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after watching at least a bit of all three, here's my current opinions on their dynamics (a lot of simplifications of course, but)

might do the other combos eventually, just was thinking about these fun brother duos..!!

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Learning that Jason was Red Robin first (during Countdown to Final Crisis) and that Tim actually stole that name and costume has made my entire week. Honest to god Tim Drake is the funniest character of all time. Imagine getting your ass beat for stealing from a guy and then doing it again anyway, top-tier character choice. I think he should take Red Hood next.

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From Mercy To Murder

I love how Leo likes people, unless they have proven themselves as a (real) danger to his family. Then the only reason immediate murder is not forthcoming is because it may scar his impressionable brothers.

And this protective streak heightens an insane amount once he becomes the father/Sensei. He takes his role SERIOUSLY.

Miyamoto Usagi leads his brothers off a cliff? A CLIFF?

Nu-uh, no way, instant red flag. NOT TODAY!

Who cares if he's their only hope of getting home? Not Leo!

Dude killed his bros?

Welp, time to fight him to the death. There's no other option here, it seems. Leo will fight him and he will win- but, heck, if the leader fails and dies, he joins his brothers so there's really no losing here.

Dracula is my absolute fav Sensei moment.

There were little implications that they were going to do anything more than simply trying to talk to the Vampire until Raph got separated and knocked down. Now he's realizing the potential of all of them getting hurt or worse. Suddenly, Leo craves violence.

He's never even made eye contact with the guy, but Leo will stake Dracula through the heart with zero hesitations if it means that the current dangers posed to his brothers will end sooner than later.

Donnie loves his brother and he understands where he's coming from, but he feels like a family intervention may be needed someday.

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Raph Being Violent, Supportive, And Violently Supportive For Almost 3 Minutes

Requested by @maddys-nerd-blog: Season Five

My Turtle of Choice: Raphael

Video/Comment Spoilers for Heart Of Evil:

Disclaimer: There was one scene that I couldn't save, but it was basically just Raph getting the air strangled out of him. I tried several times but it never worked. Still not sure why. If you want to see it, feel free to go watch the episode!

Raph saw this rock and thought: Yk, this must work like my t-phone. Lemme just tap it a couple times until the screen starts glowing-

It's even more amusing to me because I have a garden stone in my backyard that looks just like that from this angle 🤣

I love watching Raph in the backgrounds of these scenes.

He’s either flat on his face or dawning his inner superhero.

There is no inbetween 🤣🤣

Also he would have LOVED their argument over the TurtleMech- his absolutely CRAVING for chaos is not to be underestimated!

They do this so little that whenever it happens it’s basically an episode focal point every time. Raph would kill for them, but he also would enjoy watching the kill each other /jk

OKAY BUT LEGITIMATELY-

Why do I get low-key pride vibes from Raph here??

You cannot convince me this smile isn’t genuine pride-

Is it because he’s doing what Raph’s always encouraging them to do?

Is it because he’s standing up against Leo? Taking matters into his own hands? Following his gut? His anger?

I’ve always wanted a dissection of this moment but I have yet to find one or discover it for myself. Any thoughts fellow fans???

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HELP I CAN'T WITH THIS SCREAM-😭😂

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I like this scene to a normal degree😀

Mikey almost drowned?? After getting dragged towards the septic tank Alien style??? Like he needed that to happen after already developing a fear of mutant squirrels😩

Raph had the balls to straight up dive into that swirling abyss and wasted no time going after Mikey total contrast to him freezing up last season, but that's unimportant

He also fully trusted that Donnie and Leo would jump after him, catch him, and pull him up from the current

HOW IS LEO HOLDING EVERYONE UP

The shuriken throw, this kid is quick to react to danger, you love to see it

HOW DID LEO PULL EVERYONE UP

Donnie, you will never make a retro-mutagen for the squirrelanoids, why kid yourself like this

"I'm glad you didn't get flushed lil' bro" they are now at a point where they can just joke about these kinds of things, hello-

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"They can take care of themselves"

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LEO IS LITERALLY ME, I'M NOT KIDDING

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(CW: Ranting/Venting; the fic I am talking about will not be named, nor will I give the author’s name away. Please send me a message if you want to know)

Did we even watch the same show? He’s not a caring, big brother? He’s a stick in the mud?

The only thing I’ll give you is that he’s full of himself… because he’s an idiot teenager with badass fighting skills and weapons. Of course he’s gonna be a cocky little shit. Most people with Leo’s skill would be.

I’m going to assume that you mean part of the time he’s full of himself. But if you mean all the time, then I’ll correct you there. More often than not, he is actually very insecure— a very common trait among the Leonardo’s.

“Maybe I shouldn’t be leading the team?”

“It’s all my fault. I let the guys down!”

“I don’t think I’ll ever be the same again”

“I’d just hold you back. You guys train, I’ll watch. It’s all I’m good for anyway…”

“I’m a liability to the whole team”

“I won’t be much help out there anyway”

Leo is a perfectionist and this shows in the way he leads— coming across as bossy or arrogant— and how he treats himself. The guy just got out of a three-month coma after he had the shit kicked out of him and what does he say when he’s by himself after everyone else went to look for Raph in the woods?

He holds himself to impossibly high standards— both placed by himself and some of the misguided lessons he was taught.

Alright, now for the stick in the mud part. Leo is a fucking dork (I mean this in the most affectionate sense). He loves Space Heroes to the point where he quotes it during missions. He likes puns, is fascinated by Japan culture, martial arts, meditation, etc. He trains very hard to excel at ninjutsu/martial arts— both so he can help his brothers in combat and because it’s a passion of his. That doesn’t make him boring in the slightest. He has some of the most ridiculous dialogue throughout the series:

“Alright guys. Let’s put Old Mother Hubbard back in her cupboard!”

“Hello!? Space Heroes!? Captain Ryan! Didn’t you see the episode where they fought the Cortexecons?!”

“Awesome! Oh, this is so rad! I feel like Van Helsing, but way cooler than him, actually. Way more rad than Van Helsing”

“Alright guys, prepare to dish out the mighty wrath of justice!”

“We don’t know he’s gonna do anything bad. He could be on his way… to… church!”

“I… don’t really have a pinky?”

He can’t lie for shit which leads to him saying silly things:

“Be cool. Be cool.” *answers phone* “uh.. hey man! What’s… what’s going down? *Raph says they better have not watched the Crognard finale without him and Leo laughs nervously* W-who, us?! Of course not! But I bet if we did watch it, we would have found it anti-climate… climactic!”

*gets asked by Chloe if there’s other turtles like him* “Nope! Uh-uh! Just me! Mr. Imaginary Talking Turtle!”

“He’s just kidding, Mrs. O’Neil. Kirby’s…uh.. on a.. safari! In Puerto Rico! And he won’t be back for a while.”

And he’s not the goody-two shoes and suck up people think of him as. He has gone behind Splinter’s back on several occasions, snuck out both willingly and unwillingly. The guy dressed in black and caused petty crime with his sister and her girlfriend Shinigami because he was pissed off at Shredder.

As for not being a caring brother. You mean this guy?! This Leo?! ⬇️

Couldn’t be this Leo, right? There’s no way he’s a mother hen— being both doting and getting after his brothers.

“Don’t talk with your mouth full!”

“Mikey, you never cease to amaze me”

“Leo never left your side” — April when Raph was reduced to a mere plant by The Creep

“I’m sorry about Spike, Raphael.”

“Donnie, don’t lose sight of who you are!”

“Nice job, D”

“Donnie, the go karts worked great. Nice job!”

“Mikey, come on! It’s not that bad! And Raph promises not to make fun of you anymore.”

Not the Leo that uses all his strength and stays behind in the Technodrome holding Kraang Prime so his brothers and April can escape. Not that Leo who while just barely awake after a coma goes after a mutated monster in the woods to get his family back. Not that Leo who forced himself to stay calm so the others can be calm while they go through the most insane shit, or cannot grieve in the moment because he has to ensure the rest of their safety, so his focus during missions and battle is scattered in different places. Because he couldn’t possibly help bandage their wounds, worry when they’re hurt and not give up on a family member. Not Leo preventing Donnie from straight up unaliving Don Vizioso because Leo doesn’t want his younger brother to do what he did and change him like it changed him. He doesn’t sacrifice himself over and over because he loves his brothers, right? Right??

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i love this character so much......i hope they get seriously injured and almost die

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free my girl she did all that shit but the fandom is mischaracterizing her for it

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I swear they're like the equivalent of heat seeking missiles for each other or somethin

Leo's the worst of them all, bro woke up doing a head count in his own home lol

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Happy (unofficial but we ball) birthday to our favorite Lady Death and queen 😌

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mikey is raph's favorite and i have proof:

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"I sense the evil inside of you, Leonardo"

the evil leo be like:

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tfw you are used to your little brother perching on absolutely every surface (You count as one).

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Okay, okay, so.. Raph is an emotionally volatile teenager with anger problems, grappling with a sense of insufficiency and inferiority. He copes by being overly abrasive to the point that his siblings often avoid him. They love him, but don't like walking on eggshells.

The only one who clings to him regularly and without hesitation is his annoying little brother. Mikey has is own problems with feeling insufficient and inferior, but copes instead by being mindlessly friendly and avoidant of all negativity to the point of unhealthy escapism.

So there's... like... there's this special bond between them. They are by no means each other's therapist, but they have a slight effect in balancing each other out. Raph teases Mikey most, but is also most protective of him out of all his siblings.

And then at the end of season 2, when Raph thinks their father has been killed, he goes into a full fledged rage-filled emotional breakdown to the point that Michelangelo is afraid he'll hurt himself. When Mikey tries to snap him out of it Raph turns on him with his fist upraised, but Michelangelo doesn't even flinch??? He just wraps his arms around his brother's neck and tells him everything will be okay until he calms down and Raph does calm down! he buries his face into his little brother's shoulder and I just-