DE: On their way back from the fire

[bjornwilde]

From death_gone_mad :
"In life-threatening situations, around 75% of people are so bewildered by the situation that they are unable to think clearly or plot their escape. They become mentally paralysed. Just 15% of people on average manage to remain calm and rational enough to make decisions that could save their lives. (The remaining 10% are plain dangerous: they freak out and hinder the survival chances of everyone else.)"
-How to survive a disaster from the BBC's website.

So, which is your pup? Are they the deer in the headlights, the survivalist, or the dangerous and cornered animal?

Comments

[bjornwilde]

Hank McCoy: Before the attack on Division X, is totally the deer in the headlights. After training with Charles and the other mutants, he's the survivalist who makes sure everyone else gets out alive.

Sam Wilson: Is the functioning survivalist who calms everyone else down and helps the emergency personal. He was this way even before his military training.

Asajj: Is totally in the 10%, though she might be a survivalist who takes care of herself and to hell with anyone else.

Ethan: Survivalist who might freak out after the event. During the event he will be cool headed and do what needs doing.

Jessica Drew: Totally the survivalist, if not the one pulling others out of the fire. It's what she does.

Tybalt: Another survivalist. He's actually already faced this a time or two in canon. Keeping his head is what he does and why he makes such a good king.

Quinlan: Might struggle with panic but will be a survivalist. He tends to spend a lot fo his time flying by the seat of his pants anyway.

Selina: Is on the cusp of survivalist/dangerous. She would freak out and make her way to the nearest exit but still has some presence of mind to make smart choices. She will see if the crowd is blocking the doorway and look for a window or other exit.

[acts_of_gord]

[rymenhild]

Interesting question! Actually, reading this, I'm realizing that a good deal of Fakir's character arc is about developing the ability to make and carry out important decisions in crisis. When faced by crises early in Princess Tutu, Fakir makes plans but freezes before he can implement them, or he makes awful spur-of-the-moment decisions that endanger and/or damage the people around him. It takes growing up, and getting out of his messed-up head, and (probably most importantly) getting to know Duck, for Fakir to get to the point where he can do the right thing in the pivotal moment.

[yakalskovich]

Teja, Hannibal, Father Harman, Lady Margolotta and the new guy I may have accidentally apped today are squarely in the 15%; Dorian and possibly Katrina are somewhere in rabbits-in-the-headlights territory (Katrina's track record in canon for reactions in emergencies is not really flawless), and Madame Thénardier will probably panic and endanger everybody else.

[halfemptyglasses]

*rubs chin in thought* Mirai would consider herself plain dangerous, as her actions in a life-threatening situation caused her foster sister's death. But then, the source of the life-threatening situation was a youmu possessing her foster sister. So she had little other choice and did what would have been the reasonable life-saving thing where she and bystanders were concerned.

But Mirai is also dangerous where her own well-being is concerned. There will come a time in her canon when the same type of youmu that possessed Yui returns, and Mirai goes out to kill it despite all Spirit World Warriors being told not to pursue it. The more I think about that situation, the more I'm convinced that Mirai might have been trying to die in that fight. Those actions lead to endangering a number of others and her license being suspended for a time.

So yeah. Mirai's dangerous, both to herself and others.

[calmhrtprevails]

Pretty much all of mine fall into the 15%, Gordon already being spoken for. It's one of the appealing elements they all have in common, for me.

[death_gone_mad]

Despite everything, Amascut is a survivalist, or rather a survivor. She survived the attentions of an Elder God and a trip across the multiverse alone, after all. Sure, she is dangerous but that is when she is the life threatening situation. She won't help others out of a bad situation unless doing so would benefit her, but she won't impede others if it would endanger her. Problem is that there are very few situations that are that dangerous, so most of the time she's free to make things worse. Also cats. So, basically a survivor dressed up as a dangerous cornered animal.

Fairy Fixit hasn't really been through life-threatening situations, just very scary with the potential of going wrong. I think though, she might be a 'survive today, panic about it tomorrow' type of person.

[mogget_cat]

Yrael is firmly in the 15%, except for that one time in canon Sameth mentioned a necromancer while Mogget was only half-asleep, which woke him up in a hurry, thinking there was a necromancer around... >_> Yrael doesn't want to talk about it.

Sunshine, at the beginning of her canon, was very much part of the 75% experiencing numb bewilderment and blank panic in life-threatening situations (like being kidnapped by a gang of vampires), but going through what she has gone through, and is going through, and will continue to go through, she has moved over into the 15% out of sheer necessity. Faced with changing or dying horribly, she decided to change. She still has to work at it, though.

Zelgadiss has always been part of the 15%. When everyone else (read: Lina) is freaking out, he's generally the one trying to come up with a plan.

[le_centre]

All of mine are in the 15%, except Bruce Banner and Pearly Soames. Bruce is the epitome of the 10%, and Pearly's in that category even when it's not a life-threatening situation.

[runningred]

Jay has been trained to deal with disasters and emergencies and is the sort to run towards the fire (or the fire fight) because that's who he is.

David would be loathed to admit it but he's most alive, most calm and clear under that sort of pressure. When Minx's cover was blown and there was a gun to her head, David stepped in and pulled the trigger without hesitation or remorse. After the war, he's become very hardened against panic.

Minx thought she was one of the 10% who would be okay but it turned out when the time came that she wasn't. She shut down with panic and is trying to work out how to come to terms with that.

Olivier acts in the moment but doesn't always cope well after. He needs time to process in the aftermath.

Diaval would be a panicking mess and a danger to himself and others.

[annalalaith]

Tegid is generally a leader in cisis. He can't afford not to be. He is the Cheif bard after all.

Tasselhoff- doesn't really feel fear at least in about the time I play him from. Later on, he learns to fear losing those he loves.

Naruto- is a fighter.

Daniel is also a fighter. He's learned this over many years of working with the SGC.

Vala is Vala.

[misslucyjane]

All of mine are in the 15%. They're all heroes, however reluctant; even Bilbo is more clever and resourceful than you'd think when looking at him. Cecil, Sadie, Merlin, Groot--they've all saved the day one way or another. And Steve, of course, is Steve, heart of a lion even when he had the body of a starved beanpole.

[death_fangirl]

Aradia was the deer-in-the-headlights type before her death. Playing Sgrub made a survivalist of her; she's a lot better at thinking on her feet post-game.

[i_am_your_host]

My first thought is that Emcee would try to save the people he cares about before himself. Like if there were a fire in the nightclub (or maybe a raid), his first thought would be for the safety of his boys and girls, no doubt about that. But if he were on his own, he'd probably freeze up.