This is just another random anekdote about the fandom I have been in the longest. THe TMNT fandom. It is kinda a way to cancel out the hate Rise of The TMNT has gotten. YES!! I am excited for Rise of The TMNT. Yes! I love the designs and the fact that the turtles are different species of Turtle. Yes!!! I love black April.
But that is not what the post is about. This is my history with four mutant turtle borthers. That also happen to be ninjas. Also I highly implore y’all to give Rise of The TMNT a fair chance before judging it.
So my story starts at the young age of 4. This was back when VHS tapes were still a thing. They came in cases like this
Except mine was in a plastic, neon green case. My mom had bought me a whole stack of TMNT VHS tapes from a thrift store not so far from where we lived. I remeber lookign at the cases thinking “This looks funny”. So I popped the first tape in the VHS player and started watching. Like that I was hooked. I wanted more. So mom bought me some used TMNT action figures. I played with them alot. I vaguely remember Mikey losing his one hand into the toilet.
Oh yeah did I mention Mikey became my favorite immideately. If I didn’t I have now. There was somethign about Mikey’s party on, carefree attitude that drew me to him.
(Here is a pic of me posing with my Mikey plush. Had to re-take this
many times
cuz either the angle was wrong or it was somehow blurry)
I have to remind you when I first started
watchign TMN was during a time where girls weren’t allowed to like TMNT (among othe masculine things) only boys. Thus this was one of many reasons why I got bullied in school. But the bullies never made my love for TMNT fade.
Anyways when I was a few years older I started watchign the 2003 TMNT series. I remember loving that too. Heck I have loved TMNT since the original series form the 80s.
I guess that’s the end of the story. So please watch Rise of the TMNT this year.
Meet the first African-American April in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first look!
Nickelodeon will offer up a new animated series about the crime-fighting crew with emerging ninja powers later this year. Right now, though, you can get a peek at the characters who are voiced by some familiar names — and they come with a few twists…
April O’Neil
The first African-American April O’Neil — a savvy New Yorker and first human ally of the turtles — is played by Kat Graham!
Donatello
Soft-shell turtle and tech hero Donatello (Josh Brener) rocks a tech-bo staff and impressive coding skills.
Leonardo
Leonardo (Ben Schwartz) is a red-eared slider who boasts “irreverent charm and a rebel heart.” Weapon of choice: ōdachi sword.
Michelangelo
Box turtle/skateboarder/artist Michelangelo (Brandon Mychal Smith) is the youngest brother — and dangerous with a kusari-fundo.
Raphael
Raphael (Omar Miller) is now the leader and oldest brother, a snapping turtle who brandishes twin tonfas as his weapons.
Splinter
Splinter (Eric Bauza) is part father figure, all sensei to the turtles!
I know that some people in certain fandoms have and are doing stuff that you hate. But please do not label the entire fandom as “the worst” because not the entire fandom is bad just because a handful of people are bad people. The fandoms are still amazing
And you. Yeah you in those fandoms do not let hate consume you. Do not let the lowlife haters scare you into stopping you. Do not let them win. Show them that you are stron
You draw whatever you want. You write whatever you want. Ship whatever the fuck you want.
Because together we can stand against the horrivle people that make our fandoms look bad.
Let us not be swayed. Reblog this and spread this message forth and together we can make our fandoms a better place for everyone
I hope people will still watch the new SU episodes despite Cartoon Network’s unfortunate mistake
YOU have been chosen to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Embark on your own adventure in this all new RPG set in the wizarding world, years before Harry Potter received his Hogwarts letter. Explore never-before-seen rooms of Hogwarts Castle and investigate ancient mysteries. Learn powerful magic and knowledge from Professors Dumbledore, Snape, and more. Duel against your rivals and forge alliances with new friends to help you on your adventures. As part of WBIE’s Portkey Games label, this groundbreaking mobile game puts you at the center of an all-new story in the wizarding world.
When your mettle is tested, what kind of witch or wizard will you be? A heroic Gryffindor? A cunning Slytherin? You decide! After all, this is your Hogwarts story.
Stalk and slay campers across 100+ puzzle levels with horror icon Jason Voorhees! From the campgrounds of Crystal Lake to the highrises of Manhattan, from supermax prisons to snowy ski resorts, Jason will terrorize victims across the world (and maybe even beyond).
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is developed by the makers of cult hit SLAYAWAY CAMP (5/5 -Rue Morgue, Touch Arcade, Gamezebo… “The most ridiculously, absurdly, insanely over the top violent game I’ve ever seen.” -Dread Central).
Create your Sims, give them unique personalities, and customize their world with more detail than ever before on mobile. Experience your Sims’ lives as they choose careers, party with friends, and fall in love.
The OFFICIAL Miraculous Ladybug app – don’t let any old red with black polkadot games fool you! This game is the real deal!
Join Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir on their Paris rescue mission, in this challenging, addictive & super fun runner! Paris, your beloved city, is in trouble, and only you can save it from destruction! Turn into awesome superheroes Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir, enter the Miraculous universe and run through the streets of Paris as you avoid obstacles and defeat villains.
Everyone thinks you’re just an awkward teenager. But you’ve got a SECRET. You may be a run-of-the-mill teen by day, but by night you become a superhero. The city of love is in danger of being taken over by the mysterious supervillain Hawk Moth and his evil Akumas, and it’s up to you to save it.
Merula Snyde is a self entitled little brat and everytime she appears on screen I wanna strangle her.
Who does she think she is calling Ben a mudblood!!!!
Please remember that Lush is a fair trade company. This means that all they pay ALL of their workers a livable amount, and don’t take advantage of workers and harvesters in third world countries like many brands do. They test none of their products on animals as well.
Please keep these things in mind! Just know there is a reason that they cannot sell their bath bombs for 99 cents each. Doing so would mean that hard workers are being under paid.
other reasons it’s expensive:
constant checks on their resources – They will drop any company that they are partnered with if they learn that they are gathering ingredients in an inhumane way, harming the environment, or puts their people at risk
charity work – if you’ve ever heard of Charity Pot, it’s called such because 100% of the cost (not proceeds) go to charity. It’s not what’s left over after they’ve paid the workers or bought the ingredients, it’s every single cent.
kitchens instead of factories – They dont have a big warehouse of stock. They don’t have processing plants. What they have are buildings with industrial kitchen equipment, where all products are made by hand.
fighting animal testing – a lot of companies say that they dont do animal testing, but they don’t do anything to prevent animal testing and may use ingredients sourced from animal testing. Lush leads protests, creates bills, and spreads information, as well as only work with those who don’t use animal testing, in order to fight the system
helping their sources- If they find out that something is wrong with one of their companies, they’ll do what they can to fix it. That means, if something is broken, they will fix it, even though it’s just someone that they’re partnered with.
delicate products – everything they sell has an expiration date, because it’s all made out of fresh ingredients and they use as little preservatives and unnatural things as they can. That and bathbombs break, all the time. They can’t sell it if it has any damage larger than a dime.
this is… actually really nice information to know? im too broke to be able to afford their products, so the only access to any info about them i have is either word of mouth or if i were to actually look up information about them.
i always assumed it was some status symbol thing like apple but im always happy to learn that things arent like that!
so you’ve seen gifs of simone giertz’s shitty robots, right? of course you have.
she’s amazing. she’s hilarious. she’s a woman in STEM, kicking ass.
she just found out she has a brain tumor.
the doctors are pretty sure it’s benign, but it’s big, and she’s gonna have to have pretty major surgery which is gonna keep her from making videos for a while.
while she’s recovering, her patreon is pretty much gonna be her only source of income, so if you enjoy the gifs of her videos, or just want to support a pretty awesome chick who needs some help, you might want to kick a few dollars over that way.
(i’m not associated with simone in any way, i don’t know her – other than the fact that she favorited one of my tweets once! – but i absolutely adore her personality and her work and i haven’t seen any posts about this, so i figured i’d put something up.)
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