Idk if you've already done this, but have you done how they would deal with panic/hard feelings?
I haven't yet! This one is interesting. I focused more on panicking/fear but I'll make another post for hard feelings, how they act when they're mad, etc. I was thinking about the 03 turtles when I wrote this mainly but it's sort of just my head canons for the turtles in general.
I feel like when Leo panics, it's less visible. You might mistake his panicking for just general stress but in his mind he is losing it.
He'll get pushy and impatient.
He'll be anxiously pacing.
When he's starting to panic he starts desperately trying to keep track of everyone in his mind. His head will be darting around in all different directions because he's trying to keep tabs on everybody
In general though, I think Leo is good at keeping his head when he's panicking. He is able to filter out what is important at the moment and what isn't.
And I feel like Leo's panic response sort of hits after the situation has been dealt with. He will handle it in the moment and then the second it's over, he snaps.
His habit is bottling things up until he explodes.
After a high stress situation, Leo needs to be alone. He'll go some place private and just let it out. He won't do this around other people except maybe Splinter.
I could see after a particularly bad mission, he comes home and after everyone's been taken care of he goes into his room and cries for a good half hour. I feel like it would be kind of cathartic for him.
Or he starts replaying the situation in his head and spiraling into what-ifs.
It helps him to talk the whole thing out with Splinter.
When Raph is afraid he gets snappy and jumpy. He'll be visibly on edge and probably pretty irritable.
When he is full on panicking I think he would enter a blind rage. Not out of anger but as a fear response. He'll start desperately attacking whatever the threat is. He loses his judgement pretty quickly.
The more panicked he gets the more impulsive and aggressive he gets
Also, notice how some iterations of Raph (I'm thinking bayverse and mutant mayhem) start making heartfelt confessions when he thinks they're all about to die? I feel like that's a Raph thing. In moments of high stress all his pent up feelings just come flooding out.
I think after a really high stress situation, Raph becomes pretty mellow. Also he'll get really tired. He might get upset about the situation again later but in the moment he'll just be exhausted
Afterwards, I could see Raph wanting to spend some alone time, but I could more see him wanting other people around. He'll want some quiet company. He might not say much but he'll stick around the room where everyone is. I think it would comfort him to just be in a mundane and safe environment with everybody.
When Donnie is scared he starts rapid fire thinking of solutions. He shuts everything else out and tries to laser-focus on whatever he's doing.
This makes him block a lot of stuff out and he might not notice or respond to things. He'll blank out for a second and go into his own head but eventually he'll snap back.
When he's panicking, and it's from something he can't solve or analyze, like something flying directly at his head, he'll freeze.
He might start overthinking or over complicating things. In really bad cases he'll be over thinking something so much he'll forget really basic information.
Donnie has the patience of a saint but if someone rushes him when he's under pressure he will obliterate them.
After a stressful situation, Donnie becomes a bit reserved. Like Leo, he'll start replaying the situation in his mind. He'll think about how he could have prevented it, if there will be any repercussions, if he did a good enough job, etc. He'll be a bit jittery and restless. He'll start bouncing his leg or shaking a little.
When he comes home he starts looking for a distraction. He'll be so in his own head he'll need something to distract himself from his own thoughts. He'll immediately start working on/researching something.
If Mikey is afraid, he will say so. Even if he is completely alone he will still say so out loud. He'll get jumpy and easily startled. He also uses humor to mask/cope with fear.
When he is anxious he fiddles with things in his hands, especially his nun-chucks.
But if he picks up that everyone is panicking, he'll force himself to calm down and become a bit more level headed. He'll become unusually serious and focused on whatever they're doing. He also might try to calm other people down, particularly Leo and Raph.
When he gets anxious he'll start slipping up and making stupid mistakes, and then he'll get insecure about those mistakes and start to spiral even more.
When he's panicking he gets flustered and frantic.
Afterwards he might be a bit shaken but he usually comes back down pretty quickly.
He likes to be around people afterwards. He's usually the one to lighten the mood and I think he purposely makes an effort to do that.
He'll be pretty good for a few hours but I think when he goes to bed or is by himself it will hit him again
Sometimes he'll read a comic or play a game or do something fun to get his mind off things
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