hurt/comfort meme

[ex_rebelyell669]

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.]

Comments

[sithkabobed]

[There's nothing more to be said.]

[There isn't any spoken word that can file down the ragged edges of Ezra's still new, still very raw pain. There's only solidarity brought through understanding and their connection through a wide expanse greater and larger than any single person in the entire galaxy. As such, Qui-Gon taps into the Force and asks for a fortification of physical and emotional strength. The former becomes more important with each passing moment as Ezra's lassitude starts to settle in. At this point, anything that Qui-Gon can do to not disturb the boy further takes priority over his own comfort. Ezra needs to rest, he doesn't.]

[His eyes flutter shut as he slips into meditation, still keeping Ezra close to his chest as the young Jedi continues to grasp at him like a lifeline. Sleep, spurred by emotional taxation and physical exertion, threatens to take over, but Qui-Gon continues to hold it at bay. Meditation allows for a middle ground, a balance. The same balance that he knows he and Ezra will have to rely on to get them through the tumultuous times ahead.]

[But he doesn't need to think about that now. Ever in the present, Qui-Gon knows he can't afford to waste time and energy dwelling on a future nobody can ever truly know. What can he do? He can sit here and wait. He can stay still and keep a silent vigil over a hurting child who only wanted a place to call home and a means to do good in the world.]

[He can provide that tiniest chance that springs an entire galaxy of hope.]