𝙊𝙊𝙁 , 𝘼 𝘽𝙄𝙂 𝙊𝙉𝙀 ... in terms of what i would describe as wounds she’s been dealt , i really want to focus on just one - the burns up her back and scalp .
she’s got lots of small scars from cuts and bumps during the struggle in the boiler room , and faint puckering on her cheeks from standing so close to the explosion ( but that heals over completely in time ) .
the burns are from when she’s pushed up against one of the boilers and aggressively kissed during the fight with jd -
steam and contact burns are very different from fire burns ; so she has to deal with blistering instead of charing , and the heat is hot enough to actually burn her through her clothes , too - of course , the burns under her clothes are much less severe than the exposed skin of her neck and her scalp , but it’s still there !
the scars are VERY visible across the back of her neck , and they would be visible if she ever wore backless dresses , but she never EVER exposes any burned skin as long as she can help it . she loves wearing scarves in the winter just to hide her neck , and she’s lucky she has really fucking thick hair and great doctors bc she does have some bald spots due to cicatricial alopecia . her thick curls do hide it , and she’s got enough hair to spare that even when it’s straightened and wet you can’t see it , but you can definitely feel them .
that’s the main wound i like to talk about , just because it kinda shifts how she perceives herself - part of her thinks it’s sorta metaphorical , having a scarred back , like she’s been backstabbed and healed over . part of her can’t even think about it because of the traumatic memories , and is glad that she doesn’t have to look at it every day ( like her cigarette lighter on her palm ) . and part of her thinks it’s basically made her ugly and damaged goods ( bad self esteem ) .
@godlessbody said : HEADCANON + wounds