#leo's swords

[lokidotir]

I've had this theory for a long time now. It's about Leo and his swords. He used his twin blades in the beginning, as they were the weapons he was trained with from an early age. (Trained is used very loosely here, more like the weapons he was most familiar with). He then breaks them and takes up using the odachi that he takes from Draxum's lab. We all know this, obviously. But we also know how bad he was at harnessing his mystic magic with the weapon.

Look at this!

The poor boy has no idea what he's doing. He went from duel wielding to single in just an episode, and his brothers give him so much flack for it.

But listen. Donnie wields a bo. And it was the same one he had previously to the others losing there weapons, so he didn't have to change his fighting style at all.

Raph fought with sai's, a duel weapon. He went to tonfas next, which was also duel handed, and also of the same size practically, and also used for defense just as the Sai was. He had to change very little with his fighting style.

Mikey went from duel wielding nunchaku, a weapon which requires a great deal of focus, to a kusari-fundo, a weapon which is also on a chain as his previous was. He may have had to change a bit from his fighting style before but the actions he uses are quite similar to what he normally does. Plus, the little demon kinda does a lot of the work for him. (Not saying anything bad about Mikey)

But then, there's Leo. He went from twin katanas to a single Odachi. Now, to me, that would hinder me something great. You can see his struggle when he fights Draxum. Sure, he's pretty fluid in his movements, as he can wield a sword just fine in one hand, but what is he supposed to do with his other?

We all agree that Leo has ADHD or something similar, and his fighting style had to change almost immediately from what he grew up knowing compared to his brothers.

Fighting with two swords would keep himself occupied enough that he can focus on the fight at hand, and still have his wits about him to make his jokes and oneliners, like a fidget or something. This is seen in us as humans who also have ADHD. When we have something to keep us occupied, we can pay attention to pretty much anything.

Now what happens when Leo is down to one sword, for two hands? His sweeps are awkward, his attacks are flailing, his focus is way off. And we haven't even mentioned his mystic abilities yet.

The power his odachi holds is telaportation. We see his struggle to master it throughout the entire show. He has to do a lot to use this power, which takes a lot of focus. Let's take a look.

Our boy has ADHD

He lost his duel swords and is now using a single blade

His hands have to share a handle to give him the focus he needs to do anything

He has a new power he needs to master or he might 'Portal chop' something on accident

Not very much in the list, but important. His portals need him to focus to turn on, he needs to know where he wants the other end to open (visualize), he needs to give it enough power to be as big or little as he needs, not to mention staying open long enough for the desired object to pass through. He also believes that he needs someone to rely on him to do anything worthwhile, as seen in the minotaur Maze, but he really just lacks any self confidence and needs others to lift him up, something else I believe he has in common with his ADHD.

As his brothers are figuring out their powers (excluding Donnie, as he doesn't use any til he unlocks his ninpo) Leo is struggling immensely and with his brothers teasing him, he isn't able to build up his confidence. As we see in the portal jacked episode, he breaks down to Hueso about how insignificant he feels.

So, as a recap so far, though Donnie, Mikey, and Raph all have been able to adapt to their weapons and powers quickly, Leo is thrown out of his comfort zone the most and is not growing nearly as fast because of it.

But when we see the Brothers unlock their ninpo, they each have the Hamato power to turn objects into weapons. We see Karia do this when Shredder came back as she turns Donnies bust into a glowing blade (still not entirely sure what it's called), and before that when she turned herself into the sword that trapped Shredder in the first place.

Now, what kind of weapon did each of the Brothers choose to turn their garden tools into?

They each chose the weapons they were most familiar with, the ones they grew up knowing. Leo went back to his twin katanas, which sure, could have just been paying homage to his og self, but I tend to think it's because he needed them to keep his hands busy. He needed his fidget, if you will. And it worked!

He was filled with confidence after that. He knew his brothers had his back, he had both his hands busy allowing him to focus more, and do you see what he did with raph?

Having two swords now has given him a better focal point for his powers. He's whipping everywhich way across the battlefield. Practising with the sword was perfect throughout the show, but since he unlocked his ninpo and found out telaportation and portals were HIS power and not just associated with the odachi, he was able to use it to what appears to be his full potential. He also uses this to his great advantage during the movie as well.

Now, there is a ton more I could say about his future self using the power (or NOT), or even more in depth for his movie portion, but this post took two tries a a couple hour to write (half the post got erased when I went to save the draft) that I'll leave it all for another time.

What do you think? Does my theory hold water? Did I miss anything? What was your thoughts on this whole situation?

[hardcore-solangelo-19]

Annabeth Chase has probably never gotten used to death being a permanent thing in life. like, the first time ever she saw one of her closest friends die was thalia, and she came back to life a couple years later and became an immortal warrior. then she saw percy, someone who probably meant just as much if not more to annabeth than thalia, die in an explosion. Then, he crashes his own funeral. Then her cousin Magnus dies and so does her friend Leo. She goes to her cousin’s funeral and surprise surprise, guess who’s there: Magnus fricking Chase in almost perfect health. (Ik he isn’t technically alive but eh). Then when Annabeth goes back to chb, she gets news Leo’s alive! So imagine how she must have felt when jason died. No matter how long it wouldve been, some part of her would always think hes coming back, just like with thalia, just like with percy,just like with leo and magnus. She knows he’ll never come back. But she hopes he does.

[ashykneecaps6]

Des Leo

A few ref sheets of my iteration's character designs will be posted weekly. Hopefully I can stay on schedule, I'm so busy :(

[slushglow]

he is listening to kingslayer by BMTH and babymetal btw

[primaphomet]

Fun new date idea! Hold a sword against your foe's neck and feel their heart pound through the steel.

[turtleblogatlast]

I’ve remembered that colors exist

[wat-you-get-is-wat-you-see]

@randomrottmntscreenshots psst! I think the 3rd one is the odachi and not one of Leo's katana.

Also, if I may add the bit from where they face off against Warren and Hypno when they steal the key. ('Come on swords, its portal time!') I believe the final one is of all the runes together. Sorry for the not so great quality.

I have wondered about the meaning of the runes too. I've kind of settled on it depends on what he is doing, as in if he is portaling or teleporting between them.

Do you have any screenshots of the symbols on Leo’s katanas? I need them for fanart purposes

I could only find one scene and it’s just the handle lol

Not a perfect angle, but here are some

[royalelemental]

First meeting 💙

[humbuns]

a knight.

[classy-thief]

CW // gun violence / blood / bishop >:[

🌻 fanart for @dandylovesturtles's infamous Room fic because this was probably the most coolest thing leo ever pulled off.

spoilers below the cut!

the fact that leo waited until they started firing before portaling them away JUST to hopefully get back at bishop 😭 bro was halfway through death's doorstep and still managed to one-up bishop... KING!!

I didn't have time to draw the rest of the fam but pretend they're there 🙏

[delicate-sketch]

Idk if this is unpopular opinion or not but while Percy is like “fuck this demigod stuff I am retired” I think Nico would be working in the underworld in the future like I just have this vision of him in a mix of modern and ancient greek clothing doing missions for Hades collecting some troublesome souls idk helping with the judgement talking shit with the dead making the playlist for their elevators vibing to tragedy by bee gees he kinda enjoys the demigod stuff even if its hella dangerous or whatever

[deadtiredghost]

Can we make Team Red a thing?

i think they would get along like a house on fire. we need more fanfic of this trio.

^^ how i think they might bond.

[scatterbrainedbot]

the realization that a 03 leosagi child could be a dragon-bunny hybrid hit me like a derailed freight train a few days ago

i do not know her name or anything else all i know is that her fam is as surprised and awed by her as i am

also that mikey needs a refresher on how biology works

[ashykneecaps6]

They're such losers/aff

This is such a niche joke akhsjd

I should do comics more often, it's kinda fun but it takes me sooooooo long . lmk if you guys want more silly comics :3

[salllltie]

Day 12: Team Brainiac

Donnie was too stubborn and angry to listen to Leo. some things are final.

I didnt pay much attention to their dynamic while watching the show, but i did notice these two have pretty much the opposite way to be angry, leo bottles it up and tries to keep his cool, donnie is very liberal with his tone and shouting. donnie keeps a grudge, leo seems to forgive his fam quick

[shoecrabs]

no context riordanverse spoilers: