#bring back yoshi

[aidendemoncat]

Why Ubisoft? 😭😭😭

I thought yoshi was in the DLC along with his rabbids version but it's not. Now we just have to wait for him to come back.

[tmntkiseki]

I'm skimming through the Ninja Tribunal episodes because an idea for a fic popped into my head but I need to refresh myself on stuff from the season and

I'm pretty sure Don got impaled on one of the spikes of that tree trying to save Mikey 🙃

[setsunarium]

Nanashi from 1bitHeart! this is actually a redraw from a 2018 piece (´ ∀ ` *)

^ 2018 piece

[fruitless-vain]

There’s irony to be had about the fact that this happened because I was carrying a 20kg bag of salt. The thing that’s supposed to be my main medicine triggering episodes

[that-0n3-shr00mi3-guy]

Sooo... I got a bit bored and randomly came up with this idea, idk where it's gonna take me but uhhh- random ROTTMNT thing ig??

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"How... How could you...? They were only babies... They ARE only babies." Yoshi said, voice shaking as he stared at Draxum, the vines trapping him inside the cell making his escape from this horrible place highly unlikely.

"Babies?" Draxum scoffed "They are turtles. They can't feel anything. And once they have your DNA they will become my warriors and destroy the human threat once and for all." He said, his smile seemed to only grow as he spoke

"What are you talking about?! We didn't do anything to you!" Yoshi shouted, anger flaring up inside him at the words coming from Draxum

"Your species is destroying the home of my people. I'm simply giving Yokai a chance to live however they please without you..." He stared at Yoshi, looking him up and down before continuing, "Disgusting... Humans getting in the way." He powered on the machine, watching as the ooze filled the container holding Yoshi and the four turtles

Yoshi yelled out in pain, it felt like the life was getting sucked out of him, before the rat bit him at least.. after he got bit, the pain doubled, he grew a tail and ears, and fur everywhere, it was incredibly painful, and he was in so much pain before it all suddenly stopped. He came to and found four slightly mutated but tiny turtles crawling around on the ground nearby. Even in his exhausted, freshly mutated state, he scooped up the four tots and ran for the exit as the entire place began crashing down around him.

[thefinalwitness]

ffxiv: ok the hydaelyn and zodiark stuff is over after endwalker :)

me: ok but we'll still see ascians sometimes right. there's like 6 of them still out there. and also i personally think they had enough time to find a new shard of igeyorhm and nabriales so technically there's like 8 if you really think about it. and actually wasn't lahabrea only sealed into an eye of nidhogg? he could've been released when the eyes were destroyed. so we might as well count 9. ALSO mitron was definitely replaced and i suspect so was loghrif so actually it's at least 11. ALSO fandaniel's other shards are out there and idk what he's up to without his ancient memories but you know it can't be good so really—

[fawnshy]

i miss fetter ward so much ;_;

[youngpettyqueen]

I actually do think Worf and Keiko need to be besties

[freakattack]

I wish mario games remixed "classical" music again

[aidendemoncat]

Plzzzzz Ubisoft Give me my boy!!!!!!

😭😭😭

[yosh-iro]

mmmmmm fire drill

[emiruu-u]

Hello Tumblr I am back and I bring you Lloyd and Arin!

They're atempting meditation together but clearly baby dragons can be very distracting. Big dragon boy Yoshi is peacefully sleeping in the background tho <3

[factual-fantasy]

I felt like it was about time I gave Mario and Luigi an emotional support animal a new friend. So I figured why not bring a Yoshi into the mix? Now read my ramble explaining the Yoshi’s ENTIRE backstory! :’D 

Mkay, so you see, the Yoshi’s used to be a lot smaller and they would just lazily roam around and eat fruits and veggies all day. But then at some point they discovered this island that lay in the middle of a giant river..

Now, something about this island made all the plant life that grew on it to be HUGE, and full of the same power that superstars have. All the Yoshi’s from across the land gathered on this island and ate until their hearts were content. The food they were eating was so rich in vitamins and full of so much power, that over a few generations they grew to be giants. And they became a lot more intelligent as well.

Eventually, word got around that this island had super food growing on it. So the Toad people started to cross the river and take some of the plants for themselves. But the Yoshi’s? Oh they didn’t like that. They didn’t like people that they were no longer familiar with coming onto their island and taking their food. So they fought back. The Yoshi’s were so big and so aggressive, that they were quickly labeled a dangerous species. And Yoshi’s island was deemed a lost cause due to the number of casualties that were had in trying to explore it. Since then no one has step foot on Yoshi’s island. And the bond between Toads and Yoshi’s was officially broken...

That is until Mario and Luigi show up of course. Naturally these idiots fell into the river and washed up on Yoshi’s island. They were super lucky that the Yoshi that found them was a gentle creature at heart, and took a liking to the brothers. After carrying them to the other side of the river, this Yoshi decided to leave his home to ensure that Mario and Luigi made it back safely. 

And after returning the brothers to the Mushroom Kingdom? Yoshi just.. never went back. Mario and Luigi were his home now.

[desertdragon]

Playing BRD again for these Ranged Melee RQs feels like unlocking all the equations in the fucking universe

[risestarkiss]

Being Purple ○ Part Two

Rise Ramblings #315

Previous | Being Purple ○ Part One This post is a continuation, so I recommend reading Part One before reading this Part Two. ••••

We’ve talked about what Donatello was and his role in the family.

But, we never examined why. Why is Donnie so gung ho on physically providing for his family?

Well, to understand why he feels that way, we need to go back to the beginning. After Splinter and the turtles were mutated, Yoshi was obviously unable to access any of the funds or resources he held as Lou Jitsu due to, you know, him now being a giant rat. He had to start life a new from the bottom of society.

We don’t know what happened during their time on the streets, but we can make some inferences as to what happened next. Splinter eventually moved the boys down into the sewers and was able find a comfortable space for himself and his little family.

Here is where I’m going to try my best to piece together the order of events regarding Donatello’s earliest contributions. I’ll be using two episodes: the season one finale, “End Game,” and the Nick web exclusive mini-episode, “Turtle Tots.”

In Turtle Tots, the family has gathered in Splinter’s room. We can also see the den through Splinter’s doorway. This home is, indeed, the home that we are familiar with in the show. Thus, we now know that at this age the boys were already living in the sewers. We also know that the den has already been outfitted with a tv, electricity, and probably some kind of cable hookup.

Is it possible that Splints did this electrical work all on his own? “End Game” gives us a clue that can lead us to an answer.

Here he is, the boy of the hour. In this picture, given the perspective, young Donnie is much shorter than Splinter. Their heights here are actually comparable to their height difference in the “Turtle Tots” clip. Therefore, I believe it’s fair to conclude that Donatello is about the same height in both instances, and likewise, relatively the same age.  

Given that new piece of information, now we can speculate further.

When you look at the room that crying Dondon is in, he’s surrounded by wires, batteries, boxes, and what appears to be little bits of tech that he was working on, hence the booboo. There’s a small rotary plane of some sort, a tiny workbench, and other bits and pieces. So, we can deduce that Donnie is familiar with electrical work and is building things for himself, even at this young age.

Donatello is already cooking.

With that evidence, I believe it’s reasonable to surmise that Donatello had a hand in hooking the den up with a refurbished TV and in wiring the house with electricity, which is such a big job for such a little guy.  

If it had stopped there, I wouldn’t bring it up, but as we can plainly see…

It never stopped. His labors are endless. Everything from the turtles’ transportation, their living space, and their comforts at home was created, built, enhanced, and refurbished by Donatello. Consequently, he internalized the idea that his usefulness equated to the safety and security of his family. And that’s just how he lived his life.

He doesn’t know any different, and I’m sure at this point he wouldn’t want any different. This is his role. This is his place. Besides, his beneficence makes his brothers happy, and his father happy, and by extension it makes him happy.

Hence, his “gift giving” love language.

If Donnie is happy, then where’s the problem?

I’m sorry, but external validation as a primary source of happiness, or even worse, as a source of self-esteem, is dangerous…

But I digress…

From the outside looking in, it’s easy to assume that his genius is best utilized as a tool for the team’s benefit. But as a child, the weight of ensuring their entire family’s physical infrastructure is a large burden to bear…and it is almost the exact definition of Instrumental Parentification.

Parentification is a process in which a role reversal occurs where the child or adolescent is obligated to act as a parent would to their siblings or to their actual parent. Instrumental Parentification involves a child assuming the responsibilities of maintaining a household through physical means. In this case, Donatello literally maintains the household.

I’ve said all of that to say this.

Donatello has been subjected to Instrumental Parentification for almost his entire life. He doesn’t know life without providing for his family, but he’s happiest when his family is comfortable and safe.

So when we ask, why does Donatello make these sacrifices for his family, the answer is obvious. Love. And that answer reigns true in the past, present, and future…

Anyways, Donatello is such a complex and intriguing character, I could go on about him forever. But I think this as good a place as any to put a pin in my deep dive on this fiery little grape, because our next dive’s focus is on the true pinnacle of the Hamato clan…

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Previous | Being Big Red • Being Baby Blue • Being Purple ○ Part One

Next | Orange, Baby!

Finale | Being Hamato Yoshi

[our-happygirl500-fan]

Something that I think is kind of interesting is what Rise did with the traditional Leo & Splinter dynamic, throughout the different iterations of TMNT Leo is usually the one to take after Splinter the most & the same is true in Rise as well.

Leo: Relax. We’ll do what we always do. Ninja in, ninja their faces, ninja out.

Splinter: Once the hounds sniff out the boys, I ninja them out!

It’s been shown that Leo can often have a similar style of both talking & thinking as Splinter has as in the movie Leo was also shown to say similar phrases to things that Splinter had said in the show, Leo’s original plan to save Raph being to ‘ninja in, ninja out’ is also similar to Splinter’s plan to save the Turtles in the episode End Game.

Leo: Sorry, I missed that. Can you repeat everything from... well, everything?

Grandpa Sho: Yoshi! You never listen to me

Splinter: What was that? I wasn’t listening

It has also been shown that Leo has some of the same avoidance tactics as Splinter as in the movie Leo expresses a similar actions when he is trying to avoid talking to Raph about being the leader of the team that a young human Splinter expressed when he was trying to avoid his destiny as a Hamato to spend his life protecting the world from the Shredder.

It is also possible that Splinter also might have trained primarily with a sword when he was younger as we see a sword in a young Splinter’s bedroom similar to how we sometimes see swords whenever we are shown Leo’s bedroom.

There have also been a few people who have pointed out that Splinter had a similar pose in the episode Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man when throwing Donnie as the future version of Leo did when throwing Casey Junior through the time gateway.

Future Leo: Casey, when you’re done saving the world, do me a favour. Grab a slice!

Splinter: Bring home the win boys

Members of the Rise team have also said that putting Leo in a Lou Jitsu outfit in the episode Many Unhappy Returns was also partly meant to be symbolic on how Leo is the Turtle most like a younger Splinter

However though Splinter & Leo share a lot of similarities unlike most iterations of TMNT where those similarities make Leo arguably the Turtle closest with Splinter, in Rise those similarities actually cause Leo & Splinter to clash with one another.

Leo: What do you even know about training anyway? You’re just a rat

Leo: Trust me

Splinter: I do not!

Leo: No! I’m not going back to whats-his-rat

Splinter: Oh why did I ever trust you to handle this? My other sons would’ve taken this seriously!

There are a few times in Rise where Leo & Splinter clash where Splinter seems to not like Leo’s attitude or Leo seems resentful of Splinter however even though the two clash there is still a lot of love between them both.

Leo: Dad was right, and we were so mean to him

Leo: Locked in a cage, failed in our mission, held for ransom by the Foot, and none of us gave him grandchildren! Somehow I think he wanted more

Leo is shown to regret whenever he lashes out at Splinter & seems kind of visibly upset at the prospect of disappointing him

Splinter: Where is Leo? And, uh, Future Boy?

While Splinter has shown concern over Leo’s safety & has literally fallen to his knees in grief at the prospect of loosing Leo.

Splinter & Leo both love each other in Rise but I think it is kind of interesting where Rise has taken what previously made Splinter & Leo so close in other iterations & instead caused them to clash instead