Charles' impulsitivity

[fairandfatalasfair]

There's a common thread in Charles' impulsive decisions

He possesses Esther in episode one because he dragged himself up from the ground to see that Esther had knocked Edwin across the garden with her cane. So he did whatever the fuck he had to do to make that not happen again.

He grabs the vase in episode two because they're on a deadline to get back to Niko, and he smashes it because the skeleton grabbed Edwin and he had to get its hands off him.

He knocks the Night Nurse into a sea monster in episode four because she put him through his own hell, and then she threatened to do the same to Edwin.

He abandoned his afterlife despite Edwin's protest that that is not how you make decisions, based on however you happen to be feeling in the moment, because he means to spend his afterlife the same way he spent his life: putting himself between other people and the bad shit.

Charles is impulsive, yes, but he's impulsive specifically because he's protecting his people, protecting Edwin, and sometimes that means you have to act fast.

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#Charles *is* impulsive but seeing someone in danger#ESPECIALLY seeing Edwin in danger#before rushing in without hesitation... is a real pattern#Charles is obviously capable of complex planning but in the moment that's not the role he assigns himself#He throws himself into the fray so that Edwin has breathing space to take care of the logistics#Yeah possessing Esther was a bad call in the long term!#but it gave Edwin the chance to get to Crystal and get out