#Roman would legit kill an abusive parent with his bare hands if allowed to

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OOC// What are some things that make Roman feel sad?

Few things make Roman Sionis feel sad. Years ago, it might have been a different story; he was a very lonely child for the most part whose parents made it crystal clear to him how unwanted he was, how much harder he made their lives and berated him constantly for how he couldn’t even begin to live up to their lofty expectations. It wasn’t much better elsewhere; Roman had few friends even amongst the other children of Gotham’s upper class families, a little too ‘odd’ and cursed with no filter to be able to truly fit in. Fortunately there were a few positive influences during this time. A few employees hired to take care of the family household and chores treated Roman well enough, caring more about the child than his own parents did. It was the chauffeur who realized he’d gone missing during one particular party and ventured out into the forest to bring him back when he’d been bitten by a rabid raccoon, though had been threatened by Mr. and Mrs. Sionis to not speak about the incident or else lose her job. Receiving so little genuine consideration throughout his life has long since burnt out Roman’s ability to feel sadness, because if nobody ever felt sorry for him then why the fuck should he feel the same about anything (or anyone) else? He’s older now, capable of looking after himself and everything he’s got is entirely his own doing. He doesn’t need empathy, to give or receive and frankly, such feelings are only weaknesses to exploit in Gotham’s crime-ridden underbelly where everybody’s out to get you. On rare occasions, Roman will notice a child who is not happy, clearly not loved or cared for by their parent/s at all. It’s a stark reminder as to how he once was, a haunting memory of how he’d once been and had nobody in his corner. For the briefest of moments he’ll feel the sharp, painful sting of sadness, memories of times he’d thought he’d long since gotten over... until familiar rage overcomes him, wanting nothing more than to -lash out- at the closest thing. To Roman, anger is much more familiar and preferrable to grief.

#elisethetraveller #;; asks #Thank you for sending this! #This was a really good question and hard to answer #In a good way of course! #It's hard to think of many situations where he'd feel sad anymore #Thinking about Circe or Tiffany can bring him down #Especially the latter #He feels he failed to protect her and she died because he wasn't strong enough #Li is a close second #She almost died because he got the Joker involved and she ended up with some terrible burns #And despite all that she still stays around and continues working for him #Other times he'd feel sad uhhh #When he's out of whiskey or knowing he's not seeing Rocco and Dante again for a while while at Arkham #Few things piss him off harder than child abuse and neglect tho #ESPECIALLY when their parents should be doing their best to protect them #Roman would legit kill an abusive parent with his bare hands if allowed to #I'M OFF WORK FOR A FEW DAYS #Gonna try and write but I'm a bit antsy today #First hair blew up into an awful mess and trying to brush the tangles out ripped out half my hair #So head hurts #Also there was an aggressive customer at work but thankfully she wasn't mad at me #Had to find a manager though but wew not fun #child abuse tw #child abuse cw #child neglect cw #child neglect tw