These guys.

Kofi

Album Art for:

Shellac - At Action Park (Touch And Go, 1994)

(Throws this at you because I love your blog)

Rewatched Touch and Go today and it's such a GOOD 03 Raph episode!! It tells us so much about him!!

The mob chasing him? Not that big. He has fought and defeated bigger groups of actually trained and armed assailants. (Heck, he did it BLIND in Lone Raph and Cub.) This group didn't even have guns. If he had chosen to fight, he would have won - but he didn't even CONSIDER fighting them until his back was against the wall and he couldn't see another way out. This is punch first ask questions later RAPH choosing to flee because he didn't want to hurt ordinary scared people.

His interactions with Mrs Morrinson are just BEAUTIFUL. First of all his face when she pulls him through her door and essentially kidnaps him is hilarious and adorable. Secondly, he didn't have to let her do that!! He is so much stronger than her - he could have pulled away, but he didn't!! And then he spends a couple of hours at this random old lady's house THAT HE HAS NEVER MET BEFORE moving boxes and keeping her company and drinking tea. And he clearly has a good time!!! I don't even think it occured to him to try and leave - SHE has to tell him that it's getting late and he should go home. And when Mikey and Master Splinter suddenly have briefcase full of money? Raph's first impulse is to give it away to someone he has only known for a couple of hours. (Sidenote - this episode is the third time the Turtles are in possession of a stupidly large amount of money. The first time they hand it in to the police, the second time they insist April uses it to rebuild her shop, and the third time they give it away to somone only one of them has met. What does that say about them, when literally everything they own is other people's refuse? They are poorer than poor, and yet they give away life changing amounts of money with no regrets. I love them so much)

This episode really showcases how GENTLE Raph is. He is so good with vulnerable people. He doesn't treat Mrs Morrison as a convenient escape - he treats her like a person. And yes, there is a lot to be said about the fact that she is blind, and that that means she is treating him like a person - but he could have left as soon as he knew it was safe. He didn't have to move boxes and be kind to her. He didn't have to speak to her respectfully or drink tea with her or even let her pull him into her house.

Just... the 03 boys are such GOOD boys. They are extremely kind, and I love that about them. This episode showcases that for Raph so well.

(There is more I wanna say about this but my brain is melting due to the heat so I'm going to leave it there)

Thank you I do try my best <3

ALSO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A REASON TO TALK ABOUT MY BOY (I do love all the 03 boys but 03 Raph is my fave)

So I decided to rewatch the episode too so I could refresh my memory. And omg you’re sooo right. While 03 Raph is definitely one of the more straightforward Angry™️ iterations of Raph, he’s also one with a really strong moral compass. The crowd isn’t that big, they’re not armed, they’re still on edge from seeing their city torn apart. Could he have very easily incapacitated them single handed? Yeah probably, but it’s just not in his moral code. This Raph is very much a protector of the innocent, even when they don’t appreciate it. The fact that he only draws his weapons when he thinks he has absolutely no choice says a lot about how violence was his absolute last resort. And even then, as soon as Mrs. Morrison emerges from her apartment he puts his weapons away again.

His face when she pulls him in is so shocked but like, Raph you’re letting it happen! He really didn’t have to let her pull him into her house and he seems so surprised by it but he also doesn’t resist even a little bit. Also the way his voice goes from his usual kind of gravelly roughness to a slightly more gentle tone, like he’s almost speaking in a slightly higher register than he usually does and it’s kind of sweet? Little old lady is here better use my Polite Voice. And yeah, there is something kind of interesting about her being blind because yes, it means she’s not immediately hostile to him, however she gets pretty touchy when she’s pulling him into the apartment. She takes his notable three fingered hand and then she puts her hand on his shell when she pushes him in. Not going to lie when the mob asks her about “aliens” and she says there’s no aliens she sounds just like… mildly insincere (but maybe that’s just the New Yorker in me talking. We all say shit we don’t mean when we want someone to stop bothering us).

There’s something really funny about the fact that we don’t see the conversation that presumably happened right after they’re both inside, we just cut straight to Raph moving boxes 🤣 he really went, “well while I’m here…” and just started doing whatever she asked of him. And he just met this woman but he was already curious about why she was packing up to move! (Which is kind of a trend with this version of Raph and it’s part of what really makes him endearing to me. In spite of his tough guy exterior he gets invested in people soooo quickly. Even though Casey annoyed the (s)hell out of him when they first met, Raph also became incredibly invested in making sure his fellow hot head didn’t fist fight his way into an early grave. And you mentioned Lone Raph and Cub, where, despite the kid (I forgot his name at the moment) initially resisting Raph’s help and telling Raph to leave him alone Raph only becomes more determined to help him out.) I think even if Mikey and Splinter hadn’t conveniently come home with a suitcase full of money Raph still would have found a way to help/stay in touch with Mrs. Morrison because that’s just the kind of guy he is. (But also kind of makes you just how convincing his argument was to get Mikey to give him the money, these boys are very generous as you rightly pointed out and knowing it was going to a good cause I think Mikey would have agreed pretty easily but also Raph did just meet her that night so he must’ve had to have been reeeeaaal convincing)

My brain is also soup from the heat ✌️

Daily Listening, Day #1,031 - October 27th, 2022

Album: Liar (Touch And Go, 1992)

Artist: The Jesus Lizard

Genre: Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore

Track Listing: 

"Boilermaker"

"Gladiator"

"The Art Of Self-Defense"

"Slave Ship"

"Puss"

"Whirl"

"Rope"

"Perk"

"Zachariah"

"Dancing Naked Ladies"

Favorite Song: "Rope"

Force M.D.'s - Love is a House

Big Black - Songs About Fucking

And insert

Imagine a fan-game with a relatively simple premise: You play as Lucas, who in turn is playing Touch And Go with Knack outside. Though it also has elements of Hide And Seek.

This is a thriller game.

When Knack is large, his legs are much longer than yours, and thus he is much faster. Similarly, the more relics he has, the longer his arms can reach. At this point, you hope that you can hide, either escaping his line of sight, or creeping in small spaces.

When hidden, keep your breathing measured and quiet. Hold your breath when he approaches, but be careful; run low on oxygen, and you'll be forced to gasp.

I'm not sure what Knack's hearing is like. Either it's pretty sharp, but he has some difficulty processing many sources of sound, or the opposite. It's relatively human range, but he isn't easily distracted.

When Knack is small, his legs are shorter than yours, so you'll have the speed advantage. But only if you are indeed on your feet. If you are in a crawlspace or other area in which you're too big to maneuver comfortably, Knack can catch up to you.

This assumes Knack only takes two sizes while he is "it". If he exhibited a nuanced control of his size, the game would be even more unfair.

Knack likes a challenge, so while you're "it," he'll avoid camping in crawlspaces or zooming around the garden. You'll still have to play smart and anticipate where he's going.

Most of the time, he'll aim to be a tad shorter than you.

You can pretty much go anywhere on the property, but:

Avoid remaining inside the building for long, lest an angry scientist appear. No running in the halls!

Staying inside is also less fair to Knack, since he's only allowed to shift sizes in designated areas. It might be funny though to walk as fast as humanly possible without running (you must have one foot on the ground at all times), meanwhile Knack zooms as fast as his baby legs can carry him after you. clack clack clack clack clack clack clack! The scientists might not like that, either.

FORTY years ago today (November 30th, 1983) Negative Approach - Tied Down was released on Touch and Go Records!

Touch and Go

Judge's ruling: The interior of the face still counts as the face, so a nose-pick is legitimate grounds for saying "Gotcha!"

Artist: Ben Thompson TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

eight of my favourite !s about scott ~ 💙✈️

Background from episode "Touch and Go"

Shellac - Crow From Shellac - At Action Park (Touch And Go, 1994)

Magazine - Touch and Go (1978)

Magazine’s second single - they still hadn’t found their post-punk sound, with traces of Buzzcocks style punk rock still detectable. Fantastic stuff!

We are still cavemen Living in dark hearts

um, would you go to bed with me…?

Maybe Sarah and Chris...?

“Firstly, I did not say anything about a sex swing, and secondly, let’s not be hasty and rule anything out, OK? I mean we have five bedrooms. One could be kept under lock and key that people whisper about when they come and visit us…”