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In regards to Atlas's alcoholism/heavy drinking they could go the way they did with Aurora- she stops drinking or pretty much drinks less and less during her route in Gangsters in Love. As for the last bit I asked regarding how MC can be- she's very anxious, has traces of the autism spectrum in my mind (have a few relatives with that- she's very high functioning at least or mild on the spectrum) and considering Atlas's own issues, both of theirs could collide in not a very good way. (cont)

Ugh, i don't think I'm making much sense and I don't know why i'm thinking so hard on this because I really enjoyed Altas's first season and i'm intensely curious to see how things go from there and i know it's just a game and all that so no doubt a lot of those issues won't get addressed. (end- sorry for the rambling)

It’s fine! I don’t mind long asks. I was thinking that’s what you meant, but I wanted to make sure. Once again, I can’t shut up.

While on the one hand they could and probably will, it definitely ties in to his PTSD so there’s always that aspect that may or may not show up. Cause unlike Aurora it’s not just abstaining from alcohol. He has to start coming to terms with what he’s trying to use the alcohol to forget/cope with. Will this come up? Eh? Dunno? Could? Last season’s writer, if she continues to write future seasons, has shown that she at least can write PTSD. However, she’s only the person who writes, she doesn’t come up with the plot, so hopefully the writing team keeps it up.

I can relate to MC because she’s me medicated (sans the depression), on a so-so day. Not a great day, but also not a horrible day. I can’t say I’ve noticed the autism, but I am not autistic and don’t have a lot of reference, so I’m not really an authority to say yea/nay. I have seen some people (at least a while ago) guess that she might be manic-depressive, though I haven’t seen that so much either (I do have experience with MDD). But you’re right. Anxiety and PTSD/alcoholism are a potential explosion of bad waiting to happen all the time, especially when neither person is receiving treatment. 

Not alcoholism/PTSD, but I had a friend who also had anxiety/depression/ probably some other stuff and even though I was on semi-decent medication at the time it was not a healthy relationship. At all. Friends/SOs that both have mental illness are not an automatic recipe for disaster and can sometimes work out very well because there’s a level of understanding from mutual experiences (or at least more empathetic of “bad habits”), but when things go bad they can go bad. And when you’re cooped up in the same vessel at all times, things can go really bad. It’s the same logic of why you get along with your family (I’m going with the average here) after you leave home. Space helps. They don’t get that luxury. They basically moved in together with three other roommates and their adorable chinchilla before they even started dating.

Atlas has shown he can be patient and understanding with MC and can be very empathetic at times (and at other times... no). And MC has shown that she can get past her anxiety (if you pay money, fuck you for that Lovestruck btw) to help Atlas through an episode so she’s at least not completely clueless on PTSD. They can be good for each other and they’ve proven it. But they can’t always guarantee that. In fact, you can almost guarantee that there will be days when both of them are bad and you need rock solid communication and coping mechanisms (which neither one of them has tbh) if you’re going to get though that in one piece. And therein lies the inherent risk of getting two people with mental illnesses who both really should be in less stressful environments and therapy in one relationship. Can it be done? Definitely. Are they there yet? Not even close. MC and Atlas will both need to learn more about the other in order for this to work, especially MC. Atlas seems further along on that aspect; his issue is learning to be more flexible with parts of MC’s personality that probably annoy him or he doesn’t understand (such as her lack of filter and needing physical contact).

The age is the other tricky thing. Twelve years is not insignificant, especially when MC is 22. The gap, especially given life experiences, isn’t something they can ignore. He may not be the ship’s leader but she is still kinda under him in a way? Not to the point where’s he holds a large amount of power over her, but the power balance between them is something that they have to keep in mind. With large age gaps, that’s something you have to be more mindful of in general (Orion and Antares are ones that hold that risk inherently due to being her superior, Antares more so than Orion since it’s a much more formalized position and Antares is an absolute control freak). Seems like I say this a lot. It’s not a guaranteed unhealthy relationship because of this, you just have to keep a few more things in mind. My cousin (a lot older than me, he’s like a couple times removed or something) married a woman 12 years his junior and was his secretary. They’re still married and have 5 kids and as far as I know have a very happy marriage. 

I can’t predict how Lovestruck will go with this moving forward, but if the relationship is realistic we are going to be in for a bumpy ride for a while. Between their personalities, current events, and the baggage they both need to deal with, they’re gonna need a few seasons to get to the point where MC is with Orion, Jaxon, or Nova (Antares is his own bag of beans) in S2/early season 3. And that’s if they start dealing with Atlas’s drinking S2 (probably).