#nimasks

[nimskull]

Hiii I saw what u wrote abt the mentally unwell player for date everything and it got me thinking Im like a total cry baby like I causally walk around my house fully sobbing how do u think the dateables would react to that? I just know fs if I ever saw them I’d be sooo embarrassed 💀

I think majority of the dateables would be concerned, not all, but most.

Like the ones who would be the most worried for you I believe would be Betty, Hector, Dorian, Freddy and quite a few others. Hector because he wishes he was able to comfort you so he works harder to provide you the comfort an AC is able to with the right temps. Betty naturally is a very caring person and her heart bleeds for you whenever you cry yourself to sleep, too exhausted to get up from her. Dorian also I think would be very concerned because as a friend, he wants you to be okay. He stands there though, ever so diligent in his job but when you're in a single room needing that time to cry, he makes sure he's tightly secured so no one can bother you during this very vulnerable state you're in. Freddy is in the same boat as Betty because he naturally is a caring person, yeah he's more calm about it but he shows great concern for you and tries his best to put you in better spirits.

Some honorable mentions that also go up in the "I really worry about you because I care about you deeply" category are Teddy, Mac, Phoenicia, Dunk, and Shelley.

[nimskull]

expanding on that idea: dateables with a mentally ill homeowner who immediately turns on their social mode when they realise that they are surrounded by people, trying to cover it all up but the dateables already know they're deeply not okay

This!!

The homeowner trying to mask constantly in their own house after realizing they're surrounded by sentient objects. They're very much in denial that they're not okay because admitting that to themselves means that they're admitting that there's something wrong with them. Even if they do know deep down that they haven't been okay in a long time, they're not ready to admit it to themselves. Especially not from their own house objects. They act defensively when objects pry, they know they just want to help but they don't need their pity.

Like no Abel, I get you're trying to uplift my burdens by having me talk about my feelings but you can't even give yourself that same grace. Shelley you're a great friend and I get that you wanna lift my spirits (Literally and figuratively), but maybe try lifting some of that pressure off of yourself first before making me a charity case etc etc.

The homeowner doesn't mean to come off as rude or spiteful, hell they're really trying their best to be nice to everyone and get along with the front they have on. It's just when they start to pry, looking at them with this sorrowful glint in their eyes like they feel bad for their situation, like they know more of their life than they let on because they quite literally have for years, the cracks in the mask start to slip. And who knows? It might crack sooner rather than later at this pace.

[nimskull]

Diana flips a very specific switch I have in my mind as a level 1 autist; the "there are autists here that are worse at regulating than I am so I'm going to have to be 'normal' so I don't take up too much space and burden the people responsible for all of us" switch, otherwise known as the switch for when I went out camping with a bunch of other autistic kids. I think that's honestly a sign of how well she was written, that she has the same effect on me that actual real people in my life have. Plus there's the euphoria of seeing someone grow and improve when you've been there yourself. I absolutely adore Diana.

I haven't finished Diana's route yet but I agree, she does have that affect!

What I really enjoy about her tho is the concept of her reflecting your own thoughts and feelings because you authored her. And depending on what you wrote in her can dicate how she acts. I just enjoy the whole thing with her, it itches the angsty part of my brain that yearns to take a glimpse of how MCs mental health affects their objects and Diana is such a perfect example of this!

[nimskull]

[Nim!! Are you still into Teagan?? I was wondering 🥲]

I still am! Trust I still have interest in Crimson Hydrangea, I just have other hyperfixations going on rn. I'll probs get back into it when Day 3 is released