Scatterbrainedbot - Incapable Of Shutting Up In The Tags

cass, a professional: order of badass donbot, extra dramatic entrance!

me, nodding, banned from most kitchens: leo drama and angst, heard chef!

(shoutout to @somerandomdudelmao for yet again making feel emotions i cannot fully explain)

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.

YEEEES YES COME JOIN ME AT THE CORKBOARD FRIEND

THIS IS EXACTLY IT LIKE THOSE PANELS WERE ALL THAT WERE RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD READING THE UPDATE AHHH

HERE HAVE SOME AMAZING INCREDIBLE HEART WRENCHING TAGS BY @someoddmix AND @zerolifesigns WHICH I HAVE BEEN HOARDING LIKE AN ANGST LOVING DRAGON

TIME TRAVEL PAINS ARE SOMETHING ELSE BRO

heres my og tags too cos im still chewing through concrete about it

(ALSO IF U WRITE A DRABBLE PLS SEND ME A LINK I LEGIT LOVE THIS CONCEPT SO SO MUCH)

okay I may or.may not be slapping out a drabble rn cause it's 12:26 AM and I am shaking and trying to breathe cause I am far too excited about this cause @scatterbrainedbot made a comic that put everything I have been running thru my head for DAYS into shapes & colors. Cause like look look okay

Do you know how much that robot changes things? Changes that whole scene??? Do you understand how heartbroken I am rn?? I am in a state of utter suffering because of this one scene. He had PLANNED for this!!! He had wanted to come back! BUT HE COULNT .

GRAHHHHHH

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.