looking through my old works I found this short "animation" of Yoshi I made back in 2021, I'm both embarrased and happy with the progress....(obviously the backgrounds aren't mine, didn't have enough talent to make landscapes and still don't haha)
Does anyone else in the fandom think about how Raph and Mira hug?
Do we not think about the way Mira hugged onto Raph the same way Karai hugged Splinter?
When the scenario is both girls reuniting with their fathers after losing their families?
Twice in both cases, as Karai lost Tang Shen and the little family she had with Shredder and the foot. And Mira's whole clan was killed before she found her new family and they got attacked, and she thought they were all dead.
Doesn't help that they were both kidnapped from their families.
So it becomes harder hitting when you think about how both girls are reuniting with their fathers, and they think they are all they have left of their former families.
The fact that Raph is essentially living Splinter’s life in the apocalypse and this moment is where he believes everyone in his family is dead. Except for his daughter, who was taken from him.
And the moment they reunite, she's the first one to hug him.
And like his father before him, he was the one to be taken aback by the sudden embrace and acceptance of his daughter.
Where both pairs understood they were all they had from the life they knew before.
And then there's the fact that both dads hold their daughters in THE. EXACT. SAME. WAY!
Holding them by their backs and heads to keep them as close as possible. And giving them love in their darkest moments after everything's changed for them.
i just LOVE how in 2012 Leo isn't the one Who acts a little like splinter but Raph! the more clips i rewatch of the series the more I think they are alike and I love it.
an aspect of 2012 i find really compelling that no one really talks about (or, alternatively, it's talked about in a frustrating way) is how the turtles seem so worried that splinter isn't happy enough... like thinking about donnie wanting to make enough retromutagen for splinter too, and leo trying to save karai again and again, and their devastation in 'tale of the yokai'. it's something i wish people explored more, especially when the show makes it clear that splinter is very happy because he has the turtles, and that they were what saved him after all of his grief...
My personal thoughts and headcanons for pre-canon Splinter/Hamato Yoshi
things we know about pre-fatherhood splinter:
canonically meant to be the heir of the hamato clan (ciro nieli stated in an interview
canonically stated he wanted to be an artist when he was younger (lone rat and cubs)
canon rivalry w saki during entire childhood (mentioned a billion times)
my take on this:
young pre adulthood splinter never wanted to be the heir of the hamato clan, but doesnt want to disappoint his father
interested in art and secretly wishes he could be an artist rather than a ninja
saki notices his lack of focus on ninjitsu and uses this weakness to try and best yoshi and prove to their father that he is better than yoshi
saki (who at this time doesn't know he's adopted) thinks splinter is only the heir due to being 2 years older than him. wants to prove to their father that he is better than yoshi and does everything he can to beat yoshi in all areas of life
as yoshi gets older, he abandons his dreams of being an artist in order to completely dedicate his life to ninjitsu and make his father proud
he regrets it but tries not to acknowledge this pain. becomes a bit unemotional during this era despite his emotional core
only shen knows about his love for art, wishes he would just be himself rather than who his father wants him to be. i think this makes the argument shen and yoshi have in "tale of the yokai" more deep and meaningful, shen wasn't just thinking of herself and miwa but also wanted to go to new york because she knew it would help yoshi too
yoshi ends up moving to new york because now that his father is dead, he has nothing left to prove and decides to persue art afterall
obviously that doesnt work out lmao cuz bros mutated to a fucking rat
this causes yoshi to be confused about which path was correct, ninjitsu or art
ends up feeling guilty over his father's death and moving to new york, which is why he decides to start practicing ninjitsu again and teaches it to the turtles as well
i feel like hamato yoshi and tang shen's marriage must have been going even worse than what we were shown because why was shen genuinely torn between choosing her husband or his brother...? 😭
anywayssss the biggest most heartfelt thank you to @tmnt-splinterweek for putting on another fantastic and INCREDIBLE Splinter week!!!! The prompts were so good and I had so much fun!!! Thank you a ton!!!!!! Everyone’s works have been killer!!! ;) everyone is so talented !!
There is no loyalty in this battle ((both will be cheating)) may the best gamer win 🙌🙌 the panel of splinter playing their games while they went to bed is like engrained in my mind XD
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