#rise of the tmnt raphael

[strawberryvanillablast]

1987 brainwashed Raphael: How does it feel to be the weakest one huh?

MM Raph: Shut up! Your Splinter buys you Megablocks instead of Legos!

1987 Raphael: °□°

Rise of the TMNT Brainwashed Raph: *near tears*

2003 Brainwashed Raph: *offended*

2012 Brainwashed Raph: You take that back-

[soursugxr]

Raphael Deserves so Much More Love from the Fandom

(This is about Rise of the TMNT specifically, ALSO MOVIE SPOILERS)

This is going to be my insane ramblings about Rise!Raph, because I love him. It’s also going to contain a lot of my personal experiences to further my point.

Welcome to my TED Talk

Raph deserves a LOT more love. I understand the appeal of the other turts, I love all of them a lot, but Raph is my all-time favorite, and for good reason. He’s the oldest and therefore feels responsible for his brothers, but he’s still 15-16. He’s still a kid. And he’s constantly stressed out! It gets treated as kind of a joke in the show and the movie, but he’s always dealing with the responsibility of being the oldest.

Being the oldest sibling is insanely stressful, I should know, I’m the oldest of three! My little siblings are a pre-teen boy and a baby, it’s a constant stressor. I’m 15, the same age as Raph (for the most part), and constantly put in charge of my little siblings. My brother never listens to me, and it’s incredibly frustrating. Raphael has three brothers who almost never listen to him. There’s even an entire episode dedicated to them both not listening to him and also relying on him for a plan, and it’s not really resolved my the end, they still just shrug it off and say “Raph’ll fix it”.

Raph loves his brothers, he’d do anything for them, hell, he risks his life to save Leo in the movie and not only gets his shell broken, but gets captured my the Kraang, too.

In the beginning of the movie, he’s constantly frustrated with Leo’s leadership because he’s being reckless and risking everyone’s life just to “seem cool” or something. His frustration is a direct result of his worry for his brothers’ safety, and it’s played as a joke!

He’s the voice of reason, shown the most (imo) in the Jupiter Jim Ahoy!, Mystic Library, and Pizza Puffs episodes, where he’s trying to have fun/get the mission done while also keeping his brothers in check. He’s always balancing that, and that’s one of the most stressful things you can pile on a literal teenager.

Apart from that, he’s just a genuinely good character. He’s a sweetheart, he likes teddy bears and wrestling, he’s insanely good at DDR, he’s scared of puppets, he’s just an all-around interesting character! But it’s like the show never wants to focus on him. There’s more focus on his brothers overall, and I can’t help but notice that.

His character is arguably the biggest departure from his previous incarnations in the whole show (apart from Casey) that you’d think the writers would want to focus on him more, but no. Half the time he’s just kinda there. But when they do focus on him, you get some of the most impactful moments in the series. In the finale, he has to make difficult decisions. He has to leave Splinter behind, he watches what he assumes is Karai’s death, and you finally see the stress break him. He cries. He’s the one who takes that final step to unlock the Ninpo the turtles need to defeat Shredder.

Raph is genuinely the most interesting and relatable turtle to me, and I think it’s just sad that he doesn’t get as much love and attention from the fandom as his brothers do.

[sammyslovelys]

BOOM shakalaka shakalaka shakalaka this art is very good you just got yourself a new follower

And Im just sitting here waiting…

[forgetful-nerd]

Wow he’s been through a lot. I guess I have to be the big brother for him too.

If they ever met, they would both think that they’ve adopted the other as their younger brother.

[sixofclovers]

oh, to have a single episode of them

[ihateitallsomerandomguy]

🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️

[sammyslovelys]

yuh

This whole time I was sure my family needed me. But the truth is I need them.

[dylniz]

Some human tmnt sketches

[rushcolor]

[fmd-art]

Human Rise boys! ✨

[kewpie-notice-me]

Raph's turn to be rise-ified! (●’∇’)♪

he is ✨️starstruck✨️

[soursugxr]

HIM! THE BOY!!!

I LOVE HIM SO I DREW HIM

MY PRECIOUS BABY

The wips:

Lil baby man I adore him so fucking much he’s beautiful.

[v-albion]

Who here likes fashion?

We're going back to our roots today with an animation meme✨

V!PbnJ @onionninjasstuff

True Colors @v-albion

SLAU @dianagj-art

2 Arms Left @intotheelliwoods

Golden Boy @bluesgras

Little Brother @sharkfiinn

Gemini @tangledinink

EMD @evenmoreofadisaster

The Little Prince @beannary

Empyrean Weeping @cupcakeslushie

SAINWB @heckitall

Never Better @less-depresso-more-espresso

Red Rover @red-rover-au

Tentative Devotee & CWMF @s0fti3w1tch

[forgetful-nerd]

Behold, their core dynamic.

[robogart]

This was the piece I did for the @rise-fashion-zine! I made this a while ago, but I still really love how this came out! 🥹💖 I wanted to do a fun fashion mashup with Raph in a soft punk sort of style! He alters everything himself, obviously 🥳💖💕💕

If you're interested in the full zine, you can grab the Style on the Rise digital zine here!

[sixofclovers]

theyre best friends. to me.