#astral-ninja

[leisi-lilacdreams]

Don reached for Raph's thread and tugged, and Raph materialized into existence just a few feet away. He raised an arm to offer a greeting hug, giving Donnie the opportunity to accept or refuse the contact, but Donnie leaned away and shook his head.

Shh, Donnie warned him, raising his free hand to place a finger against his lips, then deliberately glanced down. Raph stared at the shape snuggled into the crook of Donnie's arm. Wait- Don- what...?

Meet Dee, Donnie said quietly.

Raph's eyes grew so wide it looked like it hurt, and he reached forward without thinking, stopping before actually touching. 

don't mind me just drawing a scene from 'Cause Your Future's Ready to Shine by @languajix that i loved

[coldbrewblooded]

Everyone shut up and look at this adorable picture I just took of Ninja

[hoyotunes]

Dream Drifting from Astral Theater Vol. 2 Jing.W, HOYO-MiX

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

also IDW leo with ⛄️ !! give him Peace

I definitely should do that more often...

As Leo's skills develop, he learns how to visit his mother in the astral plane while he mediates. Tang Shen manifests tea that tastes exactly like home and tells him stories about life in Japan, her own life and her life with Splinter.

She teases him with baby stories and also gives him some insight into his own culture beyond the marital aspects that Splinter focuses on. He tells her, shyly, about whatever cute person he has a crush on and she laughs and assure him he'd be a catch for anyone.

Shen gives Leo lessons on how to manipulate the astral plain, how to use it as a weapon, but also as a place of creation and self-expression. The others aren't good at traveling yet, but Leo carries messages, stories, advice, between them. He leans to project images of the pictures Mikey draws and the machines Donnie makes into the astral plane for her to get a look at them.

And on the days when he's ready to talk about his trauma, she's there to work with through it, to help deal with his pain and shame. Sometimes Leo's scared to share his feelings with her, but Shen does her best to let him know that he'll always be her baby and nothing will ever change that.

[astralbondpro]

Ninja III: The Domination (1984) // Dir. Sam Firstenberg

[griffin-stone]

Space Popcorn

What are they watching? Who knows~

[edsonjnovaes]

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[brightlotusmoon]

I scrolled past some fics where one of the turtles smoking weed or taking edibles is automatically a very bad thing, and all I can think of is Reagan's DARE program that tried to use 87 Michelangelo to convince kids to not smoke weed, and it utterly backfired because of course Michelangelo is a stoner.

I'm not asking the kids to quit using the turtles as an anti-drug campaign in the 2020s, but the Turtles are not bound by human laws and ethics. And one of my favorite long-standing headcanons is that they can process certain foods and drugs differently than humans. Cannabis, caffeine, sugar, psilocybin, cocaine, opiates, chocolate, etc.

I love the way he does it 🤣

[charcoaldustonmyfingers]

Mikey skeletal anatomy! Click for better quality

Box turtles are the kinds of turtles who can fully fit into and close their shells along a single hinge in their plastron, which once closed is extremely hard to break into for any kind of predator especially if they cannot get a proper grip on the dome of the shell. Box turtles are also usually found in plains rather than ponds, and while they need water to survive and keep hydrated and can swim well, they’re not generally considered aquatic. Box turtles do have an interesting adaptation due to their more northern range of being able to survive freezing temperatures for a short period of time by slowing their metabolism outside of seasonal brumation (similar to hibernation, but more of a dormant state) if absolutely needed.

After watching TMNT ‘03 where the turtles meditate to save oxygen and prevent suffocation in a broken airlock, I thought, why not mix their ninja ability to conceal their body heat and breath and mix it with a turtles natural ability to brumate? Perhaps the brothers could enter into a completely dormant state on command with enough training in order to survive extreme situations or astral project in some form. Just a fun thought to tie their strong mystic powers with their physical abilities!

Although I use the term heterothermy to refer to them being able to vary between generating their own body heat while active and relying on environmental temperature while inactive, the intricacies of understanding thermal regulation in animals eludes me. If there’s a term that fits better, go ahead! I’m not a biologist so you probably know better lol

These are all my personal head cannons! You can use em’ as reference or not, whichever you prefer :)

[General][Raph][Donnie][Leo][Splinter]

[la2yn0va]

Paring: Rappa x Male Reader

Plot: Rappa pulls an Argenti and flirts with ‘Ninja Kawaī otokonoko’ (pretty boy) due to suffering from love at first sight.

Notes: I’m sorry to do this but I’m gonna have to go on hiatus again. But hopefully this one will only last a couple days — maybe a week but that’s all. Still working on requests and I don’t wanna rush one out and make it bad, so have this as compensation.. btw, didn’t expect me to like rappa this much.

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Rappa stares with starry eyes, looking at the fourth member of the trailblazers crew, M/n. She felt her great beat faster, along with her mind suddenly painting imagines of you and her.

Rappa didn’t know what this was, until she remembered her masters, and boothill’s words of ‘love’. She believed that’s what she was feeling right now, love. Boothill always did say how unpredictable it was, and her master seemed to talk highly of this feeling.

Rappa: Baseball Ninja! Ninja Hiryū!

She greeted loudly as the three turned to face her.

Trailblazer: Hello Dazzling Ninja! I

The trailblazer greeted her while Dan Heng nodded as a greeting.

M/n: Dazzling ninja… oh rappa. Your the one who saved trailblazer from the monkeys yes?

Rappa: Indeed Ninja Kawaī otokonoko! I, dazzling ninja rappa, leave ninja galactic baseball from the evil ninja—

M/n: Uh… what did she call me?

Dan Heng: ..She called you Ninja ‘Kawaī otokonoko’

Rappa: Excuse my rudeness Ninja Kawaī otokonoko, but I must confess..

Rappa grabs his hands and interlocks them, softly swinging them and smiling almost ear to ear with love struck eyes, in contrast of m/n’s confused eyes and flushed face.

Rappa: You look utterly beautiful. In my entire lifetime, and the lessons I learned, there are no words that can describe how Divine and breathtakingly succulent you are. Please allow me to share my attraction for you with external day and night’s out together, Ninja Kawaī otokonoko~

The three astral express members could only stare in bafflement and disbelief. Dan Heng and (Trailblazer) stared with agaped mouths and eyes that seemed to bulge out.

M/n stared with a red face, unable to fully comprehend what the words he heard actually meant. There’s simply no way it could actually be a declaration of love from a stranger right?

Rappa continued to stare lovingly, before bringing up on of his hand and kissing it, winking at him then reveling a toothy grin.

M/n: I-I…I…N-no?

Rappa: Huh..? No? Why would you deny my confession… ah! I see! You’ve been ensnared in the evil seal of embarrassment! No matter! I will be patient and await your agreement, Ninja Kawaī otokonoko!

She declared before bowing at Dan Heng and (Trailblazer), then winking at m/n and swiftly walking away. The three nameless stood, stun locked for a good minute before (Trailblazer) cut through the silence

Trailblazer: How the hell did you manage that!?

M/n: I-I don’t… dude what the hell was that!!?

Dan Heng: love at.. first sight perhaps..?

M/n: Dan Heng! Your smart! How the heck am I meant to approach this!

Dan Heng: I-I don’t.. that isn’t my area of expertise.. perhaps ask March?

M/n: NO FUCKING WAY! SHES GONNA USE THAT AGAINST ME AND YOU KNOW IT—!!

-The End-

[feroluce]

It's too bad the data archives seem to be local to the Astral Express, because man, can you imagine Dan Heng making like one little accidental misclick, one that uploads his own personal notes into the archives, and suddenly BAM!

Now everyone knows all of Dan Heng's...ahem, "personal observations" about Boothill.

He deleted it as soon as he realized of course, but well. All the people that like and respect the Nameless, and probably use their archives, and watch them for edits or updates closely? RIP.

Boothill discovers all this because he's out on some random planet, and he just happens to come across Rappa, and oh, it's been a while since he saw her last, he missed her!

Rappa goes bounding up to him, throws herself into his arms, Boothill catches her and they both go spinning round with her momentum, "Yo, Lord Silvergun Shura!" "Heya, lil filly!", Rappa happily butts her cheek against his, Boothill finally sets her down, and

"Or, should I call you Ninja Hiryu's Good Boy instead?" and Boothill's systems nearly crash BJSKXJDLSLDMF

[brightlotusmoon]

Anyway, the Mutant Mayhem movie will be in theaters in less than a week. If I don't go to a theater, it'll take me a while since a friend would need to upload it to Plex. But I plan on spoiling myself. It'll help motivate and inspire.

Leonardo the honor nerd, the good child, the solemn studious boy - the natural deadpan snarker full of dad jokes from the start

Sooo, there has been a lot of discourse about Leonardo, in all iterations, since Rise of the TMNT premiered. Arguments that this is what Leo is like without the burden of leadership, arguments that this isn’t Leo at all because he was always serious and intense.

Why not both? Both is good.

Leonardo was always a naturally studious, cool, collected, serious boy, eager to please, willing to be responsible and protective. Master Splinter noticed that Leonardo had instincts for leadership, command, commitment. Leo was great at strategy. Leo was gifted in being able to know his environment, his body, his clan mates. He was diligent and he worked extremely hard.

Leonardo also had a sarcastic streak a mile wide. Folded arms, rolled eyes, heavy sighs. He could deliver a devastating one liner that made others fall in line with groaning reluctance. He was making dad jokes back when they were uncle jokes. But as he grew up, he realized that he was a big brother and his family was rowdy and chaotic, so he began to hold his humor back more and more for the sake of being a leader and responsible brother. That snarky joking edge lord child sunk deeper into a rapidly changing mentality of honor, commitment, responsibility, a need to please Father and Master, the need to be The Best because Now We Are At War. A curtain of responsibility and self doubt fell over him.

2003 traumatized him and wrapped him in the curtain just enough to hinder him. 2012 pulled back the curtain just enough to let him crack jokes and laugh at himself. 2018 ripped off the curtain, erased the trauma, and yanked all that snark to the surface.

In Rise, Leonardo hasn’t been exposed to the things that really require his solemn studious side. He feels like a kid who can bounce around and fling himself at life without truly worrying. He is still determined, committed, loyal, studious, happy to learn, whip smart and ready to lead his clan and pull them out of danger while being totally assured that he’s doing the right thing, that he knows exactly what he’s doing, that if they would trust him he would help them become great. 2018 Leo is still Leonardo. He’s merely able be glib, flighty, arrogant. Because he does not yet need to constantly fight for the lives and wellbeing of his clan, he doesn’t need to prove he’s the best even though he still really wants to. He’s a good warrior. Right now he’s a teenager who knows his life could change at any time and he’s hoping to get as much joy out of it as he can. He’s valid. All parts of Leo are valid.

Let’s look at Leonardo and Michelangelo. In 2003, they’re each other’s foils. Mikey wants Leo to relax and lighten up because he knows he can. Leo wants Mikey to be serious and to exercise his potential because he knows Mikey can be so much better. Mikey may be holding back because he knows he could be better than Leo and there seems to be an unspoken deal about that. Leo may be frustrated because he wants Mikey to surpass him. They just want the best for each other. Mikey knows full well how easy going and silly Leo can be if he let himself go. In 2012, Leo has relaxed enough that he and Mikey automatically formed a tight bond, pushing and encouraging each other to just keep being their best, and Leo is clearly able to snark with ease, despite his insistence on responsibility and his own burdens.

2018 has turned the universe sideways for them. Leo and Mikey are partners in crime, they’re each other’s Person, they get each other automatically. This version of Leo is the only version who would be an honorary Michelangelo in the other iterations, as my lovely friend @kalachelone stated. It’s not because he’s suddenly the Mikey of the show, it’s because he’s embodying the spirit of who Mikey is.

He is a Leonardo in full, creator approved, Canon Divergent only as much as the original Mirage Tales of the TMNT by the actual creators, not to mention IDW, written by Kevin Eastman himself.

To deny and insult 2018 Leo is to scoff at a creator approved side of Leonardo that we’ve needed to see since the beginning, the rebellious, joyful, tactically intuitive, whipsmart, cool Leo with lightning wit, dramatic extra edginess, smooth confidence, and an instinctive ability to command teamwork. Validate him.

[hoyotunes]

The Slumbernana Song (Korean Ver.) from Astral Theater Vol. 2 이명호, 谐乐蕉师, TSAR, HOYO-MiX

[revserrayyu]

2.6 Penacony thoughts [part 2]

**Spoiler warning** for everything up until the end of Rappa’s flashbacks. I’ve already finished the story by now so just be mindful of that if I do mention something earlier than intended or anything that happens towards the very end if you haven’t completed everything yet.

Knowing now that this whole ninja idea is a big delusion inside her own head is kinda sad honestly. I would’ve been down to see an entire society with people just like her.. but nope.

It is so darn sweet how much Dan Heng cares about his Astral Express family, aaaaah. His voice sounded so tender too.

I may be stupid, but for the longest time I believed that there was only one Emanator for each path, which is why when I heard Dan Heng mention Dr. Primitive as one for Erudition I thought, nah, that’s Herta.. until I remembered the Arbiter Generals are all sorta blessed by Lan, so clearly there can be multiple Emanators, yea? Do correct me if I’m wrong on any account. I don’t delve too deep into Aeon lore often. Regardless, if what Dan Heng says is true (which I assume it is because he’s incredibly intelligent), then yeah, this doctor could be a problem.

I love and cherish every moment Rappa breaks out into a rap. I’m sure each one of her voice actors did wonderfully.

The speed at which I chose the swear option should be feared. I didn’t even bother reading the other choices and I don’t regret it one bit because each of these lines is beyond hilarious!

Looking back now and I noticed there was an option to get the Trailblazer to rap instead, which would of course impressed Rappa, but.. yeah, guess that’s something I’ll never hear.

I couldn’t help myself but choose the swears a third time because of how hard Rachael’s delivery and the constant *bana* censors had me completely dying of laughter. Boothill would be so proud of me.

Never once while watching all version’s trailers would I have ever imagined that all those monkeys running around would’ve actually been people.. oh dear. This patch when from silly to serious real quick.

I honestly was a bit surprised to hear Rappa talk without the usual ninja jargon. I’ve grown rather fond of it and her quirkiness by now. Just a shame it’s all mainly a result of the experiments she was put through.

Psycho. But I’ll give him a pass. It did amuse me how we in fact change scenes right after this.

Oh huzzah he’s not totally corrupt by siding with Profnana. He has some standards and I dig that for him.

I don’t know why but he gives me the tiniest Aventurine vibes here and the whole “unlike the house, the gambler knows exactly what they want,” quote comes to mind.. at least the part about Reca knowing his main goal and how he’ll do anything to achieve it perfectly.

This scene.. is doing things to me. I’m touched by how adorable young Boothill looks and yet I’m also trying my best to look respectfully at older Boothill’s.. um, everything. I don’t own our space cowboy so it’s been a hot minute since I’ve read his lore, but I thought his whole cyborg body transformation was done all at once, sorta like how it was depicted in his light cone instead of by pieces like this.. I dunno, maybe he was taken apart and put back together several times, but goddamn, he looks amazing. But are they saying there’s only ten years difference between these two versions of him? Talk about a glow up.

Thank aeons this patch exists and gives me all the Boothill action I originally hoped for when this man was first introduced. I still don’t think he did much in the main Penacony story, but he’s certainly making up for lost time now.

This. Him. Yup. That’s all.

I’ll be completely honest.. if Rappa was actually as serious as she appears here, I’d love her twice as much. Don’t get me wrong, I adore the goofball she normally is, but there’s just something about the look in her eyes and that no-nonsense vibe she’s giving off here that tickles my fancy so much more.

Not entirely sure if it’s a common trait for Memokeepers to be capable of teleporting people, but it’s definitely an interesting little trick. From Black Swan’s cards to Mr. Reca’s film reels, I wonder what other possible methods are out there. Oh, and goes without saying, but I hope he’s playable in the future.

The moment Rappa’s flashback begins inside a lab and other people were seen inside of tubes, I knew our girl wasn’t an ordinary person. I didn’t know if I should be upset or intrigued by this twist because it certainly wasn’t the kind of backstory I was expecting for her. I didn’t pull for her so I didn’t even think to read through her character stories, so all this came outta left field for me.

I did know that her E6 portrait shows the back of her neck and what I originally assumed to be a tattoo of three little dots, or even something like a curse mark, but hearing all this now has made it very clear that it ain’t no tattoo!

Bruh.. and we thought Rappa was the true weeb. Nah, it’s this dude. She’s only living in a Naruto themed delusion because this guy loves a manga too much.

Well, at least this all explains why her combat path is Erudition. Not gonna lie but I kinda love when there’s an actual valid reason behind a character’s path. Sure, it makes perfect sense why people like Gepard is Preservation and Feixiao being The Hunt, but someone like Jiaoqiu? A military healer whom isn’t Abundance? Yeah, we all questioned why but his past experiences with war and how that trauma changed him undoubtedly support his path of Nihility. Now we get Rappa who follows The Hunt due to being a Galaxy Ranger, but her combat path is Erudition because that’s exactly what she was created to be.

Well fudge, didn’t expect this dude to resort to such violence. That’s usually Boothill’s job.

Oohhh dear.. before we concern ourselves with the obvious, who even is this other Galaxy Ranger who showed up? You think we’re ever gonna meet them? And how long until this game finally allows someone to swear without any censors?? I eagerly await the day and still place my hopes on it being for Seele.

So, um.. yeah. I say those experiments were quite successful and Rappa is someone to be feared. She’s so unbothered by the dead bodies around her, but I guess after ten years of suffering, you just become numb to this kinda stuff. Thank aeons to whomever saved her and allowed her to join the Galaxy Ranger instead. Our girl definitely softened up since then.

And with all that troublesome backstory out of the way, I’ll leave the rest for one last post. Much less serious from here on out.

[starays13]

They’re awesome! You did a good job!

Soooo~

Now that the episode's been out for a little bit, I can now announce that I had the honor and privilege to draw the designs for the Lunar and Earth Show (Blackshore INC) our first introduced Astral Body-- GEMINI!!!

I did a lot of research to help with the design! Gemini's element sign is Air, so I have them hair that resembles a nebula cloud. The planet they rule under is Mercury, so I based their color palette off the planet itself! And the main color associated with Gemini is yellow. And ofc each of their eyes resemble the head stars of the constellation itself.

It makes me happy to see people are liking the design so far! It was really fun to do! (and to be clear I only did the design, I did not make the models/rigs)