Tmnt 2018 - Blog Posts
Mother Hen Raph is one of those headcanons that makes me cry inside :,(
2012 turtles + Rise Personalities Part 2 :)
2k12 Turtles + Rise Personalities
Here’s a couple of sketches I’ve done in the last week of Baron Draxum 2012 au!
Some turtles!! I am still working on their individual designs.
SOOSSOOSOSOS COOL I NEED THEM SO BAD!!!
im freaking out over the andy suriano posters that just arrived aaaaaaahhhhh
im so happy and the translated hot soup is sending me lmao
GUYS!!
My mutant mayhem human designs!!
Can you guess who is who?
That is all I got!
saving this for laterrrr :3
I love Cassandra so freakin much
me and my sibling all the time actually
Leo’s pizza plan:
They’re so stupid I love them
GUYS ROTTMNT IN THE TOP 30 SHIPS THIS YEAR HOLY SHIT?? (Bro I got jumpscared until I saw it wuz platonic lmfaooo)
hope and sacrifice.
I need to expand on this more on here because I'm going insane thinking about this.
the main themes in the rise movie center around hope and sacrifice. hope, being a ninjas greatest weapon and what leo ultimately uses to get the team motivated, and sacrifice which leo actively uses. these two concepts are interchangeable and are used to develop this unhealthy view of being a hero.
leo being the prime example of this.
leo is notorious for being a martyr in the movie not because he wants to be self sacrificial and thinks he deserves it (although a small part of him might think that) but because thats what he's been taught and grown up to think. of taking responsibility. of allowing to take hold of the "burden" of caring for his team, for his brothers. he must sacrifice a part of himself in order to be a worthy leader. no more immature pizza stacking competitions, no, leo must sacrifice that part in order to mold into being a leader. he must sacrifice his childhood.
its no surprise leo wants nothing to do with this idea, its no surprise he's constantly rebelling against this notion and not taking it seriously because as much as we have seen leo act dumb and immature, we know that he is smarter than he acts. he knows that being a leader is sacrificing the part of freedom he loves so much. the part that can joke around with his brothers and can allow himself to easily fight off bad guys without worrying because thats not his job. he's just leo.
thats raphs job.
raph has sacrificed this part of himself. his identity is surrounded by being the oldest, being the responsible one, having the "raph chasm", being the leader. raph was born as the eldest son to take the responsibility and with little to no help from splinter (because lets be honest raphs relationship with his brothers is also very parental), raph has had to create this idea of what being a leader is not only to himself but for his brothers. he has created the mold of being a leader from shows, from experiences, from being the oldest. he must sacrifice a part of himself, a part of his freedom, a part of his childhood, in order for his brothers to be safe.
and now his younger brother is being pushed into this with little to no warning.
(now I could go on and on about how the season 2 finale was the catalyst for raph and leos bond and brotherhood to slowly unravel BUT thats another thread.)
the rejection of the leader position from leos perspective makes so much sense. leo is still a kid. this responsibility isn't for him, he's not equipped to make these decisions. thats for raph. thats for the oldest.
which makes why raph is so upset with leo in the beginning of the movie so much more real. all he's known is this great weight of carrying the burden and guilt of his brothers and the actions that could cause them to get hurt, he has taken the fall, taken the blame, and has done so without faltering (kind of). although leo is the "faceman", all of the brothers show some sort of mask to hide behind in an unhealthy way. donnie hides behind his science and his title of being the "smart one", mikey hides behind the fact that he is the youngest and his many dr. personas. leo and raph both hide behind some form of bravado that masks the fear they have for their brothers and their safety. raph uses his anger while leo uses his laid back attitude. both are hiding their fear. their both scared.
this is where hope and sacrifice begin to blur.
casey jr. introduces us to the idea of hope because he essentially is the human personified version of hope. he is future leos last hope. he is what is left of an entire civilization that has now been destroyed. but what is hope without sacrifice. casey jr. has witnessed both future mikey and future leo sacrifice themselves for the greater good. for hope. since this is all casey jr. has ever known, especially with how he grew up (another major theme but ill talk about that another time) the idea of sacrifice is hand in hand with hope. with winning. with being a hero.
so when leo comes back after raph sacrifices himself so leo can escape, casey jr. is more thrilled than anything that they have the key. because they "won", because raph sacrificed himself, because hope is nothing without sacrifice.
and this is again another reason why leo begins to put the two together and create his own warped idea of being a leader.
being a hero.
learning about his future self, of how much casey jr. idolizes him and calls him "the greatest ninja the worlds ever seen", of how he was a leader and led the entire revolution. of how he saved the world by sacrificing himself. its only until raph does the same does the gears begin to turn.
being a leader is about sacrifice.
and so getting thrown into the prison dimension is the responsible thing to do. its the right thing. its the sacrifice that someone like leo believes is what a leader would do because yeah leos the leader now and leaders do whatever they can to make sure their team is safe.
that their brothers are safe.
the words "its not about me" play into this mindset and although by the end it helps leo learn that he needs to put more trust in his brothers and allow the burden of being a leader to fall on more than his shoulders, "its not about you" is exactly the mindset that raph had in the beginning of the movie. and because of this, raph and leo both are stuck in this cycle of responsibility and freedom. of having to navigate between wanting to sacrifice their future of being heroes in order to just live like normal people for a few minutes or sacrifice their own individuality to bare the weight of the world on their shoulders. and with their situation of being literal mutated turtles created only to become super soldiers, they automatically are deemed special and were brought into this world in hopes of fighting against humanity.
A ninjas greatest weapon is hope after all.
I drew Donnie again- these guys live rent free in my head. I ain’t even gonna charge them anything anyways.
I gave him a tail!
it’s so cute. :3
I’m going to draw Mikey next. Do you have any requests?
I drew this on Thursday I do believe. Anyways I've been wanting to draw Vampire Leo for a LOOOOOOOOOONG time. I love it. Although, I do think I could improve.
(I know I spelt Vampire wrong in the fanart lol)
Note, this is old. I can also draw people ocs. Mine is a white tiger named Opal. (All my ocs are named Opal lol.)
How'd I do on Donnie?
I messed up on Leo so bad
*Internally crying right now*
Honestly, I've never drawn Usagi before, surprised at how he turned out.
I have better art of Leo I swear, my hand was shaky with the sharpie. :/
(My art is usually all sketches, they look better as sketches)
Anyways I had fun drawing it. What should I post next? If y'all wanna see pre drawn and already finished art just ask.
IFORGOTLEOSBLUSHOMGD:
First post…… hi? (Tmnt info?)
I don’t really know what to post, but I’m just going to put some information about what anyone that interacts with me can request! Along with some other information.
You can request fanart
(Just know I’m not a professional but I can do little doodles and show some of my own art to give you an idea of what I can do.)
You can request one shots of the turtles….. I’m not the best at writing but I shall try my best!
You can also request YouTube edits, I have a small channel that I can post them on.
I’m here to bring entertainment and I’m here just to have fun.
Don’t shower me with requests and expect them to be done within a short timespan.
I do this for fun, not for a job. Don’t make it feel like one.
I can make memes that I will occasionally post on here. Anyways, that’s all so far! I don’t expect to get a ton of attention from this first post as I have just finalized this account and just used it for reading things. Whoever sees this don’t be shy to request. I also felt really awkward typing this so. 😂
Y'all know what the crossover we need is?
FUCKING TRY TO TELL ME IM WRONG
Look at me grasping at straws to connect my two favourite pieces of media, I'm such a loser
I'm so tempted to write about this it's such a dumb thought but like... Nobody else is gonna do it... (╥﹏╥)
My design of Leonardo from ROTTMNT + human designs
I hc him as : demiromantic gay demisexual and a transmasc demiboy who uses he/they pronouns :D
Two more to go!!
Raph!! From rottmnt :D
I am IN LOVE with the fic like father like son🖤💜
Yeah I never finished colouring this🤷🏻♂️ still proud of it tho
@eternalglitch
Heeeyyy love ur stuff ur doing amazing work <33 okay byE-
AAAAAA THIS WAS DRAWN FOR MEEEEE
Danny fanart! I absolutely love his design 💖
I saw this on Pinterest and immediately thought of these dorks
getting back to my tmnt phase!!!
enter one little mf:
He got that autistic rizz I can relate too:0
Theses bois so goofy 😂💕
(I adore them)
It's not a ship (I guess🤭) It's a joke, okay?
Ну мои 💋💋💋
It’s the meme!!
TO ROTTMNT FANS!!!
Does anyone have a link to the full English episodes of "Rise of the Tenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"? It became my fixation a few days now (especially Donatello) and I only managed to find shorts from the series or a few episodes divided into parts. I really want to watch the series before the movie.
