new turtle iteration but I can’t write so I’m just throwing down notes instead

m too yired

anyways

Raph and Mikey are twins n the oldest bc why not

They’ve got a slightly messier dynamic w each other bc twins are like that but with their younger siblings they’re a little more consistent

Mikey’s the hype man, the comforter, the “hey, it’s gonna be okay. c’mon, let’s go get you a Barbie bandaid and some stickers.” So very full of love

Raph’s a little more gruff like “…good job, kid”noogies and stuff uhh yeah

be very careful when Raph cries or Mikey gets pissed. both are extremely rare and indicative of a very serious situation. (Often Raph crying is what sets off Mikey)

so so I’m thinking Raph actually has anxiety (may haps??) and sort of converts those nerves into anger bc that’s easier for him to deal w. He hates feeling like a coward (maybe when he was little he ran away from smth important and vowed to never be afraid again) so he hates backing down from anything n can be very reckless. His main character arc would probably be learning that fear and courage aren’t mutually exclusive, and that acknowledging and accepting fear is a kind of courage in and of itself. Also being able to back out of something if it freaks him out.

uhh then Mikey’s actually the one with anger issues lmao (maybe??) he tries to hard to keep everyone positive bc his little brothers and twin rely on him to lift everyone up. He’s always trying to cheer people up n make sure everyone’s having fun and feeling supported. He hates hates hates any of his brothers being sad or hurt or upset, so he tries to keep them as happy and carefree as he can. (They’re already missing out on so many normal aspects of childhood, he wants to preserve what he can) He’s what keeps them afloat, so he never allows himself to be heavy. He shoves down his anger and messy feelings until he literally can’t anymore and then he goes deep into the sewers and like idk violently paints or screams or smth. His arc would probably be that it’s ok to not be happy, and to show that. Kinda like rise Raph’s whole thing abt relying on his brothers as they rely on him, but like,,, emotionally. He’s still a very cheerful, positive person, but he learns that having negative emotions and showing it is okay. I’m not sure any of this makes sense lmao

Uhhhh

Donnie the ultimate middle child (rip) craves validation like there’s no tomorrow, seriously it’s insane. The main reason he makes all his crazy tech stuff is bc he loves it when his family compliments his work. Dunno abt his main personality that’s more open to interpretation uhh. His arc would be about not only knowing he’s valued no matter what, but to value himself as well. Not attaching his entire self-esteem and self-confidence to what other people say, being able to take pride in himself. Idk.

heehoo it’s the baybee

Leo is a funny goofy silly little guy who’s always trying so so hard to catch up to his brothers. His brother Raph is so strong and tough and always knows what to do and Mikey is so nice and creative and funny, and Donnie is so smart and he does all these cool things and knows everything about everything. Leo’s just…. Leo. It’s frustrating for him, when his family praises his (idk) uhhh doodles or whatever the same way they praise Donnie’s projects because he knows it’s just because he’s the littlest and they don’t want to hurt his feelings. Nothing he does is really that special. (He’s jealous of Donnie for his many talents, being able to earn his brothers’ trust and pride. Donnie’s jealous of Leo because he gets all the love and affection Donnie wants without even really trying. Obviously this is mostly deeply buried bc they get along okay and really do love each other, but could be a reason for conflict n bickering often w that underlying tension) His arc could be some stuff about how you don’t have to be really really good at one thing in order to be an important member of the team. (It’s never been about being loved/valued bc he knows he is, it’s about earning it. Proving himself and truly deserving their pride and trust) and idk stuff surrounding that (I’m not a youngest child idk what goes on in their brains)

uhhh anyway that’s it

eye dee kay

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Next day muscle soreness after exercise is great and deeply satisfying possibly one of the top 20 sensations Unless It Is Your Core Muscles. that feels like the devil is trying to kill you with his big fork.

Led by a keffiyeh wearing Mehreen Faruqi, ten Greens senators have walked out of the senate today in protest of the Australian government's support of the current Palestinian genocide.

okay i meant to make this post forever ago but my personal opinion on why so many people were so dissatisfied with lightfalll (disclaimer: i am not one of these people, i love lightfall SO much), is that lightfall was kind of subjected to a really aggressive marketing campaign.

like, stick with me here, i feel like almost all the lightfall release content (the trailers especially) were so focused on battling the witness, how this battle has been centuries in the making and this is the Second Collapse Finally Finding Us, only for there to be,,, no real resolution. the end was left on such a severe cliffhanger, but not only that, there was NO battle with the witness. the witness didn't even seem to be having a hard time at all with what we WERE throwing at it.

and for narrative reasons *i* am obsessed with this ending; in terms of storytelling i adore practically every creative decision that was made in lightfall, but i think the reason that so many people were so upset about it is because lightfall had such intense marketing and was rooted in the implication that this was the End of Days, only for us to get almost no closure, and instead so many more questions.

(there's also something to be said, i think, about the fact that the people who ARE most upset about this are like, the youtube gamer dudebros who's content is very very often rooted in the aggressive, violence-and-warfare, pvp-centric, no-interest-in-lore approach to destiny, and that the people i've seen primarily ENJOYING the narrative decisions (or at least being understanding about it) are the artists and writers and loremasters of the fandom, but i'm not quite sure,,, how to expand on that point.)

i opened the door to the balcony and *immediately* a big fuckoff roach ran right in. roach in my apartment rn. writing this post instead of going to get it because tbh i kinda would rather not deal with that rn but i guess it has to be done

rotating sonic and metal sonic in my brain. the same person in two different flavors of existence. one of them has a voice and agency, the other does not. both convinced the other is a cheap imitation of the true self. i am orbiting the idea of them being forced to the role of the other in particular in some way, where sonic becomes the one who lacks autonomy over his own existence and the ability to fight back, and metal is granted unconditional freedom to exist as he wishes. either way they should take a stab at metal as a true rival in a way that matters again

I think the main reason WW's Ganondorf is so different from the others it's because he has learned that his battle against the Goddesses is not a matter of everyone against him/the gerudo but rather a everyone against the gods.

Besides Demise's curse, Ganondorf has always been flooded by his wish of revenge: revenge against the hylians who marginalized his people, revenge again the hero who slayed him, revenge against anyone who opposed him. He doesn't fight for a just cause because he believes the world is unjust and the only way of surviving is by being unjust in return.

But in the Adult Timeline, after the events of OoT and breaking his seal, he discovers an awful truth: it's not that the world is unfair, the Goddesses are. Just to seal him again, they flood the whole kingdom they were supposed to protect, killing most of the hylians population and condemning a few selected survivors to struggle in tiny islands isolated from the rest by a huge sea warren of fishes but filled with dangerous monsters. Even the other races had to undergo drastic changes in their bodies to survive un the aftermath of the flood. That's when Ganondorf understood that the Goddesses weren't just unfair: they were uncaring, and willing to sacrifice anything to torment anyone who wronged them.

I think this is why Ganondorf, even thought some of his actions are still deplorable (launching Link to drown at the sea, kidnapping girls, allegedly destroying a village...), we see that he's less willing to actively hurt people (in the final battle, he has TWO clear opportunities to kill Link and Tetra, and in both times he just incapacitates them, and besides whatever happened in Windfish island we never see him sending his monsters to attack people, just kidnapp a few of them). In fact, he's motivanted by a more "noble" cause: to bring Hyrule, or better said, his idyllic version of it, back from the seafloor. This could be because he has stopped seeing hylians as the "other", and has started to consider them as being from the same band, just a bunch of mortals trying to survive the whims of the gods, who play with them as if they were mere chesspieces.

So, in a sense, Ganondorf is not really much different from its other incarnations. He's still full of hatred and rancor, but It has been redirected. Not against the royal family, who exiled his people to the deserts. Not against the hylians, who lived si much better than them and even had the gall to call them thieves when they were just trying to survive. Not against the hero and the princess who defeated and sealed him when he tried to reclaim what he thought he deserved.

It's the Goddesses.

The Goddesses that drowned their people to "protect" them from him.

The Goddesses that decided it was okay to let two children fight against him as their champions. Forever.

The Goddesses that decided he is the one and only Big Bad Guy of the story when they have commited more atrocities than him, both by action and inaction.

"[heathcliff] becomes more villain than hero" hello. welcome to reading 101. you have to read the words on the page. hope this helps

the people who understand me (alf and lou) know to kill adam and save gansey. however i do respect everyone who's drowning gansey out of love.

I hope every mean femme lesbian knows I'm in love with them

They canceled shadow and bone just for me actually

i dont do twitter so i dont know what's going on there but i havent seen one person here mention how racist the one gear set is im in hysterics its so funny. brown zelda fans just keep losing every day while dumb bitches call it cool and awesome. his blonde hair blue eyed twinkass in a mesoamerican outfit..... GET IT OFF HIM!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Philip: I didn't realize you're already combining glyphs! [Luz places an ice glyph on each pillar as she runs.] You do have a strange intuition with these. It took me years to figure that out. Almost like the Titan himself didn't want me to have that knowledge.

Ya'll have no idea the hatred this piece of dialogue invokes in me after watching WAD.

Shut up, fuck off and just listen to this with your headphones on. Park Jimin sounds fucking amazing.

So fucking amazing all I am hearing (and seeing) is how great his debut is despite people trying to drag him for almost anything.

Well, you know how karma works, right?

Anyway, Alone is my fave FACE track, but SMF Pt. 2 will always make me gasp whenever I hear it and more so when I see Jimin performs it.

So you, fuck off your opps. Jimin has shown what he can do, and the world responded with applause and praises.