Morbid Monday DE

[bjornwilde]

Your character needs to console someone they care about (or at least pretend to care about) who has had someone close to them die. How do they do this? What is their method or plan of "attack"?

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[death_gone_mad]

Amascut is the worst at this, naturally, even if somehow the person mourning was someone close to her. The only options in the afterlife she is willing to admit that exist are being eaten by her or one of her devourer beasts, or suffering eternally as an NPC in some sadist's personal heaven. If the mourner were important enough to her she might take them on a quest to the underworld/afterlife to "liberate" the dearly departed soul.

Fairy Fixit is likely way better :P She doesn't offer any words of comfort, because it is okay to feel sad after such a loss. Or even angry. Things aren't going to turn out alright or go back to normal; things will change.

She can't offer a shoulder to cry on to most people because of her size, bit she can offer a sympathetic and non-judgemental ear. And maybe a sculpture.

[cottoncandypink]

Wilford might just leave, because wow, that sounds uncomfortable as hell.

[deadeye_shot]

Canonically, Hawkeye goes along with the facade that it's "raining" on Mustang's cheeks. She doesn't offer any words of comfort or an embrace, but she does support Mustang in his hunt for the killer... Up to a certain point.

[arkadia]

Yamato gets four big shots at this in canon: Once when his brother's partner dies the first time in 01, once when everyone thinks Taichi's dead in 01, once when his brother's partner dies again in Tri, and once when everyone thinks Taichi's dead in Tri. Parallels.

In 01, he's not exactly brilliant at it. He clearly has no idea how to deal with Takeru's emotional needs, so it's mostly Jyou, Mimi, and Sora who step in to do that, and when everyone thinks Taichi's dead, his own grief makes him withdrawn and prone to lashing out at the others, and eventually leads to the group splitting. This is something of a pattern with him, since when they're all later grieving a whole bunch of friends and allies dying, he lashes out and splits the group apart again.

In Tri, he's ... better at it, insofar as he uses physical affection to comfort Takeru, and when everyone's grieving he actually gives them the space to do so instead of lashing out at them (and he keeps the group united, acting as their leader, something he tried and failed at in 01). He's still not someone you'd necessarily seek out if you want to talk over your grief, but if you want someone who'll silently listen and let you have a safe space to be emotional in, he's pretty solid.

Bonus comforting Takeru gif:




As for Eden, er.

Just don't ask Eden for consolation when someone dies. He doesn't know how to give it, and he has only a limited interest in trying.

[galen_erso]

Hannibal will cook for them; Teja will agree with them that the world is terrible, but fate must be accepted; Galen will probably suggest a technical solution. Margolotta will assure them that it will get better, Dís will give them some dwarfish weaponry and secretly think their problem or grief is insignificant compared to what her people and family went through. Only Father Harman will listen helpfully as he has studied how to when he went through Formation.