Okay I am so so so bad at coming up with and asking questions when asked to but I thought of one WAIT FRICK I FORGOT IT oh wait okay what would be some of the triggers for Leo and Donnie? Like you've talked about how like, the color red, and seeing a video of big mama and stuff, and I was wondering if you had any other stuff like that? Like, are there random ordinary everyday things that would start off a panic attack?
Yes indeed, there are ordinary things that would cause them to spiral into panic attacks. There's a cut scene (that I can't seem to find for the LIFE OF ME) where Leo goes into the kitchen for a midnight snack and the red of the digital clock on the microwave made him curl up in the fetal position under the table until his brothers found him.
Disclaimer: PTSD is a very serious thing and I am by no means an expert on trauma or panic attacks. Here are just a few things that I think would be triggering for the twins at this point in time, but keep in mind that these things vary and can depend on other factors such as what kind of day and how much sleep they've had:
Leo: red lights, someone touching his face unexpectedly, spotlights, pressure on his chest, Donnie in danger, total darkness, anything that sounds like hissing (dry leaves, steam, crinkly packaging, leaking tires), certain smells of the arena, things on his wrists, clinking of chains, gray balloon animals, the internal struggle of wanting attention, teacups, and loud noises.
Donnie: unexpected pressure on his shell, knives, grapes (things that look too much like eyeballs because of what he did to Alpha), Leo restrained, Leo in danger, if one of his brothers moves very fast, total darkness, the feeling of something breaking in his hands (crackers, noodles, chips), having too many eyes on him, spotlights, certain smells of the arena, anything that sounds like his battleshell getting ripped off, battleshells in general actually, really and truly not knowing something, forgetting things he's supposed to know, and loud noises.