#i do get happy when my sis points out smth in my art n compliments it! i get giddy n i stim. but i do forget the compliments-

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How does sparrows feel about compliments? do they make her happy or her insecurities make it hard to accept that people think positively of her?

depends on who they come from!

from strangers on the internet, she disregards them cuz it's only the internet. at first she used to get flustered but then she thought about it n just -shooing motion-. the idea is that you don't know her and she isn't supposed to be loved and treasured by the society, so it has to be a lie

from strangers on the cities' streets, she gets uncomfortable. because she doesn't know them, this is high circle people who don't understand- who benefit from this wretched system and also gave her those insecurities in the first place. if it's a Child that compliments her though, that's hard to disregard in some way. so she flushes, giggles and thanks them with a little bow

back in her home farm district where she knows everyone, compliments are just part of the conversation. they don't mean much more than a pat on the back. they are more action based down there. wanna show your gratitude or appreciation, you take the other for a trip to spend quality time together or for dinner or give a gift

when one of her siblings compliments her, she suspects they did smth wrong n r trying to ease their incoming punishment. compliments r again kind of... far on the side- when they actually compliment her work for smth she smiles at them n goes on about her work when Inkling compliments her, Sparru gets excited as if she was still a child n runs up to hug her when granpa compliments Any of the children it gets quiet while they stare at him wide eyed in surprise. cuz he's usually the mean type to everyone but Inkling. then he gets offended by their stares n goes back into his grumpy ways n the children heave a sigh of relief before laughing

with Euros it was a process. at first she got flustered, then she disregarded them, then she got uncomfortable because it was knocking on her low self-esteem but boy was originally planning on worshipping her so it wasn't like he was going to stop. one day she cried in panic because she didn't know how to interact with this and that's how Euros figured out that Sparrows isn't all that fine mentally. told her that there isn't anything wrong with what he's doing, he means every word and he won't stop. so Sparrows had to find how to cope with it which turned out to be shily accepting it. she still cries sometimes cuz yanno how it be, but slowly she gets more self-confident n eventually starts dishing out compliments for him too. eventually it all fades into the same background like with her home farm district

#spot says stuff #rw #oc tag #compliments r kinda... 🤷‍♀️ #like they r nice to hear but when there Is a loving confident base built ('the people here love me unconditionally and i know it' or even- #-with a craft 'i know that i am great at art n i love what i make') compliments kind of become... sweet useless words? smth like that? #cuz they aint gon stick cuz they cant compare n keep up with the loving base ysee #i do get happy when my sis points out smth in my art n compliments it! i get giddy n i stim. but i do forget the compliments- #-eventually because shes my best friend since she was born n so we have that loving base. i like it better when she gives me that sweet- #-sweet kind constructive criticism. thats gonna help n therefore stick for longer too #those who dont have that base still might need the compliments so for Them they arent useless though #ok thats all from spots psychology lessons jgdslkcmlsdglkj