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Thank you you have no idea how much it means to me that I am not the only one who feels the writers fucked Raph over. It feels like they hated him but because they couldn’t kill him off they just did nothing with him. Even in fanfiction no one cares about him it’s sad

Oh dude of course.

Raph was my fav growing up and still is to this day. I grew up an angry traumatized little kid and always felt like the world had left me behind so I connected to him and his issues very early on. (I also may or may not have developed a tiny little crush on him when I was a kid hehe)

Unfortunately, I think because of some perceived "simplicity" about Raph's character, a lot of people, including the official writers, forget that he's so much more than strong and angry. We do get a little bit of hints at his softer side in 2003 with Mrs. Morrison and his break when he sees Leo comatose, but it's not enough in my opinion.

Raph at his very core isn't anger: it's passion. Raph's emotions tend to be a lot more intense than his brothers and that includes joy and sadness. And I wish we'd had more moments of Raph's tough guy facade breaking because I feel like it would've generally helped how people view his character.

I think an episode or two focusing on him and Angel and their big brother/baby sister dynamic, or more episodes revolving around him letting down his walls to confide in his brothers about his inner turmoil would've made people "get" him better.

But yeah it definitely culminated in Raph getting the short end of the stick a lot in terms of writing and story beats.

Despite often being the smoking gun for many big events in 2003, Raph rarely gets to play a central role, at least not in a way that's really for him I guess. There's no resolution for his conflict over never getting recognition for the things they do or with his struggle with never being able to be normal no matter what he does or with the idea he has in his head that he always has to be the strongest, mentally and physically, or else something bad is gonna happen to his family.

It sucks we never got to see any real resolutions for Raph and his personal conflicts because I know a lot of people really clicked with him as kids and felt seen because of him and it almost feels unfair to have deprived them of a real personal story arc for Raph.

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this just been bugging me they barely did anything with Raph while his brothers got tossed through the wringer or had their thing. After his whole anger stuff was resolved they did fuck all with him. Mikey gets the superhero stuff Leo gets ptsd and enlightened Donnie gets traumatized what does Raph get? Oh two episodes where he helps people. Which yeah makes sense they could have made that an on going thing for him like Mikey’s superhero gig. But no they had to drop it. Because in a way that is kinda Raph’s own superhero thing it’s just less flashy. I noticed this in fanfiction too where Raph is constantly left behind while his bros get their thing and have all the good stuff. If I come off angry sorry I have a lot of feelings about this lately.

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Raph playing the God of War series. That's it. That's the post.

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I’m a little strapped for cash now that I’m unemployed and the job market is….not great. But if anyone wants art! I am open for business!

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ITS HERE AT LAST!!!

Fleeting AU is up! Prologue and Chapter 1 are available at last on AO3~

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66684721/chapters/172045447

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Guys I’m— I’m so close to finishing the first three chapters of Fleeting like I’m SOOO CLOSE. I will get this done and posted. You will have content.

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Do you happen to have the link to Fleeting AU? I would love to read it!

Unfortunately I don’t have much ;v; I’m a little stuck in the first few chapters rn, but! I have the prologue for you if you’re interested!

It’s the only chapter written in first person. The rest are written in 3rd, but Harley Chapters are always written in first! I like to let folks know since it’s not everyone’s favorite writing style ^w^

I’d be honored if you let me know what you think!

@elysiuminthedark

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Making Friends in the TMNT fandom be like:

I'm having so much fun here. Rambling about these little guys 24/7.

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my silly Monster Hunter x TMNT fits

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We all talk about Raphael's "Yo mama" line, but what about the time he threatened homicide over the possibility of missing Kirby: Right Back at Ya?

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FUCK

Brb crying over the dreamwave comic where Raph helps a little girl and laments over never being able to live normally no matter how hard he wants or tries

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fuck Raph and Abbi are literally just Leela and Fry huh?

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*SOBS*

Brb crying over the dreamwave comic where Raph helps a little girl and laments over never being able to live normally no matter how hard he wants or tries

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Brb crying over the dreamwave comic where Raph helps a little girl and laments over never being able to live normally no matter how hard he wants or tries

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We all talk about Raphael's "Yo mama" line, but what about the time he threatened homicide over the possibility of missing Kirby: Right Back at Ya?

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"i can fix him" ok well i will try to make him realize how loved and cherished he is outside of the narrative he created for himself

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his smile is warmer than the sun