Dealing with Setbacks

I feel that's selling Danso a little short, though home appliances aren't likely his forte.

Yes, and also no. That he can hand off issues to another responsible party rather than trying to handle everything himself is certainly something it'd do him good to understand and practice. He's also competent enough to make calls on immediate actions -- whether the washer should be shut off, or possibly unplugged and the water turned off, and whether he can do that safely.

Mostly, though, as written the response reads as somewhat whiny to me, which isn't how Danso usually reads to me. :}

Fair enough. Mine involved cursing, shutting off the water and gas to a broken water heater, and notifying the landlord.

It also depends on the problem needing to be dealt with. I have at least one character that is good at certain problems, but goes mute and gets flappy-hands with other problems.

Nokwahl (Traipah): If it's a criminal, try to catch them normally first. If they're dangerous enough and it looks like they'll get away, she hits them with her Gift (very strongly weaponized projective telempathy), which knocks them down and can even knock them out by overloading their nervous system.

Lyria: Uses her brain and/or her magic.

Jarnion Zakonjo (Lyriaverse): May make a show of bravery until he can size up the problem, then generally runs away in terror. (He has magic but is really shit at it, except for potions.) Unless the problem is obviously beyond him, then he just runs away in terror.

Voluponek (Lyriaverse): Whatever Mother (Lyria) says to do. If she says "be my ride," he becomes her ride. If she says "Tear target into tiny pieces," that's what he does. If he's activated but is given no commands, he just kind of floats there, confused, unless there's a clear and present threat to Mother or other family members. Voluponek is sentient but doesn't really have much in the way of problem solving skills.

Lolita Leigh Smith (Lo series): Lots and lots of snark, mostly.

I wanted to list more, but I couldn't think of any.