i really loved how you explained that grief has some sort of physical manifestation and how losing mother for erik made him reckless and angry and not just sad/upset. he literally doesn't feel that he can be okay and happy when Eddie is no longer there to be the light of his life. and yeah he has other people to live for but it doesn't make pain any less severe and choking
thank you so much!!! i appreciate these kind of messages so much <3
i think a big part of erik's grief manifests in anxiety, too, yeah? his world's so completely thrown and it's not just making him sad, it's torn up his whole mental state. he's angry at the world *and* himself, he's willing to be reckless just to feel like himself for a moment or two. he's really going through it.
i think probably the person he does everything for is pietro, but erik's just 32, he's still so young and he needed his mom. he still feels like he needs his mom. so i def wanna be careful to continue to show that loss and how it continues to suffocate him even if he's got other stuff going on <3