life, at best, is bittersweet

Yes, she is

It's implied

I don't know

She is canonically cis💔🥀

so I’m making my way through the 2012 series because rise gave me TMNT brainrot and I wanted to talk about this scene from ‘I, monster.’

up until this point, splinter hasn’t really talked much about his life pre-mutation (apart from shredder-centric conversations), and as a result, it’s really easy for me to forget that the turtles know so much about it. and that’s such an interesting perspective for them to have as characters. like, your dad/sensei had a whole human life. where you might be used to sticking to the shadows and living in a sewer under nyc because it’s all you’ve ever known, it isn’t all he’s ever known. it reframes so much of splinter’s character, but it also just has to be kind of weird for leo & the others to think about.

further exploration of how i draw the bois, doing screenshot redraws so i don't have to worry much about posing! also just... having fun with their dumb faces. referenced shots from these two sets!

are you even an older sibling if your younger siblings don't watch you play video games? based on this iconic photo:

my current set-up!

updated.

close-ups of each shelf under the read-more