[rp] I have been gifted with pocky tag upon this rainy sunday morning... makes a big double thumbs up with my small hands

ben folds' the luckiest playing in the bg

I didn't think my response to this was going to get as real as it is getting lmfao... I see the rain's influence is here

more angst for the angst gods, etc

on a sort of navel-gaze-y note, writing this kind of nori angst always feels like a test; there are only so many times you can bracketramble about somebody not feeling worth anything before it gets stale

so I'm always trying to come up with ways to keep his self-esteem and self-talk and perception of himself dynamic and constantly shifting in small ways

fortunately it usually varies by situation so I get more to work with when it's not And Then Nori Watched A Baseball Game From The Sidelines, Yet Again, Wondering If He Would Ever Get His Turn For Real Real

I just know that angst and woe-is-me can get old real fast so I really want to keep everything as fresh as possible, but at the same time the seesawing between woe-is-me and pain-as-motivation is very intrinsic

and that woe is me oh I suck is really important to him as a character, at least canonically speaking, because he's the one holding himself back more than anyone else

I JUST REALLY HOPE IT NEVER GETS BORING