(not Having Easy Access To My Own Tag Links Was Stressing Me Out So Here Have An Introduction Post)

(not having easy access to my own tag links was stressing me out so here have an introduction post)

'bout me:

my names zach! or scatterbot if u’d prefer!

im a trans guy and use he/him pronouns

im over 21 but dont intend to post any mature/nsfw stuff here (the only potential exception being maybe some light gore, but ill be sure to put content warnings if i do)

i love writing long rambling analysis in the tags (did u know tumblr has limit of 140 characters per tag, 30 tags per post? it reminds me of this fact. often.)

i write how i think, which is to say, with lots of run-on sentences and at least six thoughts at a time

ive done art for a long time, but am relatively new to working digitally (like about a year?) so im still learning a lot on that front!

i am very slow with responses, and even slower with posting — apologies in advance!

also, this blog is definitely gonna be almost entirely tmnt for the foreseeable future. rise and 03 are my absolute favorites <3 im still catching up with other variations!

tags i use:

#my art - for art i made!

#ask reply - replies to asks

#fandom friends - interactions w mutuals and other folks of the fandom! often involves sona shenanigans

#rb - reblogs and such!

Rat Sons AU: (official title pending lol)

my own tmnt au/iteration, in which Master Splinter is a wise and silly old tortoise, with four skittering, chaotic, ninja rat children. based on a background moment of the 03 series. 🐢🐀🐀🐀🐀

#Rat Sons - general tag for all rat sons content!!

#Rat Sons Fanart - YALL LOOK AT ALL THIS AMAZING ART FOLKS HAVE MADE OF MY SILLY RAT BOYS IM GENUINELY SO EMOTIONAL THAT I GET TO HAVE THIS TAG ILY GUYS <333

Lore/World Building -

The Last Human Hamatos, Splinter Lore (pending),

Character Intro Sheets -

Hamato Sho, Hamato Tang Shen, Hamato Miko (coming soon!), Splinter (pending), Leonardo (pending), Raphael (pending), Donatello (pending), Michelangelo (pending)

[apologies in advance, this is gonna be so chaotic. idk what im doing, all i know is that these rat babies have eaten up my entire brain. look at them go.]

Part 7!

…….I’m sorry?

Part 1

whelp. i zoned out in the shower and created a whole fucking dramatic origin story of the Rat Sons.

guess i will be making this au then.

so yall. i randomly remembered a minor background moment from the 03 series. and it has spawned Thoughts....thoughts with Strong brainrot potential......

Theres two kinds of older selves...

Something I love to think about is every iteration of Leo’s relationship with Splinter and how Splinter’s interests always define how a Leo presents himself.

I used to abide by the idea that a Leo will simply emulate his Splinter directly, and to an extent I still believe that to be the case, but moreso I think Leos have a tendency to mold themselves into what they believe is their Splinter’s ideal son - someone who embodies all the traits Splinter has explicitly shown to admire or value in a person.

Most of the time, they try to be a dutiful and honorable boy abiding by the full extent of ninjitsu teachings. Then you have Rise Splinter, who very much still has undeniable prowess in the art of fighting and being a ninja, but when it comes to how he shows his interests to his boys…one thing reigns supreme.

Acting. Shows. One liners. Flamboyance in the name of gaining an audience’s attention.

He showcases Lou Jitsu movies on repeat for the boys, passing down the morals and words from those movies to them with no small amount of pride. All while fully expecting them to respect these teachings.

So, of course, Rise Leo picks up on this. He’s a Leo, after all, as much a daddy’s boy as any other variation of him, only he clocked his father’s interests to be different than most others. He picks up on the art of showmanship, of keeping things to himself so as to be a more exciting twist later, of treating the world as a set to act in.

He’s an actor, not just because Splinter himself was one, but because Splinter likes acting and showed one particular actor (unknowingly to the boys, it was himself) as the pinnacle of all his teachings. As someone to value and be admired. And even more than that - Splinter focuses on the character the actor is portraying rather than just the man himself.

And I think this is all even more interesting when taking the turtle tot short into consideration, because very, very briefly, just as with many times else throughout the series, we see how easily Rise Leo aligns with his other selves, seeming to pick up the sword easier than his brothers do their own weapons - after quoting Lou Jitsu of course. After emulating his idol - the person who his father seems to admire so much.

Point being, it’s so interesting to see how Leos tend to mold themselves in one particular way throughout every variation - that being, what their father is shown to value most in people.