Gundam Headcanon 6/?

[ninthfeather]

 (Mild Crack Warning)

Both Lockons are intimidated by the sea of mental issues that is Celestial Being when they first join up.  That said, Neil was honestly expecting it and eventually decides to rise to the challenge (see The Island of Misfit Toys).  Lyle, on the other hand, did not sign up for this crap and is really, really confused.  Especially about the way these people talk about his brother.

 

It was kind of acknowledged in the Dylandy family that, after the bombing, Neil was never quite…as they’d put it, “right in the head.”  Nobody blamed him, and they tried to get him help, but—it was just how things were.  Neil was touchy and kind of impulsive and prone to making bad decisions.  Maybe Neil didn’t qualify for medications or therapy or anything (or maybe he just wouldn’t go), but Lyle certainly didn’t really see anyone mistaking him for normal anytime soon.

 

So, the point in his introduction to Celestial Being when Lyle realizes that his late brother was considered the sane one is kind of terrifying. But the evidence mounts.  By all accounts, Neil was the person people went to for advice.  Tieria appears to think he had some sort of mystical knowledge about what it means to be human—which makes Lyle take another look at the guy’s purple hair and red eyes and wonder.  Setsuna seems to think he was a good model for how a person should live.  Ms. Sumeragi, when she isn’t crying or asking for alcohol, misses his calming influence.

 

Neil’s calming influence.  Lyle is so screwed.