#As a result Brennan feels really uncomfortable around him but doesn't fully realize that Maxwell's doing more than just being a dick

[runningwolf62]

Hey. Hey Wolf. I’ve got a Brennan question. What’s his relationship like with his siblings? I definitely will not use this information for evil or angst.

BAD. I usually do close sibling relationships, you've seen the comedy duo that's me and my brother, I'm just writing what I know but I wanted Brennan estranged.

Evelyn and Maxwell were very close as kids, only two years apart, and were 8 and 6 when Brennan was born so that gap was felt.

Evelyn I think holds a small grudge against him because it was her debut ball that he caused the first scandal. I've never nailed down the details but it was some prank that went wrong and his parents felt extremely humiliated at their son having done it. Brennan just did it for attention and had a ten year old's common sense. So yeah. Very distant. Evelyn rarely speaks to him when they're in the same room amd Brennan's fine with that thank you. The most they've ever spoken was at a party where she gave him a genuine compliment on how well he'd navigated a social interaction. They made polite small talk and Brennan thought he'd fallen in an alternate reality for five minutes.

Maxwell was Evelyn's best friend growing up and as a result does what he can to help her. One thing he can do, since she hosts events these days, and their parents aid in that, is he's free to corral Brennan. Brennan does not appreciate his brother assigning himself chaperone, and usually attempts to ditch him somehow. Brennan has never met Maxwell's children. Maxwell fears he'd be a bad influence, and Brennan also suspects that Maxwell had an extra child to send to the Chantry to be a templar to make up for someone's scandal. Maxwell for his part treats Brennan like he needs constant supervision and often makes passive comments to make Brennan feel shitty to keep him in place.

Their parents do nothing to foster better relationships between them, Brennan thinks they're relieved Maxwell babysits him at formal affairs.

[wardencommanderrodimiss]

#Maxwell negs Brennan constantly to try and keep him in line#Make him feel guilty for wanting things#As a result Brennan feels really uncomfortable around him but doesn't fully realize that Maxwell's doing more than just being a dick#Like he'd laugh it off#He knows it's bad but not bad bad#Evelyn does know what Maxwell's doing but does nothing about it#She does make sure he doesn't do to his own children how kind of her#He also doesn't realize when it's implied that if he doesn't tolerate certain thinga his family will disown him#leaving him destitute and with no job since his current one is at his family's ranch uh that that's financial abuse

Oh this family is a fucking nightmare huh. Not a single good dynamic in the whole place. Evelyn tolerating the way Maxwell treats Brennan and only acknowledging it's wrong if Maxwell acts that way with other people. Maxwell's Turnabout Succession Kristoph vibes. Nightmare.

Anyway I asked because I was thinking about Esti and Ena and whether Brennan's relationship with his own siblings could color how he sees Ena at first and your answer has given me so much. Ena's a whole 10 years older than Esti and still fusses over her in a way that's like. She knows Esti is a capable adult now but Esti is also always going to be the baby that Ena found left in the cold at the edge of camp. And it would be very easy for Brennan to look at that and see the way that Maxwell "babysits" him and have some discomfort with Ena over it. Think she's treating Esti as less than capable when it's more just that Ena so desperately wants to protect her sister, in a situation where she cannot fully do that.

On the other hand, Ena proves herself more than willing to throw herself between a templar's blade and Esti, and... well, I don't think Brennan could picture either of his siblings doing that for him.

Hey. Hey Wolf. I’ve got a Brennan question. What’s his relationship like with his siblings? I definitely will not use this information for evil or angst.

BAD. I usually do close sibling relationships, you've seen the comedy duo that's me and my brother, I'm just writing what I know but I wanted Brennan estranged.

Evelyn and Maxwell were very close as kids, only two years apart, and were 8 and 6 when Brennan was born so that gap was felt.

Evelyn I think holds a small grudge against him because it was her debut ball that he caused the first scandal. I've never nailed down the details but it was some prank that went wrong and his parents felt extremely humiliated at their son having done it. Brennan just did it for attention and had a ten year old's common sense. So yeah. Very distant. Evelyn rarely speaks to him when they're in the same room amd Brennan's fine with that thank you. The most they've ever spoken was at a party where she gave him a genuine compliment on how well he'd navigated a social interaction. They made polite small talk and Brennan thought he'd fallen in an alternate reality for five minutes.

Maxwell was Evelyn's best friend growing up and as a result does what he can to help her. One thing he can do, since she hosts events these days, and their parents aid in that, is he's free to corral Brennan. Brennan does not appreciate his brother assigning himself chaperone, and usually attempts to ditch him somehow. Brennan has never met Maxwell's children. Maxwell fears he'd be a bad influence, and Brennan also suspects that Maxwell had an extra child to send to the Chantry to be a templar to make up for someone's scandal. Maxwell for his part treats Brennan like he needs constant supervision and often makes passive comments to make Brennan feel shitty to keep him in place.

Their parents do nothing to foster better relationships between them, Brennan thinks they're relieved Maxwell babysits him at formal affairs.