#lord drako

[viridisvilla]

TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures Spoilers under the cut ( just to be safe )

I'M SO NORMAL I'M SO NORMAL IM SO NORMAL I'M SO NORMAL I'M SO NORMAL I'M SO-

*implodes*

I'M SO FU CKING EMTOIONSLAGNJFGBHDGFDGKMFD

Source: https://x.com/Dream_Tmnt/status/1806593659682349191

[megahorous]

Finished the Ultimate Drako arc

-- Both of the crossovers [Planet Racers and Usagi] have a Cat Girl !

-- I wonder how long they were have supposed to have been there...Donatello had time to take down Postapocalyptic Shredder. If only they had him 30 years earlier! I guess he was the only guy they were missing

-- I think I missed the Raphael one the first time. I guess I found it the least interesting anyway

-- SAINW was interesting and is kinda like The Last Ronin, I understand. Or "Shredderville" from the '87 cartoon

-- Leo and Usagi sure love to take out their swords and never cut anyone! Well, that's just how it goes

-- Splinter in distress, if you're into that kind of thing

-- Ultimate Ninja gets to come back to life, de-aged, but not Drako....no one gives a crud about him I guess

[hellsurvivr]

         HE KNEW THERE WERE RISKS,  to what he was doing. he was after all stalking payne, under the guise of keeping her safe. and revealing the information of who she was sleeping with, had the possibility of blowing up in his face. he knew it did. and yet there was a part of him, that couldn't bring himself to care. in his warped and twisted mind, she was his. and thus he was simply eliminating the competition. the one who had claimed her attention. but he'd let her have her fun. and it was time she returned to his arms. he had taken her innocence after all. his sheets stained red once with the proof. (    and look at what she was doing with what he taught her !    )  he could tell with ease, the man didn't like him. no doubt realising the same thing. they were competition. and drakos was intending to win. but he didn't fear him, nor see him as a true threat. once payne had her fun she'd returned where she belonged. that or drakos would simply have to keep doing what he was currently doing. which was slowly unravelling them, piece by piece. 

          his head turns, under the faux pretence of listening to the conversation. that was raging behind closed doors. he was working to hide his agitation once more, as again he an only hear the complaints, regarding the fact she'd left the club unattended. this was not having the response he wanted. and it causes him to grind his teeth together in agitation. before slowly releasing a breathe, working to keep up the facade, that was slowly eating him alive.     (   he couldn't give anything away !   )  looking back at the other, he does nothing as he sees the agitation and anger, bleeding through his veins and across his features. causing a scene wouldn't help either. not yet anyway.   ❛  yes it would appear so. and i'm not privvy to all the details sir. just the bare minimum, as i was the one who had to bring Miss Richards to the manor ....   ❜    so maybe that full explanation wasn't needed. he knew better, that sometimes the best lies required the lowest amount of details. he fucking knew better and yet, he'd allowed his annoyance to unravel it. still he allows his shoulders to shrug lightly. as he allows his hands to settle behind his back. fingers idly playing with his rings.   ❛   of that i am unaware sir, we were just told to bring you as well !.   ❜  which drakos was personally hoping, would finally get the result he wanted. which was the two of them banned from seeing each other. and he could then once more, pull payne deep into his trap. but he was of course. not getting his hopes up.

He wasn't entirely sure why he had been summoned to the manor of the Richards but he wasn't about to come alone. It wasn't unheard of for him to walk about with his right hand in tow while he had men wait by the car. Andrei wasn't even aware, well, any of this. He had been in business dealings with Payne's father but other than that? They kept their own relationship a secret. There wasn't a way for it leak, at least not from his head. Everyone who did know, which was a small handful, they would never tell as it would be seen as nothing but a betrayal. The mafioso could only hope this was something about what they had discussed in the past, though the urgency to it all was what made him suspicious about this little meeting. It didn't get by him, however, upon his entry that there was someone else waiting for him. It wasn't the staff hired at the manor, no, it was someone else he'd recognized that was under the man's employ. That was either a good thing or a bad thing and judging from just the way he was watched, Andrei was betting bad. Though attention shifts for a brief moment, down the hall where he hears the voices of Payne's father and him speaking rather loudly about something. That exact information was something he couldn't make out and that alone was another sign this wasn't going to be going well.

There was a brief dip of his head in acknowledgement to the other but expression did not soften. "I can hear that." He answers, keeping his attention on the smaller figure in front of him. Arms moved to cross over his chest as he had to now deal with this unpleasant company. Gaze lifted away from the other, not wanting to deal with Drakos in particular but found himself having no choice. So he was doing his best to ignore him while trying to listen to the argument kept behind closed doors. That was until he spoke up again, emerald gaze snapping back to the man as jaw tenses. It narrowed briefly, looking him over a moment before head tilts to the side. "One of his enemies, huh?" Arms fall to his sides, hands curling into tight fists as he does his best to keep himself under his own self control. The last thing they needed was to make a scene, this didn't need to be worse than it already was. "And how close did this enemy say we were?" He questions, taking a step closer as if to add to his intimidation attempt. It was his subtle attempt at showing this was a situation he was putting together in his mind, that the other had to have known considering how careful they had been otherwise. Someone had to have been wanting to keep a close eye on her and from what he had seen at the club more than a few times, he was the best bet. "When will they be done, do you know? It seemed we have some very important things to discuss."

[ask-cinnavanillamelody]

A Public Debut

"This Just in from Blueblood News! A live look at President Sparkle and her alleged, "Coltfriend" in the royal park of Canterlot! In Broad Daylight!, more news about her scandalous changeling romance soon! Next, Changelings are now free to roam Equestria, are you safe from these love hungry shapeshifters? More news soon! This is Blueblood news, signing off!"

(the character Lord Drako belongs to @drakowulf36579, The AU design belongs to me, @ask-cinnavanillamelody / @mocha-sees-all )

[traegedys]

࣪ᰋ𓈒 ֶָ 𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝒕𝒗  ⁝         mookda narinrak,  twenty-seven,  cis woman,  she/her.    announcing  the  arrival  of  ISARA  of  house  ROGARE,  the  LADY  of  LYS.  whispers  among  the  court  name  them  to  be  both  SHREWD  and  UNRELENTING  in  disposition,  and  those  closest  to  them  speak  to  their  interests  in  botany, reptiles and falconry.  if  we  bards  could  compose  a  song  for  them,  it  might  tell  stories  of  a disarming lopsided smile that hides a sharp mind + a golden goblet of imported wine nursed through hours of just observing westerosi life + two twin snakes keeping company while wrapping around one's arm for comfort and familiarity.  the  seven  whisper  to  their  most  devout  queen  as  she  sleeps,  making  her  question  where  their  loyalties  truly  lie.  are  they  right  to  whisper?  for  their  thoughts  have  lingered  close  to  treasonous  of  late.

statistics… 

# basic information.

official  name:  isara rogare.  nicknames:  isa ( by her family only ).  noble  title:  lady of lys.  date  of  birth:  tbd.  age:  twenty6.  birthplace:  lys.  home:  lys.  nationality:  essosi.  gender:  cis woman.  pronouns:  she & her.  orientation:  bisexual.  monikers:  the black cat.  languages:  bastard valyrian of lys, high valyrian ( and many other dialects ), common tongue.  accent:  lyseni.

# physical information.

faceclaim:  mookda narinrak.   hair:  black.  eyes:  tanzanite purple.  height:  5 feet 6 inches.  build:  slim.  scent:  sea salt and imported perfume.  dominant  hand:  right.  allergies:  none.  scars:  tba.  distinguishing  features:  the lopsided smile.  clothing  style:  typical lyseni fashion, even in westeros.

# drives.

hobbies:  botany and falconry.  religion:  pantera & the love goddess of lys.  alliance:  house rogare & the essosi empire.  personal goals:  support her family.  would they choose family or power?  power for family.

# familial ties.

parent one:  drako rogare ( father, deceased ). parent two:  kanya pendaerys ( mother, alive ).     siblings:  klahan ( older brother ), shaera ( older sister ), tba ( older sibling ).   other:  araenya rogare ( aunt ).

  narrative...

born  last  to  lord  drako  and  his  third wife,  isara  comes  into  this  world  showered  with  attention  by her mother.  isara  has  always  known  who  she  is,  and  nothing  ever  stops  her  from  using  that,  or  the  way  her  eyes  can  so  readily  convince  people  of  her  feigned  innocence,  to  her  advantage,  especially  with  her  parents  and  particularly  her  father.  there’s  always  been  an  ambitious  streak  in  isara,  though  it  never  goes  so  far  as  to  desire  something  too  dangerous  to  take  for  herself.  she  relies  more  on  the  want  to  know  things,  people,  and  places.  her  ambition  is  nothing  to  discredit,  but  she has  never  wanted  more  than  the  freedom  of  not  having  anyone  telling  her  what  to  do  or  not  to  do. though her  attitude  causes  some  friction  between  her  and  her  father,  the  two  of  them  more  alike  than  either  of  them  ever  liked  to  admit.

being  the  third  welcomed  into  the  rogare family,  isara  knows  where  she  fits  from  the  moment  she  could  understand  how  the world  works.  up  until  that  moment,  there  is  a  form  of  bliss,  thinking  that  she  and  her  other  siblings  have  the  exact  same  importance  to  the  family.  isara  never  doubts  her  mother's  love  but  she  knows  that her father is diferent ━━  she is third  on  every  important  list, if she even makes it.  instead  of  letting  resentment  fill  her,  however,  she  makes  the  most  of  that freedom ( though never forgetting the rogare name ).  whatever  she  wants  to  do,  she  does.  whatever  she  wants  to  learn,  she  learns.  whatever  she  wants  to  say  and  think,  she  does  so  and  does  it  out  loud.  it's during that growing time that she finds herself at the temple of pantera. and soon after, silly stories began taking form and spread ━━ lady isara rogare can transform into a cat.

isara,  despite  her  father’s  strict  rule  to  keep  her  out  of  the  family  bank’s  dealings,  has  always  found  a  way  to  satisfy  her  thirst  for  knowledge.  under  the  cover  of  night,  she  sneaks  into  his  study,  quietly  scanning  through  ledgers  and  records.  it’s  in  one  of  these  late-night  sessions  that  she  spots  something  unusual  ━━  small,  seemingly  unimportant  shifts  in  the  bank’s  accounts,  hidden  within  the  mountains  of  paperwork.  at  first,  she  dismisses  it  thinking  it  a  mistake.  after  looking  into  it  more,  isara  realizes  that  the  discrepancies  are  deliberate:  diverting  funds  from  the  bank  into  personal  pockets.  a  few  accountants  have  been  embezzling  money.  once  the  plot  is  exposed,  the  guilty  are  swiftly  removed  from  their  positions  and,  for  once,  her  father  looks  at  her  and  finally  sees  her.

the  rogare  momentarily  believes  that  something  might  change  ━━  it  does  not.  lord  drakos  keeps  the  same  distance  as  before,  as  if  his  youngest  had  not  helped  the  family's  bank.  the  little  bit  of  approval  that  isara  gets  is  short  lived  and  the  young  rogare  quickly  moves  on  (  or  so  she  tells  herself.  there  is  nothing  as  wanted  as  what  one  can't  seem  to  get  ).  isara  retreats  into  the  same  life  as  before:  doing  what  she  wants,  when  she  wants  to.  isara  even  takes  three  cats  as  pets,  leaning  into  the  stories  that  have  reached  even  westeros, along with two snakes, domesticated by her touch.  and  she  finds  more  and  more  interests,  botany  among  them:  the  knowledge  of  poisons  enticing  her  and  she  takes  it  with  her  across  the  narrow  sea.

[fan-maniaer]

While I'm working on the other characters' designs, I decided it would be best to share a little bit more about my TMNT au

TMNT The Hamato Destiny or TMNTTHD for short is an au I made about 3 years ago around 2022 it was made a few months after the Rise! Movie and originally was a Rottmnt au, but over time, the more I worked on it, I decided to make it its own TMNT au separate from Rise! But it is still heavily inspired by it.

The main story of Hamato Destiny is basically a multiverse type story it heavily dives into the TMNT multiverse, explaining how it works and its rules. The first villain they fight, in fact, is a shape-shifting villain who is not named or has a design yet. But he is capable of turing into past dead villains from other universe's like Rise! Shredder 2003 Drako or 2012 Lord Dregg, the list goes on. But he is a one and done villain, so let's move on to more important matters. Rat King is the overall antagonist of my au. He is a very POWERFUL threat to the turtles and the multiverse. In fact, the reason Rat King is in their universe is because he was trapped there as the Hamato Destiny universe is sealed away from over universes, making it impossible for Rat King to hop over to another universe.

He's not the only foes they face tho.

There is Drako

Baxter stockman

Jigoku

Kurōn

Shredder

Bonesteal

Krang

Savanti Romero

And Lord Dregg

These guys are the biggest threats in my au.

We also will explore other things in my au like. The Turtles The Hidden World and its hierarchy. Rat Kings plan and how he got locked in the universe. Why was the universe cut off from the other universe's. And a lot more.

Im trying to make all the character designs for my au before I actually right the whole story down first. So far I have about.

26/53 Characters designs done so far. Yeah... I have a LOOOOOOONG way to go to get all the character designs done.

I don't want to spoil anything too important. So I'll stop right now so as to save all you guys' spoilers.

But if you want to ask about character interactions about the characters' personality or the ages of the characters. Or even about wanting to know who is in my au ask away. But for now, that's all I want to share for now. My next posts will be showing off My Baxter stockman Baron Draxum and Hidden Ruler designs. See you then.

[talestold-a]

( targaryen b / tom glynn carney / cis man and he/him ) hear ye hear ye — king matthos baratheon welcomes prince aerys targaryen of exile ! his great majesty is glad that the twenty eight year old appears to be adaptable while overlooking that it’s said they are also vindictive, as long as they are glad to celebrate peace in the seven kingdoms. fortunately for them, matthos remains oblivious that they aren’t happy with his reign and that their true allegiance lies with house targaryen.

i. background.

full name: aerys targaryen.

commonly goes by: aer, lord drako.

official title: prince of westeros, lord drako of lys.

age: twenty eight.

gender + pronouns: cis man + he/him.

orientation: bisexual.

allegiance: house targaryen / himself.

spoken languages: common tongue, high valyrian & low valyrian.

religion: the faith of the seven.

ii. appearance.

faceclaim: tom glynn carney.

eye color: a dark purple, almost indigo.

hair color: a natural golden silver, presently staining with berries to achieve a dark, muddy brown color.

dominant hand: left.

height: 5'10"

build: athletic.

iii. personality.

virtues: adaptable, educated, humorous, resourceful, opportunistic.

vices: vindictive, gloomy, scheming, aloof, selfish.

weapon of choice: a nice blade or heavy object, not too picky.

moral alignment: neutral evil.

inspired by: viserys targaryen ( got ), aegon targaryen ( hotd ), & anakin skywalker / luke skywalker ( star wars ).

common tropes: currently embodying ambition is evil, tragic elements of riches to rags, teetering the line of not being like father, like son and surprisingly, even evil has loved ones.

iv. relationships.

parents: king jaehaerys iii targaryen and queen casella targaryen nee bar emmon ( both deceased ).

siblings: visera targaryen & rhaella targaryen.

relationship status: currently involved with elora mooton.

children: none.

pets: a golden eyed, shimmering silver scaled with golden accents dragon - he's named balerion and is currently the size of a small house cat.

other relations: house bar emmon ( cousins ), more to come !

previous relations: none, let's plot to change that !

v. biography.

only two years old when the targaryens were shipped off to essos, aerys remembers nothing of westeros. when they first departed he could remember slight details - silver hair, those purple eyes - but in present time, all he has is what he's been told by others. he became obsessed with it in his youth for a time, wanting to learn every bit of information about the entirety of house targaryen before their demise. the history of ancient valyria became a fascination and though information never came easily, he didn't let them stop him for seeking out whatever possible. not only did he feel like he needed to know about his family, but he promised himself and his siblings they would not repeat the same mistakes that got them sent away in the first place. when they would return, he would be ready.

this is not the life they were supposed to have. the siblings should have known the red keep like the back of their hands as they grew up, surrounded by family alike in a home that kept them safe. instead, aerys looks at their time in essos as a necessary evil, something he despised but did not count out the opportunity it gave them to rebuild whatever was left. though never without an attitude, he found comfort in being able to trust his siblings and bond with them. if not for them, he knows he would have never made it out of essos and back to the home they should never have had to leave.

all he can think about now is how to make matthos baratheon and every single person who had a hand in the targaryen demise pay. he has found an obsession with history and aims to learn as much as he can with their time in riverrun, aiming to become the version of himself that can help his siblings take down any house that dares to threaten their survival. when their eggs hatched, something he believed never to happen, it lit a spark within aerys - a hope that they can return to their former glory. he doesn't care much for the glory, though, he just wants his revenge.

vi. wanted plots.

alliances - though not someone to work well with others beside his siblings, and he would absolutely turn on them in a heartbeat if it meant progress for house targaryen, aerys knows how important supporters are in their effort to gain back the throne. aerys is typically a good judge of character - or rather, is good at spotting those who seem like strong supporters versus weak cowards. perhaps he's just really judgy and has to see something beneficial.

betrothal - aerys has the intention of doing his part to help restore the targaryen name in westeros and one way to do that is by having little dragons !! he doesn't want to marry but wouldn't allow his offspring to be bastards, so he eventually will and would ultimately be picky so they would probably start off in a good place ! their relationship could go a million different ways but ( tw: cheating ) i can't promise he'll be loyal !

would eventually like to have aerys blackmail someone, have someone he's manipulating who doesn't realize, flings, someone he's learning more history from, i'm down for p much anything !

[s10127470]

The Forgotten TMNT Villain

In the world of action heroes, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have undoubtedly one of the most iconic rogue's gallery.

And one of the coolest things about it is that in contrast to the rogue's gallery of most other heroes that originated from comics, the Turtles' are always growing thanks to their multitude of adaptations, which have often created new villains for their specific series, comics or movies.

The 1987 cartoon gave us Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady, Lord Dregg, Metalhead, Slash, and Don Turtelli.

The 90s films gave us Tatsu, Tokka and Rahzar.

The 2003 cartoon gave us Hun, Agent Bishop, Drako, and Darius Dunn.

The 2012 cartoon gave us Tiger Claw, Dogpound, Fishface, and Don Vizioso.

And Rise pretty much went all out as just about every villain in that show was wholly original.

But in spite of all that, just about every iterations still uses the villains introduced in the original Mirage comics including The Foot Clan, Baxter Stockman, Karai, The Purple Dragons, Leatherhead, The Rat King, The Triceratons, and of course, The Shredder.

However, there is one villain that is generally seen as the black sheep of the TMNT rogue's gallery (despite how big of a part he played in his debut) and most you probably forgot he even existed!

But before we get to the villain, first we need to talk about the piece of media he originated.

That piece of media is none other than....

Yep. This film.

Fun fact: Next month, this film will officially turn 10 years old (and I'm pretty sure by just saying that, I gave about half of you a mini existential crisis).

But even after all this time, what do I think about the movie?

It's whatever.

It's not the worst thing ever, and certainly not the worst thing in this franchise.

The film does have some merit.

The effects and CGI are really good, the fights are well choreographed, and the Turtles themselves are actually the highlight of the movie.

Although their kinda lacking in depth, they do get the characterizations of the Turtles down to a T.

But that's as much praise as I can give.

The biggest problem with this film is that it doesn't really feel like Ninja Turtles.

It feels like the most generic Michael Bay (which I know he produced this film, but as everyone else pointed out, this film has so much of his style in it, he might've well been the director) film you can think but with a Ninja Turtles coat on it.

You can just tell that the people behind this film didn't exactly understand or had the best knowledge of the franchise.

Hell, it almost feels like an attempt at a more gritty and edgy version of the Turtles.

Which is kinda redundant since they were already like that from the very beginning.

And even then, the film doesn't match the style of grittiness and edge of the Mirage comics at all.

This is shown even more when you look at the rest of the cast.

As apart from the Turtles, everybody else is pretty flat.

April has none of the confidence, charm or badassery of her other iterations, which can be largely thanks to her being played by Megan Fox of all people. Plus, just like any Bay project starting Megan, they objectify her. And not helping her case is that fact that we spend more time with her than the actual titular protagonists.

Vern Fanwick was such a wasted character, especially when he was played by Will Arnett! Like, how do you not make Will Arnett entertaining?!

Splinter was pretty bland. Like, I keep forgetting he was even in the movie.

But the worst of the characters can be seen with the villains.

Like most iterations of the Turtles, the main villainous force is The Foot Clan.

And hoo boy! Were they bastardized!

In fact, this brings me back to my previous point about how the people behind this film didn't really seem to understand Ninja Turtles.

And one of the biggest contributors to that is the notable lack of "ninja".

Everybody's already talked about the designs of the Turtles. From how uncanny they look, to the unnecessary amount of clothing they have.

But one of the biggest complaints against them was their size.

Like, these dudes are 7-feet tall!

It's hard to believe that the Turtles here are teenagers (and their voices don't do them any favors) or ninjas because of how huge they are.

We see them picking up shipping containers and using them like baseball bats.

They have bullets bounce off their chests.

And whenever they land, they always shake the ground.

As GodzillaMendoza pointed out in his review on the film, it's kinda like seeing The Incredible Hulk trying to be stealthy and fighting off enemies with weapons rather than his fists.

But they're not the only ones!

In this film, The Foot Clan are portrayed as a group of gun-wielding terrorists rather than an organization of skilled ninja warriors.

I have no clue.

I guess because they weren't cool or epic enough for Bay's style?

They're also led by Karai, who typically is an important character in most Ninja Turtles story, usually having some personal connection with The Shredder.

But here, she's just....there.

Hell, I don't think they even say her name out loud.

Speaking of which, let's talk about the film's big bad himself, Shredder!

Out of all the iterations of the character, this is undoubtedly the weakest.

For starters, he's not in the movie for a whole lot of time.

In this out of this 1-hour and 41-minute movie, I think he has only like barely over 10-minutes of screen time.

Which isn't exactly an ample amount of time for your main villain.

In addition to that, we barely get to know this Shredder.

We know he's ruthless like most of his other iterations.

But we're never given anything on his past, how he became part of The Foot Clan, or the reason for the ridiculous evil plan of this film.

Another drawback is his dialogue....or lack there of.

Apart from his out of suit scenes and the fight between him and Splinter (which I'll touch more on later), Shredder barely talks.

Like, in the final battle, I don't recall him speaking like...once!

What is he? Prince Phillip?

It's kind weird how the main villain of the film doesn't have much of a presence while the secondary villain does.

Oh yeah....talk about him!

Ladies and gentleman! Children of all ages! Let me reintroduce you to Eric Sacks!

It's kinda funny how forgettable Sacks was despite that fact the we see more of HIM (like 4-times more) than The Shredder himself.

Along with that, he contributes more to moving the plot along than Shredder.

He's the one with all the plans.

And reveals to our heroes The Foot Clan's scheme in general!

Although he's an incredibly generic (and once again, forgettable) villain, he weirdly comes off as being more of the main villain than the actual main villain!

And there's a reason for that.....he was suppose to be the main villain.

Time for a little history lesson.

The 2014 TMNT film started production all the way back in 2010, shortly after Viacom purchased the rights to TMNT franchise from Turtles co-creator Peter Laird.

And when it was first announced a few months later, expectations were not exactly high, largely thanks to the reveal that Bay was gonna to be involved in the project.

But things only got worse when in 2012, a script for the film was leaked.

This script was lambasted to Hell and back, and there were two major reasons for that.

First and more infamous reason was that the Turtles themselves were going to be aliens from another planet and not mutated turtles.

Yes, you heard me right.

The second reason was in the case of The Shredder. In this script, Shredder was a white, American military officer named "Colonel Schraeder" (whose armor would've been cybernetic), with The Foot Clan depicted as a black-ops military unit.

This did not sit well with anyone.

The obvious reason being the inherent scuminess of casting a white man to take the role of a Japanese character.

But worse part about all of this was the white Shredder's new name: Eric Sacks.

While this name may sound kinda dumb, when you translate it into Japanese, it'll show the results of a familiar name.

That name being....OROKU SAKI.

The Shredder's real name!

Yeah. This was blatant whitewashing.

The fact that they made Shredder in to a white American man would've been bad enough. But the fact that they went as far as to Anglicized his name was just the icing on this shit sundae.

This would be like casting a white actor to play the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle and changing his name to James Ray.

The fact that the people behind this movie thought this kind of thing was still okay as late as 2012 is just pathetic.

And given that this was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, you think after hearing this, they would've had the crew change that in an instant.

Given that they already have experience with this kind of issue.

But apparently not as if you look at the final film, you can definitely tell that the change to make Sacks and Shredder separate characters was done somewhat last minute.

For starters, let's look at the history of the project.

Principal photography for the film began on March 22, 2013, and wrapped up in August of that year.

However, additional filming was done in January and April of 2014, just 7-4 months before the film's intended release.

This was most likely used to film the new scenes with the man who may or may not be Oroku Saki (along with some changes to the already filmed scenes in order erase any remnants of Sacks being The Shredder).

But when looking at the final film, it's pretty apparent that these changes were done fairly late into production.

There's the aforementioned scenes with possibly Oroku Saki.

But they're in a dimly-lit room, and Saki himself is always shrouded in shadow (making his face barely visible)

Whereas Sacks has light reflecting off him where we can actually see his face.

Also, whenever Sacks and Shredder are acknowledged as separate characters, whoever says it is always offscreen at the moment and it's always done in ADR.

You never see anyone acknowledge the two characters as separate onscreen.

There's also plenty of shots of Sacks looking at The Shredder armor, as if he's planning to put it on.

There's also the aforementioned Shredder barely talking while in the suit, and even when he does, it's an ADR voiceover.

Plus, we never get to see anyone in armor as well.

Nor any scenes of Saki putting on the armor (because there wasn't).

Sacks also walks around dressed in a black undershirt that just screams Tony Stark's clothes under the armor.

And perhaps the biggest of them all, in lot of the official tie-in material, especially the Nintendo 3DS game, Sacks is The Shredder.

Mostly likely because a lot of that stuff started production right before the additional filming was done.

But one last detail towards Sacks being The Shredder comes during the fight between Splinter and....well, Shredder.

For some reason, Splinter acts like as if he personally knows Shredder, when in this continuity, he shouldn't.

Which is already weird to mention since in just about every iteration, Splinter and Shredder have always had some kind of connection to each other.

Seeing them so disconnected from each other just doesn't feel right.

And once again, Splinter having personal beef with Shredder in this continuity wouldn't make any sense as given from what we've seen, these two have no history with each other.

However, if it was Sacks that was The Shredder, then that would make sense.

Since in this continuity, Splinter and the Turtles were originally the test subjects of Dr. O'Neil (April's father), who was also the partner of Sacks.

But after O'Neil found out about Sacks' true plans, he burned all the research they've done.

But while April and the subjects were able to escape, Dr. O'Neil wasn't so lucky as he got shot by Sacks.

With all that being considered, the personal beef would've made much more sense if Sacks was kept as The Shredder.

However, the funniest thing about Sacks is when we look at the far better sequel of this film, Out of the Shadows.

From the get-go, we learn about what happened to most of the villains since the first film.

Keyword: most.

Shredder was arrested and sent to prison, and The Foot Clan have been operating without him.

But strangely enough, despite how present he was in the first movie and how much he moved the plot along, Sacks doesn't appear nor does he even get a mention!

The last time we saw him, he got knocked out by Vern!

Like, they could've easily explained what happened to him in the span of a few seconds.

But no, they don't!

It's almost as if the filmmakers just forgot he even existed like most of us did.

All in all, given how generic and unremarkable Sacks was, top that off with the massive controversy that stemmed from the character, I don't think we'll ever see him again.

I know there are plenty of TMNT villains that have yet to be adapted into other iterations (specifically the 2012 and Rise ones), but they're most likely gonna get that chance in the near future.

Sacks on the other hand, I highly doubt that.

If we're lucky, Sacks would come back in a new iteration....but he would be a total joke villain like The Amoeba Boys, The Toiletnator, and The Box Ghost.

He'll probably be some weirdo who obsesses over Shredder and even wants to be him, as a jab at the fact he was originally going to be Shredder.

Though maybe they could do something cool with that concept and gradually have Sacks go from a total laughing stock, to an actual legitimate threat.

Maybe he starts to built his own Foot Clan, starts to learn in the ways of ninjutsu, and even creates his own Shredder armor.

He would be kinda like a mix between Syndrome and Ludo.

Not to mention, this could also lead to Turtles and Shredder having to work together to take Sacks down.

Which now that I think about it, outside of the comics, we've never really seen that happen.

So that would be cool to see!

Anyway, that's all I wanted to talk about.

See ya!

[krimsonkatt]

Dodi, a boss that was is going to be in Chaos;Domain, though likely with a resprite. This character actually has a long and detailed story behind it. Basically, when I was in first grade, one indoor recess the teachers put on Disney's Aladdin. I really enjoyed the movie for what it was, that was until near the end of the movie where Jaffar took control of the Genie's lamp and ordered the genie to fling the tower that Aladdin was in to the North Pole.

That's when the teacher shut off the movie and said that's where the movie ended, to be continued in Aladdin 2. I ended up being super freaked out about this cliffhanger ending and thought Jaffar actually WON. I ended up skipping school on the day they showed Aladdin 2, but later they showed Aladdin 3 and everyone was fine so I assumed Jaffar lost in Aladdin 2, but I had no idea HOW he lost or what sort of damage was done to their world under the control of an all-powerful Jaffar. So, I made up MY OWN plot for Aladdin 2, as I was too scared to watch Aladdin 2 which I assumed to be this super dark scary movie and didn't even want to rewatch Aladdin 1, which I enjoyed, because I was afraid of being re-traumatized by the "cliffhanger." But I still watched Aladdin 3 all the time on this bootleg DVD that had every Disney and dream works movie (as of 2009) on it.

During this period of time (around 2009 to 2011) I came up with this bizarre fan fiction universe crossover between Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Ninjago, Webkinz, Animal Jam, and a bunch of other things that was like Kingdom Hearts if it was written by an autistic 8yo. And like Kingdom Hearts there were clones, artificial humans, ancient prophesies, relics of mass destruction, doomsday cults, multiple apocalypses and universe-shattering wars, not-deities, and tons of other stuff. Believe it or not, this series was the origin of the Chronicles of Chronicles series, albeit a very early form/incarnation of it.

The original big bad of this saga was a guy named "The Emperor" who was HEAVILY based off Palpatine from Star Wars and had two underlings, Dodi (pronounced "Do-die" like the city Dubai but with die instead of bai) the snake charmer and Flon (pronounced full-on like colon) the evil fairy. Dodi was pretty much 1-to-1 with Jaffar with just his name changed and little else, but Flon's backstory and origin is an even weirder example that I'll get to once we get to her sprite. The big bad of the later arcs was Lord Drakos, heavily based off the principal of Gaithersburg Elementary, who loved abusing and manipulating me for his own twisted amusement.

But anyway YEARS later, like around 2014 or so, I discovered that the teacher showing us Aladdin all those years ago completely lied, and there was a whole extra 15 minutes of Aladdin I didn't know existed where Jaffar was defeated in an epic battle and the world was saved. And how did I discover this? A freaking Watch Mojo video. Something about "top 10 most evil villains in Disney" and Jaffar was number 5. During Jaffar's section they showed footage from the last 15 minutes of Aladdin which absolutely blew my mind that there was a whole extra 15 minutes of runtime I completely missed.

After I spent a summer afternoon rewatching THE ENTIRETY OF Aladdin on some shady website, I did some research on Wikipedia and figured out that Aladdin 2 and 3 were actually just cheap cash-ins made in the early 2000s that also served as both the pilot and the series finale of the Aladdin TV show, which aired from 1999 to 2002. The first movie had a beginning, middle, and end and DIDN'T end on a cliffhanger like I was led to believe, and Aladdin 2 and 3 were unnecessary made for TV sequels given almost zero budget. (though I still have an affinity for Aladdin 3, even if the animation sucks ass) This is also where I learned that the overwhelming majority of "Disney sequels" that I grew up with on that bootleg DVD were low budget cash-grabs not even made by the main Disney studio. So yeah, my childhood was a lie and Jaffar never won in Aladdin 1. It's going to be a fun story to share with my future nieces and nephews, though.

In battle, Dodi primarily uses fire elemental arts along with his "hypnosis" and "wrap" arts. He's a lot easier of a boss than the first one, King Kookookaka, that's for sure. The Medusa to that game's Minotaur, to say the least. (SMT4 reference)

[ilikekidsshows]

Something to consider: since we're dealing with temporal powers, did this spell work backwards to put in motion the events that led Renet here with the scepter or did the spell work specifically because Renet hadn't given the scepter a target? It just raises too many questions

This episode is one where you can really appreciate the storytelling when you know that Lord Simulatenous and Renet are adapted comic characters, while Ue and Drako are cartoon originals. The way the writers matched characters and plot devices from the source material together with their own original material creates interesting arc welding. It makes the universe the characters live in feel more cohesive when elements from different stories can interact.

I also liked the way Drako and Ue get built up. Their dragon form was already acting weird when it first spotted the Turtles, their desire for revenge causing them to almost break their disguise too soon. Similarly, there was a small flash of the two halves of the combined being not being in complete harmony, as their form distorted and warped a moment before they grabbed the Time Scepter.

[ofamour]

( mint ranchrawee,  26,  cis woman,  she / her. )  announcing  the  arrival  of  AHAVA  of  house  ROGARE,  the  LADY  of  LYS.  whispers  among  the  court  name  them  to  be  both  SYMPATHETIC  and  QUIXOTIC  in  disposition,  and  those  closest  to  them  speak  to  their  interests  in  painting.  if  we  bards  could  compose  a  song  for  them,  it  might  tell  stories  of  never living up to your potential, twirling around in dresses, being in the shadow of others while baring the brightest smile.  the  seven  whisper  to  their  most  devout  queen  as  she  sleeps,  making  her  question  where  their  loyalties  truly  lie.  are  they  right  to  whisper?  for  their  loyalties  truly  lie  with  THE  EMPEROR  OF  ESSOS.

PART I.

full name: ahava rogare / nickname(s): ava / title: lady of lys / age: twenty-six ( 26 ) / gender & pronouns: cis woman, she/her / orientation: heterosexual

PART II.

hair colour: brown / eye colour: brown / height:  1.75m / face claim: mint ranchrawee / distinguishing features: n/a

PART III.

positive: amiable, caring, dedicated, dutiful / negative: gullible, stubborn, quixotic / moral alignment: neutral good / hobbies: painting, needlework.

PART IV.

father: lord drako rogare ( deceased ) / siblings: lord tbd rogare, older brother, first magister of lys; lady daria rogare, oldest sister; lady amaera rogare, older sister.

PART V.

— you're the youngest of the family, born with three older siblings that carried the responsibilities and burdens of the family from the start. you, however, were doomed to live under their shadows ever since you can remember. always clinging to everyone's sleeves and begging for something more

— you want your father and those around them to look and think of you as worthy of their trust. but no one can look at ahava and think of her as something other than a pretty flower that still needs a lot of work to fully bloom

— it takes you a while to accept you'll never be worthy of a lot within the family. you accept your softness, your kindness and your lack of deep knowledge on the family business. you keep up with appearances and never let your family down, however, you never exactly feel like you fit in.

— the death of your father sort of weakens you, as you lose idea of what to do. ahava, you truly never knew who you were, right? you smile, you act right, you read the script everyone has been throwing your way from birth but you never truly took the time to understand what you like. what you dislike. to think for yourself

— you live in your bubble of pretty ideas, of brown brushes and paint-tinted fingers. maybe one day you'll come in handy, who knows.

[dr4ko]

the   gods   whisper   of   the   dark   lord ( @ienemy )    .   .   .     (    GLORY   BE   TO   THY   ENEMY   OF   MY   ENEMY    )    For   the   Twilight   Prince   is   as   if   death   incarnate.   It   is   the   darkness   that   raised   the   young   boy,   abandoned   by   his   horned   mother,   left   in   the   cursed   fields   to   face   the   god   of   chaos   while   still   a   child.   Yet   even   those   trials   pale   against   the   evil   that   stands   before   him   now.

Drako   pauses   on   the   mist-laden   path,   his   blue-glazed   hair   catching   the   silver   gleam   of   moonlight   as   he   narrows   his   gaze,   noting   the   flicker   of   movement   among   the   trees.   From   the   shadows   emerges   a   figure—   presence   powerful,   unsettling,   more   than   merely   beast.   His   hand   rests   near   his   blade,   yet   he   does   not   draw   it,   choosing   instead   to   wait,   assessing.

"Strange,"   he   murmurs,   his   voice   soft   but   edged,   just   loud   enough   for   the   creature   to   hear.   "You   seem   as   lost   in   these   woods   as   I."   The   quiet   challenge   in   his   tone   lingers,   daring   an   answer.   "Will   you   speak   your   intent,   or   am   I   to   guess   your   purpose   here?"

[ask-cinnavanillamelody]

Drako: thank you Twilight... you see before Ember became dragon lord my people and the dragons were bitter enemies, the dragons would seek our treasure for their hordes and in turn we would defend our home and we would use dragon scales and bones for armor and jewelry as... war trophies... such a practice disgusted me but still I did nothing to stop it... it's something I feel guilty about even now... but thanks to you spike and Thorax fences have been mended, it doesn't change what happened though and it still makes me feel guilty.

Thank you for expressing yourself to me, we cannot changed what happened in the past, but we can live in the present, and change outcomes in the future. ✨

[hellsurvivr]

npc meme - ewan mitchell

*      ―    ﴾  𝙽𝙿𝙲 𝙼𝙴𝙼𝙴  ﴿ // still accepting ( @ anon )

AGE : unknown SPECIES : demon JOB : torturer .... demonic bounty hunter

    INTRODUCING :    elijah jones. elijah is a well deocrated torturer of hell. he is the one who receives the souls the moment they hit the rack. though if they were to escape. it is also elijah [ ... ] who is tasked with hunting them down and bringing them back.

                the two first met when payne died at the age of 17     ━  and elijah was the one who received her soul.   of course, he instantly knew who she was. knew she was a child of one of the knights, which did nothing to deviate him from his task. if anything he took great pleasure in torturing her. trying to break her. the sounds of payne's screams, being the greatest symphony he could hear. it wasn't aimed at payne personally. it was more the fact he hated the knights. hated how they could lord their power [ ... ] over the lesser demons without a care. so elijah getting the opportunity to hurt those of the knights blood. then well payne received the whole plethora of elijah's anger. without question.

                and when payne broke out of hell. it was elijah that was sent to bring her back     ━  to bring her where she belongs.   though it had been a while since elijah had been on earth. and as such it was much harder for him to find her. and when he finally did, she was protected by drakos. a knight of hell. thus elijah couldn't get close to her. but he had a feeling he and the little demon would be seeing each other again. and low and behold, not long after. payne once more returned to hell. and right into elijah's arms. once more his knife cut into her skin, marring her as his. his plaything, his toy.

                of course the fact that payne once more broke out of hell. and has been walking around on earth. is a sense of anger for elijah. and he has been hunting her down ever since. knowing he would be punished for letting her go     ━  for letting her better him.   one day elijah knows the two will come to blows again. he just has no idea, it will be when payne is at her strongest. when she is now his better. and will make him, her toy.

[animal-lover-forever]

Yeah. When Leo landed in Usagi's world, Lord Noriyuki (a panda lord) had a bounty on his head. Lord Hebi (the snake lord) was willing to pay big money to any ninja clan that brought Lord Noriyuki to Lord Hebi, so he could kill him. Leo ultimately decided to help Usagi and some other allies protect Lord Noriyuki, from Lord Hebi. In the end Leo and the other's fought Lord Hebi, though it ended up becoming a one on one with Lord Hebi, and Leo. He got his ass kicked at first, but because it's a kids show, he ended up winning the battle. Then they went to the Battle Nexus, so Leo could try and get his family back together. He tried, but failed. (That’s why the other's "glitch out" a couple of times during their respective episodes. That was Leo trying to pull them back.) Eventually the Ultimate Drako revealed himself, and threw Leo, and Usagi in a never-ending fight. Just as they thought they were gonners, they appear back at the Battle Nexus, along with the rest of his family. The episode ends with them all happy and together, as well as the Daimyo's son 'The Ultimate Ninja' being turned into a child again. Then they all go back to their respective worlds.

(Or somethin' like that.)

Saw this video took screen shots and it perfectly fits my entire idea of that episode

Cause like everyone had some shit happening and then there’s Leo who wore a wig that steals things

[talestold-a]

closed starter for tybolt lannister, @xfulminare.

there are many names and houses that make his list of revenge, but the lannisport lannister branch has been one of fascination. unrelated to the main branch and not much to tie the two together, aerys sees a potential opportunity. he sits with a few other lords, some merchants from essos, when he spots the lord lannister out of the corner of his eye. " lord tybolt ! " he calls, a warm grin inviting the man to the group. " my name is lord drako of lys... if you are not busy, my lord, i think you might be interested in what i have to offer, " and aerys would learn if the man could be an asset or a burden.