#and Raph was the most fun

[kyotosummer]

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fanart! Based on and heavily inspired by @somerandomdudelmao ‘s Apocalyptic Series! That comic has been an absolute treat to read!

Now that I have completed my annual art project, I shall slunk back to my silent chambers.

#rottmnt #my art #this turned out extremely well I’m proud of myself #also Donatello took the most time #and Raph was the most fun #seriously though check out this series #it has a lovely kindness to it #cass apocalyptic series #tmnt #art

[hitwiththetmnt]

Profile pics for all the homies

Feel free to use them, with proper credits of course (〃ω〃)

#I love all my children equally #but I secretly had the most fun drawing Donnie and Mikey in this #but sshshhhhhh don’t tell the others #rottmnt #rise tmnt #my art #rise fanart #rise of the tmnt #rise of the turtles #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise raph #rise mikey #rise donnie #rise leo #tmnt #tmnt art #tmnt fanart #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt doodles #art 4 others

[thisisadonaldduckblognow]

all the rise boys get done dirty on characterization by fandom in different ways i think. (not ALL the time every fanwork etc etc these are just like, trends i tend to notice?) every fandom suffers from losing character nuance.

- leo i’ve talked about plenty on this blog, how some of his canon traits (genuine belief in his skill and cockiness, capacity for joy, his manipulativeness whether for good or ill) seem to get watered down or wiped off the board and supplemented with generic sad boy. his struggles with purpose and identity and not wanting to fail somehow morph into “he hates and completely holds no value for himself”

- donnie’s canon personality gets blurred out and largely replaced with whatever list of Neurodivergent Traits. and i think there’s such a fine line to walk between exploring a character that’s been word of god confirmed as on the spectrum and overwriting what’s canonically there. it’s a hard needle to thread. it also feels like a lot of his canon emotiveness gets left off the table for some reason. bc he does have his moments of flat/deadpan delivery, but a lot of the time he’s honestly very emotive. he has the passion of a theatre kid and the vindictiveness of... also a theatre kid. and the mind of a scientist.

- raph loses so much of his rowdy teen boy energy it’s kind of wild? like interpretations sand off that he’s also impulsive and can be reckless and dumb and LOVES fighting and roughhousing and isn’t the most eloquent person. suddenly there’s this pitch perfect soft boy big bro who would never hurt a fly and always says the exact right supportive thing and singlehandedly raised his 3 brothers (which simultaneously sands off all the nuance of splinter’s issues emotionally connecting with his sons and how that affected all of them). and like i LOVE raph, he’s so full of love and care and anxiety, he clearly has learned to put a lot of work into being aware of his strength and size. but there’s a difference you know?

- mikey is like. where raph gets overparentified by fanon, mikey gets over “family therapist”-ed IMO. the impulsiveness, the goofiness, the powerful emotions including a VERY powerful temper, the flat-out dumb teen boy choices... they get ignored. suddenly there’s this only very sweet and earnest boy who has read a hundred psychology books and runs group family therapy weekly or something. he is crying in his room bc leo and raph are arguing about something. which is so. he IS very sweet and can be very earnest and is full of love! he HAS come in with his opinions and unsolicited advice a couple of times and life coached for the greater good. but there’s a difference between what he does in canon and the role he gets in fanon.

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #idk this is not a very eloquent rundown its very hard to explain exactly my vibe #ig the long story short is i feel like a lot of their most interesting and fun qualities get left in the dust #mikey as family therapist is getting under my skin the most rn i think its just so. #for as much as it seems like his brothers try to shelter him (esp raph with his overprotectiveness)..... i just dont see it #i dont see his brothers and definitely not his dad putting their issues on him like that... #him dragging donnie into that one dr feelings session and dragging draxum into a new moral alignment were different #than 'yeah everyone tells mikey their stuff and he has to do the labor of helping with it' #like it just doesnt vibe for me #i think he is very emotionally OPEN on all levels compared to his family #i think he is more likely to share when HE struggles #i dont think raph or leo is sitting with him at 3am like 'it all started when i was 4 and accidentally broke a plate' or what have you idk #it's all so ymmv i do just scroll past stuff i dont vibe with i dont drop hate on it i just #idk dudes its so hard to see the appeal in some of the choices made

[ironinkpen]

The interpretation of Rise Raph as a 'perfect responsible soft boy uwu' is so BORING I'm sorry, Raph is a rowdy adrenaline junkie with anxiety and I won't take this slander any longer

Raph secretly kept an enemy soldier in their actual literal house as a sparring partner. Raph glued his brothers together and dragged them out to fight crime. Raph once asked Leo to punch him in the face to prove he 'takes damage like a boss.' Raph tried to lift a school bus, twice. Raph offered to help his favorite wrestler beat his little brother up. When Leo suggests evacuating Bullhop, Raph says no bc the best defense is a good offense babey. Raph's idea of a 'friendly chat' with April's upstairs neighbor is to put on a black ski mask and go stand menacingly at their door. It takes Raph 10 episodes to conclude that they should MAYBE start training. Raph's plan to get a potentially priceless (and potentially FRAGILE) museum artifact is to punch a car in the middle of a busy street and also cut it in half with his brother still inside.

Raph's never met a problem he wouldn't try to punch in the face and does not know the meaning of the words 'excessive force.' He roughhouses with his bros and drags them out to fight villains and thinks any plan that doesn't involve an all-out brawl is boring and lame. He'll do anything to protect his family from harm and be a hero, but also he eats wet salami off the floor and once single-handedly destroyed a library.

I just adore how, at his core, Rise Raph is such a classic Raph—impulsive and stubborn and caring and passionate. He is a very sweet, strong, honorable guy who has a very powerful sense of personal responsibility... and he is also the exact kind of jock who throws you in the pool at a party without checking if you have your phone in your pocket first.

#rottmnt #rottmnt raph #raph #don't worry then he'll freak out and buy you a new one #anyway! raph rules!!!!! #and i think the movie has made some people interpret him as like the 'responsible mom' character which is a bummer #bc that's really not him at all #like this is not even NEARLY a complete list of raph's shenanigans #he's a hooligan a fool a dumbass (affectionate) #he loves big flashy exciting fights and does not spare a single thought to stealth 90% of the time #he gets distracted on missions taking selfies with pizza pigeons and wrestlers #and gets annoyed in eps like Bug Busters when leo suggests being more cautious #he would die for his brothers but also he's definitely the type to like. walk into their rooms and sit on them for fun #he values responsibility so much but also makes the most batshit decisions ever #and has probably caused the state of new york thousands of dollars in damages #and he's NOT the boys' dad jesus christ #he grows slightly more serious over the course of the series (out of stress :(() #but at his core he's just a kid who loves fighting and being a hero #and i love him so much ok!!!!!!

[mossy-box]

Me drawing Big Mama? That’s new. (I thought making her plus sized would be fun <3)

#my art #rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #I decided making her plus sized would be fun #if you’re wondering why shes bigger lmao #it was for funsies #does a gay hand wave #anyways erm shes my wife #love her #I wish there was more art of her #Leo is there too #I was thinking abt how raph I’ve got nervous when she caught him in the hidden city most wanted thing so I put leo there being nervous #I need to draw big mama more often #tw smoking #I guess? #my stuff #my doodles #big mama rottmnt #rottmnt leo #leonardo hamato

[oddly-casual]

Mutant Mayhem spoilers

It’s such a small moment and maybe I just have brain rot or something but in the beginning when Splinter is talking abt why he hates humans it’s Mikey specifically that chimes in with that little “you don’t know that.” And just UGH

Even just by his tone you can tell that he knows his words aren’t going to change anything because they’ve had this conversation too many times. But also Mikey was the one Splinter almost lost that day, like if Splinter was any slower Mikey would’ve been gone.

And you just know in the minds of children Mikey equated their isolation from humans as being his fault because he almost got ran over as a baby.

Like I don’t wanna say it because sometimes leads to unnecessary angst, but children who grow up isolated from everyone else believing that they can’t confide in their parent often blame themselves for their parents decisions.

Donnie and Raph back talk and make fun of Splinter the most but Mikey does it like once and Leo does it never. So you can tell Leo and Mikey don’t get upset with their father, they get upset with themselves for the way things are and I just

#mutant mayhem #tmnt mutant mayhem #tmnt #tmnt mm #mm mikey #mm splinter #LIKE THEY INTERALIZE IT SO MUCH #It makes every scene with Mikey longing for the human word hit harder bc what if he’s like ‘this is my fault’ #i noticef Donnie rags on splinter the most like Donnie talks back and calls Splinter a shut in and all that #Raph is second because he actually gets angry at Splinter but when he does he just shuts down and isolates himself #Mikey makes fun of Splinter once with the cheese butt joke but that’s literally it like he never rags on Splinter even when the others do it #and Leo just never does it he has that oldest daughter syndrome where he’s like ‘they sacrificed so much for me I have to be good’ and just- #fuckin ouch man #EVEN WHEN SPLINTER KS APOLOGIZING RAPH JUST LOOKS AWAY LILE #LIKE RAPH CANT EVEN LOOK AT HIS DAD BEING EMOTINALLY HONST BC HE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT #Hc whenever Raph got angry Splinter just out him in timeout so now Raph isolates when he’s angry with his family #mutant mayhem spoilers #in case now one has watched the movie yet

[seagull-scribbles]

I want you to tell ‘em that you love the way that they don’t stick out like sore middle fingers

[Continuation of this]

#TMNT 2012 #casey jones 2012 #raphael hamato #rasey #this is platonic again but I’m not against romantic subtext or whatever #when I was in school being able to do this with your hand was super cool and I often still do it with both #but I’ve met both adults and kids who’ve never seen it before and it freaks them out ahaha #anyway I was jus thinking of hands again and this is a warm up sketch #but i do think thee two would have heart to hearts on rooftops sometimes and really open up #maybe theyre sat next to eachother and raph looks at his thigh next to Casey’s and gets self conscious #maybe one of them was hurt in a fight (probably Casey) and theyre patching eachother up and they just start exploring their differences #or maybe its something as simple as raph asking casey if he was Tarzan and the scene with the hands and Casey’s like yo we can do that #or even more childish theyre just doing it to see who’s hands bigger because Casey’s sister has been doing it a lot and its fun #because let me tell you it doesnt matter how old the kids i work with are they all love comparing my hand with theirs #but i imagine Raphs eyes for a second would give away hes upset a little cause he’s definitely the most self conscience about being a mutant #so Casey would do this and be like ahh look see we arent that different really #raph could bend his fingers to emphasise how much shorter Casey’s are #and cause would say something like these digits might be small but theyre mighty #leading to a shove or even a thumb war or something #anyway ill stop gushing i have a comission to do xxx #OH OH OH THE BITE MARK ON CASEY IS BECAUSE A MUTUAL COMMENTS ABOUT EATING MY RASEY ART SO THATS THEIR TEETH but im not naming names....

[turtleinsoup]

doth spoiler!

@thedawningofthehour on ao3

#my roomate looking over my shoulder when i drew splinter: #“This is the most devitalized wet furry I've ever seen” #but like in broken german #He right tho look at this sack of wet fur #Splinter needs antidepressants and a snickers asap #also forgive the mask I dont know what came over me #cass is rly fun to draw like this tho #I wasnt sure about her hair I think u mentioned it was above shoulder lenght?? I couldnt find it again it mightve been a dream #until next doth chapter i will just pretend the three get along great and they Super trust Raph and they all get a manicure and Nobody is s #eeping in a cage #*rolls around in my illusion* #hhhmmmmm #rottmnt fic #rottmnt doth #rottmnt fic recs #doth spoiler #ALSO YEAH I FORGOT RAPHS SHOCK COLLAR EVEN ALMOST BUT PSHHHH

[bullagit]

no bro the beauty of rottmnt is that there ISN’T one specific brother who actually REALLY has all the common sense trying to herd the other 3 like wayward children. 

the beauty of rottmnt is that they are ALL idiots and all GET to be idiots and they pass the reasonable brain cell around depending on the shenanigans they’re up to. i won’t take this slander and erasure of any of their rights to be complete and sincere dumbasses. they are STUPID and they are COMPETENT, each of them, as individuals and as a unit

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt movie #i mean this is gonna happen w every ensemble show theres always gonna be the most popular fan fave getting all the credit #but its esp insulting in rise lmfao like #'oh leo has all the common sense if u really think about it' leo cut warren stone in half and accidentally portaled pirates to tahiti #'raph is the only one with the brain cell' raph panic ate his phone once raph wanted to strap hawks to their feet for skates #'donnie' u mean constant barely restrained violence boy? created sentient robo children on accident TWICE boy? #mikey 'whoa this bridge is so rickety LETS SEE HOW FAR IT SWINGS BABY' peak baby brother boy??? #like the fun in it is so much in that they all have moments where they shine and moments where they're STUPID TEEN BOYS #and ykw april included she's the fifth sibling!!!!!!! #she's just as chaotic as any of them!!!! #you know who in this family had solid reasonable brain cells? gram gram #end of list

[kinstein-art]

2003 ninja turtles my beloved

#tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2003 #2003 leo #2003 raph #2003 donnie #2003 mikey #fanart #tmnt fanart #teenage mutant ninja turtles fanart #tmnt 2003 fanart #my fucking CHILDHOOD #loved this show as a kid but now i cant remember most of it rip 😅 #been rewatching it with my roomie after we both got emotionally devastated by the rise movie :) #shes never rlly watched 2003 and i cant remember jack about it so this is a fun experience for the both of us lmao #anyways. them <3

[blanceyblance]

Rise stuff I wish I saw more on fics/crossovers because the comedic potential is amazing:

The boys can glow. Imagine them being in a mission and one of their counterparts goes "We need a non-flammable light source" and either everyone turns to them or one of them goes "I got ya' fam" and starts glowing like a Christmas tree.

The Hamato Ghosts. You can't tell me these dramatic theater kids would not go "Need to scare a bad guy so hard they piss their pants and change their ways? Time to summon Grandpa." They start to do it because Big Mama does it and it looks cool.

Also imagine April doing this when someone questions her being a Hamato.

TODD. Let the turtles from the other universes meet Todd. He is the turtle's funny uncle that has a lemonade powered super mode.

The Brownie Clan. You think since Casey joined the fam, the Brownie clan became like a branch of the Hamatos? Imagine they use them for espionage missions and stuff.

They start calling CJ the Brownie Prince or something since he is the heir to Casey's empire

"We got our espionage team on the case" "How do you guys have a special team for that" Cue them showing the rabid girlscouts

Besides the missing turtle siblings we were robbed, the turtles also have sis Piebald and technically Sloppy Joseph

Shredder is their grandpa. Peepaw Shredder is canon.

The Hidden City's use of tiny pink unicorns as currency

And there is probably more and I just love how silly this show can be and if you have any fic recs pls tell me I'm starving

#rottmnt #tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #the rise turtles basically had to wrestle with their grandpa #imagine they call other universes Shredder like that just to annoy them #some guy goes “I will not rest until Shredder and his bloodline are over” the rise turtles: sweating profusely #tmnt 2012 #tagging them cus they are the ones the boys have the most crossovers #and i want to see raph making fun of their glowy selves

[milks-thoughts]

I loved your fox sibling reader stuff! I have a special request if you’re up for it ♥️

summary: it’s the mrs cuddles episode except this time, when the reader sees the puppet, it kinda triggers their hunting instinct because 1. it’s a rabbit, and 2. she’s tormenting raph, who winds up having to hold them back from tearing the puppet apart (as much as he would like to let them) so April doesn’t get fired.

please, and thank you

SCREAMING okay :D (hopefully this one doesn’t linger for…months…) readers age: 5-7 (you decide)

summary: readers hunting instincts get activated and Ms. Cuddles prays for her soul

TW: attempted stuffed animal dismemberment, reader says in detail what she wants to do to Ms. Cuddles. it’s scary. reader please get help. please

Fox in Sheep’s Clothing

☎︎ You’ve always been aware of your older brothers strange fear of the stuffed rabbit

☎︎ well, everyone knows, what they fail to notice is whenever they turn on the show to scare him how…entranced.. you become in that damn rabbit

☎︎ your ears lift and your hackles raise, your tail even does a swishy swish

☎︎ and that show always held your attention when you were a younger kit, your big round eyes following her everywhere.

☎︎ they thought you just liked her, but by god, when April brought her over and they set traps and tested them you used all your will to not pounce

☎︎ but when she started kidnapping your brothers? HOLY SHITTT that care was GONE.

It was terrifying to say the least. Your dilated eyes as you slammed around the lair, your paws skidding, the lair echoing with horrible scrapes from your claws as you pounced on Ms. Cuddles. Her plush flattening under your sharp teeth. Leo, Donnie, and Mikey couldn’t help but laugh. Raph and April were mortified. Once Raph got you off Ms. Cuddles you had some of her stuffing in your mouth…so you looked like you had rabies, Ms. Cuddles shrieked and begged to be put in her box as you pushed at your older brothers arms. April snatched Ms. Cuddles and threw her in the box, once Raph put you down your fur was lifted as you checked each room in the lair. You found her box and April only narrowly picked you up to avoid you attacking it. “ Leo, do you mind teleporting her back to the set? “ April whimpered pitifully Leo made a face “ but the free entertainment! “ after a glare from April a blue portal opened up and the box fell through it and into safety. April put you down and waited for you to pounce or prowl around but you simply yawned “ ‘m tired.. “ you mumbled while reaching for Raph you were weirdly clingy right now but Raph didn’t mind, he lifted you up and carried you to your room, placing you down in the bed and humming as you fell asleep. Letting out a small grumble when he heard his brothers shout about how you went crazy as hell.

#rottmnt #rottmnt x reader #rottmnt x you #this is all purely platonic #fluff #this was fun to write #especially because I studied foxes for school #it was so fun #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt raph #rottmnt leo #save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #save rottmnt #mainly tagging to get coverage ngl #but also I agree with the most recent two #give me my seven seasons please #I want my space episodes #now

[hitwiththetmnt]

I got a question about the dragons. Do the dragons interact with each other a lot? Or do they mostly just hang around their own turtles?

Good question!

I think I mentioned some of this in my spitfire au info dump, but I’ll go into a little bit more detail here

For this au my idea was that the dragons are manifestations of the boys mystic abilities and energy. This means the dragons are both technically their own sentient beings but are deeply connected to their respective turtle.

Being so connected to each other can mean that each dragon is going to want to stick close to their turtle counterpart most of the time, but that doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to do things by themselves.

Think of it like a symbiotic relationship. Both dragon and turtle are going to want to be close to each other and benefit from it, but also they can be their own separate species.

The dragons are all technically siblings just like their turtle counterparts. This means they share the same love for hanging out and messing around with their siblings just as the turtles do!

#crash and bash carry Raph’s older sibling syndrome so they would be considered the most active in visiting everyone else #Ruben is right behind them with how they like to include everyone in the fun #the dragons share a lot of similarities to the turtles considering they ‘are the turtles’ and their powers manifested in mystic dragon form #I’ve got some research to do before I tackle the differences between mystic abilities and ninpo in the show #wish me luck! #random #tmnt spitfire #ask box #spitfire asks

[scarlet-alleyway]

Okay im still brainrotting about your amazing work AND I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THAT DAMN BULLET.

Will it make a comeback?? Will someone get hurt again?? Is Raph 100% okay or will there be some complications with the wound??? Idk if I’m fixating on minor details but I’ve been thinking about it sm

I mean... On a scale of 1 to ten,

.

.

.

How mad would you be?

#rise raph x reader #ao3 fanfic #rottmnt #honestly props for reading into the details #because i'm really the type to only pepper in a few clues for context and then weave them together as i write more #but i promise i'm holding in my urges for the most part #i'm not lying when i say i want this story to be easygoing #but...y'know... subplot is always fun #and you can almost never have fluff without a liiiiitle bit of... not-so-fluff #honestly this ask made me genuinely want to try doodling again in a long while too so thank you <3

[mousermayhem]

07 TMNT au where while Raph is primarily the Nightwatcher, sometimes Donnie or Mikey is the one going out as Nightwatcher because even Raph needs a break sometimes and it’s a good way to de-stress from their jobs.

#tmnt 2007 #2007 tmnt #leo ragging on Nightwatcher and while Raph is most vocal they all are defending him #cause all three are nightwatcher #i just think it would be neat. and let donnie n mikey have some fun

[autisticenbydonnie]

Throw the turtles into a mosh pit and see what happens

#egg talks #rottmnt #sorry i was at a gig yesterday and now my brain is allll sowjwibwkaksnwkakaksoskwkakso #also watch most of my friends get tossed about a mosh pit so its on my brain #but honestly i think leo and raph would LOVE moshing #it looks like mad fun hahaha