Under a Waning Sun OOC

the hoss layers:
- he's seeing a little bit of himself in ossie. the older brother forced to be responsible and bear the weight of the family part
- he respects ossie, and lowkey always hoped ossie would not take the same path as him, even though he deemed it necessary for himself
- he is seeing the death of the last of ossie's childhood in this moment, as ossie makes this decision. even if hoss said no, there's no going back from this. it's a darker path to walk: blackmail, the truest thing a sun could do
- he realizes his own apathy, as he finds himself unable to care enough to tell Ossie no. he knows ossie will get his way just like every other kid in the sticks no matter his answer. why does it matter if it's him, who singes him?
- but why did ossie ask HIM, with blackmail attatched? it must be because ossie recognized deep down what everyone else sees in him -- what his parents wanted for him, what the town wants for him, what everyone even in the suns wants for him -- ossie was too pure for this. he was, to use the worst term, "one of the good ones" of sticks. but now he's actively Choosing not to be
- that's what makes this so sad for Hoss. he'd actually hoped in Ossie. now, he's disappointed
- and, i think, timing-wise? he's processing his father's recent death, still, and all the [poop] he had to carry while Simon was alive. Ossie is just another fresh reminder of everything Simon has still left behind that Hoss feels responsible for. Hoss will never be done picking up his dad's [poop]
- the end