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For TMNT 2012 Fanfic Writers, Can I Have Some Pointers on How to Portray The Characters as Close to Canon?
I’m storyboarding a long TMNT 2012 fic and I’m nervous that I won’t portray the characters accurately.
I need some pointers.
Here are the characters:
1. The Turtles
2. April & Casey
3. Splinter
4. Karai
5. Shinigami
6. Tiger Claw
7. Mighty Mutanimals
8. Mona Lisa
9. Renet
10. Alopex
11. Pulverizer/Timothy
12. Fugitoid
13. Bishop
Thank you so much to anyone who replies.
From Most to Least Favorite, How Would You Rank Each TMNT 2003 Seasons?
1. Season 4
Really enjoyed Leo’s arc. I love focusing on the effects the traumatic situation had on a character’s mental health. This season improved Leo greatly.
My only gripe is I wished Bishop was a major villain.
9/10
2. Season 3
I liked a lot of the episodes and it had my favorite final stories like Ultimate Draco and Exodus.
Same As It Never Was was probably my favorite episode, though I wished there was more payoff with it afterwards.
8/10
3. Season 2
S2 has my second favorite finale with the Battle Nexus, and it was an improvement of S1.
It was the season that really got me into the show.
Usagi was a great addition. He’s one of my favorite characters.
7/10
4. Season 1
I didn’t get into this season until the Shredder was a major part of it. I mostly found the introductory episodes meh but it was probably because I wasn’t used to the new iteration yet.
It’s higher since the next seasons are not as great.
6.5/10
5. Season 5
I liked the concept but the execution was not as great.
The plot felt rushed and the villain was meh because it was another Shredder. I would’ve enjoyed the story more if it was a new villain.
The other 4 acolytes didn’t serve a purpose other than the writers trying to digress how special the turtles are, which didn’t work since the turtles became the dragons like their mystical instructors.
6/10
6. Season 6
The new setting and concept barely keeps this season from last place.
It was a new fresh take, but the more childish tone ruined it for me. Total tone shift distract me most of the time.
The Dark Turtles, Cody, and Sterling were cool editions tho.
5.5/10
7. Season 7
The last season was… disappointing.
I would’ve preferred this season being about the Turtles learning how to relax after all that happened to them. Like, a moment when everything is peaceful and they are not needed to protect the city. Exploring how to move on from their sense of purpose would’ve been fun to see. It would’ve coincided well with April x Casey’s wedding since they are also move towards a different path.
4.5/10
Comment your thoughts
April O’Neil(2012) Character Analysis
So, this version of April is pretty controversial, especially beyond this community. Many fans accuse her of being a toxic, manipulative women. Even some fans would use derogatory words. For me, she is not so bad. Not my favorite, but pretty okay.
I’m not trying to convince others to change their minds. I respect everyone’s opinions because everyone matters is many ways. All I want to do is explain how I see April and get some of you guys’ opinions.
Hope you enjoy this analysis! And comment down below if you would like me to analyze another character.
Anyway, here we go.
The Main Issues
Season 2:
This season was where it all began with April hate train.
I think almost everyone can agree that April wasn’t so bad in season one, maybe even likable. At least, I did.
But all that potential love went down the drain once season two started.
The first episode, called “The Mutation Situation,” takes place a few months after they defeat the Kraang and the Shredder disappeared. Everything seemed fine since April’s dad was back and the city hadn’t been attacked. But, the Turtles once again have to face the Kraang and stop them from transporting their mutagen supply. They asked for April and her dad’s help to find the ship, though she had to trick him into doing it. The four brothers destroyed the ship, but they paid the price because all of the mutagen in the ship fell off, scattered across the city. One of the vials was going to drop on April, except her father took the hit and mutated into a human-sized bat.
Kirby kidnaps April and the guys have to save her. Once they did, Michelangelo reveals that him and his brother’s were indirectly responsible for the incident.
April gets so mad and storms off, wishing to never see them again.
Okay, so from my perspective, I understand why April broke down and said those hurtful things the first time. She went through a lot during the first season. With her dad being held captive for so long, getting kidnapped and probed by the Kraang, and being forced to relinquish most of her old life.
I’m surprised she isn’t even a bit traumatized.
When April believed the Kraang were defeated and her dad was safe, she was happy to have her life back in some kind of order. Yet, in basically a day, that whole dream died right in front of her. She was tired of all the fighting, and lost it when she realized she would have to again. In her irrational, emotional mind, I think she was angry at the turtles for more than just accidentally mutating her dad. She associated them as the start to all the craziness she didn’t want.
After everything she went through, April was desperate to have some clarity that she was willing to throw away her close friends.
I’m not saying that she shouldn’t have apologized. April needed to apologize.
What I didn’t condone from this arc was her yelling at Donnie in “Target: April O’Neil.” She went a bit off line and at least should’ve had some sense in what she was saying. Maybe Donnie practically stalking got her upset, but I get why people would get upset with her over that.
The Love Triangle:
This love triangle was the worst written plot point in this show. I still love the show, but god this needed so much work.
I believe there were some Apritello shippers around season one. I kind of shipped them.
This ship was ruined once season two came around with that April arc and introducing Casey.
I love Casey, but he was mostly used as a plot device for the love triangle. He had so much more potential than what he got.
Based on the comments about the triangle, most people have an issue with their belief that April was manipulating the guys and how unclear the status of either Apritello or Capril.
I just got to say that poor April was dragged through the mud because of the writer’s mistakes. They confused the h*ll out of us, or at least me, with all the will they, won’t they switcheroo. It was hard to tell if April liked Donnie, Casey, both, or none of them. I think the main goal with this triangle was the writers indecision to either follow the 2003 version’s lead with Capril or go their own path with Apritello. If they had decided, this plot point would have been so much better.
To be honest, I think the writers stopped April from making a decision to make the show “interesting. ”In season 3, it seemed like April wanted to be with Donnie. Casey and her were also acting more like friends instead of love interests. Yet, in the first episode of season 4, they had to make him get love struck over her new outfit.
Ughh... the writers confused me too much.
I think it didn’t come to fans’ minds that maybe April was confused with her feelings. Maybe she liked both guys and didn’t reject both of them outright because of her need to clear her head. Sure, it was a bad idea to be honest with them, but people make mistakes.
“The Power Inside Her”:
People are a bit harsh towards April in this episode. I totally get how they feel, though their hate for her could have clouded their judgment.
The biggest complaint I have seen about this episode is the fans being angry with April for not breaking from the alien’s control. Compared to the aeon, Za-Naron, April is a not that experience with her mental powers. Communicating or using their mental powers is normal for the Aeons, while April figured out how to use them a few months or a year ago. As she kept the crystal, Za-Naron control over her grew stronger. I think that if any other character like Leo or Donnie, fans would be more lenient since their writing was way better.
Of course, April needed to apologize for temporary killing Donnie, and hurting her friends; good thing she did. I don’t hold it against her as much as other fans.
Conclusion:
After finishing the analysis, I concluded that April is a victim of bad writing instead of a terrible character. I know there’s an argument that the writing doesn’t really play a part with liking or disliking a character, but it does. Writers decide every character’s actions and create the person they’ll become. Reducing April to a plot device for romance was terrible. Not seeing April’s potential was one of the greatest disappointments in TMNT 2012.
If you still don’t like April, that’s fine. I’m not trying to change your mind. All I want is to open their perspectives and see that all the hate April gets can be explained.
Hope you enjoyed this analysis. Comment down below your thoughts.
Do you agree or disagree?
Thanks for reading! 😊❤️
JONNATELLO ಠ_ಠ
I just like Spider-Man's kiss arts, okay?
sketches (~˘▾˘)~
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I have been rewriting and redesigning tmnt 2012 for a while in my own version, here are some of the designs for April, Casey and Irma:
Here are some little funfacts for them:
Here are very little funfacts about them:
-Irma isnt a krang robot unlike the Canon, she worked for Krang ad was basically his right hand tho
-April, Casey and Donnie love traigle never happened in my au
-April was friends with Irma since they were little Kids, she took her "gothic style" from Irma's influnce
-April and Casey are way too energetic and basically little gremlins, Irma is usually more put together unlike them but she can get wild at times too
-Irma is an antagonist who later on gets a redemption arc
-Casey and Irma fights a lot for no reason, they're frienemies
-Casey lives with his grandma and Sister, his mom died when she was giving birth to his Sister and his father was abusive so their grandma took them in
-April has several half-siblings and relatives because she was made with different dnas combined, she doesnt has the wish to get closer to them tho, she only sees turtles and karai as her siblings, she's mostly scared to search for her other relatives since she cant bear the thought of them refusing her as a Sister (she basically has the "if I never meet them then they can never reject me" mindset)
-Irma and April have their own blog, April makes a lot of interviews and reports of different things in there, Irma usually is the camerawomen and takes care of the blog with her, she is very camera shy
-While April is passionate about her blog, she isnt interested with being a reporter for a career despite being one in her blog
-Casey absulotely LOVES Hockey and other sports
-Irma did beat Leonardo before in a one on one fight. She's stronger than Leonardo, Mikey and Raph. However she can and Most likely Will loose against Donnie
-Casey is lactose intolerant
-April, Irma and Casey LOVES horror movies
DAY 7
Fav human!!
I'm never drawing this guy again I swear to God he was so hard to draw why is he like this
I know his legs are broken i don't have the will or the ability to give a fuck to fix it. In the end I'm actually proud of this
ALSO.
What the hell guys. Y'all seem to have really liked Dr. Cluckingsworth MD. Like that's genuinely crazy. THANK YOU!?
consepts of Casey and April’s school colors mascot and teams
All for this peice right here
some tidbits!
Casey used to play goalie for his hockey team (which is why he has a mask from it, but he never uses for patrols) Casey now plays center
April used to play on the softball team but quit after freshman year because she just really didn’t enjoy it and wanted to put her energy fourth to think she actually liked
Their mascot is the Penguins, because when I asked my co-writer immediately he said penguins I did not budge. Literally no other reason.
Their jersey numbers mean nothing essentially I went to a random number generator and that’s what I put on them
these two are besties, and I love thinking about their dynamic of being “2 totally normal teenagers who definitely don’t have mutants as friends or have saved the world about 6 times”
Casey Jones Is a punk bc I said so
the man, the myth, the legend the one, and only Casey Jones!
(featuring bonus concepts and his she devil bike googala!)
Casey does skate on missions cuz it’s cool (still working on a battle outfit tho)
Goongala is a stolen work bike even when he quit his pizza job he still kept her (Casey got the name cause the license plate. Kind of looks like it said that.)
(the last one is based off of that Doofenshmirtz meme)
MORE TURTLE TOTS APON YE
(Bonus comic of the first time they whent topside, at least with splinters permission, based on that one family, Guy, audio)
(I didn’t have Splinter’s design for a long ass time so you won’t see any consistency on it for A WHILE)
Holy shit Casey Jones! (How they met btw)
LAST MINUTE PROPAGANDA BEFORE I SLEEP VOTE HERE FOR TURTLES OF THE HOUR!!
HAVE SOME NEW-ISH JONATELLO SKETCHES, DONNIES MIKU BODY PILLOW IS UPSET AND REJECTED
THEY BATTLE IN THEIR DREAMS
SOME MORE RANDOM THINGS FOR YALL:
TRANSMASC CASEY JONES EXISTS, DYSLEXIC RAPH, LEO HAS AN EXTENSIVE SKIN CARE ROUTINE, A CERTAIN VILLAIN (NOT BIG MAMA OR DRAXUM) HAS A REDEMPTION ARC EVENTUALLY, MONDO IS CREEPY AND GRUNGE, AUTISM OUT THE WAZOO, CASEY AND RAPH ARE BESTIES, KARAI AND CASEY ARE BESTIES (FOR A BIT), RAMONA EVENTUALLY, BIG SISTER APRIL, MENTAL BREAKDOWNS AND MORE TO COME
Realistically, I know I’m not gonna win but thanks for getting me on here lol <333 I also really like mutant manhunt so a worthy opponent to be crushed by!! I will be rooting for them in further rounds, fight the good fight and all that lmao
Voice claims for my TMNT au! Still working on a name! Sorry for the low quality I did this on my laptop and screen recorded it to my phone lol! Really proud of the Casey drawing at the end, might post it seperately with the story that comes with it! Might! The rest are just doodles lol
In need of names for my TMNT au! Please suggest any if you’ve got an idea!!! Asks are on or comment or send a message! I have an idea but I’m still debating on whether it’s too stupid 😅😅
Im also thinking of doing little snippets of story or rants similiar to the way the colorcoded au creator does because I’m not the best at drawing action even if I’m trying to learn and practise
I might end up just doing it anyway lol, BUT some of the story will be revealed soon I know that
One of the next posts will be the full marking references promise <333 I just don’t wanna draw the last one right now haha
Have some doodles to stave you off for now!
Incorrect Canon 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Quotes
Raphael: Oh, I see what’s happenin’. You’ve got a Leo.
Casey: [confused] What? A Leo?
Raphael: [nods knowingly] Yeah, that little voice in your head that tells you you can’t do stuff.
Raphael: [mockingly imitates] “Raph, don’t do that. Raph, that’s not honorable. Raph, hitting unconscious opponents with their own fists and asking why they’re hitting themselves is not the ninja way.”
Leonardo: [appears in the doorway, arms crossed, glaring] Raph. Casey. What are you two up to?
Casey: [eyes wide] I HEAR IT!
I love the idea that the 2003 iteration of Leonardo is so intent on being a mother hen that he tries to take care of literally everyone around him—even grown-ass adults. I especially love the idea of fifteen-year-old Leonardo mother henning Casey and April, who are in their mid-twenties.
Leonardo: [hands an apple and a protein bar to Casey] Here. You might get hungry during patrol, and it’s important to keep your energy up. I also have dark chocolate or peanut butter if you finish those.
Casey: [staring at the snacks, confused] Uh… thanks, Leo?
Raphael: [snickering]
Casey: [frowning] Does he always do this?
Donatello: [with a straight face] You have no idea…
Michelangelo: [letting Leonardo peel an apple for him with his katana] Oh yeah, all the time. It’s kinda nice—he cuts the apple into perfect little pieces.
Incorrect Canon 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Quotes
Casey: [looking anxiously at the crates, where a distinct snapping noise was heard] Did you just... kill him?
Leonardo: Of course not! That would be inhumane. [He stands proudly, gesturing to the unconscious goon behind the crates.] l popped his medulla oblongata, paralyzing him for life. He can still breathe and feel Purple Dragon sadness.
Casey: [scratches his head, looking confused] ...I don't see how that's any better.
Context: During season four of the 2003 iteration of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Leonardo drags a Purple Dragon goon behind some crates, where a distinct snapping noise is heard. This made a lot of fans theorize he actually snapped his neck, killing him. Video below:
That’s so real tho to doodle backstage lol 😂
Casey Jones says: ✨go fuck yourself✨
Doodled this backstage during show week :P
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Updated Jones Twins Reference Sheet
Lita May>Venus de Milo>>Karai>>> Jennika>>>>Joana Jones
It’s spooky time so I give you the Tottmnt! Casey Twins!!! (I was too lazy to draw their masks so I’ll do it later). Changed up their background and added a few things from my og post. I’m kinda rewriting their lore and this is based on the idea that there will be 24 episodes after the 2026 movie(please let that movie deserve success and get it)
Headcannons/Lore:
Casey(left) is the older twin(he/they)
Cassandra/Cassie(right) is the younger twin(she/they)
They have two moms(Mom is a marine and Mami is a nurse) and their(technically half-) sister, Joana
Live in an apartment in the Bronx😎
Very proud Puerto Ricans🇵🇷
Both on the Eastman High ice hockey team
Casey’s in stage crew(him and Mikey are good friends)
Cassie works a half time job at a local mechanic
Beating hockey teams by day, beating the crap out of criminals by night
Meet Raph while trying to stop a robbery(immediate annoyance turned best friends)
When they were 14 they got mugged by the Purple Dragons after refusing to join Kitsune
Angel was their cousin
She went missing only to be found by the Casey Twins, leading the group that was beating them halfway to hell
Casey still has hope for his prima, but Cassie is very hateful towards the dragons(no matter who they are)
Casey is close friends with Mikey and Venus
Cassie is close friends with Donnie, Jennika, and April
They both think Leo’s a pretty big narc(lol)
During the farmhouse arc(cause I want one) Casey tries to keep things light hearted with Mikey (Mikey’s hope ends up outlasting his) while Cassie works on the car with Don in the barn
Raph and Casey end up together(I am a proud MM!Rasey shipper)
That’s my version of the Casey Twins. Comment your thoughts and asks about them or any of my Tottmnt character designs are greatly appreciated😊.
Forget what I said on my previous post AND LOOK AT THIS
ok
I can work with this
So now it’s kinda hinting that Angel is gonna have a similar origin to her original ones and Hun is the leader. IM LOVING IT!
Sorry not sorry now the twins little sister is Joana(don’t judge me it’s a cute name for a cutie patootie like her). Hun switches places with the role I gave to “Kendra”/Angel and now Angel would probably have a redemption arc with Casey(Cass has too much of a grudge with the Purple Dragons to try an help).
THE CASEY TWINS HAVE ARRIVED!!
I’ve been hearing and thinking about this headcannon for I a while now so here’s some smaller headcannons:
Casey(left) and Cassandra/Cass (right) are on the Eastman High ice hockey team
By day they beat other teams in hockey by night they beat up perps like the Purple Dragons
The Purple Dragons are actually the reason why they became vigilantes after being jumped by Kendra and her squad
They live with their moms and little sister Angel(age 8 and eventual bestie of Lita)
They first meet Raph after he gets separated and become great friends with him from there
Casey even more so(😏)
Casey is the older twin
Cassandra is the most sensitive (never tell her I said that) and short tempered
Cass is mainly embarrassed that she bit off more than she could chew and has a physical reminder on both her and her twin
Casey tends to try and avoid the whole trauma thing following the logic that ‘if both of us are freaking out nothing’s gonna fix itself’
going of the headcannon that this⬇️
Is Kendra(I fell in love with her character design btw) her and the twins are gonna have beef
mainly Kendra being spiteful to Cass and rubbing salt in that wound
Upon meeting April and Cass become instant besties
Whilst Casey and April have more of a teasing the living crap out of each other style friendship
The Casey’s don’t trust the police with shit
Mom is a marine and Mami is a waitress
and das it
Cowabunga turtle fanz!
as much as I am falling in love with the new characters in Tottmnt
*takes a deep breath*
WHERE THE FRICK IS CASEY JONES?!!!
THE CASEY TWINS HAVE ARRIVED!!
I’ve been hearing and thinking about this headcannon for I a while now so here’s some smaller headcannons:
Casey(left) and Cassandra/Cass (right) are on the Eastman High ice hockey team
By day they beat other teams in hockey by night they beat up perps like the Purple Dragons
The Purple Dragons are actually the reason why they became vigilantes after being jumped by Kendra and her squad
They live with their moms and little sister Angel(age 8 and eventual bestie of Lita)
They first meet Raph after he gets separated and become great friends with him from there
Casey even more so(😏)
Casey is the older twin
Cassandra is the most sensitive (never tell her I said that) and short tempered
Cass is mainly embarrassed that she bit off more than she could chew and has a physical reminder on both her and her twin
Casey tends to try and avoid the whole trauma thing following the logic that ‘if both of us are freaking out nothing’s gonna fix itself’
going of the headcannon that this⬇️
Is Kendra(I fell in love with her character design btw) her and the twins are gonna have beef
mainly Kendra being spiteful to Cass and rubbing salt in that wound
Upon meeting April and Cass become instant besties
Whilst Casey and April have more of a teasing the living crap out of each other style friendship
The Casey’s don’t trust the police with shit
Mom is a marine and Mami is a waitress
and das it
Cowabunga turtle fanz!
*me being mad that the only confirmation of Casey being in Tmnt mm iteration is a small piece of graffiti and an interview with a producer of the movie*
*watches Tottmnt trailer #2 for 15 time* hold on-
Look closer
CASEY?!
Ps could just be a purple dragon but just maybe it’s not
TMAYNT DAY 19
Best Casey Jones
dis queen needs more time to be let her chaotic self shine and to spend time with her son
Some more Angel drawings because I’m unable to make tmnt fanart that isn’t Oc related I guess
Apologies for horrible handwriting btw 😭