oh yeah no Chibnall's writing is trash, but 13 is very much Acceptance of the mess that was the Time War and her previous incarnations' attempts to square with their collective past
IDK Trunks well enough to gauge, myself ......but Chichi probably would, I'm pretty sure she has that "I'll play along where you're the expert but if this gets stupid I'm not afraid to smack you" energy
Look, Ten is only the second most complicated, second most violent, second most alien-race-ending crazy person Trunks would have tried to bond with and he's a lot nicer than the other one
Right. There's shared memories and obviously the core framework is still intact. But that framework is what was traumatized by the War, so it still makes a lot of sense, I suppose.
LATE BUT. Yeah. Aelienor got a shock when she saw how someone who lived purely for the sake of his responsibilities to others wound up so hollow and utterly snapping when he lost the last person he was close to, and realized that if she keeps trying to cling to 'constantly keep myself busy with responsibilities' as a coping method, she's going to
Which, coupled with her guilt complex manifesting and trying to kill her, is why she realizes your forgiveness of others doesn't mean much if you can't forgive yourself, too.
It was a bit crowded at the time, but Aelienor knows enough about gun safety to want to make sure he understands just why he needs to get a handle on his impulsive behavior around them.
Aelienor has been through a lot of trauma, poor coping methods, and realizing how awful her coping methods are in just the past two years, so she's...remarkably mature for not even being 30.
When she was in a forest, she'd throw pinecones at an ancient, immortal sorcerer of indescribable power whenever he was especially rude or condescending!
of course, they're not actually stages, but never mind that, call'em the five stages of griefemotional support animalcompanion, he gets way more murdery than he is at any other timeThat one usually takes slightly longer but it inevitably shows up as well