Coyote is way better at looking unobtrusive. Or friendly, or very submissive, or pretend-alpha (he very much isn't, though XD) He can even do tricks! u.u
Quatre is an empath, even, so he doesn't even need a wolf to feel included in a pack bond. XD
re: bechdel test, I really don't know, unless you count the wolves. The five pilots being men already cuts down on a lot of female interaction. Sally or Noin might be around, and there's a couple of female recruits with wolves, though it's traditionally a very heavily male-dominated field (back in the ancient days -- read, in the books this is inspired by -- used to be that women were entirely barred from bonding.) They'll be around to interact with Duo but I don't know if the fic will ever have a reason to pay attention to a convo they have with each other. Could be, if it's mission-related. They're pretty badass so far in my head, but this is so heavily Gboy-centric... hrrm. (hilde might phone them or come down for a visit! i dunno yet, i'll have to see if it fits, but this isn't the last they've seen of her.)
Wufei never had a wolf, or wanted one. His clan was never into them at all, they considered them a bit barbaric and pointless, and also fur clogs old aeration machines liek whoa anyway so even pets were hard to come by on his home colony. XD But Treize had just died and he just went "welp can't let his wolf die too, i'll, uh, bring it back with me and find somewhere for it to go later" only by then Glen was all ahaha nope i'm sticking with you. It was a crash course on wolf bonds. About as many little boys and girls say "wolfbrother!!" as they say "fireman!!" or "veterinarian!!" when you ask them what they want to be when they grow up but it was never Wufei's thing, he thought it was a bunch of over-romanticized archaic crap and kind of sneered at it, so he didn't have anything but the very most basic knowledge about all of it. I think he was too proud to ask the other pilots for help, too, and after that it was end of the series and they all went their own ways anyway. it was probably a most hilarious first six months there. >:D
Wolves were not developed, bondwolves (which are a different species from our own canis lupus btw) have been partnering humans since pretty much prehistoric times. At this point people don't even question why wolves anymore, you might as well ask a thug "why a knife, you could have used a brick". Well yeah he could have, and some thugs prefer bricks, but this one happens to have a knife. ?_? At some point Duo thinks "centuries of breeding" but that's his own impression that people have only been serious about breeding their wolves for looks instead of letting them choose since the 19-20th century. (which isn't true either, but he's fuzzy on precolonial history. XD)
We will in all likelihood see the puppies. Puppies! X333
And wolves are allowed on base because as far as the military is concerned they're partners with the human soldiers and soldiers in their own right (though they usually don't get to work without their human, when the reverse isn't true). They're more common and work for their food more often in the Army, in Mobile Suit corps they're more of a honorary thing, but it's a long and proud tradition blahblahblah and the military likes those. It's even pretty common that the military organizes breedings and that cubs are born on base, in case the whelping bitch's human partner is on deployment there or doesn't have longterm lodgings elsewhere. Or the bitch just feels more comfortable on base, because that's where the pack is. Actually it's probably more common than having the cubs be born at home. XD;
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Coyote is way better at looking unobtrusive. Or friendly, or very submissive, or pretend-alpha (he very much isn't, though XD) He can even do tricks! u.u
Quatre is an empath, even, so he doesn't even need a wolf to feel included in a pack bond. XD
re: bechdel test, I really don't know, unless you count the wolves. The five pilots being men already cuts down on a lot of female interaction. Sally or Noin might be around, and there's a couple of female recruits with wolves, though it's traditionally a very heavily male-dominated field (back in the ancient days -- read, in the books this is inspired by -- used to be that women were entirely barred from bonding.) They'll be around to interact with Duo but I don't know if the fic will ever have a reason to pay attention to a convo they have with each other. Could be, if it's mission-related. They're pretty badass so far in my head, but this is so heavily Gboy-centric... hrrm. (hilde might phone them or come down for a visit! i dunno yet, i'll have to see if it fits, but this isn't the last they've seen of her.)
Wufei never had a wolf, or wanted one. His clan was never into them at all, they considered them a bit barbaric and pointless, and also fur clogs old aeration machines liek whoa anyway so even pets were hard to come by on his home colony. XD But Treize had just died and he just went "welp can't let his wolf die too, i'll, uh, bring it back with me and find somewhere for it to go later" only by then Glen was all ahaha nope i'm sticking with you. It was a crash course on wolf bonds. About as many little boys and girls say "wolfbrother!!" as they say "fireman!!" or "veterinarian!!" when you ask them what they want to be when they grow up but it was never Wufei's thing, he thought it was a bunch of over-romanticized archaic crap and kind of sneered at it, so he didn't have anything but the very most basic knowledge about all of it. I think he was too proud to ask the other pilots for help, too, and after that it was end of the series and they all went their own ways anyway. it was probably a most hilarious first six months there. >:D
Wolves were not developed, bondwolves (which are a different species from our own canis lupus btw) have been partnering humans since pretty much prehistoric times. At this point people don't even question why wolves anymore, you might as well ask a thug "why a knife, you could have used a brick". Well yeah he could have, and some thugs prefer bricks, but this one happens to have a knife. ?_? At some point Duo thinks "centuries of breeding" but that's his own impression that people have only been serious about breeding their wolves for looks instead of letting them choose since the 19-20th century. (which isn't true either, but he's fuzzy on precolonial history. XD)
We will in all likelihood see the puppies. Puppies! X333
And wolves are allowed on base because as far as the military is concerned they're partners with the human soldiers and soldiers in their own right (though they usually don't get to work without their human, when the reverse isn't true). They're more common and work for their food more often in the Army, in Mobile Suit corps they're more of a honorary thing, but it's a long and proud tradition blahblahblah and the military likes those. It's even pretty common that the military organizes breedings and that cubs are born on base, in case the whelping bitch's human partner is on deployment there or doesn't have longterm lodgings elsewhere. Or the bitch just feels more comfortable on base, because that's where the pack is. Actually it's probably more common than having the cubs be born at home. XD;