#PennedPossibilities 668 — Tell us how self and socially aware some of your SCs are. Are these two things connected in any way for them?
"Social awareness is the ability to understand and empathize with the feelings, thoughts, and perspectives of others, while self-awareness is the ability to understand one's own emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Essentially, social awareness is looking outward to understand others, and self-awareness is looking inward to understand oneself."
Dante is completely aware, in every aspect. Perhaps too self-aware, but the social awareness also comes in handy. Empathy and compassion are a part of him, same as showing concern for the feelings of others. Rain is similar, but she's always nervous, even around friends. That's why she has Astria, her bestie. Astria calms her down when she needs it most. She hates to impact others negatively.
Junk, however, is another case entirely. He is who he is. Take him or leave him. For instance, while he's very understanding and appreciative of the feelings, thoughts, and perspectives of others, he DOESN'T recognize social cues or understand group dynamics. It just goes right over his head. Is it neurodivergence? Is it the drugs and booze? We'll never know. He won't be seeing a doc any time soon. (I mean, totally understandable, but still. It makes him interesting and relatable.)
