#I also like to think that for all they tease Raph for his ‘chasm’ Leo sometimes will massage Raph’s face | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

turtleblogatlast · 4 months ago

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Headcanon that Leo really loved to give his family massages growing up. We know that he’s good at them from the episode “You Got Served” and we know he likes spas and relaxation and getting massages himself from when he tried to get these in “Bad Hair Day” and from when Donnie made a tennis ball massage machine in “Smart Lair.”

So I think it’d be cute to think that maybe one day Leo overheard Splinter complaining about a bad back and immediately Leo thinks back to a comic or movie or something he saw where a massage helped so he offers to give one and it actually ends up helping Splinter.

Then April swings by the Lair at a later time and mentions her back hurting because of her backpack from school and Leo’s all like “I gotcha!”

From there, he occasionally manages to convince Donnie to sit for one because Donnie’s shrimp posture does not help him any (Leo pokes fun at how sandpaper-y Donnie’s shell is despite knowing it’s always like that and Donnie smacks him for it.) Donnie usually prefers hand massages instead however as all his typing and inventing adds up over time, and shoulder massages too once he starts wearing his battle shells more. Leo also figures out how to give massages to Raph and Mikey’s shells as well, though it’s a struggle at first to not scratch his hands on Raph’s spikes.

I think since Leo has such bad luck with spas and the like, he tries giving himself massages (though it’s not as helpful.) Like, with how his abilities work his legs are probably always aching from his portal jumping and one foot landings, so maybe he branches past back massages out of a need to help his own aches too. (Though he really wants a shell massage himself, the same way he’d give them…the one time with Donnie’s tennis ball massage machine was but a short moment of what Leo’s been missing out on and what he’ll continue missing out on…)

I don’t know, I just think it’d be cute to think Leo could have honed his massaging skill this way in order to help out his family (and also partially because he wants a massage himself.)

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #rise leo #this unironically is a smidge pointing to the medic Leo headcanon too #because massages are really good at relieving pain you didn’t even know you had #not just for backs but for your hands your feet your neck #poor Leo just wants to be the one getting a massage for once in ‘Bad Hair Day’ but no #he’s really good at getting everyone else to chill and rest and relax in general it’s very interesting to see #unironically I wonder if Leo could be really good at meditation so long as you call it relaxation instead #also after the invasion I’d imagine everyone has some aches and pains #ironically enough Leo himself likely has the most from the sheer amount of blunt force trauma and potential broken bones #so it’s sad to think the one who massages best is the one who needs it most alas #imagine a time where Draxum finally manages to get on Leo’s good side and Leo hears him complaining that his cafeteria job gives back pains #and Leo’s like UGH FINE I GUESS I’LL HELP #I also like to think that for all they tease Raph for his ‘chasm’ Leo sometimes will massage Raph’s face #and when he does Raph finally relaxes enough to look his age #when Mikey starts growing hair he loves when Leo massages his scalp esp if he’s helping to wash it too #mayhem doesn’t like Leo much at first but QUICKLY warms up to him because of how good his pets are #smart lair shows they all canonically love massages actually I was reminded! so this makes even more sense with that too

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