#Leo and Future Leo) and Big Mama stuff so that is cool
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So I don't think I talked on reverse time au here...
What if Leo rewinds to the past to when they are all turtle tots? He would have the memories of the future. Of course he knows he can't do anything yet because he is small but he can at least form a better relationship...and change himself for the better.
He knows what happened, all the bad stuff, so he gets attachment issues badddd and he tries to prevent all the and stuff- he also tries to be better, spend all his time with them because he knows how it has to end for him for their sakes.
Him and Donnie get closer, both due to their love of science [because I feel that this could be the start of him being a medic for the team], he is the third eldest so he helps Raph with some the responsibilities....and spends more time with Mikey...
He loathes Splinter for a while...for not teaching them about how to be a ninja...but he still loves his papa.
He loathes how his father doesn’t want to spend time with them. He understands in a way he never did and wants to help his dad, but he also just wants to make the most of his time with him. He sits with him watching commercials and old Lou Jitsu movies and likes to comment Lou is no where near as cool as his hero his dad.
He feels the need to make everything better. He know that he is not Splinter’s favorite and never will be his favorite...
Leo changes things. He gets out more as a kid <the others never paid attention to what he was doing before...and meets Big Mama First. She ends up mothering him when he is around and making sure he and his brothers have things. She is the reason the have groceries time to time [because Splinter being depressed will more then likely forget, so Leo gets them and says his father got them.]
He meets Hueso who in turn has his wife provide clothes for him and his brothers. Leo tells them specific instructions: Raph need slightly bigger one so does not rip them; Donnie is autistic, some clothes would bother him so he needs a specific type of fabric for him; and Mikey love wear girly and boyish clothes...he is very colorful also.
Splinter gets suspicious, he doesn't remember buying all the groceries and the clothes but he will not question it, due to his lazy nature. "I might have bought this months ago...I don't remember," he would say.
He knows he'll have to do Draxum when they are older, can't exactly speed that up. However Draxum is considerably their 1st father....the creator. They may have their papa's DNA, but Draxum is the one that bought them...he is their owner in a way.
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waitok. rottmnt headcanons GO.
donnie
autism + ocd (hes just like me for realsies)
trans/nb, bisexual (he/they/it prns)
hes YOUNGER THAN LEO (by 5 minutes. he figured it out w science stuff idk)
likes baking bc its like chemistry but you can eat ur experiments it w/out dying (usually)
stress baker
knows asl and a little bit of japanese (from splinter)
back/posture issues (worse after the kraang bc of shell damage)
chronic back pain...bones of an 80 yr old
mikey
adhd
agender + aroace (uses any pronouns but mostly he/she. none gender left boy is how he describes it)
has a deep interest in psychology and would pursue a career as a therapist if it wasnt for the whole. turtle thing
looks up to leo and thinks hes sooo cool until she turns like 12 and realizes oh hes kinda lame actually. still his idol though bc hes funny
besties w sunita ^_^ bc i said so. new sister acquired
likes watching raph knit
chronic pain after the kraang, as well as tremors
leo
adhd + autism
needs glasses like donnie but thinks they make him look like a nerd so he never wears them..hed rather be blind (until he eventually gets contacts that is)
is actually a nerd, just in denial
trans + gay (he/him)
the WORST flirter ever. so bad at it. absolutely abysmal. he gets zero bitches
is afraid of cold, dark spaces after the whole Kraang Fiasco
saw gram gram in the prison dimension for a bit b4 being rescued <3
knows the most languages (english, asl, spanish, japanese)
likes boxing
cried for an hour when casey jr accidentally called him dad
raph
anxiety + ocd
trans + biromantic asexual (he/they)
loves knitting <3 he makes his brothers and april new sweaters every year
stress knitter. it helps him calm down. after the kraang incident he knit so much that he ended up w 3 piles of scarves, blankets, sweaters and other various items. april donated some bc there were just So Many
watches donnie bake a lot and vehemently denies eating the raw dough (even when donnie catches him)
sometimes sees gram gram in his dreams
rly good at dancing actually
sleeps w a mountain of teddy bears. cries if he accidentally knocks one off the bed
april
adhd + anxiety
nb lesbian (she/they)
TWO GIRLFRIENDS (cassandra + sunita)
has a cat named mona lisa :] shes a calico and frequently hides in aprils backpack to sneak into the lair. donnies her second fav
has Eldest Sister Syndrome
literally the only hamato who actually knows how to take care of herself. frequently reminds her brothers to do that as well
HUGE gossip. w donnie specifically. she'll come over after work and shit talk customers/shitty co workers and he'll just listen and occasionally suggest manslaughter
lied abt being 18 to get a crane license </3
helps the brothers w their post kraang issues
cassandra
adhd
trans lesbian (she/her)
casey jrs biological mom despite saying she found him in the trash
named him after the greatest warrior she knows. herself
raphs bestie! he scruffs her like a cat when she gets too violent.
theyre vigilante buds! shes commited murder before
bit so many kraang zombies. claimed they tasted like bubblegum (they did not)
slightly feral, maybe rabid
actually scarily intelligent, she's just. a little insane
cried when she met casey jr. shes so proud of him
casey jr
So Much Trauma. All Of It. anxiety + ocd + autism
trans + questioning (no time for teen romance in the apocalypse, he/him)
once he gets more comfy w the turtles and family he stops w the sensei or master and starts calling them uncles ^_^ (leo is dad, casey + april + sunita r mom, draxum + splinter are grandpa and big mama is nana)
so many parental figures, watched them all die
the worst fashion sense known to man. its so bad its embarassing
very smart bc he was taught by future donnie, ended up just going to college immediately despite being like, ~15/16
very proud of his stubble :]
loves hockey! plays it w his moms
showers everyday once he figures out what showers actually are
cant sleep alone, if he wakes up alone he freaks out rly bad
good at cooking! not amazing, but good! was mostly joking about eating rats (thinks its funny)
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For one: whenever the concept of the Nohrians meeting the young trio comes up, my first thoughts are 1) Inigo being cripplingly shy and terrified of Xander 2) Severa being Extremely Unreasonable and Aggressive especially toward Camilla and 3) Owain gravitating toward Elise because she's reminiscent of his mother, because he's a mama's boy who probably lost his mom very recently and that's pretty fucked up!!
That being said, I'm screaming at the idea of Owain gravitating toward Elise because mother, Xander because cool sword, and Camilla because cool armor, and Not Trusting Leo because he's a Dark Mage and Dark Mage Means Plegia Means Grima Means Evil (almost always) and Leo being so upset about it. It turns the tables entirely, where Odin was originally the one who thought both Leo and Niles were so cool and they thought he was a weirdo idiot until he proved himself, now he thinks they're creepy and Evil and have to work for his trust. And I will always love the Nohrians realizing the trio were Fucked Up Kids and the idea of them watching the three of them take down a faceless with Brutal efficiency because of how much more dangerous Risen were...I'm so into this. AND!! The trio fucking hating each other!! They're so used to them being Best Friends and Inseparable and understanding each other on a whole different wavelength. And now? Sev and Inigo aren't very kind toward Owain's dramatics, Sev and Owain are Bothered by Inigo's flirtations, and Severa is just so harsh with both of them (and most people). Of all the people they could be stuck with, they would Not choose each other. I'm rambling but I'm so into it I'm so so into it. One of the previous asks you linked spoke a lot about Inigo, but if you could talk a bit more about Severa and Owain? Especially if their adult selves were involved with their lieges and partner retainers and how different the dynamic is now and the way they each react when realizing the trio went through something so clearly screwed up and beyond even what they've seen
(prev ask) Ayyy, glad you got a kick out of all of that, lol. And yes!! Leo Trio origins reversed!! With Niles and Leo being the ones who have to prove themselves to Owain instead of the other way around. And the Trio not getting along!! They're 100% there to save each other when they think they're in mortal danger, but as soon as they realize they're not in Plegia? Don't touch me, don't breath on me, don't look in my direction, any of you. Owain & Inigo can't be alone in a room together or else they'll scuffle, Severa stomps away whenever Inigo tries to compliment her, nobody wants to talk to Owain, etc.
Also sure! I spoke a lot about Inigo in that last ask because I wanted to be clear about what I meant with the shyness thing, but for Severa & Owain...
I don't know if they would have been in romance with their lieges before this! I obviously ship the royals & their retainers, but I don't ever see the appeal of that dynamic in deaging fics? I get the idea of like "oh, this is a new side of my partner I've never seen before," but the deaging part is such a huge part of the plot that I don't really see the benefit to that dynamic in these types of fics.
But just in general! The friendship/platonic shift!
I mentioned before about Camilla trying to dote on little Severa but struggling because Severa rejects her So Hard, lol. In general she'd want to dote on Severa because of her personality and how Severa is a tiny version of her beloved retainer, but the more it becomes clear that Severa has issues (especially re: family, which is a major reason Camilla feels the need to dote on Corrin), the more she wants to spend time with her and make some happy memories with her. Which makes Severa's rejection of this attention even stronger bc who the hell are you to presume you know her? And also you're not her big sister/mom/whoever.
Eventually, I almost feel like Camilla would?? I don't want to say "give up," but eventually you're going to get more flies with honey than vinegar. By which I mean the less Camilla tries to push the relationship, the more open Severa might be to spending time with her. But I'm not sure Camilla would get to this point within the timeframe of the Trio being deaged! I think this would take many days or perhaps even weeks to figure out. If the Trio return to normal before this, I think Camilla might feel different (Hard to say how... maybe guilty??) about the way her Selena dotes on her and wants her attention all the time vs little Severa rejecting her. But!! If the Trio stay deaged for a while and Camilla learns to stop pushing the relationship, Severa may slowly grow to approach Camilla on her own and may then be open to being doted upon once they understand each other more (bc she canonically wants all the foods and fun stuff Camilla is offering; she just wants it from someone she trusts. And primarily from her parents ((see: awakening supports w/ parents)), but they're not here).
tl;dr Camilla would have to go against her doting instincts if she wanted Severa to get comfortable with her. Otherwise Severa would avoid her/take advantage of the things Camilla is offering while not wanting to be near her very much.
Re: Beruka!
Unlike Camilla, who has a lot of sad and sympathetic feelings for Severa, Beruka really leaves feelings out of it. Which is probably to her benefit in this scenario, as she's approaching Severa's trauma's from a logical (perhaps even detachedly relatable) standpoint rather than sympathetic. She's more direct than Camilla, so Severa might be a little more comfortable with her, just because she knows what to expect.
Severa, for her part, may even seek Beruka out once she knows they're partners because (1) she wants to know what sort of person her future partner is and (2) she wants to prove that she's the better retainer than Beruka. Which of course she can't do because (a) Beruka would never compare them like that, nor Camilla and (b) Severa is younger, more hotheaded, and less skilled than her older self, so anything she tries to prove now, she'll probably fail at and will blame on her older self having more experience. This competetive spirit may start as an inferiority complex thing, but with Beruka never really fanning the flames, Severa may eventually calm down about it and just feel more driven to get better on her own/respect Beruka as her partner (sort of like her Cynthia Supports in Awakening, though a little different).
Leo & Owain, I already talked about. Owain will immediately take note of the fact that Leo & Niles are his future lord & partner, which he is very curious about, but once Xander, Camilla, & the other very cool people with melee weapons come into the picture, he's very drawn to them, which makes Leo jealous, lol. Leo dedicates himself to "solving" the deaging issue, using this as an excuse so he doesn't have to spend time around Owain and get compared to his "cooler" siblings. HOWEVER, joke's on him bc the fact he's avoiding Owain means Owain doesn't get the chance to quiz him even more and tell him about how cool Brynhilder is. When this finally happens, Leo feels incredibly foolish for trying to show off for Owain & avoid him in turns. Owain, meanwhile, may or may not have ever picked upon on the fact Leo was feeling weird about him at all (although he will admit he felt nervous around Leo at first bc Pelgian Mage Memories and had to take time to get over that).
Niles is a little hard to consider because I actually think?? He'd be good with young/immature folk when he's genuinely trying to be? (See: Niles's interactions with Elise & Nina). However, he can also be quite cruel to people who don't really deserve it (See: Mozu C & B supports) despite having a motto of only insulting "people who deserve it," (Peri Support). So!! I think Niles's interactions with Owain ultimately come down to how well he respects Odin/how good their relationship was. If they were besties when Odin gets deaged, then I don't think Niles will purposely try to make Owain feel bad, though a lot of what he says with metaphors & double meanings will probably go over Owain's head anyway. I also don't know if he'd purposely go digging for information or not?? Depending on how much he feels asking would be a betrayal to Odin's trust vs his own curiosity and all the hints Owain doesn't realize not to drop?? I think Owain would really determine what Niles does or doesn't learn about him. They have the potential to have a really good talk where Owain talks about his parents' deaths and the struggles he & the kids are going through and Niels talking about his own life on the streets. (BTW, despite Owain literally going through a war & both parent death, I think he might think Niles has the worse situation bc he's never known parental love at all, which baffles Niles).
Similar to Leo, I think Owain would be really cautious around Niles at first, both because he's an intimidating sort and because he takes cues from how everyone acts around Niles too. But!! Also just like Leo, if his future self trusted them, obviously that means something, right? So he'd approach Niles a bit more after a few days of settling in.
Niles & Owain's interactions are really hard to imagine because they depend on so many factors that I haven't decided upon! But hopefully the other ones make sense, lol
Thanks for asking!
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Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is awesome and here is why
The finale to Rise of the TMNT is so bombastic, exciting and heartfelt, it could pretty easily fit into a Studio Trigger anime! I had my doubts watching the series, but the finale put a lot of things into perspective, now I think it stands alongside it’s brothers as a worthy incarnation in the franchise.
My favorite thing about Rise of the TMNT is how interested it is in shaking up the mythology, often adding or twisting things to it’s own liking. Most of it’s new additions turned pretty great, I love the Yokai underworld and the larger focus on mysticism elements; Baron Draxum and Big Mama, plus the new mutant villains like Hypno-Potamus, Warren Stone or Repo Man, turn out to be pretty good villains, while characters like Senor Hueso or Todd being fun new allies that I hope they make it into more TMNT stuff in the future.
The twists to the Turtles dynamic leads to pretty interesting versions of Raphael and Donnie; since Raph is the leader for much of the show his anger issues are pushed to the side to focus on him more as a big brother figure who worries about his siblings and having to make the plans, which is pretty cool. Because Raph is nicer, this means that Donnie ends up having to act as the more abrasive one in the team, I found his ego to be fun and having a more rounded personality from the start as others took time to be more fleshed out. Mikey’s the same as ever, maybe played more naively since the Turtles are jokier than normal, but I’m mixed on Leo. I like the idea of Leo starting out as lazier than the others to later step up his game and become the leader, but aside from a few stand out moments he never quite gets to that point where you go “oh yeah, he deserves to be the leader” not to mention that Donnie already has the ego going for him.
One of the big changes to the series, one which would define it’s identity and themes, is to Splinter. At the start he seems like a lazy bum who watches cheesy movies to pass the time. This characterization put people off at first... then we see the extent of his backstory and he becomes a much deeper character. Hamato Yoshi, unlike his other incarnations, wanted nothing to do with his legacy. He ran away to America and became an action star to carve out his own path as Lou Jitsu. Things got worse for him when Big Mama kidnapped him for the Battle Nexus, forcing him to fight for years without end, then kidnapped AGAIN for Baron Draxum’s experiments, before ultimately winding up in his current rat form. As this is revealed, you get a clearer picture of Splinter as a sad wreck who truly did his best to raise the Turtles... then when push comes to shove, he steps up to better train his sons for the threats ahead while also learning to let them be more independent against the expectations thrust upon him in his youth. Splinter becomes a cool character on his own and you can see how the Turtles end up reflecting aspects of his personality.
These new elements end up working so well that you kind of wish they hadn’t included more familiar stuff like the Shredder or the Purple Dragons into the mix. Don’t get me wrong, most of them work okay and they do their best to make them different but for me at least I wish they kept the focus more on the Yokai stuff. I’d say that the series isn’t one someone should binge all at once; there is continuity, but the episodes are designed to be stand alone compared to more serialized storytelling you might be used to seeing (example, the 2012 TMNT series). Not all the jokes land, nor will all the reinventions necessarily work for everyone, but when it does, it really REALLY does.
Rise can be a bit off putting at first, but by the end, it really grows on you and leaves you wanting more. And we are getting more with the movie on the way. Maybe this will lead to more seasons? I hope so.
#Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#TMNT#Leonardo#Raphael#Michelangelo#Donatello#Splinter#Hamato Yoshi#Baron Draxum#Cartoons#Yokai#Youkai
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All the evens for Audrey and all the odds for Margo!
thank you! this got super long so i’m putting it under a cut hehe
audrey:
2. why is your oc problematic?
audrey is problematic because she has no clue what she’s doing when it comes to anything and when it comes to being a hero, she relies almost entirely on trial and error.
4. what crossovers with other ocs have you talked about?
i have talked about crossovers with you for leila, @emiliachrstine with jacqueline, and @notaboutcat with grace barnes!!!
6. if your oc were to have superpowers, what would they be? if your oc has superpowers, what are they?
so audrey has super soldier strength as her primary superpower, and also there’s some other stuff that will be revealed during the thor: tdw arc
8. alright, be honest—whether or not they get the chance to prove it, is your oc worthy?
so i think that audrey does become worthy eventually during endgame, but i think that all the avengers are.
10. what’s your oc’s fight song? (e.g., immigrant song for thor, just a girl for carol)
girls just wanna have fun!!! i think is the biggest one. but i have actually picked out songs for the main fights in all of the movies audrey is in:
avengers battle of new york: “mama talking” by parov stelar
moscow fight against bucky: “bad guy” by billie eilish which i know wasn’t technically released yet but it’s okay
thor: tdw final fight: “big god” by florence and the machine
tws final fight: “seven nation army” by the white stripes
avengers: aou battle of sokovia: “glass & patron” by fka twigs
captain america: civil war airport scene: “bad blood” by taylor swift
angels of mercy final fight: “tomboy” by princess nokia
thor: ragnarok: “the future’s so bright, i gotta wear shades” by timbuk 3
avengers: iw: “yellow flicker beat” by lorde
avengers: endgame: “girls just wanna have some” by chrormatics and “lights up” by harry styles and “boys wanna be her” by peaches
12. what was your oc like in high school?
audrey didn’t officially go to high school because she was tutored privately until she started just going to college but she was generally bored with her tutors. when she went to high school in the 80s, she was jarred. even though she’d gotten several degrees by that point, she was like freaked out by being with other people and having to have a social life because in college she just didn’t talk to anybody. so she was nervous and quiet but she did have one good friend!
14. your oc meets thanos. what’s their first move?
omg audrey’s first move is to spit on him, i think, and then she just like attempts to tackle him and scratch his eyes out ngl
16. your oc gets married. which canon characters are in the wedding party?
yesss braudrey wedding time!! natasha is one of her bridesmaids, tony is the officiant, and both steve and darcy walk her down the aisle. steve and darcy have a young daughter by this point who is a flower girl with morgan, and they’re super cute. i could talk about the braudrey wedding for so long though i have so many little plans
18. what are your oc’s bad habits or vices?
audrey loves sweets, i think is one of her vices. she also tends to know she’s making bad choices but go through with them anyway.
20. your oc wears the gauntlet (without any detrimental effects on their health) and gets one snap to wish for anything they want. what do they ask for?
audrey asks to destroy the infinity stones, i think most likely. she doesn’t want that energy to be condensed into such a powerful form because that’s like a nightmare. i think it changes from film to film, but by the end, her final wish is for everyone to not be so powerful all the time
22. what does your oc’s bedroom look like?
audrey’s apartment is very minimalist, because it’s easy for her to get overwhelmed. before she moved into the tower, she was a workaholic because she would get so bored with her freetime that she always had case files everywhere. once she joins the avengers though and kind of like starts building a life for herself, she starts to settle into her place more and have details that reflect her life more—photos on the walls, little things that she collects from good memories, and a lot of books on the shelves! audrey likes big windows and keeps them open, but the space is mostly like white with dark blue accents.
24. which characters from other movies or shows is your oc a combination of?
excellent question! so audrey reminds me a lot of like the most chaotic combinations of mike schur main ships? she’s both chidi and eleanor, and both jake and amy. she’s anxious but also impulsive, awkward but also extremely loving, strong but also scared.
26. which canon character would they go to for advice? why?
audrey goes to different characters for advice about different things! with moral problems, she goes to steve. with fighting advice, she heads to natasha, obviously. with relationship advice, she heads to darcy. and later, post aou, audrey actually spends a lot of time with wanda and pietro becoming more politically active.
28. what’s your oc’s biggest flaw?
audrey is scared of everything! i think is her biggest flaw. it’s hard for her to overcome that fear.
30. what movies or shows is your oc featured in?
audrey is in agent carter, she has cameos in iron man 1+2, thor 1, captain marvel, and captain america: tfa. she’s a main in avengers, thor 2, tws, avengers: aou, captain america: civil war, thor 3, and avengers iw and endgame!
margo:
1. how did you pick your oc’s name?
margo is short for margaret! i think peggy is kind of an old-fashioned name (technically so is margo) but margo is cute and short too
3. besides their main ship, who else do you think they would work well with?
i think margo could have a relationship with magnus (thor and jane’s older son) but it probably wouldn’t be super healthy. also i think she and calliope could have had a cute relationship which coulson would have lost his mind about lol.
5. what’s a crossover with another oc that you’ve wanted to do, but haven’t officially discussed or planned?
i feel like it would be cool to talk about margo with @cassercole‘s queve family ! i think an audrey and q crossover would just slap in general because i think it would be angsty and cool and i can imagine q being like . i did not sign up to be a stepmother, but thanks, but then the two of them actually becoming friends eventually.
but anyway, i can imagine bonnie and tristan teasing margo and making them call her aunt and uncle but them all getting along well and hanging out at family reunions and getting into trouble . having a vision of the three of them stealing a blunt or something from tony’s jacket pocket at thanksgiving and then all of them being high and paranoid about getting caught by steve.
q catches them and margo is like please don’t be mad and please don’t tell my mom and q just rolls her eyes and closes the door to the room they’re all in after telling them dinner’s in 10 minutes, and she won’t tell but it’s up to them not to get caught.
7. rank their compatibility with the marvel teams: avengers, guardians of the galaxy, agents of shield, defenders, runaways
okay so: 1) avengers, because they’re her family. 2) gotg, because she thinks they’re all super weird and cool. 3) runaways, because i think she’s scrappy and has a similar sheltered background to them. 4) aos, just because found family time. 5) defenders. super brutal and she’s just like ummmm i am scared .
9. which other mcu characters would your oc really get along with?
i think gamora and margo would get along super well. also margo’s close with carol because she likes how she’s not too serious about herself as a hero. i think she’s also probably gets along well with wanda and pietro. she’s super close with her dad, also.
11. post a snippet of the next chapter of an oc’s fic!
okay to be honest i have not written any of margo’s fic yet so i will have to pass
13. what’s a secret about your oc that they would never admit? feel free to be as angsty or as silly as you’d like!
margo would never admit it but she has a slight schoolgirl crush on thor, who is one of the strength instructors slash english teachers at the academy.
15. if your oc has a costume/were to have a costume, what does it/would it look like? what colors? cape or no cape?
no cape, but sometimes she ties a towel around her neck and dances in her dorm room. margo’s costume would probably look a lot like helena bertinelli’s costume on arrow—very classic, infinity mask, etc.
17. after a battle, how does your oc recover?
she cries into her pillow for several hours and enters a period if intense self loathing and eats ice cream.
19. what were some other faceclaims you considered for your oc?
when audrey was shipped with pietro, margo was played by josefine frida petersen!
21. if your oc survived the snap, who do they miss the most?
in an au where audrey has margo before infinity war and the snap, margo would be devastated to grow up without her mother
23. what’s their love language? what’s the love language of the character they’re shipped with?
i think margo’s is words of affirmation, and leo’s is quality time!
25. which characters annoy your oc? why?
margo gets annoyed with her mom, a lot. audrey and bex are really close and so she feels left out of that relationship. i also think that margo doesn’t get along super well with pepper because she thinks pepper doesn’t like her. she doesn’t like peter quill that much, even though she likes the rest of the guardians. and she never meets loki, but i think she would absolutely hate him.
27. what’s your oc’s biggest strength?
i think her biggest strength is her big heart! she feels a lot and she’s kind of intense but she’s a very loving person.
29. team cap, team iron man, team i don’t care, or team please stop fighting?
team please stop fighting!! she’s like why is my life an episode of family feud . i know she doesn’t exist then but she looks back on it and brings it up sometimes and they’re both deeply embarrassed about it in hindsight and also like . okay BUT and she’s like okay nevermind!!!!
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Do you think Donnie will turn to the dark side and betray his bros? That’d be pretty cool and heart wrenching. Also a great device for the development of the Bros relationship.
(This is the blog’s very first ask! Thank you!)
I don’t think Donnie would ever outright flip his lid and say “forget you guys, I’m gonna go live with my evil dad now”. He loves his family and also he’d be at risk of getting thrown off a roof.
Buuuuut Draxum has a lot of powerful magitech. A situation might arise where the turtles need to get some of it to stop a bigger threat. The Shredder, for example.
Draxum has no doubt increased security since the turtles jacked up his lab in the first episode. They won’t be able to sneak or force their way in. So how do they get Draxum to let them in?
Remember, Draxum isn’t being evil for evil’s sake. He genuinely thinks turning humans into mutants/yokai is the right thing to do, and that killing those who get in his way is perfectly acceptable.
My theory is that Draxum is the only one of his family left alive after humans killed all the rest. Because sheep yokai are animals, monsters, less than human, and hey, this one has a pretty good rack! And so a young Draxum watches them remove his father’s head and carry it away. Later it will be mounted on a wall as a conversation piece. A trophy. The kiddies will play ring toss on it.
The rise turtles, as a nod to the ‘87 cartoon, are comfortable walking around in public with minimal disguises. None of the humans give a shit, because New York is just Like That.
Right?
That won’t last forever. Mutants are animals, monsters, less than human. They’ll eat our children! Make our homes vanish! Wreck our china shops!
People are going to run from our boys. People are going to throw things at them. People are going to call them names. Agent Bishop is going to crawl out of the depths of Hell and try to pick them apart in the most painful way he can.
If the turtles need something from Draxum, they’ll be able to use this treatment (and his backstory) to their advantage.
Donnie alone will approach Draxum, because a single turtle is less likely to make him feel threatened. And Donnie alone will approach Draxum because Draxum will see his young turtle, the one that took after him the most from the start (arrogant cynical softshell genius), exhausted and frightened, with no weapon and a new scar beginning to form on his shell.
He’ll hear Donnie speak to him humbly and say “The humans have discovered us. We can’t go anywhere anymore without being attacked. We’re running low on supplies. None of us can sleep at night. They’re eventually going to find out where we live. The others think there’s a peaceful solution, but I know better, and I don’t want to die. Please, help me.”
If there is any heartstring of Draxum’s left to tug, that will be it. What a young Draxum wanted more than anything else in the world was for someone to help him when he was alone, and the Hidden City was a terrible place to grow up without help. These days he’s not soft, of course, but another mind put towards his project would be useful…
He lets Donnie inside, but doesn’t let his guard down.
It was mostly a trick, on Donnie’s part. Sure, humans have given them some shit, but they’re not in immediate danger. Donnie prepped for this deception. No sleep for a week, with difficult training and splashes through the sewer throughout. It took him ages to convince Raph to rough up his shell. But now he’s inside. And if he’s patient, he can get what he needs.
Donnie learns that the “Baron” in “Baron Draxum” isn’t just for drama- he actually holds some status in the Hidden City. Draxum brings back things he considers scraps and trinkets, and they’re unlike anything Donnie has ever seen. Magic has opened up a whole new field of study for him! Imagine what he could do if he had access to more of Draxum’s stuff! He might be able to get his hands on the thing he needs now… but his chances would be better if Draxum trusted him more.
He should stay a little longer.
Huginn and Muninn’s chatter provide a familiar level of background noise, but they’re wise enough not to bother Donnie- they only watch him, as Draxum commanded. They bring him food and medicine to help him recover. They’re quiet when he sleeps. They don’t poke at and accidentally break whatever he’s tinkering with. They recognize that streak of Draxum in him better than anyone else.
Donnie hasn’t been able to focus so well in- well, ever.
While watching Draxum work, he casually offers a suggestion -human gametes form like this, so if you tweaked the mutagen like that then they’d transition to yokai gametes more easily- and Draxum smiles, adjusting his formula. Later, Draxum monologues about Unified Runic Laws in Donnie’s general direction. Sure, Donnie probably shouldn’t have helped out with the whole evil plan thing, but knowing those Runic Laws is going to make the lair’s antimagic security system go from theory to reality!
Surely Donnie could learn even more if he stayed for another week or so.
Big Mama sends some of her minions to attack Draxum’s lab- more to annoy him than anything, but they knocked a couple of things loose. Instead of grabbing some gizmos and running off in the confusion, Donnie helped fight off the interlopers and solder some things back together afterwards. Draxum examines his handiwork. Precise, organized, efficient. “Well done” he says. “Thank you.”
Donnie could stick around for a bit more, couldn’t he?
Donnie’s been gone a long time, and of course he couldn’t take his bo or any communication devices with him. The rest of the turtles fear the worst. They try to “free” him. He “rejects” them. But that’s all right. It’s just a trick to get Draxum to trust him. Giving his brothers a few bruised scales is worth the artifact he has to bring back.
He tries not to think about how Leo ran off with a limp.
Baron Draxum is not a trusting yokai. But seeing how the boy’s eyes lit up at the slightest hint of praise, how much effort he put into whatever he worked on, how fascinated he is by the magitech under Draxum’s roof… it seems unlikely that he’ll just run off.
But just in case… a present. A test. Children like presents, right? And Draxum likes tests. He gives Donnie a glowing purple staff.
Now, Donnie had refused this staff in the first episode, back when things were simple and he still had his titanium bo. But now that he knows a bit more about magic, he’d really like to see what makes this one tick.
Leo’s sword creates portals through space. Why not have his twin’s weapon create portals through time?
While tinkering with the staff, Donnie accidentally flings himself into a future where he sees what will happen if Draxum continues to influence him. If he stays too long, he’ll never want to leave.
He meets his brothers, aged and weary over a thirty year gap. And he is reminded of the pile of notes and gadgets he has back at Draxum’s lair.
Leo is blind (Donnie was working on a flashbomb/curse combo).
Raph lost an eye (Donnie had scratched out some ideas for magical whirlwinds that selectively picked up the sharpest shrapnel).
Mikey’s arm is severed (a simple reversal spell, and his kusari-fundo turned on him and sawed it off).
April is cold, so different from her bright and vibrant teenage self. She leads what little resistance there is, and used up all her warmth to try and keep hope alive.
They all buried what was left of Splinter ages ago.
Future!Donnie is Draxum’s right-hand turtle, his favored, only son, and if he can hold out just a little longer, Draxum will die (of old age or of coup, Future!Donnie could go either way), and he’ll be in control, and he will fix the world, and make it as it should be.
Future!Donnie got Draxum’s praise, he got his trust, he got his knowledge, he got his artifacts, he got, he got, he got…
He got a swift kick in the teeth from his pissed-off past self.
Donnie is shaken. For how long had this mission been about him, at the expense of everything and everyone else? How much time had he spent listening to Draxum ramble instead of gain intel on the object he needed? How far had he been willing to go?
The ensuing battle leaves Donnie victorious… sort of. He’s the only one left alive. He doesn’t have time to process what he’s experienced, because the staff re-activates, and rockets him back to the present.
Donnie breaks it over his knee, takes the item he was after, and burns Draxum’s lab to the ground.
#izzyitadream#rottmnt#rottmnt theory#sainw#baron draxum#rottmnt donnie#i didn't expect this to turn out so long lmao#it kinda got away from me#i know we all make jokes abt donnie being a supervillain#but hey#what if it was angsty instead?
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Best of the Year 2016
Another year, another super late Best of the year list
Here's the posts for 2013, 2014, and 2015, so you can see the stuff I liked with respect to what came out in those years. As usual, I'm no pro reviewer and this list is far from being all inclusive so if there was something cool you liked you can sound off in the comments below.
Movies
Deadpool
Captain America: Civil War
Kubo & the 2 Strings
The Big Short
Arrival
Queen Of Katwe
Moana
Star Wars: Rouge One
Zootopia
Hidden Figures
Arrival is the best out of this list and very good space-themed sci-fi seems to be clinching that spot pretty frequently. Civil War was the most exciting and has heaped plenty of coal into the hypetrain for Spiderman: Homecoming and Black Panther.
TV
Stranger Things
Designated Survivor
Billions
Luke Cage
Atlanta
Black Mirror
Westworld
The Good Place
Despite sci-fi & fantasy being my favorite genre, Designated Survivor and Billions kept me hooked more than Stranger Things and Westworld did (I'm surprised myself). Falling short on sitcoms/comedies yet again; honestly, I don't understand.
Music
Albums
Coloring Book - Chance the Rapper
Junk - M83
The Human Condition - Jon Bellion
Leo Rising - Karmin
Stillness In Wonderland - Little Simz
We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest
/W:/2016ALBUM/ - Deadmau5
Telefone - Noname
Rare - PJ
Singles
Kill 'em with Kindness - Selena Gomez
Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Never Forget You - Zara Larsson & MNEK
No Money - Galantis
24K Magic - Bruno Mars
This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna
False Prophets - J. Cole
Want You - Yemi Alade
Make Me Like You - Gwen Stefani
Mama Said - Lukas Graham
Borders - M.I.A.
Cheap Thrills - Sia
Pree Me - Burna Boy
Ultralight Beam - Kanye West ft. Chance the Rapper, Kirk Franklin, Kelly Price, The Dream
All these are usual suspects. Ultralight Beam isn't an official single, but too good to leave out.
Tech
Microsoft Surface Studio
Electric Skateboards (Boosted Boards, ZBoard, InBoard M1, etc.)
Nike HyperAdapt 1.0
Tesla Solar Roof
Roli BLOCKS
The Tesla Solar Roof hopefully becomes the standard in home-building in the nearest future; and just like 2015's presentation of the Powerwall (which has since been updated), this made me so emosh.
The Surface Studio is gorgeous and the idea of an all-in-one + on-screen drawing tablet is brilliant and is apt for it's name, also fits in line with the Surface Pro; unfortunately many reviews have been disappointed with the drawing/writing experience which is surprising since they don't have the same gripes with drawing & writing on the Surface Pro.
Electric skateboards are 2016's "hoverboards" (shudders) and in keeping up with Back To The Future, there's self-lacing sneakers from Nike.
The Roli Blocks are like a mobile electronic music studio and can replace a MIDI controller + computer with them and an iPhone/iPad.
Apps
Pokémon GO (Android, iOS)
Quartz News (iOS, Android)
Houseparty (iOS, Android)
Tribe (iOS, Android)
Read Scripture (Android, iOS)
Figma (web)
Affinity Designer (Mac, Windows)
Adobe Experience Design (Mac, Windows)
SketchBook Motion (iPad)
Pokémon GO was a phenomenon! It got people to go out side and is one of the best online-offline integrations since Foursquare & Gowalla in 2009. It's sorta sad that the enthusiasm as waned. Quartz did something unique by giving news in an Instant Messaging format.
I've tried many RBT (Read Bible Through) programs and Read Scripture is the one that’s gonna get me through; it's got illustrations and video commentary from The Bible Project that bring to fore the whole narrative.
I crossed out Tribe because they’ve since pivoted from augmented messaging (linked) to being just like Houseparty.
Then the Sketch competitors came out in full force and with Windows versions!
Games
I Am Setsuna (PS4, PS Vita, Switch, PC)
Final Fantasy XV (PS4, XBox One)
Fire Emblem Fates (3DS)
Epistory (Win, Mac, Linux)
Uncharted 4 (PS4)
Overwatch (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Adventures of Mana (Android, iOS, PS Vita)
Firewatch (PS4, PC, XBox One)
Ratchet & Clank (PS4)
While SquareEnix veered significantly form traditional JRPG gameplay with FF XV they used Setsuna to hold on to those roots; it's refreshing to see turn-based JRPG present day. I don't like online multiplayer or FPS but Overwatch is amazing; the art style, characters and colorfulness AND the gameplay are totally fun. I was beginning to think we'd never see another triple-A platformer but then came Ratchet & Clank.
Football
Oghenekaro Etebo
Alex Iwobi
Give it up for the Naija boys
Cars
Tesla Model S (2016)
Honda Civic (2016)
Chevy Volt (2016)
The Model S is here again for the simple reason that the grill (or lack thereof) looks way better. That plus the Autopilot and stupendously fast P100D. While the Civic is a pretty basic car, the styling of this one makes it look fancier, plus it's got great reviews. And though I'm not fond of American cars, the Volt has been a welcome addition to the Hybrid/EV wave, with this 2nd gen looking sleeker than the first. Can't wait till all my fave cars are all electric. Spoiler Alert: Tesla Model 3 will be my fav car of 2018.
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