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turtleblogatlast · 4 months

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Leo’s natural intuition and perceptiveness are so good and subtle but seen throughout the whole show many, many times. And it’s interesting to see how these natural characteristics of his give way to other traits of his as well.

Like, him loving twists and betrayals and surprises goes hand in hand with him being so naturally intuitive.

Canonically, he knows his fam so well he can predict how they’re going to react (knowing what state his fam would be in during the base Shredder fight, being able to trick everyone in Lair Games, knowing Splinter would fall asleep after milk and cake, etc etc etc etc), and he also knows how to predict and manipulate his enemies as well (the “salami paper”, everything with Big Mama, etc etc etc etc).

This intuition comes off as very natural, so it makes so much sense that anything that throws that off would be fun for him to encounter! Provided that the “surprise” isn’t, y’know, world ending.

Moreover, this intuition and perceptiveness also goes hand in hand with how he’s secretly more responsible than he lets on, having to remind his brothers to be aware of how they appear or what may be too much for them or who they may hurt if they’re not careful.

Lastly, and this one is obvious, but these traits are also what fuel Leo’s sense of strategy, which is displayed not only with his actions on the battlefield, but every conversation he has outside of it. After all, it’s a long game to play, to appear a certain way. The Face Man is just another strategy.

So yeah, he knows people. He knows people very, very well.

And he tries very hard to make sure no one knows him.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #rise leo #which in turn makes Casey Junior so offputting to Leo #because he DOESNT know Junior but Junior knows HIM #or at least #he knows a different mask #one that Leo isn’t finished making quite yet #but that’s fine he finishes it by the end #also side note but there’s actually a tonnnn of times in the series where Leo just sorta??? knows what’s up???#imagine someone asking a question like I wonder what [insert anyone here] is doing right now #and Donnie goes to answer since he’s (totally ethically) recording everything ever but Leo just answers nonchalantly #when asked how tf he knows he just gives a punchable grin and says lol I guessed

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its-wabby-stuff · 25 days

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Mikey Goes To Oz

When Mikey takes some time away from a loud family squabble he accidentally ends up getting “flushed” down the sewers. This winds up sending him to the colorful land of Oz where he meets a good witch, a wicked witch, a brainless scarecrow, a heartless Tinman, a cowardess lion, and a powerful wizard, all disguised behind very familiar faces.

A canon adjacent spin off set before the season one finale but after they discover Splinter is Lou Jitsu

I wanted to fit each of the boys into their “you’ve had this all along” category. Leo isn’t brainless, in fact he’s pretty clever with a street smart, people reading ability on par with Donnie’s intelligence. Donnie isn’t heartless, he just has a tough time expressing his feelings. They are complex and unalgorithic but he can get just as excited or sad or angry as anyone, as much as he may deny it. Raph isn’t a coward, but being brave sometimes means admitting you’re scared and that you maybe don’t have all the answers. You dont have to be strong all the time and you don’t have to do it by yourself.

In the movie Dorothy’s journey home is also a representation of her running away. The important thing was to remember there were people who cared about her. Mikey is experiencing a similar phenomenon, wanting the escape the bad vibes in the lair. His “you’ve had it all along” is interesting because it is an object, since the Ruby kneepads could’ve taken him home the whole time. And sometimes getting home means going on a journey only to realize you never left.

I put April as Glinda because Glinda appears as a defender of the weak, and I see April in a similar light. Always willing to help and beat someone up if it is so required. Splinter as The Wizard of Oz represents Splinters own willingness to hide behind different personas, his running from the past and the pulling back of the curtain for Mikey in timeline. The Wizard grows through the movie, albeit quickly, and ends up leaving Oz to go home leaving his legacy with the scarecrow, the Tinman, and the lion. In this case the passing of the baton to his sons.

Meanwhile Draxum as the wicked witch felt much more how Mikey sees Draxum at this time in the show, mostly just an antagonistic force who wants something from them. Fun fact: I imagine throughout this dream, Draxum is uninterested in being the wicked witch but is pressed into it via plot. Hence his disinterest in being “melted.”

Additional characters not pictured: Big Mama as the Wicked Witch of the East (those were her Ruby kneepads!!) and Todd as the Mayor of Munchkin Land. If you can think of more, feel free to leave them in the comments or tags.

#rottmnt #wabbystuffpost #Mikey goes to Oz #I’ve had this in my WIP file for far too long #I got a little lazy with the rendering #especially for the first piece #I may update it later but for now it’s going out like this #let’s just say it’s rise style #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #leonardo #donatello #raphael #michelangelo #april oneil #baron draxum #Hugnin and Munnin #splinter #Lou Jitsu #wizard of Oz #my art #wabbyart #questions are always welcome #close ups of specific things are under the Mikey goes to Oz tag #tmnt #please don’t flop #additionally Leo doesn’t have as many bones so he’s tripping or supported on almost every page #Dorothy tells off the Lion in the movie as the Scarecrow and Tinman cower and I imagine that’s a very funny scene in this AU #I also think Mikey keeps mixing everybody up with their irl people #if you haven’t seen the movie in a while I recommend watching it again cause some scenes may be funnier with this context

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incorrect-ikevamp-quotes · 7 months

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Leonardo: Dinosaurs aren't extinct. I mean, le Comte is walking in this room.

MC: *wheeze*

#ikevamp #ikemen vampire #ikevamp leonardo #ikevamp leo #ikevamp comte #ikevamp saint germain #ikevamp mc #back at it again with the pureblood on pureblood violence #truly these jokes never age a day (at least for me)#you see what i did there #although i think the funniest thing about this one is that comte would be so 'ha h a leonardo very funny >:/'#and then he's just drinking in the parlor room asking sebas is he's too old and boring for mc #and sebas naturally interested in stirring the pot is like #'idk if you ask me you don't look a day over 300'#needless to say the man needed pats from mc afterwards #man im dying all i imagine is comte just 'no talk me i'm angy' in a corner of the balcony #lowkey want to write this now--i might in fact #unauthorized bullying of comte will not be tolerated (unless i find it hilarious like i do in this case)#also funny because leonardo isnt much younger--not that that would ever stop him #ikevamp incorrect quotes

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turtlecleric · 23 days

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Imagine.

You've been friends with Rise Leo for so long, that you can't seem to remember a time when he wasn't there teasing you with his signature smirk.

It was always jokes with him. Puns. One liners. Horrible cringe pick-up lines. You name it, he'd say it.

Word play was the game and boy did he know how to play. The dumber they were, the harder you laughed.

You always seemed to be laughing around him. It felt…nice. Just to be silly, let the weight of your world roll off your shoulders just for one moment.

You guessed why that's why it was so easy for you to fall into a habit of teasing him back. Y'all both just needed a reason to laugh.

But…you weren't laughing now.

There, he stood in front of you, with that signature smirk on his lips, telling you that he had feelings for you.

That he ALWAYS had feelings for you; he just never had the words for it until now.

You tilted your head at that, your brow narrowing in confusion as you began to rub a hand nervously over your arm.

So you did what you always did. What he would always do when it came to uncomfortable feelings.

You brushed it off with a laugh, missing the way Leo’s hands flexed at the sound.

You looked up at Leo with a shaky smirk, mirroring his own face, your eyebrow quirked teasingly.

“This is a joke right? I'm missing the punchline here. You've never cared about serious feelings like this before, so why start now?”

Leo’s eyes widened slightly, his stomach sinking as he watched you shake your head with that disbelieving and exasperated smile that he had come to love so much.

His hands slowly curled into white-knuckled fists as he watched you literally laugh away his confession.

You thought… you thought this was a joke. That he wouldn't take these real feelings seriously.

Leo’s gaze narrowed as his attention sharpened into focus on you.

Very well then.

Leo would show you just how serious he could be.

Imagine.

All of those jokes, all of that teasing, that ADHD intellect, that strategy, that charisma and charm directed solely on you.

Imagine.

Every comment, every look, interaction and touch becoming calculated, purpose driven and direct.

Focused. On. You.

Imagine.

Leo wanting to show you what serious intention looks like.

Because it was NEVER a joke when it concerned you.

~Ninja

#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #OH I'M IMAGINING #TH. THANK YOU FOR THIS #ohhhhhhh and you know it all comes to a boiling point where you get into an argument with him #which is so so terrible because you two NEVER fight #and because i love cliches it HAS to escalate to him losing that smirk and that self-assured mask and him yelling “BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!#BECAUSE FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE I'M BEING HONEST AND THE TRUTH IS THAT I FUCKING LOVE YOU OKAY?“#ohhh he'd fucking BREAK he'd start to cry and look at you like you hold his life in your hands (because you do. you always have)#and it's only THEN that you realize #all this was... all this was actually real #what he's been saying and doing it's all been REAL this ENTIRE TIME and you've been brushing it off. you've been LAUGHING.#“Leo I'm. I'm so sorry I didn't- I thought you-”#“well?” “well what?” “...do you love /me?/”#asks

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marchlione · 4 months

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ok you're telling me no one at either camp looked at either jason or thalia and went 'hey is that 80s actress beryl grace's kid? y'know, the one that went missing/mysteriously died?' like i'm sure the pop culture in pjo verse has a section of people who treat the whole beryl grace and mystery man's children, thalia and jason grace thing as a conspiracy theory or true crime story.

#jason grace #thalia grace #beryl grace #pjo #pjo hoo toa #i'd like to imagine that at some point when jason has amnesia and is at the wilderness school leo makes a joke #about piper being actor tristan mclean's daughter and #jason being called jason grace which was the name of 80s starlet beryl grace's son that supposedly died as an infant #or maybe one of thalia's hunters is actually from the time that beryl grace was well known #and says y'know you kind of look like that actress I used to like's kid that ran away and went missing whose body was never found #AND you have the same name as her #and thalia's like HAHAHA YOU KNOW THAT'S A REALLY FUNNY COINCIDENCE

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r0b0t1me · 1 year

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so i had an epiphany-

#my art #rottmnt #rottmnt movie #i thought of this like a week ago but i didnt draw it #imagining leo saying 'casey? kiddo i need you in the here and now'#makes me feel so ill its not even funny

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coffinpal · 1 year

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For the hillbilly AU, which of the boys spouts endless country-isms? Like "you couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if you had a shotgun full of buckshot" LIKE I feel Raph, but Leo's good with the quick wit too

Raph.

Definitely Raph(Robbin)

#pal talks #rottmnt hillbilly au #rise hillbilly au #im gonna make their refs soon with their new names because the poll is overwhelmingly in favor of them #and i like them alot #can u imagine a rise leo meeting a different dimension himself and his name is lefty #this saying has been said to me by my mom and co worker

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captaincolorblob · 1 year

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Fandom: Donnie probably hates puns lol

Also Donnie:

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise donatello #they all put a sticker each on there #the jj one is from leo the mad dogz one is from raph and mikey put the pizza #of course the keyboard pun is from donnie hello #i imagine it like he pretends to hate puns but giggles himself to bits when he makes one himself #for anyone who doesnt get the pun ctal is a button on the keyboard thats also called 'control'#so the sticker is saying everything is under control #just wanted to explain cause my brother didnt get why i snorted when we were watching rise #dia rambles

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sydmarch · 1 year

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anyway this is what i was actually trying to find. fucking thinking about this.

#NEED to know about their young adulthood. acele is described as 'late teens to early twenties' & we have no fucking clue how old evrart #is beyond 'around the same age as harry' which could mean anything when klaasje thinks hes 44 & kim thinks hes 56 #but i imagine they ARE actuslly very close in age bcus it'd just make sense wrt the timing of the revolution & all & yknow the parallels #so like they definitely could have been somewhere in their mid or late 20s when they came into power? & this 'at her age' as just a handful #of years before that? (choosing to just believe this line rather than taking it as him only trying to 'kids will be kids'ing away the drug #lab thing & making something up. so i can totally just like imagine lots of anger. at the state of things. about powerlessness. what do we #DO about it? probably getting into trouble & getting in fights for a long time. like leo says they ALWAYS came to help it wasn't just a one #off thing where they defended him it was just that one incident where the bullying stopped. bcus they beat him until he NEEDED STITCHES #like god i can just imagine their childhood & then the adolescent & young adult frustration & all of that coalescing into ok we WILL do #something to make things better. whatever it takes even. coming to the decision it's worth killing for #'your honor it's fine that my little meow meow had someone assassinated he had a bad childhood you see'#im chewing through concrete im throwing up im pacing my enclosure #anyway. me when i'm normal about the video game men #texticles #de #disco elysium #evrart

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turtleblogatlast · 4 days

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[ cw: violence mention / death mention / ]

Will never stop thinking about how Leo, all alone in an endless void and being beaten again and again and again by the only other living thing around, still finds comfort in that space. The situation he was in was completely hopeless, and in any other circumstances he would not have escaped, at least not fast enough to save him from permanent (or even fatal) damage, be it physical or mental.

And yet, despite the bleakness of his situation, despite the agony and helplessness, all he needs is one glance at a crumbled photograph, one glance to remember his family, and that’s enough of a reason for him to smile.

Maybe that’s why his powers center around manipulating space - because no matter how much space is between them, no matter how dire his own situation may be, just the thought of his family, alive and okay, is enough to give Leo hope.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise leo #the prison dimension is horrifying on its own #add in a monstrous being that towers over you and has vowed to ensure your suffering?#god I can’t imagine how scary that is #Mikey opening the portal was a miracle because if he hadn’t managed it there #it’s really up in the air what could have become of Leo #personally I subscribe by the theory that you straight up can’t die in the prison dimension #so it’s a prison in all ways #but the thought of a Leo who manages anyway who adapts and continues to have hope despite it all…#Leo saying he’s nothing without his family is a double edged sword really #because the thought of his family alone is all he needs to live. to hope.#to smile #nothing without them…but they’re EVERYTHING to him #and maybe he doesn’t realize it but…the feeling is mutual #one thing too is that hope that comforts Leo so much is not just that #should he think his family needs help - that hope can turn into determination #I’m unwell about this family #actually on my point of their powers - I truly do think the abilities tie in not only to their personalities #but to their relationship to family and love in general #kinda like love languages in a way #Mikey with his chains and time abilities values being around his family the most - he wants them to experience living in the moment togethe #Donnie is someone who is 100% a gift giver to show his love - his constructs are exactly that aren’t they? gifts of his mind #Raph is someone who willingly bears the weight of the shield - he protects his family like the best big brother possible #and Leo - he goes off on his own a lot but his mind is constantly on his family anyway #like a sailor at sea no matter how far he travels the compass always point in one direction - and for him that compass points home #even if he can’t make it back - it’s still there #and that’s enough

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leosmasktails · 1 year

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Yeehaw Leo because it’s my birthday :) 🥳🥳🥳

I’m just gonna drop this here as my gift to you guys :)

Lmao enjoy-

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angelmichelangelo · 8 months

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if 2012 splinter had a premonition on how he was going to die, do you think there was a reason as to why he took raph and april with him up on that rooftop? because like. in the perspective of the show, it's always been leo that has those big emotional moments with splinter. you'd think the writers would have put leo up on that rooftop instead of raph but. yeah. i wonder if there was ever any reason for that

#like. splinter KNEW he was probably going to die. and he had to essentially chose which son to take with him for it #it was probably always a toss up between raph and leo #probably never ever donnie or mikey. i imagine he decided that immediately #does anyone else ever think this #idk if im even saying this right. like in my head it makes sense yknow lol #or better yet. why did he bring ANY of them #like. maybe he had some naive hope he would live? because yeah hes a wise old dude but.#he probably didnt wanna die at all right?#scream your thoughts with me please or i will explode #tmnt 2012

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mistergreatbones · 26 days

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Someone on Twitter confused Jason for Dick and asked why he was going grey before Bruce and I can NOT stop thinking about it

#leo says shit #i mean dick’s always been allowed to grow - from the Boy Wonder to the Teen Wonder to Discowing to modern Nightwing to Batman #whereas Bruce has always been stagnant.#other than his suits and the tone of his comics getting darker nothing about him really changes #his side characters change but Bruce doesn’t #what better way to show that then having dick go grey before his dad #imagine being bruce literally watching your kid out grow you #or imagine bruce dies his hair black to represent him desperately grabbing onto the past and this image of a perfect hero he's made #and dick let’s his hair stay natural to represent his willingness to grow and let go #batfam #bruce wayne #dick grayson #bruce being stagnant isn’t his fault btw. he literally cannot help it for the same reason Superman and Wonder Woman and Spider-Man cannot #in what? 15 years he’ll be a hundred and still just look like a better drawn version of the same character he debuted as

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zenathered · 9 months

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I can't believe they just threw the line from The End of Days as a chat choice.

#ffxiv #I like how I'm just going through blue mage and suddenly my movie brain kicks in and I leo point at the hilarious line from 1999 #he says this to satan btw #it's just a wild movie like satan's looking for a bride in NYC and Ahnold's just like not in my city #imagine looking for love and Arnold's just like no #I'm also stuck on the lvl 80 blue mage fight so I'm like HAHA atm

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lostinbooks14 · 9 months

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All 5 of the HOO books: Leo is unattractive, scrawny, short, skinny, not hot (not literally obv), looks like an elf, undergrown troll

The fandom: our boi Leo hotter than Percy and Jason combined! He hotter than his flames!

#not really fandom salt #personally i like leo but i never imagine him as being hot #and its weird when i come across fans saying hes hot without a second thought #his personality is hot tho #so hot 🔥🔥🔥#leo hoo #leo valdez #heroes of olympus #hoo incorrect quotes #leo valdez incorrect quotes

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starsinthenigth · 6 months

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★ROTTMNT: whats if.. AU, [II]★

★spoilers for the 'ROTTMNT: Movie, mentions of death, major character death and injuries★

★Okay so, I've seen a few comics and AU's of what would happen if Leo never got out of the 'Prison Dimension', and they are all pretty sad but..★

★What if Leo, MADE it out of the 'Prison Dimension', but because he was so badly beaten up by the Kraang, he couldn't survive for more than a few minutes.★

★So, his brothers would have see the fact that Leo is die right in front of their eyes.★

#★it might not make sense again★#★but BOY imagine the angst.★#rottmnt #rottmnt: What if..Au.#rise of the tmnt #rottmnt the movie #Tw: death #Tw: mentions of injuries #★also #I'm sorry if this AU already exists.★#★also Leo would probably say something to 'ligthen up' the mood like:#“Can we get out of here? I don't want Jersey to be my death-place”#he says that through a pained yet relieved voice-#relieved that his family is safe.★#★of course #★bsjzsonsk/neg★

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