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[inlovewithwords]

Does your character ever apologize or attempt to make some kind of amends/reparation for their actions? If so, how?

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[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka is flawless and never does anything wrong. OK, actually she does make mistakes. Looking at canon, especially that scene with Vader, I'd say she accepts responsibility for her actions and attempts to make amends by altering her behavior when she can.

Jess likely says lightly snarky things at first to attempt to lighten the mood but becomes serious with that doesn't work. She will be open and honest, willing to put action to words if it doesn't go against who she is.

That's all I am getting right now.

[zenigatcha]

Zuko has learned to apologize a lot and well. He recognizes his flaws, learned to cop to them, and generally be better. He strives to alter behavior that may have hurt others now that he's learned to be a better person. Young Zuko? Yeaaaaaaaaah he didn't do any of that.

Zenigata is incredibly Japanese in his dealing with apology; relationships will determine how he handles it, and his relation to them in the chain of command/their status in society. He also accepts punishment for his actions (such as being demoted for, you know, violating a nation's sovreignity to pursue Lupin while being LIVESTREAMED, putting into question all his actions with Lupin.)

However he will never, ever apologize to lupin and his crew. You'd get him to pull out his own teeth faster than apologize to them... unless he's drunk. Drunk Zenigata is far more open to his actual emotions than sober Zenigata is.


Lan Zhan? Apologize? Yes. Formally, as required by position and status. However, if he doesn't think he's actually done anything wrong, he may ignore protocol, or he may be extremely petty about it. Bowing and apologizing as backhandedly as possible. "Oh, sorry I did the thing. I'm sure you understand my sincerity [blah blah bullshit reason blah blah blah.]" All the while he's plotting something as petty as possible to get his little revenges. Lan Zhan is not a man to cross.

[alongfallfromgrace]

Wei Wuxian has a complicated relationship with apologies. He has apologized for a lot of things that weren't really apology-worthy or even truly his fault as a child because of his status (or lack there-of) of not being the son of a clan leader, but being treated like the son of a clan leader, and then having the unmitigated gall to be very good at what he does. As he gets older, he becomes much more resistant to giving apologies for things he feels he hasn't done, or don't require apologies. This... leads to problems. Doesn't everything? But he will still offer apologies at the drop of a hat for people he loves and respects, often for things that really don't need apologizing for, but... well. Boy's got problems all the way through.

Klaus apologizes ALL the time. He means it (almost) none of the time.

Jon doesn't apologize lightly, so when he does, he means it.

[ceitfianna]

Cassian, it depends on the action. Anything against the Empire, not really but his own personal issues in terms of them can be very harsh. He can tell you the name of every person he's had to leave behind or kill because it was for the good of the mission. When it comes to missions, he's good at taking responsibility, part of that is he's very much an analyst and seeing what went wrong helps them work better. This just all kind of eats away at him as show in the hangar scene or there's a line in the novelization where he thinks well, if he kills Galen then Jyn will kill him and that will be a fair death.

Quentin has had to learn a lot about making things better since he's started spending time with Toby. Fae aren't always the best at feeling bad for what they do but as someone learning to be a noble, taking responsibility matters.

Charles could be so much better than he is since he understands making amends and apologizing but he doesn't always do it when he needs to.

Sameth is very good about it, I think its something his family not only taught him but also his school. Being a good prince and good man to him means taking care.

Will is another one who's good at it because that's the kind of community he grew up in. You take care of each other and try and make things right though he does have some weird guilt mixed in there.

William's okay at it, not something that I think has come up a lot for him.

Moist, haha, no he's awful at it and only does it when the other choice is death and then it really takes Spike calling him on it, for him to get it.

Demeter, it depends on the situation, none of her family are great at apologizing or trying to fix things, but she does try.

Ivan, oh Ivan's really good at this and its something he's done a lot of his life. Also something that's very much been trained into him.

Tumnus is too hard on himself but definitely is aware of what he's done wrong and tries to fix things.

[thebattycakes]

Cisco - He is the type to try and smooth things over first by cracking jokes and making light of a situation. Which can make things worse. After that he'll break and he will give a sincere apology. And then probably crack another joke because awkward tension is something he can't handle.

Barry - Barry will go to great lengths to apologize and make amends. He can get a little set in his way of thinking and sometimes it takes someone else pointing out to him that he's in the wrong, but when he realizes he's at fault he's very quick to apologize. Unfortunately that sometimes kicks over into trying too hard to make up for a mistake and he either exacerbates a situation or creates a whole new set of problems. It can be very hard for Barry to not want to "fix" things and sometimes he really has to slow down to find the proper solution or come to terms with the fact that there may not be one.

Matt - No. The fact that Matt is stubborn as hell and practically incapable of talking about his feelings means apologizing just isn't something he does. His form of 'making amends' usually comes after he's gone to great lengths to NOT face whatever the problem is and it's more people forgive him because they care about him than he's actually done any sort of reparation. The closest he probably comes to trying to make up for anything is Confession, and then he goes almost never and usually comes straight out and does the thing again, so...

Logan - Also a no. Logan is a grouchy old man and he is who he is. He's better at giving off the vibe of being sorry, and depending on who he's dealing with he'll check himself, but the words 'I'm sorry' don't get said a whole lot.