I'm looking through some older parts of the comic (definitely for no particular reason...) and seeing this in light of some of the more recent updates gave me Feelings.
Like oh. Oh.
He really had it all planned out. Die, become a spirit, get a robot body, beat the Krang, help the world recover, and give himself and Raph new organic bodies after - how simple, how Tello, to tie it up with a nice little bow and make it all work out in the end. A plan he already had all thought out that he just didn't tell them about yet, you know?
And then, of all the things, his spirit failed him. He wasn't strong enough. It was right there. It should've been fine, it should've worked. He had it all planned out.
No wonder he feels like he failed - he accounted for everything except the idea of his spirit falling to pieces, of him not being strong enough to hold it together and get to the robot.
The ultimate unpredictable factor, the only possible flaw in the plan, ended up being him.
He failed. Not his tech, or the plan itself, but him.
And he's been trying to make up for it ever since.
Yellow cat design + eyes leshy I doodled today and yesterday
I've also realised I'm way faster drawing on paper because I don't get hung up on imperfections as much so I think that's how I'll draw comics.... and all it took was like. 4 months of figuring out how I want to draw the characters LOL
WIP i'm probably never going to finish, because IT'S ANOTHER KLAUZURA SEASON BABYYYYY!!!!
^^(a black and white walk cycle animation of a girl, who's legs aren't drawn yet )
GET CONCEPT ARTED LOSER (This time we're making concepts for our own video game! :) )
When ppl will create a "curvy" girl character and get pretty much the whole body's proportions right, obviously they're putting emphasis on bust/hips but it seems like it's being executed well--- except that they completely, fully, and deliberately, skip the stomach entirely. Just nothin there. Not even a whisper. I'm like. Just sack up, make it make sense and be honest with yourself by making it official and say it's canon that they got a tummy tuck. You cowardly ass, yellow bellied, wet brained, upside-down dog mouthed dirty bitch.