I'm back in the fucking building

omg omg YAYYY

I don’t have much abt posted except for some questions someone im following asked me that i answered BUUUUT

in this iteration the turtles and Splinter have their own traveling circus/carnival! it doesn’t really take place in New York tho— (but it is a setting for some important stuff)

it centers around Raph and his relationship with his brothers (mostly Donnie) and his insecurities that come with being “different” bc of his condition (albinism). I don’t see many things center around Raph and I want to give him a moment to shine. Mikey also plays a pretty big role because he’s the closest to Raph

the basic premise tho is that after getting mutated (and traumatized by the Shredder), Splinter abandons his duties as a member of the Hamato Clan in pursuit of his dream of becoming a performer (despite his mutation). eventually enough evil starts to arise and Splinter realizes that he needs to train his children in the ways of ninjutsu and all that jazz

MAY include the Ninpo/mystic stuff, but im not sure yet

the story also includes characters like Bebop and Rocksteady, Leatherhead, and Hypno as other members of the circus

i don’t have much planned out story wise as im still trying to find a good enough starting point and figure some more things out, but when I do all that i will DEFINITELY start posting abt it more

I keep forgetting to post- oops

go! be free my april in the style of arcane!

Do you see him as being around Splinter’s age? Younger? Older? Or way older, like thousands of years old because yokai might live for millennia? What do you all think? I’m going to share some of my random thoughts about the topic 👀

First of all, in my head, Splinter was around 35 when he got mutated. Idk… to me, moving to New York, starting over from scratch, and becoming as famous as he apparently was (which I imagine was really famous) feels like something that would’ve taken years and several different stages of his life. Then came his downfall. So, yeah, 35 just feels reasonable to me. That would make him around 50 during the movie, and in my head he looks old because, after being mutated, his life expectancy dropped to around 59 years according to some random calculations I did.

But back to Draxum.

I know he’s a yokai, so he could naturally have a much longer lifespan. I haven’t really thought about how yokai age or develop tho, so I’m mostly thinking in terms of human developmental stages. In other words, he could technically be older than Splinter in actual years while still being at a similar biological or developmental stage. At least, that’s how I see it.

I’ve been rambling without explaining myself, sorry.

The thing is… Draxum just doesn’t feel like someone who’s lived for centuries. It’s a little hard to explain but I’m gonna try.

He’s undeniably a genius, and maybe that makes him seem older. But at the same time, I feel like he’s constantly lacking the kind of judgment that comes with experience. A lot of geniuses hit their peak in their twenties, you know? And I kind of picture Draxum being at that equivalent stage of life when he created the oozquitos and mutated the turtles.

There’s also the fact that he knows a lot, but he doesn’t listen to people who obviously know more than he does. Like when he discovers the prophecy about the destruction of the yokai and completely misinterprets it, even though the Council of Heads literally warns him that he’s misunderstanding it. To me, that’s a sign of inexperience more than anything else.

And even if yokai can live for thousands of years, those extra years should still translate into more life experience… and, in my opinion, that’s exactly what Draxum seems to be missing.

Also, when he ends up with nothing and Mikey basically rescues him from being on the streets and changes his whole life… Idk, to me he could totally represent someone in the middle of a 30s crisis (although he’s probably already close to 40 by the time that happens… but I’d still say he’s in his thirties).

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There are some things that I will not accept here at all for any reason, pedophiles, groomers, problematic homophobes, and people sending sexual things to minors are high on that list, and in no way shape or form will I allow any of that on my blog or with the people I interact with.

Patro pages are being worked on, I’m trying to type out the pages and ideas as I go, but I still want the comic to be improv, so it’s one page at a time.

Critter adopts might be on pause for a bit, the batch I have being the last one until I’m ready. Im prioritizing my comic, art-wise.

New art, new ideas ✨

My headcanon is that Mikey is constantly talking to Donnie about his incredible ideas! No matter what pops into Mikey's mind, he tells Donnie!

And because Donnie loves his brothers and genuinely likes being there for them, he dutifully listens to Mikey 🥺✨

I know we all have that timeline that was SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN where the Krang won

BUT

what if the Shredder won?

WHAT. IF. THE. SHREDDER. WON.

AND THE KRANG DIDNT HAPPEN.

we all know DAMN WELL that there is a timeline out there where the Shredder won either by killing the Hamato family or taking Splinter’s essence (or both) and I WANNA SEE WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE

like maybe Mikey is practicing his portal stuff (if he can have the power to open dimensional rifts and send someone back in time who says he can’t open rifts to DIFFERENT TIMELINES???) and he accidentally finds a world where the Shredder won and his family is destroyed. maybe Draxum is there with him, or one of his brothers. or both! maybe the brothers in that world never unlocked their Ninpo. maybe, if they’re alive, Mikey helps them unlock it.

maybe not. maybe the world is just doomed and there’s nothing Mikey can do about it

we NEVER see a “Shredder won” timeline and that makes me really sad because there’s SO MANY things you could do with it!!