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"Can You Handle Your Emotions?"

Emotions are... eh. We all have them, whether we want to or not. Some people have control over their emotions, and some people let their emotions control them. Where does your character fall on this spectrum? More importantly, what's their relationship with their emotions like? Do they bury everything deep, deep down inside, or are they the first one to cry over a sappy movie? Do they even know how they feel about what's going on inside? Pretty meta stuff.

• No blank top-levels.
• Instead, characters are to respond to the proposed question: can you handle your emotions? / are you in touch with your feelings?
• Get deep. Look within. Hear, think feel... or don't.

Comments

Delia Battista ✨ Star Trek OC ✨OTA, 21+ for any shipping or smut

[attackpatternbattista]

Can I handle my emotions? Am I in touch with them?

For the most part, I think the answer to both is a resounding yes. I'm a pretty emotional individual, and my passions run pretty high by default, but I don't let them completely rule me.

Even if emotions sometimes make things complicated.

Hank Anderson | Detroit: Become Human | OTA

[fuck1ngusernam3]

Am I in touch with my feelings? Are you kidding?

[He crosses his arms, sneering a little.]

Look, I left therapy for a reason, okay? Stop talking to me like I'm in first grade.

[mydriveisntfloppy]

One can always change, Lieutenant.

[ One might question if Connor knows exactly who he's talking to by saying this, if he's keeping it in mind as he processes the topic through his digital synapses. And that's the thing - he is. He's seen so much from this man that he never would have predicted from the start. He's confident that if Hank wants to change these particular things, he can. Just not so confident the man would ever want to. ]

Feelings are not going to burn you to touch and they are part of the beauty of being alive. Embrace it in yourself.

[ineedyourhelp]

Connor believes that you are in touch with your feelings. I simply wish to understand.

[And Sumo seems to like him well enough. Petting a dog is a nice experience.]

Hiroe Matsudaira | OC

[kuukokujinjanozenko]

Well, I like to think I do, and that I know myself pretty well. ...mm... although, I suppose they can be a bit surprising, sometimes. I certainly prefer to accept and learn from them, but of course there are times that's easier said than done for everybody, ne?

Matt Murdock | MCU | OTA

[thedevilsworkisneverdone]

I have enough tragedy to sink a ship so repression is the name of the game, baby.

[courier5]

That's awful glib for a repressed individual.

Aemond Targaryen | House of the Dragon

[darotisentys]

Of course I can handle my emotions. More importantly, I control them.

[aspolyhymnia]

Do you always?

[really, really?]

Gerard Keay | The Magnus Archives

[monstermanual]

All things considered I think I'm actually pretty damn well adjusted? Kinda had to figure it out on my own and I ... mostly ... can function in society and don't have nervous breakdowns on the reg. Call it a win.

shane hollander | heated rivalry

[boringcanadian]

I'm an elite athlete at the top of my game. Of course I can handle my emotions. You bring those into a game with you and you've given your opponent an immediate advantage [ which is to say: he's had years of practice at repression and denial, so-- ]

[lucieinthesky]

Can I ask which sport you play?

Lucina Masaud | OC | OTA

[lucieinthesky]

Am I in touch fully with my emotions... no, not really? Yes, my frontal lobe isn't fully developed yet and all of that but, still. I've always been... sensitive, I guess is the word. And I don't particularly like being that way, either, but I'm not sure how you stop.

renji abarai | bleach | ota

[bonecannon]

...I'm tryna be better about it.

[ This man spent 40 years avoiding a girl because of his inferiority complex. The bar was and still is under the floor. ]

[brokeassgoing]

Least you're admitting it, man. First step, or so I've heard.

Lucifer Morningstar | Obey Me | OTA

[fellfurthest]

No. Do you have any idea how much of a nightmare basic empathy is?

Okay, now imagine it in HELL.

And anyone who says they're good at it, is lying. Don't worry, there's a place for you to learn.

[athermercy]

Huuuuuh. Gotta disagree with you there. About empathy being a nightmare.

I know someone who is great at it [Death], and I think I have the gist most of the time.

Stereotypical Barbie | Barbie (2023)

[closertofine]

I'm... getting used to having them if that makes any sense.

[grit_and_glitter]

You’re making perfect sense, lass. They take getting used tae a lot when you’re in a loud world. Just take it slow, aye.

Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter | MCU

[ricochetingbullets]

That depends entirely on your definition of "handle." Let's just say they're either switched on at 100% or turned off at 0% most of the time.

[Ah, the joys and problems with being a psychopath!]

[grit_and_glitter]

Aye, 0% sounds like a sweet dream. I’ve always been too much. My 100% too loyal, too loud, too invested, cost me a uniform and the life I knew. Dinnae matter they thought chest candy would make up for it. I’d trade it all for your 0% peace. Aye, a middle ground would be better. But we both know that gets a man killed.

kiyoaki matsugae | spring snow | ota

[oldwarsfinished]

Regretfully, no one can explain my affinity toward sensitivity.

( That would be including himself. )

[misjudge]

I don't think that's such a bad thing, honestly.

wei wuxian | untamed

[ghostcraft]

Emotions? Aiya, I spent my past life being so full of such strong, negative ones, I think I'm done with acknowledging strong emotions for now.

[But he's forced to admit the truth anyway because of the nature of this little "game".]

Actually, I'm still quite emotional, I cry sometimes. It's embarrassing.

Pauline Bonheur | OC | OTA

[ribbonbon]

Of course I can! I've totally got a handle on my feelings!

[She just chooses to ignore them because her feelings aren't as important as everyone else's and to be accepted she needs to cater to the people around her.]

I'm like, so well adjusted. Totally under control.

iori motohashi | charisma house

[slavish]

Of course I can! I can hardly do my job if I'm not in control of myself.

Telrim | Animorphs OC | ota

[inside_job]

I wouldn't have lasted this long without getting a very strong grip on my emotions.

[Lv. 100 in compartmentalization, right here. Still...]

I don't ignore them. I just... deal with them.

Denny Revane | Blue Prince

[lapilliculture]

If I could handle them, do you think I would've gotten myself fired?

Yamada 💭 OC - OTA

[changeyourself]

I handle ‘em. Manhandle ‘em off the premises.

[ Yamada tries desperately not to acknowledge he has feelings. He just has jokes and don’t worry about him. He’s cracking a little these days, but being numb has served him a long time and habits are hard to break. ]

Miguel O'Hara | Spiderverse

[ninjavampire]

[ severity intensifies ]

I feel them, and then I get over it.

Next question.

The General / Mr. Villain's Day Off

[mrvillain]

I'm perfectly fine and always in control of my emotions.

Except when I need a break and something interferes with my ability to take that break. [No one has rage like a stressed man deprived of his moment of chill.]

Otherwise, I am very centered.

[fellfurthest]

[Sounds like Diavolo. Again.]

Are vacations really that useful?

kyle rayner | dc comics

[torchbearer]

I'm gonna say . . . mostly?

I have my bad moments. Which end badly for others.