terrible tuesday de

[inlovewithwords]

Following up yesterday:

Who does your character go to when they need comfort in times of loss, and what kind of comfort do they need?

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[iprotectyou]

Baze goes to Chirrut. The larger Jedhan mostly needs held and petted and reassured that everything will be okay.

Autor would go to Rae, but usually doesn't. I don't know what kind of comfort he'd take, which is why he hasn't gone to her. He's pretty bad at accepting comfort anyway.

[sunbaked_baker]

*snugz an Autor*

Sunshine would hug him, and listen if he wanted to talk, and then would seek some project they could work on together, to keep his hands occupied while giving his mind some time to work through and process his grief/worries/etc..

... I imagine croissants would be a good choice. Or baklava, or homemade eclairs. Something physically complicated but sweet to enjoy after all that work.

[herr_bookman]

Aww, that's great. That would probably really help. Not to get overly emo, but Autor is afraid to open the can of worms that is loss, for fear that he'd never recover. So he bottles everything. Eventually, his grief will come out, and that will be nasty.

[bjornwilde]

Sabine: Art and throwing helmets. Space seems to be what she needs, though I could be wrong. I haven't processed much with her beyond what canon gives us. As much as she's an extrovert, she pretty private with her feeling.

[i_am_your_host]

All of my characters are 'deal with it on your own' types and don't deliberately seek people out for comfort and consolation.

Emcee prefers liquor and sex. Depending on who ends up in bed with him, he may break down and talk/cry with them.

Cassidy prefers much the same thing. Plus really strong drugs.

Floki has his work to occupy him, and it was the will of the gods anyway. Helga provides him with support in her own ways that he will understand and appreciate.

Loss doesn't affect Pam unless it's Eric, and she will be angry about it before she shows any sadness. And like hell she's going to talk about her feelings with anyone.

[run_barry]

Joe.

Later on in canon Barry will start to lean on Iris more and she'll be a rock for him (and she has in the past as well), but Joe West will always be the one Barry turns to when things are at their worst.

Joe has been and will always be the solid presence and father figure Barry needs. He is the one who will always believe in Barry and be there for him, no matter what.

As for the comforts Barry needs, hugs and lots of them (Joe hugs are the best hugs, fact), a shoulder to cry on and the chance to let it all out, and reassurance, the promise that things will be okay.

Also, advice, but when he's in a place to actually listen and process it. Barry can be really bad at not listening to things when he's in an overly emotional state.

What he doesn't need is space. Whenever Barry seeks space he's very much not alright and won't be alright until someone (usually Joe) pushes Barry to confront whatever is and acknowledge that he doesn't need to be left alone, he needs to surround himself by the people who care.

[for_everyone]

Kanan's answer is, unsurprisingly, Hera. At first because there weren't that many other sympathetic ears around, and then once they gained a crew, because he kind of has to be the Adult Who Knows What He's Doing to everyone else.

Hera, if she were going to go to someone else, would be Kanan. But she can also have a tendency to be the Adult Who Knows What She's Doing to everyone, including Kanan. He's definitely the person she's most likely to be vulnerable around, but at the same time, she also has the ingrained feeling that she has to be very self-sufficient and can't put her need for comfort on others.

[cottoncandypink]

This is a tough one, because Wilford doesn't really have those emotions. He just gets angry and beats something up. If he went to anybody, it would be Nichola or Billy. He'd probably sulk on their couch for a day or two, once he was done beating something up.