В глубинах канализации | In The Depths Of The Sewers

Discord is officially blocked in Russia

anti-DPI programs can handle Discord here's Goodbye DPI w/ GUI here's ByeDPI, possibly nicest solution for Android other variants can be found here

regarding VPNs - Windscribe is still the real one, w/ non-standard protocols and special "hostile network" switch, one problem though - limited traffic, so you most likely have to juggle it w/ some noname VPN apps or proxy add-ons

note that it's illegal in Russia to talk about blocks circumvention, so if you don't live in Russia, please share this post, so your followers, who live there could see it and use it

Me not definitely crying from all of these //thanks to @rufwooff and @nikaserb //

The eye of the hurricane. I like to think Cassandra sometimes called the brothers by the nicknames their dad used, given they were probably pretty close before his passing.

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Man oh man, this one was way messier and off model than my last few updates but whatever, we got to keep this ball rolling! Life's been crazy so I've had to take some unwanted breaks in between updates. Thanks everyone for your patience as always!

One thing I wanted in this flashback was to really get a sense of how the brothers worked as an experienced team with Leo at the helm as a proper leader. It's something we never got to see much of in Rise and I felt it was important to include since half the team is already gone by the time of Replica. Team Dynamics Ted Talk under the cut!

We know from Casey Jr that Leo stressed the importance of listening to your team. A big part of that also means knowing how to communicate with them in general.

With Michelangelo, he keeps it short and succinct, trusting his brother to know what he's doing when in his element. This trust goes a long way with Mikey, having spent years of his youth as the baby striving for the respect he felt he deserved. Leo knows it's best to not bog Mikey down with details, allowing him to improvise as needed. This unspoken freedom has only grown over time as Mikey has dipped deeper into spiritual arts that, frankly, go completely over Leo's head.

The greatest sacrifice Leo has ever made was read Donnie's Big Book of Bad Guy Codes. While he doesn't remember ALL the numbers, he has memorized the ones that matter and it has helped tremendously in avoiding miscommunication with his genius brother. More importantly it silenced any of Donnie's usual belly-aching. As Leo's "twin"/"equal" the two still butt heads from time to time. Donnie respects his brother's authority (mostly) but will still push the boundaries of what he's allowed on a semi-regular basis. Give Donnie an inch and he will take the mile and then find a loop hole that allows him to go twenty miles more. This is partially due to him often being the one left behind at HQ, making the turtle just a TAD stir crazy. Leo does his best to keep him in line regardless.

Big brother Raph will forever and always be big brother to Leo. As such he holds a place of authority in Leo's heart and is someone he still regularly seeks counsel from in both the ways of leadership and more. Raph is always happy to support his younger brother and does a surprisingly good job (albeit after years of practice) of walking the line so as not to step on his brother's toes in the process. At least not since the secret of "the Key" blew up in their faces several years ago. They don't talk about that anymore. Leo is the leader now and he's done a great job in recent years as far as Raph is concerned. He trusts him to make the right call. The two have a close bond and regularly use mind meld to quickly communicate rather than speak ...this will be important to remember for the future.

Hope that overall feeling came through for this group!

technically, shen twins!

[ID: A fan comic. Panel 1: A young Shen Jiu, who carries a baby Ning Yingying on his back, and his old master, Wu Yanzi, come across a dying Su Xiyan. While Wu Yanzi looks through a pouch he stole from her person, Shen Jiu simply stares as Su Xiyan touches her infant son’s cheek.

Panel 2: When Shen Jiu kills Wu Yanzi to save Yue Qingyuan, blood splatters on his cheek. Two babies are on his person, one secured to his front, and the other behind his back. Yue Qingyuan approaches, horrified.

Panel 3: Shen Jiu, dressed in Qing Jing uniform, holds toddlers Ning Yingying and Luo Binghe to his right and left hip respectively. All three have their right eyebrow raised. He is ranting to someone unknown, “I cannot believe cang qiong is incapable of something as simple as child rearing!” Beside the speech bubble, there is a small text that says, “NOTE: child rearing is not simple, and ying-er and binghe are hardly ordinary.”

Panel 4: Toddlers Luo Binghe and Ning Yingying are holding hands, looking up at Yue Qingyuan. Ning Yingying exclaims with a smile, “Are those gifts for us, Yue shibo?” Meanwhile, Yue Qingyuan holds up a stack of gifts, beaming. His eyes are just barely seen from above the stack. END ID]

everyone totally thinks sj gave birth to both of them—he only did with nyy

the babies are so incredibly smiley. so bright. yk who else is incredibly smiley? yqy. naturally, everyone thinks sj was yqy’s abandoned lover.

yqy’s regret and self loathing levels are THROUGH. THE. ROOF. in this au. dw tho qijiu sort it out in the future

Kappa from @cupcakeslushie's Empyrean Weeping.

So I finally got around to completing the second place prize for the Replica Holiday Special Cover Contest haha. The winner was Cupcakeslushie and their prize was technically a black and white commission, though I couldn't help myself and threw in a third color to get the point across that it's empyrean he's standing in.

Cupcakeslushie's only request for the drawing was that it be their Leo from Empyrean Weeping, which is probably my favorite teen Leo in the whole fandom. I've always admired Cupcakeslushie for their striking imagery and gorgeous depictions of the mystic arts so I really wanted to capture that feeling here. I hope you like it Cupcakeslushie!

It has come to the last week of the @tmntfashioncompetition, this time its against anyone ?? The theme was hairstyle/bandana so I guess hmm I just really... wanted to paint hair going from normal to fire, and it seemed people really wanted him to appear so here uh.. he is with his mohawk :girlhelp: Thank you Cyn for setting this all up, its been incredibly fun to see everyone have fun with this and it somehow just ended with everyone exploring so it was a good treat !

Magma magma magma

Second one, I guess, can be called a collab with @smoothturtle0 xdd Your colors made it so good and tasty ~

When you meet your past lives but they're all ignoring you and freaking out over this one guy?

I've seen a few versions of this floating around with the different Leos and I wanted to have a go at doing one for Mikey. They're all collectively realising what a bus sized bullet they dodged by not ending up as messed up as Ronin

Хочу рисовать взаимодействия интереснее и необычнее. И решил экспериментировать с дымкой Элиана.

I want to draw interactions that are more interesting and unusual. I also decided to experiment with Elian's haze.

Fire Elemental. Art by Kaitlund Zupanic, from the 78 Tarot 10th Anniversary Deck.