tired tuesday

[inlovewithwords]

Your character has hit their physical limit. They have already collapsed or needed medical attention--whether from exhaustion, injury, whatever the cause.

Do they let themselves recuperate in a reasonable fashion? Do they push themselves too hard through that into a worse state? How do they recover from that low?

Comments

[cutting_edgex23]

*looks at X*

*looks at most recent canon for X*

Uh. She pushes until the task is finished or she dies. Literally. Uh.

[just_cant_lose]

...she actually dies???? Whaaaaaaaat. 0_0

[cutting_edgex23]

Yep, but they resuscitate her and she's fine! Just. She kept on taking up this alien plague to cure people, and didn't stop until they were all okay, and that overloaded her system and killed her! But she's fine now, promise!

[just_cant_lose]

Hurrah! *relief* Even Jim was like, 'well, fuck that' about the prospect of actual X-death. :D

[cutting_edgex23]

*is torn between 'awwwww' and a weary 'of course he'd miss their sort-of-game*

Hee.

[just_cant_lose]

Of course he would! He might be genuinely sad she wouldn't be around to distract him also. Or pissed off that she'd be there all the time to get in his way. :D

[foolyoutwice]

nooo, don't die X

[cutting_edgex23]

She's okay, I promise! They resuscitated her and everything! Just, you know. Even Apocalypse respects her determination and commitment. Uh.

[just_cant_lose]

If he gets to the point of physical collapse, he'll retreat into himself until he feels ready to re-emerge. If he's tired/injured enough for his brainpower to take a hit, he'll close off until he's recovered enough for his mind to work as it should again.

And as soon as he's mentally up and running, he'll be a sodding nightmare, especially if his physical recovery doesn't keep pace and he's forced to stay in one place for a bit. God, he'd just be the worst patient, I can't even.

[idontneedluck]

Chirrut is the Worst Patient. He doesn't do well with forced inactivity and tends to insist that he's fine (he's not fine).

From experience? He'll get better because Baze is sitting on him.

[foolyoutwice]

Loki will push through a lot, but he does know when it's time to regroup and find another plan while he can still get back on his feet. (Like, after being comprehensively smashed by Hulk and surrounded by Avengers.)

[just_cant_lose]

...you've totally just reminded me that Loki should meet Banner at some point. And that I should push Banner up through Avengers canon.

[foolyoutwice]

Yasss, they should meet. And yasss, I need to figure out how to coordinate some canon stuff too. When is Banner at?

[just_cant_lose]

Banner was last seen heading off to India pre-Avengers, so I could move him up or hold him back as required, really.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

I've been meaning to do a "where are we all at" entry at marvelways. Thanks for the reminder.

[bjornwilde]

BTW, a fun Toth/Djuety animation you need to see.

[foolyoutwice]

:D I love it!

[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka will keep going until the job or battle is done, or a superior officer (i.e. Anakin, or maybe even Rex) tells her she's done enough. She will push at the bounds of any recop time to get back in action.

Sabine will keep going as long as the present mission requires. She knows the tactical value of taking care of yourself though, and so will rest or medicate as the opportunity presents itself. I think she'd be a good patient, using the time to draw or sketch, until she perceives that she's needed.

Selina will go as long as is needed to get someplace safe and then hole up to take care of herself.

[cottoncandypink]

If Wilford's in the middle of something, he'll muscle through on all the coke and caffeine he can handle, and then go pass out the first chance he gets. If he's hit this point because of stupidity, or he just hasn't slept in four days, he's more than happy to let someone else take care of things while he goes and passes out somewhere.

[a_conversation]

Garnet: LOL, what physical limit. She's made of rock.

That said, she can be poofed or unfused, and she will take her time regenerating/sorting through what caused the problem in in a reasonable fashion.

Brienne: let herself recuperate if there's time and nothing is happening around her. But if there's someone who needs her help or some question of honor involved, she will push herself and damn the consequences. And then recover later, unless her injury is fatal.

Fantine: let herself recuperate if she's at all able, though canon put her in a situation where she didn't have the resources to and had to keep pushing herself to the point of fatal illness for her daughter's sake. But that doesn't represent her preferred course, which would be to rest and recover.

Combeferre: tries to keep pushing himself. There are books to read, experiments to conduct, patients to treat, governments to overthrow. He will eventually realize he's being silly, especially if it's pointed out to him by someone else or if he makes himself worse. But his first inclination will always be to push himself.

Jehan Prouvaire: He might try to push himself if some tempting experience presented itself, but on the whole, he behaves sensibly and lets himself recover.

[iprotectyou]

Baze is only slightly better than Chirrut when it comes to Worst Patient status. So much of their lives were spent fighting an occupation, that Baze never really had time to recover when he pushed himself--and he pushed himself a lot.

When he was at the temple--and now, at Milliways--he lets himself relax. After all, Chirrut needs him, and he can't collapse in a heap and leave Chirrut by himself to haul Baze up to their rooms.

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

Actual canon line from Steve: "If they kill you ... walk it off." Of course, anything that hurts him would kill a regular person, so his perspective is a bit skewed. He also heals quickly when he is injured, and he doesn't get sick. Give him a day or two, depending, and he'll be back to normal.

Sherlock will push himself to the point of collapse on a regular basis. In Millicanon, at least, he loves being coddled when he has reached the point of collapse.

[dwellsinthedetails]

That depends on the reason. If it's because of Metaverse shenanigans, Yusuke goes straight home and sleeps, because that stuff's exhausting.

If it's because he's in the Art Zone and forgot to eat... he's going until he's done or passes out... oops.

[i_am_your_host]

Emcee has pushed himself to the brink with a combination of overworking and drugs (a very bad coping mechanism). It will take someone or a group of someones to physically drag him out of that routine if it happens again. And they will have to stick by him and watch him like a hawk or else he's not going to take care of himself. He would then rather be alone at this point, and he has often spent such time alone and locked away from everyone so they don't have to deal with him when he's like this. The only way he recovers is if he's inspired to do something creative.

Pam has been tortured with silver and starved and sleep-deprived, but she handled it like a fucking champ. So I would say that she wouldn't push herself unless it was necessary. She's way too lazy for that. She's a vampire so physically recovering is mostly (usually) easy, and mentally she's hardcore.

If Floki is injured in battle he will still fight like hell. However, he's a terrible patient. And I just had a very pleasant flashback to the time Athelstan-mun and I brought an injured and cranky Floki into Milliways in a wheelchair because it had to be done. Good times.

Cassidy is a precious cinnamon roll who needs kisses and attention and alcohol when he's injured. Like, that pic is the best summary of him when his insides have been torn out or he's been stabbed through the neck or something. Oh, right, and also blood, lots of blood, preferably heated and in a cup, thank you.