empataManuel de la Rocha (Empath)Date: 2025-01-12 12:06 am (UTC)
HI HELLO.
From my end, Manuel's instinct would be to turn the gang of armed thieves against each other. Get them all riled up and fighting among themselves so the team can focus on Jack. Who he can't do shit against anyway. 😌 You guys have got this, right?
With regard to Scott himself, Manuel would've immediately clocked Scott's emotions and intentions. So he could've pushed for the team to try talking to him instead. Also on hand to do some subtle emotional pushing to getting him calmer and more willing to listen to a bunch of strangers, but would've backed off on that front if given the look from Emma or Kurt.
(ALSO, working on getting this added to the calendar! Thank you for your patience~)
seeingredscott summers ⊗ cyclopsDate: 2025-01-12 01:02 am (UTC)
scott having spent weeks watching this man mind control people and then being rescued by people who also deploy something that looks like mind control...
i love this. 🥺 even as a 15-year-old, scott was pretty stoic on the outside so i think it helped A LOT that manny was able to see his fear and worry and turn it down so scott would listen to them
empataManuel de la Rocha (Empath)Date: 2025-01-12 02:19 am (UTC)
It's deeply unfortunate for Scott that 1/3 of the original team is morally gray people with mental powers. SORRY, BUD.
♥ :'))) Baby Scott. However he feels about Manny's powers later down the line, I could see where it'd be a big help in that moment, yeah. He had some big emotional hurdles to get over. And even Manny can genuinely empathize with a scared mutant kid in a terrible situation, so he was glad it shook out the way it did.
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Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
From my end, Manuel's instinct would be to turn the gang of armed thieves against each other. Get them all riled up and fighting among themselves so the team can focus on Jack. Who he can't do shit against anyway. 😌 You guys have got this, right?
With regard to Scott himself, Manuel would've immediately clocked Scott's emotions and intentions. So he could've pushed for the team to try talking to him instead. Also on hand to do some subtle emotional pushing to getting him calmer and more willing to listen to a bunch of strangers, but would've backed off on that front if given the look from Emma or Kurt.
(ALSO, working on getting this added to the calendar! Thank you for your patience~)
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
i love this. 🥺 even as a 15-year-old, scott was pretty stoic on the outside so i think it helped A LOT that manny was able to see his fear and worry and turn it down so scott would listen to them
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
♥ :'))) Baby Scott. However he feels about Manny's powers later down the line, I could see where it'd be a big help in that moment, yeah. He had some big emotional hurdles to get over. And even Manny can genuinely empathize with a scared mutant kid in a terrible situation, so he was glad it shook out the way it did.