#Aria overworked when anxious - Sera still does but also tends to work herself into the ground from being TOO self-sacrificing

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7. ' List three honest flaws your favorite character has and talk about how those flaws make them problematic' // cause you know we all like it when you tell us how Sera can be an Issue™ <3

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7. List three honest flaws your favorite character has and talk about how those flaws make them problematic.

Sera tends to overthink, and when she's not kept in check, she'll overthink a lot. While it's a result of trauma and wanting to avoid being a burden, trouble, etc to others, or lead them down a wrong path and hurt them by trying to help, and she doesn't do it that often, it's something that runs away with her, and is difficult to help talk her out of - But that's when it becomes a problem for others around her, as well, seeing her hesitate and fixate on it. She can't always understand, or even 'hear' others when it gets bad like this; although she can hear and reply, she can't 'hear' what's being told to her in the sense that it goes in one ear and out the other, and refuses to stick due to her overthinking. It takes quite a bit to snap her from this when she's really lost in it, and she's always apologetic after.

She's also fairly stubborn; once she gets her mind set on something, it's difficult to get her to change it, especially when she'll try to work it into whatever options end up being put forth in its place. If she gets told she can't explore something, for instance, and has her head set on exploring that spot (a marketplace, a field, etc) because something might come up there during a job, she'll still try to convince whoever she's with to take a path at least close to that location for at least something of a look. There's been instances where her anxiety is also a force behind her stubbornness, too - She's been known to fear so much for Shayan's safety after something happens even remotely near them, she'll flat out refuse to leave the house for a good day or two, putting a stop to both work and free time plans, and even bicker back when told everything is perfectly fine, let her fuss over her baby-

The third is her tendency to be self-sacrificing - Something that Sera has a tendency to take to an extreme. Although she's been doing a lot better with it of late, Sera struggles to see herself as worthwhile and deserving of things, and for several years of her life, gave away everything but the clothes on her back and the bare minimum she needed to survive, seeing it as going to somewhere and someone far more deserving. While not always a flaw persay, when she takes it to the point of starving herself it becomes one as well as a problem to those around her, having to stop her and gently remind her she is worthwhile, she is deserving, and by the gods, she is worthy. She deserves it as much as everyone else and doesn't need to sacrifice her own life to see her dream become reality - she doesn't have to avoid a decent meal to see that happen, and having decent clothes doesn't make her any less worthwhile than the people she wants to help... And that her sacrificing herself in full truly will see that dream stall out if she's not here to see it through.