Just wanted to pop by and say THANK YOU for that meta explaining that Lew wasn't The Only One Drinking in the 506th; that's one of my fandom pet peeves.
Yeah, it's my pet peeve, too.
Like. Listen. I'm not saying STOP exploring Nix's behaviors as self-destructive and alcoholic. If done with enough nuance, it's fun! Especially in post-war pieces. God knows I adore Spell of Riot, a winnix fic about Nix recovering from alcoholism literally decades after the war itself. It's one of my favorites. Go wild, who am I to tell you what not to put in your fics... or whatever.
What I am saying, though, is don't confine yourself to just that. Maybe. Just maybe. We should also explore Everybody Else as a fucking drunk disaster, too? And maybe also stop sacrificing all the nuance in characters and turning them into a collection of one-dimensional traits, ya know? Keep that to shit posts. Don't let it taint your understanding of the text omg WHO said that????
Dude when my social battery runs out there’s like no warning. I don’t get the 20% warnings it’s just I’ll be enjoying my time and then all of a sudden if one more word is spoken I’m going to kill myself and everyone around me.