Personally, I think 2012 and Mutant Mayhem would be super fun given their both more practical / realistic iterations ! But if Mutant Mayhem were to introduce more mystical / magical aspects into it's narrative, then I would absolutely say the Rise! Turtles and Mutant Mayhem !

As far as what would be the threat, I think the introduction of the Kraang and Intergalactic threats to the MM universe would be the best way to go for both ideas ! It gives the outside Turtles a reason to help with the Mutant Mayhem's storyline ! 😌✨

I'll try to give a few of my favorites and a few of my least favorites ! :D ✨

Favorites :

• "Lair Games" ( Season 2, Episode 3B )

Everything about this episode is my favorite thing in the world ! I love the cinematography direction they took with it, I love how it truly captures the essence of a home video meant for friends and family, I love the loveably stupid challenges that encompass said "Lake Games", I love Raph and Mikey's reactions and recountings during their interviews, I love Donnie's drawn out sob, I love how conniving and mischievous Leo is in this episode- They only part I didn't love was the oil / butter showdown between Donnie and Leo at the end (Not only was it strange but to find out people with gross mindsets about siblings storyboarded added onto me feelings about the scene-),, ! But otherwise, a fantastic episode !

• "Mystic Library" ( Season 1, Episode 20A )

I think this episode is so charming ! It did a lot of fun things, like Donnie song / rap about the directions or the stand off with Raph and Leo against the Foot Lieutenants ! Not to mention Mikey's takeover of the kids corner- 😭 / The only thing I wish they'd done differently was allow April to be apart of this silly situation !

• "The Gumbus" ( Season 1, Episode 9A )

This is one of my favorites primarily because of April ! She is so me !! I love spooky / scary things, and to see her laugh and have such a great time during this episode warmed my heart so much ! I also loved the entire plot of the episode in general as a girlie who watches scary shit in the middle of the night myself- 💅✨ Lmao

Least Favorites :

• "Down With The Sickness" ( Season 1, Episode 4B )

I honestly found this episode really gross, and not in a fun kind of way,, LMAO / I'm not saying it wasn't a fun concept, but the execution fell flat for me personally and it's not an episode I think about rewatching-!

• "Bullhop" ( Season 1, Episode 14B )

Bullhop as a character just annoys me personally,, I wasn't rooting for him, didn't find his obnoxiousness entertaining- I was just waiting for the episode to be over when I watched it for the first time,, Lmao

• "Bad Hair Day" ( Season 2, Episode 9A )

This episode was kind of boring to me-? I know Rise! Leo fans might hate me for saying that, but compared to the other Mystic City antics we see with the rest of the cast, this one didn't really match those stories for me-! So it's not that I think the episode was "bad", just that it felt the weakest of out the four-!

There are so many more episodes I could've included for both, but I decided to keep it at 3 each ! Also, any April centric episodes is one my favorites , just in case that needs to be said ! 💛💚✨

I personally would not call anyone problematic for shipping Rise! April with any of the Rise! turtles, but it's definitely not for me-! I know the main reason why it gets called controversial is because the creators of the show stated that it was their intention to have this April be more like a sister to the Rise! Brothers-

I didn't get "older sister vibes" for Rise April to be honest, just more like she was the best friend that she should have been depicted as in 2012 (But didn't because those writers don't know how to write female characters nor them having healthy platonic dynamics with male characters at all-), you know? But I'm not saying people can't view her as basically their sister if that's what they want to do !

As far as shipping Rise! April with any of the brothers, I feel like that's definitely up to whoever's drawing it and their interpretation- Because none of her dynamics with any of the brothers have that kind of chemistry to me-! Which makes complete sense, given that this version of the franchise did not focus on themes of romance or love as heavily ! It definitely was more about the whimsy ! I'm also super biased because I agree with the headcanon that Rise! April is a total lesbian and I think she's better suited with Casey or Sunita or both ! 👍✨ Lmao

I draw ROTTMNT occasionally ! :D

But it's not my fixation, which is why I don't draw them enough,, Or any of the other TMNT iterations, honestly,, 😭 Lmao

I've already given my thoughts on the show before, so to summarize:

I liked it a lot and I thought it deserved a 3rd Season ! The characters are incredibly lovable and full of life, and it had so much going for it that I hated seeing the rug get pulled from underneath the series so quickly,, They still had so much story to tell and it's honestly incredibly unfair. I highly recommend Rise! to anyone Who's looking for a TMNT series full of whimsy and great humor and healthy relationships ! It's just an overall fun watch ! 👍✨

I love how my brain is like, "What the actual hell is wrong with us?? Why don't we ever draw *character* anymore??" just because I see art of said character- Like, I just saw some content about Rise! Casey and now I'm like, "I need to draw her more..."- 😭

Maybe I will when I get home, I guess- 😔 Lmao

Thank you to everyone who joined the Whiteboard session ! It was super fun ! ✨

Here's some silly Rise! doodles (I just wanted to draw April since I haven't in ages- ✌️😔) !

Art Collabs (Part 1) ! 🎉

#1. @teks-emporium (2012 Donatello) || Me (2012 Leonardo)

#2. Me (My personal version of TMNT Michelangelo) || @bbvrii (Their own version of TMNT Mondo Gecko)

#3. Me (Kunoichi-stuff's Atlantis the Lost Empire crossover Leonardo) || @kunoichis-stuff (2012 April O'Neil in their Atlantis the Lost Empire crossover)

#4. @purpld-raccoon (Rise of the TMNT April O'Neil) || Me (Rise of the TMNT Raphael)

I decided I'm going to two-part this, since I still have another half of collabs to do, but I don't want to keep sitting on the ones that have already completed ! 😭👍✨

These have been super fun so far, and I can't wait to finish the other ones ! :D

1987:

It's a cute series so far / from what I've seen ! It's a little hard for me to maintain attention to it at times though, because of the pacing and some of the episodic narratives,, ! I understand it was more of a Saturday Cartoon vibe, so of course it's a lot more lower stakes most of the time / there are a lot more independent situations that don't necessarily tie into one another all the time- And I'm not faulting it for that ! It just makes it hard for me to be invested sometimes personally-! 🥲👍

I give it a 8 out of 10 !

2003:

Just like 87 TMNT, I really enjoy 2003 so far (Since I haven't finished the series yet-) ! But at times the pacing takes me out of it,, I don't know how to describe this but 03 has very 4Kids "aesthetic" that makes it difficult for the show to keep my focus on it for very long- But for what it's worth, I really do like the characters / the plot / the villains / etc. ! I like the Shredder twist towards I want to say the middle of the series-??I thought that was around Season 4 to Season 5, but I could be wrong-! it's been a while since I've tried to watch 2003 again- 😭👍

I give it an 8 out of 10 as well !

ROTTMNT:

I really really enjoyed Rise!, more than I thought I would when it first got announced back in 2018 ! I love the humor, I love the animation style, I love the interpersonal relationships between characters (However R.I.P. Brains & Brawn duo yet again,, 😔 Lmao), I LOVE RISE! APRIL O'NEIL 🫶🫶🫶, I love the mystic take, I love Baron Draxum + Big Mama being unique new villain additions (Though Draxum technically gets redeemed kind of-), I love the inclusion of Yokai, I love their take on the Kraang in the movie, I've grown to love Rise! Casey a lot (Since it was really hard for me to accept that she was this version Casey given she had more of a Karai energy to me for the longest time- 😭), I love all the fun ideas the writers had for episodes- I just enjoyed it all ! It's criminal that those assholes cancelled it before it could air its 3rd Season. 💀

I give it a 10 out of 10 !!

TOTTMNT:

I'm loving what we have so far but I feel like it's lacking in certain areas-? I thought we were going to get more individualized stories with all of the Brothers instead of the same story from each of their perspectives- Which isn't bad, but they've only done it twice so far and it's already very a little repetitive in my opinion,, I don't know- 😭👍 || Aside from that thought, I do like that all their personalities seemed to be the same in comparison to the film ! These don't feel like different characters, which is good ! I do hate that Mikey seemed to get to the short end of the stick episode wise, since his perspective episodes were the weakest ones in both stories to me,, I also wish we could get more episodes of the Brothers bonding together, since they didn't really showcase that in the film as much either- Like, give us an April centric narrative and have the brothers bonding be the sub plot of that situation or something, you know? || I do like that this version includes the "Mighty Mutanimals" / other mutants within the universe more in its story ! It reminds me of the IDW comics in a way ! I love that the Brothers get to experience society and go to high school too ! I wish that was focused on more-??

I give it a 7.5 out of 10 ! ✨

Of course !! :D ✨

TMNT 1987:

• Favorite characters || Leonardo, Mona Lisa (So far-)

• Least favorite characters || Don't have any yet-

I have not finished 1987 whatsoever and I've honestly watched its episodes a bit sporadically-! So based off of what I've seen so far, I would definitely say Leonardo and Mona Lisa are my favorite from this version !

TMNT 2003:

• Favorite characters || Raphael, Donatello, April O'Neil, Casey Jones, N.A.N.O. (He made me cry okay- LMAO)

• Least favorite characters || Leonardo, Michelangelo,,

I'm sorry, I don't know what it is about 03 Leo and Mikey that I don't vibe with,, LMAO

TMNT 2012:

• Favorite characters || Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, Karai (Miwa) Hamato, Hamato Yoshi (Master Splinter), Oroku Saki (Shredder), Tang Shen, Casey Jones, Shinigami, Y'gthba (Mona Lisa), Renet, Leatherhead, Ice Cream Kitty, Fugitoid (Professor Honeycutt), Chompy

• Least favorite characters || April O'Neil, Kirby O'Neil, Mrs. O'Neil, Bishop, Spider Bytez, Lord Dregg, Don Vizoso, The Finger, Bigfoot

All of this feels kind of self explanatory if you're familiar with my blog- LMAO (All based on canonical things by the way-)

Rise of the TMNT:

• Favorite characters || RAPHAEL, APRIL O'NEIL, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Sunita, Master Splinter (Lou Jitsu), Loathsome Leonard, Senor Hueso, Todd (I like him okay-), that one announcer woman from the wrestling episode, KARAI, Huggin & Muggin (I think that was their names??), Casey (Cassandra) Jones, Mayhem

• Least favorite characters || Bulllhop I guess- LMAO

Not a whole lot to say here ! Rise! has very enjoyable characters, so- Lmao

Mutant Mayhem / Tales of the TMNT:

• Favorite characters || APRIL O'NEIL, RAPHAEL, Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Angelz, Hun, Kitsune (I hope they do more with her-), WINGNUT, Leatherhead, the Seahorse and the Eel whose names I'm forgetting right now, Pigeon Pete, SCUMBUG (Purely for Raph being a Mama's boy for real-), Bishop

• Least favorite characters || Rod or whatever the hell his name was- Mikey did not deserve that shit- Lmao

Bonus: 2007 Raphael 🫶

Some (rare) work doodles- ✨

It's on a sticky note, so,, 💀 // MM April and Raph were gonna be talking about school stuff I guess, and the others were just smaller miscellaneous doodles !

Also kind of unrelated, but I desperately want to see MM / TOTTMNT April interact with MM / TOTTMNT Angel,, I don't ask for much- 😭 LMAO

I never draw the TMNT girls, I'm a disgrace sometimes- Like damn,, 😭

Anyway, some TMNT wuh-lu-wuh for the soul (As well as MM / TOTTMNT Aprilnardo, because I miss them a lot -) ! 🫶✨

A lot of randomness here- LMAO

I was in the mood to bring back my 2012 biblically accurate angels things (Which is honestly a nothing burger narratively- I just think they look spooky but in a cool way- Lmao), so I kind of did ! || I watched a video about Bubblline and that reignited my love of drawing Casey and Donnie as Princess Bubblegum and Marceline because THAT'S LITERALLY THEM. 💜🖤 || And I miss Rise! / drawing Rise! sometimes, so I did some doodles of April and Raph ! I was going to include Leo in there somehow, but I didn't get around to it- 😔👍

Knowing this information kind of makes me sad, because if Rise! and Mutant Mayhem can acknowledge that one of the brothers can be the youngest but not be infantilized, then 2012 definitely could've done it too- Poor 2012 Mikey man,, 😭

But that aside, I definitely agree that MM / TOTTMNT Donnie and Rise! Donnie would be quite the duo honestly- LMAO 👍✨ (Also I like Donnie's glasses as well ! Even in his Bayverse design- It's a cool addition !)

Watching Tales of the TMNT, all I could think about when seeing Angel's character was that she looked like a different version of Kendra from Rise of the TMNT- Lmao

I'm not super invested in Rise! Kendratello, But I thought I'd include Donnie in this because it was funny- /pos Lmao

Also please tell me you guys understand the MPGIS reference,, 😭 LMAO

I love her sm @dylniz - 🗣️✨

I also did a Rise! Capril bonus ! 💚💛🖤 Lmao

I totally agree about your opinion on 2003 Shredder I think they did a really good job with him (As what was most of the villains, like Baxter Stockman and Bishop / Unless Bishop was more of like a anti-hero in a way? I don't remember him being a villain villain per-se?) ! I especially love the twist with his character later on ! I thought it was a really cool way to connect Shredder to the Utrom species ! 🗣️

I also agree that I enjoy Rise! Shredder for his design the most I think how they handled his look and overall presence was fantastic ! I really love the fight that they had with him in the (technically) abandoned New York City was peak- ✨

I think 2012 Shredder has to be my favorite Shredder though, not just because 2012 is my favorite version of the franchise / it holds a special place my heart for nostalgic purposes, but because of how interesting and complex his character truly was (Despite the show failing to properly utilize that with his character-). I love a villain that makes you think, especially in the sense of you being able to understand where they're coming from but not necessarily condoning their actions- You know what I mean? I'm not saying I think 2012 Shredder should have had a free pass for all the things that he did within the series, because I don't agree with that, he did a lot of messed up stuff (To KIDS bro- Like chill out dude- 💀 Lmao). But I do like the fact that I can understand how he got to this point and the anger that he feels is kind of justified to me a little bit?? I just wish narratively speaking it was handled differently-

But of course, this is all stuff I've talked about before in my 2012 Shredder / Oroku Saki analysis post, so I'll try not to reiterate too much of that here-! 😭👍✨

(Also, this isn't to imply that I don't think the other depictions of Shredder haven't been as morally complex ! I'm just purely speaking about 2012 Shredder and why I enjoy him ! 👍✨)

This was a silly phone doodle I made of Rise! Mikey and April as Animal Crossing characters- 😊✨