#dynamic character

[danzinora-switch]

I have a thought. You mentioned in an earlier analysis post that Raph is the kind of guy who doesn't like interpersonal conflict and feels awkward around it. I think that I want to push back on that a bit, because its hinted that he and Leo argue a decent amount--and then especially in the movie there's a chunk of time dedicated to him and Leo arguing about responsibility--to the point where he seems to lose control, attempts to physically attack Leo and Splinter is the one who needs to stop them. (Bonus for Mikey looking disappointed in his dad for the way he handled the argument the entire scene but never saying anything to him about it). So I am thinking that when Raph believes his family could be in serious danger or actually hurt he kind of overrides that whole anxiety about conflict in the family to just...do a more classic Raph move of confronting and fighting it out rather than arguing. No?

Very good points!

Clashing with Leo about responsibility is definitely a big button, and even beyond that Raph is not afraid of similar types of confrontation. He's willing to go to bat for April by "having a friendly word" with her upstairs neighbor knocking down her ceiling fan constantly. He calls Leo out on his showboating multiple times, from The Minotaur Maze to the movie. He confronts Donnie about his addiction in the Purple Game and chews out all his brothers in Pizza Puffs when they eat poison.

So yeah, he does a lot of confronting. Perhaps conflict-averse isn't the right term. Perhaps the main difference centers around whose feelings are getting hurt, and whether or not that hurt is necessary for the greater good.

Raph strikes me as the type of Mom Friend who will go punch a landlord for being unfair to someone but struggles to tell the waiter that he got the wrong order.

In any case, it is the mark of a well-rounded character that they won't behave the exact same way in a scenario 100% of the time. There's nuance in every case. If Leo is not being receptive to talk (and, on top of that, making the situation worse by riling Raph up) then yeah, it will come to blows. If April's stomping upstairs neighbor turned out to be a, idk, a deaf child who had no idea they were making that much noise, he probably would have rolled over instantly. If Donnie had started crying or something about The Purple Game it probably would have made it harder for Raph to maintain the strength to get through to him. Heck, if Bullhop was compromising their safety or being a danger to his brothers while living in the lair, Raph probably would have thrown him out himself. As it was, a delicate conversation just needed to happen, and so Mikey and Leo were the ones to do it (and Raph still punted at the end of the episode after Bullhop helps them that he can stay, even if he clearly doesn't relish the idea).

So yeah, the degree of the conflict is definitely something to be considered. Raph is a complex person like the rest of us and it can be easy for that to get lost amongst fandom tropes and character boxes. Thank you for your ask and analysis!

[gaschka]

Geometric character design

[kallioz]

dick took it as blackmail on jason

[hamletthedane]

The movie Wicked is proof that any source material can be vastly improved by simply making the intense female friendship much gayer + the mutual male love interest both wildly bisexual and lowkey down to just be their third

[punk-sharkz-zero]

guy who says "FUCK!" to every minor inconvenience x guy who says "oopsie daisies" to earth shattering catastrophes

[hinamie]

blue light overexposure dot png

[ukrainian-groove-metal]

I love the "came back wrong" trope but from the opposite side.

Imagine you are dead. And then you are RIPPED from the embrace of decay into the world of the living again. Your memories are hazy and you don't recognize any of these people, but they act like they're close to you? Like they love you? So you try to get your memories back, to act like you belong here, but everybody tries to forget you died. And you can't. It is omnipresent. And just trying to grapple with that fact pushes the people who "love" you away, and they're incapable of understanding, and they're so confused, what's wrong N̶̄̀O̶͛͗T̷̉́ ̷͋͝Y̴̎̌Ȍ̴̈U̸̓R NÄM̴̃͑E̵̾̇? And you just need them to understand, you aren't that person! You aren't! You don't know who that person is! You don't know why any of this is happening, but they're unwilling to bend, they keep insisting you are that person, your memories will come back, everything will be normal again, and you want to scream and cry and claw yourself open to show them you're different. Your existence as a being wholly separate from whoever you "used to be" is a sin unto itself. All you can do is scrabble for life and to them, you're killing whoever they loved to do it.

just. lots of fun in that concept, you know?

[p0rk-guts]

More guard dog/attack dog dynamicsss......

Character A who has B wrapped around their finger and thinks they're completely in control of their precious loyal partner x Character B who is way more powerful and aware than A thinks and A only controls B because B lets them but B definitely gets off on that fact

[mythbringer-mayhem]

Everyday Arguments - Rose-Tinted Comic

[cataclysmcrows]

collection of a specific dynamic that gets me every time

[casscainmainly]

Guess who's still thinking about them

[cosmicredcadet]

Sometimes...characters being in a romantic relationship is worse.

[radioactive-yuri]

i'm such a slut for when a character is morally evil, but worshipped by another character as a deity of some sort. like i love me an absolute freak who doesn't really see the value in human life at all, and there's another, more masochistic freak, jerking off to their aura of inhumanity. a real two-hit combo of "whatever's wrong with this guy is clearly incredibly appealing to this other guy"

[emziess]

Buck & Hen 9-1-1, S1-S8

[shyjusticewarrior]

Jason: You little son of a bitch!

Damian: What'd you say about my mother?

Jason: No no, I meant Bruce.

Damian: Okay, proceed.

[vampcaprisun]

caterina: i have made the Perfect Assassin

rook: you fucked up a perfectly good househusband is what you did. look at him. he’s got anxiety