2007!Leo: *fights brother to the death and gets kidnapped to be used as a battery*
2012!Leo: *went comatose, watched father die, watched brothers die in another realm and keeps getting possessed by alien entities*
2014!Leo: *gets picture taken and chucked off a building*
Rise!Leo: *watched brother sacrifice himself, watched brother turn into alien zombie, sacrifices himself for the sake of the world and is almost beat to death by an alien*
OG!Leo: I SWEAR to GOD sTOP TRAUMATIZING THEM OR SO HELP ME I'LL-
Rewatching the ROTTMNT movie for inspiration and analyzing every single bit of the background for information and I JUST processed the fact that they’re IN FRONT of the remains of the STATUE OF FUCKING LIBERTY. THEY’RE SO CLOSE YOU CAN SEE HER SCAFFOLDING!!!
For them to be THAT close to her would mean they’re ON Liberty Island when Casey is sent back in time. Which makes the surroundings make SO much more sense because I was SO confused on why there was SUCH a big dip in the ground between the city and where they were. This means whatever happened to the Earth in the 26 years of fighting caused the oceans to drain to the point you could walk across New York Harbor. Jesus christ. And they were running FROM the city too. Which. Which probably means they lived in the Hidden City. They lived in the CAVES of it. Hang on I am- I am THINKING. I am REALIZING THINGS.
I WAS FUCKING WONDERING HOW THEY LIVED SO LONG! IT WAS THE HIDDEN CITY. It probably had defenses built in just for this situation BECAUSE they had a PROPHECY FOR IT! THEY KNEW IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN OH MY GOD. Not to mention how big the Hidden City network must’ve been! It probably spread across the planet or at least a good chunk of the Northern US. The Empyrean was the lifeblood of the Yokai right? And it exists because of a deceased Krang under New York, so the Yokai probably had enough time to spread through a lot of the country and maybe even further.
I thought nearly 3 decades of living on the surface was too long of a time for the resistance to survive against the Krang, no offense to them. But if the Yokai sheltered them and most of New York’s population (and possibly even beyond that) then that would make a whole FUCK of a lot more sense! And Casey even SAID they lived in caves! Of course he meant the Hidden City New York is an urban area it doesn’t HAVE caves! WOW I’m slow great GALILEO this is amazing! Hang on I need to change some of my worldbuilding this is groundbreaking information for me-
Well, as an appetizer for the ROTTMNT turtle designs that are coming out Wednesday-Saturday, here's a redraw of the turtle tots piece! This time it's shaded!
My line work used to be so thin, it's kinda freaky.
Anyways, Raph did pull ahead in the polls but Leo's still before him on the schedule. Like I said, final posting order may not reflect the final poll results!
Might redo some other art work with the new designs for the hell of it lmao.
See y'all with the refs starting 11:00 am on Wednesday <3
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(I'm so excited for y'all to see the refs, I worked really hard on them)
imagine donnie hacking into a store’s security systems overnight (ikea, target, barnes & nobles etc) and shutting down their cameras. you and the guys spend the night having shopping cart jousts, reading books to each other, playing hide and seek and just goofing off until the store opens and you all disappear back into the sewers again, the opening shift none the wiser.