He’s Trying To Get Some Work Done

Something intresting about TKO...... the fact he calls Carol mom confirms he's part of KO, and the fact he calls KO faker makes you wonder how he was made. He considers himself separate from KO, but is clearly connected in some way

Legit like almost everything T.K.O. does shows that he’s his own person with his own emotions, but still completely connected to K.O. 

Normally, when there’s an ‘evil’ version of the main character, they don’t get much in terms of personality outside of ambition and a killer look. I mean, just check out Daybreaker- she’s got an awesome design and a reason for being the pony she was in Starlight’s nightmare, but we don’t get more out of her. We’re not supposed to get more out of her. She’s the villain, and we aren’t supposed to be sympathetic to villains.

But T.K.O. was never really portrayed as a villain? Like, he wasn’t acting like a hero, but he wasn’t interested in destroying or taking over the plaza, or joining up (or taking down) Lord Boxman. Heck, he could’ve gone out to find Shadowy Figure (coughProfessorVCough) to get more power, but that didn’t interest him. He likes how powerful he is now, plain and simple, done and done. 

He even tells K.O., in no uncertain terms, that he’d never be a hero without him. T.K.O. is just a misguided edgy hero wannabe.

And even when he was throwing his tantrum, that’s all it was? A tantrum. He didn’t suddenly get it into his head that he wanted to destroy everyone he knew and loved- he was just pissy and bratty and way too powerful. (though I don’t know if he was serious when he asked Carol for ‘last words’. I mean… why would he want to kill her? Because she called him a phase? He’s still a part of K.O., and he’s a huge mama’s boy, and I can’t imagine that none of that leaked into him)

He keeps a consistent dialogue up when he’s fighting, too. He yells at Enid for ignoring him. He tells Gar he can clean up his own messes. He hates it when K.O. won’t fight him, and even seems a bit uncertain about continuing the bout (his “don’t think I’ll take it any easier on you” is a trademark “what the fuck do I do about this?” in Kid Cartoon Lingo)

When Gar tells T.K.O. he loves Carol, T.K.O. stops in his tracks and listens. It’s the same when Carol arrives on the scene. When Gar starts calling him a ‘real helpful boy’ (which edgy mcedgerson over here would take as demeaning, and it can easily come across that way, too) and Carol calls him a phase, he starts right back into it. T.K.O. has his own feelings and ambitions outside of Rage Mode.

Personally, I think he’s been growing in K.O. for a while, and the boy just didn’t know. His fear of Shadow K.O. could have been his subconscious, which would be aware that something was rattling the cage bars (and would also explain why K.O. didn’t know exactly what the fear was, only that he feared it). T.K.O.’s been kicking it for a while now, and he thinks that K.O. is the ‘weaker’ half of them.

Are you disappointed that I’m not a murderer? I mean, a little.

That ol’ chart of mine makes the rounds online periodically and it drives me crazy because it’s frankly not very good. So, I finally got around to remaking it.

I doubt this will get anywhere near as popular, but I wanted to make it.

Good reference for animation, comics, and for visualizing phonetics!

You got to admit; for an evil villain that was very sweet of him no pun intended.

new survey time. what Main Thing did you project onto your ocs. lay your heart out on the table in front of me i wanna see

You not alone

post canon board games

Some poor suffering gobs!!

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Rena Rouge transformation!

If this isn’t a beautiful show of community bonding - I don’t know what is!!

anyone please ask your crush out like this