Wednesday DE: Why program door no open

[angry_friendship_wolf]

How does your character display anger?

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[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka wears her anger on her sleeve when she feels it, but is very good about not letting it make her decisions for her...mostly.

Sabine is another who doesn't hide it. And she tends to throw things when she's angry. Sometimes she'll get very focused and single-minded, in cases where the Empire is doing bad things, she can't work through the anger, or the target for the anger is not available.

Jess screams and hits things, either the target or anyone else who she thinks needs it. She holds a lot of rage inside, tbh.

Tybalt is direct and will not hold onto his anger. The exception is with Toby, whom he will strive for patience and temperance with.

Alustin is very even headed, even while anger sparks within him. He sees anger as just another tool to his trade.

Ben goes on the verbal attack when he is anger, as rare as that is in his current state.

Wen Qing holds the anger inside if it is not an opportune time for expressing it. She will internalize it and hone it to a fine blade, ready to strike when it will be most effective. If she feels it is safe to express her anger, she will try words first and they will be curt though refined.

[zenigatcha]

Zuko: shouting and flames, though he's gotten better about both. Still, firebenders gonna fire up when they're mad.

Zenigata: depends on how he's mad: shouting and stomping if it's lupin, or some other vaguely performative thing.

if he is honest, genuinely mad -- furious, irate, ready to hurt somebody? He goes cold, and one can remember that early on he was a lot less nice and a lot more apt to shoot to kill. He's not that person anymore, but the shards of that Zenigata are still cold, and they still show up.

Lan Zhan: Cold silence, catty bitchery.

[skyhigh_seance]

Wei Wuxian has stages of anger. Usually it's a slow drop, but get him in the right mood and he'll go nuclear fairly quickly.
- a) Playful anger - Hey okay, fine yes you played a good joke but stop now, okay?
- b) Sulky anger - Ugh you're still being difficult why c'mon let's go back to being friends that was more fun.
- c) Quiet/watchful anger - Okay so you're an asshat, and potentially dangerous, and not getting the hint to stop. Geeze. Might have to step in here.
- d) Shaking/furious anger - I know I'm not supposed to start beating in heads but I really want to beat in some heads and I'm probably gripping my weapon tight enough to draw blood that's a problem. May lead to either:
d.1) Return of the Commander - oh crap this guy led people in war and still remembers how to bark orders, yeah that's more than a little terrifying or
d.2) Ghost Flautist - oh, you wanted a scary dizi-playing necromancer? NO PROBLEM, enjoy the zombie army yo.
- e) Nuclear option - When things have gone completely horribly, and the only real option is to go a little (lot) unhinged, with a lot of not-happy laughter and tons of resentful energy.

Klaus gets loud and very snarky, and then gets violent if given half a chance. See: Brawl in the veteran's bar. He's pretty hard to rile up though - usually he defaults to being sad, or panicking/running away.

Jon has two modes - a more immediate loud/shouty-ness, and he gets very quiet. And makes STUPID/violent life choices. Like buying an axe. Or [spoilers for the Carousel].

[aberration]

Hera can get into a parent-lecturey mode when she's frustrated, but it's when she's sounding calm and focused while angry that you should probably start backing away.

Kanan can raise his voice when he's angry, but he also tends to funnel his anger into complaining/mocking when he doesn't have a hold on it.

[yinyangwizard]

YT is angry under the surface a lot of the time. When she’s really angry she swears a bit more and the volume goes up.

Abe no Seimei tries very hard to control his anger because 1) wrathfulness is sinful and 2) he knows he could do a lot of damage if he really loses his temper. So when he gets very angry, he does it coldly and methodically. At minimum, he will deploy a petty but very disruptive curse (think severe, incurable constipation). At his worst he will pick apart someone’s life piece by piece.

Murderbot is low-key angry a lot of the time and will sass, cuss, and make obscene gestures. But that’s just kind of its baseline personality. It will go into a full-on berserker rage if anyone harms its clients and/or friends. And I do not mean that figuratively. Messy death and spectacular destruction will occur.

[lupintrois]

2 Variants -

Loud Shouty Arm-Wavy Anger means he's mostly frustrated but will eventually quiet down and cope. Applies frequently to Fujiko-related betrayals or cockblocking.

Cold Quiet No-Snark Anger means he is going to end not only your ass, but the ass of every descendent you have. If the snark stops, you are in trouble.