#splinters but wORSE

[turtleblogatlast]

I love Raph and haven’t said that enough so to be more specific I love that Raph is a soft boy who loves bear plushies, a gross boy who eats an assortment of things that are definitely better left alone, a smart boy who is more than capable of taking down villains through planning and fortitude alike, a strong boy who is dedicated to training his muscles and fighting prowess, a teenage boy who loves his brothers but is more than happy to tease and roughhouse with them, an angry boy who sometimes lets his anger take a hold of him to cover the fear, a gentle boy who is generous with hugs and affirmations to those he loves, a capable boy who takes on more than should ever be expected of a teenager, a good boy who just wants to be a hero and slowly comes to realize the cost of that duty, a good boy who has no reservations about putting himself in the way of harm coming to his family, a good boy who’s a great brother and son and person and deserves only the best the world has to offer.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt raph #rise raph #he’s so wonderful frfr #my poor boy is traumatized but still so proud of what they accomplished because they’re HEROES #what started as something fun - Saturday morning cartoon-like heroes vs villains esque - soon becomes his calling #and he loses himself a little along the way #because the world is TERRIFYING now #if they don’t do something about the bad things in the world then worse things will come #and Raph CARES too much to let it happen #even at the expense of his own happiness and youth #and he luckily reigns back that fear - knowing his family is there to keep an eye out with him #and he finally lets himself be a kid again #he’s very well rounded and his flaws are so good because (like the others) they are ALSO his strengths #I like how it’s softly implied that bears are his fav animal too bc that’s cute af #headcanon that he likes them so much because a stuffed bear was the first toy splinter managed to get Raph #but yeah one of my favorite things about tmnt is that the characters are well rounded and rottmnt exemplifies that immensely #with raph being no exception!! #amazing big brother and character #there’s a REASON in my tmnt main character tierlist he’s S tier!!!! #hot take but in terms of who should be leader I think it should be less who’s the better leader- #-and more who’s the better leader FOR THIS SPECIFIC MISSION #bc all four can be great leaders fight me on that #APRIL can as well 100% #doesn’t need a designated leader for them to succeed #they just need ~communication~ #one of my favorite things tying Raph and Leo together is that they both *hide* #I’ve talked about Leo’s many masks a lot but Raph has one too #and it’s the mask of a hero - the mask of the protector

[0ddbugs]

I can imagine that it's overwhelming. She tried to make it better but ended up making her grief(guilt) worse. Shen wanted to have children with Yoshi but never got the chance and that's why she loves her boys so much. They are the only family she has; and would probably want to extend that out to any child in need of a family. She will definitely "adopt" plenty of kids in Redline.

@tmntaucompetition

#tmntredline #tmnt redline #tang shen #she was hoping to find him as a splinter #but ended up opening old wounds #listened to ceilings a lot while making this and it made it worse for me Q Q #i had to design a bunch of random turts in the bg #so no crossovers in this one :

[cupcakeslushie]

Why are Donnie’s pupils always drawn scratchy? (I think it’s very cool) is it connected to his manic-ness and all the mental damage he’s got?

You know at first it’s cause I just liked the look of it to show his feral look, and then I figured it was maybe Draxum’s experiments

but I got this other ask👇 and I’ve decided it’s too funny to not be at least partly canon.

Important revision!!!!

Just the idea of Draxum never caring or even just being so unobservant when it comes to Three’s basic needs lol. He sucks so hard.

Meanwhile once reunited, Splinter notices that all too familiar scrunch on Donnie’s face almost immediately and gives him an old pair of his to try on. Donnies, eyes are too far gone to ever look normal and he hardly remembers to wear them but when he does they help.

#rottmnt #ask slushie #separated au #sep!au life #rottmnt separated au #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #my art #rise donnie #rise splinter #donatello hamato #master splinter #I can’t tell if I’m getting better or worse at drawing Splinter

[koolaidashley]

One of the curses of having a less than great parent….

#tmnt 04 #tmnt #04 donnie #04 splinter #he wears his glasses pretty much constantly #he’s afraid of reminding his siblings of their father when he doesn’t have them on #or even worse #reminding himself

[applecherry108]

Separated (part 6)

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Only 2 more parts to go, and god help me Rat Dad is next. 😩

More Parent Trap (aka separated) AU here

#as if regular splinter isn’t hard enough to draw—his awkward freshly mutated design is so much worse 😩😩🥲 #also I am going to be punishe for my hubris bc I have to do even more backgrounds from here on it this is a self-inflicted curse… OTL #my art #tmnt art #parent trap au #separated au #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt big mama #turtle tots #rise raph

[tmntkiseki]

It's been so long since I watched the first two seasons of TMNT 2003 that I've already forgotten so much.

Case in point: The start of "Darkness on the Edge of Town" where the boys are fooling around with their sports equipment from the opening (I was struggling to remember if there was actually an episode where we see Leo on his scooter), then the blackout happens and when Splinter lights up a candle

"This is fine."

#teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #tmnt 2003 #tmnt 2k3 #tmnt donatello #tmnt leonardo #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt raphael #tmnt splinter #I swear my memory has gotten worse since my Covid infection back in February #My brain hasn't worked quite right since

[tmnt-tychou]

I drew some Mutant Mayhem Monatello. MM Mona Lisa is a feral dumpster child who grows into a slightly less feral gutter trash teen. She got Donnie that "Werk Bitch" hoodie as a joke, but he loves it.

#tmnt #my art #ninja turtles #tmnt mutant mayhem #mutant mayhem #monatello #she scraps with all of them #she has probably bitten at least one turtle #her and Raph are always feuding #She probably smells worse than they do #Don't even know the last time she washed her hair #Splinter has grounded them from seeing her multiple times

[lesbianturtle]

WATCH THE GRAHAM CRACKERS

#despite being a recap episode this episode was really cute and fun #also jesus fucking christ dude leo’s guilt complex. no wonder the guy has issues #and it only gets worse from here! wooooo #anyway this scene was funny and cute. love how they’re just rolling #also i love april and splinters relationship. they make me :) #turtle talks #tmnt #tmnt 2003 #turtles watches tmnt 2003

[violynt-skies]

remember that one episode in rottmnt when leo and mikey were being overly competitive while working as waiters for hueso and doing the whole “whoever wins this gets to be the all time champ of tomorrow”

okay imagine same concept, but w leo and donnie and it’s “whoever wins this gets to be the claim oldest for tomorrow.”

and it’s just them doing stupid shit or on low energy days it’s literally rick paper scissors or smth ahA.

bc splinter probably didn’t rlly know who was older and just chose at leo at random and didn’t think much of it

which irritates donnie to no end because you KNOW leo would pull the older brother card 24/7.

donnie constantly being like “see this is why dad should’ve named ME as the oldest.” “yeah but he didn’t sucks to suck.”

eventually everyone got tired of the bickering and that’s how the oldest competitions came to be.

except it didn’t make the bickering any better at all in fact it’s worse and now everyone else just suffers pfff

#leo constantly claiming donnie’s cheating #donnie def cheating and using tech as an unfair advantage #bc leo keeps choosing sports knowing donnie’s bad at them #it’s like lair games 2.0 but just featuring the disaster twins #everyone now wishes they’d just go back to the normal bickering #april once asked who was older when she first met them and it devolved into this giant argument #she learned to never ask again #splinter often wonders what would’ve happened if he named donnie as the oldest #he does not know if it would be better or worse #the rock paper scissors sometimes will go on unending rounds bc the losing twin will refuse to accept defeat #anyways ahA can u tell they’re stuck on my mind #disaster twins #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #save rottmnt #rottmnt season 3 #unpause rottmnt #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #rise leo #rise donnie

[littlefankingdom]

Just realized something: Splinter had to watch his mother leaves to sacrifice herself to save the world, and his son leaves to sacrifice himself to save the world. The pain he must have gone through.

And with the abondonment issues he had from the first time, there is no way he left his baby blue's side in the weeks following the Krangs' bs.

#rottmnt #rise splinter #rise leo #his heart must have broke in so many pieces #there is no bigger pain than a parent losing a child #and yet Splinter got even worse by re-living trauma at the same time

[marnerlue]

#lets not pay attention to how the quality is slowly getting worse and worse #april really needs that a #she missed too many classes saving the world #rottmnt #leonardo #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise donnie #rise mikey #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt raph #rise raphael #rise april #rise splinter #rottmnt cassandra jones #casey junior #alignment chart

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo’s tendency to push his way into the spotlight despite clearly being a natural in the shadows. Hell, you could argue that his worst moments are when he’s forcing himself onstage, and his best are when he does things no one notices until it’s already been done.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #rise leo #His aptitude with subterfuge sleight of hand stealth and speed really push how being a ninja really comes naturally to him. #it’s arguable that his desperation for the spotlight and validation is an act of subterfuge against himself #note that when he’s offered a job as a mascot he’s fine being unknown #when he and splinter win the battle nexus Leo immediately says ‘they love YOU pops’ #idk I think so much about how good a ninja Leo is #and how much his persona is more an actor #Leo as a tot is shown a natural skill at katana too so hear me out- #every Leo is a natural ninja but every Leo’s route in life is directly tied to their splinter so #since rise splinter is an actor Leo too aims for it #and he brings it into his whole life - masking always because a Leo makes what they do who they are #I think that Leo naturally falls more in line with that of a typical ninja #his eccentric performer self is his subterfuge skill just set to an 11 at all times #not that that’s NOT him - like I said it’s still undoubtedly a part of Leo #but? idk I think about little moments like Leo being the only one to choose stealth in bug busters #or Leo being the only one to almost get Gus’s dog tags in The Ninja Art of Hide and Seek (he was so close but luck was against him alas) #like- he’s clearly in his element there and he falls into those skills so easily #it’s like how everyone has skills in so many things but some exceed more in some than others do #like Raph? Raph’s the biggest Hero of the bunch of them let’s be perfectly real here. Raph is THE Hero #All the boys are smart in their own rights but Donnie is THE Genius. #and they all have mystic powers but Mikey is THE Mystic Warrior with immense untapped potential #likewise Leo I feel is THE Ninja #but yeah I love how much Leo goes for the spotlight anyway for better or for worse #he IS a performer again make no mistake! but again the way he does it still lines up with his natural ninja aptitude and I love it #Leo loving magic tricks and magicians so much works doubly well here because like #you’d think he’s focused solely on the performance flair - no it’s ALSO and ESPECIALLY the DECEPTION

[lesbianleonardo]

read the michaelanglo macro issue and ohhh my fucking god ojhhhhh my god

anyway. this page was really cute

#I HAVE. SO MANY THOUGHTS. #so wooo ramble in the tags #how splinter talks to leo actually makes me so ill #also ​the way the three of them try to justify the children in the foot clan is so interesting #raphael saying how it would be good for self defense because he was on the streets knowing Nothing and had no support #the children being a part of the foot is awful but at least they won’t be on the streets alone #and then donnie and leo knowing there’s no where else with resources and they just Can’t say no to splinter #i got my jenny crumbs too. i’m so excited to see more of her #and godddd just everything about mikey. i really enjoy the amount of love and care idw puts into his character #he misses the father he knew and he’s not afraid to stand up to the man he is now #‘you’re Worse than shredder’ OUGH. #and then his brothers cheering him on after winning :) he did what they couldn’t do! #i’m so excited to see what splinter’s future holds. i really hope this gets through his head that he need to change (i am coping and hoping) #ok ramble over #idw #idw mikey #idw leo #tmnt idw #idw tmnt #tmnt #turtle talks

[stardustasincocaine]

I will not be gaslit, gatekeeped, nor girlbossed by these fuckass admin.

#seriously wtf #you are so bad at your job and yet you manage to get worse at it #may you get a random fiberglass splinter you can’t find somewhere that CHAFES

[oddly-casual]

Mutant mayhem spoilers

(Do they always drink bad milk?)

I wanna preface this by saying I know I’m not supposed to look into it this deeply, but I don’t care.

In the beginning of the film, the boys are out getting groceries with a list from splinter. After they get everything they need, Leo tries to direct them home, but Raph says “we’ve only been out for an hour, let’s stay out.”

But my beef comes from the fact that milk and ice cream were on that grocery list. Especially outside in the New York air, you can’t really keep refrigerated dairy products out like that or they start to go bad.

But then They decide to go to a movie. Specifically they go see Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which is an hour and 43 minutes in run time. We know for a fact the boys already have the milk because we see Mikey holding it. Not to mention Donnie says the movie screening is in Brooklyn, Implying that they have to travel to Brooklyn- so we’re not counting travel time to the outdoor screening.

So realistically, If they had milk and ice cream in their possession, and then went to go watch that movie then that ice cream should’ve been melted and that milk should’ve gone bad at the hour mark. Especially when we see that the turtles are leaving around the time the movie finishes (ie the subway where the people watching the movie are now hanging out. Unless they decided to leave early too, which is unlikely)

Still, let’s account for some time just in case. hypothetically, let’s say they came in around the middle of the movie, that’s still around an hour that they would’ve spent outside, and sneaking back home.

In conclusion; that milk would’ve went bad, and that ice cream should’ve been leaking out the tub.

#tmnt #tmnt mutant mayhem #mutant mayhem #look look look I know this has no impact on the movie but I thought about this okay #like I know milk doesn’t automatically curl after an hour but it does start to grow sour around that time #and even with brick hard ice cream that junk will melt give or take 30 minutes #I’m trying to apply real world physics to a turtle movie I KNOW #omg hc what if Splinter only makes the boys get ice cream so he can actually tell how long they’ve been out #parents get creative man I tell you I wouldn’t be surprised if that was one of his methods #mutant mayhem spoilers #they don’t even put the milk in the fridge immediately when they get home Mikey just leaves it on the table which is worse #tsk tsk tsk bro

[stupid-2012tmnt-pics]

yeah c’mon guys keep it pg 13

#y’know i hear a lot of people shitting on this episode in particular #saying that the writers fucked over the 87 turtles by making them so incompetent when in the previous crossover episode #they were perfectly capable of fighting. that they were intentionally dumbed down to make the 12 boys look better or something #and while i do agree they made the 87 boys a lot uh. worse in fighting. i like to think there’s a good reason for it #the series got a lot darker as it went on. i mean with splinter dying and leo fucking killing splinter and the world almost ending #i think when 87 raph says “you can’t kill us this is a kids show!” when 2 characters have been killed along with each of the 12 boys once #it’s been made apparent that though this is a kids show it’s somewhat matured. and that’s why i think they’re worse at fighting suddenly #their cartoony ways of combat don’t work anymore because this show isn’t as cartoony #anyways yeah those are my thoughts #season 5 ep 18 #tmnt #tmnt 2012 #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt leonardo #tmnt raphael #tmnt donatello #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt 1987