I am sorry, but it is not their choice to freeze up. Mainly if they have been like that for a long time. It would be nice if he spoke up, but simply telling him to "man up" is not going to change how he is so scared he isn't able to do anything besides being shocked and frozen, with a blank mind (I should know because I was the same for a long time and my body simply stopped moving and my mind stopped working for some time before I caught up with wtf was happening). It might be something to work on with time, but if he did that right now, it would be out of character, knowing he is dealing with that friend who is manipulative af as we saw in his fight.
Doesn’t change my mind, It is my own opinion on the topic. My bestfriend was also like this and we worked on it together. You can’t simply blame it all on ‘being that way’ and improve. How old is he again? He had plenty of time to face the music.
You can have your own opinion, ofc. Never said otherwise. All I did was to explain why he could have acted like that and it was also written.
And I never said you could take off the blame by saying "it cant be helped because he is that way"... But even adults get manipuled and like I said, it is not overnight that they improve. If he didn't notice the problem yet, then he couldn't work on it.
Your friend had you to, like you said, work on it together. They had help and also realized either alone or with you what was going on and how to improve. Maybe he didn't, even more with that "friend" by his side.
Him being scared shitless like that is also benefical for the "friend", so maybe there is also more to that than what we just saw
His “friend” is right there bullying Mr.Cat and he is like “Oh my what to do? Im so worried” It has nothing to do with gender but please man up and speak your mind. I hate when characters get all tensed up and freeze when another character is ABUSED with words...tch