#karai lovers rise

[enthblaze]

the problem with me is that im an absolute sucker for villains / grey characters

so yes im only getting into trolls bc of velvet and veneer, sorry not sorry

[elfolfenburg]

Two cringey idiot boyfriends

Also decided to redesign yuichi's outfits just for fun n stuff bros

Also hc they met thru like dimension shit somewhat like from the tmntt in the 2003 bros

[alex1254rottmnt]

DAY 1 OF RISETOBER: (stars) my TikTok: mutantninjaturtles123

Display name: 〽️Rottmnt🧪‼️Alex‼️🏳️‍🌈

[angrymonkie]

Relaciones de Leo y Raph con Karai parece ser la misma historia de relacion amor de Leo y rivalidad de odio con Rapha.

Con la abuela Karai, Rapha recibe amor paternal como a Leo.🌸🌺.

[aberooski]

Okay so, if y'all know me you know I adore tmnt. It was my obsession before I ever watched even the original YGO much less GX. And now I'm watching tmnt 2012 for the first time, I'm about halfway through season 2 and honestly you guys are so lucky I'm not live blogging it because well.... I don't like it 💀

I will say I'm enjoying season 2 more than season 1 so far but still 💀

[deadtiredghost]

I wish they made 12!Casey trans but also, u knew it was never going to happen :(

this is why we have fanfic :]

ON THE OTHER HAND!

in rottmnt, they had the perfect set up for lesbains and then failed to deliver! because of course they did. I am so mad about that to this day! We could have had queer april and casey! We could have had enemies to lovers!

I want them like 2003 but with more violence, i really really do. Sword Lesbian Casey and i-swing-both-ways-with-a-bat-violently April.

(I know she uses a Naginata but bear with me plzz)

(all Caseys are trans - 2018 Casey meets 2012 Casey and thinking they're an egg)

Idk i just see rottmnt as such a gay piece of media despite us only getting hints throughout. it's big queer vibes. its so vibes. I also think that rottmnt has a certain charm for having no romantic relationships in it and i love it for that. But we also could have had wlw in canon and its big sad that we didnt.

I'm not asking for much, just a little more interaction between the characters. I'm fine with the subtext doing the work, i recognise that its a kid's show and we will probs never get anything solid. but i would love just a little of this:

Thinking about the time Casey said this and then nobody ever brought it up again

[fabuloustrash05]

Some of My TMNT Hot Takes (PART 2) 🔥

Warning: More Opinions

Part 1 Here

I don’t like that in Mutant Mayhem Donnie is not a “science guy” but instead is more of an anime and pop culture geek. I’m not against him being an anime fan (I love anime too) but I wish we saw more of his science and being a tech genius side instead of him just liking stereotypical “nerdy stuff”. If that makes sense.

I don’t like the Punk Frogs (any version).

The 87 crossover episodes in the 2012 series (as much as I did enjoy them & are great episodes) should not have happened. They leave no real impact or development to 2012’s overarching story and just waste time. These episodes could’ve covered more important things that 202 was desperately lacking like like character exploration and character dynamic development. It was just nostalgic fanservice. The arc in S5 specifically would’ve work better as a movie instead of a 3-4 episode arc in the (most likely non canon) final season.

Shinigami being Mikey’s second love interests ruins her character a bit (for me personally). That was a pointless decision that did NOT need to happen. She would’ve been our first recurring female character to not be a love interest, but nope!

People are allowed to like/ship Donnie x April in ROTTMNT (this is coming from someone who’s not crazy about April being shipped with the Turtles).

I ship Yuichi with 2012 Leo more than Rise Leo (still ship Rise Leoichi, but I just think 2012 Leoichi is way more interesting, plus 2012 Leo deserves a good love interest).

The humans in Mutant Mayhem look ugly af (I know that was probably an intentional design choice but still. It looks bad.)

I hate Raph x Casey (any ver). I’ve stated in part one that I don’t like Raph (any version) being in a romantic relationship with human characters and yes, that meant him with Casey. Not only that but Raph and Casey being a couple ruins their whole dynamic and iconic friendship I love so much. I’m all for friends to lovers but they are a line that should not be crossed. Not every friendship needs to turn romantic.

2012 Karai’s hair looks bad.

Fans often over exaggerate Rise Donnie’s character and badly mischaracterize him in fanfics and fan comics to the point it makes him feel like he’s an entirely different character.

Shinigami should have been revealed to be a villain.

Rise Donnie was just as mean to his brother as fans claim 2012 Raph was to his. Yes, they both do love their families and I’m NOT saying either of them are abus!ce (they’re not), but fans praising Rise Donnie for doing similar things fans criticize/hate 2012 Raph for doing just makes them hypocrites.

Venus does NOT need to be in every iteration of TMNT. It gets kind of annoying when fans keep on saying that she should be in all the other iterations when in truth her presence would not make sense based on the already established canon story. The only (recent) version of TMNT where I think her being included would’ve fit the best and deserved to make her comeback in is ROTTMNT.

The side plot of 2012 Karai being mutated and later getting brainwashed by Shredder was a waste of time and the most boring arc in the series.

2012 April, Donnie and Casey being in a poly relationship does not fix anything with their problematic dynamic and massive flaws with one another. I'm not saying you can't ship all three of them together, you do you! Idc But in reality their relationship would be a train wreck, that's why I personally don't ship 2012 Capriltello.

Renet is probably one of the most powerful allies the Turtles have in the 2012 series.

Rise Donnie would NOT hate 2012 April. He’d go crazy over her psychic powers and want to study them to help her explore them more.

From what I've seen so far, Leo x Usagi seems like the only GOOD ship in the 2003 series (this hot take might change tho).

Raph had the best character arc and development in the 2012 series and changed the most out of the four brothers. Next would be Leo. With Mikey and Donnie have little development (or none at all sadly).

[renae-the-turtle]

Idea for a tmnt separated au that's - surprisingly - not a rise au. It's a 2012 au

Mikey grows up in dimension X. He's either raised by the utroms and thus has a breathing implement, or he grows up feral and since he was so young, he adapted to be able to breathe the air. Idk what exactly I'd go with but something like that.

Leo is definitely still living on earth with Splinter because his obsession with Space Heroes is adorable and I want him to be able to keep that. Also just. Something something multiversal constant that Leo idolizes/looks up to Splinter in some way in every universe (doesn't apply to all AUs obviously, but it's a very Leo trait, y'know?)

Now I'm not sure if I wanna send any of the turtles to live in space (maybe with Professor Honeycutt or the triceratons or salamandrians) or have one of them live with humans (O'Neil or Jones or a shockingly-not-dead Tang Shen) because there is options, you know? And who knows, maybe Splinter keeps two of the turtles.

If I pick Salamandrians then it'll be Donnie living with them, he'd be best friends with Y'gthba and I guess he'd be in the army too? But as like a tech guy idk. Need some way for him to get off-planet and meet his long-lost brothers, duh.

Or I could have Donnie raised by Professor Honeycutt? Not sure how that would work with the timeline. I'd need to go rewatch the episode where Fugitoid info-dumps his backstory, and depending on the timeline maybe I'd prefer it to have Raph raised by him.

If I decided I wanted a turtle to be raised by Mr O'Neil then I'd probably pick Donnie, neatly erasing the possibility of that awkward crush by having him grow up as April's brother.

If I picked the Jones' then it'd be Raph with them, because Raph & Casey brotp but make them actually brothers haha

If I pick Triceratons.... probably Raph? And then he might get to meet Y'gthba/Mona Lisa early. Or they'd get an enemies-to-lovers arc lol.

On the other hand I could do both Triceratons and Salamandrians, in which Donnie somehow ends up with the Triceratons, is raised by them for a few years, but then gets abandoned on some planet and picked up by Commander Sal.

I could also have Tang Shen survive but without Yoshi or Saki knowing, and without her knowing Yoshi is alive, and she moves to New York and finds one of the turtles and raises him. I'm following a fic in which she raises Miwa and Mikey and I love the idea. (It's called A Mother's Love on ao3 btw) But obviously she'd raise either Raph or Donnie, and Miwa still gets taken by Shredder and raised as Karai. I also don't know if I'd mutate Tang Shen or leave her human.

If I were to pick only one of the above options for Donnie and Raph, and have the other one stay with Leo and Splinter... hmmmm idk who I'd pick actually. It'd be interesting if it were Raph, because of how much Leo and Raph tend to argue, and explore how that dynamic would change with only two of them. Leo and Donnie.... mmm well I asked my sister for a second opinion and she pointed out that those two would likely be too efficient. Not enough drama lol. Leo and Raph would be way more interesting.

Anyway. Gonna think about this more but I like the idea of Mikey growing up in Dimension X and thus being even more of a genius there. Leo still gets raised by Splinter but he's got that Big Brother Sense tm that tells him something is missing and it drives him nuts. Raph and Donnie... it's up in the air (or space) where they're at lol.

[my-name-is-bunnyfoxy]

What is your favorite TMNT ship and why?

I'll go first

2012 Ramona because out of all of the relationships it was the most healthy and normal one in the 2012 series. It had a good dynamic and I just loved every scene with them. I have seen some say that they tend to be cringe with their moments which from their pov I can understand. Though for me I really enjoy their cute moments. They are so wholesome and also blatantly funny.

I also love 2012 Renetengelo on just how absolutely adorable and wholesome it is. Renet and Mikey were made for each other argue with the wall. Though I feel like they should have written Renet as an immortal and ageless time traveler goddess of some sorts. Because I feel like their relationship would be complicated because Renet is from another time period and so is Mikey which makes it weird. I still love it and I will stand on this hill and appreciate it

Bonus and honorable mentions: Rise Donnie x Kendra (enemies to lovers yes), Karai x Shinigami, 2003 Leo x Usagi, fannon Leochi (Leo x Yuichi Usagi), Rise April x Sunita, '87 Leo x Lotus

[nintendouniverse2023]

Plot: Rising of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles who fights their way through Ninjitsu as they fight crime in the shadows to defeat their deadliest foes, Ninjas and Other Mutants alike.

With a whole stories of their adventures and crossover stories. Other Charaters like Master Splinter, Shredder, Apirl, Casey coming soon

Leonardo

Age: 15

Sexuality: Straight

- Also known as the leader of blue. Always have confidence, wisdom and control.

- The First to complete training and was given Blue Mask and Katanas

- Was a destian leader that would lead his brothers to victory, but sometimes get too cocky and native at the time. Leo might been a awkward leader and not be able to get his brothers in line, he also would like to have a bit of fun.

- He doesn't know he has an long lost sister *Venus* until one trip to japan with the turtles

- An Anime Fan Boy

- In a secret relationship with Karai

- His Favorite Pizza were Pepperoni, Mushroom and Jalapeños

- His Crossover Best Friend was Twilight Sparkle

Raphael

Age: 15

Sexuality: Bisexual

- Also Known as the cool but rude

- The Last to complete training and was given Red Bandana and Sais

- Tends to get annoyed with being nagged or annoyed

- Has anger issues

- Plays Assassin's Creed and Batman video games

- Every Weekend Raph and Casey goes out beating up Purple Dragons together

- In a relationship with Mona Lisa

- Favorite Pizza were Meat Lovers and Barbecue Sauce

- His Crossover Best Friend was Shadow and My OC Rosa

Donatello

Age: 15

Sexuality: Asexual

- Also Known as the one who dose machines, Even though its a fact.

- Second to complete training and was given A Purple Mask and A Staff which

- A bit of a silly little dork but still a hard core bad ass with his ninja skills and inventions

- The Creator of his Tech Staff, Communications Talkies, Grapple Guns and The Shell Van

- A Anime Fan Boy too

- April O Nile is Donnies partner in crime

- Owns his own lab near his room.

- Favorite his Pizza were Olives and Anchovies

- Crossover Best Friend was Tails the Fox Barbra Gordon/Batgirl

Michelangelo

Age: 15

Sexuality: Pansexual

- One Serious Party Dude!

- The Third to complete training and was given Orange Mask and Nunchucks

- Mikey is the most athletic turtle that out of all of this brothers not to mess with.

- He enjoying skateboarding and surfing in or not a missions.

- He's goofy, fun loving, and has seemingly endless child-like energy.

- His Favorite Music was Pop Rock Music

- Sometimes be quite of annoyance to his brothers *Raph usually hits him.*

- He treats fighting like a game and his naïve innocence often leads him to getting into trouble.

- Good Friends with Leatherhead and Mondo Gecko

- Favorite Game was Dance Dance Revolutions

- Favorite Pizza were Pepperoni, Ham and Pineapple

- Crossover Best Friend was Manic the Hedgehog and My Ocs Chester the Monkey and Bara the Frog

[love-killed-the-superstar]

Besides leosagi what else do you ship in tmnt?

tang shen x good characterisation

jk jk ummm. honestly leosagi are kinda my whole bag? but umm lets see, across all iterations ive seen:

2k3: capril i guess, although im pretty neutral on them they do have their moments. i've recently been introduced to mikey/angel and think they're pretty cute. splinter/katsuichi battle nexus rivals-to-lovers is something that would have given me so much life but alas it was 2003 and the writers werent willing to let this master splinter have an old flame

2k12: i was a huuuuge april/karai shipper back in the day lmao. jonatello raph/casey and raphril were good go-tos as well. now i think the only ship from 2k12 i actually care about is shinirai because lesbian rights.

rise: im a draxum/splinter shipper. they're my guilty pleasure toxic old men yaoi and im not sorry for it. i know sapphic capril would have been SO good if rise had gotten a series 3, but alas. warren/hypno are great too ofc ofc

mutant mayhem: i dont know if i SHIP leo/april but i didnt hate it in the movie?? mostly bc unlike a certain previous turtle/april ship leo wasn't a fucking weirdo abt it and respected her boundaries lol. i guess if anything i ship it one-sided. i ship a hypothetical raph/casey if he ever gets introduced in mutant mayhem 2, but that's a tentative ship since we don't know what they're going to do with casey lol. following the logic that if april was a teenager casey will be too, i am BEGGING AND MANIFESTING a similar rooftop meet-cute between raph and casey because i think it would be hilarious and perfect.

[ao3feed-anastasia]

Once Upon A December|rottmnt royal au

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/YLwzSI2 by Cherrywritesfanfiction123 For years, Prince Leonardo 'Blue' Hamato was thought to have died that night of the grand ball, when certain baron draxum sent out a curse onto the family to stop their bloodline from continuing. but when a turtle boy(who looks eerily like the prince) with amnesia stumbles into the old home of the royals, what happens when he seems to remember the tune that the old music box plays? is he actually the long-thought-dead prince, or is it just coincidence? Words: 3186, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Anastasia (1997), Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Characters: Leonardo (TMNT), Donatello (TMNT), Michelangelo (TMNT), Splinter (TMNT), Baron Draxum (TMNT), Karai (TMNT), Yuichi Usagi, Huginn-and-Muninn (TMNT), April O'Neil (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT) Relationships: Leonardo (TMNT)/Yuichi Usagi, Donatello & Leonardo (TMNT), Leonardo & Michelangelo (TMNT), Leonardo & Raphael (TMNT), Donatello & Leonardo & Michelangelo & Raphael (TMNT), Donatello & Leonardo & Michelangelo & Raphael & Splinter | Lou Jitsu, Donatello & Leonardo & Michelangelo & April O'Neil & Raphael (TMNT), Hamato Yoshi | Splinter & Raphael Additional Tags: Inspired by Anastasia (1997 & Broadway), heavily inspired by once upon a december, splinter is king of the yokai hehehe, leonardo has amnesia, yuichi is a simp, raphael blames himself for losing leo, baron draxum is a bad guy, huginn and muninn stan, Friends to Lovers read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/YLwzSI2

[writinandcrying]

im gonna write the biggest prediction post ever and no one can stop me

from top left to bottom right

87' Splinter x 03' Leo - the probability of any character from 87' winning is extremely low, plus its leo and the girlies love him. so Leo for this round

87' April and 03' Raphael - same thing above, plus is Raphael and the girlies REALLY LOVE HIM

87' Casey and 87' Leo - now we are talking!!!!!!! Leo is winning this one tho, against the humans, im 80% sure the fandom will prioritize the turtles always.

Ronin April and IDW Casey - tricky, i really want to say April but i think Casey is gonna take this one

2012 April and 2012 Splinter - Splinter shall rise and rightfully so

IDW April and 03 April - i think there isnt much fans who read the idw comics, either by lack of interest or they have chosen to preserve their mental health, with that being said: 03 will win

03 Casey and IDW Mikey - this one im gonna be so mad if Mikey doesnt win fr. im betting on mikey but its gonna be a close call

2012 Mikey and 2012 Casey - the orange cutie will win

now for the right side! (im already so tired why did i started this)

2012 karai and 2012 leo - this is a joke you guys just want to see a 2012 Leo and 2012 Raph smack down - Leo is gonna win

IDW Donnie and 2012 Raph - same reason with less ppl reading the comics and finding out what a blessed curse IDW is, Raph is gonna win and 2012 leo and Raph WILL be THE fight of the century

Idw Leo and 87' Mikey - this one im not so sure, both have tiny fandoms, im choosing Leo cuz theres a hierarchy between shows? yes, but theres even a bigger one between fav turtles, i think leo will take this one

87' Donnie x 03' Splinter - Donnie.

03' Mikey and IDW splinter - MIKEY. CMON NOW.

Ronin Mikey and Casey Marie - Ronin mikey, he will finally take a win poor guy he deserves it

87' Raph and 03' Donnie - Donnie, ive seen the 87' Raph post (love it) but donnie is def gonna win.... but honestly for my 87' lovers, dont be upset!!! its better to go with dignity (losing for the cutest cutie 03 Don) than to go down on a ugly fight - losing for 2012 Donnie? embarrasing

IDW Raph and 2012 Donnie - i really wanted to say IDW raph, god knows how much. but Donnie is gonna take this one

Now we wait the second round! hopefully ill get idk. 70% right, and then will make another chart of the winners, but if myyyyyy calculations are correct; 03 Raph will win on the left and go to finals

Now on the right... it seriously depends on who will win 2012 Leo x 2012 Raph, its gonna be TIGHT, specially due the trans!Leo headcanon and well, its 2012 Raph.

Also, there will be another poll that shall be tight, if 2012 Donnie doesnt win (cross fingers) 03' Donnie can take any Mikey version due the hierarchy thing (unfortunately cuz like, yes i love Donnie but Mikey deserves more love fr) but i can see the finals either going

03' Raph x 2012 Leo

03' Raph x 2012 Raph

or the fight of the century, which i would pay to see it

03' Raph x 03' Donnie (2012 Donnie wont get pass either 2012 Leo or 2012 Raph, but if he goes to the semi finals god so help me i WILL lose my shit, BOMBASTIC SIDE EYE to whose choosing 2012 Donnie instead of 03)

why the latter should happen: 2012 might have a "higher' chance of winning due being more "recent", aka more ppl are familiar with it and will favor whoever is going against 03 Raph, not saying that he is better than 2012 Leo and Raph!!!!! i love those two, but id love to see a fair fight, thats why the latter: 03' Raph x 03' Donnie would be the finals ! i seriously dont know who would win, i really want to say Raph bc of the whole hierarchy thing, he's usually always the protag on the movies yadda yadda, but we have seen!!!!! a rise (wink wink)!!!! of Donnie lovers!!! on the fandom!!!! dare i say theres even more of them than Leo appreciators, anyways, it would be a tight poll and then again, i would pay to see it!

btw im not favoring who i think should win (only if we are talking about 03 D against mad man stalker tooth gap 2012? then 03' D should win yeah LOL) but im literally trying to think of how the fandom as a whole will play it out. (on turmblr at least, if twitter finds out about this 2012 Leo will probably win. well- they will throw a fit that rise isnt in this poll then 2012 Leo will win)

anyways, thats all i have to say *mic drop*

if none of this happens forget everything i said lmao

Welcome to the TMNT Riseless Showdown!

Polls will begin Monday 27th

(This bracket is not seeded; it is randomly generated.)

Previous Brackets:

TMNT Showdown 2023

Predictions

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Round 1:

'87 Splinter vs '03 Leo

'87 April vs '03 Raph

'87 Casey vs '87 Leo

Ronin April vs IDW Casey

2012 April vs 2012 Splinter

IDW April vs '03 April

'03 Casey vs IDW Mikey

2012 Mikey vs 2012 Casey

2012 Karai vs 2012 Leo

IDW Donnie vs 2012 Raph

IDW Leo vs '87 Mikey

'87 Donnie vs '03 Splinter

'03 Mikey vs IDW Splinter

Ronin Mikey vs Ronin Casey Marie

'87 Raph vs '03 Donnie

IDW Raph vs 2012 Donnie

[grassus3000]

Leonardo × Karai: Best rivals☠/ Interest love❤

I wonder who drew these fanarts 🤔🔍

I find them so romantics and kawai 🥰🥺

My reaction:

[misteria247]

I'm gonna say something really wild today y'all ready for the insanity of this circus and clown of a blogger who runs it???

Raphael Hamato is so much more than his temper.

Like I've noticed how in a lot of media such a fanfiction, talking about characters and other things that a lot of the time Raph is often times shown in the light of his temper and his temper alone. Like this personality trait is given the spotlight so much that often times that's the first thing to pop into people's heads whenever they hear Raphael Hamato. He's in a way been reduced to just his temper and it's honestly kinda sad because Raph's not just his temper. There's so much more to our red clad turtle than him being angry constantly and there are so many moments within the Tmnt series that displays his better qualities that are often overlooked by his famous hot head.

2003 Tmnt shows a lot of moments of Raph being more than his temper. Moments such as his protectiveness over his brothers whenever there's danger, moments where he gets emotional and upset whenever his loved ones are harmed and so many other times afterwards. One of these moments is when Leo had been ambushed by the Foot Clan and had fallen into his few hour coma. As soon as Raph realized that Leo was hurt he instantly went to protect him and when he found out about what had happened he'd wanted to hunt the Foot Clan down for what they'd done. Yet he refrained from doing so because Leo was defenseless as well as his other family members and he instead stuck by his side until he woke up. And there's the time where Raph helped out a small boy and all the times he's literally fought enemies to protect his brothers and him always keeping a close eye on Karai after she'd betrayed them because she was a threat to his family and so many other moments like these ones that display just who exactly Raphael is.

But that's not all there's also the 2012 series where again there are several moments where Raph is shown to be much more than his temper. Like whenever Mikey was hurt by Bradford and he was feeling down about his supposed friend being an actual jerk Raph is one of the first people to go and offer him comfort and give him advice. Or whenever Mikey was taken by the mutated cockroach Raph despite being terrified of bugs, went after his little brother because he refused to lose him. And there was the times of Raph having Leo's back and being there for him whenever his older brother really needed that support. Like whenever April was kidnapped and Leo had started panicking Raph had stepped up to the plate and had even quoted Leo's favorite TV show to inspire him. Or the times when Donnie needed someone to talk to or rather rant to Raph is usually the one to rant with him. And of course when Leo went into his own three month coma he refused to leave his side barely sleeping and eating till his brother was awake again. And then there was the Slash incident where his mutated pet turtle, essentially his best friend had started to attack his brothers and Raphael despite not wanting to hurt Spike had fought him anyways because his brothers were in danger and he loves them dearly. Not to mention that he's an animal lover and is gentle towards those who are smaller than him such as Spike and Chompy. He's a sweetheart underneath his tough exterior.

And of course the Rise series shows Raph's more better qualities because Raphael within this series is the oldest brother instead of the second oldest. So he has more restraint on his temper because he's got to be the example amongst them. In Rise we see Raph being sweet and kind hearted and fiercely protective of his loved ones. He shows so many amazing qualities about the character Raphael Hamato that we sometimes forget that nearly all the different versions of Raph have these qualities. 2003 Raph can be kind hearted to a default. He can't stand injustice and he's often times seen helping others even if it gets him hurt because he fights for the little guys whether we pay attention to it or not. 2012 Raph is fiercely loyal and fully prepared to die for his family should it be necessary. He puts himself out there, stepping out of his comfort zone to offer a shoulder of support to his family and comforts them within the toughest of times. Rise Raph is protective and he always keeps a close eye on his brothers and is willing to tear the world apart should something happen to them. All of these wonderful qualities shared by the same red clad hot head that we all love and admire.

And there's still so much more to him.

Raphael is short tempered yes. But he's also kind, fiercely protective and loyal to a default. He loves his family dearly and is willing to put himself in the line of fire for them. If he had to choose between the world and them he'd choose his brothers every single time. Raphael can be rude and unintentionally hurt his loved ones but he's always quick to apologize to them or try to make amends. If he hurts someone he cares about he carries guilt because he himself knows how bad his temper can be and because he knows this he's always doing his best to grow and learn from his mistakes so they won't happen again. Raphael Hamato is such a complex character and he's got so many pieces that make him an amazing character whether we acknowledge it or not. And we seem to forget that Raphael is a very emotional person when it comes to things he's passionate about. Such as the safety of his family or the safety of those who are innocents. He only ever really loses his temper whenever he feels like no one's listening to him, or if he's cornered somewhat and forced to lash out. Raphael Hamato's job is to be the protector for his family and he lives up to that title and is passionate about it so much so that whenever he feels like that his family is put in danger or rushing head first into it he immediately becomes upset. And when he realizes that he's lost his temper he's quick to try and fix his mistakes.

Our favorite red clad turtle is so many things and is so much more than his temper and I'll never be over the fact that a lot of times he's often reduced to that and that alone. He's such an amazing character and lowkey I personally admire him because of all these things and so much more. He's a hot head but he's also one of the four turtles to have the biggest heart on him whether he's open with it or not. Because that's who Raph is and who he always will be.

[blackartistremix]

Honestly each version of TMNT has something, somebodies gonna hate, you can’t please everyone but I think it’s time people admit that 2012 (Before anyone says I hate 2012 I grew up with 2012 it was my favorite for the longest time but when I rewatched it with the nostalgia off I started seeing problems) was not that great. Like sure, design and animation wise this version has created a lot of my favorite characters and designs, as well as my favorite version of Splinter (Rise’s Splinter is my favorite two but for a different reason). But there’s so many things wrong with 2012 TMNT one of the things is the romance. Everyone wants to give 2012 April shit but 2012 Donnie ain’t perfect either. He continues to try and win April’s heart despite numerous times people have told him to stop. Heck Splinter gave a whole lesson on how you can’t force these things, but he still tries. It wasn’t until the Bigfoot episode (God I hate that episode) That’s he’s willing to stop, but April just enables him. Now April is also a piece of shit for leading him on, and not giving him a flat out, no, but she does the same with Casey. Heck Casey’s only purpose in the show is to be comedic relief and to add on to the love triangle. And don’t get me started on Leo and Karai. Like I love enemies to lovers, but once he found out that Karai was THERE SISTER HE STILL WAS TRYIN HIT. Like bro wtf.Honestly Raph and Mikey are the only one’s who have a healthy romance. AND HECK SINCE THE ENTIRE REASON THAT THE SHREDDER IS THE ENEMY WAS BECAUSE HE DIDN’T GET PICK BY A GIRL. (Sounds like SIMP behavior to me.) Nah, but that’s it sometimes people gotta admit that not everything is perfect, thank you for listening to my ted talk