As long as I’m Publicly Healing I thought I’d just remind everyone of how much I love my Honeycutt subeta pet and how I absolutely need to commission more art of him because he kicks ass and I’m proud of his overlay and I love him very much and he fits in very will with my 3 other shooting stars
YOOOO I honestly don't know anything about that "subeta" thing, but this looks adorable! <3 💗💗💗
Santa is on strike due to global warming. All presents this year will be delivered by Sasha the Christmas Tiger. Milk and cookies may not be sufficient.
“MUST BRING PRESENTS TO GOOD CHILDREN”
“Yes good”
“AND EAT THE BAD ONES”
“Wait no”
“EAT THEM”
“sasha no”
@burstofhope the Christmas tiger is watching
She is making a list
It is not easy with her paws but she is making it
shes almost here
Okay fine this is the ONE Christmas thing I will reblog before Thanksgiving BUT THAT’S IT
SASHA’S BACK ON MY DASH!
Y’all better behave, you have two months
You better watch out
Sasha the Christmas tiger my absolute beloved
РОЖДЕСТВЕНСКАЯ ТИГРИЦА САША! 💞💞💞
Welp, I think I can post it here too. Art trade with @felestina-stilton . Tysm again!
Once again thanks for an art trade! Your art style is so cool :>
you know what i miss??? sand animals
would you accept these soft, funky little dudes into your heart?
i had the green lizard one it was so cool. miss it 😥😥😥
I publish original art since the turn of the century. My tweets get 4 or 5 likes at most. Kids half my age post fan art and hit 2K in an hour. So! Here’s my Amphibia AU, Sasha returns to school as a super badass. Can I be popular now??
You deserve more recognition! Nice art :>
Donatello!
I am literally OBSESSED with this gif
I really do not think that this is something which is easy to talk about, especially here over at Tumblr. It’s going to be an extremely difficult opinion to express out and I have a feeling that I am going to anger quite a few, or quite a lot of people but I really do not mean any harm in what I have to talk about in regards to this particular letter to the editor and how I feel about this, and if there could be a compromise.
I understand that as our society changes, comics often times reflect what is going on within our society in the form of social commentary or political commentary. Let me say that I do understand and fully acknowledge that representation matters to a lot of people and there’s been efforts made to create representation for fans in a variety of mediums ranging from film, video games, novels, and of course– comic books. Characters representing many races, creeds and of course sexual orientations have been created and some have become quite popular over the years such as Miles Morales Spider-Man, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, Calvin Ellis, Val-Zod, and in the case of IDW’s TMNT– Jennika, who has become a representative of bisexuals for IDW’s TMNT title under the writing of Tom Waltz and by extension, Sophie Campbell.
For a lot of people, comics are a means of escapism and perhaps even a sense of empowerment. I’ve been reading comics since the early 90′s when I got my first copy of Web of Spider-Man #82 when I was very little, and not once did I particular feel left out. For the record, I am a Latino male and I managed to find enjoyment in reading my first comic which happened to be a Spider-Man comic. And I started to read more of Spider-Man’s adventures in the mid 1990s when the Venom and Carnage thing was high in popularity at the time. Then I moved onto reading Dark Horse’s Alien-Predator series around the late 90′s, and those stories had a very good diverse cast of characters, and I related more to the Yautja (Predators to you uninitiated folk!) than the human characters. Odd I know…
But around the early 2000s, I rediscovered TMNT through the Mirage comics. And the TMNT were the first heroic (or anti-heroic if you’re a Mirage fan) group I actually encountered as a child. And I’ve loved them ever since, some incarnations more than others, with Mirage, Image and IDW being the top three for me. And I related more to the Turtles than any of the human characters. Not once did I really feel left out, and most TMNT media didn’t really have much political commentary aside from the occasional environmental message.
Representation matters, and I do respect that but… there is no easy way to say this and this might get A LOT of people angry, furious even, but I am of the opinion that an established character’s sexual orientation shouldn’t be changed. This applies to both heterosexual and LGBTQ characters. Established heterosexual characters shouldn’t be changed and neither should LGBTQ characters. For example, if Northstar, one of the most iconic and beloved gay characters in Alpha Flight was suddenly turned straight, it would get people upset and rightly so.
Also, there is the news regarding Superman being revealed as bisexual. Well, it’s not Clark Kent folks, Classic Superman hasn’t been changed. This is a new and different Superman and you know what, that’s absolutely fine.
But in the case of the TMNT, canonically they’ve been shown in most mediums as having heterosexual tendencies. A case could be made that they’re asexual in the case of the 2003 series as Peter Laird had no interest in exploring the romantic lives of the Turtles.
In the Mirage canon, Leonardo has had a romantic affair with a Native American super heroine named Radical and even marries her in the future. Michelangelo even has had sex with a Saurian Princess named Seri and even becomes a father to a clutch of eggs. Peter Laird even drew a picture of Michelangelo with his children, prior to Mirage folding in 2021. Raphael even has displayed some interest in Lucindra Thompkins, a sparring partner of his. Donatello? Well, he was too busy with science to be attracted to anyone. I can see Donnie being asexual in this aspect solely because of this.
In the 1987 cartoon, Leonardo developed romantic feelings for Lotus Blossom. Raphael had Mona Lisa. Not sure if Michelangelo or Donatello had anyone. Admittedly my memory of the 1987 cartoon is fuzzy at best, so I cannot recall if Michelangelo and Donatello had anyone.
In the 1990 movies, the Turtles also had heterosexual tendencies when they were flirting with April.
In the Next Mutation, Venus was introduced to be a love interest to the Turtles which had much dismay from fans as it retconned the brothers from being biological brothers. But the Next Mutation isn’t canon in the grand scheme of TMNT, so we can discount that one.
In the 2012 series, the Turtles were paired up with characters such as Raphael with Mona Lisa, Leonardo and Karai were sort of love interest, Michelangelo seemed to be smitten with Renet, and Donatello had an unrequited crush on April.
As for IDW… Let’s go over that– Raphael and Alopex are a thing. That’s firmly established. Michelangelo has developed a crush on Trib, the Neutrino Princess, and Donatello seems to have a thing going on with Mona Lisa. Leonardo seems to be the only one left but comic covers and teasers suggest he might have an upcoming rivalry with a PoC character named Carmen, and solicitations mention that Carmen is of importance to Leo. But that last part could mean anything such as a platonic friendship or rivalry.
Since the start, IDW has made itself unique with it’s own canon and continuity, initially drawing elements from Mirage but gradually pulled from the 1987 toon, the 2003 toon and 2012 series. The writing by Tom Waltz at the time also had it’s own touches as well, and some changes to characters were made such as Null and Jagwar being female rather than male like their Archie counterparts.
But I don’t believe that changing a character’s orientation this far into the canon and story for the sake of representation is the way to go. I don’t believe that to be progressive, a character has to be changed so drastically.
When comic writers change an established character’s orientation, especially when that character has been popular for thirty to seventy years, it lessens a victory that could’ve been achieved for the LGBTQ community. Rather than create a new character who could earn the chance to be iconic and popular, it renders the existing established character as a hand me down. It’s also incredibly weak, lazy and unimaginative. It sends the message that they weren’t worthy to make a mark on their own without being given the chance to try first.
It would be a much more meaningful victory if a new character who is LGBTQ was created and well-written with relatable characteristics and put in a great storyline was given the chance to achieve that iconic status and popularity, and stand on their own alongside established legacy characters.
Being progressive doesn’t mean an established character’s orientation has to be changed for representation. In the case of the Turtles, I can see the brothers as being allies for the LGBTQ characters, fighting alongside with them, teaching them and passing whatever knowledge they have, and even adding them to their extended family. I know they’re kind of already doing that, but it would be much more meaningful for a new character to represent and make their own impact to achieve that victory, rather than changing the brothers’ orientation.
I suppose that’s all I have to say regarding my thoughts on the matter, and these thoughts don’t come from a place of hate but rather concern and a desire to see the TMNT title succeed and flourish without taking any cheats or shortcuts which might hurt the success of the title in the long run.
A really good post, with an opinion I 100% agree with. I also think that this should imply to ALL franchises because changing an already established character orientation is... really weird to say the least
Headcanons rock tho, I just think making such things in CANON related stuff is wrong
Reblog if you love any of the Craig McCracken shows
FHFIF and Kid Cosmic are literally one of my favourite shows they are soooooo goooood
YOOOOOOO THIS IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD the designs, the story and most importantly, the "classic fairytale book" artstyle aaaaaahhhhh I LOVE this 😳✨✨✨
Huggy Wuggy meets his long lost relative
And once again I thought I was the only one who thought this lmao)))
no because one of the cruelest things tmnt 2012 did was at the end of S4 E14 they show us fugitoid's head powering up in the debris around earth and then they never bring him back
this implies that the professor is alive in space as a floating head, waiting for that last bit of power to finally run out
do you think he just put his own brain into stasis so he didn't have to deal with it???
is it brought up in the comics at all?????
crying and throwing up i miss my little bleep bloop
I- EXACTLY---
It's so delicious I cook it almost every day❗Incredible Chicken and Potato Recipe!
I actually cooked this today with my dad! A bit too spicy in my opinion, but still really good! Thank you for sharing the recipe ✨
Art trade with @felestina-stilton
💙Gossip Queens ❤️
Look at my beautiful girls! Thank you so much for an art trade!💞💞💞
i love them sm 😳💝
So I’ve been reading the tmnt comics and I’d like to share some of my favorite panels so far:
Look at the last one. I love this smug asshole.
Anyway read the tmnt comics they’re really good 10/10 would recommend.
1) Ok but I'm just here to say that I also really like IDW comics, they have great story (as well as some side comics that are also great), character designs and, of course, the art is amazing
2) I've read the whole comic yet that one frame with donnie just standing there feeling absolutely confused after all those things honeycutt said is still my ultimate fave SLPKHSDFG JUST LOOK AT HIM-
It's that time of the year again where children get lost in an Unknown world
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