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Yeah. They both struggle, but in very different ways. And for her part Adelaide had more ways to cope. There are some ways where she simply has to deal with things on her own, at least partially because mental health care isn't a very advanced field at the time, and a lot of what she's going through doesn't even really have a name yet much less a way to treat it. But she does have a solid foundation to fall back on when she needs it, whereas with Maaya that's totally different.
(Also, thank you, that means so much to hear you have no idea haha.)
It leads to misunderstandings more than disagreements exactly. Adelaide is always willing to listen but her experiences were so vastly different sometimes she just doesn't understand. She's the type of person who understands that buying an expensive product is better in the long run because it lasts longer, but doesn't understand why poor people buy cheap things that break more often instead. She's the kind of person who doesn't immediately understand that all the financial advice about "just save money every month" doesn't work for people who have none to save, or how a single emergency can financially devastate someone. She's never been in a position where she has so little money that she has to seriously think about every tiny purchase and do math and check balances for everything. So Maaya ends up teaching her a loooot about that side of things, thankfully before there are many awkward moments.
Likewise this shows itself in how Maaya acts even months after everything is over. She spends very little frivolously, always keeps track of every cent she has, constantly has to see the numbers before her or she gets anxious, that sort of thing. This isn't to say that Adelaide doesn't understand specifics, because she's in charge of paying her whole crew. But for her personal life it's more like a concept; she knows she has enough and vaguely how much she has, and budgets according to the generalities she has in her head. Whereas Maaya has to see everything written down and figure everything out to the decimal, then check three times to make sure everything is okay and that she hasn't forgotten something. The first time she spontaneously bought lunch for herself from a vendor rather than making it, she felt intensely guilty and then went back and checked all her finances to make sure she would be okay. Adelaide teases her about it sometimes.
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Yeah. They both struggle, but in very different ways. And for her part Adelaide had more ways to cope. There are some ways where she simply has to deal with things on her own, at least partially because mental health care isn't a very advanced field at the time, and a lot of what she's going through doesn't even really have a name yet much less a way to treat it. But she does have a solid foundation to fall back on when she needs it, whereas with Maaya that's totally different.(Also, thank you, that means so much to hear you have no idea haha.)
It leads to misunderstandings more than disagreements exactly. Adelaide is always willing to listen but her experiences were so vastly different sometimes she just doesn't understand. She's the type of person who understands that buying an expensive product is better in the long run because it lasts longer, but doesn't understand why poor people buy cheap things that break more often instead. She's the kind of person who doesn't immediately understand that all the financial advice about "just save money every month" doesn't work for people who have none to save, or how a single emergency can financially devastate someone. She's never been in a position where she has so little money that she has to seriously think about every tiny purchase and do math and check balances for everything. So Maaya ends up teaching her a loooot about that side of things, thankfully before there are many awkward moments.
Likewise this shows itself in how Maaya acts even months after everything is over. She spends very little frivolously, always keeps track of every cent she has, constantly has to see the numbers before her or she gets anxious, that sort of thing. This isn't to say that Adelaide doesn't understand specifics, because she's in charge of paying her whole crew. But for her personal life it's more like a concept; she knows she has enough and vaguely how much she has, and budgets according to the generalities she has in her head. Whereas Maaya has to see everything written down and figure everything out to the decimal, then check three times to make sure everything is okay and that she hasn't forgotten something. The first time she spontaneously bought lunch for herself from a vendor rather than making it, she felt intensely guilty and then went back and checked all her finances to make sure she would be okay. Adelaide teases her about it sometimes.
Not to mention what I get from this is that your character development is stellar. ;) Thanks for indulging me. I like to think about things like this.
I really feel for Maaya. I'm glad that she's found someone understanding like Adelaide, though I also like the distinction that even Adelaide can't understand it completely, which I think is worth pointing out because while she's neuroatypical she is incredibly privileged in many other ways and doesn't share so many of Maaya's experiences. Actually, that makes me think of something else. Do their drastic differences in life experience ever cause any clashes or disagreements, or how does that present itself?