Rise Ramblings #664
There are two concepts that I really appreciate in Rise of the TMNT, of which, helped to set the Rise boys apart from other iterations.
Before the start of the show, the Rise boys:
1) Already met their lifetime bestie, April O’Neal.
2) Have already journeyed topside, thus it’s no big deal.
The fact that these concepts are already established from the start helps to take away the typical stresses from the turtles’ story. Instead, the stage is set for the specific type of adventures and hijinks the Rise boys do get into, such as discovering the wonders of the Hidden City and the people that dwell therein.
I believe that there are two people we can thank for helping the boys understand the world around them.
First is Splinter and his lackadaisical parenting style.
Since he was a more relaxed father than his other incarnations, I’m sure that these boys were free to explore the world at an earlier age. Most certainly, many of their childhood adventures landed them topside, thus allowing them to have experiences that their other versions were unable to have.
The second person is April.
What does April have to do with their upbringing?
Well, I’ll show you.
- Excerpt from “Ninja Power (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)”
Five years from the start of the show the boys would have been 8, 9, 9, and 10. What great ages to meet their first real friend!
Growing up with April would have had a huge effect on their social development; they’d be adapted to speaking with people outside of their immediate family, they’d learn about society through first-hand experiences and not just from tv or books, and they would have gotten used to the world around them by April acting like a bridge between the sewers and topside.
This is why by the start of the show, I believe, the turtles were already so well socialized!
Mostly....mostly. 😒
I love being reminded that Sonic was literally 3 apples tall in the first movie
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The new OP opening looks so fucking cool
To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton
This is the best thing I have ever created.
One Piece | Manga Volume 47
↓ Full Blueprints of the Thousand Sunny Ship by Eiichiro Oda
An alternative Hondo rescues Tech is that Tech isn't well enough to stop Hondo from running around the Galaxy with him for numerous weeks, but eventually Tech is strong enough to lock Hondo in the refresher and contact Phee. They meet up somewhere. She hears Hondo banging around in the refresher.
"...you locked him in the fresher?"
"It was the moment he was least likely to be able to free himself. And, he didn't take his blaster with him."
Phee cackles, knocks on the door. "Bet that's the last time you make that mistake, huh?"
"Genoa! Phee Genoa my peer and trusted ally! If you let me out and help me subdue him I'll make it worth your while."
"No he won't," Tech says as he fiddles with the ship's comm console.
"Do not listen to him! He's an untrustworthy cur!"
Phee is barely holding in tears, she's giggling so hard. "Oh yeah? How much is my while worth to you?"
"At least ten thousand credits."
"Ten thousand to open this door?"
Tech says, "He does not have ten thousand credits."
"He says you ain't got it, Ohnaka." She looks askance at Tech. "How do you know that?"
Sounding confused, Hondo says, "Yes how do you know that?"
"Your personal security is lacking." Something on the console beeps. "There. I should now be able to signal Echo."
"Are you using my ship to send illicit communications? Genoa! I'll make it fifteen."
Phee whistles. "Damn. I dunno, Brown Eyes, this is awful tempting."
"If he could and would pay you, I'd agree. But as he can't--"
"Do not listen to his slander!"
"--and you're quite intelligent enough to know that, I can only assume you're engaging in this to toy with him."
"She would never. You would never."
"Oh wouldn't I," Phee says, and Hondo groans. She bobs her eyebrows at Tech. "Also I wanted to tease you a little."
Tech blinks. "Tease me."
"For running off with a pirate."
"Technically, he ran off with me."
"I did no such thing!"
Robin: my biggest fear is that Dustin will somehow invent time travel and will go back in time to stop all of this from happening. Then me and you never become friends.
Robin: also rabies.
Steve: my biggest fear is that he dies
Dustin: ?
Dustin: I’ll try not to do either.
I don’t know if I can contain my “The Muppet Christmas Carol has better costume design than most Oscar-nominated period dramas” rant until after Thanksgiving you guys, I have…so many Thoughts
More profound when you consider that Doctors Without Borders rarely makes political statements.
In #UNSC mtg on Middle East, @MSF SG Christopher Lockyear says: "Israeli forces have attacked our convoys, detained our staff, bulldozed our vehicles, hospitals have been bombed and raided. And now for a second time, one of our staff shelters has been hit. This pattern of attacks is either intentional or indicative of reckless incompetence. Our colleagues in #Gaza are fearful that as I speak to you today, they will be punished tomorrow."
He adds: "The humanitarian response in Gaza today is an illusion. A convenient illusion that perpetuates a narrative that this war is being waged in line with international laws. Calls for humanitarian assistance have echoed across this chamber. Yet in Gaza we have less and less every day, less space, less medicine, less food, less water, less safety."
She/Her - 23Hello! My name is Sam. I've been in many fandoms, but the main ones right now are:TMNT, LoZ, and One Piece. I'm new to tumblr but may post more stuff eventually, I am still settling in.
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