I have been listening to The Protomen albums on loop ever since I discovered them a few months ago, and I have been making some observations on really cool details between songs, one of which I wanted to highlight today: what I have been affectionately referring to as the "funeral motif."
See when some buddies and I first listened through Album I, we got hung up on that whistle at the beginning of Unrest in the House of Light. It kinda stands out, right? An early theory had us wondering if it was related to what motivated Light to tell Megaman the truth. So I did a few listens through trying to figure out what it could mean. From what I can tell, the first instance we hear it in is Funeral for a Son. It's in the spotlight as the brass comes in, and then falls into the background as the song progresses. But! That's not the only time we hear it! It also appears in the very end of Keep Quiet. While all three have those same three notes in common, Unrest has them standing alone, while the other two conclude it in two different ways; Keep Quiet feels tense and anticipatory, while Funeral sounds like it has more finality.
My conclusion is that the funeral motif heralds an incoming disaster, or highlights moments of Hamartia in the characters where this trait will ultimately doom them and everyone around them. Or something like that. In any case, I put together all the pieces I found, and this post is mostly just to set that free into the world. But I may have missed more instances, so if anyone finds more please tell me!!
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Hi! I love reading your analyses on Bishop as a character and would love to hear your thoughts on how he'd behave when put in a position where he'd be acting as a parent.
I've been working on a story where he voluntarily takes in a young kid after their parents die on his watch (they were both his subordinates). He essentially sees it as an opportunity to mold the kid into a valuable future resource for the EPF, whether as a model soldier/agent/scientist/etc.
Even though the story I'm writing takes place after the kid has grown up and is now estranged from him, I've gotten so invested in how he'd behave as an adoptive father figure. I mean we all know he'd be awful but the details behind what he says/does interest me a lot and make me wonder how much I can maybe play with his characterization in a believable way within the bounds of what we see of him in the show.
Like maybe deep deep deep down he gets emotionally attached to the kid after spending so much time with them over the years and the kid looking up to him so much, only to realize how deep his attachment is after the kid runs away and he can't find them? Idk if that's believable at all.
Sorry for the long ask. Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts if you'd like to share!
Hello! Sorry for taking so long to answer this, it was the month of July you see, and as such ArtFight ate my every free moment. But this is a very interesting concept you've blessed me with!! I really like the idea you've got here. (I'm also very glad you enjoy my wild obsessive ramblings haha!)
So! Agent Bishop as a guardian figure! This poor fuckin kid. I think there are a lot of elements to consider here, but overall it's safe to say Bishop would be a very very poor caretaker. No doubt abusive on some level. Let's start with emotional attachment, since you mentioned that!
So, I don't think Bishop in this era really can get attached, not in the traditional familial sense, at least. Bishop is utilitarian to a fault, and I think for that reason it would be difficult for me to buy him growing emotional attachment to any one person-- even, in this scenario, basically his own child. The BIG big thing with Bishop's character is that nothing comes above his ultimate goal, which at this time is to eradicate the universe of extraterrestrial life.
What this means for the experience of the child is that, ultimately, it will be clear to them that they are not a priority in Bishop's life. They may not even be second best. Until they can do something for him. They will learn implicitly that their value is tied to whatever skill he trains them for within EPF. Their value to him is directly tied to how well they can perform as a cog in his machine. They are a side project for him to work on in between managing his pseudo-military government branch and managing his scientists and going out on collection missions.
I think it's also worth noting that Bishop is a couple hundred years old and then some, and very disconnected from the experiences of regular human beings, much less those of a child. The last time he was a child was two-hundred-and-then-some years ago. We can also assume he might have some biological weirdness going on from being spliced with alien DNA and living between clone bodies. (Mix and match headcanons as you like, I enjoy the concept that he maximizes his efficiency by cutting down sleep and food needs, as machine as a man can get.)
This means, generally, he will not be very understanding of the fact that child brains function differently. I could see him understanding that there is a lower level of intelligence he has to work around, but he still expects to be understood and obeyed; he works with soldiers and doesn't have a social life. He makes little room for childhood irrationality or wonder. He would balk at the idea of giving any more to them than exactly what they need to grow. No extra treats, unless he can be convinced it will help them develop into a better employee.
Furthermore, he will be imposing his beliefs upon the child. They will be raised to see aliens as monsters that deserve to be tortured and killed. They will be taught that the universe is hostile and dangerous, and they will be saving the world by clearing it out.
There are a couple things I could see actually bringing out more than just the cold instructor, though. I think I've talked about it on this blog before, but Bishop's two loves are scientific development and winning fights. If he takes the time to show the child how to dissect a specimen, he takes joy in those lessons in a way he normally doesn't; no longer clinical and precise, taking time to show off the "fun" parts. Likewise, I think he would find training combat very fulfilling, when his trainee can get good enough to actually give him a challenge. Perhaps there would even be a sense of pride. His little pawn is growing quite capable.
Ultimately, Bishop is a self-centered person. He will not see the child as their own person with thoughts and wants and a whole life to live, he will see a soldier-- a special one, sure. An experimental one, perhaps. But if that child grows up and leaves, cuts him off, they will be nothing more than a failure of one. A disappointment. Perhaps the reason he never tries again is because he decides from this experience that the time and money he spent on them was not worth the outcome. In his eyes, he gained nothing.
Those are just my two cents, anyway! Hopefully this was helpful! He is an absolutely fascinating person to study when he's put into relationships that should be something deeper, so thank you very much for the ask!
I have been listening to The Protomen albums on loop ever since I discovered them a few months ago, and I have been making some observations on really cool details between songs, one of which I wanted to highlight today: what I have been affectionately referring to as the "funeral motif."
See when some buddies and I first listened through Album I, we got hung up on that whistle at the beginning of Unrest in the House of Light. It kinda stands out, right? An early theory had us wondering if it was related to what motivated Light to tell Megaman the truth. So I did a few listens through trying to figure out what it could mean. From what I can tell, the first instance we hear it in is Funeral for a Son. It's in the spotlight as the brass comes in, and then falls into the background as the song progresses. But! That's not the only time we hear it! It also appears in the very end of Keep Quiet. While all three have those same three notes in common, Unrest has them standing alone, while the other two conclude it in two different ways; Keep Quiet feels tense and anticipatory, while Funeral sounds like it has more finality.
My conclusion is that the funeral motif heralds an incoming disaster, or highlights moments of Hamartia in the characters where this trait will ultimately doom them and everyone around them. Or something like that. In any case, I put together all the pieces I found, and this post is mostly just to set that free into the world. But I may have missed more instances, so if anyone finds more please tell me!!
I reblogged this a bit ago but I think I just found another instance of the “Funeral” motif!
It’s all over the place in The Good Doctor, but prominently in two places. One is in the middle of the track at 3:30. It plays after Wily says “Don’t turn your back on me!”. The second area is at the end, starting around 4:55. It’s weaved several times into the tune the brass is playing. It’s most noticeable at the very end (around 5:35) once they’re done speaking.
A very fitting song to find the motif in! This definitely adds to both theories that it signals incoming disaster and marks a time when a character makes a disastrous decision.
I have been listening to The Protomen albums on loop ever since I discovered them a few months ago, and I have been making some observations on really cool details between songs, one of which I wanted to highlight today: what I have been affectionately referring to as the "funeral motif."
See when some buddies and I first listened through Album I, we got hung up on that whistle at the beginning of Unrest in the House of Light. It kinda stands out, right? An early theory had us wondering if it was related to what motivated Light to tell Megaman the truth. So I did a few listens through trying to figure out what it could mean. From what I can tell, the first instance we hear it in is Funeral for a Son. It's in the spotlight as the brass comes in, and then falls into the background as the song progresses. But! That's not the only time we hear it! It also appears in the very end of Keep Quiet. While all three have those same three notes in common, Unrest has them standing alone, while the other two conclude it in two different ways; Keep Quiet feels tense and anticipatory, while Funeral sounds like it has more finality.
My conclusion is that the funeral motif heralds an incoming disaster, or highlights moments of Hamartia in the characters where this trait will ultimately doom them and everyone around them. Or something like that. In any case, I put together all the pieces I found, and this post is mostly just to set that free into the world. But I may have missed more instances, so if anyone finds more please tell me!!
hey I had sent a thirsty Bishop ask your way and just wanted to sincerely apologize. I did not consider how that would make you feel and am very sorry! It won’t happen again
Ey no worries, I really appreciate you reaching out! I get it it, you were just having fun, no hard feelings! 💜
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Hold on because you’ve got me thinking now. DO we think Bishop’s change in Fast Foward is genuine?
I think it might be, at least partially. Largely because of the episode ”Head of State” where he endangers his own life to rescue Stockman from the lab explosion/fire, it seems to reflect some degree of genuine character development. Also, when he is strung up in front of the turtles and talking about his time spent kidnapping and experimenting on aliens, he states “that was a different time in my life, not one that I’m proud of,” and his expression/reactions really seem genuine.
BUT, during that same sequence when he tells the story of how Stockman “went too far” and caused the lab to blow up the first time, he seems to place a lot of unnecessary blame on Stockman and does not own up to his own misdoings, which Ralph calls him out on. So I’m really not sure?
This ask reminded me I had a similar one in the drafts I just,, forgot about,,, BUT yeah I honestly do not buy that President Bishop's change is fully genuine, and that's detailed a bit more in that ask!
I'll agree that the rescue is a big point in his favor, though. Given the circumstances, Bishop was just severely retraumatized (strapped down on a lab table, preparing to be dissected,) so given he was probably acting under severe stress, his actions could easily be read as genuine. I definitely think there are ways to spin it to fit the interpretation that he hasn't changed, which I tend to go with in my own writing (and as such I won't detail too much, spoilers!) but it's very plausible Bishop chose to rescue Stockman in an attempt to make up for everything he'd done to him before, too. As Trauma pointed out to me, Bishop's rescue of Stockman in that scene directly mirrors the alien rescuing him in that same episode's flashback. That suggests this is Bishop paying it forward, in some sense.
I will say I do not buy that his guilt is genuine when he's describing his past actions, I very much find that to be an act. He refuses to describe the actual contents of what he did or why what he did was wrong, and continuously distances himself with his language ("I was a different person" and so on.) Paired with the fact that he has no qualms blaming Stockman and detailing what he did wrong, like you said, it comes of as VERY manipulative, to me. These are the tactics of someone who wants to be forgiven but isn't sorry. If you've seen a youtuber apology you've seen all these moves before.
In terms of Bishop's expressions, I always come back to the fact that he's a politician, and likely has been for a good few decades. He's in the public eye, and the success of his goals now directly hinges on how other people percieve him. It seems very likely to me that he's developed the skills to lie and persuade and come off as genuine in response.
But that's just my two cents! Honestly while the interpretation that he's still a monster deep down is my personal preference, it really can be read either way. Given the tone of FF, I do think we were intended to just take his redemption at face value. It's just that it's so much more fun when he's a liar!
Idk if you’ve ever fully answered this on your blog but: DO YOU THINK Bishop fully redeemed himself in the future? By becoming president and uniting all races? Or is he still 🗑️
Oh man no, I don't think Bishop's Good Guy act is all that genuine. I think there's some change, but at his base, beneath all the subterfuge, he's still the same guy. I may have gone over this on the blog before, but like ey what am I gonna just get handed this opportunity to ramble ad nauseum and not take it? NEVER
There are a few pieces of evidence we can read into regarding the faux-ness of Bishop's new persona. First and foremost, for me, is the two instances where he presents the turtles with his "origin story," so to speak. In each instance, he keeps the details vague, and is very hesitant to admit to any direct wrong-doing on his part. The first story is so vague on the details that it feels like he's trying to brush past the turtles' concerns as quickly as possible. The SECOND, though. Bishop consistently dances around going into any detail about what he did or why it was wrong. And he goes on to push all of the blame onto Stockman! I mean honestly, he says Stockman "took things too far." Like dude!! We already know nothing is "too far" for you! It's very suspect to me that the subsequent lab collapse could have been ALL Stockman's fault. Bishop also elevates his own accomplishments and takes full credit for the success of the PGA. Idk but there's something really insidious to me about how he presents the information to make himself look as good as possible-- and the way he's able to convince at least a few of his former enemies that he's trustworthy.
There are other little inconsistencies in his behavior, like him writing off the turtles' warnings about Sh'Okanabo. The Bishop I know is a paranoid freak, he would never in a million years brush off a lead on a possible threat without checking it at all. And if we assume that, then that suggests Bishop said as much to give the turtles the impression it wasn't something worth looking into, meaning he was probably trying to direct their attention away for some reason. All of this tells me (if we just. ignore the possibility of it being a writing flaw agdhgshd) that Bishop is still a very cold and calculating personality, fully willing to throw others to the wolves for his own purposes, but he is WAY better at manipulting, now.
I've said before that I find it likely Bishop's weakest point is his social skills; we see that his superior officers (i.e. the president) dislike him-- which, frankly, is a detriment to his cause as it put his funding in jeopardy at least once that we know of-- and everyone he meets tends to come away some level of discomfitted. So what FF presents us with is a Bishop who needed to improve these skills for the sake of his ultimate goal. If the safety of earth requires friendly relations with aliens, then he needed to become an ambassador, and if he needed to become an ambassador, then he needed to be less overtly unpleasant. Thus, he changed tack. As a result, we have someone who appears trustworthy and is very good at lying and directing your attention, but is just as utilitarian as ever under the mask. That's just his job, after all.
Other details include:
- His intro. We see Bishop personally taking time out to go through monitors all over the city. He apparently has a very thorough surveillance system that he reviews himself. Again, paranoid freak.
- When addressing the turtles, we sometimes see him slip back into snarkier comments. This usually happens when he's frustrated (snapping at them for not attacking the Mouser fast enough for his tastes,) or when he's not being obeyed (making a snide comment about Cody having nightmares when they refuse to exclude him from a mission briefing.)
- As my friend Trauma pointed out to me recently, when storming the moonbase Bishop's men had their guns defaulted to lethal force, he had to give the order to switch to non-lethal. He was fully ready to wipe that place out.
- His willingness to include the turtles and later Cody on missions strikes me as, yknow, very utilitarian in its own right. Cuz those are teenagers, yeah. It could be argued that Bishop can't tell how old the turtles are but he definitely knows Cody is young, and knows well enough that he shouldn't be in a combat situation. But in the finale he praises Cody's decision to defy him and fight anyway. So what changed? In essence, Cody was effective. Bishop is fine with child soldiers as long as they do a good job (and can't be publicly traced back to him.)
Also like did you see that car chase? He ran civilians off the road and did not give a FUCK. That's the same guy.
I am so sorry I promise I’ll stop spamming you about Bishop now (maybe.)
Do you think Bishop could ever be in a healthy relationship? What would the dynamic be like with evil Bishop versus Fast Forward Bishop?
And no I don’t mean Stockshop. 😭
Oh no worries at all I'm enjoying your questions!! Please feel free to spam to your heart's desire. Sorry it took so long to get around to this one, I have admittedly not put much thought into Bishop in romantic scenarios, so I had to think on it a bit!
So, could Bishop ever be in a healthy relationship? Short answer NO. NOT AT ALL LOL
Slightly longer answer, there is some potential depending on how you like to interpret Fast Forward!Bishop. I think it's impossible for Present-day Bishop to be in any sort of healthy romance (and I'll go into way more detail than neccessary about that below 👍) but if you take FF's presentation of the character at face value, there's certainly a possibility.
So long answer, Bishop is one of the single most self-centered, unexamined people to walk the damn earth. There are a lot of factors that go into why he would be just, the absolute worst in a relationship, but the biggest issue is he doesn't give a shit about anybody but himself. If we throw everything else out and consider a hypothetical where he enters a relationship for the relationship's sake, he is not capable or willing to see things from a partner's perspective. In any disagreement he will be unwilling to consider he could be wrong, and will go to great lengths to ensure the other person concedes or backs down. He is a paranoid control freak who would not stand for anything less than being agreed with and obeyed, and he is perfectly willing to break someone down to achieve that. And in a scenario where, indeed, his interest is actually in the other person, we know he has a terrible possessive streak. As long as his interest holds, there is no out for the hypothetical partner. He is going to be emotionally and mentally abusive at best.
Moving more to the particulars of what he'd want a relationship for, it's worth pointing out that Bishop is very single-minded and relentless in his ultimate goal. I find it very difficult to consider a scenario where any single person would be considered worthwhile enough to distract him from that. We've seen him willing to sacrifice personal friends in-canon for the sake of his experiments, (if you ascribe to the theory that J. Finn was mutated on purpose to some degree,) so his work is ALWAYS going to come first. But that's the nicer option, because there is always the possibility that he would consider a relationship if it benefitted his greater goal (OR fed his ego tbh.) In which case, he's only in it for what he can get out of the other person, and the second they've outlived their usefulness to him, well-- I guess it depends on how much sensitive information they know, by that point.
But, okay! Let's consider President Bishop. He's certainly less likely to lure in a partner just to use them and then dispose of them, so he has that going for him. With him, there is a lot of room for how you want to interpret his "change of heart." You could take it at as presented in the show, or read more into his actions based on what we know about his past. Personally, I prefer the latter, but I'll examine both for the sake of thoroughness, and also for funsies.
So let's assume Bishop is being genuine in how he acts, first. In this case, I think there's a decent chance he could learn to be a good partner, though I don't think he'd start out that way and I doubt it'd come naturally to him loL. His job requires a lot of time and attention from him, and he is always going to prioritize it; he is, after all, "a bigger picture kind of guy." Kindness does not come naturally to him, so in times of stress he may default to meaner actions. However, he is also pretty effective in learning and adapting, so with good communication he probably won't make the same mistakes too often. In this scenario I think time constraint really is the biggest obstacle, given his job.
Now, assuming his Good Guy act is just a mask for politics? He's still pretty damn toxic. Bishop's tactics have changed, but his personality remains pretty similar. I'm not sure his pleasant demeanor goes that deep, once you get into more than small talk. It's a necessity for his job, but he still appears to be cold and utilitarian underneath it. He still thinks he's right about everything, and based on the insidious ways he phrases his own backstory to always shift blame away from himself, (even throwing Stockman under the bus, STILL, just to look better in comparison,) he's gotten a LOT better at making it feel like he is always in the right. What you've got is a Bishop who can lie, persuade and charm better, who also still doesn't care about much beyond protecting his territory and using the people around him. This presents us with a partner who, unlike 2000s-era Bishop, is far FAR more subtle with his abuse. And again, heaven forbid he actually genuinely has an interest in his hypothetical partner, because now he has galactic-wide surveillance and public sway on top of the immortality, and they're never getting away.
I hope that answers to satisfaction! Honestly while it's not my cup of tea it is really interesting to examine this facet of his character, so thank you for the question!!
Adding @doctor-badadvice 's tags cuz they're absolutely correct. Also I love the phrasing of slowly introducing someone to his enclosure it's hilarious.
I am so sorry I promise I’ll stop spamming you about Bishop now (maybe.)
Do you think Bishop could ever be in a healthy relationship? What would the dynamic be like with evil Bishop versus Fast Forward Bishop?
And no I don’t mean Stockshop. 😭
Oh no worries at all I'm enjoying your questions!! Please feel free to spam to your heart's desire. Sorry it took so long to get around to this one, I have admittedly not put much thought into Bishop in romantic scenarios, so I had to think on it a bit!
So, could Bishop ever be in a healthy relationship? Short answer NO. NOT AT ALL LOL
Slightly longer answer, there is some potential depending on how you like to interpret Fast Forward!Bishop. I think it's impossible for Present-day Bishop to be in any sort of healthy romance (and I'll go into way more detail than neccessary about that below 👍) but if you take FF's presentation of the character at face value, there's certainly a possibility.
So long answer, Bishop is one of the single most self-centered, unexamined people to walk the damn earth. There are a lot of factors that go into why he would be just, the absolute worst in a relationship, but the biggest issue is he doesn't give a shit about anybody but himself. If we throw everything else out and consider a hypothetical where he enters a relationship for the relationship's sake, he is not capable or willing to see things from a partner's perspective. In any disagreement he will be unwilling to consider he could be wrong, and will go to great lengths to ensure the other person concedes or backs down. He is a paranoid control freak who would not stand for anything less than being agreed with and obeyed, and he is perfectly willing to break someone down to achieve that. And in a scenario where, indeed, his interest is actually in the other person, we know he has a terrible possessive streak. As long as his interest holds, there is no out for the hypothetical partner. He is going to be emotionally and mentally abusive at best.
Moving more to the particulars of what he'd want a relationship for, it's worth pointing out that Bishop is very single-minded and relentless in his ultimate goal. I find it very difficult to consider a scenario where any single person would be considered worthwhile enough to distract him from that. We've seen him willing to sacrifice personal friends in-canon for the sake of his experiments, (if you ascribe to the theory that J. Finn was mutated on purpose to some degree,) so his work is ALWAYS going to come first. But that's the nicer option, because there is always the possibility that he would consider a relationship if it benefitted his greater goal (OR fed his ego tbh.) In which case, he's only in it for what he can get out of the other person, and the second they've outlived their usefulness to him, well-- I guess it depends on how much sensitive information they know, by that point.
But, okay! Let's consider President Bishop. He's certainly less likely to lure in a partner just to use them and then dispose of them, so he has that going for him. With him, there is a lot of room for how you want to interpret his "change of heart." You could take it at as presented in the show, or read more into his actions based on what we know about his past. Personally, I prefer the latter, but I'll examine both for the sake of thoroughness, and also for funsies.
So let's assume Bishop is being genuine in how he acts, first. In this case, I think there's a decent chance he could learn to be a good partner, though I don't think he'd start out that way and I doubt it'd come naturally to him loL. His job requires a lot of time and attention from him, and he is always going to prioritize it; he is, after all, "a bigger picture kind of guy." Kindness does not come naturally to him, so in times of stress he may default to meaner actions. However, he is also pretty effective in learning and adapting, so with good communication he probably won't make the same mistakes too often. In this scenario I think time constraint really is the biggest obstacle, given his job.
Now, assuming his Good Guy act is just a mask for politics? He's still pretty damn toxic. Bishop's tactics have changed, but his personality remains pretty similar. I'm not sure his pleasant demeanor goes that deep, once you get into more than small talk. It's a necessity for his job, but he still appears to be cold and utilitarian underneath it. He still thinks he's right about everything, and based on the insidious ways he phrases his own backstory to always shift blame away from himself, (even throwing Stockman under the bus, STILL, just to look better in comparison,) he's gotten a LOT better at making it feel like he is always in the right. What you've got is a Bishop who can lie, persuade and charm better, who also still doesn't care about much beyond protecting his territory and using the people around him. This presents us with a partner who, unlike 2000s-era Bishop, is far FAR more subtle with his abuse. And again, heaven forbid he actually genuinely has an interest in his hypothetical partner, because now he has galactic-wide surveillance and public sway on top of the immortality, and they're never getting away.
I hope that answers to satisfaction! Honestly while it's not my cup of tea it is really interesting to examine this facet of his character, so thank you for the question!!
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I have a question and I’m SO sorry if it’s too personal - please disregard.
But as someone who is aro and/or ace, do you still enjoy reading romances/even smut? Or is it incredibly uninteresting or weird to you?
Haha no worries I don't mind answering! I don't mind romance at all, I even get really into some of them, but I'm REALLY picky about it. If I don't find the romance narratively interesting it tends to annoy me when it takes away "screentime" from concepts that actually are. Having said that, idk if that's the aroace in me, or the literary snob. Or maybe both loL
But some people can write some RIDICULOUSLY engaging romances, and I am SO here for it. At its base, the concept of taking two (or more) characters who are interesting and engaging on their own, and then putting them together and exploring every aspect of that can be absolutely fascinating. It's a good vehicle to really get into each's head, what they want from a partnership, how their flaws grate on one another, what their dynamic looks like and if it changes. I especially enjoy when things don't work out in the end. We have so many romances where everything is sweet and fluffy and goes off without a hitch and like sure, I get the appeal, but man when something takes it a different direction and just uses romance to raze these characters to the ground MAN it hits different. In the end I think the key is that both (or more) characters have to be interesting on their own, first, so then you can play chemist to see what kind of explosion happens when you throw them together (also, it makes it clearer to understand why these guys might want to be together in the firstplace, yknow?)
I'm very much not into smut, though, sorry to say. Moreso on the uninteresting side, I get why people might like it, it just doesn't interest me at all.
I know you mainly talk about bishop. But I am curious what’s your opinion on each of the turtles? I mean in general like who’s your fav and least favorite
Oh yo thanks for the question!! It's true I don't talk about the turtles much here on my blog made to ramble about the turtle shows, woops!
Generally speaking, across all iterations Raph is my absolute favorite in every single one except 2012. Which is funny, because they're all very different archetypes! 03 Raph is my boy, I grew up on the 03 show so I'm somewhat biased towards that take on the characters haha. I find their portrayal of his anger issues and the heart of gold waylaid beneath them to be very interesting, he's all around a very fun and well-written character. Rise Raph is a great mix of goofy idiot teenaged boy and Eldest Daughter Syndrome, and I LOVE his design. I think making him leader was a BRILLIANT change on the usual formula that really pushed his existing character conflict even harder. You can tell he often represses what he wants in favor of what he thinks is expected of him and the pressure really builds up. 87 Raph is just, absolute gem that guy. Funniest theatre kid to ever walk the earth. Love him to death.
The Donnies are usually runner-ups, and as a kid 03 Don was my favorite character, actually! I found his mix of soft-spoken kindness, wicked intelligence and general badassery to be deeply admirable, I wanted to be just like him (Did we get there? Jury's still out.)
I don't know that there's any one of them I'd say I outright dislike, they're all very fun archetypes and I love seeing the different spins every version puts on them. I will say Leos generally don't catch my attention as much, but that's entirely a personal preference. Logically I can see all the complexities packed into those guys, I've just never been interested in protagonist-types, if that makes any sense. Rise Leo was a breath of fresh air in that sense-- and again, a big reason I loved the change in leadership, because we could explore more the idea of who he might be without that pressure, and then, subsequently, how he'd change once put under it.
Uh, does that answer the question? Maybe too much? Well that's just my two cents, in any case haha!
It did not, but thank you for clarifying! If you're the same anon who sent the others, as well, my apologies, I'm taking a little longer to get to those cuz I have more substansial thoughts to say. Got plan out my pseudo-essay, you know how it is 👍
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I just realized I never showed off the Minecraft AU designs!! Behold: some guys. Shoutout to @teenagemutantninjatrauma for helping come up with a ton of concepts!!
YOU TURNED MASTER SPLINTER INTO KRILL!!!Or maybe that's a silver fish. Idk. BUT STILL!
I actually have so much to yap about this has enthralled me.
Why is my wife a part time wither skeleton? Is the disguise a hologram or did he just steal someone's skin? Does he sound like a wind chime when he walks? Most importantly why is he serving so hard?
The turtles are adorable. Raph's gotta stop trying to be so quirky and different tho. Be green like the rest of us. Smh.
Karai is serving as always! And the Shredder is there.
Stockman can NOT catch a break even as an octopus zombie mermaid. He's looking snazzy as ever tho. Him and Starlee are a duo I didn't know I needed.
Sterling doesn't get paid enough for this.
The dark turtles dragons all look equally afraid to tell you that they didn't order pickles
Ah, an opportunity to ramble while sprinkling in some of my useless minecraft knowledge! rubs my hands together evilly keheheheh
Splinter is a silverfish, correct! He's also notably still silverfish-sized, teeny tiny. When he was raising the boys he used to try teach them how to hide in rocks, and was very dismayed to find they could not. Other options I was kicking around for him were fox (too common) and Killer Rabbit (a version-specific joke mob that would attack the player on sight, outsped them, and dealt 8 hearts of damage per hit.)
Bishop is indeed a Wither Skeleton! In this AU, his vendetta is against all Overworlders. So he built himself a disguise to blend in, uses it to gain the trust of travellers, and then kills them via inflicting wither. His gloves are thick enough that he can touch things without inflicting wither, but if he takes them off, or someone touches him anywhere else like on the shoulder, wither will take effect.
I'm glad the turtles turned out good! :) Raph is a Bedrock edition-exclusive variant of the sea turtle mob, a ruby turtle!
Karai was one of the most fun designs to work on because she blends two different mob elements together, and if there's one thing I LOVE when it comes to designing, it's fusing existing designs together heheheh. Her "armor" comes from a Phantom she'd slain, which was actually a mob I was considering making her early on! We also considered making Sh'Okanabo the Warden instead of Shredder, early on. But ultimately the intimidation factor and stronger ties to Overworld meant it made more sense to go to Shredder, narratively speaking.
YEAH dw Stockman is still Goin Thru It. He's a potions master and Starlee is something of his student. They're trying to find a way to get his soul back without directly facing the Shredder, since Stockman is absolutely terrified of the guy (and also he got magically sealed away in the time since Stockman's been laying low, woops!) Starlee's the only denizen of the ocean, it seems, who isn't scared of him. They're both Glowsquids!
Serling's always a very fun character for me to write, and this AU was no exception. He was a half-finished guard left abandoned in a destroyed village. Cody found him, finished him up and activated him, and thus Serling's instincts decided this small Piglin was the village he was built to protect. He follows him around no matter what. Unfortunately, Cody keeps befriending monsters, and Serling has to fight every iron ingot in his body not to kill the kid's new buddies constantly.
The dragon gang are also Goin Thru It, sad to say loL
