#it's so funny and part of why i'm still having a blast despite being absolute trash at the combat lmao

[cocytuss]

not to keep up the likely constant comparisons with hollow knight but

being bad in hollow knight is all fine and okay since the knight is pretty much a blank slate kinda protagonist, you can interpret it as a clumsy child or silent killer machine depending on your skills

but in nine sols it is infinitely funnier to be bad because one moment yi is trying to be all cool and badass only to get his ass kicked like 500 times in a row by the same goddamn miniboss 5 seconds into the fight

[minzart]

hey I have a question about your Au where Lute is Adam's guardian angel

Sorry if I ask too much about your Au :"0

does cain and abel exist in this Au? If so, what would be the fighting relationship with Adam's children? Would she be good to them or would she not support them or treat them like children?

Don't worry about asks! I love them, makes me revisit somethings and work more on projects XD

Funny enough I made Cain and Abel designs especificaly because of this au so yeah :D they exist

I didn't understand clearly what your first ask is, so I'll answer with the two interpretations I made for now, if no-one of them are correct please feel free to send again

Abel and Cain's fight: the way I'm interpreting Abel and Cain in the au and in the hazbin universe is with Cain, being older, is the biological son of Eve and Lucifer, however he's extremely attached to the dad he knows and who raised him, so he is Adam's baby boy basically, has a hero like worship with his dad, being the first son, and for a while only child, adding that he is half angel, made his mom very... blind, to the way the boy was turning out to be, a spoiled brat, even after Cain came she still didn't belived something with Luciffer blood could do that much harm(also first time parenting and having no fucking idea how babies work, for them babies could very well be just clones of the parents).

Cain was raised more stricticaly than Abel because he is fully human and part Adam(keep in mind the "clone of the parents" mentality I'm running with this concept for how Adam&Eve viewed children until experience teached them the truth), turning at the end of the day a mommy's boy, with mommy inssues, the focus on him was extremely on the line of "learning empathy".

Despite it all the brothers did loved each other as siblings do, they fight, they pranked, they protected and they shared. But, Cain is a jealous little shit who is desperated for his father's aproval especialy if(still undecided) Eve told him who his blood dad is, or if the angelic conection kinda started creating a certain disconect. At the end, God's trial was the last straw for Cain, having seeing his mom and dad proudness of Abel's old ass sheep instead of his seeds made the boy just beat his brother to the death with his own hands, not that he knew he could do that(i kinda belive bc of Adam's ego they didn't belived humans could die of anything that isn't a spear)

At the end it was the first homicide, and letal accident, that's also why Abel is besides a crying Cain here.

Lute's relation with Adam's children: to understand her relationship with the brothers first I'd like to brief how I'm doing Adam and Lute's, they are friends first and lovers later(much MUCH later), moving on. There's also the fanfic side of the au, the apple of knowledge consequences in here, besides now Adam&Eve can see the nude human body, they also lost the capacity to actualy see and interact with angelic beings outside of profetic dreams or the voice of God.

So, by the time Cain and Abel are born Lute's role is much much more subdue as a guardian angel, she can only give dreams, and watch, by the time they are teens she's no longer going to earth constantly(besides the shut down of the guardian angel program bc of her failure+Lucifer). However she saw them grow, and in a way was the first angelic interaction with Cain and second handedly teached the boy a bit more about himself, and yes, she had her suspicions about the dad's identity.

When Abel dies and goes to heaven she was assigned to be the boy's guide and figure out whatever the hell he can and can't do, the differences of a human souls and an angelic one etc. It's a nostalgic blast bc she sees Adam's old curiosity in Abel, she absolutely has a soft spot for him. She's kinda aloof but likes them all the same, like that wine rich aunt who gives weird , kinda wise but reckless, advice and you start wondering what the fuck was her life like, but most importantly, she treats him(and every sibling later) as his own person, not a clone, not a baby, only a grow inexperienced adult&angel as he is at the time, so Abel does see her as a mentor(half ass one but one nonteless) and only in heaven he could actualy grown to be his own soul, even start the "guardian angels 2.0" the cherubims :)

[tmntkiseki]

Part 4

"We must protect the Daimyo!" "And if we can't?" "Then we shall perish with honor." "Let's try and leave the whole 'perish' bit out, okay?" Same vibes as that one scene with Karai and Michelangelo in "City at War - Part 3"

Don got so excited seeing Leo wake up that he left himself open to an attack. (Donny, plz)

Michelangelo still has absolutely no idea what's happening with his brothers. Leo is poisoned, Don is trying to protect the Daimyo with Usagi, and Raphael and Traximus are going to break Splinter out of the dungeon, yet Mikey's only concern is whether he's going to have to face Kluh or not.

It's Mikey vs Ia and Gen vs Kluh first. Oooooh boy.

How much budget was poured into Usagi's fight animations and choreography. He keeps stealing the show from Don.

DONNY STOPPING MID-FIGHT JUST TO CHECK ON LEO ;A;

And Leo is (FINALLY) back in action!

This entire Raph and Traximus team up is golden.

And Ia. I really love Ia. Has anyone ever attempted to give her an actual personality/backstory or am I gonna have to do that?

OH MY GOD, THAT MOVE MIKEY JUST PULLED (I'm definitely making a GIF of that after this.)

The good news: Mikey beat Ia. The bad news: Gen lost to Kluh, so guess who he has to fight?

You know, they mention that the turtles are from "Dimension 3rd Earth" while Usagi is from "Dimension 2nd Earth." What's "Dimension 1st Earth?" (Our Earth, obviously.)

"Okay, that was subtle." Raph, you are my son.

God, knowing what happens to the Ultimate Ninja and Drako, I'm just sitting here like "Ooooooh, you guys are gonna regret this War Staff business so badly."

Why did this scene where Raph and Trax successfully sneak into the dungeon using a curtain as a disguise make me laugh so hard?

Mikey may be acting cowardly having to face Kluh, but there's no denying his skill (can you tell I'm looking forward to rewatching "Grudge Match" again in Season 4?)

"Hold the contest! Battle Nexus rules clearly state--" * IS BLASTED *

Okay, with this whole fiasco with the rip between dimensions that Drako opened, can we acknowledge that despite Kluh's hatred of Mikey, Mikey still went to the effort of saving him?

Meanwhile, the Gyoji just fucking died.

Leo is trying so damn hard to save the Ultimate Ninja despite him trying to him multiple times...sad that he fails because of Drako ;A;

I couldn't remember what was the exact technicality that resulted in Mikey's Battle Nexus win and... holy crap, it's so damn funny.

LEO PATTING MIKEY'S SHOULDER WHEN HE RECEIVES THE TROPHY... DON GIVING HIS BABY BROTHER HEADPATS... And Raph being grumpy because Mikey won and he didn't. We all know he's actually really proud of him.

And thus begins Mikey being as annoying as possible about him being the Battle Nexus Champion. Leo, Raph, and Don are in for it for the next... 1.3 seasons XD

PFFFFFT I FORGOT HOW THIS ENDS WITH FORESHADOWING TO THE SPACE INVADERS ARC. (Somehow, I thought Season 2 ended similarly to Season 3 with there being no major cliffhangers.)

Big Brawl rewatch, let's goooooo

Part 1

"But we need not fear the past. It is the future we must fear." Gotta love it whenever Splinter is narrating the cold opening.

I feel like Splinter should know at this point in the series that if he tells his sons not to do something, they are going to do it anyway.

Also, I keep forgetting that the Battle Nexus takes place every three years, not four. (Why do I keep thinking it's four?)

"Nice going, Donny. You got any chalk in your magic bag of tricks?" Honestly, it would be hilarious if one of the only things Donny doesn't have in his duffel bag is something practical, like a pen or a pack of tissues.

All of the turtles staring at Michelangelo when he reveals he knows what a nexus. The reason being because he, like Donatello, watches Star Trek. Pfffffft

ATTACK OF THE TOOTHPICKS

Once again, I love it whenever the animation suddenly becomes a lot smoother and more detailed during action/fight scenes like this

I'm not surprised that Leo is so upset over his swords being broken during this quick fight. (I mean they're the same swords he forged with Raph back in "The Monster Hunter.")

There is something I really love about the Gyoji as a character and I do not know what it is. His voice? How calm, composed, chill, and reasonable he is? The fact he literally dies at the end of the arc and yet he's brought back during "Grudge Match" as if nothing happened?

The Gyoji is actually god

Turtles see Splinter being attacked by someone unfamiliar; first instinct is to try and help him. These boys love their dad <3

Raphael instantly admitting he was the one who talked Leonardo into following Splinter when Splinter starts scolding Leo... If I had to pick one thing I love about his character, it is the fact he does take responsibility for his actions.

Tell me again why the Djinn was never brought back after this arc? He seems like a nice guy and I wanna see what his dimension looks like.

I'd say of the Big Brawl Episodes, Part 1 is probably my least favorite? But it's entirely circumstantial seeing as this is basically the exposition episode explaining the Battle Nexus and Splinter's history with the competition.

The first appearance of Usagi... Even as a pre-teen, he is powerful. Though why was he at the Battle Nexus three years ago? Was Katsuichi competing maybe? Gimme the lion sensei, damn it.

Drako is such a piss baby loser jesus

I adore this moment where Splinter agrees to let Leo, Raph, Don, and Mikey compete. He's been very overprotective of his boys for the longest time, but he's starting to realize that they are growing up and becoming more independent.

I still firmly believe that had the Fast Forward reboot never happened, TMNT 2003 would have been the first animated iteration to kill off Splinter. Just saying.

I never realized how much of a giant the Ultimate Ninja is compared to the turtles, holy shit

I recall seeing a theory somewhere that the reason Leonardo didn't get a mystic weapon in Season 5 is because of his katanas getting reforged in the Battle Nexus, where the swordsmith likely used magic to get the job done quickly? I dig it.

TRAXIMUS

Forever kills me how even though the turtles never got a chance to meet Hamato Yoshi, they still revere him as an ancestral figure (especially Leo, since this episode ends with him praying in front of his statue.)

Also you're about to be assassinated, Leo. Leo. LEO.