River thinks it's pretty. Fireworks! Fireworks on an epic scale! Unlike a lot of my apocalypse-fighting characters, she doesn't think of it as a sign of something to oppose. I suspect she has it in the same mental category as a lot of her more random-but-pretty hallucinations -- and yes, she knows it's real, but that doesn't mean her hallucinations don't change what it looks like sometimes anyway.
Lan doesn't like it. SHOCKINGLY. He doesn't pointedly avoid looking at it, and he doesn't spend a lot of time brooding over it specifically, but it's definitely in his mind as a symbol of the Shadow breaking the world, and thus of what he's spent his life fighting against.
Piotr also doesn't like it, and doesn't ignore it the same way Lan does. Possibly in part because Piotr is a Marvel character, and thus has seen much more epic levels of destruction first-hand, as one does when one gets kidnapped to galactic wars and stuff. He can't do much about it, obviously, but it makes him sad. And determined. (He's probably used it in a painting or two anyway; it's a powerful sight.)
Trowa is neutral about it. Not a big fan, but it's not as if he can do anything to stop it, and it's not a danger to them, so. I think on some level for daily life he tends to categorize it as a dramatic light-show and move on, even though he knows perfectly well it's not. Trowa is pragmatic.
Regan finds it showy, but a little uncomfortable -- like somebody's well-executed artwork that's a bit disturbing for your tastes. I'm not sure she totally realizes/accepts that it is in fact a universe exploding out there, and not some vid-art on loop. Regan's good at denial sometimes.
Honey doesn't care about it. ^_^ Honey is enormously self-centered in a lot of ways.
Edel, same as Honey, for very different reasons. It's outside her scope; thus, she focuses on what isn't.
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Lan doesn't like it. SHOCKINGLY. He doesn't pointedly avoid looking at it, and he doesn't spend a lot of time brooding over it specifically, but it's definitely in his mind as a symbol of the Shadow breaking the world, and thus of what he's spent his life fighting against.
Piotr also doesn't like it, and doesn't ignore it the same way Lan does. Possibly in part because Piotr is a Marvel character, and thus has seen much more epic levels of destruction first-hand, as one does when one gets kidnapped to galactic wars and stuff. He can't do much about it, obviously, but it makes him sad. And determined. (He's probably used it in a painting or two anyway; it's a powerful sight.)
Trowa is neutral about it. Not a big fan, but it's not as if he can do anything to stop it, and it's not a danger to them, so. I think on some level for daily life he tends to categorize it as a dramatic light-show and move on, even though he knows perfectly well it's not. Trowa is pragmatic.
Regan finds it showy, but a little uncomfortable -- like somebody's well-executed artwork that's a bit disturbing for your tastes. I'm not sure she totally realizes/accepts that it is in fact a universe exploding out there, and not some vid-art on loop. Regan's good at denial sometimes.
Honey doesn't care about it. ^_^ Honey is enormously self-centered in a lot of ways.
Edel, same as Honey, for very different reasons. It's outside her scope; thus, she focuses on what isn't.