[ SECRET POST #4042 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4042 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins]


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03.
[Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]


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04.
[Mickey Rourke (and Kim Basinger even though the secret's not about her)]


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05.
[Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero]


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06.
[Welcome to the Ballroom]


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07.
[Crazy Ex Girlfriend]











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injury to order [TW: probable self harm?]

[(Anonymous)]

Hey FS, say, I want to mutilate a character in a fic, I'm not sure how, googling wasn't very helpful and I dare not yet go ask little_details

Setting: equivalent to nowadays big city in the US.
Character is a male in his early twenties, physically fit but mentally as unstable as needed to be.
I want him to injure his dominant hand in a way that causes loss of sensation and motricity--can be partial, ie not on the whole hand, but permanent--no recovery.

I don't think nerve damage through cutting would do it, because he's more likely to hold the blade with the dominant hand and do it on the opposite side hand?

I've thought about burning: suppose he puts his hand atop a lit big church candle, how fast would it snuff out the flame? how bad would the burn on his palm be?

Other possibility, punching a mirror and have the glass shards cut everything. Is it even possible?

What do you think?
Any other idea?

Re: injury to order [TW: probable self harm?]

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry I can't answer, but just popping in because I was so excited at the prospect of little_details still being around, but it doesn't look like that's the case (at least, a quick glance suggests it's pretty much done). I have lots of injuries to order and other details I'd love more info for, but I wonder if there's like a reddit equivalent or something?

Re: injury to order [TW: probable self harm?]

[tabaqui]

Oh, no. If you post on little_details, you'll always get a reply. I used it a couple months ago. Still there, still answering questions.

Re: injury to order [TW: probable self harm?]

[soldatsasha]

You basically have two choices that give you what you're looking for, and that's nerve damage or incredibly extensive scarring. Nerve damage is much easier to explain, much more likely to cause loss of sensation, and much more likely to be permanent.

Crushing or cutting would probably be best ime? Ideally you'd want him to damage the internal area of his palm/back of his hand. Something like an object driven deep into/through his hand or getting his hand smashed could break a lot of delicate little bones and ligaments and stuff, and also pretty well fuck up his nerves.

I've punched glass before and unless he starts grabbing up fistfuls of it after he probably wouldn't injure his hand that badly. Even if he does, mirrors shards might not really be sharp enough to do much more than give him some wicked cuts.

Any fire big/hot enough to deeply damage his hand (which is what you'd need for a permanent injury like what you're looking for) would pretty much ignite the rest of him I'd assume. But if you like the idea of burning you could go with acid or boiling liquid of some kind. Either could do a lot of centralized damage.

Re: injury to order [TW: probable self harm?]

[kamino_neko]

21st century, urban...I'd go with the burn, using a stove - gas allows both an open flame if that's important, and more control over how large the burn is. If, for some reason you don't want to do that, you could have him hold a knife in his non-dominant hand, then grab the blade in the dominant and pull..

Re: injury to order [TW: probable self harm?]

[(Anonymous)]

I punched a plate glass window in my 20s (I was dumb). I didn't have lasting nerve damage but still have serious scars.

Re: injury to order [TW: probable self harm?]

[(Anonymous)]

Could have him grab a large kitchen knife by the blade in his dominant hand, sharp edge facing his palm. It'll slice through the tendons, and if he doesn't go to the hospital right away there'll be issues reattaching the tendons. And the nerve damage could done by not properly caring for the hand afterwards and a secondary infection causes extreme scarring?