Here Are Those Doodles I Promised, Just More Interactions Between Cousins As Well As Two Doodles With

Did some Mutant Mashup Au doodles and kept on forgetting to put them here.

Me and @possumsarenice thought it would be funny if 2012 Raph (Sanzio) and Rise Donnie (Purple) have a "love/hate" relationship? Basically, the two have two settings, either they fight each other like feral hounds or they are each other's ride or die.

The last doodle was just me remembering how the boys call each other. The 2012 boys call their cousins their color nicknames (Red, Blue, Purple, Orange) while the Rise boys call their cousins the painter's last name (DaVinci, Sanzio, Niccolo, and Simoni).

Yoshi and Lou unknowingly named their sons the same thing (Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michaelangelo) so when they reunited the boys would fight over "name privileges." It got to the point where the rat dad's had to cancel name privileges and the nicknames just stuck. They still call each other by their given names but when they talk to their cousins they have to say a nickname.

How hard do you think Rise Raph and maybe 2012 Leo relate to Luisa from Encanto?

Now that I think about it, isn't 2012 Leo kinda like a mix of Luisa and Isabella??

Like, y'all know Rise Raph is under some serious pressure from being the oldest brother. (Taking care of three VERY chaotic little bros is NOT an easy task. Luisa has it objectively worse since she goes out of her way to look after her ENTIRE family. How neither of them popped a blood vessel is beyond me but whatever.) 2012 Leo has the same issue but he's also under pressure when it comes to being perfect. (Isabella outright stated she was stuck being perfect her entire life which is similar to Leo) In the sense of being the perfect ninja I mean. I'm not sure if that's just a me thing or what, but now I'm thinking of those two meeting the older Madrigal's and them all meeting up just to vent and gossip. (Leo and Isabella at least. Raph and Luisa are probably lifting weights or just chilling like royalty)

Back to sketches!

With how bad things got in the MMZ era, I kinda wonder if the guardians even had hobbies. Realistically they'd probably be too busy fixing up the planet and protecting Neo Arcadia to really do anything else.

The promised art of Roll's kid, but as a guardian like her cousins.

I was rushing with this one but I still think it turned out all right. I was really trying to make Opera look like the Four Guardians but I think somethings off.

Maybe it's the black? Or the pink? Should I use a different main color?

I'll probably do a redraw and shift her colors around. Omg what if Roll made her siblings and they're all the colors of the rainbow???

Mighty no. 9 and Balan Wonderworld are far from the best or most polished games (I'm well aware that you can't even jump in Balan Wonderworld depending on power up), but I also can't help but adore the characters and come up with random bits of headcanons for em.

Don't really know why but I think I just like how these characters look? (Seriously, for as clunky as the gameplay for Balan Wonderworld was, you can't tell me that his design looked bad)

Mighty no. 9 also had the bosses show bits of personality and help Beck out depending on which Mighty Number you've defeated which I actually really liked. Not a hundred percent sure if we got that sort of thing in Megaman, but I thought it was nice. Makes the Mighty Numbers feel more like family members y'know? And I friggin LOVE family moments between robots. Their voices also had me laughing, they made me cringe and I loved em.

I can't get enough of the Balan Wonderworld art style either. It's so charming, I friggin love it. Not as much found family vibes, but they still got the loveable host that learns through observation vibes. That's enough for me to like the game, the characters at least.

(NOTE: Before anyone reads this, yes, it's out-dated. Especially my views on Balan. I'm allowed to like what I like. But this is not the way to go about it. You are allowed to like and dislike something based on your own opinion.. but at least give the games a try.)

(Another note: You're not obligated to read the sequel. But also, please do not harass anyone who likes or dislikes a game. That's petty.)

Me, who likes Balan Wonderworld and Mighty No. 9 AND is still a Gamer (albeit a Casual one): Yeah the game wasn't good, but it's still good to me.

Gamer who hates Balan Wonderworld: But it's bad tho??

Me: So? Go read Balan, if you want more story. *tosses book at the gamer who hates balan wonderworld*

Gamer who hates Mighty No. 9: What port did you play? Wii U? Wasn't that the worse port?

Me: Whilst I do agree with you that Mighty No. 9's Wii U port is the worst of the options available.. I still enjoy the game even after all these years.

Toxic Gamer: Fuck you then!! I'm gonna go back to my GTA!

Me: ...Okay? *sigh* Now, gamers, not all of you are like the three above. Only a fraction of you are. But like.. can a girl enjoy her games even if they are bad? Like, fuck, I LOVE Mega Man 8 unironically, and that (to most people) is the worst Mega Man game! And heck, I'll say it: I'll still be a Gamer, but I love to keep an open-mind about things! So I'll still be a Gamer, but I won't say I hate something just because of what everyone else says.. because that's stupid.

The book of Bill kick-started this.

I'm not really sure if Jax would actually be fooled by Bill's flattery, but I think he'd make a deal for the sake of his own entertainment.

Random Au headcanon time:

In TMNT 2012, Leo got a voice change due to the Shredder messing up his vocal cords after the Foot ambush. It's spawned a few headcanons that Leo can't speak for long periods of time because his voice would give out on him if he spoke too much or yelled too loud.

I can't remember where but I saw this one post that expanded on that idea with Leo having a love for singing and would often sing his brothers to sleep some nights. When Shredder damaged Leo's throat, he was devastated because he couldn't sing as well as he used too. His brothers on the other hand, loved his singing voice because it reminds them that Leo's still here and safe.

I want to add this headcanon to the Mutant Mashup Au. DaVinci would probably sing along with Niccolo when he did his funny voices. Vin might have gotten into singing once Nico showed him where he learned the countries of the world song.

I imagine that sometime after the Kraang Invasion, once everything settles down, the boys notice DaVinci is a lot quieter than he normally is. Once it finally clicks that Vin can't talk at the moment, Orange goes to Draxum for help. By this point Draxum is a reformed lad that casually accepts he's been forcibly adopted and goes to help DaVinci.

Whether through some sort of mystic healing spell (similar to 2012's Healing Hands technique) or actual surgery, DaVinci is able to speak again without much pain. There are times when his throat flares up but those moments only come after prolonged use of his voice. DaVinci is a pretty quiet kid when compared to his family so that thankfully doesn't happen much.

Just a little thing, DaVinci probably felt proud of his voice and must've felt so insecure about singing after his throat got better. To the point where the rest of the boys, even April, May and Casey, got worried he stopped singing altogether. Blue especially worried because he hates when anyone in his family is hurting, that's part of why he's the medic. It takes a while but the family eventually convince DaVinci that they'll love whatever his new voice sounds like no matter what.

New video that talks about the merch for The Amazing Digital Circus just came out-

https://youtu.be/FkXhKu80CWU?si=79rtSyV8P1qAl5D1

One scene in it also reminded me of this doodle I drew a while ago-

Surprise doodles I forgot to post!

Alright so my little brother wants me to draw his characters but I can't do much because I have no idea when it comes to their personalities...

This is The Gaming Bountyhunter and the Gaming Mercenary. (The Mercenary had two designs, you can pick which to redesign).

He'd also like it if you had any ideas when it comes to coming up with story ideas for these characters. As it stands rn the Bountyhunter is someone whose learning how to accept all the bad things in life and the Mercenary is the bad guy who doesn't want to be the bad guy anymore.

Let me know what you think, these guys mean a lot.

They finally decided who was the older brother