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NO FUCKING WAY

USAGI YOJIMBO HUMBLE BUNDLE???

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hey? hi? I am unexpectedly emotional about TMNT 2003 season 1 episode 9 Garbageman?

the boys are shown to be good friends with their local unhoused population, and they bring them supplies (an effort often repaid with interesting or useful things these folks have found on the streets and think the brothers might like) as well as watch out for their safety

so of course when unhoused people start going missing, the boys begin investigating

also, and this feels significant: there's a sort of leader figure amongst the unhoused population refered to only as 'Professor.' he's a very intelligent and well-spoken older black man, and his outfit includes a colourful kufi cap. he and Donnie talk about science and Donnie offers to lend him an interesting book; he's also later shown teaching his peers about the big bang around a fire

the Professor is also, notably, the character who responds to being kidnapped and told by the Weird Villain that they're all here to Do Labour with the firm proclamation: "I'd rather be a free man, living on the streets, than a slave in your stinking empire."

additionally, the aforementioned villain tells these people that they're "human garbage - no home, no purpose, no value." he claims to have given them new purpose (Doing Labour). the moral of the episode isn't stated outright, but very much argues that these people absolutely do have value and are completely deserving of dignity and respect, like the brothers have been showing them without question from the beginning

after the villain is defeated, the Professor and the other unhoused folks actually decide (by vote!) to stay where they are, because there's shelter and food freely available to them here now, with the Bad Guys out of the way. the 'here' in question is a large waste disposal site, and these folks are accustomed to making do with what others have thrown away, so they feel they can find everything they need right there. it's not perfect but it does reward them the dignity of a safe place to call home!

this is all couched in the corniness and the goofiness you would of course expect from a 2003 TMNT cartoon, but... I feel like there was some very genuine thought, and compassion, that went into writing this episode. I'm feeling Emotions I didn't expect

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Half of me wanted to keep Tattarrattat Leo and Raph secret since their alive status is very much unknown for the first part of Tat’s story, but also, the joy of sharing creative endeavours

I think I mentioned in the MLP design post that Raph is a ring fighter (by choice not force)— after their brief stint with death the two were fixed up by the hermit Leatherhead and grew up on the outskirts of Fairyland, in a small town called Varanon. Though Leatherhead keeps the two fed and sheltered, he is not good with kids or folks in general, so Raph and Leo mostly raised themselves.

bonus lil bit from some time after the four brothers are reunited :3

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I can’t believe I forgot to post the tmht:London Miyamotos

Nothing but perfectly normal human beings here, ur honour :3 Definitely not some pwca who are about to take you on the most terrifying cab drive of ur life and then drop you back off exactly where you got on :3

To the left we have Usagi Miyamoto, and to the right is Yuichi Miyamoto! Yes, Yuichi is the older brother in this iteration, mainly bc I enjoy writing Leosagi more than Leoichi lol.

Tmht:London is full of many of the fay; Aos Sí, Tylwyth Teg, Seelie folk, whatever name they take for themselves. They, like many hidden folk groups, can be fairly insular and dislike hidden folk from other places coming to the British isles, though of course as with many generalizations there is much more kindness than what might be assumed. Yuichi and Usagi are both half Tylwyth Teg and half Yokai, with Yuichi especially remembering a lot from when they lived in Japan. Usagi was only seven when they moved to the UK, so he doesn’t have as deep a connection to that half of himself. The Miyamoto family had served the Mifune family- the head of a ninkyō dantai (cough-yakuza-cough) called Mangetsu-gumi- for generations before an unknown clan made a bid for power that ended in the dissolution of Mangetsu-gumi and the hunting down of it’s higher ranks. Yuichi, barely 18 at the time and reeling from how quickly his entire life had fallen to ashes, managed to evade the shadow clan with his younger brother and eventually get to the UK, where he and Usagi now live as wanderers.

Like all hidden folk, Yuichi and Usagi can appear in a mostly human form (just keeping their cowlike tails, which they even retain in rabbit from) and have little problem blending in to the city, unlike some certain turtles and their cat dad. The Miyamotos don’t mind the Splintersons’ oddities though, and have become very close friends of the family.

Leo will often sneak out at night and find the Miyamoto camper, an old beat up thing that can barely be pulled by Yuichi’s cab, and talk with Usagi until morning comes or they fall asleep— whichever happens first.

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got into redesigning the guy

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Hey guess what, your local turtle enthusiast is also into: The Ponies:tm:! Yes indeed, I have a very big soft spot for those guys. Watched the g4 show in my mid-teens and made so many pony ocs, and every once in a while my friend and I watch some of the g1 shows because they are chaos. So when I saw @/nox-icate ‘s mlp-tmnt crossover I knew exactly what I had to do.

Woe upon the Tattarrattat bois: be ponified ~*

And since I haven’t actually done up coloured versions of the Tat bois yet, here the ponies are with their og turtle counterparts:

I might do up the tmht:London boys as well, it would be fun to see the differences in design between each of my iterations :3c. Right off the bat, I know London Donny would NOT be a flutter pony lol.

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03 Turtles - Greatest Fears

At least, as sourced from season 3, episode 14: The Darkness Within. I rewatched this episode, where the turtles are shown some of their greatest fears through hallucinogenic visions, and I decided to hyper-analyze the scenes to a friend of mine who doesn't watch TMNT so now I'm throwing these thoughts here as well. Simply put, these are the visions the turtles are shown: Leonardo: the death of Master Splinter Donatello: the death of Angel (who they were trying to help on this mission) Michelangelo: Leonardo turning against him Raphael: himself as the Shredder

As for why each of these are extremely important, I analyze them under the cut~

Leonardo: Leo holds Splinter's praise so much higher than his brothers do. Leo is the eldest child, the leader, the good student and the role model. He strives to emulate his father in all that he does. However, Splinter's death isn't some distant fantasy that Leo could never imagine; it's a real, stark, bone-deep terror that Leo carries. He's seen Splinter on the brink of death before. They all thought they lost him for a bit during season one. Leo knows his father isn't invincible, and that is TERRIFYING to him. He's the one who his brothers look to for guidance, and Leo looks to Splinter... without his father, EVERYTHING falls on his shoulders, and is he strong enough to bear that? This is further proved by the fact that in the vision thing Leo sees, Splinter rescues him before he dies; he looks to his father for guidance, security, everything... having to lead alone is his greatest fear.

Donatello: Don gets like twenty seconds of screen time and that makes me mad, but what he gets is important. Out of all of his brothers, his is the only vision that's focused on someone other than direct family. Donatello is a people-focused character; he goes out of his way to help others, and constantly throughout the series we see how empathetic he is. It doesn't matter if the focus of the episode is helping a dear friend or a stranger; Donny is the first in line to help. Moreover, he takes every single life they touch personally. This is seen specifically through how he keeps a bond with the homeless population of New York (seen in multiple episodes), how he witnesses the loss of April's neighbor Kirby, and how he spends months trying to find a cure for people who were experimented on by the Shredder (seen in the Underground episodes) even after his brothers have all but forgotten about them. Don is quick to protect people, and when he does he takes every single failure to heart. Failing someone he pledged to help is his greatest fear.

Michelangelo: Mikey seeing one of his brothers, particularly Leonardo, turn against him shows so much of his relationship with his brothers. Mikey's the annoying one, the goofball, the one the others are always teasing to the point its almost mean... but every single one of them would jump to his side in an INSTANT if he was hurt. This isn't just something Mikey "knows", it's something he SEES. Every time Mikey is in trouble, or -- God forbid -- an enemy makes the mistake of THREATENING Mikey, his brothers come out in full force. I can't even reference specific episodes here because it's throughout the WHOLE SERIES. Mikey knows he's annoying, and he knows he gets on his brothers nerves sometimes. But one thing he never has to doubt is if his brothers would be by his side... that is, until they're not. If there's ever something that would push his brothers far enough that they're not there with him, then what would he be left with? His brothers turning against him is Mikey's greatest fear.

Raphael: Raphael. OHHHHHH Raphael. The second Raph's was reveal was the second I decided I needed to type out this rant. At first his is simple; The Shredder walks out and attacks him. Raph fights back, as he always does, but eventually the helmet is knocked off and the Shredder's face is revealed... only it's Raph's face. And this shows us just what Raph is scared of; HIMSELF. Raphael genuinely struggles with anger issues in the 2003 show in a way that's a bit more prominent than in other iterations (my favorite example of this is probably the "what's wrong with me?" from the episode Lone Raph and Cub). He's angry, he's destructive, and he KNOWS this. It's something he's been told and seen for years. He struggles with controlling his anger, and he's had times before when he's lashed out and nearly hurt his brothers. Most of the time he brushes it off and recovers and makes up for it by throwing himself into danger to make sure his brothers aren't hurt. What makes this so heartbreaking is that this Raphael is an absolute sweetheart. He's all brawn and thick skin on the outside, but he's an utter softie; take his interactions with Tyler from Lone Raph and Cub, Mrs. Morrison from Touch and Go, or Ryan from this episode. And that's not to mention his interactions with his brothers!! This Raphael has a huge heart for others, and he has no idea. He genuinely doesn't seem to understand the fact that he's a caring person because he only is aware of his own faults. The fact that he sees himself as this -- their greatest enemy unmasked to see HIMSELF underneath -- shows just how little he knows about who he truly is. Raphael's greatest fear is himself, and that utterly breaks, my heart. Ok I'm done that's just my turtle overanalysis for the day, thank you for coming to my TED talk

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This is old as BALLS ! But this is a collab with @dying-marshmallo on a magma like a year ago of Donnie and Leo being sillay... Donnie would've killed him had he given him a bug

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Off Colors hit 100 kudos so, I shall finally explain why Donnie's eyes are Like That

Not as impressive as you'd think

Check out the AU here or here !

ID in alt text.

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[ID: drawing of Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wearing a bunny onesie with floppy ears. End ID]

Happy Easter from the smallest Easter bunny around!

Don't worry, he and his brothers will be fed all the chocolate eggs there are. And then they'll probably get sick from eating too much sugar, but that's just part of the the fun.

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[ID: pixel art bust of Donnie from Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with the addition of glasses. He is underlit by a warm green glow. There is the hint of what could possibly be clawed hands reaching to wrap around his shoulders and chest. He has an expression of creeping dread on his face. End ID]

Donnie if he was in a pixel horror game

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do we FW my rottmnt oc being inserted into TMLP

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I was plotting Big Mama things:tm: in my Tattarrattat iteration/au and remembered how it’s heavily implied in Rise that BM and Draxum knew each other personally before the whole mosquito stealing incident (spawning the fan fav lines; “You must really learn to use the dimbly door” “And YOU must learn to use real words!”). My brain caught that and immediately went “oooooh it’s Wicked but Big Mama and Draxum” so. Enjoy that visual.

Popular is playing over and over in my head with Big Mama singing it to a very unamused/doesn’t wanna be here Draxum. This is either the best or worst thing that my brain has ever come up with.

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new oc :)

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Doodles of the boys in dresses 💅🏼

(Also Raphs eyeliner slays)

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So are we not gonna acknowledge that there's a deleted scene where the turtles break into Bishop's base seemingly just to steal his vanilla egg creams?