Ladies And Gentlemen, I Give You More Of This Oddly Specific Brainrot

burned a few braincells trying to figure out the subway lair 🧍‍♂️

some of the research with hasty notes as i, a country person, tried to essentially explain how subways work to my city friends (idk how subways work). anyway, i figured i'd share these in case there's someone out there who's just as crazy as i am! :]

I am never outlining my sketches in pen again. Seriously, its scary.

How to show emotions

Part III

How to show disappointment

swallowing hard

low, monotone voice

clucking their tongue

rubbing their face

shaking head

clenching hands

sighing

frowning

pursing of the lips

slumped shoulders

looking away

scowling

How to show relief

exhaling deeply

tension in their face going away

closing eyes for a moment

tentative smile

eyes brightening up

small giddy laughter

putting hand on their breast

joyfully tearing up

looking up

How to show desire

gaze dropping down to the other's lips

opening mouth slightly

small smile around the eyes

eyes widening

pupils dilating

biting lips

following them with their eyes

inhaling deeply

licking lips

How to show tiredness

closing eyes

slowly opening them again

long sighs

yawning

no eye contact

head lolling to the side

closed mouth, neither smile nor scowl

not moving a lot

doing everything slower

staring off into the near distance

How to show confidence

prolonged eye contact

nodding to show they are listening

putting their shoulders back

holding head high

leaning forward

standing tall

smiling openly

Part I | Part II

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A follow up or tiny story to go along with the tiny Donnie I posted here! Leo better sleep with one eye open later, that's all I gotta say.

Where you (once) belong(ed)

inspired by my friend fuzz :]

Ha so this is all going to take some explaining, enjoy a little essay behind my thought process and uh, what exactly went down

And first thing first, I promise this timeline will be safe!

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So back in.. I want to say early April? I had an idea. What if Little Leo there grew up, only to have to care for yet another Little Leo. I thought the idea was stupid yeah? Very far fetched very out there so I just sorta let the thought loom.

However the thoughts never really left and kept getting stronger. So I began thinking, what would cause a second apocalypse that would cause that Leo to go back in time once more?

I could have done the Kraang, but that option just felt very overly done to me..? A bit too boring? Many other people have explored possibilities with the Kraang wayyy better than I ever could. I wanted something a bit different.

So one day in the middle of the night I shot up with, an idea, the goddamn goopy thing. Perfect.

More of what exactly what went down in that whole area will be explored later in the week! (tomorrow and wednesday...)

Anyways so cool! Apocalypse 2! I figured I could get away with showing the same amount of detail of the apocalypse as the movie had. If the movie got away with just 4 minutes of the apocalypse and some crew member info, then I could get away with a chunk of a comic.

Though if you do want a better idea of what that whole apocalypse was like, feel free to ask! Theres no way im drawing all of what happened in comic form.... I also recommend this video for an idea of what the whole ordeal looked like!

As for how Leo managed to go back in time through Mikey, mannnn did that scene go through so many drafts in my head. At one point I was considering making a new "Casey Jones" character to sorta rewrite the movie but have it end all the same, though that just was a bit out of my skill/character range, so I went with the most easy option for me. Mikey did a little bit of a portal interference, therefore I did not have to rewrite anything about the movie! And by rewrite I mean make a whole tiring comic-

But yeah, if you have questions you are so free to let me know!

Might not be a Master, but Mikeys seriously don't age well.

Master Michelangelo

I'd like to think that Kai used to be a shy kid

also bonus sketch:

It’s messy and most likely doesn’t make sense to a lot of people but I had two hours and wanted to finish it cause I was hyped about it in the moment. It’s now the next morning and I’m 🤢

Song: The Tornado by Owl City

I also believe that Leo looks genuinely concerned in the first image and once he hurt Donnie, especially with the sweat droplets on his forehead. Of course it can be argued that he expressed these emotions on purpose, having shown his acting skills in previous episodes, as well as being the face man.

Futhermore, with the head cannon of Leo being the medic, makes it highly unlikely Leo would intentionally injure one of his brothers, let alone Donnie as a softshell turtle. If The hc was canon, then Leo would have grown up treating his brothers' injuries, even if they were never that serious. However, since Donnie is a softshell and bruises easilier, all of his brothers would want to be more careful to not hurt him.

Thus, makes it more probable that Leo did not intentionally hurt Donnie.

An ongoing debate within the fandom is whether or not Leo fell on purpose during the episode Lair Games

Leo: Donnie? Donnie are you okay?

Donnie: You did this! You’ll do anything to win! My ankle! My moment!

Some people have said that Leo might have fallen on purpose in order to win due to his competitive nature while others have said that Leo looked too surprised at Splinter declaring him the winner of the event to have fallen on purpose. 

Splinter: Purple hit the ground first! Blue wins!

Other arguments used for Leo having not fallen on purpose are that the fall most likely hurt for Leo as well as Donnie & that Leo would never intentionally actually hurt a family member considering how important family is to Leo. A counter argument for this have been people saying that Leo didn’t mean to hurt Donnie by falling & that was the only part that was an accident.

However there is a piece of evidence that might mean that Leo did not fall on purpose & that is his family thinking that he did do it on purpose.

Mikey: And that’s when Leo fell, or did he?

April: So you think he did it on purpose?

Mikey: [Nods]

Donnie: It was Leo! He did it on purpose!

Leo: I’m only talking to you to set the record straight, I didn’t do it on purpose! I mean how could I? I had half a fridge on my chin!

Donnie: I’m sorry can I have a moment?

In the episode Lair Games most of the Hamato Clan seem convinced that Leo fell on purpose with Donnie & Mikey even saying so & April arguably taking Donnie’s side in the interviews. However a running gag within Rise is that whenever one of Leo’s family members try to make assumptions on what Leo’s doing we’re shown Leo doing basically the opposite of what they’ve just said.

Raph: Hey! Where’s Leo?

Mikey: I’m sure wherever he is, he’s trying to save us

Raph: Leo probably talked his way straight into Big Mamma’s dungeon 

Whenever Leo’s family tries to predict what Leo will do, Leo’s family is almost always wrong whenever they try to assume Leo’s actions. In contrast when Leo tries to guess his families actions, he is almost always right.

Leo: Look I bet the only reason we’re here right now is ‘cause Donnie inputted coordinates of blah blah blah

Donnie: After inputting Shredder’s previous coordinates on the X-Y-Z and D for Donnie axis, I have calculated that this is the sight of our final resting spot. I mean go team?

Leo: Mikey Razzed his Tazz

Mikey: Whip-o-Rama!

Leo: April finally used her crane license

April: ‘Why would you get a crane license April?’ BECAUSE THIS!

Leo: And Raph is going to put it all together in a plan to defeat that led head with this mystic collar

Raph: Wow Leo that’s remarkably accurate

Raph: He’s back. Prepare for Operation Fire, Hanky, Tickle, Collar!

Leo: Yeah!

It is a slight running gag in Rise is that Leo is able to predict his families actions to a near perfect degree but whenever his family try to predict or assume Leo’s actions they are almost always wrong to a near comical degree, meaning that Leo’s family assuming he fell on purpose in the episode Lair Games might actually be evidence that Leo fell by accident instead.