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lactoseintolerentswag · 7 months

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The Spotlight Effect

Maybe someone else has pointed this out before but I'd still like to talk about it!! Something really interesting to me about Leo (rottmnt) as a character is his inherent charisma, and how he draws in people with grand and dramatic speeches. Visually this is shown by something I like to call the "spotlight effect".

Season 1 Episode 2 "Origami Tsunami"

Originally the mentioned effect was used as a bit/gag. Here Leo is trying to hype up the boys to go on a junior-level "safe" hero adventure, and does succeed in getting them excited. Throughout the episode he's shown to drag them place to place, one inspirational speech after the other.

Season 2 Episode 1 "Many Unhappy Returns"

In season 2 we see this effect return. In "Many Unhappy Returns", in which Leo is initially a figure of comedic relief to ease tension in the return of the Shredder. This backfires a little bit, as it mostly annoys his family despite good intentions (which are not clearly communicated). It's not until he proves that he's taking this situation seriously--and ramping the team up with another one of his on-point speeches about everyone's strength of character--that he becomes a point of inspiration. The scene above takes place after Raph questions Leo, who in turn responds with "trust me".

Season 2 Episode 2 "Todd Scouts"

Again we see the "spotlight effect" used as a gag; however, there is still an interesting point here made in this scene. Leo calls himself something along the lines of the master at apologies, and something I believe that contributes to the effectiveness of such apologies is that charisma that draws people in. Which is shown visually for us via this effect!!

Season 2 Episode 5 "Air Turtle"

Another apology of Leo's after his dismissive and competitive behavior when playing basketball with his brothers. It also serves as a motivation point in this episode, for them to go against the mysticly beefed up basketball players.

Season 2 Episode 9 "Bad Hair Day"

I'm tentatively counting this as part of the phenomenon I've pointed out because while Leo is Put under the spotlight as a potential suspect to the thieving in this episode, Leo takes full advantage of it to wrap people around his finger. The hair doesn't not help either.

And now for one of the most Blatant and emotionally impacting examples.

The Rise Movie, the moment when they think their brother is lost, and when Leo begins to finally start listening to his team.

He unites them under his hope and confidence. I mentioned in this post that Raph is their center of responsibility, well in comparison Leo would be their center of inspiration. His competitiveness rubs off on his brothers (encouraging to put their all in the silliest of things), his playful encouragement keeps the baby of the team from being too babied, and his speeches tie everyone together to one goal. Hope is a ninja's greatest weapon, and while he may not realize it until Casey Jr. quotes that famous phrase, he's been using it this entire time.

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt leonardo #character analysis #long post #critter talks #sorry for the low quality screenshots #still figuring this whole posting thing out #anyway there might be more scenes i missed #will also try and id the screenshots later when im more familiar with breaking that down in a long post format #anyway leo's a good boy #and i hate him <3 #rottmnt movie

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intotheelliwoods · 1 year

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WELL ITS NOT REALLY A PEEPAW AU IF YOU DONT HAVE HIM MOURN HIS DEAD BROTHERS NOW IS IT.

(the recent post in question)

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Ok so, he already feels horrible enough that his younger self lost an arm because of him, so if you had that arm loss at AN EVEN YOUNGER AGE???? An age so young that the little Leo cannot even properly express or understand forgiveness? Hes never mentally or emotionally getting over that oops

#asks #2 arms left #im getting cass ptsd from the last image here btw #no armed baby leo... hmmm sounds familiar

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mouriros · 3 months

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Jaiden whose only constant on the island is cucurucho, a high level federation employee hated by a large portion of the island vs leonarda whose only constant on the island is her dad, foolish, a high level federarion employee misunderstood by a large portion of the island

LIKE IM NOT CRAZY FOR THIS EITHER I KNOW IM NOT

Cuz they Do get along and we do know that most of the island residents tend to forget leonarda/dislike him cuz hes different and spoiled and a little weird but not Jaiden. Jaiden who's leo's dad's partner in crime Jaiden who was once platonic partners with Leo's brother (Roier) Jaiden who's always up for leo's antics and silliness. Jaiden who is always alone and leo who keeps everyone at arms length because no one's proven that they can be nice to them. Like you dont GET it theyre PARALLELS theyre Red and Blue and yet both are Purple and they both only have their dads' hands to hold onto and theyre both in the federation By Default and dont really have any Solid option of their own on it.... i know im just rambling out of my ass but tia jaiden&leonarda is such an underrated duo and i cant wait to see more of them

#qsmp fanart #qsmp jaiden #qsmp leonarda #jaidenart #qsmp #leonarda fanart #jaiden fanart #genderfluid #leo is canonically genderfluid sí #WHICH ADDS A QUEER FAMILIARITY TO IT TOO #cuz jaiden is the only Still Alive aroace person on the island #and leo is the only Still Alive genderfluid egg on the island #they're both kinda alone w their identities #jaiden just looks at leo and sees everything she's been spending two decades running from #leo deserves so much more guys please i love them sm

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incorrect-tmnt2012-quotes · 8 months

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curious which of Leo’s voice actors was your favourite? i think i liked the substitute voice actor from the last chunk of season 2 the most. Seth Green was alright imo but sometimes i swear i kept hearing Chris Griffin.

it was like hearing Sonic every time the Pulverizer talked lol

Personally my favorite was Seth Green. I loved his delivery on Leo’s lines and you can tell he was really passionate about being casted in the role. One of the main reason he accepted the role to be the new VA for Leo was because his wife’s favorite Turtle is Leo, gotta respect a man who love his wife!

I will admit, I remember when season 3 first aired and I was really not into the Seth’s voice for Leo in the beginning. It was a big change to get used to. I think it was because I was so used to Jason Biggs’ voice (he’s my second fav of the 3 Leo VAs) at the time and even on rewatch nowadays the first few episodes of season 3 still make it a hard adjustment, but I’d say by the mid of season 3, Seth absolutely nailed it! He makes Leo sound mature (which fits his character given everything he has gone through by that point) but also manages to make him still sound like a teenager, and have that innocent nature to him, for example, when he fanboys over Spaceheroes, and his voice fits perfectly for the strict older brother role.

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I really did not like Leo’s temporary voice replacement during the second half of season 2. Not that Dominic Catrambone did a terrible job, it’s just he’s stuck out way too much and not in a good way to me. It sounded like Jason’s voice but going through bad puberty and Seth’s voice was the aftermath of it all XD

#Also I think the reason it doesn’t bother me like other people is because I’ve never heard Seth Green’s voice before TMNT 2012 #So 2012 Leo was my introduction to Seth Green #I hate Family Guy so I wasn’t familiar with his voice/work on that and I wasn't allowed to watch Robot Chicken #mod speaks #not a qoute #tmnt 2012 #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #leonardo

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turtleblogatlast · 1 year

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Being functionally immortal and with the ability to jump dimensions, would Leo ever run into The Doctor Fugitoid? (Not sure if you actually know of Fugitoid, he's from the 2012 tmnt, voiced by David Tennant, and is a time traveling cyborg)

I’m still superrrr early on and slowlyyyy making my way through the 2012 series (gotta really sit down and binge a bunch of episodes in one go one of these days - I like it so far!!) but I’ve heard of this guy!

To answer your question: it’s possible! Path B is pretty open ended, but technically speaking it’s feasible that Leo could come across literally Anyone. So it’s entirely possible that he comes across Fugitoid along the way!

#prison!leo au #p!l au ask #path b #2012 is p different from both rise and 2003 which are the ones I’m more familiar with but I from what little I’ve seen I think I’ll enjoy it #I love all things tmnt so!#I remember seeing parts of some eps from time to time on tv when I was a kid

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kinun · 4 months

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Here we go!

These are some designs for Leo and Mikey in an AU that just popped into my brain a few weeks ago!

I had to pick only one turtle but I wanted to play around with the designs before making my choice.

In the end I picked Donnie because he doesn't just fit the best but it's also most interesting to figure out how he would handle the situation.

I shall post the Donnie sketches and tell you about the AU in my next post

I just hope that I'm not accidentally copying anyone. This is the first time I post anything about an AU I made

#rottmnt #tmnt fandom #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2018 #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leonardo #rottmnt michelangelo #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt leo #rottmnt au #A sense of familiarity AU tag #Kinun's drawings

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summersnow82 · 22 days

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Just in Case There's a Phantom: Part 6 of That Familiar Feeling

Author's note: Y'all are fabulous. Thanks for sticking with me. See if you can find my Easter Egg.

Fanfiction_TMNT Bayverse/ 2003 crossover

“Sooooooooo,” Mikey drawled, glancing back and forth between Leonardo and Sean. “This is awkward.” Both were glaring at the other, arms crossed over their chests, and Mikey swore he saw Leo flex enough to make his biceps bulge. Sean, to his credit, seemed unmoved.

Splinter sighed deeply. Clearly there wasn’t going to be any conversation tonight. “I’m going to bed,” he announced.

“Yeah, me too,” Mikey agreed. “Raph’ll probably have her out all night anyway.” Two pairs of blue eyes turned on him with blazing intensity, and he shrugged. “He’ll bring her back home safely,” he assured Sean before turning to his older brother. “Be nicer next time, Leo. She’s a nice girl, and I’m not gonna let you scare her off.” He turned towards his bed then stopped to toss in, “Besides, she likes me.”

Leo rolled his eyes, turning back to Sean. The human hadn’t moved. “I’m curious,” Leo began, and Sean arched an eyebrow. “Raph said he’d watched Annabelle for a week before he grabbed her. If you really are her brother why didn’t he see you, too?”

A slow, satisfied smile slid over Sean’s face. “You really think we didn’t know we were being watched?”

Leo’s brow furrowed. “What do you mean?”

Sean took a step forward. “I mean,” he said coolly, “I knew how to get past all of your booby traps. Belle knew something was coming. We’ve been doing this for awhile. We’ve been trained by others. We’ve been hunted, and we’ve been stalked. We know when we’re being watched, and your brother was not subtle.”

Leo’s frown deepened as he tried to connect the dots Sean was laying out for him. “The star,” he said softly. “Raph’s ninja star.” Sean nodded, and Leo thought he saw a flicker of approval in the man’s eyes.

Leo had forgotten all about that night, but now the memories can flooding back. They’d heard the laughter from the rooftops above, and the delicious smell of mozzarella, tomato sauce, and garlic lured them closer. He saw her first; hair in a high ponytail, dress swirling around her ankles, and her laughter tinkling like music. He had stared, and Raph had noticed. It didn’t help he’d just lectured Raph for an hour on staying in the shadows, accepting their life apart from the humans, blah blah blah. His hot-headed brother swung down into the alley behind the restaurant, and caused enough commotion for her to investigate.

“Raph!” Leo hissed in his brother’s direction, but the red clad turtle ignored him. He was watching the brunette peer around the corner of the building.

“Leave it, Belle,” Sean cautioned, shifting his tray of dirty dishes to the closest outside table. “Loretta left us dinner. Let’s finish up out here and close up. I’m starved.” She’d waved him off, taking a cautious step towards the darkness and away from the light. “Belle!” Another step. “Annabelle, c’mon!”

“Hello?” She’d called out. Raph smirked up at Leo before expertly tossing a ninja star out of the shadows. It landed where he’d intended – inches from her feet. Leo didn’t know what Raph was expecting, but curiosity wasn’t it. She narrowed her eyes, crouching down to pluck the star from the spot it was currently embedded. She fingered the weapon carefully, examining it slowly, before her eyes flickered up to the darkness.

…and precisely to where Raph was currently crouched on top of a dumpster.

“Leo?” She whispered. Another step forward. “Leo?” She said a bit louder this time. Raph hissed in a breath, and shot Leo a withering glare. She opened her mouth to say more, but another star flew out in her direction, this one much more aggressively. She cried out, jumping back as it stabbed the street where she’d been previously standing.

“Time to go,” Sean had told her, grabbing her arm and jerking her towards the restaurant’s back door.

“Wait,” she’d cried, thrusting an arm out towards the shadows.

“Nope.”

“Wait!” Sean wrapped an arm around her waist, scooping her up, and slamming the door behind them. Leo had performed a similar exit with his own brother, but his was less… thoughtful.

Leo rubbed his brow as the memory faded into angry accusations and name calling from his brother, and he looked up to see Sean watching him. “She knew.”

“She hoped,” he said. “She’s been trying to get back to them for a very long time.”

“I’ve been thinking about that,” Donnie said, piping in. “And if you’re up for it I would love to pick your brain about a few of my theories on time and inter-dimensional travel.” He paused. “And I definitely want to know how you got past all my defenses.”

Sean blinked, his eyes shifting from Leo to Donnie. “That was you?” Donatello nodded. Sean’s face split into a huge grin. “Those were amazing! I was really impressed by the engineering.”

Donnie grinned, rubbing the back of his neck bashfully. “I mean, it’s no time machine.”

“Hey, don’t do that, man,” Sean said, walking over to him and patting him on the shell like they were old friends. “Those were some really ingenious works of art out there. The only reason I knew how to avoid them was….” Leo tuned them out as the two men went into a lengthy spiel full of technical terms and jargon no one in their family could comprehend. Donnie didn’t have many people who could understand him on an intellectual level, and it was clear he was loving every moment of this conversation.

Sean’s demeanor had shifted, as well. The blonde visibly perked up as Donatello spoke, his eyes brightened, and soon he was grinning like a kid on Christmas morning. It was obvious he understood everything Donnie was saying, and even more so, he was delighted by this unexpected meeting of the minds. Leo admittedly didn’t understand Sean’s reply, but it was hard to continue hating the man who was currently engaging in brainy geek speak with his genius brother. Leo watched as Donnie waved Sean over to his work station to continue the conversation with visual aids, the two men forgetting about the turtle in blue.

Leo cast his eyes to the exit Annabelle and Raphael had used not too long ago. It wasn’t too late; he could still follow them, and keep a watchful eye from a safe distance. But no. Leo was many things, but desperate wasn’t one of them. He was logical, and logic told him Raph would keep her safe, and bring her home to them. Logic also told him Mikey was right – he’d been acting like a jerk. To her, to Raph, to everyone. Yesterday he had no idea who this woman was, and now suddenly he was acting like a possessive boyfriend because some other turtle had passed on his own emotions and memories? To what end? What was the point of these turtles calling out to him and his brothers? Leo frowned, and tried to think about it logically.

Safety. They wanted to keep her safe. Endearing her to others would certainly do just that.

Home. They wanted her back, and she didn’t seem able to get back to them on her own. Donnie was a genius. Perhaps they were counting on his genius to be a staple in other dimensions, as well. If anyone could get her back to them it would be Donnie.

Leo thought those were excellent reasons on their own, but there was something else tickling the back of his brain. He’d felt the same earlier this evening, and it was gnawing at him. There was something else...something so close he could taste it.

Leo was many things, and proactive was one of them. The itching grew stronger as his resolution grew. He wasn’t going to wait on this other Leonardo to come to him this time. This time he was going to reach out and mind-dominate this turtle until he had all the answers he wanted.

……………….

“He really mentioned my singing?” Annabelle asked as Raph led the way deeper into the sewers. “I wouldn’t have expected that from him.”

“Here we are.” Raph stopped in front of her, and shifted out of the way so she could see their final destination. The sewer tunnel opened up in a dome-like shape with golden orbs clustered together in the middle of the ceiling. The masonry surrounding the globes was far more sophisticated than anything Annabelle had seen on their walk so far with depictions of curling vines, detailed feathers, and stone busts that looked more angelic than gargoyle.

“What… what is this place?” She asked, stepping further into the room, and turning around slowly to take in her surroundings.

“Honestly, we’re not a hundred percent sure. Donnie has some theories about bootleggers.” He paused. “Or vampires,” he said, shrugging. Annabelle shot him a glance, and realized yes, the vampire comment was serious. Then again, if there were mutant ninja turtles and time travelers in these sewers were vampires really that hard to swallow?

“Vampires, huh?” She spun again, slower this time. “Maybe the sewers have a Phantom instead?” She shot him a smirk over her shoulder.

“Freakin’ love that show,” Raph muttered, moving to the far left wall. He leaned back, crossed his arms over his broad chest, and tilted his head back a touch. “Think this will do for an impromptu concert?”

Annabelle cocked her head to the side. “You were serious?” He arched a brow, and she shrugged. “M’kay. I don’t really get it, but why not?” She pursed her lips for a moment, and then nodded as if she’d made a decision. “Just in case there is a Phantom… .” She shot him a grin, closed her eyes, and began to sing.

“Think of me, think of me fondly when we've said goodbye. Remember me, once in a while, please promise me you'll try. When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free, if you ever find a moment spare a thought for me.

“We never said our love was evergreen or as unchanging as the sea, but if you can still remember stop and think of me. Think of all the things we've shared and seen. Don't think about the way things might have been.

“Think of me, think of me waking silent and resigned. Imagine me trying too hard to put you from my mind. Recall those days, look back on all those times, think of the things we'll never do. There will never be a day when I won't think of you.”

Raph had been right – this was the perfect place to sing. The acoustics were phenomenal, and any nerves Annabelle might’ve had in the beginning disappeared as she marveled in the way her voice carried.

“I think you should do it.”

“Do what?”

“Sing professionally. I know you’d make a great doctor, but it’s obvious this is what you’re passionate about.”

Leo’s words of encouragement floated to the forefront of her mind as she finished the song. How many times had she caught him silently listening to her play the piano late at night when she couldn’t sleep or singing to herself to calm her anxiety? He’d made her feel so safe, so secure, and so confident with just a nod of his head or a simple smile. It seemed inevitable she would develop feelings for him, even if she didn’t quite know how to define them. Her chest hurt and her throat ached. Why had she chosen that song? The emotional baggage it dredged up was painful to relive.

Raphael’s slow clap jolted her from her thoughts. “Holy shit.” Her eyes flashed open to see Raph staring at her. “He wasn’t kidding. You really do have a set of pipes on you.” An almost feral smile split over his face as he began to walk towards her. “Do you have any idea what this means?”

“Ummmm.” Her nerves skyrocketed as the behemoth in red strode towards her. “No?”

“It means,” he declared once he stood in front of her, “that I am finally gonna beat Donnie and Leo at karaoke night!”

…………..

Master Splinter stressed meditation. It helped calm the warrior spirit, cleared the mind, and provided clarity and reflection. In hindsight, Leo wished his father had done more mental exercises instead of physical ones. Finding the right Leonardo and combing through his memories were proving to be harder than he anticipated.

Pizza, pizza, pizza, Shredder, robot Foot ninjas… wait… no. Wrong Leo.

Rain forests, stone statues brought to life… whoa! Big monster. Wrong Leo.

Leonardo sighed in frustration. Just how many alternate versions of himself were there? He could probably ask Donnie, but he didn’t want the explanation that would definitely follow. He closed his eyes again, took a deep breath, and tried a different approach.

Annabelle. Annabelle. Dark eyes, darker hair, pale skin. Feisty, sassy, thoughtful. Scared, angry, traumatized. Hopeful, gentle, caring. He focused on her image, cleared his mind of all other thoughts, and pushed.

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