I love Raph and haven’t said that enough so to be more specific I love that Raph is a soft boy who loves bear plushies, a gross boy who eats an assortment of things that are definitely better left alone, a smart boy who is more than capable of taking down villains through planning and fortitude alike, a strong boy who is dedicated to training his muscles and fighting prowess, a teenage boy who loves his brothers but is more than happy to tease and roughhouse with them, an angry boy who sometimes lets his anger take a hold of him to cover the fear, a gentle boy who is generous with hugs and affirmations to those he loves, a capable boy who takes on more than should ever be expected of a teenager, a good boy who just wants to be a hero and slowly comes to realize the cost of that duty, a good boy who has no reservations about putting himself in the way of harm coming to his family, a good boy who’s a great brother and son and person and deserves only the best the world has to offer.
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perusing through @samtrapani’s leo tag and Thinking. not only is vito quite honestly just a little naïve, but he’s easy for leo to control because leo can see right through him. leo can take one look at vito and know his deepest secrets, because he has the same skeletons in his closet.
leo can play 4d chess because one look at vito and anyone who’s played a game before can tell vito has PAWN. I WONT QUESTION YOU. written in bold on his forehead.
leo saw this scared, young, boy fighting through prison at anyone who looked too long at him, and knew he was in there for trusting the wrong people and not asking the right questions, and immediately he was like. i can use him.
& when vito goes out of his way to save leo’s life, just for leo to save his by getting rid of the only person who’s ever had more sway over vito than he did (joe)… well, that’s the business of being owned & useful, kid.
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Kiana: There’s a spare key and a master key. Hua has them both.
Mei: When I asked, “What if you die, Hua? How will we get inside?” She said “If I’m dead, you guys have been dead for weeks.”
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I haven’t finished the episode yet, but I just wanted to say I am so happy they included representation of the other end of the spectrum. The trope of high-functioning autistic geniuses in the media was the reason I was hesitant to start the show at first.
As someone with an autistic brother who isn’t high-functioning and has a mental development delay (pretty much just like the character), it’s good to see that representation. I’ve had people assume that just because my brother has autism, it means he’s a genius. People need to become more aware of just how diverse the spectrum is.
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i know there’s a huge percentage of this website that talks about their siblings and the cain instinct and having a love/hate relationship with those who experienced the same parental units as you
but i’m just gonna say that, as an older (basically oldest) sibling, i absolutely ADORE my younger sibling
we’re a little under 4 years apart, and for the first 16 years of my life (minus the almost 4 years before they were born) they were my best friend
yes we had our differences, yes i don’t rly remember the first 5 or 6 years properly
and i am sure we had moments of feeling separate and lonely
but i’m 22 now and my baby sibling is 18
and for most of my memory we have been so close
i can recall off the top of my head maybe 2 times we have been angry/annoyed enough at each other to yell
and our arguments lasted a day at most
we have pictures from when we were children and in so many i am holding this infant
then as a baby
then as a toddler
then as a child
some nights when they said ‘maybe i don’t need our mom to lie down with me to help me fall asleep’ they would ask me to stay with them until they fell asleep
and i would lie next to them
we would stay up absurdly late for 9 or 10/6 or 7 year olds
i don’t rly know why we were so close, or why we stayed that close
but there are still so many things i will say to them that i will never say to my parents
i trust them to keep my secrets
and while i may bonk them over the head with a wrapping paper tube on occasion, i will always have their back
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