#tryleg w.bg

[vosling]

Stinky's Month of May Day 12: Leg

So far, canon has not stated whether Leg replaced Stinky's left or right leg. My hc (and I think a common fanon) is left, because:

There's an element of connectivity between different iterations' injuries (e.g. the cauliflower ear). Almost every iteration has a lineage that traces back to Ep21 Mike Walters getting his ankle broken by the Flinchites (side unspecified). Stinky is one of the few iterations who didn't. But Tex specifically had his left leg crushed.

A lot of the big injuries are on the left (which in occult symbolism represents the past, vs right = the future). Mike Walters cuts off his left arm at the shoulder. Is shot/grazed by Marissa on the left. Left hand stabbed stuck into the table. Grazed by his own ricochet bullet. Latvia Mike losing his left thumb. The aforementioned Tex's left leg. Lieutenant has a brain surgery scar on the left.

(bonus symbolism: the eye injuries are the exception: Latvia Mike, MDawg, and an Overnighter Michael all experience vision loss/Blindness gain in the right eye. Symbolically: a lot of Mike Walters' injuries are to protect or gain control over his past. But he also loses perspective of his future 🥔 I think it's neat)

Far more circumstantially, but there are a bunch of nods in WBG to Fullmetal Alchemist, which is a show I heavily imprinted on growing up and still rewatch to this day (both FMA and FMA:B). One of the main characters lost his left leg as a result of choices made out of desperate grief. So 🥔 adds to the meaning of the left leg for me personally.