#not me overanalysing what little we have of minor side characters

[wilcze-kudly]

Rambling about Weilin, but this time it's more about Wei. (And the twins in general)

When it comes to Wei, I think that he, and the rest of the Beifongs were severely underutilised and underexplored. They're all so interesting, but despite being an integral part of an entire book and three comics, we barely know anything about them.

So I mainly have my own headcanons to entertain myself with. I personally imagine that both the twins feel a pressure to continue their mother and grandmother's legacy, since none of their siblings will do that.

That's why they're practically glued to their mother's side, they're fiercely loyal to her and their entire family. They're the youngest of their family but they feel the pressure to take on a lot of responsibility for its wellbeing and safety.

I like to think that Wei feels rather trapped by these expectations and responsibilities. He feels like he's treading water, like he's stuck upholding an old legacy with no hope of creating something new for himself. He's barely even seen the world outside of Zaofu. But he can't leave, he needs to stay with his family, with his mother and her life's work.

Enter Bolin.

Bolin, who comes from fucking Republic City, more than that was actually a Probender! Who gets to travel the world with the goddamn Avatar, who gets to go wherever he wants, be whoever he wants to be.Who can lavabend, something so rare and unexplored that it's almost undocumented in non-Avatars.

And Wei wants to hate him, he really does. Bolin is annoying, loud and an idiot. He can't metalbend, he rarely seems to take anything seriously, he's working for Kuvira. He's naive and a people pleaser.

But Bolin is very difficult to hate, with how ridiculously sweet and cheerful as he is. He's funny, charismatic, he has the goofiest most adorable smile. He's always willing to help anyone. He seems to be able to, or at least determined to befriend most anyone.

And he's handsome too, in fact so handsome that he'd been the first movie star in the world. Wei had seen posters and balked (and flushed) at how Bolin looked in that skimpy costume.

Wei's horrified to realise that he's fallen for that big dumb oaf. Even worse, he's fallen for his sister's boyfriend.

Of course, Wei can't say anything. The peace in his family is already balancing on the edge of a knife since everything that happened with Kuvira. And he wouldn't jeopardise his sister's happiness just because of some stupid childish crush on some... big dumb idot. And Wei isn't stupid, Bolin is.. overwhelmingly heterosexual. It couldn't work out between them, right ?