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"Oh please, you can call me Dad! I know I can never be Aiden McReary, but I promise that I'll do my best to be as great as him."
―Hector to the McReary siblings

Hector Wilson is the step-father of the five McReary siblings, and appears as a primary cast member starting with the fourth season of Sibling Rivalries. He also serves as the protagonist of the prequel Zachary.

Description[]

Childhood[]

Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Hector is presumed to have had a normal childhood. He enjoyed pulling pranks on people and attending a recreational center with his older brother Louis.

When he was about 15 years old, Hector began studying football as he wished to play for his high school in his sophomore year. However while walking home one day, he was held at gunpoint by two older dropouts named Carlos Garcia Montero and Tristan Duran. As they attempted to rob him, Hector used some of the tactics that he had learned to defend himself. Carlos and Tristan were pretty impressed by how tough he was; they apologized and offerred to help him get even tougher. Hector began a friendship with them, but little did he know he would forget about his football dreams in favor of becoming a thug.

Hector would drop out of high school by the time he is 17, and moved to West Bend into an apartment that he shared with Carlos.

Events of Zachary (2000 - 2001)[]

"23 years old and he's already tied down for life. Sheeesh.. but not for me. That husband/father thing isn't for me. I wanna become a great thief!"
―Hector in 2000

Hector continued his criminal activities with his best friend and roommate Carlos until he was 19-20. As for Tristan, there was a noticeable decline in how much he joined them on their robberies, opting to give excuses as to why he couldn't attend (i.e. caring for his sick mother).

While at a bar with a fake ID celebrating a stick-up, a drunk Hector met and had a one night stand with a lady that he met there. The next morning and for the next few months, Hector had immense guilt about sleeping with her (especially unprotected) and tried to resume his normal life of robbing with Carlos.

Early one morning, Lacey calls Hector over and reveals that she got pregnant, much to Hector's immediate denial and panicking. He reluctantly agrees to help Lacey throughout her pregnancy and help care for the baby once it's born. He returns back to Carlos, though the fear of becoming a father despite wanting to stay dedicated to robbing haunts him.

Carlos and Hector wake up another morning to find they themselves had their weapons and stolen money stolen, Carlos took a job at the Ultra-Mart to raise money for future heists, and Hector returned to Lacey to care for her as she inched closer to having the baby. Not too soon after a day where she goes shopping for baby products with Lacey, her water breaks and they rush to the hospital late at night.

Lacey delivers her son at 3:15 AM on December 10, 2000. Still in disbelief that he is now a father, Hector introduces his son, as he and Lacey agree to name him Zachary Wilson.

Hector spends a couple months helping care for Zack like he promised, though he is quickly driven crazy by the baby's constant crying and wishes to be away from him. By February 2001, he makes the decision to peacefully abandon Lacey and Zack, leaving a handwritten letter that Lacey breaks into tears from reading. Carlos is happy to have Hector home and announces his major plan of them robbing a bank; Tristan has officially abandoned them after he had a nasty fight with Carlos, but Hector bids him good riddance.

The duo launch their heist on the Horicon Bank on February 16, but before they even enter, Carlos is killed by a police sniper in the distance and Hector is shot in the arm. Hector struggles to escape back home as the police are swarming in, but sure enough he arrives home while crying that he lost Carlos. Just then, he is surprised to see Tristan in his apartment. Tristan reveals himself as an undercover cop and is there to arrest Hector for all of the robberies that he and Carlos pulled. Hector realizes that he lost or pushed aside everything that was important to him, and lets himself be arrested.

2001 - 2015[]

"It was pretty rough in there. But I learned my lesson. Now I'm ready to return to Green Bay to finish my education and lead a better life."
―Hector, 2008

Hector spends eight years in prison before being released on February 29, 2008. During that time, he completes his GED and begins a college education at an unknown school. He is officially reformed and more than happy to be back with his family. They go to Carlos' grave so Hector can bid one last final goodbye to him before returning back to Green Bay.

After finishing his study of business, Hector becomes a manager at an unnamed bike shop, a job that he slightly dislikes. One day after dismissing everybody home early, Hector relaxes with some bowling at the local alley, where he then bumps into Maureen McReary.

Current Life[]

Now in his 30's and being fit to raise a family, Hector marries Maureen and becomes the step-father to her five children, vowing to do his best to live up to their biological father that died in 2006. He moves into their house, and not too long later, Hector and Maureen open a café together. Hector is now a series regular and is overall a very caring person just like Maureen. However, he did well hiding his past life from his family until it all slowly returns to haunt him.

In the Season 9 comic "The Forgotten Son", Hector discovers that the boy who the McReary siblings met is Zachary Wilson, his son that he abandoned 13 years prior. Hector approaches him in the café to say hello, and Zack immediately recognizes him as Lacey told her that he didn't care to stay and raise him. Hector leaves the café in tears and briefly recounts his story of having Zack but abandoning him to Maureen. Maureen wants him to reconnect with Zack which he then tries again; the next day at school, Hector buys an unknown gift for Zack, but Lacey shows up and tells Hector to get away from "the son [he] didn't want". Zack dismisses Hector and tells him to "get bent", which upsets Hector once more.

The McReary siblings come up with a ploy to help Zack love Hector once again, by telling Joel Gonzales and Giovanni Ancelotti to go kidnap him from his mother's house and hold onto him. Already aware of what the siblings set up, Hector immediately arrives to Giovanni's shelter to "fight" them to free Zack. They do that, and Zack is so grateful that he does want Hector back in his life. They are happily reunited and Lacey also makes amends with Hector, completing some paperwork that allows Hector to have custody of his son every other week Wednesday to Wednesday.

In Season 11 comic "Bury the Hatchet", Hector must shut the final door on his old life when he reunites with Tristan Duran. Tristan arrives at the McReary-Wilson residence wanting peace with Hector, but also to sleep on his couch for a bit as he had a fight with his wife. Hector is still very angry that Tristan betrayed him and Carlos years earlier, and for also being responsible in killing Carlos and failing to kill him. Hector kicks Tristan out of the house but is put in a depression.

Now that he was reminded about all of these past events, he comes clean about his criminal history to his family, which worries some of them but they know he will never go back to that life. Hector also has a desire to see Carlos again, so he takes Maureen and Zack to his grave in West Bend to say hello to him. Tristan shows up again to talk to Hector, revealing how it hurt him so much to betray his former friends. He only wanted the best for them and to get out of their criminal life. Even though he had to get Carlos killed, he still arranged a funeral service and burial for him, claiming that otherwise his remains would have just been dumped somewhere. This makes Hector feel better, and he even thanks Tristan for helping to get him out of the criminal life. They don't become friends and will choose to stay away from each other in the future, but Hector and Tristan have made amends, and Carlos still loves the both of them as he watches from heaven, grateful that he was forgiven by God and allowed to live on as an angel.

Tattoos[]

First appearing in Zachary and only slightly seen in "Bury the Hatchet", Hector's back has been adorned with several tattoos since at least the year 2000, with some of them representing his criminal lifestyle. These include:

  • Text that reads "Perdona i miei pecatti" (Italian for "Forgive my sins")
  • A large religious cross wrapped with wire
  • A balaclava
  • A smoking pistol
  • A crown
  • A burning stack of money
  • The Roman numerals "MCMLXXX" (which means "1980", his year of birth)
  • Three dice

In "Bury the Hatchet", Hector expresses regret for some of these tattoos as they remind him of "that shameful era".

Trivia[]

  • Hector becoming the McReary siblings' new father was inspired by the Rugrats character Kira Watanabe becoming Chuckie Finster's new father in the second movie Rugrats In Paris: The Movie. While Chuckie recieved a new sister after Kira married his father Chas, the McReary siblings initially recieved new step-couins following Hector's marriage to Maureen. A new stepbrother, Zack, debuted over seven years later.
  • Since Hector is always wearing a long-sleeved shirt, his bullet wound was concealed for a long time. It was only revealed when he was shirtless at the beginning of "Bury the Hatchet".
    • Furthermore, Maureen mentions that the only time Hector has his shirt off is when they sleep with one another. It is possible that even within an environment where men can typically be shirtless (i.e. at the swimming pool or beach), Hector has avoided doing so. However, perhaps after that comic, Hector has come to terms with all consequences of his past and would no longer hide them.
  • "One Tough Break-Up" is by far the only comic where Hector appeared without Maureen, albeit in a non-speaking cameo. On the other hand, Maureen has never appeared without Hector again since his debut.
  • In "Tasteless", Hector reveals that when he was a child, he began listening to Christmas music as early as November, while Maureen also has to a smaller extent.
  • He has a huge interest in drones, with it being one of the reasons why he purchased AXOL for the family. After they gave up the robot, Maureen promised to buy him an actual drone for Christmas 2022. ("I, Rivalry")
  • He enjoys pranks and dares as mentioned in "Packie The Prankster" and "Tasteless". In the latter, Maureen is angry at Packie for a prank backfiring and attacking his former principal, while Hector is just mad that he didn't plan the prank better. He also seemed to encourage Packie to try the hot chip that ended up burning off his taste buds.

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