Why Idas Default State Is Kinda Cold Whereas Bastion Is A Lot More Open To Overt Fawning. - Tumblr Posts

Ida might seem pretty cold in some of the scenarios I lay out but keep in mind that A. Bastion is a spider monster that wants to eat her. And B. Ida didn’t exactly get a lot of positive reinforcement for showing affection or warmth to others before she started squatting in the Manor. She’s really fucking bad at outward displays of affection or really any form of weakness, she can’t even properly emote fear because doing so would have just gotten her hurt in her previous environment. What she is good at is extreme actions to express feelings I.e. self-sacrifice, protection Or seemingly small gestures that are actually really huge when you realise how thoroughly she’s been discouraged from engaging with affect. Bastion meanwhile has never really had the chance to love someone but he’s also never been utterly discouraged from such a thing because back before he existed as he does now people didn’t even realise he had the capacity to be attached. So they didn’t really squash down on that part of him.