#the pics aren't mine

[samatheia229]

Rise Ponderings:

The Turtles With Japanese Names

I've seen a lot of headcanons lately that support the "Rise boys' given names ARE their colours and they only got the artist names later on" narrative so I'd like to share my own.

Rise Splinter is undoubtedly very Americanised but I think that despite him forsaking his familial duties and old life, he’s still Japanese, is still a Hamato. So, subconsciously, he gave the boys Japanese names (of their corresponding colours, of course).

On that note, for all that Splinter has Celebrity-Who-Gives-Their-Kids-Unique-Names energy, I believe that he would still have enough decency to give them somewhat proper Japanese names not just 'Aka', 'Ao', 'Murasaki' and 'Orenji'.

However, for a period of time, the English-colour-names Splinter uses in the show would have been how addressed each other because they are, for the most part, an English-speaking household. Until an eight-year-old April came along insisting that those weren't 'real names', the turtles English names were 'Red', 'Blue' etc. 

After adopting 'proper' English names, those became the common form of address, though Splinter still calls them by the English colours because it's a habit for him. They don't mind.

They don’t use their Japanese names often. It’d mostly be during serious-talk time, in official stuff, calling someone by their full name or teasing. 

Ironically, in Splinter's (read: my) effort to not be a basic bitch, most of the boys' Japanese names are female. You can bet they tease the shit out of each other about it. The only one that actually takes offense to the teasing is Donnie whose name is very common and recognisable, so he always gets asked why he has it and/or if he realises that it's a girly name. 

The Names

*NOTE: I'm using Kanji here. Fair warning, they could be written wrong, so if there are any Japanese speakers out there, do correct me.

Hamato 'Raphael' Shuiro

Shuiro 朱色 = vermilion

Raph’s name is the only one that isn’t a real given name but I thought it suited him.

Colour Symbolism:

Besides being one of the most dominant colors in Japanese culture, red is associated strongly with authority, strength, sacrifice, passion, joy, and happiness. It's also regarded as an auspicious color in Japan.

Frequently said to have Eldest Daughter Syndrome by the fandom, Raph is the ultimate authority among the brothers. He self-appoints as leader not because he necessarily wants to be, but because as the oldest and the biggest, he feels like it's his responsibility to look after the others. Which often takes great strength and sacrifice. Surface Pressure from Encanto, anyone?

Furthermore, red, specifically vermilion, is very symbolic in Japanese architecture:

Red is the color of torii – Shinto shrine gates – temples, and traditional daruma dolls. Red is said to scare away evil spirits and represent protection, strength, peace, and power. 

All in all, very fitting for the big brother and family protector, if you ask me.

Hamato 'Leonardo' Aoi

Aoi 青い = blue

Aoi is a unisex name; meaning hollyhock flower when used for girls and blue for boys. I'm using the male meaning for Leo. 

Colour Symbolism:

Blue commonly represents the sea and the sky (for which Japan is surrounded) and symbolizes purity, dignity, calmness, stability, security, and fidelity. Blue is also regarded as a lucky colour.

In this case, blue is rather in juxtaposition with Leo's personality, but looking at it from a franchise perspective, blue is indeed a leader's colour.

Back then, Japanese society was strictly hierarchical and displayed through the colour of their robes. Of the colors that were allowed for common folk, the color blue was work by higher ranking people. It symbolized wealth and prestige, while also remaining a color of the common folk.

That being said, Leo's a little different from his predecessors. Eventually, he will grow into the role of the leader we know and love. But even when he was unburdened from being leader, he was still the strategist. Leo's leadership in fights is a balance between what is uniquely Rise and the mission-mindset of the leaders in blue who came before him, strategies that are fun, wacky and maybe a little unorthodox yet still as effective for the team.

Hamato 'Donatello' Sumire

Sumire 菫 = violet

Sumire is usually a girl's name but I don’t think Splinter would’ve cared all that much about gender.

Donnie doesn't either and even likes his name, though it has caused him a lot of grief over the years. A lot of people think it's strange for a guy with his personality to have such a feminine name, and he's really sick of having to defend his name after introducing himself. Part of why he wanted 'Donnie'.

Colour Symbolism:

Like in the West, purple in Japanese culture is associated with royalty, as purple dye was rare and only available to those of a higher status. It can also reflect on nobility, spirituality, and wisdom.

Out of everyone, Donnie embraces his colour about the most. His clothes are purple, his tech is purple, his lab is bathed in purple lighting. Purple is Donnie's thing. This, in a way, ties in with the colour's exclusivity back then.

Flower Symbolism:

In Hanakotoba (flower language), the meaning of violet is sincerity, a small love, and a small bliss. Violets are a common gift, as they are an ideal way to show appreciation for a family member or friend and to express sincerity or love.

I think this is very Donnie. What he lacks in the emotional department, he makes up for  through his tech. He creates things for his family, making them all kinds of personalised gizmo. Sometimes it results in disaster but the intention to help is there. Gift-giving is his love language.

Hamato 'Michelangelo' Mikan

Mikan 蜜柑 = tangerine

Mikan is a common Japanese girl name. Baby girls named "Mikan" are usually joyful, positive-thinkers, smiley and generally happy people.

Mikey loves his name and doesn't care that it's girly and cute, no matter how the others tease him about it. (SIDE NOTE: I swear the near-matching names wasn't intentional. I was just looking for a name that means mandarin orange for a bit I'm writing).

Colour Symbolism:

Orange is symbolic of love, happiness and the sun.

The youngest of the family, Mikey is optimistic and cheerful. He brings joy and colour to the household through his art. He encourages everyone to be express their love openly and always tries to be supportive.

Fruit Symbolism:

Besides good fortune, wealth and longevity, the fruit mikan can be tied to family because of its role in Japanese traditions. In Japan, there is a word “Kotatsu de Mikan”, which means:

A family sits around a kotatsu (a traditional Japanese table with an electric heater attached to the underside), watching TV and eating mikan —  the traditional picture of a harmonious family seen in the wintertime.

TLDR; I really love how each turtle has a role to play in the family, how their respective colours are so appropriate for who they are as people, and I wanted their Japanese name to reflect that.

Mikey is all about family. He's the heart, always the peacemaker, always bringing everyone together.

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#the pics aren't mine #So many iterations of TMNT and no Japanese names? #A travesty #rottmnt #rottmnt raph #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt mikey #japanese names #rottmnt headcanons

[lonelyzarquon]

You just decided to stay. The baby stopped crying.

#insert ''have you seen them? now you have'' pic here. aren't they devastatingly beautiful #dwedit #doctor who #dwgif #timelordgifs #tvedit #twelveclara #whouffaldi #twelfth doctor #clara oswald #peter capaldi #jenna coleman #s9 #the girl who died #mine #my gifs

[evviejo]

"well, the premonition i'm having is us, old, and we sit on park benches, tripping teenagers on floaty things with our canes." "i'm better at it than you." "of course."

#trekedit #star trek #star trek picard #seven of nine #raffi musiker #saffi #jeri ryan #michelle hurd #star trek* #seven of nine* #raffi* #saffi* #pic* #my gifs #i need so much more of them #if they aren't working on bringing us a captain seven-centric show as we speak they are idiots #this is literally a gold mine if done right

[valentjin]

i wish we could do this instead of killing him 😇

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+bonus shot that looks nice but didn't fit so well when put in sequence with the others

#raphael bg3 #raphael #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #cw blood #obviously if we could spare him after the fight he would NOT let that slide and he'd probably try to kill us again but yknow. it's fine #the 😇 in the caption was a misclick but i think it's funny so it stays #anyway mods r a slippery slope they give me SO much power... the power to put him in Situations #but man i gotta say taking pics with his cambion model is a time and a half because it's kind of fucked LMAO #the wings clip like nobody's business and they aren't stuck to his back properly so there's gaps #the hair mesh must have some issues bc there's spots around his ears that i have to strategically hide or blur or edit #plus his skin is so bright/vibrant that it requires some finagling to make sure it doesn't look overly garish or washed out #worth it tho he's so pretty in this form #charm point: his teef :) #my screenshots #mine

[ilkkawhat]

Ilkka Villi is pretty

RIGHT!? holy hell man i swear to you at least five hours of my day are spent staring at him now. literally hundreds of pics saved to my phone (granted yeah some of them are in-game but HE'S STILL PRETTY IN CGI) it's his eyes or his hair that does it for me (esp when it's long and/or bearded) i mean, look at him

#i don't have many pics of him without the beard/long hair that aren't mine lmao #the last one isn't actually mine i think i saved it from twitter or something #i'm guessing it's from nymfit though? #ilkka villi

[thelastbear]

𖧷 𓈒ㅤ🍭 𔗘 🌸 💌 ⭒ 🩰ㅤ◯

<3

<3

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"Oh, what a dreamy girl!" she thought. "To have an angel like her to call my own..."

#this is like the gayest shit I've ever made #enjoy!! #∆ #pics aren't mine #pink pic #pink pics #pink pfp #board #pink moodboards #pink moodboard #moodboard #light pink aesthetic #pink aesthetic #pink #aesthetic moodboard #pink cute #cute pink #light pink #pinkish white #quote #quote moodboard #aesthetic quote #moodboards #aesthetic #pink and white

[toadalchaos]

forgot to show yall this fucking enormous Lucanus placidus who invited himself to the bonfire last night

#he was taken inside for pics and promptly released as soon as i could get him off my hand. those little scarab hook feet do not fuck around #i don't actually recommend picking these fuckers up barehanded cause those mandibles aren't pleasant to get nailed by #better than wandering too close to the fire though. idk what it is about scarabs specifically flying/walking directly into the fire pit #i have to command grab june/may beetles out of the air to keep them from immolating themselves upon the flames #lucanus placidus #stag beetle #beetles #bugblr #mine

[favoritejohn]

babe wake up new johnny suh tattoo just dropped

#it's a bird #👀👀👀 #i am certainly looking #are we kidding #he looks so good #the whole tattooed shoulder is 🔥 #he has so much TASTE #it's not funny anymoreeee #❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 #pics aren't mine #credits to the owner #johnny #johnny suh #johnny seo #johnny nct #nct johnny #nct #nct 127 #suh youngho #nct 127 tour #nct 127 la #nct 127 the link #nct concert #쟈니 #johnny tattoo #johnny cute #johnny hot #johnny handsome #some people say it's a matching tattoo with taeyong 🤧 #AAAAAAAAAA

[rockitmans]

Unusual Fic-Specific Asks for Authors

A Thousand Words: I’ll create a photoset/gifset that, IMO, sums up the main themes/concepts I intended for [that fic]

Oooh could you do this for Witch Wanted?

Kurt wonders if Blaine is his own kind of magic

#thank you! #obviously graphic design is my passion #and not something i just tried to cobble together using my phone #but basically magic stars cats and stolen touches #thats where we are #magic klaine is something that can be so special #fic: witch wanted #asks #pics aren't mine

[samatheia229]

Rise Rant: Leo's Sword Situation

Yes, this is a call-out post.

I obsessively reload the Rottmnt page on AO3 every day so I'm caught up with most of the new/updated fics, which is how this phenomena came to my attention.

There are a decent amount of fics where Leo still uses an odachi instead of his iconic twin katana after unlocking Hamato Ninpō. I know some Rise fans were unhappy with the reversion to the OG weapons and stick with the mystic weapons, and there's nothing wrong with that. You do you. I've even seen some fic authors write Leo using both odachi and twin katana interchangeably. Great!

My issue is with the group of people who seem to think that post-Ninpō, Leo wields TWO ODACHI.

I was reading a fic yesterday where one commenter (we'll call them OP) 'informs' the author that Leo uses twin odachi post-Ninpo, not katana.

Someone else replied, saying something along the lines of "I thought the garden trowels turn into twin katana. They're different from what I remember."

Then OP responded to the reply like "Nah, it's odachis. Imagine how strong Leo must be to wield two at once!"

And that, as they say, was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

WHERE DID THIS IDEA COME FROM? Denial? Glorification of Rise? Misinformation? Something else? All of the above?

Odachi and katana are very different swords from appearance alone. You don't need knowledge of martial arts to know this.

Still in denial? Here's the proof.

Katana have thinner blades and wide hilts. Odachi are much bigger and heavier, and in the show clearly have a wider and longer blade.

IRL comparison. The odachi is bigger and longer than the tachi (the smallest sword in the 1st pic) and the katana is smaller/shorter than the tachi.

This size/length difference remains true in the show. The odachi is almost as big as Leo at his full height while his twin katana only take up roughly the vertical length of his shell. There are some inconsistencies because the show has too much going on to really focus on sword length, but still.

If you're still not convinced, then let's talk animator logic. Except Donnie, all the turtles use their OG weapons in the beginning of the pilot episode. The katana in Leo's hands are basically identical to the katana he wields post-Ninpō.

The way the two swords are drawn in the show are also visually different.

Just from a logical standpoint, it's obvious that Leo would not be using two odachi. We've seen him wield his odachi with one hand so it's entirely possible that he's capable of using two at once, but even so it's hardly practical and even just plain inefficient, especially when you take into account his sword-throwing teleportation move. It doesn't matter that Leo could do it. Two giant, heavy swords are just cumbersome and impractical for a fighter who relies on speed and mobility.

Headcanons that glorify Rise are one thing. The "bio-engineered soldiers of war" headcanon is fanon because there are many uncertain factors so who's to say it can't be canon. However, spreading very blatant misinformation of canon, like this debacle with Leo's swords, is not okay.

TL;DR: Rise Leo uses one (1) mystical odachi for most of the series but uses twin katana after unlocking Ninpō.

If you still can't see it, then you are — to put it harshly — either blind or stupid, neither of which are mutually exclusive.

Thank you for listening to (reading) my TED Talk.

#rise ponderings #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt leo #odachi vs katana #Anyone else ever notice this? Or am I just sensitive? #You want to live in Wonderland? Fine. Just don't drag the rest of us down the rabbit hole with you. #Stop the Twin Odachi Agenda #Anti-Twin Odachi Squad #the pics aren't mine

[evolution-ethereal]

some fruity mealspo i found on pinterest :)

#mealspo #pics aren't mine

[likeafairytale]

youtube wrap game: 07 + Ursula & Achilles

“I don't know why I'm like this, I love to piss you off.” BELLA POARCH – VILLAIN

#achilles petrova #achille x ursula #mine #music wrap #i am not proud of it #but i so wanted to use the hearts pic #that's so them #aren't they cute tho #aesthetic

[the-kr8tor]

This is what I imagined what the reader's classroom would look like in TTN

But their tables and chairs look like this

Might come in handy for the next chapter ☺️

#katy mumbles #thread the needle #pics aren't mine #theyre all from pinterest

[onlywifetothorin555]

Wonderful Thorin with his wonderful amazing eyes (and hair!!). He's just wonderful! 😍😍🥰

#credit to whoever originally owns these pics #they aren't mine #thorin oakenshield #the hobbit #richard armitage #king under the mountain #dwarf #beautiful #awesome #thorin #sweet #lovely

[arthoe-saw]

Editing inspo

#arthoe aesthetic #art hoe #2018 #aesthetic #picsart #pics aren't mine #retro inspired #editing #quirky #fall aesthetic #autumn #fall outfits

[yoursleepyass]

Do you ever see someone and just go "They're a dog ( or any other animal)" cause you think they look like that animal??

for exemples:

Jared Padalecki

so, we all know that Jared is sometimes called moose because of his height and all , but do we all agree that he also look like a puppy?

Misha Collins

for me, Misha looks like one of those big cats,like a main coon or a norwegian, a cat with a big and long coat

Alexander Calvert

let's not forget our little baby. Taking the fact that he looks A LOT like Misha, for me Alex is an adorable orange kitty you can't change my mind

i could give you a lot more exemples but if i do it's gonna take forever so, you just have our three babies as exemples ( beautifuls ones if you ask me-)

#supernatural #spn #castiel #sam winchester #jared paladecki #misha collins #alexander calvert #jack kline #ps: those pics aren't mine #i picked them from pinterest