wasn't until after he left that we noticed all the other camping sites were either RVs (with people sleeping inside) or significant-sized tents (big enough to stand in, some with little 'vestibules'). Here we were in a gorgeous camping area in the Appalachian mountains, and we were the only ones laying outside to watch the stars before falling asleep.
Since then, I've paid attention to that, and yes, people do seem to find it a little unnerving to sleep without roof or cover of some kind. For pretty much our entire lives, the vast majority of people (especially in urban/suburban environments) will always sleep with a roof of some kind, be that house or car or tent. There's a sense of exposure in sleeping 'in the open' that people can't handle, if they've never done it before.
Given that, it's entirely possible all of the boys might be sleeping in their Gundams, with the possible exception of Trowa, who may have slept out in the open while with the mercenaries (in which 'sleeping with others around' acts in lieu of 'sleeping under cover'). We just don't realize how much our artificial environments impact our mindsets, though you can get a sense of it if you watch people struggling to cope with walking two blocks in 90F heat after being in air-conditioned splendor for most of the morning.
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But if we go along with what we see in canon for the GBoyz, there doesn't seem to be many reasons why they would need to sleep in their Gundams in the first place. All of them find some sort of lodgings. Heero drifts through boarding schools at the beginning, Duo has the Sweepers, Trowa joined the Circus, Quatre... is rich and was in a hotel during one part, and Wufei... okay. Wufei might've slept in his Gundam because I can't quite remember where he was staying during the early part of the series.
They don't seem to be particularly traumatized though. Duo, in particular, made a point of looking up at the stars and moon because the view of them is better from Earth.
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*tempts the GW bunnies out into the open*
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You don't want to crush that, do you? XD
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(Anonymous) 2007-10-01 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)Yeah, sure, and I'm not curious about how would a GW/FFVII crossover would work.
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...
CURSE YOUUUUUUUUUU D:
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*hides from Asuka* ;)
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Bunnies are delicious.
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No of course it doesn't count what are we thinking? ^_^Ah, GW. The fandom that just won't quit. I've never been able to write in it, really, but I go through sporadic periods of Gundam pilot worship. *sheepish grin*You know, that makes a hell of a lot of sense, the idea that colony brats wouldn't necessarily find the breeze comforting. They grew up in a place where weather didn't really exist as we know it. It wouldn't be much more than a novelty, and one that fast gets old. Also, the idea of Heero having dreams about explosive decompression? DDDDDDDDDDDDD: *squishes him* *is shot* *regrets nothing*
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it really doesn't, honest. i'm not trying to find a bunny for a second drabble either. at all. ever. nope.Ngh heero. *worships with* ;.;Ohh man, I'd like to write something where feeling a breeze means they tense up, even on earth, because usually on a small colony it's a prelude to HI HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SUCKED INTO HARD VACUUM and even though rationally they know it's nothing, it's still faintly unsettling deep down. XD (that would be a Duo thing, though. I betcha L4 was nice enough to have its own weather system. >__>)
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It would be interesting, though, to see something that explores how they all react to a breeze. Maybe even more so because they all have different ideas of what a breeze means, subconsciously.
...Damnit! I wish they'd bloody talk to me! *pokes characters*
Adi
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Quatre just might be the only one who'd not only not react negatively to a breeze, but think a lack of breeze indicates the general ventilation system has shut down -- and thus conclude the general system is in trouble, possibly nearing failure. It's like in deep-sea stations (or Mir), where the major warning is when all engines go abruptly silent. Baaaaaaaad sign.
I'd think an autumn breeze (a few shades stronger than a gentle spring breeze or a high-rise building's internal vent) would get them all tense... but the wind/clouds that roll in just prior to a major thunderstorm would probably have them all freaking. If silently. Still, freaking.
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daf;jadf;djas How can you fit such prettyness in 100 words.
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#.__.# ♥
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^_____^
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-- do you still write for the fandom, BTW?
(also damn it, I want to write Heero-clones, and Heero-newtypes, and Heero-space babies, and I have no plot to go with it. And I can't really feel Duo as a character anymore. *sniffle* If I don't find a way to refresh my memory, i might end up writing *gasp* gen, or 1x5, since I do remember Wufei quite vividly. XD;; )
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And of COURSE I still write for the fandom! I am crushed that you did not know that! Crushed!! *weeps pathetically in corner behind piles of unfinished works*
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*of a few days ago* -_-;;
But yes, "Heero = Win", it's like a formula in physics now. And honestly, I love your Heero, he's my favorite ^_^ I have yet to find someone else who's Heero I like more. So, you know, I'm totally not complaining ^_^
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