#Mikey is so good with kids

[idolomantises]

I always feel like the worst kind of character redemptions (other than redemptions where a character immediately redeems themselves after one conversation) are ones where the villain is betrayed and so they switch sides, and it's treated like they've become a better person.

[happyfoxx-art]

Good morning rise fam!

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[turtleblogatlast]

Something I’ve been thinking about lately is that small moment in “Air Turtle” where immediately after the Daves lose yet another game, Leo says how sorry he is and how he’s doing his best as the mascot. This moment is so short but it’s honestly jam-packed with a whole heap of characterization.

His need to apologize for things clearly not his fault - especially when it feels like he messes up the job he was given despite doing the best he can (the phrase “it’s not about you” takes a new meaning when this is one of the lessons to be learned from that - that he is not always solely responsible for things going wrong), his need to save face and make a connection with an older adult man in his life (something he consistently does throughout the series - he’s got a few daddy issues, always collecting potential father figures, it’s no wonder he jumps at the bit to keep rapport), and the way he sounds and looks and the words he chooses really pushes how he is just a kid (“Mr. the Dunk, I’m so sorry”).

Like I know it’s a one off moment that doesn’t truly mean much, but when put against the rest of the series it works really well with the rest of Leo’s established character and helps in solidifying later concepts as well.

[rbtlvr]

'Do you know what stupid fear I have?' Leo asked, warbled, distorted. ... 'What if this isn't real?'

commission for @remedyturtles from chapter 17 of their fic little kid with a big death wish! absolutely go read it if you haven't, it's amazing!

[seagull-scribbles]

Happy valentines! what says ‘love’ like two smelly, unwashed teen boys?

Drew this after a lovely convo with @less-depresso-more-espresso, who also gave me this song to listen to 💕 so this one’s for you bestie aha

[angelpuns]

Doing this all in front little Leo would put some negative energy on him as the "You're not wanted" or " these aren't your brother " vibes

O o f e d yep :/ Unfortunately he's gotten very used to compartmentalizing all this stuff lately so he probably will not be bringing it up to anyone anytime soon :)

Though it is gonna be a pretty impactful motivator for him to 'get back to normal' sooner rather than after, even if it could somehow go wrong ;)

[joyfuladorable]

Watched the first two 90s movies, and I think it's absolutely adorable that April gave Mikey a panda plushie to use as a pillow 🧡🧡

[thepunkmuppet]

mcr might be a surprise band at download…. the weekend before my birthday…. here in the uk…. this is fine it’s fine I’m fine

[vadfannypack]

reunited

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the worlds okayest dad award goes to draxum

[jazzy-a]

I've been rewatching TMNT 2K12, and, um...

I'm sorry, but-

WHY THE F*CK DID MIKEY SUGGEST THIS PLACE TO FIGHT TIGERCLAW!??

Look at that! It's straight up like something out of Saw or Amnesia! It's horrifying! A TABLE SAW? SRSLY? WHY DID SWEET MICHELANGELO SUGGEST THIS!? WHY DID HE KNOW ABOUT IT!?

And HOW... HOW DID THIS LOCATION HELP THEM!!!???

[turrondeluxe]

I must also ask... Do the turtle tots know about their grandpa Splinter? And how do they see him? I assume they don't view him in a very good light, but I wouldn't blame Michelangelo for not telling them the more disturbing details at first

They do know about their grandpa since a kid's curiosity is Vast and the kids asked Mikey if he also had a papa himself. Mikey didn't negate the fact but also didn't exactly gave them a lot of info about Splinter in the first place.

I feel like Mikey would honestly have a hard time talking about Splinter to the kids, specially when small so when younger the kids just got told that their grandpa was, like their uncles, no longer with them.

If the kids asked about their grandpa Mikey would answer but mostly he just never truly talked about him unprompted and he made sure that the info he gave out about Splinter to the kids came from good memories. Because of this the kids grew up seeing Splinter in a good light. However. Since very young they noticed that Mikey seemed sad whenever he talked about Splinter, and it was in a different way than when he talked about his brothers. So, not wanting to make their dad sadder the kids actually promised between themselves to talk or ask the less they could about their grandpa, just because they didn't want their dad to be sad in that way.

When older though, and after learning the whole Family Lore, they kinda grow bitter towards the memory of Splinter and finally understand why Mikey looked so sad when talking about him.

Splinter doesn't stay in their minds for long. They don't like to even remember him.

[peak-dumbass]

The statements “Larry Butz is much more interesting and important than fans give him credit for, especially at the end of AA1 as Phoenix and Miles’ childhood best friend & with his witness testimony saving Miles from a guilty verdict as well as at the end of AA3 where he is shown genuinely trying to improve himself as a person as Laurice Deauxnim” and “Larry Butz is hard for most people to stand because of his consistent weird moments in AA3 which, along with his constant failing-to-get-with-woman jokes throughout both games, can get annoying and borderline intolerable for some people” are not mutually exclusive.

I really am interested in Larry as a character but god it’s impossible for me to see him as anything other than comedic-relief-that-isn’t-comedic-nor-relieving, I really don’t feel bad when Phoenix is slightly rude towards him cuz I would act the same, if not worse

[donnie-and-their-backup-turtles]

i kinda think part of why people treat donnie as less caring than he is is like. sometimes not knowing when he's joking? like that time he threatens to be "semi-lethal" when splinter's in the truck with meat sweats. like i'm sure most of you knew he was joking but like. do some of you realise he like, would not have done that? like remember how he was sad? when splinter actually got hurt? same with leo in the movie? and all of them at every other time?

like he's self proclaimed funniest. and also a mad scientist aesthetic doesn't make a character a villain by itself it's what you actually do with that (yes he has done bad things within that area (haunted stare towards mind meld) but you have to admit he like. did fix those. and feel bad and hopefully learn his lesson but hey that's another analysis)

i have mixed feelings on villain donnie stuff, as an example, because like. ANY character put in a situation where they lose their way is really fun and if in character is really interesting as to what could cause that.

but when it's treated as like. inevitable. who he is, or phrasing his brothers are the only thing stopping him being evil. it's like hm. ugh. kind of hurts a bit actually but that's probably because i relate to him ghfdjk

like the seen in snow day with the tech bo chainsaw like. all he really DOES is cut a snowman there but he's just like. leaning into being "evil" with the chainsaw but like he's just being silly with it. acting like that's proof of anything is wild to me, without any other data points.

also kind of separate but i think there's a dissonance between what is like. seen as evil? between me and like most people lol. like the scene in the movie as well with like "finally, man and machine, entwixt in perfect bionic synergy" someone i watched it with was like "haha evil moment" or whatever where i was just like. yeah real that would be rad as hell. honestly gender also.

not saying he's never done anything wrong but i am saying he immediately tries to fix all of those things

anyway he does have a really interesting relationship with morals in my eyes but like, at his core he really cares about people, you know?

this isn't hate to anyone btw i just care about donnie a lot as a character and as really layered autistic representation

[turtleblogatlast]

I still think about how Leo’s ideal day out for the fam’s venture into the Hidden City was basically just an effort to get some rest and relaxation because boy does he never get that ever.

[mariusroyale]

sunset duo has me fucked up dude

[clovers-super-cool-ask-blog]

Just a lil something I did

“But I can’t dance…”

“Oh. Well… Have you ever played Just Dance?”