I Absolutely HATE Seeing Grown-up Wendy! I Have A Visceral Reaction Every Time She Merely Graces My Thoughts.

I absolutely HATE seeing grown-up Wendy! I have a visceral reaction every time she merely graces my thoughts. Absolutely and utterly repulsive!

I hate when I'm in two separate fandoms with characters that have the same name. How do I go from liking posts about Clay from Moral Orel to Clay from Trolls Band Together?

Envious Green

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53859058

Clay has always associated people with a color. Not that he would ever admit to this out loud. That sort of cosmic mumbo-jumbo was the sort of thing women were into, not men. Nevertheless, it's what he does. It comes second nature. If only navigating relationships could be that easy.

Green has always been Clay's color. Whether that's because he was filled with jealousy or because it brought out his eyes, he doesn't know. For most of his life, he saw no problem with this. It's only as he got older did his feelings change.

Bloberta is and has always been red. That should have been his warning sign right there. Red and green don't mix. They're the opposite of each other on the color wheel. She was warm while he was cool. She's angry and rash just as her color would suggest. But it's too late now. They've simply become a dull green and lackluster red.

Not all hope yet was lost. When he'd first met Danielle, he thought he was gray. Nothing about him stood out, and he was nothing more than a drinking buddy. But as time went on, Clay realized he couldn't be any farther from the truth. No, Danielle wasn't gray, but instead a vibrant yellow. A ray of light shining on his otherwise dark dreary life.

He can't get too close ; he'd get burned by the sun.

Somehow, by the graces of God, Orel turned out to be blue. A pale blue like the sky after a bad storm. It's such a pretty shade. It almost reminds him of his mom. When Orel was first born, he hoped that this would be the change they needed.

He would stop drinking, and he and his wife would actually start behaving like husband and wife. All they needed to do was to add blue to the mix.

But it didn't work. Clay soon found out that when you try to add too many colors together, it just turns into a dark blob. Leaving you in an even worse state than you were before. So no, even baby blue could help him.

Years pass and he's come to watch Orel shift into a depressing dark navy back into a lively turquoise. Shapey turn to a vibrant orange and Block into a lilac purple.

All these years, and he's still the same. The same old green that nobody likes. He's an envious green. He just wants someone to admire him like they do every other color. And maybe they will if he just prays hard enough.

I've just got to get somethings off my chest. So I've been rewatching some of Moral Orel (for fanfic purposes lol) and I actually can't stand Arthur, Clay's dad.

The jump between he's an abuser to an old man isn't going to suddenly make me feel sorry for him. And truthfully, why should Clay let him see Orel? Not to excuse Clay's actions because, as we all know, he doesn't treat Orel good either, but Arthur didn't treat him right. The sudden switch up gives me "Respect your elders" vibes. Just because he's old doesn't change all the awful things he's done.

Even before the physical abuse, Arthur clearly had some animosity towards his son. The argument could be said that this was only because of his wife's over bearing nature towards Clay but if that's the case he need to be pointing his frustrations at her not Clay. He blames Clay for Angela's death but truthfully (and this may get controversial) why was the gun even in a place where Clay could get to it anyway? Angela claims she was under the impression that it wasn't loaded which even if it wasn't what's stopping a young and impressionable Clay from loading it himself? Really Arthur needs to be more concerned with why he had a gun so readily accessible to a 12 year old.

Plus him and trying to convolute Orel's views on religion. I personally believe that it's great to make your own decisions. Just because your family or friends believe one thing doesn't mean you have to. It could take some soul searching before someone is fully confident in what they believe. But at the end of the day, children typically just naturally agree with whatever religion their parents do. They're socialized from a young age and they grow up to not really change these beliefs. That being said I don't know what right Arthur thought he had putting skepticism into Orel's mind. "But that's not what he really said. He just meant don't believe in things unless you have proof. Beside, Orel didn't really know about God anyway." ...be for real. Arthur did this to spite Clay and the concept of religion.

Then, even worse, the future plan if the show wasn't canceled was he would die and give his assets to Orel. Which in itself isn't a bad decision. What I take issue with is that he apparently tries to reconcile with Clay before his death, and only when things don't get along would he pass things down to Orel.

I HATE that. Personally, If I didn't like someone when they were alive I'm not going to be fake and pull a 180 after they die or on the brink of death. It's just insincere. That being said, I fully agree that Clay should have kept being the terrible person he is and not forgive his father. After all the damage Arthur has done and allowed, why is it that now he can randomly be redeemed? "But he's an old man!", "He's sorry", "He wouldn't have reacted that way if it weren't for Clay". I don't care!

At that point, Arthur was the adult in the situation. It lowkey makes me wonder if he even wanted kids at all. Because how do you finally get the child you've been wanting only to turn around and treat him poorly?

I'm just realizing how few girls there are, lol. I wonder if Orel just associates with more boys or if there aren't very many in Moralton in general.

Anyway, I was just wondering this for future reference.

I hate when people find out I read a lot and automatically assume I'm some sort of philosopher. I read a niche selection of romance and psychological thrillers. I am not knowledgeable at all. 😭