#03 don and raphie are twin coded

[hasello]

Does the rest of turtle family know about lou and big mama's past?

they most certainly do lmao

[joyfuladorable]

Are you still doing ask meme thingy how about for my two main men 03 Raph and Leo?

Sure thing!

03 Raph

How I feel about this character:

He's great! I enjoy how emotional of a character he is and how he struggles to balance himself throughout the series. Very big softie with a prickly outside energy!

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

I don't! I really enjoy the headcanon that Raph is ace; and honestly, there's no one in canon that I vibe with him being romantically involved with. But also! Some of my friends have cute OC ships with Raph and I think those are fun!

My favorite platonic relationship(s) for this character:

I love all of his dynamics with his family and friends, but it's always the most amusing to see Raph and Mikey butt heads over silly things or team up to be terrible together /aff (Shoutout to the Battle Nexus arc where they get through a round and want to brag about it to the fam and then later Mikey absolutely demolishes Raph by getting into his head lmaooo)

My unpopular opinion about this character:

Bro does not hate the nickname 'Raphie'!! I don't know who started that character quirk in fics, but it's straight up not true and he's used it for himself in canon. Yeah, this probably isn't an unpopular opinion, lmao. I really don't think I have any for him/am aware about how the larger fandom feels about him to know anything contradictory.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

A dedicated duo episode for him and Don! The scrapped S5 ep that revealed that Hun and the Garbageman were apparently conjoined twins was apparently supposed to be one, but uhhhh!! I'd rather that not be canon, so give them a different plot to be a duo, lol!

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And for Leo

How I feel about this character:

Love him! He's sooooooo responsible elder sibling-coded! /aff /smh Bro shoulders so much to keep his family happy and safe to his own mental detriment when they're threatened. I found it really cathartic to see him go through his whole arc in S4!

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

Katanashipping, my Beloved!!! The only leosagi ship that I really vibe with at all. These total dorks gave each other swords for Christmas!!

My favorite platonic relationship(s) for this character:

Like with the others, I truly enjoy the dynamic Leo has with each member of his family, but I always love seeing him fill a mentorship-type role. So special shoutout to all the episodes where he supports Mikey in some way like in Nobody's Fool and Grudge Match! (Also tutoring Cody in FF and giving advice to Dheeraj in the Dreamwave comics)

My unpopular opinion about this character:

Folks need to remember that he's only super emo when he's in an unhealthy state of mind. Bro's a Grade A Dork!!

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

Same as with Raph, I'd have loved a duo ep with Leo and Don! I was joking with the Roadtrip AU crew that it'd be funny if they went to one of those seemingly endless local book stores and it was actually a magic labyrinth that they had to work together to get out of.