#tmnt age discourse

[sewerpeaches]

The Answer to the Age Old Question:

Who is older, Donatello or Raphael?

The long answer that you didn't come here for is: it depends on the continuity. So you can find my breakdowns for each continuity here (eventually).

The short answer:

Donatello

Why?

#1. "Word of God" #2. IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2011), volume 5 #3. Character/family/team dynamics #4. Aesthetics

~ 1 ~

For those unfamiliar with the term, the Word of God is "A statement regarding some ambiguous or undefined aspect of a work, the Word of God comes from someone considered to be the ultimate authority, such as the creator, director, writer or producer of a TV show / video game / film / etc."

With that in mind, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird co-created Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984. Unlike a fair amount of co-created series, TMNT is actually an evenly split brain-child (ie neither Eastman nor Laird seems to be any more responsible for or involved in its creation/production/etc than the other).

On August 14, 2014, Kevin Eastman stated "I'm going to take a bold step and say Donatello is older" during a Reddit AMA .

I couldn't find so much as a whiff of Peter Laird's explicit opinion on the matter (for all my searching... and there was a lot), but that also means that I never found him contradicting Kevin Eastman's statement. (More subjectively, Laird seems to have essentially directed the 2k3 run and I'll post my take on why 2k3 has peak little-brother Raph energy here (eventually))

At any rate, if you're the type of person who accepts the "Word of God" at face value, then continue no further! I, however, don't do that—hence why this is only reason 1 of 3 (4).

~ 2 ~

If you're not familiar with IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2011) then read it, because it's phenomenal, it's the franchise's longest running piece of media ever and up until volume 100, original co-creator Kevin Eastman co-wrote the series and collaborated on page layouts. The much acclaimed Last Ronin, the first thing written by both Eastman and Laird since the original Mirage run, is set in the IDW-verse as its own version of SAINW.

The premise of the IDW run is that Splinter's and the Turtles' souls are reincarnated from those of a human family that lived in feudal japan (yes it sounds stupid, but it's touched on very little and is executed surprisingly well). And that means that the Turtles' corresponding human-selves are all visibly different ages (because unlike turtles, it's not so common for humans to have quadruplets).

So when we see the Turtles' human selves in volume 5...

It's clear in both appearance and mannerisms that Don is older than Raph.

They're definitely the closest in age of the siblings, but still most assuredly different ages.

Besides Raph being smaller than Don with shorter and chubbier limbs, his hairstyle also strikes me as more baby-like (kinda like the ancient version of the ponytail parent's give their 1 year olds when they don't have enough hair yet to actually do anything with). His mannerisms also lend themselves to that of a younger child—more sleepy, much more oblivious to his surroundings, and more clingy. Don's also shown to be able to stand, while Raph seems like he might not be able to yet.

~ 3 ~

This reason is subjective, which is why I've listed it last and need more space to elaborate on it. You'll find the unabridged version on my blog at some point under this tag (eventually), because I simply have Too Many Thoughts™ to contain within a post not dedicated specifically to it.

The short of it is: Donatello's character has always seemed to be designed around being second-in-charge—both in team and family contexts.

I don't think anyone would argue against the fact that Don is the go-to turtle. Doesn't matter what continuity you look at, when Leo anyone runs into a problem, they turn to Don.

You could argue that Donnie's the smart one and "so it only makes sense to turn to him to fix a problem" (and that's a bit of a catch-22 that I'll talk about in more detail in the unabridged version!). However... he's not a real person and so him being the smart one that characters always turn to when Leo falters (including Leo!) is a deliberate choice by the creators. And in the context of the The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's very traditional operating style—with heavy emphasis on hierarchy by age, blood, etc.—it's very telling.

Were they a real family, yes, they would have developed their personalities/aptitudes mostly independently of their birth order, but given that specifically assigning children roles/ideals based on birth order is a significant player in Japanese culture (especially ancient Japanese culture which pertains to ninjitsu on which TMNT is based)... well... (I mean just look at how Splinter treats Leo).

Anyway, looking at the TMNT franchise as a whole, the advancement of the plot, in 9/10 cases, hinges on Don coming up with a solution either (1) via Leo coming up with something, pointing him in a direction, and asking "Don can you make [insane thing] work?" or (2) when Leo stalls entirely and Don has to take over. And though it's a formula, it's a formula with a million different permutations so it stays interesting.

Raph's role is to go into a berserker rage and brute force a second-wind powerup when when fighting is the only option. He's as the one who makes the first option work when Leo & Don are stuck and he has to, not the one who comes up with the second option. And, narrative-wise, it would be boring and lazy for the Turtles to only ever brute force plan A. (Happy to say I wrote this before I saw Laird say the same thing about Raph (bottom of #55))

That very distinct chain-of-command is why we get things like this, which is much more interesting and satisfying than beat-the-thing-until-it-stops:

The same follows in terms of family dynamics. Leo & Raph are simply too similar for the family to feel "balanced" if they're the two eldest brothers. There's no functionality in a family where 1 & 2 are providing nothing different or, worse, butting heads. Don holds the emotional stability of the family in the palm of his hand, largely just by existing as the buffer between Leo & Raph (we all know what happens in SAINW).

And, just from a characterization perspective, it seems much more natural for Raph to turn to Don for comfort than vice versa.

(Again, I'm gonna just... aggressively point to IDW.)

I'll go into this much more in the unabridged version, but I wanted to touch upon it here: setting Don aside for a moment, I see so many people argue for Raph being the second son based entirely upon his attitude towards Leo and ignoring everything and everyone else. It sorta drives me insane, tbh. I think it's a wildly shallow interpretation of his character.

Raph's entire hang-up is not around being second best, it's around being denied authority/autonomy in general—you know, stemming from being a mutant and being banned from doing 9/10 things he'd like to? That's why we see him fighting with Leo; Leo is the only authority he can fight (putting aside crime syndicate-type authority which he also fights obv). But more importantly, we also see him exerting as much power as he can by playfully, not cruelly bullying Mikey //glares at 2k12 (and in more source-compliant adaptations, yes, it is only Mikey that he truly messes with //glares harder at 2k12) or going off solo.

As much as I love 2k7, specifically the Leo/Raph dynamic, it's not actually a good representation of their real relationship—more of a spin-off "what if" (which Laird has also said). And 2k12 is ok plot-wise, but as far as I'm concerned it mostly fails at creating any compelling character dynamics and it crashes and burns in terms of staying true to source material. C':

~ 4 ~

Finally, I will end this post with my strongest argument for Don being second-eldest...

Sunset Aesthetic

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[majachee]

HOW COME she shows up for only ONE EPISODE... SHE IS SO CUTE... BRING ME BACK MY LESBIANS.

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[hopeaterart]

What do you mean you think Splinter is an abusive parent. I'm gonna kill you.

#tmnt #this both applies to to 2012 and rise btw. #he's not abusive!!! he's just trying his best and really fucking traumatized #2012 splinter's brother killed his wife stole his daughter and burned down his house #rise splinter lost his mom at a really young age and qas betrayed and kidnapped by the love of his life #and of course they were both mutated into rat men against their will #before having to raise 4 kids as a single parent. in the sewers of new york #i don't think there's discourse about 2003 and 1987 Splinter but this also applies to them. just in case #tmnt splinter #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2012 #rottmnt #don't start discourse on this post. this is a splinter appreciation post

[wow-its-me]

the reason TMNT 2012 and Rise are so hard to compare is that they're entirely different genres. Yes, they're both aimed at children but at its core 2012 is a drama, and in later seasons, horror.

While Rise can get pretty intense, its a comedy.

I guess that's why I hate that there's so much "which is better" discourse

neither is "better" they're just different, like whichever one you like

I guess that's a big reason I've got into TMNT so much in the past few weeks

It truly has something for everyone, in every genre, and for every age demographic

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[tiny-paws]

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[jadethest0ne]

How do you feel about Leosagi?

TL;DR - It's not for me. I tend to not like romance/shipping. There is very little case for it in canon, and in fandom I don't like it when a character is utilized only for romantic/shipping purposes, which Usagi often is.

Read below the page break for details:

I tend to not be involved in shipping discourse, and most of the time I do not enjoy romance, whether it be in fandoms or in general media. I especially do not like it when there seems to be no evidence for the romance involved other than the creator wanting the characters to be romantic and deciding from the get-go who winds up with whom without the proper set-up or chemistry.

When it comes to fan ships, the greater the ratio between the amount of a certain ship that I see in a fandom and the amount of actual romantic moments shown in the source media there is, the greater the annoyance I have for seeing said ship.

Usagi doesn't appear a whole heck of a lot in TMNT as a whole. He's there in maybe a handful of episodes at most. Whenever he does appear he is either a much older adult and/or has rather equal screentime with all the turtles. The most Leo-Usagi interactions that can be seen in the franchise is in 2003. Usagi's age in that version is also dubious (but it can be argued either way, and I'm not gonna police a gray area like that). Regardless, their interactions are very obviously not romantic. So, for the canon, there doesn't seem much going for them there.

So this very much is a case of the fandom largely pushing the two swordsmen together. And that's where my initial problem with romance is - I don't like it when a character is created/utilized purely for romantic purposes. This is essentially what Leosagi is (and it's also why I tend to dislike a lot of OCs created purposefully to ship with a canon character). To me that's just bad writing, because you are deciding on the result of the relationship before actually putting the work in to create the romantic dynamic. It feels like the equivalent of a kid smacking their dolls together and saying "kiss". But I digress.

Usagi has his own backstory, his own character, and his own comic. It is a disservice to his character and to the comic that he comes from to essentially ignore that just for romance. Sometimes I get the feeling that folks don't even know that the comic Usagi Yojimbo exists, nor the fact that it is as old as TMNT and has its own separate storyline. I highly doubt most of those shipping Leosagi have actually read them.

Truth be told, I have been getting more and more annoyed at the ship the more and more I see it, because of the above reasons. To be clear, if you want to ship them, that's not my call; do whatever you want. It's just really not for me.

#leosagi #leonardo #usagi #usagi yojimbo #miyamoto usagi #shipping discourse #media discorse #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #romance #jadethest0ne

[memes-in-a-half-shell]

It might be because of Rise, But What the heck is going with the tmnt fandom? Like where is all this hate coming from in reference to be people shipping themselves with the turtles? Like i could understand if it was about them Actually being Turtles but its not. its about aging them up, its about TMNT x Reader in any form of relationship like not even just smut and i don't understand it. I was 10 when the 2007 movie came out and i INSTANTLY fell in love with Ralph, 15 when when 2012 show came out and i shipped myself so hard with Leo Like the fanfics that I've read would make anyone blush. Now that I'm older I may not be as much of fangirl over them but like i still like reading an ''X Reader" from time to time but I've been seeing so much hate for even thinking about aging them up. Like if this is something you've grown up with you're going to age them up and see how they would live life at an older age. Besides we have multiple iterations of the Turtles as Adults sooo I just thought you might know why or could give some kind of explanation of where this distain is coming from. I feel like its because the Rise Turtles are the youngest acting iteration we've seen so far. But as a fandom elder I'm kind of confused.

what in the tarnation...

That was quite a read this morning xD

First of all, I dunno why I would have an answer, to be honest. I'm basically just a 30 years something goblin that stays in her corner and keep on doing her things without attracting drama and hate 🤷‍♀️ I got no time and energy for that.

Second, people will be people. Simple as that. Not everyone has the same tastes. Not everyone will like the same things. For instances, I'm personally not a huge fan of nsfw content for the other iterations of TMNT - I wouldn't touch Rise with a 10 feet pole in regards to creating nsfw content. The Bayverse ones are the only ones because they appeal to my creativity. They look good. And frankly it's easier to imagine that iteration to be close to my age (personally, I HC Donnie to be my age when I write and draw stuff about him....).

I have indeed seen a lot of discourse about that matter on some corners of the internet. Both sides makes sense, but what matters most in the end is that as long as no one hurts anyone, it's all fine and dandy. Heck, we are responsible for our own internet experience. That's something a loooooot of people tend to forget, hence why they bring down the so called "hammer of justice" on others and try to control what they post about.

Bullshit on that. Do what makes you happy.

Do the stuff for you. Don't harm minors. And especially don't push your content to people who may be unwilling to accept it. As long as people are not writing and/or drawing the gang as minors, then I don't see the issue.

I've had my fair share of fandom bullshit. I now know that this experience is my own, I can shape it however I want, and I can share it however I want. People who happen to like my stuff are only a added bonus.

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[fnaf-kins]

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[angelmichelangelo]

your photo of the mm artbook and all the discourse surrounding donnie vs mikey ages has made its way to tmnt tiktok LOL. most seem to coming to the twins consensus which i am very much a supporter of 🫡

hahaha i did see a tiktok the other day with my photo and was like. oh man what did i start hahaha

but YES TO THE B TEAM TWIN TEAM!!!

#ask

[deviltotz]

🌈 ABOUT ME:

my big age is 20! little age... pending lol i'm not sure

i use he/ae/it (please switch every so often!) & also/especially like neos based on my special interests (listed below!) - all terminology is fine, but i have a slight preference for masc terms unless specified otherwise

i'm all kindsa queer, nd/mentally ill, & physically disabled! i may mention this every here n there, n i'm always open to questions or discussions about it if you're curious or want someone to talk to :]

i started out being a caregiver for a loved one but then started dreaming/regressing myself for coping reasons heheh;;; i'm very new to this and very very new to openly discussing it, so i may be a bit shy! it's nothing personal!

most of the time i am a human! sometimes i am a kittycat or a turtle! you know how it is

i'm also fictionkin/otherkin n may mention that from time to time :]

🌈 SPECIAL INTERESTS:

batman, specifically focusing on bruce wayne & the rogue's gallery [8+ years]

comics in general (esp. daredevil, tmnt, the sandman, umbrella academy, moon knight) [roughly the same amount of time as batman - he started it!]

horror (esp. horror movies) [~9+ years]

the sims games [~13 years]

[childhood special interests that may make a resurgence: my little pony, the victorian era, rube goldberg machines]

🌈 BOUNDARIES:

BYF:

i tag horror-related content as #horror tag for blacklisting ease! any specific triggers will be tagged "[triggering content] tw"

i'm not comfortable with publicly sharing my real name or main blog! please refer to me by nickname/url in public posts even if you know my name. long-term mutuals can ask for my main if you'd like!

i'm an adult and likely to be more comfortable interacting with other adults! it's nothing personal :]

DNI:

pro/ship, ns/fw, dd/lg or ki/nk, adult content blogs, anti-xenogenders/neopronouns/good faith identities, exclu/sionists, (no)ma/ps or their supporters, pro-ana/anti-recovery, anti-agere, anti-lgbt, ableists (including ppl who demonise cluster b), anti-kin, discourse blogs, if i have any of your other blogs blocked

[note: if your ns/fw blog is a sideblog, you can interact from main/reblog onto a different sideblog!]

(banners by bunnelbaby & annieagere)

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[ac-editz]

Welcome to my blog!

Requests: Open, VERY slow (inbox - 3)

At the moment tumblr wont let me embed links, so stimboards are closed!

Page dividers all from this blog (18+ only)

reply icons from a deleted blog

below the cut is my dni, before you follow, and rules to requesting!

DNI

Homophobe, transphobe, racist, sexist, anti-anti, proship, MAP/pedophiles, drama/discourse blog, ddlg and it's variants, thinspo and feederism blogs.

Before you follow

we will post about xenogenders!

we are an adult!

We're a traumagen system, we will not tag ourselves as specific alters just cuz it gets too confusing.

Thats said, this blog is mainly owned by our Nepeta fictive (it/xe/he/paw/she/claw/:3)

We use any pronouns, mainly it/they!

Anon/tag list

Anons

Please request at least two things before asking for an Anon tag :]!

🌸⌨️ Anon

🪐 Anon

Mystery Anon (tag for any anons who don't sign off/don't have a tag)

Other Tags

⋆｡˚ that's my wife! ⋆｡˚ partner request

not a post (used in any post that isn't an edit/stimboard)

pawsonal post (posts for me!! dm me to ask befur using anything in these posts)

request answer

reblog

Rules to requesting

This will be the longest part, sorry ^^;

What we do:

Stimboards

Pride flag colorpicks

Gif sets (can be made from any video, or we can find videos ourself to chop up :3)

Icons

Small sprite edits

Neopronoun suggestions

Collages (ask and find out)

Deviantart stamps

If you want something we don't have listed, don't be afraid to ask!

unfortunately i do not to reply icons, simply because idk how to

Fandom whitelist

Homestuck

Cookie run

Crumb Cuptoast

The owl house

Syrup and the ultimate sweet

Tmnt

Serial expiraments Lain

Monster high

chuckle sandwich

Vocaloid

Generation Loss

hermitcraft

Bananya

Undertale/Deltarune

underverse

Cryptids

Splatoon

The Magnus archives

The adventure zone

South Park 《Dubious whitelist. I'll delete ur ask if it goes against my dni》

Qsmp

Dasaku/anything Amelie Doree on yt has covered we fucking LOVE HER!!!

Original characters

Introject based (can override blacklist)

Fandom blacklist

Mystic messanger (personal reasons)

Any child/aged down aus for any fandom

Other

Feel free to ask about fandoms not listed!

We'll absolutely do specific things for introjects, even if it's a little above our pay grade we'll still do the best we can when it comes to faceclaim edits!

We mostly work with stimboards because it's a fun activity for us, which is why we post so many that aren't requested!

We will never engage in discourse on this side blog, we will simply block and move on.

Though we make a lot of fandom/character based content, we love making anti stim/funny stimboards as well! Feel so so free to request funny things :]

While probably unlikely, we still can say no to any request we receive. We're doing this for fun and for free, and we have a life outside of Tumblr (surprisingly!)

Thank you for reading, have a great day!!!

[oreosplayplace]

Welcome!

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Intro

I'm Oreo, but you can also call me Strawberry 🍓

I use He/him They/Them It/Its pronouns

Im a queer masc-enby

I'm autistic, and dyslexic, along with multiple other disabilities

My big age is 23

I ageregress to 4-7

Has a Caregiver (I'll refer to her as mama 🌹🌹)

I do outfit boards #oreo outfits REQUESTS ARE: OPEN 💜🌻

"Spam" like/reblogs are OK! ^3^

Blogs breaking dni or blank will be blocked

Likes

pastels, bubbles, clown core, cottage core

Transformers, DC, Marvel (comics)

Plants, flowers, meadows, animals, ponds, creeks

Frogs/Toads, Weevils, Caterpillars, birds, sea animals (non mammals)

Shows I like:

Bluey, Batman the Brave and the Bold, Tiny Planets, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, TMNT RISE+2012, Transformers Prime+Beast Wars

DNI

Crosstaggers/cross rebloggers

Alt-right/Trump/N*zis/Racists/pro cop/pro military etc

Prolife/anti-choice

Nsfw/MIK supporters/MAPs

Harry Potter/JKR/AOT fans

TERFS/SWERFS

Anti-educated self diagnosis/Ableists

Trans-meds/A-spec exclusionists/2SLGBTQIA+-phobic/ppl who think queer is a slur

Discourse/Gore/ED blogs

Anti-agre/anti-petre

Religious blogs

Ddlg/ddlb + variants even if "sfw"

Tags

irl animal / irl (that specific animal)

Stuffie = plush toys

Food / Fake food

Knifes / Sharp things

Agere outfit board = outfits

Slime

This or that = Pick what u want picture game

Bug / (that specific bug)

Spooky -for anything Halloween/general spooky-ness

Tw Trypophobia (for any small holes/bubbles)

Indoor playground (playgrounds/play areas)

Mama 🌹🌹 - stuff to show my CG

Oreos post / oreo personal / Oreos art

Oreo outfits- boards I've made

Long post

#oreos dni #sfw agere #sfw agere blog #age regressor #age regression #agere blog #agere boy #agere community #boy agere #sfw age regressor #enby agere #sfw enby agere #sfw petre #pet regressor #sfw pet regression #petre #pet regression #puppy #dni banner #banner commissions #emoji commissions

[matt0044]

I was recently rewatching one of Sarah Z’s videos, the one regarding Pros vs. Anti.

In tackling DNIs, she addressed how a lot of “irredemable media” denounced by Anti were essentially a lot of kids cartoons and calls it ridiculous by how seriously their “problematic” nature are taken.

I’ve seen a few comments that object to this notion that media made for children, much less in animation, should be let off the hook and be never criticized (this wasn’t at all what Sarah was trying to get at). It was in this discourse along with being generally bummed out by the HBO Max tire fire that something... started to click.

A lot of us do kind of take animation for kids seriously either in dunking on what might be hyperstylized art design like with Rise of the TMNT or lauding exceptional storytelling in Avatar: The Last Airbender or Into The Spiderverse. More often, my recommendations will be littered with videos bemoaning how an obviously goofy and juvenile cartoon is... exactly that.

Teen Titans Go, The PPG reboot, Thundercats Roar, etc. Movies like the Minion movies by Illumination are also given a hard time for being mid at best or extremely below average at worst. Paws of Fury has been making the rounds despite looking like it honestly has fun with itself.

I can agree with Sarah Z in how some should take a step back and ask if their bemoaning is really worth it. I can also sympathize with these critics because the fact of the matter is that what examples I provided reinforce the ironclad notion that animation is just for kids and there by disposable junk that can be tossed aside.

It’s a mentality that the general public never stop to question and those high up in the entertainment industry by into, expressing it as an embarrassment they gotta put up with for some amount of profit. If it’s seen as disposable, that means cutting off a marginally successful cartoon or even pulling the plug on a movie’s development won’t get as much scrutiny.

At least outside of those they can write off as overly emotional fanboys.

It’s why HBO Max’s “tax cuts” involve dumping a lot of animation consider just for kids as opposed to their line-up of live action media (not that removing those would be any better at all because something something censorship bad). Animation is for kids. Who’ll actually go to bat for these creators of what’s considered fictional junk food?

YouTube loves hyperbole and overly emotional rants that forgo proper research to play on your baseline rage. However, I want to give a lot of teardowns of bad kids movies the benefit of the doubt that their hope is more about emphasizing how much better animation deserves. That producers can allow and even encourage screenwriters to go the extra mile with their storytellers. That directors can push this visual medium further beyond.

Hell, “Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs” reportedly had Director Duo Phil and Lord encouraged by producers to put more heart into the story like with Flint’s family issues. It can be done.

So we should take kids media seriously. Obviously, there can be a “judging it for what it isn’t and not for what it is” hurdle to get over but we should make a statement and declare that something that thousands of people across the world isn’t “disposable.” That this isn’t something you get to act didn’t exist. In this age of streaming services, we need to hit back now more than ever before.

#hbo max #hbomax #netflix #streaming services #kids media #kids cartoon #cartoons #animation #animated series #animated movies #Warner Bros #warner bros discovery #discovery channel #youtubers #youtube #animation fans #fandom #animation critics #animation youtubers

[blorboselfshipping]

Hey, I'm Rose/Rue࿐ 

I'm an adult self-shipper, I use she/they pronouns! My main f/o is Hades and you can find my main blog, dedicated to him, here! I have several others and will put the full list under a read more on this post!

This blog is 18+ only, I know I can't stop people who lie about their age or whatnot but for my online space, I prefer to only interact with adults. So don't be shocked if I block ya!

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DNI if:

~Pro-ship

~Racist

~Homophobic

~Terf

~Discourse blog

~You self-ship with my mains (I hard block if you ship with Hades, Seven, or Hank. 💙 is for f/os i dont share, 💚 is for f/os I only feel comfortable sharing with mutuals, 💞 is for f/os I dont mind sharing at all)

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BYF:

I'm really not a drama blog, if you try to drag me into stuff, I will just block! The block button is there for a reason folks!

I try to tag most triggers, some of my common tags are "tw: body horror" "tw: gore" "tw: death" "tw: blood" if you're a mutual with a trigger and I frequently post about it, just send an ask and I'll try to tag it within reason

I occasionally post some risqué things on here but most of it is reserved for my After Hours Blog. If you'd like to follow me there, send a message and I'll let you know the url if you're of age.

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F/O's! (strap in this is gonna be a long list. I'll come back soon and link each one to their own introduction post when I can)

Romantic:

(Has a fleshed out s/i and background)

Hades (Disney/Descendants) 💙💙💙

Ship: a glimpse of the sun

Husband as of September 23rd, 2022!

My absolute number one, if there's anyone I love to talk about the most, it's Hades!

Seven of Nine (Star Trek Voyager) 💙

Ship: bloom for you

Girlfriend

Hank McCoy (X-men) 💙

Ship: oh my stars

Husband

Logan Howlett (WATXM/movies/evolution) 💚

Ship: in your corner

Boyfriend

John Silver (Treasure Planet) 💚

Ship: chasing a dream

E. Aster Bunnymund (Rise of the Guardians) 💚

Ship: heartstring symphony

Derek Hale (Teen Wolf) 💚

Ship: softer skin, sharper teeth

Bernard (The Santa Clause) 💙

Ship: warm nights

Snidely Whiplash (Dudley-Do-Right 1999) 💞

Ship: green looks good on you

Glamrock Freddy (FNAF Security Breach) 💞

Ship: sweet as cinnamon sugar

Otto Octavius (Spider-man 2/NWH) 💞

Ship: in the palm of my hand

Dwayne (Lost Boys) 💞

Ship: starry eyed

Caleb Covington (Julie and The Phantoms) 💚

Ship: sharing the spotlight

Peter B Parker (Into The Spider-Verse) 💚

Ship: burrito blanket babe

Optimus Prime/Ratchet (Transformers Prime)💚

Ship: ❤️💙 all that you are 🧡🤍

King Valkyrie (Thor) 💞

Ship: meet me at our spot

Splinter (TMNT 2012) 💚

Ship: if my heart was a house you'd be home

Eddie Dear (Welcome Home)

Ship: Pushing Daises

Crushes:

Maui (Moana) 💞

(Has the potential to move to the full romantic list but either hasn't had the background fleshed out or its just a simple crush)

Queen Clarion/Lord Milori (Tinkerbell) 💙

Carlton Lassiter (Psych) 💞

Scott Lang (Antman) 💞

Guinan (Star Trek Picard) 💞

Thrax (Osmosis Jones) 💞

Benjamin 'Hawkeye' Pierce (M*A*S*H) 💙

Geralt of Rivia/Yennifer/Jaskier (The Witcher) 💚

Warden Walker (Holes) 💚

Grace Augustine (Avatar) 💞

Deanna Troi (Star Trek Next Gen) 💞

Beverly Crusher (Star Trek Next Gen) 💞

Reginald Barclay (Star Trek Next Gen) 💙

Bofur (The Hobbit) 💞

Eda Clawthorne (Owl House) 💞

Susie Myerson (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) 💙

Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil) 💞

Valerie Frizzle (The Magic School Bus) 💞

Bess (Pixie Hollow books) 💙

Dulcie (Pixie Hollow books) 💙

Harry Wells (The Flash) 💞

Sun WuKong (Monkey King Returns) 💚

Nuada (Hellboy 2) 💙

Abe Sapien (Hellboy) 💞

Elrond (Lord of the Rings) 💞

Baron (The Cat Returns) 💞

Nick Jakoby (Bright) 💞

Jasper (Steven Universe) 💞

Norrington (Pirates of the Caribbean) 💞

Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean) 💞

Merlin (Kingsman; The Secret Service) 💚

Ralph (Wreck-it-Ralph) 💞

Shaggy Rogers (Scooby Doo) 💚

Peter Hale (Teen Wolf) 💞

Egon/Ray (Ghostbusters 1984) 💚

#self insert #self shipping community #self ship community #s/i community #f/o community #self ship promo