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okay sorry for the long submission but i wanna yap
hc that toons with glass or glass-adjacent body features (so primarily Glisten, Rodger, and Finn) are prone to literal stress fractures; in this case, the cracks don't cause any actual damage to them and are merely a physical indicator of serious stress
Teagan, Gigi, and Bobette may also be liable to stress fracturing, being that:
- Teagan seems to be a ceramic teacup
- i think that Gigi's head-capsule is made of plastic, not glass, hence why it's less transparent than Rodger's face
- Bobette may be made of glass or some other similarly fragile material
but this just means they're less likely to get them
i feel like Finn doesn't get them often because he's a usually chill guy (and he's also reinforced glass, being a fishbowl), but he's also entirely made of glass, so they can form literally anywhere on his body
Glisten absolutely hates it when he gets stress fractures because it's a display of imperfection-- he's not supposed to be stressed out to the point of cracking, and they totally ruin his look and make everybody concerned about him and he doesn't need the other Toons worrying about him because he's fine, nothing's wrong, he is perfectly fucking okay no matter that the stupid cracks in his face suggest otherwise (he needs therapy)
Rodger... doesn't sleep enough. and also drinks too much coffee. and also has an 8 year old daughter. so that should be self-explanatory
here's some other psychosomatic responses for Toons i thought of!!!
- All toons become duller in color when depressed or sick, and especially so when they have ichor poisoning (an excess of corrupted ichor in their system but not enough to cause twisting)
- Boxten's music becomes offkey when he's seriously stressed out (more than just his usual anxiety)
- Brightney's light starts flickering more often when she's anxious or very annoyed
- Looey deflates a little and his ears and tail droop when sad/depressed
- Goob and Rudie shed a lot when they're stressed
- Shelly gets cracks in her shell, similar to stress fractures but with far, FAR less occurrence-- she has to be in distress for days for them to appear
- Sprout's leaves and Dandy's petals wilt when they're sad/depressed
- Vee tends to overheat and get all staticky when irritated or severely stressed out, and also suffers from a whole host of mechanical issues when dealing with any kind of serious mental problems (she does not, however, get stress fractures despite having a glass face because she isn't exactly organic per se)
- Cosmo's and Ginger's healing abilities will start tasting weird when they're stressed
and there's probably other things i could add but nothing else comes to mind
ough....i love headcanons for toons when theyre ill....feed me more