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duchess-of-mischief · 2 years

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A meme created because of a conversation between @bookdragon1811 and myself

#bookie!!!#turtle’s tangents #lgbtq #lesbian #asexual #ace #lgbtq memes #lesbian memes #ace memes #asexual memes #swords

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darth-sonny · 4 months

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thought about developing the Bad End some more, and why not do that by creating some new characters?

meet The Twins!!! (they legit have no names)

[Inspired by @tmntaucompetition AUcember prompt: "Kid"]

Prime created them with some mysterious purpose in mind, but in the end, they were considered failures and sent them out to the frontlines to end up as cannon fodder. But, surprise, surprise, it turns out these kiddos are massive menaces. Compared to other Kraang, they have the least amount of bloodlust amongst them, but their scream (the same one that seals away ninpō) is incredibly powerful and is capable of even causing serious physical harm (Mikey and Donnie are their main targets). So, Prime allowed them to live, and they now serve their "Parent" as a tank and shield duo

Also, they dress and act like popstars. No one knows why. But if you start to hear music on the battlefield, that is your only clue to run

#i saw that prompt and blacked out #but honeslty I've been waiting for a chance to show these guys and here they are!!!#also. small tangent. but their main inspiration was velvet and veneer from trolls band together #those two just made something click in my brain #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise oc #rise krang #krang oc #kirby tag #prime leo au #bad end #my art #sonny draws #pop and star

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kathaynesart · 11 months

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Hi there! Hope you’re taking care of yourself.

I was wondering if I could use your concept for Donnie’s visor and eyebrow display? Just the visor itself, not the background of why he wears it ofc. It’s such a cool look. I completely understand if not.

I am absolutely in love with his design as a whole (may he rest in peace) and every time I see his smug face in your response comics I want to scrunch into a ball of sheer joy. The drained battery expression is a punch of serotonin every time I see it.

That being said I am enamored with your art style. I don’t really know how to use words to express exactly what it is but it’s very shapes, with gorgeous lines and so very very expressive. Thank you so much for sharing your art.

Of course! The concept itself is by no means patented by me haha, however I would totally recommend creating your own spin on it to make it your own! Like maybe it’s more of a dome sphere (so that his eyebrows can lift higher which is a problem I run into haha) or maybe the pixelated display for his brows are less like bars and more like little square pixels or blocky Tetris blocks or even glitching!

Anyways these are just some quick suggestions off the top of my head. I love how people in communities can inspire each other to create new and amazing things through it :) Let me know if you ever post your design!

#sorry if I went off on a tangent #q&a #kathaynesart #replica #rottmnt replica #rottmnt #save rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #unpause rise of the tmnt #unpause rottmnt #future donnie

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boxfullaturtles · 11 months

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doodled during my meeting this morning cause i’m hella tired and the programmers were talking about coding for twenty minutes

#really busy at work too so no time for more art today bluuhh #when the programmers start going on tangents about coding i zone out and only hear white noise #rottmnt #leo #donnie #sage draws turtles

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cupcakeslushie · 1 year

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In episode " clothes don't make the turtle " leo wear cowboy outfit, will he still loves cowboys?

He might be emo but he can still like cowboys! Cowboys always looks cooler in black anyway (*simps nervously in Westworld Jimmi Simpson*)

#ask slushie #rottmnt #separated au #rottmnt separated au #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #rise leo #oh no #now I wanna draw Leo in a black cowboy outfit #thanks #tangent but westworld didn’t put jimmi simpson in nearly enough black outfits

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melancholic-rowen · 3 months

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Love your art! 💕 btw how come your Casey Jr has pink eyes?

THANK YOU ❤️

That's because I have a krang!Casey AU that I've been working on for a little over a year now. I have a really bad memory, and sometimes it was hard to tell when if I was trying to draw cannon Casey or my AU Casey. It made it easier to tell which folder to organize stuff into later down the line. Sometimes it easy to tell the difference like here

At the beginning of the au casey is 13 and short, the difference is night and day. But there was a time where this was supposed to be a cannon compliant-ish AU and it wasn't so easy for me to tell in early drawings of AU!Casey like here

Without the pink eyes I would've absolutely thought that this was a post move outfits ideas for cannon Casey XD. That and I think it's neat! It kinda shows a bit that there's something up with him

#rottmnt #casey jones jr #casey jones #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #rise casey #asks answered #rowen scribbles #this turned out a lot more gushy then i was expecting XD #in my defense #i am ultra tired at the time im writing this #and I've been wanting to go on a tangent about this AU but i have a hard time presenting it that makes it seem intriguing

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blitzxiiru · 1 year

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So... How is every ally of the Turtles doing in your Future AU?

honestly i didn’t expect anyone to really like my future 12! au, so i wasn’t really prepared to think about anyone else outside the main 6 :,)) plus there are way too many ally characters than i can keep track of, so i can’t exactly list them all specifically without writing a whole ass essay. i’m definitely open to suggestions and headcannons though, fire away in my inbox!

all i can say for now in general is that they’re all fine and dandy and recovering from trauma. the mighty mutanimals host a reunion party every month so they don’t drift apart, and karai + shinigami are girlfriends that lead the newly rebuilt footclan as vigilantes.

and chompy is bigger now! he sizes around below raph’s mid calf, and he is a very mischievous boy that causes mayhem around the lair. if the turtles aren’t out patrolling they’re at home trying to wrangle the little shit from literally chomping down every single thing in their household.

(look, you don’t just randomly find couches down the sewers, okay? the turtle bros literally had to steal their last couch from some unfortunate unsuspecting furniture store. they didn’t exactly gain money from saving the world countless times, and both casey and april are poor college students — and we all know how broke college students are. they deserve at least a free couch to rest for everything they’ve done for the entire fucking planet. because they literally prevented earth from getting blown off its rockers into nonexistence. give em a break — let them steal a damn couch.)

#shhh let’s not talk about the bracketed rant #i went off on a tangent #i am passionate about couches okay #i have experience with pets literally pulverising my couches #savecouchlives2k22 #tmnt #tmnt 2012 #future!au #future! 12 tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #blitz talks gibberish #asks

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lilysniche · 2 years

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Alright nerds I'm back with more ROTTMNT content and this time we're talking about turtles being left alone

Spoilers ahead for seasons 1 & 2 and the movie

On yet another Monday evening I was thinking about the season 1 episode 'Man vs. Sewer' (which they really should have been called Turtle vs. Sewer c'mon now) and Raph's reaction to being left alone.

So naturally my mind wandered down the path of how the other three turtles would react to being left all alone. So I am here to present my headcanony thoughts similar to my other post about the turtles rankings of fav brother which I'll link here.

This post is going to be very long. I apologize now.

Now in the episode 'Man vs. Sewer' (btw I understand this is supposed to be a play on how every story is one of four or something story types, e.g. Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature etc.) I'm rambling again!

In 'Man vs. Sewer' the other turtles make it seem like Raph is the only one who has a reaction to being left alone, and while I'm sure Raph is the only one with such a... dramatic reaction we'll say. I feel that the other three would likely still have a reaction to being left alone given the fact that all four of these turtles have been raised in an EXTREMTLY close knit family. I mean prior to meeting April their only friends were each other and were likely the only other living beings they saw. After all in the episode 'Hot Soup: The Game' it's said that Raph was 13 when he got to go on his first solo topside mission. Now while it is possible the boys went topside prior to this as a group it wouldn't surprise me if this was the first time any of them were allowed to leave the sewers given their likely overall lack of um... stealth at such a young age since they barely have stealth as teenagers lol.

I'm getting off track though! My point is that because this family is practically always together I find it hard to believe that if any of them were left alone they'd be perfectly fine and so I will now present my headcanons/ hypothesis' about each turtles reaction to being alone.

Now Raph has already been cannonically shown in his reaction to being alone. He goes savage caveman brain, thinks everything is a threat and believes he'll die alone.

Next up we'll look at:

Leo

Now I know you could point to the movie for examples of Leo being alone but that is such an extreme situation in comparison to Raph getting lost in a sewer for like an hour or so that I don't feel the movie is a great comparison for "being left alone" so for this post when I'm talking about "being alone" I don't mean the others are dead, or kidnapped or anything really angsty. Think more lost in the sewers, or some of the family went to visit Todd for the weekend and one stayed at the lair alone and realized that was a mistake because separation anxiety and codependency lmao.

Now Leo is arguably also left alone in the episode 'Portal Jacked' (portal jacked is such a good episode for Leo character analysis I'm telling you) Now I know what you're thinking "Lily he literally is with Senor Hueso practically the entire episode" and you're right. Leo is technically only alone for maybe ten seconds between him exiting his portal outside Run of the Mill Pizza and entering the restaurant to find Senor Hueso but he's left without any of his family with him almost the entire episode and it leads to a lot of discussion about them and him being without them so I feel it will help support my argument.

Anyway!

In 'Portal Jacked' Leo whilst still being himself starts to show some of his insecurity in the episode. He admits to "being nothing" without his brothers and continuously brings up how he's better with his brothers. I feel based on these comments and this episode as a whole that if Leo were left alone for likely a longer period of time than Raph (let's say a day or two at the minimum for an effect to really set in) he'd likely let his insecurities get the best of him. As without his brothers as an audience to entertain, taunt, and distract himself from his own insecurities he's left with only himself to be his hype man and back up.

If you don't agree that Leo has insecurities I'll point you in the direction of the episode 'Minotaur Maze' and Leo's reoccurring need to prove himself to others and have them see him as important.

This insecurity is also what plays into Leo's behavior as leader in the film as he clearly doesn't view himself as worthy/ready for the title of "leader" at the start of the film.

Using these points I feel that without his brothers to back him up and perhaps cover for areas Leo lacks in he'd quickly spiral and become very unsure of himself and his actions. As Leo (prior to the movie especially) comes across as someone who does not want to take credit for something until it has already happened and succeeded. (e.g the episode 'One Man's Junk' where Leo literally waits to pick a side on the mystic meatal shop idea until after it fails and sides with Raph) Leo needs to be able to shift blame and "hide in the crowd" if you will in order to not feel like he's failing during a mission (which most the time he's actually succeeding just maybe not how he envisions himself doing so). So if he were to be left all alone with only himself to blame if a mistake was made I feel he'd become very unsure of himself and perhaps rather nervous his portals perhaps become more unreliable than normal (if we are setting this post season 2 finale then it would probably more like him earlier in the show where his portals don't always work. If we're pre-season 2 finale where his portals barely work on a good day then he'd likely cease making useful portals all together lol) and is continuously cracking jokes to whoever is around to listen (even if it's just himself) because to quote Leo: "That's how I cope!"

Final analysis of Leo alone: Very insecure, Nervous, desperately trying to find someone to hang around so he can throw his one liners to try to cope, and anxious to have his brothers back to back up him and his crazy ideas.

Whew! That was a very long research paper I just gave you and that's only the first one!

Again I am so sorry for the length of this post lmao I enjoy doing character analysis too much I'm so sorry.

Moving on to my favorite turtle we have:

Donnie

While it seems that Donnie enjoys being alone I find that because of this close knit family upbringing he'd still be affected by being alone. After all there's a difference between:

alone and lonely and

choosing to be alone and being left alone.

Donnie has plenty of hobbies that prompt him to be alone e.g. he has a video game addiction; or want to be alone e.g. He's the family genius/inventor whose in his lab for extended periods of time to try an accomplish something and anyone disturbing him is an unwelcomed distraction.

An example of this is the episode 'Mind Meld' when Donnie-fied Leo, Raph and Mikey try to get rid of Donnie when he asks them to come eat pizza with him. To quote Donnie "Hey wait! You're trying to get rid of me! That's what I do but... but to you!"

'Mind Meld' is a great episode for Donnie character analysis since there are basically 4 of him in this episode and we get to see how Donnie's character isn't just the smart inventor guy but also a normal teenager who likes to do normal teen things

While Donnie likes being alone and working in his lab, when he wants to see people he wants to see them and not be alone. This is shown in an earlier scene in 'Mind Meld' when Donnie excitedly asks if his brothers are ready for their game of skateboard ball. His Donnie-fied brothers give a very Donnie response and shrug him off saying they have better things to do and Donnie is left really disappointed. Leo, Raph and Mikey are acting like Donnie when he's in "genius tech guy mode" rather than "I'm ready to have fun with my brothers mode" like actual Donnie is in this scene.

Honestly the whole episode is a great example of how Donnie is a well rounded character and how he'd be very different if he only had one facet to his personality. With Leo, Raph, and Mikey all Donnie-fied but seemingly only to possess Donnie's intellect you see that Donnie is more than his brain and has other sides to his personality. That was a side tangent sorry! I really love the writing of this show! Back to my actual point!!

When Donnie wants to work on something people are a nuisance but when he wants to have fun then people better be around or Donnie will be sad.

Now that I have prefaced the circumstances, I will dive into my headcanon/hypothesis about how Donnie would react to being alone.

Now Donnie's reaction is entirely hinged on what mode he is currently in. If he is in work mode it would probably go something like this:

Like I have just stated Donnie is in his lab a lot working on various projects, be it improving his battleshells, working on his drill, working on the Turtletank etc. And based on Donnie's character he seems the type to hyper-focus on his work and not realize how much time has passed *cough* me on any passion project *cough* With this being said I feel that Donnie probably wouldn't notice he's been left alone at first lol. He'd probably hyper-focus for an entire day, forget to eat, maybe remember to go to sleep in a bed or just pass out in his lab, wake up and repeat the process until he finished his project or remembered to take a break. This would likely cause a decline in Donnie's overall well being and is why I think Donnie shouldn't be left unsupervised for extended periods of time lmao. So his family would likely have to be gone at least a week for Donnie to notice if I'm being honest. But that is only if Donnie were in work mode!

If Donnie was left alone in the lair and he was in social mode, I feel that he'd likely be pretty bummed that no one was around to bug him. Between Leo razzing him, Mikey always coming around to cuddle/get affection from each of them and just Raph's overall presence and dumb ideas like trying to shove something up his nose. Donnie would likely feel like he's actually alone. Like entirely alone. There's no hum of energy from his brothers, no slight annoyance just silence and emptiness. And he might relish it for a moment but after a few minutes of uninterrupted silence he'd realize that he can't take it and needs the energy to fill the space again. And knowing Donnie (and depending on how long the fam was gone for) he'd try to substitute it with tech. Causing a new start of work mode that was trying to fix the lack of socializing he craves.

Final analysis of Donnie alone: He doesn't immediately notice that he's alone but once he's made aware of the growing silence and actual solitude with no disruption it starts to get to him and makes him anxious for some social stimulation from others specifically from his family because turtle fam is best fam

Alright! We have made it through two turtle boys and only have one left! you know him you love him! He's the sunshine baby iiiiiiiiiiiittttttt'sssssss:

🅼🅸🅺🅴🆈

Now Mikey is a lil bit more difficult for me to figure out how he'd react to being alone and this is mainly because I find it hard to imagine a normal situation that would cause him to be left alone. If we went with my everyone went away for the weekend idea I said at the start I find it highly unlikely they'd let Mikey of all people stay home alone. Simply because he's the baby and they don't like to leave him without supervision/back up (I mean just look at the episode 'Hot Soup: The Game' they literally watch him on security cameras like new parents watching a baby monitor) Like hell he's being intentionally left to his own devices for a whole weekend.

Which makes me think Mikey being alone would have to be accidental like Raph's in 'Man vs. Sewer' be it he got lost in the sewers, or like a proper younger sibling wandered off without paying attention and lost the group in: the Hidden City, Big Mama's building, the Sewers, New York City itself or whatever setting the boys are currently in.

Mikey likely wouldn't be alone for long since you know Raph will be on a rampage to find his baby brother, unless Mikey got hella lost and Donnie couldn't just track him lol.

So for this hypothetical scenario we'll say Mikey wanders off and Raph notices after several minutes and in classic turtles fashion hijinks ensues. Since this alone time will likely be brief and accidental I imagine Mikey's reaction (since he's played as the very emotional one -in a good way- and also for a little bit of comedic purposes) to be similar to a toddler who get's lost in a store.

Everything's fine before he realizes he's lost then he looks around doesn't recognize where he is or see his brothers he starts to freak out a bit and maybe get a bit teary eyed thinking he's been abandoned when really it's his own fault for getting lost. Y'know just normal baby sibling who's constantly supervised things ✌️

It's a lot of meekly wandering around calling out his brother's names hoping they'll magically appear before him and getting scared by anyone who approaches him, because even though he could definitely kill you since Mikey can throw a whole ass cargo ship around, now that he's scared he can't even lift his weapon high enough to seem like a threat.

This line of reasoning is mainly coming from the episode 'The Gumbus' where when frightened Mikey would rather hide and escape even if he has more than enough skill to defend himself from a normal threat lol.

Final analysis of Mikey alone: He's a frightened baby ready for his big brothers to come charging in to take him home and shower him with affection because while Mikey acts like he's big man on campus he is still bebe

And with that I conclude my long monologue about these turtle boys for another night! I will likely return with another thought soon as Rise has taken up every space square inch of my brain lately lol! Anyways as always these are just my opinions you are free to disagree with me this has just been rattling around in my brain for the past week and I had to share! I love all of these characters and I think Rise did a great job at revitalizing them to a new generation. With that I bid you all farewell! Until next post!

~ Lily's Niche

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feelingpure · 3 months

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Fellow Travelers Rewatch Party | You're Wonderful

Favourite moment(s) or scene(s) of the episode

It's still the whole chicken noodle soup scenario, from Hawk's entrance up until the radio gets brought up. I like how it sets up their starting dynamic. And to link with that, the whole dynamic filp when “I wanna go to the party” happens. Tim's hones his seductress powers, and we get to see Hawk be the flustered one caught off guard for once.

I also really like the opening scenes 🥹 and the election night meeting and the 1st time at the Cozy Corner and and and–

Favourite quote/dialogue

There's so many too choose from 😭 I'm gonna list a few;

For funsies:

“I'm your boy, right?” - I mean, it's the blog title for a reason - the moment the tables turn. (I made an edit of this moment as a bit of episode appreciation, as suggested in the master series rewatch post 🫶)

“I'll spend the afternoon picturing you kneeling in prayer.”

For feelsies:

“When I committed this sin, I felt pure. More pure than I felt in my entire life. So how can I be sorry for it?”

“I want to hold you tonight. If you'll let me.” - it's just so 🥺

Something new you noticed after the rewatch

Joe Alsop is talking about turtle soup that smells like feet (but taste great) at his party. 👀 And Tim's just stood there, then the camera goes back and settles on Hawk in the background talking to Lucy and someone else. Tim's smile fades at first for a lil bit, but then he has this like sneaky smile when it goes back to him. Given what happened in the previous scene, it's very... 😈

And just some more of this bit, Tim then goes to grab a drink for Mary and as he's walking away we see Hawk tracking him with his eyes (and of course he then follows him). I knew the major beats at this party, but there were certain little things that I definitely did not pick up on before. 😆 (Probably too brrrrrrrr from the previous scene)

The MVP of the episode

I think I'm gonna have to go with 80s Tim, even though we only catch a glimpse of him. It's the decision he makes, to allow Hawk back in, that makes the rest of the 80s timeline possible. 🥲

You general thoughts on the episode

It just perfectly sets everything up for the rest of the series. There's so many bits of dialogue that calls back to things later on, or is just more interesting with them in mind. Also all the anticipation at the end, even when you already know the while story, some bits still had me holding my breath like an idiot hahah.

My main feelings coming out of episode 1 is just always wanting to protect 50s Tim at all costs. Though after seeing the whole show and softening on Hawk, I also wanna protect him; from himself. But yeah - screaming crying etc.

Thoughts on soundtrack of the episode

I'll spare you the essay about when each part the score comes up in the episode and how it makes me feel (😭), but it's just brilliant. Hawk's main theme at the election party, and Pull Them Off at Tim's apartment being notable.

The Waiting for Tim theme especially is just. 😚🤌 He's waiting for his call back at that cafe/diner in the 80s, while he was also waiting outside his apartment in the 50s, and it's just full of anticipation. 🥺

While you're here, go listen to the composer talk about this particular piece.

#fellow travelers #fellow travelers rewatch party #fandom event #this event actually took place 4/5 days ago xD oop #this post wasn't supposed to be so long #i had 90% of this drafted but then paused at some point and now i'm like oh right i didn't actually post this... is it too late? idk #and should i reread bits i wrote before cause i'm lookin at the beginning of my turtle tangent; should probs check it's not all gibberish..#1x01 #text

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duchess-of-mischief · 8 months

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I think putting your liked songs playlist on shuffle is the closest one can get to time travel actually

#I’ve been listening to mine for a good bit now and man is this a trip #turtle’s tangents #music

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donniesgoggles · 1 year

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i also really love how the show like. demonstrates the way donnie does express his affection? like there's him being protective, which is a MAJOR part of it, but my favorite example is. the really subtle detail of. many times, when a brother expresses a desire for something they don't have, donnie is shown to have made it in a later episode. without fanfare it's just. they have it now. i know there's multiple examples of it, but the one that comes to mind is. in the mutant menace, leo asks if they have force shields on the tank (after what. i'm fairly sure was a joke from donnie referencing force shields) and donnie replies that they don't have them. and then in the next episode we see the tank in, turtle dega nights, the tank now has force shields. no acknowledgement just. he did it.

it's a combination of his protectiveness and his tendency towards gift giving that i really love. his affection is unspoken and he has a hard time putting said emotions into words and gestures that may be more visible or obvious or grand, but he loves and feels and feels deeply at that.

YES. YES PRECISELY THAT. Donnie is so beautifully crafted as a character, like they clearly put so much thought into him, every time something happens they're thinking, so how would Donnie deal with this.

I adore this show for many reasons but a big one his how they show his differences as being accepted within the family and not mocked or antagonised (like neurodivergent traits often are).

His brothers don't get mad at him when he lacks empathy - a specific point to note would be in Pizza Pit when his favourite pizza place is destroyed, instead of mocking him because he disregarded it when it was Mikey's favourite, Mikey just hugs him as they've BOTH lost (you could argue that's just Mikey's character, but may I direct you to whatever the Leo and Mikey episode is called where they're waiters for Hueso).

His brothers don't get mad at him for showing his love differently, just like you said. Gift giving IS his love language (and words of validation is what he likes to receive in return), I mean hell we got a whole episode about it (Donnie's gifts) (which he totally built those gadgets to keep his brothers safe, albeit in an insensitive manner), and he constantly upgrades their gear to help them in battles (Donnie-pods, wrist comms, turtle tank) but also just around the lair (flying microwave?. defence bed short, sheldon, etc.) Yeah he doesn't say 'I love you' but in these gifts he's saying 'I spent hours planning designing building testing these things so you can enjoy them (because i love you)', you know?

The thing that hurts my heart the most about these traits is within his relationship with Splinter, especially in season 1. Splinter loves his sons, but that doesn't stop the fact that he was emotionally neglectful. We've seen Donnie go out of his way to receive praise (from parent-aged adults) (wonder why), but the praise from his father means the most to him - a father who seemingly never really bothered emotionally as he was battling his own depression (see Turtledega nights: ballad of rat man (my favourite episode for this reason))

I went a little off topic; your point on the battle shields reminded me of the above point, but you're absolutely right.

#wow i went on a long tangent there sorry. hes just like me fr #anyway anyone freak out when you loaded up episode one of the last of us to see josh brener there or just me #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #donatello #rottmnt donnie #thanks for the discussion anon - again i can and will talk about him all day. especially when its these things that are often overlooked #maybe one day ill write a full proper analysis with everything i want to say on it

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temunitu · 1 year

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Apparently the 80 Mona Lisa is in her 20 (college student) and 80 raph is a teen….haven’t see the 80 show yet but umm yikes

I rewatched it cuz I remember enjoying the episode.

starting out, Raphael is mostly bewildered and then angry with her since she’s kinda acting shady. later there’s compliments and some flirtatious comments. the episode leaves off (and trivia tells me) she was supposed to be a recurring character, but she never shows up again. (if she had been a recurring character and dated Raphael, that would be a Huge Yikes. glad they cut it)

1987 has a couple instances of this sort of thing. Leonardo also has a crush on an adult lady working for Shredder by the name of Lotus Blossom (although she doesn’t reciprocate, as far as i remember). then of course there’s Irma the simp who makes tons of comments about how it’s “romantic” the turtles save April all the time, and Irma is sorta vying for any man’s attention (not to mention an entire episode where 3 of the turtles fall for Irma???? geez, 80s).

it’s a product of its time, honestly. i don’t think the writers really thought about it, but i do get where you’re coming from.

#ask #anon #you’re still allowed to enjoy things that are outdated or have outdated ideas so long as you watch it with that understanding #like honestly? the writing in the episode was legitimately cute. i enjoyed it #i get why people liked it then and why there’s fan remakes of mona but as the same age as the turtles #the eighties just had… very different ideas about what was ok to portray (i.e. a teen and an adult having a romance)#you can see it a lot in the movies and other shows that came out #like… the movie clueless was fucking weird. the main gal ends up dating her step brother which is FUCKING WEIRD #anyway. excuse my tangent #moral of the story: consume media with your brain turned on

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