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I explored the not-necessary sad Lina angle in "Darkstar," but a Lina trying to deal with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I'm like you - it fascinated me that Lina never really seemed to suffer emotional consequences of her actions, though I think there's a bit more of that in the novels because it's told from Lina's POV. It's like you were telling me in my LJ, I think Lina has a tendency to bury the bad feelings and not deal with them. "Darkstar" is set roughly 18 months after the Hellmaster Phibrizzo incident and a year to 18 months is usually when PTSD sets in, according to the research I did when writing that part of thr story. I think out of all of the stuff that Lina experienced in the series, Phibrizzo was the most scarring of them because of how he used her feelings for Gourry like an emotional kickball, as well as the fact that he basically killed everyone she cared for right before her.

Whenever she will crash, Lina will crash extremely hard.