9. does your muse have any nervous habits? (biting lip, fidgeting, etc.)
10. how often does your muse find themselves daydreaming? what about?
11. how often does your muse cry? do they cry silently, privately, or out in the open?
12. what is a lesson your muse’s parent(s)/guardian taught them that they still hold onto?
random headcanon q’s
9. does your muse have any nervous habits? (biting lip, fidgeting, etc.) [x]
10. how often does your muse find themselves daydreaming? what about? [x]
11. how often does your muse cry? do they cry silently, privately, or out in the open? (also asked by @fallofiicarus - thank you! i absolutely adore your blog)
Gai has an uncanny ability to summon tears, often in "emotional outbursts" that are driven by reactions to nature/beauty, "regret", or grief.
"Regret" is particularly interesting because I think Gai often doesn't regret in the sense that he wishes he had chosen differently, but he regrets in the sense that he wishes things could have been different. There's a certain staunchness that he bears towards his philosophies and his choices. An example of this is when he uses physical discipline towards Lee. And on a slight tangent, I don't think Gai allows himself to think much about "what if"s. What's the use? He mourns what is lost, and what is, but it isn't quite a full "regret".
How often: several times a week, usually out in the open and very loudly for more trivial everyday expressions of Overwhelming Emotion!
But actual, grieving tears are probably much less frequent - in fact, I would dare say maybe never, really, once he's Past the season. He Tries not to look back. Things that make him really cry are: when his dad died, when Kakashi tells him about One of his scars, after the war, etc. And, mostly, those are in private.
12. what is a lesson your muse’s parent(s)/guardian taught them that they still hold onto? [x]
