#rottmnt hamato yoshi

[beannary]

Splinter realization.png also known as bean dies while trying to figure out how to draw splinter

This is part 45 of The Little Prince Separated AU

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Burger.

Empty ver.

Always love it when I see people making pre-mutation(and even pre-moviestar) Lou act a lot like Leo. It's literally my favorite thing. Like father, like son- wait-

[stickynotelovers-art]

Yoshi/Lou/Splinter "I was today years old when I became a single father" Jitsu/Hamato learning to parent is just such a wonderful idea and I want to see more of it. I've been wanting to draw Splinter related stuff for a while, but just hadn't been able to think of anything. I finally thought about this grown man in the hilarious position of trying to deal with 4 little infants that fit literally in the palm of his hand. It's even better when you think about the fact that he is also a single child who would have to try and figure out how siblings work while also having to place at least 2 out of his 4 sons in air jail for biting him on a daily basis.

We don't have a very clear indicator of when he transitioned fully into the Splinter we see throughout the series, just that it happened when the turtles were still pretty young so I kind of compromised and combined his freshly transformed design with aspects from his general appearance in the series.

[bambiraptorx]

[harveylikestoart]

Old men yaoi…

[lactoseintolerentswag]

Rise Characterizations Pt. 5!!!!!

Okay I promised I'd share my Splinter reference notes, so here I am! Also wanna take a moment to thank everyone reblogging the prev. parts. All the tags/notes are so sweet!!! Anyway, here's our one and only Rat Man,

Splinter Character Notes

Language Habits:

Catchphrase: "HOOOOOT SOUP!!!"

Will yell "whoa/oh nelly!" when in a tight spot or stumbling around

Makes puns/dad jokes, and laughs at said jokes to himself

A poor liar, will skirt around the truth until you drop it

Penchant for interrupting people if he's not interested, devout user of "yada, yada", "ah, bup, bup, bup"

Verbalizes his attacks/moves, something his sons pick up on. Could be a habit picked up from his action star days, such moves include: lights off jitsu, and slow motion jitsu

Uses 2010's slang, (i.e. "totes", "chillaxed"), could see him incorrectly using up to date slang to embarrass his boys

In a group refers to his sons as "boys"

One by one will refer to his sons by their designated colors, but will pull out the full name (not nickname) if the situation is serious

Also refers to Donnie as "the funny one"

Personality:

A performer, well he is an actor after all. He knows how to captivate an audience. Splinter likes attention--something that may be connected to his strict childhood with high expectations--but he also performs for his boys. To keep them happy, but most importantly safe. This also means he keeps his true emotions tucked closely to his chest

Jovial. Despite his dark past and heavy responsibility thrust upon him at a young age, Splinter is always laughing. He finds the fun in everything

Secretive. As mentioned before, Splinter tends to keep things close to his chest. Despite this, he's a terrible liar. He'll just avoid the truth until it comes back to bite him in the ass. This makes him sometimes a little emotionally unavailable

Lazy. He always finds the easiest way to do something, and procrastinate on his responsibilities as long as possible

Vain. He's glory seeking for all the proper attention he lost in his youth. So the Lou Jitsu aspect of his life boosted his ego in irreparable ways. He also uses the identity of Lou Jitsu to escape from the idea of being stuck as a rat. Glorifying the past is way to find comfort for him

Adrenaline junkie. Part of that glory-seeking and glorification of the past manifests into him needing adrenaline to feel alive. (i.e. when he steals the tank)

Attentive and empathetic. He can be a little hare-brained when it comes to remembering the details, but he's always very attentive to his sons needs. In flashbacks he's shown to supply them with items needed for their interests (i.e. little Mikey gets art supplies), and always apologizes when he messes up (i.e. the conversation he had with Donnie). This empathy also extends to other people and animals, as he was sympathetic with Cassandra when she was lamenting about the foot clan and was immediately worried about the turtles Draxum had in his lab

Protective. He would sacrifice everything to save his sons, and he does

Miscellaneous:

His tail is Very expressive, and one of the most active parts of his body, so if you want to subtley show emotion I'd focus on that

Has a Lou Jitsu body pillow

Remembers all his stunt double's names

Snores loudly

Talented singer, can sing opera and lived next to a karaoke bar in Japan

The show he watches the most is called "Soapy Treadmill", a Japanese game show where they throw things like scorpions at people who are soapy on treadmills

Has a "do not touch!" cabinet, full of trophies, mystic artifacts, and mementos of his past

I have a List of all the mentioned Lou Jitsu movie names mentioned in S1, but I'm probably gonna wait till the end of my S2 rewatch and post it separately (it's also long too). Will link here!

I'm also gonna add a recommendation here at the end.

This is for the white and non East Asian folks. I'm not as well-versed in East Asian or Japanese culture, but Splinter is a first generation immigrant! He keeps a distance from his heritage because of the trauma of his youth, and the role Lou Jitsu probably also forced him to westernize his identity to make it more palpable to Hollywood. But it would be a disservice to sever parts of his identity, because one is uncomfortable or not knowledgeable in writing it.

For my white folks intimidated by writing a person of color because they want to get it right, research always helps. Research helps with everything!!! writingwithcolor here on tumblr actually has a lot of useful resources, here's their guideline, and a research chart one of their moderators created, which I personally found to be very helpful. I believe their ask box is closed right now, but if you ask questions in the future be nice!!!!

Anyway I'm gonna do April next :)

[imagionationstation]

2012 Splinter: *takes away his sons weapons*

TMNTFandom: OMGEE LOOK AT THIS TOTAL JERK TRYING TO KILL HIS SONS. HE HAD TO KNOW THEY MIGHT LEAVE THE LAIR BEHIND HIS BACK AND GET INTO TROUBLE AND YET HE TAKES AWAY THEIR WEAPONS???!

Rise Splinter: *takes away their weapons*

TMNTFandom: Splints means well. He grounded them. Sure, they sneak out a bunch, but it’s not his fault if they get into trouble. It’s unfair to blame him for his sons’ actions :(

[signanothername]

He’s his father’s son

I like to think Leo subconsciously picked up a lot of Splinter’s habits when it comes to taking care of Junior

Anyway headcanons time

-For the longest time Leo called Junior by a color nickname ( idk maybe “cyan”????) especially when Junior was younger, cause Leo really loves his own “Blue” nickname and wanted to do the same with his kid

-Splinter died before Junior became part of Leo’s life, and Leo feels guilty sometimes, wishing his dad was still here to experience the joy of becoming a grandpa, he visits his dad’s shrine everyday to talk to him about how Junior is today or the funny thing Junior did, etc, and he’s hoping his dad is actually listening to him, wherever he is now

Anyway, you’ll take these headcanons outta my dead hands

[crabbys-stuff]

Just taking a break

[javatello]

Ohyeah baby swag

[beannary]

People were wondering how Splinter reacted to learning about Donnie's accidental science clone baby and so here we go!

(sequel to this comic)

also have some bonus older internet doodles

she is Silly!!!!!!!!!! AND I LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blubun0309]

It's you!

Despite everything...

It's

Still

...you?

[cool-chocolatebouquet]

Yippee I got this done before the fic ended!!

Another fanart for @spectralsleuth and @alicat54cwriting 's fic Little Scraps of Empathy, specifically from chapter 5, because the imagery was just too cute not to draw

(also wasn't 100% sure what exactly they looked like in their respective aus, so I just used my own hcs)

[bambiraptorx]

[I.D. Drawing of Lou Jitsu and Draxum from ROTTMNT. Lou Jitsu sits on the floor in a cage and Draxum leans over him, looking excited as he asks "Can I use your DNA for numerous illicit and probably dangerous genetic experiments?" Lou Jitsu responds "Eh, sure". End I.D.]

How it would have gone if Draxum hadn't mentioned the whole 'making super soldiers' thing probably

[shellofatime]

Look, I know that we’ve made fun of future Leo having a big chin and all, but its genetic. He gets it from his dad. Just look at Splinter’s human form from his younger years.

Splinter as a teen:

Splinter as an adult (in his prime):

This is proof that if the turtles had human forms Leo would look the most like their dad.

[frithstiff]

I SWEAR EVERYTIME I SEE THESE PICTURES...

I CRY. HE LOVES HIS SONS SO MUCH!!

The movies gonna absolutely destroy me....