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I'm also imagining that the bulk of his personality and self-identity are wrapped around science, engineering and space exploration. As much as he misses all th
by tootie 5y ago
I'm also imagining that the bulk of his personality and self-identity are wrapped around science, engineering and space exploration. As much as he misses all the creature comforts of Earth, the actual challenges of surviving on Mars make him feel like a pig in slop. He's being asked to flex every mental muscle he's spent his lifetime building up, honed even sharped by fear of oblivion. If it were me, I'd probably have the same attitude.
The thing I think Weir missed is that as soon as he's embraced by his crew on their ship, I'd expect to him (and me) to absolutely break down in sobbing tears after a year of pent up tension.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoYeah Weir is clearly a geek like us. Preferring to write about the depth of technical challenges and using them to avoid facing the emotional darkness of the situation. To me this feels like very typical behaviour. I think it's showing a lot of genuine character depth from that point of view. People expect Watney to think like a normal person, not a geek.