#ignore my shitty spelling im dyslexic nd i dont have my glasses on like a fool

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How Donnie’s Soft Shell In Rise Would Affect Him

As ur friendly neighbourhood ex-donnie stan, I love how he was written in rise. It’s so different to how he’s been portaited in every other variation, yet so true to how he’s always been. He’s so sarcastic and dry while also caring so much about his brothers. However, one major difference thats never really properly addressed and only mentioned in passing is his soft shell. So to counter that, he wears multiple tech-based shells to protect himself. But that’s not what im here to talk about. How would it affect him emotionally and mentally?? (im also going to do one of these for all of the turtles about some kind of insecurity they may have so yes i am totally treating this like a spam account lmaooo)

-First of all, naturally, it’ll be a delicate subject. Literally and figuratively. As raph says in literally the 3rd episode, he didn’t want to tell him his gifts were rude and annoyed them because he has a soft shell. What if because of his shell, he feels he has to fill in for some inadequecy by being cold and sarcastic. Possibly a defense mechanism? Not unlikely. 

-Secondly, what if he stepped up and became ‘’the smart one’’ as another way to cope with his feelings of inadequecy?? He figured that because he wasnt physically as tough as his brothers, he’d have to try and fill some kind of mold so they wouldn’t go off without him. 

ok now onto the stuff that’s been living in my head rent free for the last 3 days since i saw a post talking abt how his shell would affect him. bare in mind these are hc nd not me analysing the show bc lets be real im barely passing english i dont think i can rlly step up there lmaooo

-This is kind of an extentsion of first one but what if he’s actually really insecure about it? Like as in he has genuine self esteem issues because of this and a warped perception of his self worth? obviously his brothers love him no matter what but he probably doesnt see it that way. to him they’ll always see him as weaker because of his shell.

-when they initally went up to the surface for the first time after living in the sewer for years, donnie was so anxious about it he straight up tried to refuse to go. eventually, leo coaxed him out of his room/lab and convinced him to go solely on the promise he wouldn’t let go of his hand. and as the good, true to his word brother our leon is, he did not :D

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