He has a lot of respect for him. He is smart, and put-together, and brave, and he somehow always seems to know what he's doing? He has a lot of traits that Hurricane appreciates. He wishes he could be more like King, tbh, especially in games, where he strongly believes that King is their backbone.
They're friends, in Hurricane's book, but he would agree that they're not especially close emotionally. Lately, it feels like the only time they see each other is in games and during team meetings that make Hurricane want to crawl under a rock and never come out again. He honestly feels like he has let King down a little on both of those fronts, and the fastest way to get Hurricane to draw into himself is to have him feel like he has let someone down in some way.
He wishes they COULD do more fun things, like dumb motorcycle races, and make that cake for Dva. He still wants to learn hieroglyphics so he can write a dumb sign for his wall. He wants those things a lot. But lately it seems like it's one awful thing after the next, and the only time he sees King is when they are putting out fires from all those awful things.
Answering the bonus question that was touched on but not specifically asked: the very best way to get Hurricane to open up is to share the type of thing you want him to be open with, without any pressure to respond in kind. Then the next time he has a problem similar to the thing that you told him about, he is infinitely more likely to go, "Oh, this person talked to me about xyz problem. It's probably okay to go to them about this problem I'm having." Example: Mori came to him and cried on him about romance problems, once. If Hurricane had a romance problem after that, he absolutely would have gone to Mori with it, because Mori is safe for that, now.
He is extremely self-conscious about letting people down or not being good enough/strong enough/brave enough/smart enough. So in a way, a lot of it is, "If this person worries about this kind of thing, too, they probably won't think less of me if I admit to it." He doesn't parse it in his head exactly like that; it's not that clear-cut. But that's what it boils down to, essentially. This logic has burned him before, pretty hard, but he still tends to veer in that direction.
The other problem he has with emotional honesty is that he frankly doesn't want to talk about bad shit all the time, because they LIVE bad shit all the time. He wants to have times when he doesn't have to deal with that. He hates dealing with that. Why would he invite more of it into his life? But depending on his mood and the circumstances, that can be overcome if the first part is in place.
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He has a lot of respect for him. He is smart, and put-together, and brave, and he somehow always seems to know what he's doing? He has a lot of traits that Hurricane appreciates. He wishes he could be more like King, tbh, especially in games, where he strongly believes that King is their backbone.
They're friends, in Hurricane's book, but he would agree that they're not especially close emotionally. Lately, it feels like the only time they see each other is in games and during team meetings that make Hurricane want to crawl under a rock and never come out again. He honestly feels like he has let King down a little on both of those fronts, and the fastest way to get Hurricane to draw into himself is to have him feel like he has let someone down in some way.
He wishes they COULD do more fun things, like dumb motorcycle races, and make that cake for Dva. He still wants to learn hieroglyphics so he can write a dumb sign for his wall. He wants those things a lot. But lately it seems like it's one awful thing after the next, and the only time he sees King is when they are putting out fires from all those awful things.
Answering the bonus question that was touched on but not specifically asked: the very best way to get Hurricane to open up is to share the type of thing you want him to be open with, without any pressure to respond in kind. Then the next time he has a problem similar to the thing that you told him about, he is infinitely more likely to go, "Oh, this person talked to me about xyz problem. It's probably okay to go to them about this problem I'm having." Example: Mori came to him and cried on him about romance problems, once. If Hurricane had a romance problem after that, he absolutely would have gone to Mori with it, because Mori is safe for that, now.
He is extremely self-conscious about letting people down or not being good enough/strong enough/brave enough/smart enough. So in a way, a lot of it is, "If this person worries about this kind of thing, too, they probably won't think less of me if I admit to it." He doesn't parse it in his head exactly like that; it's not that clear-cut. But that's what it boils down to, essentially. This logic has burned him before, pretty hard, but he still tends to veer in that direction.
The other problem he has with emotional honesty is that he frankly doesn't want to talk about bad shit all the time, because they LIVE bad shit all the time. He wants to have times when he doesn't have to deal with that. He hates dealing with that. Why would he invite more of it into his life? But depending on his mood and the circumstances, that can be overcome if the first part is in place.
What is King's dream for HSS as a team?