Mm. When everything's kept bottled up it's easy to get self-righteous or neurotic, maybe both in varying amounts. Having a check on that is helpful.
I think Wukong's a mix of both, by the way. The ratio depends on the moment. MK definitely is purely neurotic. Which is in a way harder because it requires more pure patience, you can't logic him out of it. You have to listen and support and not try to fix because that's counterproductive. The more you try to fix it and correct it the more it reinforces that something must be wrong with them.
When there's some self-righteousness mixed in at least you can shock them into taking it down a peg.
Re: after the truthshrooms
It could also be the whole introvert thing.
Re: after the truthshrooms
I think Wukong's a mix of both, by the way. The ratio depends on the moment. MK definitely is purely neurotic. Which is in a way harder because it requires more pure patience, you can't logic him out of it. You have to listen and support and not try to fix because that's counterproductive. The more you try to fix it and correct it the more it reinforces that something must be wrong with them.
When there's some self-righteousness mixed in at least you can shock them into taking it down a peg.