Oh. Well. That does put a light on things, just a little.
Woody's always prided himself on being a favorite, it's true, but he also... needed to at least be wanted. After the whole fiasco with Sid's room and the rocket, he'd learned that it was okay to not be that person — to cling to a kid so much that not being their number one wasn't a sign of something darker, something shaped like a cardboard box that said CHARITY or $1.00 BIN. He didn't have to elbow Buzz out of the way. Just like he didn't have to elbow any other new shiny toy that Andy was enraptured with between then and now, either.
But there was always still that niggling voice in the back of his head:
Sooner or later, they won't want to play with you anymore.
And then you'll be in a thrift store somewhere. Or — thrown away.
He looks scared to ask, but he does anyway:]
I wasn't...
She didn't leave at the antique store on purpose, did she?
[Was he even actually lost by choice, or abandoned at last?
Maybe Bonnie broke him, and that was the last straw.
Or maybe she saw something better than an old Sheriff Woody there.]
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Oh. Well. That does put a light on things, just a little.
Woody's always prided himself on being a favorite, it's true, but he also... needed to at least be wanted. After the whole fiasco with Sid's room and the rocket, he'd learned that it was okay to not be that person — to cling to a kid so much that not being their number one wasn't a sign of something darker, something shaped like a cardboard box that said CHARITY or $1.00 BIN. He didn't have to elbow Buzz out of the way. Just like he didn't have to elbow any other new shiny toy that Andy was enraptured with between then and now, either.
But there was always still that niggling voice in the back of his head:
Sooner or later, they won't want to play with you anymore.
And then you'll be in a thrift store somewhere. Or — thrown away.
He looks scared to ask, but he does anyway:]
I wasn't...
She didn't leave at the antique store on purpose, did she?
[Was he even actually lost by choice, or abandoned at last?
Maybe Bonnie broke him, and that was the last straw.
Or maybe she saw something better than an old Sheriff Woody there.]