/ something about pre-forsaken elliot being a happy-go-lucky, cheerful person who didn’t really acknowledge any of his other emotions & then forsaken opening up that side of him and forcing him to face the reality
/ a lot of the time he’s still as lighthearted as a person in this situation can be, over time you can see through the mses they adapt to their environment, but of course those other feelings will always exist, he can’t always be happy because it’s not possible