#I am technically on time with this

[freakadr0id]

ROTTMNT Character Fight Style Analysis - Part 3: Michelangelo

This is a continuation of my first post about analyzing each of the Turtles' (+April's) fighting style, their strengths and weaknesses in a fight, and how Rise uses that to highlight different aspects of their character. I highly encourage you read that first before hopping into this one for full context. There is a bit of a TL;DR at the end.

[Part 1: Leo] [Part 2: Raph] [...] [Part 4: Donnie] [Part 5: April]

Next up is Dr. Delicate Touch himself:

Michelangelo: The Wild Card/Disabler

Fight Style:

Dexterous and Versatile

Mikey is a very fast and acrobatic fighter, allowing him to move around and attack in ways his brothers are unable to. His small frame means that he is naturally inclined to be faster than his bigger brothers, and when paired with his gymnastic skills, he becomes an exceptionally swift and nimble fighter. He excels when fighting offensively – in fact, he’s the most offensive fighter on the team - and while he can handle himself on the defensive, it isn’t his strong suit. Mikey’s primary form of defense is to dodge the enemy as he can maneuver himself around foes in a way that makes him hard to keep track of, and even harder to hit.

Mikey also has the greatest versatility of the whole team. Like his brothers, he excels with non-traditional weapons, but Mikey seems to be particularly talented in this regard. Mikey also has a wide range of mystical abilities that he uses to extend the reach of his weapons by manipulating the chains of his nunchakus or kusari-fundo, improving his maneuverability, or even throwing comically large objects. This versatility in combination with his dexterity gives him the ability to attack enemies both nearby and at a distance with relative ease, while slightly improving his defensive skills.

Strengths and Roles in a Fight:

The Wild Card:

Mikey is the resident wild card as his fighting style wide range of abilities and make him the most flexible fighter on the team (both literally and figuratively) and seem very chaotic in a fight. His job is to be the unpredictable element in battle – he rounds out the team by being able to the changing needs of a fight. This is most effective when Mikey is on the offensive as he is less restricted in his fighting method than his brothers are - if a certain type of attack is needed, odds are Mikey can deliver. He can deliver quick, successive hits with his wild movements and fast reflexes, or he can utilize his wide variety of mystic abilities to blindside the enemy with an unexpectedly powerful attack. He can also help in disorienting an enemy or catching them off guard with his acrobatics and impressive strength despite his unassuming size.

Disabler:

When Mikey doesn’t need to fight offensively, he ends up primarily using his abilities to disable his enemies instead focusing as heavily on his attacks. He uses his surroundings to lead enemies into traps or he can manipulate the chains of his weapon(s) to wrap up a foe and inhibit their movement, creating the opportunity to perform a follow-up attack. Even when he throws things like a goddamn building at the enemy, this is usually only used to either crush or stall the enemy as opposed to straight-up defeating them.

Utility:

Due to his smaller size and the nature of his fighting style, Mikey tends to struggle when fighting by himself. He is a much stronger offensive fighter than a defensive fighter, which makes sense when looking at his weapon and physical attributes, but that also means he is at greater risk of losing should he have to fight defensively. While is by no means incapable of fighting alone (we see as much in 'Hot Soup: The Game'), it is noticeably more difficult for him and doesn't work with his strengths as a character.

Mikey's fighting is at his best when he has other people to work off of. His role as the wild card means he is able to assist any of his allies in battle by adapting to their respective fighting style and helping them in a fight without interfering with their attacks. This makes him a particularly good choice as a 'tag team' partner as Mikey can build on others' attacks while they can help him defensively if need be.

How it Plays into His Character:

Since Mikey's greatest weakness in battle (his inexperience) isn't necessarily a character flaw, but simply a product of his young age, his fight style does more to emphasize his personality. We see how Rise directly ties Mikey's fighting style to his character traits, ensuring that his fights still have the same depth as his brothers'.

The wild card role suits Mikey’s character as it complements his energetic and creative personality. Even outside of battle, Mikey moves in a very lively manner, quickly jumping around and rushing from place to place, which would naturally translate into how he fights. It also means that Mikey isn’t tied down to one particular method of attack which wouldn’t mesh well with his ADHD tendencies. His creativity also comes into play as his role as the wild card relies on him being clever and resourceful in battle. If he had a more rigid mindset, this would be difficult for him, but as someone who sees the world in an artistic light, Mikey is more inclined to be a bit more inventive in his attacks.

If Raph is the most protective of his brothers, Mikey is the most supportive. Even though Mikey is the youngest brother, he doesn’t feel overshadowed by his older brothers, nor does he crave the spotlight the way Leo or Donnie does. He wants to prove himself, but he is more than happy to do so by supporting his family, rather than outshining them. The Disabler role fits this part of Mikey perfectly. By disabling the enemy, he supports his brothers by stopping his foe from hurting others or by helping his allies by giving them a better opportunity to strike. Mikey still demonstrates that he is a capable, strong fighter, while still allowing his brothers to take a more prominent role in the fight.

In a Team Battle:

In a coordinated team attack, Mikey is actually capable of filling any position in the order of attack. His versatility gives him the ability to change his fighting method to fit whichever position he needs to, making his placement in the attacking order entirely situational.

When fighting in a strategic attack with the full team, Mikey is most effective going second, third, or second-to-last (depends on how many people are fighting) rather than first or last. Due to his fast movement and weapon’s versatility, Mikey can follow up on almost any type of attack, making him the best choice to go after more wild attacks that would normally throw off other characters. His role as a disabler also makes him a prime choice to set up a powerful final attack by halting the movement of an enemy and making them vulnerable to a finishing blow.

Mikey is able to go first or last in an attack when needed as he is more than capable of going into a fight quickly and delivering a strong attack by pummeling or crushing the enemy. However, considering that Mikey works best when playing off of his teammates, these are probably Mikey’s weakest positions in a team fight. He is also limited to really only one type of finishing blow (throwing large objects at people), which goes against his role as the wild card.

I had a really fun time analyzing Mikey's fighting style and roles. While identifying how he fought was pretty simple, understanding just how versatile our boy is was super interesting. I definitely didn't realize until going through this just how varied Mikey is during a fight, and it totally fits his personality. No wonder he's so fun to watch during an action scene.

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[TL;DR: Mikey is a very speedy, dexterous, and versatile fighter. Due to his adaptability and wide range of mystic abilities has the greatest variety of attack methods out of all his brothers, making him the perfect Wild Card. His wild movements and fast (yet powerful) fighting style align well with his energetic personality, while his role as the Disabler fits in with his desire to support his brothers as opposed to outshining them.]

I really appreciate all the support I've been getting with these. It has been a blast making them and I am so glad people are enjoying reading them. Donnie is up next, but I'll have to push it off two days instead of tomorrow because of a test.

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt michelangelo #rise mikey #rise michelangelo #you know #I am technically on time with this #once again I just got caught up with stuff #goddammit this better show up in the tags #I think I'm single handedly breaking tumblr with my posts #someone told me my first post crashed their phone when they tried to share it #soooo #wtf this isn't any larger than my previous posts why is this one being stupid #analysis #character analysis #rottmnt analysis

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 257

Now Danny loves space. He loves everything about it, to the point his core quite literally is space. And he’s also a baby ghost, even if he could argue he’s not in human form. But see, being baby has an honestly great consequence once it’s noticed- despite the Observants’ best attempts at hiding it, the assholes. 

Of course he would be far more worried- and even a bit pissed- if his caretaker wasn’t who it was. Look, he’d never met Clockwork’s siblings before, but apparently everyone was really against Clockwork himself adopting. 

But Clockwork as his uncle is fine. Besides, his caretaker is Space! Space itself is holding him, cooing gentle words in the sounds of the very cosmos. And they’re huge, like parts of their body going through portals so they can fit outside Long-Now sized big- and apparently Clockwork can get just as big and they can get even bigger- 

Okay, he needs to take a breath- even if he doesn’t need to breathe- to stop his squealing because holy Realms this is so cool. 

Space is awesome! And he’s getting so much more rest than he did in Amity- and even if Space sort of shrugged at the idea of school at first, they did help him set up online schooling. So there’s that, and it’s just the start! 

He gets to learn so much about space and it’s honestly kind of… nice? To be taken care of? And he can do whatever he needs for his Core and Obsession with only a few interruptions to take care of his living needs. Erm, sort of living needs? 

But even that gets turned into a bit of play or even a lesson too! He’s honestly having such a good time right now! He’s learning so much about spaaace! And dimensions! And interdimensional portals and- oops! No one saw that. 

Ahem- But he’s learning so much about space and getting to explore other dimensions with Cosmos! And sure he no longer looks as human as he once did and all that, but he’s seen so many people who also don’t look human that does it really matter? 

Of course it doesn’t, and he matches his sort-of-dad! Even though the streaks of color in their hair are more of a brown-red like they’re literally bleeding out the cosmos around them instead of it fading to void and space like his own. But still! They match and it’s fun! 

And they’re going to go on another trip from the in-between to one of the dimension realities! He’s going to start a game of tag this time he thinks! But no cheating with portals or bending space! Tag! 

Look, the Justice League? Not paid enough for this. In fact, technically not paid at all due to being volunteers (not that it stopped them from finding money in their accounts) but still. 

There is some sort of figure… being… thing… zooming around the asteroid belt, about the size of Earth itself. Let them repeat themselves. A planet-sized creature (are those hands or paws? Tail or simply its body stretching? Hair or the Abyss-) is currently darting around the asteroid belt like a child running through grass. 

That is, without noticing or caring if something bug-sized might be crushed. And they are very much bug sized, as the governments are concerned about. Like really concerned about. Like talking about trying to nuke the entity if it wanders closer sort of concerned. 

Which they are all very concerned and very much like, against. Because it isn’t seeming to notice the asteroids it’s knocking into their area. It’s like… not a space whale or eel or anything like that but also is something like that. 

And they would also maybe like to see if they can attempt to talk it down first maybe and-

oh. 

Oh. 

That creature is the baby. And mama just arrived, stretching across the entire galaxy, from them to Pluto and beyond, like something took the cosmos and shaped it like clay into some sort of form. Like reality itself has wandered into their galaxy with what they are suddenly realizing must be a very young child. 

Shit, they really have to make sure no one tries to piss either of these things off-

#Prompts #DCxDP #DPxDC #Danny is like Lil Baby Man compared to Cosmos #But he’s the same size as the world too lol #Space Core Danny #Clockwork is a triplet lol #Clockwork Chaos & Cosmos the children of Infinity & Reality #Let Primordials & Ancients be Eldritch #Are those stars or eyes? Hair or strands of time? Clothes or the fabric of reality? Wound or black hole? #Danny: I am doin good at hidin- the best at hide and seek #Cosmos veery slowly floating after: Oh nooo where has my ghostling hid where could they have goone to *knows exactly where he is* #Can they *technically* go smaller? Yeah but they’re used to where All of Space-Dimension-Portals meets #Danny is Not ghost king he’s bby Space Ancient #Why were people against Clockwork adopting? He never finished divorcing Pariah before he got thrown in the nap box

[maskednerd]

#i have no concept of time but i am here once again #anywho here's a short compilation loosely inspired by a roleplay #technically not an Owl House roleplay but it has familiar v i b e s #the owl house #toh #textpost memes #emperor belos

[korrasamibottles]

Six years since "I care about you Asami. More than I've ever cared about anyone." Korrasami Gang how are we feeling.

#me personally? i am unwell. #technically it won't be 6 years until tomorrow but time means nothing. to me. #korrasami #tlok #lok

[moeblob]

So does he, Gallagher.

#honkai star rail #hsr blade #gallagher #i based this off of how many times i used funny soda man to help be a healer with his poppin soda pop in SU #and then blade constantly just being blade as usual #its normally him saying unnecessary to my actual healer but #i kept forgetting gallagher heals and i kept healing when i didnt even need to so TECHNICALLY yeah it was unnecessary #but the amount of times blade was the recipient...... #i cant use like most of my newer units in story bc i cant ascend or i run out of leveling mats so i just #get them and toss them into simulated universe for funsies cause i can match their levels better #so thats where i tossed gallagher and he is genuinely fun to play as ? like i love his punches and kicks to start the battle #funny soda man is funny (to me) and im really behind in plot still #but last time i tried to play it on my laptop and got a kickass cutscene my laptop lagged and i couldnt even see it RIP to me #so now that its like ... me trying to play it on desktop ? #i mostly get on desktop for comms and if i do much else i feel like im slacking off even if i would take a break anyway #one day i can play more story plot stuff and actually meet the funny guys #also in case you know me for Not Having Boys in HSR i need to point out #i did pull Gallagher however same 10 pull got a 4 star girl copy for someone i never use and she is at e4 now cool #and i didnt even think of the irony as i started this i just like drawing blade and i wanted to draw gallagher #so when i already had the dialogue planned and am drawing i was like OH WAIT haha im funnier than i thought #(no i am not but we can pretend)

[a2zillustration]

I don't really remember why I picked Abjuration Wizard for Croissant but it fits them perfectly.

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[[ All Croissant Adventures (chronological, desktop) ]]

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#Always trying to protect everyone #And also wandering into stuff constantly #Anyway one of my least favorite things in BG3 is perceiving a trap AS I am stepping on said trap #Just like real life. #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #act III spoilers #technically I guess haha #croissant adventures #tav #gale #astarion #breadweave #croissant giving gale a heart attack every time they step on a trap only to have weave dust said “it's fine don't worry about it”

[meamiiikiii]

croissant shark

#in stars and time #isat #isat siffrin #are.... are croissants considered a bread.... #google says technically yes but also no but also kinda so like #results inconclusive #but yea.... croissant shark.... #in reference to the croissant shark from that one fishing game for twitch lurkers #but further research indicates origins from some other social media posts that has circulated a lot after the fact #i am not immune to fishing took me out of basically lurker status smh smh #croissant shark woooooo!!!!!!

[knit-by-daylight]

You guessed it, another pair of socks 🧦

#just in time for Christmas 😅 #i finished these at 2.30 am on Christmas Eve #so technically i’m giving these a day late because we celebrate on the 24th in Finland #hope to god these fit my grandma otherwise i’m gonna have a breakdown 😁✌🏻 #al knits #knitting #knitblr #knitted socks #knitters of tumblr

[stresslitzia]

Here in a sanctum long abandoned, Unto the tinder falls a spark. I have a holy call to answer, to be an Angel of the Dark.

(Sparkle on, btw)

#Stresslitzia's Art #kingdom hearts #Lauriam #khux #Time spent: 7 days #...I was just listening to this song and realized I never did a post-KH3 Lauriam design. #I blacked out and about two hours later had the lineart shading and half of the colors done #it doesn't look like my own work to me but I have the wrist pain to prove that it is. Look at the scythe. Look at the SCYTHE. #Anyway this was technically drawn for Re:U. as a gift. Come get your food Guile #I am. unreasonably proud of how this looks.

[luzho]

based on this absolute iasip classic re-imagined as zukki by @empathetic-menace!! specifically interpreted as a book 1 interaction... which means those two fools had A Moment while still hating each other :P ...and my first Suki!!

#my art #and YES here she is!!! i will draw her again!!!! she's fun!!!!!! specially when doing those kinda faces:D #zukki #this one was A Challenge: i couldnt decide on the last two backgrounds; i changed hatching style and brushes like 3 times........ #BUT I AM VERY VERY SATISFIED i mean look at silly suki and that stupid stare between those two!! in a SUNSET #also: these colors are everything to me #i might post more sketches... seeing that THAT sketch of D: suki got like 800 notes?! man i hope this isnt shadowed by the SKETCH... #and yeah!! i wanna post sketches of suki making fun faces:) #tags!!! #suki #sokka #zuko #zukka #sukka #technically right? #zukka fanart #sukka fanart #zukki fanart

[bbreaddog]

Practising Goncharov Theme by @caramiaaddio on violin bc I thought it would add an extra layer of haunting…ness (is that a word?)

Here’s the excerpt I’m playing in the video:

Despite it being in a fuck off key for violin it is a really beautiful piece and it’s absolutely worth the trouble of practising in second position (world’s most hated position) and I’m HOPING 🤞 I can record and (maybe) post a full cover of it someday

#goncharov #music #violin #goncharov theme #oh man i have not posted my face in a very very very long time #possibly years #am i freaking out about it? a little #could i have converted this to audio instead? #well. yes but. it’s not exactly awesome quality in this practise room lmao #i so so badly wanna write out all the technical things I’m doing/focusing on here bc GRRR TECHNICAL WORK IS SO INTERESTING TO ME #but i would be typing out a whole essay probably and i don’t think my followers really. care that much about violin tech #lest they also play violin #i have one (1) known mutual who plays violin and that’s IT #apologies for the metronome ticking in the video #it can be very irritating to listen to #alas… it is also important for not speeding up when playing #anyways #hi caramiaaddio you don’t know me but big fan of what you’ve written here #ESPECIALLY THE CHROMATIC BITS OUGHHHH #the little semiquavers that poke their heads through like TWICE are surprisingly hard #but also they sound extra creepy in a good way #BIG fan #wait wait WAIT WAIT #i think this is my first time posting any of my violin playing here like. EVER. #I’ve been here for OVER A DECADE #AND I’M POSTING MY VIOLIN FOR THE FIRST TIME. FOR FUCKING. GONCHAROV. #i don’t have the right emoji for how I’m feeling rn #personal #mine #my face

[mnemonicmew]

Mirabelle :>

#isat #in stars and time #isat mirabelle #fanart #my art #technically finals week and I am tired #old art (affectionate) #i love her a normal amount

[ministarfruit]

bad ending

#vtuber #holostars #holotempus #regis altare #and the rest of the guild but I shan't tag them #I consumed too much horror content lately #it tickles my brain #alas that filters straight back into tempus #because I am but a little lamb to my hyperfixation #I DO THINK ELYSIUM BEING A DIGITAL WORLD #MEANS THAT THEY CAN RESET THOUGH #why am I enabling time loop regis altare. as if he doesn't have enough to deal with #I mean it's TECHNICALLY time loop but it's also not #because the time itself isn't resetting #it's just the memories that everyone has #so the corruption gets worse and worse and altare keeps trying to put his guild back together again #it feeds back into the fact that all of VG are corrupted #I DO THINK THERE IS A HAPPY END #it's just not this one #I actually think 'time loop but not really' works for them because #flayon. for one. will always remember due to being an anomaly #and magni. for two. will always remember due to being a clone that has memories stored separately #and BETTEL. for three. due to whatever the hell he has going on with phantom. might also remember #SO THE LORE YOU SEE- (I am dragged off stage) #I'm literally writing all these layers of nonsense in my brain like people know what I'm talking about #those three are particularly interesting because neither mag or betsy actually want to be heroes #and flayon is already baseline upset that altare is trying to save a world that didn't want to save itself until he stepped up

[hegodamask]

“Kneel before me, Anakin Skywalker.”

Anakin dropped to one knee. He lowered his head.

It is your will to join your destiny forever with the Order of the Sith Lords?

There was no hesitation. “Yes.” 

#Star Wars #StarWarsEdit #SWedit #Palpatine #Emperor Palpatine #Anakin Skywalker #Darth Vader #Revenge of the Sith #The Empire Strikes Back #Return of the Jedi #gif #edit2 #i am so very normal about them #thinking abt how the first time we see technically see anakin kneeling in front of palps in the movie he's defying him #by refusing to leave obi-wan behind 🤔

[squuote]

Realized how often the Narrator anthropomorphizes things in the Ultra Deluxe in order to encourage or bait Stanley. Which is so much different than how he was in the past endings, specifically the apartment ending. The way he now refers to all the different quotable and memorable objects in the game as Stanley’s friends.

There’s just something about the way the Narrator does at least deeply try to relate to Stanley’s need as a human, understanding more that we are sociable creatures. Giving us the bucket as something to cherish and playing along with the notion (despite getting very obviously upset when Stanley gets too attached to the bucket and then tries to break down that narrative). The attempt made to actually reach out to Stanley in a human-like way.

I don’t know where I’m going with this but the attempt at connection through the similar actions of a person or something like that. Acknowledgement of human needs, even if it's more or less the bare minimum effort.

#the stanley parable #there’s just something about the change in the narrator as a character through the various editions of the game #how he acts in the original mod vs how he acts in the ultra deluxe #again this falls all the way into my whole the narrator acting more human as time goes on #and stanley becomes less human as time goes on concept i got brewing in my head at all times #sorry I’m always so chatty about this game btw I feel like I may be too annoying with it #if I am plz know that I’m sorry for it. fixation’s insane with this one #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #<- technically ig #edit: edited it just a smidge hehe #my friend brought up a good point and I wanted to add it :-)

[starveey]

smashing my two hyperfixations together like i were a child playing with barbie dolls

#i mean technically i am #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #madoka magica #chilchuck tims #falin touden #marcille donato #izutsumi #senshi of izganda #madoka kaname #kyoko sakura #mami tomoe #sayaka miki #i might do more and add homura + laois later #idk how to do tags sorry #i think laois would try to eat kyubey and thats the only time homura would like him