WORK IN PROGRESS

I love ninja turtles. I grew up watching TMNT 2012— I checked out the same dvd from the library each week and just watched it over and over again. Honestly I don't think I even finished the series when I was a kid. I moved on, but 3 years ago I got back into it via the release of the 2022 movie. I decided I couldn't watch the movie without watching the show, and finished it within a week. When I watched the movie, I got obsessed again. I rewatched Rise over and over, similar to how I did when I was a kid, and then I decided to watch 2012. My fixation on the series waxed and waned over the years, but recently I've gotten back into it. I rewatched 2012 from the beginning, watching til the end. This is my tribute to the series— my thoughts on the characters and their stories.

Raph has always been my favorite. Not really, I guess. When I was a kid I liked Donnie most, because I was a big fan of the whole nerd thing. You could tell. But when I got back into the series I related to Raph on a personal level. He's the turtle I see myself the most in, and he's my favorite of the turtles through majority of the series. My personal favorite scene with Raph is Casey's introduction scene in the original Mirage comics. It has been my favorite for YEARS, because it's just so well done. Also the art is amazing, but that's always true. I feel like in media anger issues
I also really like Raphael: Bad Moon Rising.

I don't have a lot to say about Leo, honestly. When I was a kid I thought he was kind of stuck-up and boring, though now I can recognize the depth of his character. In evey version he's burdened by the role of leader, having to work with his brothers and keep them safe. Sometimes he's portrayed as the oldest, sometimes he's not. Either way, I really Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

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