~ Weevil Mahboobeh-Aploparakis ~
Weevil is a member of the Gang known as Belts and Buckles! It travels along the planet as a semi-Robin Hood figure, using his gang to screw over the rich and help the (vast amount of) unfortunuate people of Gunsmoke.
This section was written by our loveliest Cypher!
Weevil is born in Carcasses, a bigger town in the far east of Gunsmoke. At first, its childhood is healthy, but it slowly deteriorates. Maybe it was always bad, but since she was so small, she didn't notice it until he was around 10. They began to realize that a dirty home littered with beer bottles and constant shouting matches weren't the norm for most children. Its father drank constantly and gambled the money he made away, and their mother smoked the remaining cash they had.
Weevil had to pull her weight early, or at least felt obligated to. They would steal food from stands and sell worms they captured in the outskirts of town. He felt connected with the wams: They were both a nuisance, but had their place in the world to play. Among the kids of Carcasses, Weevil was an outcast and constantly bullied. So it and the other raggedy kids formed a group to protect each other and be there for each other.
This was when Weevil was in his mid teens that he had finally gained friends from similar backgrounds. She finally felt seen. Around this time too is when her moral compass started to develop more and left the life of stealing to pick up odd jobs instead. Secretly, it would pay off the debts their parents owed. They felt as though if they did this, Weevil would be free, and nothing else would be chaining it down.
Obviously, her relationship with her parents were strained. Their father was a mean man, and they wanted nothing to do with him, but his mother is a different story. As Weevil grew older, the more and more it learned about the origin of its parents relationship. With this new understanding, he constantly mourns the woman his mother could have been. Her mother, Bonnie, had been hanging around the wrong crowd and that's how she met their father.
In the beginning, he seemed like a good man, but there was an age difference (I think 17/18 vs 21/22). So Bonnie's parents disapproved of their relationship, but she didn't care and wanted to be free. She ended up getting pregnant with Weevil and was met with a dilemma: Raise the child with her parents help or with her boyfriend. Bonnie constantly mentions how she should've stayed with her family to raise them, and that the both of them could've had a better life, and that she's sorry.
She clearly wants to change, but her environment doesn't give her the grace to. So Weevil consoles her and cares for her. Although their relationship is still far from healthy, they've come to slowly understand each other over the years. Eventually, a defining events happens, and whether or not Weevil or Bonnie did it on their own or together, the man finally leaves. The two of them are able to get their own footing after some time, and begin to live fulfilling lives.
Bonnie stays behind and keeps her job as a waitress, now living with one of the groups family for extra support. Slowly but surely, she's also trying to bridge a gap with her family. Weevil opts to travel the dusty planet that is Gunsmoke. Their group has gained a name: Belts and Buckles. They're regarded as a Robin Hood-like gang, helping those who aren't as fortunate and fucking over the corrupt rich.
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