RELATIONSHIPS - TUSHANSHU

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CANON


Donatello (boselfdestruct)
Donatello is his brother, which can mean several things. It means that Raphael trusts him explicitly, it means that Raphael will always have his back when the going gets tough, and it also means that Don will annoy the crap out of him and make him angrier than certain other people. It means Don's opinion of him matters, and it means that if Raph needs help, if he actually does ask someone, it'll be Donnie. Donnie and Raph seem to have the least in common of all the brothers, but that's like saying their familial relationship is the weakest link in a titanium chain. It's still strong. Raph knows Don's strengths and weaknesses, the moods he gets into, and how he feels about most things (even if he doesn't care about all the techno crap Don babbles on about). He also knows that Donnie knows those things about him, and is relatively comfortable about it. Ish.


KIND OF CANON


Leonardo (duelkatana)
2K3
This Leo is very reasonable, mature and patient. ...that just makes Raph angrier. He and his Leo from back home have a very volatile relationship, but they can still confide in one another and, if the other needs advice or sometimes even some support, they end up going to each other. That he doesn't have that here is really jarring, and seeing another Leonardo waltz around to remind him of it really pisses him off. The worst thing is that this Leo reminds Raph of Splinter, a bit. ...yeah he just. He's very unnerved.


Raphael (meanandgrean)
2K3
HATE.

For multiple reasons. Raph doesn't like his identity being threatened, he doesn't like his BODY being threatened, he doesn't like being beaten and proven weaker by someone who really pisses him off. He doesn't like thinking he's the "lesser" Raph, because a lot of how he measures himself is by his power and skill. He's arguably the best of them at fighting -with only Leo as a serious challenger to the title- so finding some other guy claiming to be him who's better at fighting than him is really confidence-crushing.

More than that though, knowing that the other Raphael is a few years older and seeing how angry and out of control he is reminds him of that talk he and Splinter had. Anger is self-destructive and all that. A vast majority of the time, Raphael is of the opinion that anger is great for fighting and that he only gets angry when other people act like fuckin' assholes. However, seeing that same rage in what could practically be a mirror really rattled him. Does he look like a crazy berserker to his brothers too?


Michelangelo (michaeljangelo)
Mirage Comics
This Mike is damaged, yo. Raph has definitely picked up on that, and it weirds him out to see his not-little brother with such differing morals. He's used to being the nutcase that his brothers have to hold back, but he really believes that if it really came down to it, this Mike would kill somebody without hesitating. Or even feeling bad for it. It just doesn't fit in with Raph's mental image of Mike.

Despite that though, this Mike still kicks awake a bit of Raph's protective streak. Maybe it's because he arrived wounded, or because he's much more open about his emotional vulnerabilities, but whatever it is Raph still wants to look out for the guy. They don't have nearly the same relationship as 2012!Mike and Raph -that one is very obvious in the "age-difference" dynamic- but hell. Maybe this one can be more about friendship and less about babysitting.


TU SHANSHU


Santo Vaccarro (zerotoawesome)
Marvel | 616
BUDDY. Santo makes Raphael hella happy, mostly because he seems like exactly the kind of guy who gets Raphael. A common complaint of Raph's is that none of his brothers understand him, and it's a little true. All of the brothers are so violently different that they tend to not get how the others really think, but for some reason this seems to bother Raphael more than it does the others. Santo, however, knows that talk is for wimps and actions don't just speak louder than words, they freaking scream it into a megaphone, and he likes to fight and he's cool, okay? Santo was a spot of familiarity and kinship in a moment when Raphael was all alone, and without even thinking Raph latched onto it. Now, he and Santo hang out and fight criminals and occasionally talk about shit, which is super sweet. It's a companionship that exists outside of his family that Raph has been longing for, even if he doesn't know it.


Dean Winchester (notamachine)
Supernatural
THIS ANNOYING MOTHERFUCKER. Raph doesn't trust him one bit. This guy contemplated shooting him in the head just because of what he looked like, and so what if he didn't actually do it? Because of that, Raph really wants to piss him off, but whenever he tries it always ends up going the other way around. IT'S FUCKING IRRITATING.


Hellboy (histruename)
BRPD | Hellboy
Old weird dude who looked like the devil and gave him information. Raph doesn't know why he was so zen in prison, but whatever he was smoking Raph does not want a part of it. He's thankful for the intel though, especially if it all turns out to be true.


Dick Grayson | Robin (hackingyoursensors)
Young Justice | Animated
Kid gave him a task. Raph doesn't know if he trusts the information
he got in return for it, but a task is a task and it's something to do, so Raph does it. Also he's one of the few humans who've looked at him without looking at him funny.


Leo Valdez (fotia)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians | Heroes of Olympus
Hahahahaha

hahahahahahahaha this kid thinks he's a murderer this is beautiful

hahaha Raph loves this shit