The Trouble With The Phrase 'No Rest For The Wicked' Is That It Implies Rest For The Good.

[rionaleonhart]

I have sprained my ankle and cannot walk! I am being so brave and cool about it. Here is how assorted favourite characters of mine would deal with a sprained ankle.

Robert Grove of The Goes Wrong Show would be an enormous drama queen if he sprained his ankle.

Rei: The drama society go out for a hike together, and Robert sprains his ankle immediately. He goes 'Go on without me!' and then protests when they actually start to leave. They think he should just go back, but he's determined to finish the walk.
Riona: He insists on being carried. They're all struggling to lift him together, and then Annie shoves everyone aside and picks him up in a bridal carry. Everyone is shocked by her strength. Robert falls in love immediately.
Rei: He forces everyone to construct a palanquin.

Light Yagami of Death Note would follow all medical advice and wouldn't make a big fuss where anyone could see, but he would be absolutely livid to be injured. An extremely unwelcome reminder that he's only human after all.

Korra of Avatar: The Legend of Korra would also be furious about it, and would absolutely fail to rest.

Ellie of The Last of Us (particularly Part II) and Squall Leonhart of Final Fantasy VIII would both try to hide their injury and keep operating normally. I'm sure that will go well.

Elena Fisher of Uncharted might actually be sensible about it; she'll take a 'well, that's frustrating, but these things happen' attitude and look after herself. I'll try to be more like Elena than like Robert, tempting as it is to make my housemates build a palanquin for me.


I was wondering if I had anything else to add to this entry, and I've suddenly realised that I shared this tiny anecdote on Tumblr but forgot to post it here!

The danger of attempting to work while thinking about your blorbo: I recently had to write 'Land Rover' in the book I'm editing. I wrote 'Land Robert' on my first two attempts and, on the third, managed to write 'Land Rovert'.

I deleted the 't', surveyed my triumph, then thought, I'd better double-check that the vehicle is actually a Land Rover. Opened the search bar and typed 'land robert'.

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

Oh, that sucks about your ankle!

He insists on being carried. They're all struggling to lift him together, and then Annie shoves everyone aside and picks him up in a bridal carry. Everyone is shocked by her strength. Robert falls in love immediately.

Yes!

An extremely unwelcome reminder that he's only human after all.

That would make him so angry! And L would notice and say something and it would sound perfectly normal, but Light would be all “How would someone who was not Kira but also not so blatantly not Kira as to be Kira pretending to be not Kira respond to that remark?”

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you!

And L would notice and say something and it would sound perfectly normal, but Light would be all “How would someone who was not Kira but also not so blatantly not Kira as to be Kira pretending to be not Kira respond to that remark?”

Absolutely! L says something innocuous like 'I hope you recover soon, Light-kun' and Light promptly goes off on internal spirals of 'what does that meeeeean?'

[cosmicjellyfish]

Oh, nooo! I hope it heals up fast. At least we always have blorbos to help us out in these situations.

(Korra would absolutely rage against her sprained ankle. Aang would struggle too, though he’d put a more cheerful face on it at first.)

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you! I can always rely on my blorbos for support, which is surprising when you consider how many of them are absolute arseholes.

[trepkos]

The last part made me snicker. I love that you found a way to bring a palanquin into the proceedings.

[rionaleonhart]

The palanquin is increasingly tempting, I'll be honest.

[echoesonthebreeze]

Palanquin carried by all your blorbos

[rionaleonhart]

Robert would one hundred percent drop me, but it'd be worth it.

[seerofrage]

May you recover quickly!

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you!

[straightforwardly]

I'll try to be more like Elena than like Robert, tempting as it is to make my housemates build a palanquin for me. Hahaha, that sounds wise! As delightful as a palanquin could be. I hope your recovery goes well!

[rionaleonhart]

'Be more like Elena than like Robert' is probably solid advice in most situations! I suppose Elena does shoot more people than Robert, though. (Although, remarkably, the number of people Robert shoots in his role as an actor is not zero.)

[vriddy]

Cackling at your last anecdote :D I think you should get a palanquin, too! Hope the ankle gets better soon.

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you! Maybe, instead of a palanquin, I should be travelling around in a Land Robert.

[newbie1990]

Oh no, hope your recovery goes well and you're back to health soon! Ideally you need to find which of your roommates has the strength to do an Annie-style bridal carry. If none of them do a palanquin is an entirely acceptable solution. Listen to the Robert upon your shoulder.

[rionaleonhart]

Ideally you need to find which of your roommates has the strength to do an Annie-style bridal carry.

Oh, no question; Rei is buff as hell. (And also considerably shorter than me, further bolstering the 'Annie carrying Robert' parallels!)

Listen to the Robert upon your shoulder.

Absolutely terrible advice, thank you.

[larissa]

Oh no! I hope you can recover swiftly.

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you!

[sholio]

The danger of attempting to work while thinking about your blorbo: I recently had to write 'Land Rover' in the book I'm editing. I wrote 'Land Robert' on my first two attempts and, on the third, managed to write 'Land Rovert'.

MOOD. Since I recently got into a fandom in which my (scifi) blorbo is named Londo, writing the word "London" accurately has become incredibly difficult, which was A Problem when I was there for a week last fall.😂

I hope your ankle feels better soon!

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you! I hope you had a good time in my home city, even if it inconsiderately failed to be your blorbo.

[eglantiere]

oh no, your poor ankle! get better soon.

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you! ♥

[apiphile]

Everyone is shocked by her strength. Robert falls in love immediately.

Yeah okay I would too

I'll try to be more like Elena than like Robert, tempting as it is to make my housemates build a palanquin for me.

I think Tem should pick you up in a bridal carry, as the person I most envisage having this ability.

Well it's a Land Robert now

[rionaleonhart]

I think Tem should pick you up in a bridal carry, as the person I most envisage having this ability.

This is an extremely funny misjudgement, but of course you had no way of knowing that Rei is addicted to weightlifting and enormously muscular. Both Tem and Rei are half a foot shorter than me, which might make the lift more of a challenge, but Rei is definitely better equipped for it!

[apiphile]

*g* Okay then Rei should pick you up in a bridal carry, and Tem should pick you up in a fireman's carry, which is designed to be possible with people bigger than you even if you're not a weightlifter!

[kissed]

I hope your ankle recovery is swift and as painless as possible! Hopefully you're feeling at least a little better today. <3

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you! I'm delighted to report that I woke up much steadier on my feet.

[proustbot]

Sorry to hear about your ankle! I hope you have a swift recovery!

I deleted the 't', surveyed my triumph, then thought, I'd better double-check that the vehicle is actually a Land Rover. Opened the search bar and typed 'land robert'.

actual lol

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you! And I'm delighted that the Land Robert could amuse.

[pauraque]

I hope your ankle heals soon!

Land Robert! XD I have definitely had the problem of fandom infecting my typing so badly that I couldn't type certain words on the first try. When I was active in alt.cult-movies.rocky-horror, I typed RHPS so often that I could no longer type "perhaps" without it coming out "perhps".

[rionaleonhart]

Thank you!

I typed RHPS so often that I could no longer type "perhaps" without it coming out "perhps".

I love this. I have the same problem writing the name Leonard; it always ends up becoming Leonhart.

[i_wish_to_remain_nameless]

You must have been thinking of Robert extremely vigorously to have typed "land Robert" three times.