The Bungalow

So, over in Rogers' question post on his blog for "The Morning After Job" someone commented with:

Okay, in the season 2 commentary for The Order 23 Job (geek much?), y'all said that even though the theories run that Eliot being abused as a child is what compels him to act on behalf of children, that that wasn't the case.

The question now is, did y'all change your minds on that point? Because every time a child is involved, or he thinks one might be, things get very touchy very quickly. There has to be a reason, and you have to give it to us, even if it's not the reason we think. Something's going on there, because even though I really think Eliot has a soft heart despite what he does, most guys like him aren't overly concerned about kids unless something is underlying."

And this has always intrigued me, too. Especially their insistence that Eliot was not a victim of child abuse. For awhile, I thought perhaps it was something like a friend of his was when he was younger. But something just occurred to me as another possibility.

If we add into this, Eliot's reference to his nephew in "The Miracle Job" in season 1, this alludes (to me) that he is still in quite close contact with his brother/sister (I prefer brother myself) to know what it is his nephew would like in terms of fun. So, what if, Eliot had a younger sibling (I'm going with the assumption that the nephew's parent is an older sibling making Eliot the middle child), who was left in his care for some reason, some tragic accident happened and the younger child died? I think this would definitely instill the "must protect child" vibe we get from him, but also be a little more interesting than a friend was a victim of abuse. It makes it much more personal and more to Eliot MUST protect whoever he can, cos he didn't back then.

Of course, I may need to rewatch "The Future Job" and his reaction to Parker's confession about her brother.

Anyway, that just happens to be how I feel about it. What do you think? ;-)

Vid Title: You're Going Down
Vidder: Switch
Song: You're Going Down
Artist: Sick Puppies
Category: Character study
Characters: Eliot Spencer
Warnings: None
Spoilers: This vid uses only clips from season 2 through episode 12 (The Zanzibar Marketplace Job).
Summary: Eliot kicks ass. And he'll kick yours.
A/N: Thanks to daniel_shadow for the beta.
A/N 2: I would also like to take this opportunity to dedicate this vid to all my wonderful LJ friends. And let you all know that I will be taking something of an internet break in the very near future (probably this weekend). So, if I don't respond to your comments, I promise I'm not ignoring anyone, I'm just a little busy taking care of my new baby. :-) But do not worry, I'll be back. Once we get all settled in and everything. :-)


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From John Rogers' newest blog:

"The Eliot story isn't meant to imply anything about his backstory. Or, if it does, I would caution you into laying the most literal interpretation onto the story. That character's seen a lot of nasty things in his life, and certain things tweak him more strongly than others. But it's a fair bit more complicated than the straight ahead read ..."

Phew! So, it would seem that Eliot himself was not actually abused as a child. It was just his highly protective nature towards Those Who Cannot Protect Themselves coming out. Thank you, John! :-)

This might be my personal favorite. :-D