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DOES BABY LEO CHIRP OR BABBLE?!?!?!?!

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10 Non-Lethal Injuries to Add Pain to Your Writing

New Part: 10 Lethal Injury Ideas

If you need a simple way to make your characters feel pain, here are some ideas: 

1. Sprained Ankle

A common injury that can severely limit mobility. This is useful because your characters will have to experience a mild struggle and adapt their plans to their new lack of mobiliy. Perfect to add tension to a chase scene.

2. Rib Contusion

A painful bruise on the ribs can make breathing difficult, helping you sneak in those ragged wheezes during a fight scene. Could also be used for something sport-related! It's impactful enough to leave a lingering pain but not enough to hinder their overall movement.

3. Concussions

This common brain injury can lead to confusion, dizziness, and mood swings, affecting a character’s judgment heavily. It can also cause mild amnesia.

I enjoy using concussions when you need another character to subtly take over the fight/scene, it's an easy way to switch POVs. You could also use it if you need a 'cute' recovery moment with A and B.

4. Fractured Finger

A broken finger can complicate tasks that require fine motor skills. This would be perfect for characters like artists, writers, etc. Or, a fighter who brushes it off as nothing till they try to throw a punch and are hit with pain.

5. Road Rash

Road rash is an abrasion caused by friction. Aka scraping skin. The raw, painful sting resulting from a fall can be a quick but effective way to add pain to your writing. Tip: it's great if you need a mild injury for a child.

6. Shoulder Dislocation

This injury can be excruciating and often leads to an inability to use one arm, forcing characters to confront their limitations while adding urgency to their situation. Good for torture scenes.

7. Deep Laceration

A deep laceration is a cut that requires stitches. As someone who got stitches as a kid, they really aren't that bad! A 2-3 inch wound (in length) provides just enough pain and blood to add that dramatic flair to your writing while not severely deterring your character.

This is also a great wound to look back on since it often scars. Note: the deeper and wider the cut the worse your character's condition. Don't give them a 5 inch deep gash and call that mild.

8. Burns

Whether from fire, chemicals, or hot surfaces, burns can cause intense suffering and lingering trauma. Like the previous injury, the lasting physical and emotional trauma of a burn is a great wound for characters to look back on.

If you want to explore writing burns, read here.

9. Pulled Muscle

This can create ongoing pain and restrict movement, offering a window to force your character to lean on another. Note: I personally use muscle related injuries when I want to focus more on the pain and sprains to focus on a lack of mobility.

10. Tendonitis

Inflammation of a tendon can cause chronic pain and limit a character's ability to perform tasks they usually take for granted. When exploring tendonitis make sure you research well as this can easily turn into a more severe injury.

This is a quick, brief list of ideas to provide writers inspiration. Since it is a shorter blog, I have not covered the injuries in detail. This is inspiration, not a thorough guide. Happy writing! :)

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“Don’t worry, I’ve taken blood…”

Eileen stop lying to make us feel better. We know based on your NPC fight that you don’t have blood vials.

“i’m the biggest, i gotta keep em safe” “you’re only 17”

yea idk future leo meeting post movie raph and truly realizing how young he really is to have done so much and realizing how brave his own raph must’ve been

the projection raph on its own bc i like it

also tcest dni this is purely familial

Old man bones

Art by Lily景怡

turtle tot comfort doodles (mostly self-indulgent but maybe someone else needs this today <3)

So I headcanon that post-rottmnt-movie Leo's a part time cane user like me!

And I also headcanon that:

Donnie will absolutely go ham on designing a tactical cane for him.

[ Item Key/Explanations ] + [ Extra Text/Overlays Off ] below the cut

Key (damn I hope this image makes some sense and its not too messy):

The cane itself is used as a mobility aid and can assist in combat if needed in a pinch. edit: *note, for practicality, these are mainly reserved for situations where Leo does not have other options. Most of the time, it is a normal cane :)

Handle of the cane twists off and with and can switch into a blade

A panel with the MAD DOGS symbol pops out - this can holographically project messages and be used for communication

Bottom part of the cane can turn into a stun gun. AKA: Shocky shocky electric violence <- he'd use this the most

It can also fold/form out into a grappling hook shape — hold down a specific button and aim it like a grappling gun!

Handle can form into a sharper, hooked shape w/ a harder exterior

Twists the handle end a different direction and you get a glass breaking tool

Yes, you can use this cane design for your fanfics/fanart/AUs/etc. (no pr0sh;p content please) but please please please credit me!

TYSM for all the support on my first Leo cane post :)!!

based on chapter 109! wooo

sorry for being gone for a bit, i animated these creatures because i feel like it