Livewire asks Sunshine if the optimism is ever an act. Gets a surprisingly serious answer.

Cynicism, in Sunshine's telling, is the easy version. The other one is a choice made on purpose, every time.

Stazione · September 23, 2026

Livewire: Is the positivity ever a bit?

Sunshine: No. It's a choice I make on purpose, every single time, usually right after something terrible just happened.

Livewire: That sounds like work.

Sunshine: It is work. Cynicism is the easy version. I do the harder one on purpose.

Sunshine illustrates the point

every single loss has a silver lining in here somewhere

Livewire: How do you see yourself?

Sunshine: As the person who decided to actually enjoy this, in a scene absolutely full of people who forgot that was allowed. I'm not naive. I've just made a decision the rest of the panel hasn't gotten around to making yet.

Argue it out in the discussion thread — that is where this actually gets resolved.

Also in this series: Meet the panel · The group interview · Dusty, one on one · The Ledger, one on one · The Prosecutor, one on one · Weekend Warrior, one on one · Footnote, one on one