Charlie Willowish

Clown boy will occasionally put himself and the others in danger to Prove Himself or Prove Someone Wrong (see Minotaur Maze and the movie) but like otherwise... i think people forget Leo's overwhelmingly the voice of reason in most situations?

Raph, Mikey, and Donnie are all incredibly powerful boys with very specific skill sets. They are also, as a direct result of this, the WORST decision-makers on god's green earth lmao. When presented with a problem, Raph will smash, Donnie will blow shit up, and Mikey will razzmatazz. They will all run straight toward death with the same oblivious enthusiasm of a dog about to run straight into a screen door. None of them realize this and all of them think they are Extremely Good At Problem-Solving.

And the guy cursed with the common sense to realize this is literally the LAST person anyone would expect.

When you look closely, the entirety of Rise is actually a chronicle of Leo trying to find new and creative ways to keep this team of superpowered fools alive while simultaneously white-knuckling his Cool Fun Guy persona so the others don't realize he's secretly the Boring Responsible One. Haha, you know what would be Cool and Fun, guys? Not going after the Spine Breaking Bandit lol. Getting home before the sun goes up lol. Evacuating that civilian lol. Not telling the guy dangling me off a roof "you won't, no balls" lol.

wait just a damn fucking….

I know we all like to say ‘when Leo makes a joke it means he’s stressed’ 

But LISTENNnnnnn

He’s got it cranked up so much in the movie.

He immediately undermines Raph, runs off by himself AND tries to grab the thing even when Raph CLEARLY has it.

He’s nothing but jokes and sarcasm during the entire first act.

But this is wildly out of character for Leo. Especially the running off on his own part.

The kid does not like being separated from his team. The best examples of this are in Portal Jacked! and Man vs. Sewer.

AND in Man vs Sewer, Leo takes charge immediately!

(and of course all the little moments sprinkled throughout the show of Leo being a good Leader but I think Man vs Sewer is the best example of ‘Leo’s gonna end up the leader’)

SO WHY IS HE BEING SUCH A LITTLE SHIT IN THE MOVIE?!

BECAUSE HE’S IS TRYING TO GET RAPH TO TAKE BACK THE LEADER ROLE!

Almost every time he’s goofing off in the movie’s first act he seems to direct it to Raph the most. He is actively trying to rile Raph up, to the point Raph actually goes after him with his mystic powers.

Because he doesn’t see himself as the leader, he’s the ‘face man’

And he’s terrified he’s going to fail his family as the leader.

If we look at the movie from this angle, it takes all that angst we love and cranks it the f up!

Quick Sprite animation I did cause I wanted to draw Surge in that Susie pose from Deltarune.

Thought it fit her.

☆ rest of ask + answer under the cut. for the record, this is the last ask I’ll answer about this.☆

This is not all myths, but the most popular. I do not want to say obvious things on bad english, so I will be as brief as possible. Fanon: Doesn’t understand sarcasm and doesn’t know how to use it. Canon: