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The price of being the oldest

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The Many Faces of the Face Man (Or Why Rise!Leo appears as such a Chaotic Mess)

To @iridescentflamingo

So, it was pointed out to me that Rise!Leo is a Chaotic Mess that can be unreadable or even that he gets in random moods that don't seem appropriate for the situation. And I'm here, once again, to say... No? To me, Leo is surprisingly predictable and isn't as chaotic as he may seem. In fact, he's simply a teenager in desperate need of validation.

And not just from his father who, in Many Unhappy Returns, is outright proven to not be there by Splinter yelling at his son.

Or even the fact that during that same conversation, he overhears that Purple (Donnie) would have been a better choice and tries to, very awkwardly, laugh it off.

Or how about the fact that, moments later, Splinter says this?

Yeah. The situation with his dad isn't great. But it's not just him that's the problem here, it's his entire family.

Because, while yes, he is to blame in The Minotaur Maze. What's the reaction of his brothers when he outright admits that he feels like he doesn't have it in him and he needs their help?

Raph threatens him and his family?

Just do it.

And before anyone says that this is just because he's an asshole, does anyone remember Turtle Tots?

Guess who was just chosen as the "bad guy"? YEAH.

And he cares about them. Hell he has an absolute crisis when they're lost to him thanks to his portals malfunctioning (Which I fully attribute to his self-confidence being on the floor in Portal Jacked.)

And how do his brothers thank him when he gets them back and he's happy to have them back?

They don't. Heck, another relevant episode would be Man vs. Sewer where Leo is played out straight from the comics. They lost Raph. He has to lead and do Donnie and Mikey respect that?

Not

at

all. (Also, please appreciate the fact that Leo is the only one who actually lowers himself to find his center of balance.)

What does that lead to? Lack of communication. Leo talks but doesn't communicate because no one listens. So every plan he has, everything that goes on in Blue Boy's mind is left there and it never leaves.

However, he still wants validation, he still wants to be seen. Be valued, so, he hypes himself up.

He's highly competitive.

And he tries to share the things he values with his family even though they might not enjoy them.

He is so extra, so chaotic because he wants to be seen. Because he is nothing without his family. Because he feels absolutely expendable without them. In fact, the only moment his self-confidence isn't an issue is in Mind Meld. And what happens then?

He turns into the equivalent of a supervillain.

Leo is cunning. A strategic mind stuck inside of teenager's body that's in desperate need of validation and thinks he's expendable. And what happens when that mind is pushed to its absolute limits? Well...

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FLUSHED🪝🌀🍣

The flushed but never forgotten episode as a classic horror movie poster

Verrrry late Halloween art����

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Been saying how I’ve been wanting to change up Raph a bit (not too much) big thing was his fur cloak still wanted it to be bear themed, but wanted it smaller so his Cape showed more. :0

Since I was focused  more on the cape design his other accessories stayed out of the whole of it Don’t mind the tats I’m still figuring out what I want for it I may just leave it tho

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So in love w peepaw man it’s not even funny

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16 for the dialogue prompts?

dialogue prompts

16. “God, I’m so sorry, it’ll be over soon, I promise.”

@dandywonderous im so sorry about this in advance 🥹

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When they were little, and they started wearing masks because Mikey wanted to be like the heroes he watched in Saturday morning cartoons, Donnie asked Splinter to cut the tails of his short so they wouldn’t get in his way.

Leo thought that was a crazy decision, because if the tails were short they wouldn’t match Raph’s. 

“So?” Donnie said, unscrewing the bottom panel of the oscillating fan he stole from Splinter’s room. 

“So what?” Leo said. 

“So what if I don’t match Raph? I don’t have to,” Donnie pointed out, a seven year old at his most reasonable.

His twin blinked, then his striped cheeks puffed out, brow furrowing, fully not understanding the question. He wanted to do everything Raphie did, but denied it when anyone told him so. 

This certain proof of that behavior made Donnie smile, quiet and indulgent the way he only ever was for his other half, but only when it was just the two of them. 

Leo whined and kicked his feet but Donnie wouldn’t tell him what was funny. 

Those long blue mask tails are sodden and heavy as Donnie shifts them out of the way, leaving a sickening trail of red where they drag against Leo’s neck and shoulder. 

They’re pinned down, what’s left of the tunnel groaning and shifting around them, at least three Technodromes filling the sky outside. Donnie can feel the hum of impending doom in his teeth. 

“Hush, Nardo,” Donnie whispers, hand clamped over Leo’s mouth hard, even though it cuts him to have to do this. “You can’t scream, mellizo. Hush.”

His twin writhes, digging at Donnie’s grip with desperate fingers. His chest is heaving, eyes wild with pain. The rosy glow of Raph’s ninpo is all they have to see by as the projection hovers above them in case of another collapse. In the dim light, Donnie can almost pretend it’s mud he’s kneeling in, warm and slick and pooling at an alarming rate from the slab of concrete that Leo’s right arm has been crushed under.  

The safe zone has been compromised. It’s devastating, but not at all surprising. Two of their scouts didn’t report in when they should have, baseline humans who didn’t have a hope of resisting the Krang’s method of interrogation, so it was only a matter of time before the enemy came knocking. 

April, Mikey and Cass have been evacuating their people and transporting supplies in and out of sunny orange portals all morning while Draxum, Hob and Usagi guarded their every move with eagle-eyed vigilance. 

Donnie, Raph and Leo were holding the Krang at bay for every extra second that they could, but they stayed out there a second too long. 

Now Leo is bleeding and the Krang hounds are prowling, their horrible faces scraping the ground as they sniff out that rich source of life, and Donnie’s mind is blank with panic. They’re trapped, and if he lets go then Leo will scream and bring death down on them, and if he doesn’t then death will come anyway, with teeth and venom.

“Shhh, Lilo,” Donnie tries to soothe, imagining Leo’s sweet, bright ‘shhh yourself, Dodo!’ in place of the uncomprehending whine he gets in response. “God, I’m so sorry. It’ll be over soon, I promise.”

Maybe we should pray, he thinks wildly. Not to god, because that would be a spectacular waste of breath, but to one of the people who left the party early and might be willing to toss a miracle or two in their direction. Papa, or Gram-gram, or April’s mom. 

The red projection surrounding them begins to shrink. Slowly, making sure the rocks above and around them won’t shift, until the ninpo is just a warm glow beneath Raph’s skin. Donnie feels a rush of relief and anticipation—Raph has a plan, Raph will tell him what to do. 

Raph puts one arm around Donnie’s shoulders and cups Leo’s face with his other hand, stroking his cheek with the pad of his thumb. Blood smears beneath his fingers. His expression is hard to read in the dark underground. 

“You’ll be alright, big man,” Raph murmurs, all conviction, as if he can make it true out of sheer love. If anyone could, it would be him. Then he says, “Donnie, can you cut him out?”

The question makes his stomach lurch with nausea, bitter and acidic, but it’s a question that he can answer. After fighting in a three-turtle team for the better part of two hours, Donnie’s ninpo feels like coffee dregs left in the bottom of an empty pot. He has enough strength left that he could summon a tool for an emergency amputation, but only that. 

“Not quickly,” he says pointedly, “or quietly.”

Raph nods. He just sits there for a minute, holding them. They don’t have a minute and Raphie knows that but he’s just holding them. Donnie’s heart begins to race in a brand-new direction, some frightened thing in his very center sitting up and taking notice. 

Donatello has always been an incredible number of things, not all of them good or noble or worth bragging about, but above all else, at the end of each and every day, he was Raphael’s little brother. 

Donnie didn’t imitate him when they were kids—didn’t wear his mask tails long or find reasons to follow him around—but he was every firm hug Donnie needed to keep his skin from itching when life got too loud. He was an attentive, listening audience when Donnie had to talk about the things pingponging around in his mind without being interrupted or he’d scream. He was the large hands that held Donnie’s, the snaggle-toothed face that smiled in encouragement, when Donnie learned to walk. 

Donnie knew him fundamentally. Intrinsically. A textbook he never had to study, knowledge that grew up with him from the first moment he opened his eyes to the big, bright world. That’s how he knew what was about to happen the second before it did. 

“No,” Donnie says hoarsely. “Please don’t.” 

“Raphie’s gotcha,” Raph says warmly, the last steadfast and solid and remarkably kind thing left in the apocalypse.

He reaches down and presses the panic button on Donnie’s gauntlet. The alert activates with a bright pinging sound effect, echoing twice in their little disaster-made cavern as it’s received by Leo and Raph’s comms, and the Krang hounds nearby whine and bark in excitement. Their claws churn up earth and rock as they start to run.

Raph spares a second to press a kiss against Donnie’s temple, and another to Leo’s forehead, and then he’s gone. The light goes with him. Donnie shakes like a leaf, unreasonably cold, unable to think. 

Leo is half out of his mind by now, sobbing and jerking at his trapped limb, but all his agony is soundly drowned out by the brutal battle Raphael is leading far away from them. 

“Hush,” Donnie whispers, eyes stinging so badly he can hardly keep them open, tears dripping endlessly down his face. “It’ll be over soon.”

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i know people often see raph as the most parentified sibling, but- man, Donnie's been responsible for providing for the whole family with his technology (and probably making money) since he was a little kid and he hasn't even gotten any/much positive feedback from his dad for doing that (like no wonder he ties his self worth to his inventions to such extreme, that's been his primary function in his family and everyone takes it for granted)

not to mention, in the scene after Splinter got caught stealing Donnie's car, Donnie straight up yells at Splinter, he reprimands him and even grounds him... and the way this scene is worded it seems like a recurring thing, with Donnie punishing splinter with educational programs and whatnot (and i know its mainly for comedic effect but like- there's a clear angst potential here, he literally acts like a parent to his own dad!) and Donnie's parenting is directly compared to Splinter's later in the show.

though tbh i think all of turtle brothers were parentified to some extend one way or another (yes even leo and mikey), but also- *looks at donnie* yeeeeeah this one had it rough.

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awww raph and his baby, so cute

also them:

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a lil birthday present for @sunlitlemonade :’) <333

based on this fic,, pls go read all of them actually!!!!!!!

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Interations with their respective mobs!

Leo hates other Guardians (cause they arent part of his shoal) and they hate him too. Mostly because he routinely tries to steal their sponge.

Mikey is automatically bros with any blaze he sees. Its an instant besties kinda deal.

Donnie talks the nonexistant ears off of any enderman at any opportunity, mostly about stuff the enderman have absolutely no clue about, but their just fine hanging out with this strange child.

Other Wardens freak Raph out. they have a much deeper relationship with the skulk then he does, and they just unnerve him. It doesnt help that they don't acknowledge him in the slightest.

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C O M E B A C K P L E A S E - Little Kid With a Big Death Wish edit

Gift AMV for the lovely @remedyturtles - please check out the fic this is based on if you somehow haven't read it already!

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Raph post Kraang body hcs

- he’s fully blind in his right eye

- his veins are purplish reddish at spots where the infection was most prominent (arm, chest, face)

- his right arm shakes and he has various levels of numbness throughout, pain is present when numbness subsides

- his motor function is very weak in his right hand (he has to learn how to be dominant with his left hand)

- horrible migraines that can make him bed ridden and unable to move

- initially he couldn’t use his right arm and couldn’t even move for awhile. Remember the Kraang took hold of him fully and for a lot longer than anyone else, he wouldn’t just leave with a scratch on his eye

- hears voices in his head and sometimes talks to them if he’s alone

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Did I seriously watch the movie 7 times (maybe even more) just for him? Yes…and I’ll do it again

Can be viewed on my TikTok and instagram!

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Part 3

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h'uhhhh boy...

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💙Future Leonardo Guide🐢

(updated 06.04.2023 - release!)

A guide to my future Leonardo desktop ghost! You can learn more get this boy on your computer here!

This post is for people who want to learn more about how Leonardo works. You can jump in and experience it all yourself, but if you feel like things are not going anywhere, this will be a kind-of-a-walkthrough to unlock all of the content you can for him

Such as that, ⚠this post contains spoilers for Leonardo Ghost's features⚠ I recommend playing around with him a few times yourself before diving into this

💙Info under the cut💙

✨Mood✨

Leonardo's mood resets every time you boot him up, and increases and decreases depending on your actions.

You can see his current mood in your stats list

His mood actually slightly raises with every minute he's booted, and there's only a few ways to bring it down. So, you don't have to really worry about it.

🟢You can bring Leo's mood up by (in order from the most to least):

Asking him questions about himself, Michelangelo, April or Casey Jr for the first time since you booted him (essentially asking how they've been doing) (big boost)

Giving him things (big boost)

Giving him a compliment, or ask about puns, Casey Jr, Michelangelo or April (a bit)

Ask him about himself, the past, his powers and the other people (slightly)

🔴And his mood decreases if you:

Ask him about how he lost his arm (a lot)

Ask him about Raphael, Donatello or Splinter (quite a bit)

Ask him about the invasion, resistance, (slightly)

◾If you ask about Splinter and Leo replies with a random Lou Jitsu movie, you can say 'what a classic' and it will cancel out mood decrease

There is also a couple of events where Leo will feel distressed, and his mood will automatically go down.

Leo having a bad mood will impact your ability to ask him questions, give him things, and his idle and patting dialogue. Good mood will unlock more idle dialogue.

✨Relationship✨

The more you interact with Leo, the more he grows to trust you. The more he trusts you, the more dialogue options unlock.

You can see the current state of it in your stats list

🟢You can improve your friendship level by (no particular order):

Asking about himself, puns, the past, Michelangelo, April and Casey Jr

Petting his head

Give him compliments and things

Calling Lou Jitsu movie a classic if you asked him about Splinter

🔴There's not a lot of way to disappoint him (for now, anywa), but it will decreases if you:

Ask about Raphael, Donatello or Splinter before a certain point of trust

Ask how he lost his arm (not simply about his arm)

🎇Friendship unlockables🎇

Most of the things are unlockable with your friendship level, and here's a more straightforward list for those who want to see what you unlock with each level described in the status menu:

◾'He's getting a read on you' - new line if you ask him about yourself

◾'He think you are alright' - when you ask about his arm you might get an option to ask what happened to it. You can certainly try.

◾'He thinks you are cool' - unlocks new dialogue when you ask about April, new idle dialogue, new line if you ask him about yourself

◾'He calls you his friend' - unlocks new Raphael, Donatello and Splinter dialogue (and it doesn't negatively impact your friendship level anymore). Halfway through this level you also unlock the possibility of Leo opening up about Splinter

◾'He completely trusts you' - unlocks new dialogue when you ask about Michelangelo, as well as the possibility of Leo opening up about what happened to Raphael and, a bit more into the level, Donatello

◼ There's a few bonus lines sprinkled around that unlock at the high friendship level

One for when you ask about Raphael post-reveal, Donatello post-reveal, Michelangelo, April,

Three when you ask about Casey Jr

✨Raphael, Donatello, Splinter✨

So... you wish to know what happened to Raph, Donnie and Splinter. And Leo can tell you. And I'll tell you how.

◾ You need to reach a certain friend level. You can find out which one in the above section

◾ After you reach the 'he calls you his friend' level, you need to ask about them at least five times (if you want to know about Raph, you ask about him five times, at any point after you reached that level. Same thing for others)

◾If you met the requirements above, you can ask Leo for idle dialogue, or it will come up by its own if you don't have his talk rate turned to not talking. At some point he should get sad, and you get the prompt where you can ask him if he's doing alright. If you ask him, the reveal should start

◼ You can unlock those separately - earliest being what happened to Splinter.

◼ You don't have to do them in order of unlockability, so if you meet requirements for more than one reveal he will tell them in a random order

◼ If you don't ask him if he's alright when the prompt comes up, or he doesn't finish the whole story after the event triggers, it will trigger again later from the beginning

🎇Post-reveal unlockables🎇

After you find out what happened to the character, Leo will actually answer your questions when you ask about them! Woo! His mood still goes down when you do so, but not by much.

◾ For Splinter, when asking about him you can get the option to ask Leo to stop telling you Lou Jitsu movie names. No matter what you choose, the option to turn it on or off will be added to the stats menu

✨Pets✨

Leo is not very excited about being pet on the head like a kid by someone he just met, but, as the time goes on, he can warm up to it. Tired old man do be craving affection...

You can unlock new petting dialogue:

After first 20 pets - less surprised, but still on edge

After 100 pets - accepts his fate. And the pets.

◾ If he's in a bad mood, he will get way more snappy about them.

◾ There's one special pet he just says 'Nice' to. Guess which one.

◾ Certain number of pets unlock new idle dialogue

✨Other things✨

A couple of other unlockable things that did not fit in the sections above

◽ Things like giving Leo a pizza or asking about his day for the first time actually don't reset daily. They reset with each time you boot him up. Well, for all you know, it's been a whole day for him in the time it took for you to close and open SSP again!

◽Most of the lines in 'ask about yourself' are unlock with the things I've mentioned above, but I didn't mention them there because there's quite a few of them, and they unlock with different things - mood, friendship level or number of pets.

◽If you've not been good about entering your name... Leo will know. And he will remember. There is a couple of lines that unlock if you do so, but... do you want him to judge you?

◽ He has different dialogue if you close Leo after he's been on your screen for less than 5 minutes, but you may not want to see what it is

✨And that's about it! If you still have any questions, want to report a bug or a mistake, have a suggestion or want to share an opinion, my ask box is open here, or over at my main blog @venelona! Thank you for checking my boy, I worked quite hard on this and would appreciate a word 💖

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Raph has some questions