#copied (mostly) from a conversation I had with lochrann

[pepperf]

What is he thinking here? Is he stuck in memory, reliving the moment he found Eudora’s body, over and over? Is he feeling guilty, remembering how he’d urged her repeatedly to take risks, fight the bad guys, no rules, no backup? Is he thinking how he always tries to protect the people he loves, but when one of them most needed him, he was absent?

Or is he not letting himself think about his emotions at all - trying instead to focus on the crime, on trying to solve it, on what Five is up to, on anything, anything but Eudora’s death?

Those twitching hands, the readiness of his stance, that focus - he wants to get up and do something, punch someone, hunt down the ones responsible…his friends or siblings would probably tell him to cool off, there’s nothing he can do right now - but he can’t do that, he’s waiting for a clue, an idea, a next step - or the one moment of inattention that means he can escape.

He’s probably been put in time out all his life, and it has never, ever worked. He doesn’t understand why people always call him a hothead! They tell him to SIT and THINK - well he’s SAT and he’s THANK, and now he wants to be UP and DOING, to put thought into action, before he starts spiralling, thinking about all the stuff he doesn’t want to think about...

#copied (mostly) from a conversation I had with lochrann #bc she said I needed to post it :D #diego is a man of action! #he absolutely wants to be in on the planning #so long as it takes five minutes and results in a clear plan that means he can go plant Molotov cocktails already #(also I love his sticky-out ears) #diego hargreeves #tua #the umbrella academy #david castañeda