#Hater's a prime example of a dude who gets absolutely pummeled by rsd and reacts to it w/ rage more often than he reacts w/ sadness

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I definitely think he struggles with rejection, just not all forms of it! The S2 premiere and the S1 finale felt like back-to-back eps of Wander being put through RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria) hell and the two different ways that can manifest. You either internalize it and get extremely sad (Wander feeling rejected by Sylvia bc her & Ryder were criticizing & pushing him away, bringing him to the extreme conclusion that she doesn't want to be his best friend anymore) or externalize it and get maddd. The latter is rarely seen on Wander, but Lord Dominator is a master at pushing people's buttons, so she knew just how to ignore him to really get his goat. Most other rejections he goes through aren't personal to him because he's so used to and honestly plans on them being a part of his process in Wanderizing villains. He counts on them to happen a lot of the time, and other times, it's just, 'yeah, you're not ready for that, I get that!'

Ignoring him, though? That denies the whole process from happening! From even being attempted! It makes sense that being ignored really gets to him since he must really look forward to redirecting villains from their villainy in the way that he does. It's also easy to see how refusing to even acknowledge him can be taken more personally than any other way of rejecting him (especially when, like you said, most other ways of doing it at least mean that he's getting them right where he wants them; without that, he loses the advantage he needs to be able to help.)

He's such a well-written character, I love it!!! Idk the extent to which it was intentional, but either way, he (along with certain other woy mains, but that's a topic for another day) is phenomenal ADHD rep bc of things like this. We see a lot of major examples of hyperactivity, hyperfocus, inattention, and so on from his character, but then we also get instances of him exhibiting the lesser known parts of ADHD, like having intense reactions to (sometimes just perceived) rejections that just FEEL personal. He's so well fleshed out and multifaceted, it's just the best.

Idt it’s rejection Wander struggles with; he gets rejected constantly. It’s being IGNORED he can’t handle. Like if he can’t even piss someone off, he knows he’s losing and it’s kinda funny to watch 😆

Also this is me @ Dominator 24/7