Player: Katy Character/Username: savedbyasong Prior to coming to LifeAftr, what is an aspect of your character that they struggled with - be it a shortcoming, a fear, a bad habit, or eccentricity?
So the obvious one is his rage. When certain people he cares about are in danger he enters what is essentially a berserk state losing control. In general Shion is not great at understanding or controlling his emotions and it is something he struggles with.
The other is the fact of his own privileged. On leaving No.6 he realised that he had lived a life of luxury whilst others starved. Especially those who have lived difficult lives. They deserve all the things and he deserves none of the things because he spent his whole life having so much and nothing he does can actually make up for that. This is all muddled up with the fact that reality=suffering and that real life is meant to be painful or is it even real? This has led to him subconiously deciding that he deserves everything that has happened since.
What do they struggle with now? Is it the same as the above?
It is very much the same. He has made some attempts to deal with the anger, it’s an ongoing thing. He has made no attempts to deal with the guilt because he feels he should feel guilty. He’s a little better at… actually helping people rather than just going the immediate kindest thing.
He’s also coming to terms with how not okay he is in general, he has no idea how to deal with anything that has happened to him outside of pushing on and keep trying to get stronger until it can’t hurt him any more.
What personal demons, specifically, haunt your character from canon or from past game experiences?
Killing Reno. Out of everything he has done or has been done to him this is the one that causes him the most guilt. Because it was him. He wasn’t under any mind influence, it wasn’t an experiment or a game. It was just Shion. Our of control, killing the person who had saved him numerous times over, who even then he saw as a father.
And that Reno forgave him, indeed thanked him for it is something he still cannot get his head round. He did something unforgivable and feels like he suffered no consequences for it. Worse than that he is so relieved, because if Reno had hated him Shion knows he would not have been strong enough to cope.
What is the type of person your character hopes to become? He wants to become a strong person. Someone like Nezumi, like Reno or like Gladio. He wants to become someone who can help others and shield them from harm.
What is the type of person you hope your character will become?
I want Shion to learn that he is already strong enough. That his strengths are his kindness and his patience and that he doesn’t need to be someone else. He can just be himself.
I’d also like him to forgive himself. To understand that just because he was born in privilege it does not mean that he cannot be upset or angry about things that have happened to him. That he has as much right to be angry about hurt done to him as he is about hurt done to others. I’d like him to realise that no matter where he was born or how long he was kept in ignorance the person he chose to be when he learned the truth is what is important. He’s not an awful person.
Do any of the Seven Deadly Sins or Virtues stand out as applicable to your character? Why?
Kindness- Shion is incredibly kind sometimes to a fault. Fortitude – Despite everything Shion doesn’t give up. He is able to keep going even when things are hard. Wrath- The aforementioned rage issues, triggered by those he cares about most being hurt (currently hurting Nezumi, Aster or Connor will make him berserk).
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Character/Username: savedbyasong
Prior to coming to LifeAftr, what is an aspect of your character that they struggled with - be it a shortcoming, a fear, a bad habit, or eccentricity?
So the obvious one is his rage. When certain people he cares about are in danger he enters what is essentially a berserk state losing control. In general Shion is not great at understanding or controlling his emotions and it is something he struggles with.
The other is the fact of his own privileged. On leaving No.6 he realised that he had lived a life of luxury whilst others starved. Especially those who have lived difficult lives. They deserve all the things and he deserves none of the things because he spent his whole life having so much and nothing he does can actually make up for that. This is all muddled up with the fact that reality=suffering and that real life is meant to be painful or is it even real? This has led to him subconiously deciding that he deserves everything that has happened since.
What do they struggle with now? Is it the same as the above?
It is very much the same. He has made some attempts to deal with the anger, it’s an ongoing thing. He has made no attempts to deal with the guilt because he feels he should feel guilty. He’s a little better at… actually helping people rather than just going the immediate kindest thing.
He’s also coming to terms with how not okay he is in general, he has no idea how to deal with anything that has happened to him outside of pushing on and keep trying to get stronger until it can’t hurt him any more.
What personal demons, specifically, haunt your character from canon or from past game experiences?
Killing Reno. Out of everything he has done or has been done to him this is the one that causes him the most guilt. Because it was him. He wasn’t under any mind influence, it wasn’t an experiment or a game. It was just Shion. Our of control, killing the person who had saved him numerous times over, who even then he saw as a father.
And that Reno forgave him, indeed thanked him for it is something he still cannot get his head round. He did something unforgivable and feels like he suffered no consequences for it. Worse than that he is so relieved, because if Reno had hated him Shion knows he would not have been strong enough to cope.
What is the type of person your character hopes to become? He wants to become a strong person. Someone like Nezumi, like Reno or like Gladio. He wants to become someone who can help others and shield them from harm.
What is the type of person you hope your character will become?
I want Shion to learn that he is already strong enough. That his strengths are his kindness and his patience and that he doesn’t need to be someone else. He can just be himself.
I’d also like him to forgive himself. To understand that just because he was born in privilege it does not mean that he cannot be upset or angry about things that have happened to him. That he has as much right to be angry about hurt done to him as he is about hurt done to others. I’d like him to realise that no matter where he was born or how long he was kept in ignorance the person he chose to be when he learned the truth is what is important. He’s not an awful person.
Do any of the Seven Deadly Sins or Virtues stand out as applicable to your character? Why?
Kindness- Shion is incredibly kind sometimes to a fault.
Fortitude – Despite everything Shion doesn’t give up. He is able to keep going even when things are hard.
Wrath- The aforementioned rage issues, triggered by those he cares about most being hurt (currently hurting Nezumi, Aster or Connor will make him berserk).