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Anyone know of any good doctor x rose fics where Rose Tyler temporarily dies or is presumed dead?

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What if... :')

Just some doodles at 4am ..

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The Red Slider Wiggles

I learned a fun fact and couldn't resist. This comic was a struggle but I'm decently proud of my creation.

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Apparently according to the concept art, instead of turning ordinary objects into weapons it looks as though Hamato Ninpo was originally supposed to let Hamato Clan members summon weapons from their soul

The possibility that the Turtle’s weapons could have originally been summoned through their Ninpo is an interesting concept & kind of shows how their weapons are part of them.

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I really  prefer the 2012 symbol or the concept art symbol over the official rise symbol. Rise’s symbol looks too much like a  pizza to me and also feels kinda boring as opposed to the 2012 and concept symbols which look more like flowers, I think they are very  pretty.

Something I’ve been wondering about is if the Rise version of the Hamato Clan has multiple symbols as in the episode Hot Soup The Game we see a sword with the 2012 version of the Hamato Clan symbol 

Rise is known for giving nods to other versions of TMNT so the 2012 version of the Hamato Clan symbol appearing in the episode could simply be a nod to the 2012 show especially since a statue of Ice Cream Kitty appears in the same scene

Mikey: Now that’s cute

However even though the 2012 version of the Hamato Clan symbol appearing in Rise might simply be a nod to the 2012 show something that also makes me wonder if the Hamato Clan has multiple symbols is the concept art for Rise

The concept art shows the Turtles with different outfits & markings for their fully Unlocked Hamato Ninpo looks & also shows the Turtles with a different Hamato Clan symbol that instead of the symbol that we see in the show the Hamato Clan symbol in the concept art instead looks like a flower

The flower that appears as the Hamato Clan symbol in the concept art looks very similar to the flower that was worn on Splinter’s robe in season 1 so it could be that the flower is a variation of the Hamato Clan symbol

A lot of the team who worked on the 2012 series also worked on Rise which is why both Hamato Clan symbols look similar, both symbols are supposed to look similar to a Pizza with five slices (representing Splinter & the Turtles) however the 2012 symbol is more stylised & is supposed to also look like a Turtle & a Bell Flower.

The fact that the 2012 Hamato Clan symbol was supposed to look similar to a Bell Flower means that it’s possible that the flower that we see on Splinter’s robe in season 1 & in the concept art could have possibly been a version of the Hamato Clan symbol. It’s possible that the flower that we see on Splinter’s robe in season one, could have originally been intended to be the Hamato Clan symbol for Rise but then the Hamato Clan symbol was changed in order to look more like the 2012 version

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Tired: Leo doesn't know how to play chess, while Donnie does.

Wired: Leo does know how to play, and he and Donnie sometimes play it together to bond (only when Leo is incredibly bored and doesn't have anything else to do otherwise).

Inspired: Leo knows how to play chess insanely well, to the point of winning almost every match, but just acts like he doesn't because 1.) it's fun to let Donnie think he's won sometimes, and 2.) he knows playing dumb pisses Donnie off beyond belief and it's hilarious to watch him fume.

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First off your doodles are sooo cute on this  post :D I love the “worlds greatest therapy” teehee

But also, your comment about the arguing sparked my desire to share something I’ve been thinking about lately. I don’t have an issue with characters arguing or fighting like you do, but I have noticed some of the banter in these fics don’t sit well with me. The brothers joking about not trusting Leo or jokes about killing him off or removing him from the team in a fic that takes  place  post movie really bother me cause even though Leo  probably knows his brothers are joking, and it’s accurate to jokes that siblings in real life make, I think after the events of the movie Leo wouldn’t be able to not take them  personally. Like I hurt for him. I’ve found a big  part of good banter is not crossing into actual insecurities a  person has or may have. I banter with coworkers and friends all the time but I know their triggers and they know mine so we can stay away from them. It feels very insensitive to me when the brothers banter like this and it’s not addressed. Examples from fics I love and would highly recommend regardless of this issue I have with them are “There must be something in the water” and “Mutant Ninja Midlife Crisis”

Versus a fic that does the family banter like this occasionally but addresses that it’s actually a trigger for Leo and something that should be avoided is “Would it Really Matter?”

To be clear, I am not saying writing them this way = bad writing. It’s just a thing that makes me personally feel uncomfortable and I’m wondering if anyone else feels this way.

Editing this to tag the authors of the fics I mentioned so they can comment if they choose, or just know I'm talking about their works:

@angelpuns @mutantninjamidlifecrisis @filsa-mek (I think this is the author of There must be something in the Water)

@kinky-asexual I love myself having certain colors represent certain themes/events/occasions :) TYSM by the way!!

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I bring you this doodle! @greentrickster

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Dont know why I drew this but here you go. @wraenata Have an emotional support peepaw.

Anyways, Marcus Moncrief was on Saturday Night Live, live!! Donnie was rambling to Leo about the concept of freezing time by reaching absolute 0 in Kelvin :)

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Oh I have been waiting for someone to ask me something like this, you have no idea. Putting this ESSAY under a cut oops I wrote a ton (if the cut even works, sometimes they dont)

I am very aware of the norm of the usual take of Future Leo AU's, it was all those AU's and fics that mad inspired me after all! They are all so good and play on a very interesting concept! Issue is, it ended up being the only take I ended up seeing. With the whole future and present self having some form of resentment towards eachother even if it was just a little bit, or for only a short period of time. I honestly needed a fresh breath of air and it came to my attention as time went on that other readers also needed a breath of fresh air. So uh, I very much saw the opportunity here and took it, with the added bonus of it being in comic form since theres so many fics out there.

Yes my comic is absolutely the opposite of the norm and I plan on keeping it like that, I made it the opposite of the norm for a reason, and the reason definitely shows through the sheer numbers and attention I have been getting on this thing! I am so happy so many people are enjoying the series! I am so glad to heal everyones wounds from the anguish of the usual plotlines haha!

Sidenote, I would actually highly recommend this post by pinetreevillain, read the tags, words things better than I ever could. Not just the OP's tags, all the reblog tags too.

(There may have been fics were the Leos were actually nice to eachother, but either I did not hear of them/see them, or they were just overall not popular enough to be well known and recognized for the good relationship)

I understand that such a fast change in character meanwhile does not happen overnight. This here is probably the biggest issue I have within the series, though I do have a little bit of reasoning.

I am just going to be flat out honest, I personally find it hard for myself to sit and read through something about characters arguing, it makes me weirdly uneasy. Something something about characters who love eachother yelling it out just hits me in a way I try to avoid whoops. So if I find it hard to read something like that, it is even harder for me to write and draw it out myself, there will be no forms of these sorts situations in the series because of that. Though this does tie back into me trying to avoid the norm, having everyone be kind to Leo after the movie is a take you do not see often.

I actually attempted addressing the movie aftermath with Raph and Leo with this comic, it was the whole point on why I made the comic! Because yes! I These two really did need some new take, my own take, on the aftermath. I wanted to show in that comic that Raph is not mad, happy actually, that Leo managed to pull himself together for such an act. Leo proved on that day that he knew what he was doing, how to care for a team, and that he was truly meant for his role as the leader.

Final little point: Lets be honest I dont think anyone will have the guts to even be mad at Leo after he sacrificed himself and his arm to save everyone. How could anyone be mad at that? Outside the fear or loosing him of course

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What I'm getting from this post is that there may be a disproportionate amount of people on this site who live in countries like the US and Canada where eggs go through a sanitization process. This is actually really interesting. Has anyone done a poll yet to try and get an idea of the demographics of users according to countries in the world?

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Lesson learned: Do not pull on the arm.

This is part 1! Part 2 can be found here~

Congratulations you two anons, you inspired a whole ass comic.

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Post movie hugs! 🙃 Part 2 tomorrow

You know that feeling you got like two months ago, where you craved hugs for all the possible combinations of the babies so you draw portal duo and suddenly everything gests angsty and oh God are those tears in my eyes?!

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I forgot I drew this lol

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Donnie tears up more than once in the rise movie.

For a split second, we can see him crying while he and Mikey were about to be crushed in the turtle tank.

He really thought he was going to die and the fear was enough to spur that reaction. It’s really sad to me actually, like, it looks like his life is flashing before his eyes.

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Older April

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I Love your art ✨🥰💕

Pelease, can April give Leo a Hugo? 🥺💕

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part 2/ part3

next part on Sunday (13:00 CST ) It's gonna get pretty angsty guys

A post movie comic about the lovely bajablast. The argument is a little vague for now but don't worry it will be explained.

So... What should you do when you have at least ten already started projects?

START ANOTHER ONE. :)

Its one of those that have been bugging my brain for months and started as a short, about Leo getting Mikey out from his shell with compliments and then during making, it turned into a 2 parter and now that I scripted this I hope I can make it in 3 :)

Like said before it's gonna be a tad bit emotional (I hope) but don't worry it's gonna end good(ish).

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Cowabummer💔

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So, no one will headcannon that Donnie would be thrilled to help raise a kid? No? 🤨

Alright then… I’ll do it myself

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