roguesquadron | hurt/comfort meme

the hurt/comfort meme

It is in times of distress that hope is truly found. How you handle those periods of duress is a mark of character. Whether you're the one in pain, providing sanctuary, or even if that ache is mutual, hurt/comfort is all about empathy. Connecting with the people around you.

Instructions:

→ Post with your character (note name, canon [if relevant], and preferences in the subject line).
→ Others reply by either generating a number between 1-21 for a prompt, ~~or go off script, I'm not the boss of you~~.
→ Go forth and connect.

Options:

o1. injury: somehow, you've been injured. the severity, whether a mortal wound or "just a scrape" is up to you.
o2. sickness: thinking of calling out of work today? chances are you've got a common bug...or worse.
o3. fear & anxiety: careful where you throw that "scared to death" nonsense...it might just be an omen.
o4. loss of senses: you're missing one of those fundamental six senses, whether it's your sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste, or the Force.
o5. despair: the idea of hope looks more and more like a pipe dream right now.
o6. breakup: and we are never ever ever ever getting back together. ever.
o7. makeup: but you called me up again tonight...
o8. rescued: it's time for one of you to get your damsel in distress on.
o9. bad romance: i knew you were trouble when you walked in.
1o. loss: one of you has just experienced a loss of some kind; can you cope?
11. insanity: for whatever reason, "reason" is lost to you. you're seeing and hearing things. sometimes dead people.
12. tired/insomnia: is it the caffeine or the fact that you never leave your damned senatorial office? whether it's just lack of sleep or lack of energy, this exhaustion is bone-deep.
13. addiction: something's got you hooked, and you might just need a helping hand to give it some distance.
14. nightmares: okay, now you're definitely seeing dead people. do you dare go back to sleep?
15. blackmail: you've been caught and the evidence is compromising. do you seek help or vengeance?
16. separation/homesickness: whatever it is, the nostalgia's got you missing something (or someone) awfully.
17. betrayal: your trust has been violated, but is it a real or imagined slight?
18. stranded: you're stuck. maybe someone crashed your only ship for the 50th damn time. are you sure this isn't reality tv?
19. sins & guilt: the weight of your past deeds is like holding a world on your shoulders. maybe it's time to seek some help, atlas.
2o. secret: loose lips sink spaceships.
21. wildcard: "take your script and shove it, meme."

[adapted and remixed from here.]

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[Something was wrong.]

[The return back to the Temple after a mission completed, regardless of its success or lack thereof, is supposed to be a moment of peace; an unburdening of one's charge in exchange for the peace and tranquility the Jedi's home provided. Qui-Gon and Anakin had done well on their latest assignment, restoring peace to a planet on the brink of war with another in its system. Yet his young apprentice seemed... off, for lack of a better word.]

[They'd just finished debriefing the Council and were on the way to their respective rooms when Qui-Gon pulled Anakin aside, concern furrowing his brow.]

Is everything alright?

[Even after all of these years, he isn't entirely sure if he should confess the problem. It's been made clear by the Order time and again that his attachments shouldn't be a priority (and by now, should be under control to such an extent that they may as well exist).

Regardless of the expectation, however, he worries. And has been for long enough that he'd thought he had it successfully downplayed. But if Master Jinn is pointedly pulling him aside...maybe he's the one who hasn't been downplaying much of anything.

His face contorts into a grimace, and for a moment, all he can do is stare at the floor. It's nothing, he wants to say. It's nothing, and I'll do better. But those words don't come. He simply continues to stare at the floor until he screws his eyes shut and huffs out a frustrated sigh.]

Why do I feel like this if I'm not supposed to?

[Qui-Gon has dealt with enough Padawans, his own and otherwise, to experience a range of emotions and the frustration that could sometimes come with them. The answer with each one had been patience, and that's exactly how Qui-Gon approaches Anakin's question and the feelings linked to it now.]

The idea that we are not 'supposed' to feel has done more harm than good for the Jedi Order.

[It's an opinion that he's never thought to hide from the Council or otherwise.]

That being said, if you could expand upon your emotions, we may be able to work together towards an answer.

hurt/comfort meme

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