bakerstreet | Scars

Scars

the s c a r s meme

Most everyone has some sort of scars. Some are from happy accidents. Some are from events you'd rather not speak about. But sometimes, two people can share a moment over scars: Be it friendly, romantic, or with a complete stranger. These are those moments.

01. new: the scar is fairly new. maybe you still need to do something to make sure it heals more properly. maybe you're just worried about the new scar that's appeared on someone you care about.
02. discovery: you've just had someone find out about your scars, or you've just accidentally learned that the other person has scars. do you say something, or let the moment pass uncommented on?
03. shame: maybe you're ashamed of your scars. maybe you want someone else to know that there's no need to hide their scars around you.
04. show: you're proud of your scars, or at least you don't see a reason to keep them covered-- never have, or not anymore. or maybe someone is showing you their scars for the first time.
05. story: it's time to talk about the story behind your scars. or, perhaps, it's time to listen to someone tell you about how they came about their scars.
06. touch: maybe you want someone to touch your scars so you can remind yourself you're still here. maybe you want to touch their scars because you want to show them you don't mind them.
07. attraction: you've heard that people like someone with scars, so you're flaunting them, or you're the person very attracted to someone with scars.
08. kiss: letting this person kiss your scars may be a moment of extreme vulnerability, or just something you like. kissing someone else's scars may be just what you need to do to show someone how much you care.
09. soulmate: you live in a world where your soulmates scars appear on your own skin. what's that like?
10. other: wildcard option.

------------------

Post with your character's name and canon, and maybe a list of some of their scars and if you're interested in gen/shipping/etc. Reply to other people's comments by picking RNG for an option, or pick your own!

A mash up of several other scar memes. Warning: May have reference to abuse, torture, violence, self-harm, or similar.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Multiple versions available! Let me know if you have a preference!]

[ She has many, but the most obvious is the burn on her face. ]

[he's got plenty of old scars on his back, plus a more recent badly-healed stab wound. 18+ for shipping.]

(OoC: Usual scars on her body befitting a Warrior of Light/Darkness, plus a set of small scars on her cheeks and nose. Brief Info on her in journal.)

[Faint faded scars on his torso and arms from the Neko-ken training. Thanks dad.]

[ Swede has two missing teeth. ]

[he's covered in burn scars and isn't ashamed of them. But he does keep himself covered most of the time]

[Mick's scars are a part of Mick and Leonard knows them so well that they almost feel as if they are a part of him as well. Much like Mick himself, that degree of familiarity.

There is shame he feels over some of those scars, because he blames himself for them. His failure of keeping the heat in check. Holding him back.

Less obviously - because Leonard has never been obvious about those things - there is the attraction. To him, everything about Mick is beautiful and the scars are a big part of that, something that tells so much about the man he is.

And there is that familiarity to the touch, when Leonard lets himself enjoy it, when he manages to let his guard down long enough for that.

Like right now, when he stands behind Mick, who is shirtless. Leonard, naturally, is still mostly fully clothed, with a long-sleeved black shirt and black jeans, but slender, deft fingers that run down Mick's arms and he moves close enough to press up against him, until his head rests against Mick's shoulder blade. He breathed slowly, carefully, seeking to be in sync with him.]

[Mick is the muscle, the volatile big guy who protects his partner, who takes the hits and deals them out.

Which doesn't mean that he isn't aware of his surroundings. He can sense Snart behind him, barely repressing a shiver at the cool skim of his fingertips across his scars.

He remains still at the touch and at the gentle press against his skin. These moments are rare and worth appreciating.

Slowly he hooks an arm behind him, a hand resting on Snart's hip to keep him close. As always, he will let him set the pace, to voice what it is he wants.

Mick will always be there, a touchstone for his best friend, his everything.]

[He has the mind for details, always has. But in this case, truthfully, it's not primarily his mind that has memorised the feeling of Mick's body against his, the way every inch of his skin feels.

They are embracing now and one of his hands is trailing over Mick's chest, lingering on a patch that does not feel quite right.]

That one's new.

[Another burn, he assumes, though he can't be certain when he just feels instead of sees.]

You remember what happened?

{{She has many (some from battle and bad decisions, some from ritual bloodletting or branding), but the worst are on her back, a web of old, white scars. Her newest is a cut that runs from her hip bone to her navel, evidence of a very deep cut.}}

[18+ shipping, ota gen. Lots of scars, lots of stories. Can go with late canon injuries or earlier. Can focus on his scars, the other person's scars, or both!]

[He's got his fair share of scars, pick your poison]

(OOC: Let me know if you want like Post season 2 or not.)

[ ask him how he died! gore/body horror warnings apply. ]

[For post-game/post-anime: Mizuki has scarring across the front of his throat from having a tattoo removed. When he thought another gang was going to help him save his own group, even if it meant joining them, this actually meant having their tag art slapped on over his original tattoo, and then brainwashed. Subsequently, his friend accidentally brain-broke him and rendered him comatose for at least a month. There's a lot of bad shit behind that, too, including dissonance between how his body originally was (fit, strong, could kick much ass) to how it is currently (some muscle atrophy, general weakness, and other mental health issues.) It's more than just the scar, for him. It's weakness and failure, and more.

[He otherwise keeps it literally under-wraps with bandages.

[Threads are likely to go into hurt/comfort territory. Prompt 3 is innate for Mizuki, but he won't have such feelings towards other people - only himself.

[Alternatively, pre-hospitalization has Mizuki being wholeheartedly a confident, warm (almost doting) young man with perhaps only a few battle scars, but none are visible at a glance, nor are they really notable. He's more likely to be showing care to the other person than anything else, especially due to the fact that he often hides his feelings behind smiles.

[In case we want to include tattoos as also "scars," he has the teardrop tattoo under his eye, a matching abstract one on his throat, and a semi-abstract dragon on his back (though the dragon is headcanon.)]

[Shipping preferred, but for non-castmates who don't want to use handwaved CR, we can see how things go.]

[ So I miiiiight have snooped on your thread with Dojima (who I am also threading with) and uh I think these two would be super fun together 👀 Yuki's a pretty protective/caring guy and I can see him wanting to be there for Mizuki post-brain break. For previous CR I think Yuki would've been a member of Dry Juice (maybe after running away from home/dropping out of school), so he and Mizuki could be friends already (or maybe even more?? O: )

If you're into it, lmk and we can plot something out! c: ]

[No worries! The snooping is mutual! :D

[Sorry for the delay in response, as well. I have some wrist pain flaring up since 2 days ago and I was being selective in order to limit my use of it until it started to feel a little better. I may be slow at times until it heals more than it already has.

[If you happen to not be super set on Yuki being a member of Dry Juice, Mizuki is the type to even protect No-Marks (like his friend Aoba,) so that would extend to Yuki as well (and the Dry Juice members would recognize Yuki as well to permit him access to their territory without a fight.) Otherwise, he would likely have Dry Juice's tag art somewhere on his body (which Mizuki would have put on his body, himself, upon request,) but only if you think he would have wanted that.

[I'm not super familiar with Yuki's canon, but I skimmed over the anime's info on him from your info page plus the wiki.

[But yeah, they can be friends with or without joining the game (officially or unofficially,) and I can see Mizuki encouraging Yuki's passions (and probably even offering more than once to help him out.) I play him as equally passionate about his tattoo art, after all. :3]

[Headcanon that Rose has largish scars on her middle and back where she was skewered.]

[permissions and info. can be the WoL, can just be an adventurer, can be co-WoLs with yours, whatever!
As far as her own, WoL!Ariane has a scattering of faint battle scars on her limbs and torso and a small nick on her chin. Not-WoL!Ariane has picked up fewer scars overall, but still has the one on her chin.]

[ m/m for ship, has one scar usually covered by a watch that comes with a self harm warning. ]

[ the noise of the ship quiets at night, when the miracle arises that luffy actually gets depleted of all his energy and passes out, usopp and zoro soon joining to do the same. at baratie, sanji would now be sweeping its floors after their second dinner shift, cleaning it to have ready for brunch the next day, where sanji would get up just as early to get food prep done with zeff or patty or any of the other chefs. but his routine is changing, now cooking for five, even if feeding luffy is like feeding a few dozen, with a much smaller kitchen to look after.

but — however small, this kitchen is his. no zeff to tell him what to cook or what menu to stick to, no two days ever the same anymore. his life is never going to be the same and he's caught up in not knowing whether to be anxious or terrified or excited, or all emotions rolled into one.

at least the company's nice.

nami remains well in view, seated at the other side of the galley, a set of maps in front of her, while he works at sharpening his knives at the counter, his eyes often peering up to catch a curious glimpse at her. her entire demeanor seems changed since they'd taken down arlong, more relaxed, compared to even the few times he'd been around her while they'd still been docked at baratie. it's relieving to witness.

he clears his throat quietly. ]

You know, I haven't had the chance to tell you yet, but that tattoo of yours — it's quite beautiful.

[ company is still a concept nami struggles to wrap her mind around. she could count the number of times she's had it on one hand, and all of them had only happened in the last couple of weeks. she supposes there's something to be said of exposure therapy, when even in the preferred quiet of her working environment does she find herself already growing to miss the barely contained chaos of the other four when they're all together.

sanji's words come much later than she expected, clocking in at almost twenty minutes since the evening had left the two of them alone in the galley. his presence aboard had been as surprising as his presence among the others back on coco village, but she finds herself with very little to question about it. anyone who fights as hard as he had for a virtual stranger has got to be a good person, for how very new that concept is for nami to come across these grizzly seas. luffy, it seems, has quite the knack for finding them.

it still takes her a moment to remember the tattoo on her arm is no longer the one of her imprisonment. she's sure she'll learn not to flinch at its mention someday. ]

Thanks. [ and maybe one day, gratitude won't feel so foreign and bitter on her tongue anymore. ] My sister did it. [ the truth, too. ]

[ sanji had briefly witnessed the previous tattoo that had covered nami's arm, back when he'd been fervidly defending her situation with arlong against zoro's insistence that she had outright betrayed them. them being the other three, of course, since sanji hadn't quite earned his place on the crew yet at the time, thought it hadn't really mattered since luffy's devotion in helping him and the baratie had cemented his own intentions in aiding him and his friends — nami being an attractive woman really had just been a bonus through all of this.

now, he sees the design on her skin has changed, still bearing a faint red from the recent cover up, showing the proof of what he'd believed about her before, about where her loyalties lay, all simply coming from his own ... instincts. ]

It probably isn't my place to say it, but ... well, it suits you.

[ from across the galley, he gives her a smile, an honest one that's more kind than his usual brand of flirtatious charm, because even he knows that has its time and place. ]

Plus, we've got a long journey ahead, right? Always good to carry a piece of home.

[ childermass has a scar on his cheek from a knife wound, as can be seen (though in a somewhat fresh state) in this gif! ]

[mia is missing her left hand. also has noticeable scarring on her legs (including a hand-shaped burn). the rest are covered up.]

[Voicetesting.]

[She has more scars than one might expect a noblewoman to have. There are vampire bte scars on her neck, arrow scars on her chest, and more that are usually hidden beneath her clothes.]

[Re-voicetesting, because she's a little rusty.]

( the scarred )

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Scars

Kabal | Mortal Kombat | OTA

dazai osamu | bsd

integra hellsing / hellsing

esther moreau / original / ota

vash | trigun stampede

Toki Wartooth | Metalocalypse | ota

Crystallis Ra-Lyn | Final Fantasy XIV (WoL OC) | OTA

Ranma Saotome | Ranma 1/2 | OTA

The Swede | Our Flag Means Death | OTA

Mick Rory - Legends/DCTV

look, I dunno, I felt like it

Oh never apologize for this

then shameless indulgence it is

Dorian Storm | Critical Role | OTA

no subject

Hawks | My Hero Academia | ota

Bucky Barnes - MCU - ota

Adrian "Alucard" Tepes | Netflix Castlevania | OTA

nilou | genshin impact

Crowley | Good Omens

michael afton | five nights at freddy's

Mizuki | DRAMAtical Murder | M/M

no subject

no subject

Rose | Tales of Zestiria

Ariane Auravert 🌷 FFXIV OC

James Flint - Black Sails - M/M20+

Xiao Xingchen | The Untamed | M/M

Xiao Xingchen | The Untamed | OTA

Tsuzuki Asato | Yami no Matsuei

kaedehara kazuha . genshin impact

nami | opla

idk idk i'm winging it

👉👉

no subject

john childermass - jonathan strange & mr. norrell.

mia allen | evil dead | ota.

Hawke | Dragon Age 2

Warden Cousland | Dragon Age

Cassandra de Rolo | Critical Role

Inquisitor Lavellan | Dragon Age

Sansa Stark | Game of Thrones | OTA