#kevin book when 👏👏👏👏

[foxstens]

listen listen listen

you can make an argument that kevin is a coward if you really want to. but that goes until they get backstage on kathy's show. after that his growth starts, and reducing his entire character to his supposed cowardice ignores his character arc and everything else we know about him as a person

[kudosmyhero]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #2: TMNT vs. the Mousers

Read Date: February 02, 2023 Cover Date: October 1984 ● Writer: Kevin Eastman ◦ Peter Laird ● Pencils: Kevin Eastman ◦ Peter Laird ● Inks: Kevin Eastman ◦ Peter Laird ● Letterer: Kevin Eastman ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● Baxter Stockman on tv talking about solving city's rodent problem ● ah, a MOUSER! I didn't realize they've been around since the beginning ● yikes… poor rat ● while Splinter and Leonardo are watching this on tv, Raph and Mikey are sparring

● I also didn't realize April worked in labs at the beginning. I thought she started out as a news reporter and was retconned as a lab worker. Perhaps it was the other way around ● that's a lot of mousers… ● why is Baxter admitting all of this to April? ● April's first meeting of the Turtles! ● up to page 30 so far. people got their money's worth with this comic! ● 38 pages ● last panel is illuminated nicely:

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Synopsis: The second issue introduced April O'Neil and Baxter Stockman. The book begins with the Turtles and Splinter watching the news. The reporter, Ms. Hynes, is doing a story about Dr. Baxter Stockman and his new invention: the rodent-killing robotic Mouser. Stockman, with the help of his lovely assistant April O'Neil, demonstrate the Mouser's ability to track and slay rats. Splinter cautions the Turtles that they must be very careful with this new threat in town.

Several weeks pass, and in that time many bank robberies have occurred. April is reading the paper to Dr. Stockman, which describes strange small tunnels dug into the bank's vaults. April hypothesizes that the Mousers would be capable of doing this, which the good Doctor promptly dismisses, pointing out that April had helped to program them, so she should know better. Stockman then proceeds to take Ms. O'Neil to an underground security level of the laboratory, where he shows her an army of Mousers that are being built. April demands to know how he got the funding to build hundreds of Mousers… when she concludes that her suspicions were correct: the Mousers were robbing the banks! Stockman then reveals his plan to blackmail the city. April is confused, as she notes that Stockman could have made millions legally with his invention. Dr. Stockman replies that he's not doing it for money but because it's "fun". April realizes that the Doc is quite mad and she bolts for the elevator. Stockman then programs the elevator to drop her into the sewers, and sends several mousers to kill her.

Just as she's about to be mauled, the Turtles show up and save her by destroying the robots. April faints at the sight of them! The turtles take Ms. O'Neil to their home, and when she awakes, tell her their origin. The Turtles then turn on the news to find Stockman making his demands of the City. It seems that he's had the Mousers dig tunnels underneath every corporate headquarters in New York City, and if a ransom is not paid for each building, he will have the Mousers destroy the skyscrapers' foundations, thus causing them to crash to the ground.

The Turtles and April decide that it's up to them to stop the mad Doctor, and they sneak into his building. They confront Baxter, who sets off an explosion and traps them in the basement lab. The Turtles manage to blast a whole in a wall, but unfortunately it leads to the storage room full of Mousers! The horde of bloodthirsty robots attack! Leo, Raph and Mike struggle to hold them off, but there are too many! Just as it looks like it's curtains for our heroes, Don and April manage to program the computer to shut down all power in the cellar… including the Mousers!

(https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/TMNT_vs._the_Mousers)

Fan Art: April O'Neil by Elias-Chatzoudis

Accompanying Podcast: ● Shellheads - episode 07

[biaswreckingfics]

You need to go. I’m so serious lol 😭😭

I can’t even think of Sangyeon and marking his body up without that STUPID ASS ROBE PICTURE JUST GLARING IN MY HEAD. OR THE ONE WHERE HES IN THE POOL AND ITS JUST HIS BROAD ASS BACK. OR THE ONE WHERE HES PUTTING A SHIRT ON OVER HIS BROAD ASS BACK. OR - I think that’s it but you get the picture lol

If this wasnt me when the photos dropped 😭😭 IDK WHY BUT ITS ALL I COULD THINK AND I HATE IT BUT HES JUST GORGEOUS AND YOU KNOW HE WOULDNT MIND A SCRATCH OR TWO AND i need to stop myself here 😭😭

someone needs to put a stop to him if anything 😭😭

NO. ❌️❌️ KEEP IT. ❌️❌️ I DONT WANT TO SUFFER LIKE THIS 😭😭

Honestly, I saved so many photos from that book it should be illegal. I became a different entity when those pictures dropped lmao

Believe me, i know exactly how you feel 😭😭

I DONT KNOW WHY I KEEP MAKING US SUFFER LIKE THIS 😭😭 i swear sangyeon messes up my brain chemistry or something - it's the only plausible explanation 😭😭

WHICH REMINDS ME

I read the new part of BoP and I am so exciteddddd!! We're getting Lee Sangyeon with out of office hours Y/N and we even got a little bit of bestie Kevin - I did not know I need that interaction until I got it but omg I'm glad it exists.

I can tell you're gonna end everyone with this Sangyeon 😭 tbh that was clear from the moment you decided CEOyeon (and I'm here for it)

I swear BoP is gonna end up being one of my top ff 😭 I'm lowkey fangirling, I'm sorry 😭

Anyways, LOVING IT SO FAR

It seems we're both good at making each other suffer 😭😭💕 

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I'm glad there's some vocal Sangyeon stans bc THAT IS WHAT THE BOY NEEDS!! Why are more people not losing their absolute minds over this man?! It boggles my brain, so keep up the good work!! Lol

I didnt know how much I'd love the friendship between Kevin and MC but I'm so freaking here for it?? More chaotic Kevin!! 👏👏 Also, my brain is literally error message whenever I think of the scenes with Sangyeon at the wedding 🥴🥴 its gonna be so good.

By the end of this series, if there's not more Sangyeon fans, I will riot 😤😤 bc you're right... I totally plan on ending everyone with this series 🤭🤭 there will be no holding back

P.s. I'm so glad you like the series bc your excitement literally gives me motivation to keep it going ❤️❤️

[zinepunk]

notable quotables no. 2

Date Me, Bryson Keller by Kevin van Whye

hello and welcome to notable quotables (working title) where i share some of the things i've highlighted in whatever book i just finished! this probably goes without saying but there will be some minor spoilers.

today's episode has the unofficial title:

he said what he said!! 👏

no one ever talks about this and i’m so glad it got brought up in this book.

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YES! put perfectly. homophobia is at its worst when people can weaponize evidence of love. it’s so sad.

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this.

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there’s always the violent side of homophobia, but so much of it is exactly this: your loved ones thinking less of you because of the things they’ve been told to believe.

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right to the point.

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this one was my favorite quote in this book. it’s a perfect metaphor for what outing really is. the person who outs you effectively lights the fuse before you can get to safety. they take away your right to come out when you’re ready. just another way that homophobes assert their power over gay people.

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this one is from the author’s note at the end of the book, but i thought it was a very realistic touch to the story (and the author’s note itself was absolutely worth the read).

and that wraps up the second set of quotes! a bit heavier this time, but that’s just how it is sometimes. get ready for round 3!

[ciaomichaella]

It’s nice to wake up to a world where @teamniklasedin are the reigning Olympic gold medalists & somehow that win has encouraged #worldsbestlead @cr1ppa to not only be more active on social media (beyond sponsored/contractual posts and sports tweets), but to be spicy too 😜 I love that his sense of humor is starting to come out. I’m here for more sassy & funny tweets, Crippa! Winning the OGM surely made the usually introverted & extremely private lead to come out of his shell, even causing a little bit of controversy w/ a couple of tweets (you can swipe to see). I have a theory why Kevin didn’t pick SWE… . . I confess, I ‘d been putting it out there to the universe & lobbying Crippa & super spare extraordinaire @daniel.magnusson00 to replicate the celebration Oskar & Viktor had in Sochi. At first I was disappointed when it was just a lead & alternate side hug & they didn’t channel the Notebook, but Crippa didn’t disappoint - he jumped into the arms of coach @donhedge in the most epic of all fashions (thanks photographers for catching it) and also carried @rasmuswrana in another pic 😂 Well done 👏 If Team Edin decides to celebrate winning another Worlds gold in Vegas a la Finland’s men’s hockey team, can I be there to witness it too? 😬 . . My Swedes are now & forever the 2022 Olympic Champions & it’s so friggin awesome!!! I’m rooting for them to drown in sponsors for many years to come & to continue to collect gold medals. I want their resume to be so obnoxiously long with medals that they’re a class on their own in the history books. . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #NiklasEdin #OskarEriksson #RasmusWranå #ChristofferSundgren #DanielMagnusson #Icevengers #TeamSweden #Sweden #Swedish #EdinForTheWin #athletes #olympians #curling #sports #wintersports #olympicchampions #worldchampions #europeanchampions #lilterror #curlingfangirl #curlingpinay #pinaycurler #HardlineNation #HejaSverige #mcm #mancrushmonday #IBELIEVEEDINWILLWIN 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 . . #Repost @worldcurling @sportbladet https://www.instagram.com/p/CaQPJoBvZnZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[paperfacesllc]

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[kudosmyhero]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #21: Return to New York, book three

Read Date: June 16, 2023 Cover Date: May 1989 ● Writer: Kevin Eastman ◦ Peter Laird ● Pencils: Peter Laird ● Inks: Kevin Eastman ● Letterer: Steve Lavigne ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read:

● this issue feels like Netflix Daredevil in places. I love it. ● can’t kill Shredder though. lose a point for that. ● 👏👏👏👏

Synopsis: A battle erupts between the Shredder Elite and the Turtles. As things intensify, Raphael decides that he can't afford to waste time fighting underlings and heads off to find the Shredder—much to Leonardo's chagrin, "We… must… stay together!"

Raphael leaves his brothers to battle the Elite and heads deeper into the complex, where he's ambushed by four experienced ninja.

Leonardo drops his four-armed opponent and heads off to pursue his hot-headed brother. Leo arrives just in time to save Raph, who is wounded and about to be skewered.

"You are a fool!" Leo screams once he's taken out the Foot.

"I know…" Raphael admits, "Almost a dead one. Can't help it… don't think… have no control. Splinter always said so… you know what this means to us… life or death!"

"We will not fail!" declares Leonardo.

"You brother," Raph replies, "You must not fail! I'll find Don and Mike… and together we'll come to you… get him!"

Meanwhile, things are not going well for Donatello and Michelangelo, who are still facing two Shredder Elite and a bevy of gun-toting Foot Ninja. Fortunately Mike, wielding Don's dropped Bō, manages to take out both Elite with one well aimed strategy.

Leonardo continues on into the Foot's headquarters, in search for the Shredder. Finally pausing outside a door…

Don and Mike are pinned down by gunfire and hiding behind some crates. Mike pulls out his shuriken and says "Make each one count!" Raphael arrives but laments the poor tactical position that his siblings are trapped in.

Leonardo enters the door and emerges onto the rooftop of the building. The Shredder is there.

"Leonardo… I've been waiting a long time." notes the enemy.

"Too long," adds Leo, "Three years ago I saw you die—why do you haunt us?"

The Shredder explains that, through ancient practices, the Foot were able to take the pieces of his body that were blown to bits in issue #1 and bring him back to life by utilizing a type of worm that learns from and grows into what it eats. These worms form a colony of cells that mutate into an individual. The Shredder Elite were the first three experiments with the worms, and on the fourth attempt, the Clan allowed the worms to feed on Saki himself, thus reincarnating him… his lust for vengeance and his hatred for the turtles stronger than before. After explaining his return, Shredder removes his armor and stands poised for battle, two katana in hand.

Back in the dock area, Mike and Don are down to their final throwing star. As Mike launches the small projectile, he and Don spot Raphael arriving in an odd, four-armed vehicle, which scatters the Foot.

On the rooftop, Leonardo and Shredder begin their monumental battle.

Don asks where Leo is and Raph tells him he's busy. Raphael then grabs a rocket launcher and fires it into a tower, releasing a torrent of deadly chemicals.

The Shredder has taken the upper hand in his battle with Leonardo. Saki gets a vicious kick in that sends Leo sprawling to the ground, where he sits stunned and defeated. As Shredder prepares to deliver the killing blow, the roof splits open under the strain of the chemicals that Raph has unleashed. The damage knocks the villain off his feet, giving Leonardo the opportunity to stand. He and Shredder are now separated by the rift in the rooftop, but both charge.

Raph's strategy has worked, and the three brothers head off to find Leonardo. They meet more Foot on the way and quickly dispatch them. Raph finds a doorway, but when he opens it a massive explosion rocks the building on its foundations, stunning the turtles. "The building," Mike stammers, "It's gonna—"

Cut to a dramatic double page spread, where we see Leonardo and the Shredder passing one another in mid-air. There is a hair-thin line separating Shredder's head from his shoulders.

A gigantic explosion blows a massive hole into the roof of the bank, shattering all windows and sending a huge fireball into the sky.

Fade into the sewers. A figure is walking in the shadows, carrying something. The secret doorway to the turtles' lair opens, revealing a mourning Mike, Don and Raph, who look up in surprise.

"Leo…" Mike begins.

Leo stands in the doorway, holding a body that's wrapped in a tarp.

"Oroku Saki… the Shredder… is dead." announces Leonardo.

"It's finished." Mike adds.

"Our destiny is complete." remarks Don.

"Honor is restored." Raphael states.

"We have… one final task…" finishes Leo.

On the final double page spread, we see the four brothers standing by the harbor. Beneath them, the body of the Shredder is burning on a floating funeral pyre.

(https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Return_to_New_York,_book_three)

Fan Art: The Shredder by TamplierPainter

Accompanying Podcast: ● Shellheads - episode 23

[kudosmyhero]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (vol. 1) #19: Return to New York, book one

Read Date: June 16, 2023 Cover Date: March 1989 ● Writer: Kevin Eastman ◦ Peter Laird ● Pencils: Jim Lawson ● Inks: Peter Laird ● Letterer: Steve Lavigne ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● let’s see if they get back on track with this issue ● duuuude they’ve been there a year? also yes, it looks like the story is back on track! ● oooo Leo’s pissed!

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Synopsis: The issue opens with a double page spread of Raphael lying unconscious in the sewer. The camera zooms in on a New York Times newspaper that's lying on the ground, and we see that it's dated December 23. The image of the Times fades into an image of The Gazette, dated December 19, where we see Raph, Michelangelo and Donatello holed up in the Jones Farm barn in Northampton, Massachusetts. Raph is angry and shouts, "I can't stand it anymore!" The unhappy turtle is tired of hiding in Massachusetts and blames Leonardo for all their troubles. Raph states that Leo is afraid to go back to New York and settle their feud with the Shredder and the Foot. As Raph is arguing with Mike and Don, Leo comes in, and he's none too happy about Raph's complaints. Leonardo tells Raph that they will go back to New York, "I'll say when… and then, we go as a team." As Leo makes his case, he lays his bokken on Raph's shoulder… not a wise choice.

A fight erupts between the two brothers. Leo manages to get the upper hand and pins Raph to the ground, but Raphael grabs the bokken and frees himself from Leonardo's grasp. Raph then picks up Leo and throws him through a wall. As Leo lies stunned, Mike tries to stop Raph. "Don't even think about it, Mike! See ya around!" Raphael snarls as he storms out.

We then cut back to the sewers of New York City, where we see a squad of Foot Ninja on patrol. The Shredder's minions are approaching the spot where Raph was lying at the start of this issue. However, as the soldiers pass, we discover that Raphael was merely sleeping and he's managed to avoid being spotted. Raph is itching for a fight, so he attacks the Shredder's minions and a long battle takes place. Raphael is victorious, even though he was greatly outnumbered. As the lone ninja investigates another tunnel, he finds something totally unexpected.

Up on the streets of New York, we see three figures. Leo, Mike and Don have made it back to the City. We see another discarded paper and learn that it's now December 25. The three brothers head back to their lair and find Raphael waiting for them. "Welcome home," Raph states, "I knew you'd show up sooner or later. I have a plan… and a little help."

From behind a curtain, the huge form of a Triceraton warrior emerges…

(https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Return_to_New_York,_book_one)

Fan Art: Teenage Mutant Ninja Toitulls!! by MinohKim

Accompanying Podcast: ● Shellheads - episode 23