#2012 raph

[forgetful-nerd]

Look at these innocent, little baby turtles. Not a thought goes on behind those eyes. Sure hope nothing bad happens to them.

[imagionationstation]

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS

When Donnie touches the ground, he flinches.

His entire body tries to curl inward at the pain and he gives a tiny, barely audible gasp. Leo’s hand shoots up immediately.

He seems to hesitate, moving slowly and oh-so gently resting it on Donnie. And Donnie’s entire body relaxes.

His shoulders stiffen as his body acknowledges sudden contact against his chest, probably because that too is causing some pain.

AND YET: His mouth falls shut. The pain on his face smooths out. His head falls forward, his shoulders rise, all angling towards Leo.

And Leo’s eyes are what tells the entire story. They (expectantly) never leave him at any point and there’s not much expression to be noted outside of a mixture of sad/guilt/worried.

Then he lays his hand on Donnie.

And his little brother leans into it. He relaxes at the touch.

AND LEO’S ENTIRE FACE FALLS.

Out of everything happening right now, THAT’S what makes him look like he’s hurting. THAT’S what stops the leader from worrying and introduces the big brother who’s beyond disappointed in himself.

That tiny bit of subconscious comfort that Donnie reveals while leaning into the touch of the person who helped hurt him.

THAT is going to be what haunts him from this moment on.

[idiot-mushroom]

i missed making tmnt art, i missed my muse(s)

[supine-ly]

Brucie and raph

[shantechni]

"Leo's such a mother hen, I can't 💕😭"

I'm sorry, have you met Raph:

Look at how he stood up from the chair when Leo just cringed in disgust, my gUY HE'S FINE CHILL OUT💀

[cookieturtle26]

IT'S TIIIIIMEEEE🎄

[imagionationstation]

I WAS LISTENING TO THIS SONG

I'm a killer and a killer is a bad, bad thing to be She's a giver and a giver's even worse to folks like me 'Cause I never really wanna be the one to hurt somebody But it just keeps happening, yeah It just keeps happening

AND I THOUGHT OF THESE IMAGES

BUT THEY WEREN’T IN THE MOCKINGBIRD TAG AND I WAS LIKE: ??? BUT WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH DRAFTS- IT WAS THERE THE WHOLE TIME AND I KEPT PASSING IT UP BECAUSE-

THIS EVIL LABEL WAS PREVENTING ME FROM SEEING IT

So I am here to remedy this situation. (Link to Crumbs)

I LOVE how you pair images and the narrative that comes with them it REALLY brings me into the moment hjfjfhdkdb my fav

👏The👏look👏of👏realization👏is perfect��� And Leo’s smug little idiot face as his influence takes over you didn’t mean to do this but then again maybe you DID you sly DUMMY you’re causing all the problems and you know it don’t you.

Going absolutely ballistic over the fact that NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM ARE REMOTELY REGRETFUL because they’ve been confirmed right- Leo WAS a danger and IS a danger and WHAT THEY DID WAS NECESSARY AND DEFINITELY WAS NOT MAKING THINGS WORSE. So WHAT is the big deal?

And THE SMILES??

I DON’T KNOW WHICH OPTION IS BETTER THEY’RE BOTH LITERALLY SO PERFECT??

Soft little relieved face or the absolute egotistical manipulative ‘my plan is finally panning out the way I want it too’ AND HE DIDN’T EVEN HAVE TO DO THIS PART

DON IS LITERALLY DOING EVERYTHING FOR HIM? IT’S REALLY THAT EASY?? JUST HANDING HIM EVERYTHING ON A SILVER PLATTER WHEN HE THOUGHT HE’D LOST???

I mean, he’s definitely not arguing ☠️

Quick sketches of the new @imagionationstation Wendybirds AU crumbs I just ate

I decided to sketch two ways that Leo smiled at the end.

Hope you like!! Can’t wait for more!!!

[zipper-vhs]

i have one more season of 2012 and i NEED MORE OF IT i love 2012 tmnt so much 🥲

[kaysdenofchaos]

12 raph w them overstimulation issues

[krownjester]

the fabled part 2

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[el-pada]

tried making human 2012 designs

[1nk-ling]

Brains and Brawn aren't Braining or Brawning

So I noticed a thing. There's lots of times when one or another of the brothers gets knocked out or hurt in some way, and usually another brother just scoops him up and runs off. BUT (as far as I can remember) they never did this with Donnie. They always companion carried him.

It made me laugh thinking: with them legs he's got (lanky spider boy) would the shorter brothers even be able to get him off the ground in a piggyback situation? Like, I know he's skinny in comparison with the others, but he's also tall and, like all the 12 boys, SUPER heavy looking.

I may have egsadurated Raphs shortness here, but I'm short and short people problems make me happy.

Also, who's gonna give up a chance to draw slurry blood loss Donnie and frustrated short Raph in the same picture, huh?

Figuring out the pose was a nightmare, though. For reference, I usually only have one or two thumbnails. This time I had seven.

HOLD UP HOLD UP HOLD UP I WAS WRONG!

That still looks super hard, so my point still stands. Partially. Mikey is known for breaking the laws of nature anyway.

[forgetful-nerd]

This would be their dynamic if they ever meet.

The reverse works just as well.

[doughliciousfrosting]

I almost forgot to post this on here!! I don't think I'll ever finish this, if I see that I really won't then later I'll give a run down of what was supposed to happen. I hope they don't sound too horrendously out of character, I know my 2012 interpretation is very fanon but I do try to keep some semblance of their original personalities lol

[idiot-mushroom]

trick or treat 🎃🍭🍬

[supine-ly]

drew 2012 in rise style