DEADLINE open thread. Have a party.

I wondered if Shaun realizes how badly they fucked up the inside of his head, especially where his grief-reactions were concerned. I mean, not to sound callous, but in this nightmare world of theirs, is there *anyone* left who hasn't lost a major chunk of their heart to KA fatalities? I'll grant that someone like Shaun, who only ever *had* one important interpersonal relationship, far as I can tell, has lost more than just the average bereaved lover/sibling/whatever, but still. He just careens from damn-near catatonia to insane rage and back. Sounds like just the sort of unhealthy reaction you'd learn from a set of parents who replaced every emotion with either 'get the story' or 'go numb.' That's almost the worst crime on their parental rap sheet, that kind of emotional rape.