~Tangled In The Lily Pads~

2003 tmnt has the heart.

2012 tmnt has the mind.

And 2018 tmnt has the soul.

Together...they all still need therapy-

Edit:it's been barely three days WHY IS THIS POPPIN'-

pesky…snail?

villain deku

Hi just thinking about Splinter who went from a dashing internationally loved superstar to a hideous mutant who has to raise four rowdy boys alone in hiding while struggling with latent trauma from his mom abandoning him, cutting himself off from his family, and getting betrayed by the love of his life. Thinking about how him “letting himself go” wasn’t just written for jokes but from a place of unspoken depression. Thinking about how he never shared any of this with his boys and never projected his trauma onto them but his distance led to them being starved for affection. Thinking about how much they ADORE him even when he’s blatantly neglectful, insinuating that he does pay attention when it matters. And don’t get me started on his movies dubbing his accent over or how separated he became from his own culture, leading to parallels to the Asian immigrant experience.  He’s a flawed parent. He’s an okay sensei. He’s a loving father. He’s a badass family man. ROTTMNT really looked at the boring one dimensional mentor with culturally insensitive stereotypes in past iterations and went nah we can do better. 

And then they made us all cry. 

Messy oc sketch cause burnout be hitting hard T^T

"Then let's make sure their visit's short, and sweet"

(Please, please click for better quality!!)

Soooooo what’s better,

Pigsy denied being MK’s dad because he didn’t think he was qualified or Pigsy denied being MK’s dad because he thought MK was talking biologically and was like “Kid I had no part in your creation”?

Trying to add horror to a story when my style is literal babyfication is a fresh level of hell sometimes (◞‸◟)

my favorite character ❤️‍🔥