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so uh

i feel the need to apologize 💀

i have been completely mostly mia for a while, fic included

i have currently been undergoing a new hyperfixation that a friend unfortunately introduced me to and i haven’t had any motivation to work on ashes like rain. i just want to let y’all know that i have every intention of getting that done eventually, but for rn i’m gonna prioritize some other projects until i get back into tmnt

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Rise Ramblings #325

So, we also know that this boy is bad at basketball.

Like, really bad.

Yeah, th-that was just terrible.

But, it made me think.

How is this ninja scientist so bad at this game? It’s just hand-eye coordination, after all.

I mean...

His shots aren't terrible, but they just bounce right off the hoop/backboard. It's almost as if he's aiming at a target-

So, wait. What’s the difference between basketball and pizza darts?

...the arc. Arcing the ball requires a light hand. In other words, it requires restraint.

I believe, that Donatello has great aim, but is terrible at restraint because, when he tries to toss something, it misses the mark.

But, when he throws something...

it’s deadly.

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AO3 Comments are SO SO SOOOOOOO important because you can only leave Kudos ONCE. You add to the hit count ONCE (every 24 hours).

So whenever someone updates their fic, the ONLY way an author knows who their regular readers are is if they comment on each chapter. And we WANT to know who's still reading.

Believe it or not, some of us think about the name that pops up constantly in the comments and go "omg I can't wait to see what they think of THIS SPECIFIC SCENE cuz I KNOW they'll say something about it!!!"

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No I will not elaborate on this.

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after months of severe writers block and not working on ashes like rain, i am happy to announce that we are back in business 🫡

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They're so myad and so angy, these kids are gonna kill someone fr

Who am I kidding, they have killed someone before💀

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Saw this thread on Reddit:

And had a vision

Respectfully, I love them all. They are my sons.

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I AM BACK AND I AM SO SORRY

I AM WEAK IT IS NOT MY FAULT PLEASE IGNORE ME

Goes along with this but videos can’t be reblogged.

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Have a nonsensical rant. Sorry in advance.

Okay so I just had a thought and now you have to listen.

I’m not against Leo/April or Raph/April pairings and I will never be against them, just a disclaimer, okay, now I want us to think about something for a moment- and you guy know Hamilton, right? I’m sure very few don’t- okay, but listen-

I want either April pairing where it’s Helpless and Satisfied vibes but it’s with one of the older brothers and Donnie. Where they’re refusing to acknowledge their feelings because they know how heartbroken Donnie would be if they stepped in but it’s absolutely KILLING them because they could step in but they aren’t willing to breach the levels of friendship not matter how pathetic Donnie is during his desperate attempts to win April’s affections.

I know my brother like I know my own mind You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind If I tell him that I love her, he'd be silently resigned She’d be mine He would say, “I'm fine.” He'd be lying

And I’m NOT SAYING this is canon. Think AU if you must to wrap your head around what I’m saying. ✨Hamilton AU✨

BUT DO YOU SEE MY VISION?!

CAN YOU FEEL THE ANGST IN YOUR BONES?!

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IT'S OUT

i'm doing my best to get the next chapter of don't let your guard down posted today (lord knows it's been a while)

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i'm using this blog to hold myself accountable holy shit this is taking so long

i'm doing my best to get the next chapter of don't let your guard down posted today (lord knows it's been a while)

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I AM POSTING THIS CHAPTER

IDK WHEN

BUT TRUST IT WILL BE POSTED TODAY

i'm doing my best to get the next chapter of don't let your guard down posted today (lord knows it's been a while)

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it's gonna take a little longer than i expected but dw it's coming along lmao

i'm doing my best to get the next chapter of don't let your guard down posted today (lord knows it's been a while)

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i'm doing my best to get the next chapter of don't let your guard down posted today (lord knows it's been a while)

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dimension x doesn't make any sense to me (and no, i'm not talking about the physics of that dimension - that's actually really cool and i'll talk about it later)

we all know the hc that mikey really spent weeks/months/years alone in dimension x, and truly, it's a fun, angst-inducing hc

BUT

there are just way way way too many pieces of conflicting evidence for me to really accept that hc (for myself at least).

for one, in s2e12, "the manhattan project: part one," when the bros first go through a portable kraang portal, the portal ends up closing right behind them due to an earthquake knocking it down/shutting it.

when they go through the portal, though, they end up sort of in limbo, where they can see different worlds through different Kraang portals. one of those worlds is, ofc, dimension x.

looking through the portal, you can tell that the limbo-sort-of-place is on the same time schedule as dimension x, as it takes a normal amount of time for the kraang to attack them

however, the limbo place is also on the same timeline as their original dimension, because as soon as the portal falls in that dimension, it closes behind them in the limbo one (if that makes sense).

but if the limbo dimension was synced with dimension x, then wouldn't they have more time to go back to their original dimension before the portal closed?

MOVING ON

ok so i'm not really sure which came first (i'm rewatching 2012 rn and i haven't gotten there yet) but there are two more instances i would like to point out: when the bros team up with the mutanimals, and leatherhead

let's start with the bros all teaming up with the mighty mutanimals. don't ask me for the exact context yet (again, i'm rewatching and haven't gotten that far yet) but i do remember that the bros were all in dimension x while the mutanimals distracted the kraang on earth.

in that episode, there is no way that the bros are in that dimension for weeks/months/years, even though the mighty mutanimals distract the kraang for (maybe) a few hours on earth. it just doesn't make any sense.

finally, moving on to leatherhead. we know that he went to dimension x around the end of season one, and he makes an appearance again around the end of season 2, in the episode "into dimension x." when the turtles reunite with him, he tells them that he's been in dimension x for "many decades."

now, i estimate that each season of tmnt 2012 takes place about a year apart (so if they're 15 in the beginning of s1, they're 16 in the beginning of s2, etc). if leatherhead leaves at the end of s1, and comes back around the end of s2, then he's been gone for about a year for the turtles (again, based on my estimation). i also estimate that by "many decades," he means around 6, or 60 years (according to google, the average lifespan of an alligator is anywhere from 30-50 years, but who knows what mutagen does - i said he spent around 60 years in dimension x bc it seemed like a good estimation).

so, with that logic, we have 1 year on Earth = 60 years on Dimension X.

that also means that 1 second on Earth = 60 seconds on Dimension X.

let's go back to mikey's adventure in dimension x.

the bros go in just about two seconds after him, which would mean that mikey was alone in dimension x for just about two minutes.

but how do you explain mikey's immense knowledge of dimension x in only two minutes? i have two very, incredibly reasonable explanations for this:

1 - mikey is a genius / incredibly adaptable / terrifyingly competent - this one just kind of makes sense to me, even if he doesn't act that smart in the regular show. i really think that mikey is incredibly smart, just not in ways most people recognize

OR, my personal favorite...

2 - dimension x doesn't operate on a linear timeline. i mean, think about it - it's physics are all messed up, so why wouldn't its time be? it's very possible that dimension x's timeframe shifts occasionally / randomly, and there's no real way of predicting it. idk if i'm explaining this right so let me elaborate - if dimension x speeds up or slows down at random moments, then it could be that mikey spent years in dimension x in the two seconds that his brothers were on earth. it's also possible that, much like how gravity affects time in our solar system, certain people perceive time in dimension x differently, if that makes sense. (this is where it gets a little murky, so bear with me). without his brothers, mikey could very well have felt like he was trapped in dimension x for hours or years, but once his brothers got there, it slowed down for him. leatherhead could have felt like decades went by while he was fighting/in captivity of the kraang. time in dimension x could be influenced by your situation

*all of this is not to say that i don't like the mikey-angst-dimension-x hc - i just think it's really interesting how dimension x relates to earth in the show. i also think that a lot of these uncertainties come from lazy or inconsistent writing, but the writing of 2012 does leave a lot to be desired sometimes (but that's a whole other rant).

anyway, i definitely didn't mean for this to get so long, so thanks for reading all of this!! :)