#character analysis questions

[brain-rot-see-pinned-post]

So...

Donnie's markings

Are they...tattoos?

What's going on here my guy? Pretty sure spiny softshells don't have geometric purple markings.

And, hey, while we're talking about markings.

Why doesn't Raph get any?

What, is he scared of needles or something? No tattoos for the industrial-fridge sized snapper?

Much to ponder.

[addrianastarflower]

Do y’all ever think about how there’s a very real possibility that Atsushi is immortal? He’s so quick to heal, and the strength of said healing has also likely increased over the years. Will there ever come a point where he can never die? Will he stop aging, the tiger replacing his cells faster than they die?

If that’s true, then what about Akutagawa? He’ll certainly outlive his partner, regardless of whether he’s immortal or not.

Will he distance himself from his partner, knowing that they’ll be separated by the line between life and death sooner than either of them would have liked? Will he stay put, watching his partner die in his arms for the second time? Will he stay through all the years and the hardship because he refuses to give up on his partner?

Will he forget his partner one day, memories not standing up to the test of time?

Will he hold tight onto every single thing that reminds him of the man that once helped him find himself, the partner that made him happy? Will he try his best to save every single life, no matter how long it has left, because he misses and remembers his partner who never got enough time?

Will he have to say goodbye?

Will he leave the agency, knowing that all his friends will age and die without him? What will someone so true to themselves yet undoubtably dependent on external validation do when that validation slowly goes away? Would he stay in the agency, slowly taking over old roles and training in new members year after year as everyone else ages and moves on?

Will he stay 18 forever, never getting to see himself older?

And perhaps most importantly, how many years until the president dies? How many years until Atsushi can no longer control the tiger? How many years until he gives into the violence and cruelty inherent in the beast simply because he has no other option? How many years until he is more beast than man because the tiger never really was on his side?