Daily Entertainment: Frustration Edition!

[timelessinventor]

Due to a very loud headvoice, I present today's Daily Entertainment:

Frustration! Does your character get frustrated or peeved or mad at things easily? How do they handle it? Does it make them work harder, or swear a lot? Is it easy to get them frustrated with things, or are they fairly chill?

Comments

[camwyn]

Most of mine are fairly patient. Of the lot of them, Medic is the only one who gets really peeved really quickly. Fortunately his job allows him to vent his frustrations and deal out misery to those who annoy him. Shephard is actually probably one of the most mellow of the bunch, as his uncles started teaching him to be still and quiet and fish patiently when he was six, and to understand that there were going to be days when he would fail- sometimes because of himself, sometimes through no fault of his own- and go home hungry. Mordin gets annoyed quickly by human standards, but that's because Mordin lives a much faster life than a human. All salarians do. By the standards of his species he's an incredibly patient individual.

[the_gene_genie]

The only one of mine who is immediately combustible is Gene, who is basically a permanently lit fuse. Which is not to say he can't be patient when a situation absolutely demands it, but that's the exception rather than the norm.

Banner can't let himself get frustrated for obvious reasons. Bruce Wayne won't blow his cover by letting emotions get the best of him. Javert is a man prone to heightened emotions, but - pre-derailment, at least - had an almost supernatural ability to keep himself under control.

And Valjean is the epitome of patient calm, at least where anyone else can see. If he breaks down and cries, he's basically having the kind of emotional crisis that made J chuck himself off a bridge, only he doesn't believe in suicide. He struggles with his conscience constantly - this includes the frustrations of his life and situation - but only internally, for the most part. If he speaks about a problem to someone, it's only when he is either desperate, or not speaking would hinder the other person in some significant way.

Less life changing frustrations - things being late, people being annoying, etc - don't bother him in the least. He doesn't sweat the small stuff even a little bit.

[lady_bols]

I think 80's Gene is less incendiary than 70's Gene, perhaps. There's something more calculating about him. The bluster is still there, of course, but it's less knee-jerk.

My two cents worth, anyway.

[1nv1nc1ble]

Mark doesn't get mad easily, but when he does get mad, it's not pretty. A short temper seems to be a trait of the men in the Grayson family; both Mark and Nolan are shown as having moments when they go off on someone. Usually it's a short burst of anger, but Viltrumite strength means that short burst can result in some real damage (with Nolan especially; Mark's a bit more cautious about lashing out).

[death_gone_mad]

Only Amascut has shown how she deals with frustration. Incineration of minions, ultraviolence, and exerting mental control over whatever is frustrating.

Are you trying to keep a certain MacGuffin away from her? Are you demanding a pay raise? No you aren't.

[1nv1nc1ble]

We don't need to see her identification. This is not the goddess we're looking for.

[death_gone_mad]

Ha! Pretty much that, yeah.

[bjornwilde]

Anton tends toward cool but does get frustrated, especially by situational riddles, confusing cases and Rae. Back home, he turns to music or vodka to shut off his forward brain and allow the backseat driver a chance to puzzle things out. In Milliways, and with Rae, he just digs deeper. Which is making me realize he needs to visit and thread with Rae more.

Mulan doesn't get frustrated unless something or someone (I'm looking at you Belle) gets in the way of her quest. When that occurs, stern words are given and maybe even rash action. Normally, she is pretty stoic however.

Hank just grinds his teeth and swallows his frustration, if it is of a social nature. If it is scientific, he will keep at it until he finds the solution, ignoring food and sleep in the process.

Jess venom blasts her way to a clear mind.

[gavin62truck]

Tommy is very easy to frustrate and anger. His mood can change with the flip of a switch, so if something starts to irritate him, he's definitely going to express it via swearing, of course. And taking it out on an innocent bystander. He's also prone to giving up when things don't go his way, just dropping everything and saying screw it and then sometimes doing something self-destructive.

[herr_bookman]

I just had a headvoice say "Hm, yes, very interesting," and rub his hands together. *ducks*

[gavin62truck]

*side eyes*

[herr_bookman]

*innocent tea sipping*

[ceitfianna]

Will has a temper but he's learned to route his frustration into fighting and that makes him dangerous. Also he's gotten better at managing how long his fuse is.

Charles is incredibly patient, he will get frustrated but the most he'll show of it is a sigh or sometimes a sharp comment. Keeping balance in his emotions is important to how he manages his telepathy and just how he exists as a person. Getting angry isn't something that he sees as a safe option because that veers too close to losing control. When he gets very overwhelmed or frustrated, he goes to meditate somewhere since being without people tends to help or if its Erik, they argue and talk it through.

William isn't very patient but he also knows there's not much he can do, this is why he's gotten into some stupid fights along the way. He's doing better about not getting into them recently but his first reaction to something he can't handle is wanting to yell, hit or go riding to get away.

Moist gets frustrated fairly easily but since he's not a fighter, his solution is to talk his way around the problem to try and make it not one or leave. The thing he hates most is not being able to leave and then he will get sharp and mean.

Sameth is fairly patient and does have some temper but its not big and he doesn't do much with it. Yelling at a piece of metal won't make it do what you want it to. If people are getting frustrating which happens more for him, he usually feels its his fault and goes to work, the Charter and metal are simpler.

Jane is often frustrated at the world but there's only so much she can do about it so her annoyance and anger comes out in her sharp words.

Demeter gets annoyed often but her reaction depends on the source, if its a mortal, she'll try and help to a point then leave. If its someone who is messing with her family or of her family then she's far more dangerous because she figures they can handle themselves. Her fuse is longer than many in her family but that makes it more dangerous.

Tumnus is very patient and doesn't get frustrated much because he's not used to expecting people to react much to his choices.

The Pirate King is impatient and while he doesn't have a temper, his frustration is something to see as he gets verbose and challenging.