Hey I was wondering how your skeleton boys would react/go about a friend/so who had started to recluse themselves. Losing interest in engaging in any social interactions via feeling unimportant?? If you dont wanna answer this, thats cool. I love your work and how you draw makes me really happy btw! Keep doing you Egg!
First off, I totally get the feeling. I feel like all of us do. Anon, if you’re having a tough time don’t be afraid to reach out to friends or attempt to get help. 174174 is the crisis texting hotline, it’s helped me and several people I know. Take good care of yourself.
Maw: He would be highly concerned for them. He would make sure to give them their space at first, assuming that they’re just socially burnt out but if it lasts a lot longer than that he would attempt to confront them about it. Just soft little nudges, to try and help them feel better. Little texts here and there, bringing them food and home-cooked meals as often as possible. Just to try and cheer them up.
Doom: He is unsure of what is wrong and is possibly the worst person to find out this sort of ‘problem.’ But that doesn’t mean he won’t find his own way to help. He would come to their residence and demand they tell him why he hasn’t seen them as of late. Eventually, through his persistence, he would learn of their self-doubt and insist that he takes them on social outings. This isn’t a choice, but it’s the best he can do to help them feel better.
Smoke: He would have picked up on it immediately, he’s very good at picking up when someone’s emotions are even slightly out of wack. It comes naturally when you can tell if someone’s lying by the twitch of the eye. He’d make sure to approach them carefully and be as understanding as he can be. Offer to buy them something just to get them out and about.
Slick: He’s not that great with telling if something is wrong, but after a couple of weeks even he would pick up on it. Would try and call them, a few texts here and there, but nothing to make them uncomfortable. He is sure to contact them and call, anything to make sure they’re okay. Eventually, he just tries to set up some sort of night out. Anything to get them out of the house.
Pumpkin: He knows the feeling, he can sympathize and picks up on it when they even barely started showing signs of such feelings. All he can do is offer support and small little invitations here and there that he’s more than happy to allow them to refuse. He just wants them to feel better and since he isn’t so sure how to do that even for himself, all he can do is offer support.
Jack: He’s definitely one to sympathize and does as much research as possible to see if it’s any different for humans than it is to monsters. Next, he organizes a movie night. Going over to their house so they don’t have to leave and building a nice little fort of pillows and blankets in the living room to watch Ghibli movies and forget all the bad feelings. He isn’t the best at confronting the problem head-on, but he’s a hell of a whizz at distractions.
