#Donnie loves his brother

[koolaidashley]

Trans masc leo saga happy pride month cuz I know u gay n shi

#rottmnt #tmnt #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt raph #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt turtle tots #trans leo #disaster twins #so many tot comic ideas idk just in a vibe run #bear wit me #having fun #Donnie loves his brother #even if he’s sneaky abt how he shows it

[maxiesucks]

post movie rise

Donatello felt infinitely lucky to have Casey Jr.  here to help with Leo’s care. He had no idea what he was doing; Leo was the medic, but here he was now, half-dead on the cot he’d treated them all on before. Except, he wasn’t half-dead anymore. He’d actually been recovering quite nicely, it’d only been about a week and a half since the Invasion, and his shell was nearly a quarter of the way through healing over.

Leo was put into a medical induced coma a week and a half ago. When he’d come through the portal from the pris- that horrible place, he was hysterical. He was in so much pain, with a cracked shell and multiple breaks in just about every bone in his body, but somehow.. he was still here. Donnie didn’t believe in miracles, but this could well be classified as one. Any other person, even himself, would have died from either shock from the pain or just blood loss. It was surprising to find that no bits of bone had launched themselves into Leo’s brain.

Donnie was worried. Leo had been unconscious for a week and a half,  by order of Casey, and Donnie trusted him well enough, but he couldn’t shake the feeling. What if he was wrong? What if Leo had some sort of super-serious undetected brain injury that hadn’t had time to heal itself properly before they put him under, and he doesn’t wake up? What.. what if his brother turns into a vegetable?

Donnie sat on the stool beside the cot and held his wet face in his hands. Crying wasn’t his thing, he doesn’t like to cry. But since the invasion, he’s been practically inconsolable. Something about seeing all of his family so hurt and not knowing how to help them made him want to sob.

He held Leo’s hand gently, listening to the small but labored breaths escaping him. It was horrible. He closed his eyes.

He felt his hand squeeze.

Donnie’s head shot up from his hand. He saw Leo’s eyes open blearily, and he let out a choked sob. He was awake. 

“Leo.” He said with a soft smile, tears falling gently down his cheeks.

Leo grumbled, looking around the room with exhausted confusion. “Don?” He said, voice hoarse and eyes sort of looking through him.

“Yeah, Lee, I’m here.” Donnie could feel the tears fall faster. He might have to review his beliefs, because this was nothing short of a miracle.

Leo tried to sit up, but Donnie stopped him. He was connected to so many IVs and heart monitors that Casey had lost count for a second.

“Hey, take it easy. You got really hurt, but it’ll be okay.”

“..Is Raphie okay?” He mumbled, voice so crackly and broken up that it was hard to understand, but Donnie got it.

“Yeah, Raph’s alright. We’re all okay, don’t worry. Just focus on getting better. Everything’s alright.”

Leo hummed. He closed his eyes. “’M sorry.” He mumbled. What?

“..Sorry? What for?” Donnie asked, squeezing Leo’s hand gently. He had nothing to apologize for.

“I got you all hurt. I was ‘sposed to fix it, but I made it worse. ‘N then I tried to fix it again, but you guys saved me. …Why did you save me?”

It was obvious that Leo wasn’t all there. He’d just woken up from a week-long coma, of course he wasn’t. But this clearly wasn’t just pain med-high rambling.

“..What?” What the hell does he mean: ‘why did you save me?’ Of fucking course they did, Leo’s their brother!

“Why’d you save me?” Leo repeated, the same grumbly tone as the first time.

“Because you’re our brother. Of course we saved you. Did you.. not want to be saved?” That was a horrifying thought. Did- was Leo.. suicidal?

“Well.. like-” Leo tried to navigate a sentence. it was clearly taking a lot of energy from him. Maybe he should go back to sleep. Donnie wasn’t sure he wanted the answer to his question anyway.

“Maybe you should rest some more.”

“I didn’ deserve to be saved, Don.”

Donnie’s heart dropped. Yes, he absolutely fucking did. When did he start feeling this way?

“Yes, you did.”

“I didn’. I- I got you all hurt. I don’ know what ‘m doing, ‘m a terrible leader.”

“You just need practice.”

“No, Don, i’s- you all got hurt ‘cause of me. ‘N you still saved me.”

“Because we love you.”

“You shouldn’t.”

Donnie’s jaw fell slack. He’d never seen this side of his brother before.

“You don’t know what you’re talking about. Of course we should love you, you’re our brother. You’re my twin.”

“I thought we weren’t twins.”

“I changed my mind.”

Leo hummed. “I thought you didn’ do that.”

“Well, I did, is that so hard to believe?”

“A little.” Leo chuckled a bit, wheezy and sad-sounding.

#rottmnt #rottmnt movie #rottmnt post movie #leo is sad #pain med high rambling #leo is hurt #donnie is sad #donnie loves his brother #no tcest #ill cry

[turtleinsoup]

I love Donnie & Mikey LIKE AGH, just consider:

Mikey: *distressed yelling*

Donnie: *tells him to let go*

Mikey: *lets go*

LIKE THERE'S A 700 FEET DROP BELOW MIKEY AND HE LETS GO INSTANTLY, JUST BECAUSE DONNIE TOLD HIM TO, LIKE, DO YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH HE TRUSTS HIM

I CAN'T

THEM

#THOSE TURTLES #god i love the dynamics between the brothers so much #Donnie would protect his lil bro with his LIFE #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #tmnt 2018 #tmnt #donnie rottmnt #mikey rottmnt #peanutbutter & jelly duo

[sad-leon]

So some of y'all need to go touch some grass and learn that brotherly affection can include forhead and cheek kisses without it being gross

I like to imagine Leo is very affectionate, but when his brothers show him affection, he freezes up. Especially after the invasion, he fucking cries when his brothers show him affection wihtout him needing to "earn it" or anything like that

#sad•leonart #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt #rise leo #rise leonardo #rise donnie #rise donatello #rise mikey #rise michelangelo #rise raph #rise raphael #brotherly affection #featuring tail wags because yes #the image of leo pulling donnie away from his computer with a gentle forhead kiss to tell him he should go to bed #will forever live rent free in my head #and vice versa #theyre brothers your honour /ref #the brothers ever #i love them so much

[funneylizzie]

THIS FAMILY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MEEEE

#SAID IT ONCE ILL SAY IT AGAIN RAPH CARRYING ONE OR ALL OF HIS BROTHERS I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #art tag #save rottmnt #raphael #Donatello #leonardo #michaelangelo #rise mikey #rise donnie #rise leo #rise Raph #Funneylizzie

[ilk-insolence]

Raph Is A Great Strategist

Numerous times in the show Raph has shown to have a preference for straightforwardly punching his problems away rather than think up a more complex solution. Like how his immediate fix to getting Mayhem out of the mirror in Mystic Library was to punch everything in the bathroom but the mirror. However, when Raph understands the situation requires more in depth strategy, he’s shown to be an incredibly capable tactician.

(long post ahead!)

In nearly all the plot heavy episodes like Shadow of Evil, Many Unhappy Returns, and the season finales, Raph gets moments where he’s highlighted for his strategic thinking. In Insane in the Mama Train, he’s the one who figures out which eyeball-button goes to the front car with the dark armor, because “‘it was the only button [the Foot Clan] didn’t want me to press!’” [21:05]. He’s also the one who came up with the scheme to defeat all the (known) combatants in the train, with Leo specifically attributing Raph as the deviser during their mind meld [19:46]. In Many Unhappy Returns, after spending a single night waylaying the Shredder, Raph formulated a plan using all the tricks the team learned, seamlessly transitioning the mystic collar Leo acquired into it [19:53], to defeating the Shredder. Additionally, he’s repeatedly called for a retreat during fights, like in Shadow of Evil, Shreddy or Not (Finale pt 2), and the movie, when he can tactically recognize that a battle couldn’t be won. Each time, the show/movie implied that that was the right call, for the family to lose the fight but win the war.

And it’s not just that Raph is good at strategy when he’s pushed to be more serious; the show characterizes him as passionate about creating plans, he enjoys doing it. Literally in the first episode, Mystic Mayhem, after the turtles’ initial plan failed of getting Splinter out of the living room to touch his Do-Not-Touch Cabinet, Raph immediately started devising a new plan that involved “ten chickens [and] a gallon of rubber cement” [9:35]. It was convoluted, sure, and they didn’t end up using it, but it was inventive and the opposite of reluctant. This is also shown in Bug Busters, where Raph planned out dousing Mikey in honey to attract the oozequitoes [2:52]; Snow Day, with the idea to freeze Ghost Bear like in Jupiter Jim Pluto Vacation 4; and Raph’s Ride-Along (and also Bad Hair Day), where Mind Raph created multiple schemes to get the criminals arrested. The show wouldn’t have made Raph be so creative with his plans if they were trying to characterize him as someone who didn’t like strategizing.

So does why Raph do stupid shit sometimes where he doesn’t think things through at all? Well, even though Raph is good at strategy and enjoys doing it, it’s clear his immediate impulse is still “punch the problem in the face”. In fact, all the turtle boys contain the fascinating dichotomy of being incredibly smart in some areas, and the dumbest teenagers alive in others. Just look at Donnie. It’s also how Raph is a loving protective older brother, and the guy who shoved Leo into a wall so hard he disappeared in one frame for shits and giggles (The Mutant Menace x). None of this means that Raph is bad at strategy though.

tldr: Yeah, Raph has a lot of dumb and, frankly, insane moments in the show, but he’s still an incredible tactician who’s plans consistently saved his family and sometimes the world. He's a great strategist.

#I will die on Strategist Raph hill #i'd even go so far to say that Raph is the tactician of the team instead of Leo #because compared to how many times Raph /actually/ plans his actions to how many times Leo does it #Raph would win by a long shot #Leo to me is honestly more an improviser #he's also repeatedly looked to Raph for the plans when they're in trouble than come up with strategies himself #Mikey and donnie do this too. they look up to him as their big brother leader and IDEAS GUY #I always read that as the show saying Raph is the team's planner #AND HE'S GREAT AT IT #I'm fine with strategist!Leo #I can see how it happened #BUT RAPH BEING BAD AT STRATEGIES? RAPH? #WHAT #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #analysis #raphael hamato #rise raph #rise of the tmnt #HE'S AMAZING I LOVE HIM #rottmnt movie

[turtleblogatlast]

Love the thought of Leo just casually being well traveled to absurd degrees. Like one day they’re facing their new Big Bad of the year and like, Draxum or whoever says that the key to their fight is located somewhere in, like, Latvia or some place, but no one knows where to start.

Then Leo’s like “oh I know a place” and when asked how the heck he could know of one it smash cuts to Leo falling through the ceiling of said place due to a portal mishap.

Also love the idea of Leo, being as accidentally (and then later, purposefully) well traveled as he is, sometimes taking his family on outings to different places all over, maybe to some new Yokai spots he found along the way.

In these places, Leo 100% lets his bros get scammed by tourist traps.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise leo #rottmnt headcanons #bro was so excited about buying stuff that he didn’t realize it was a scam until too late #so now he’s super sus of all that BUT super willing to laugh at his fam for making the same mistake #anyway yeah I love Leo being well traveled because it honestly makes sense? why NOT use your teleportation to travel if you can do it fast #all his portal mishaps in the series as well as that time he accidentally went to Paris (+ once a diff dimension?) live in my head rent free #Leo destroying the stall of some random family’s restaurant in Paraguay and having to work it off the rest of the summer #he’s just like ‘hey guys I’m heading out’ but doesn’t mention it’s for a part time job in a different country #he only knows like English and Spanish BUT he’s picked up on a lot of other languages too due to his misadventures #tho he mostly knows a whole lot of various swear words #leo about to tease donnie for getting banned from witch town only to remember HE’S banned from a place in Turkey: 😬 #he keeps trying to find where he accidentally put his brothers in Tahiti but he can’t find it and he’s so salty about it lol

[pftones3482]

Listen, I hear y'all and your Touch Averse Autistic Donnie headcanons. But may I take a moment to present you with the option of: Physical Comfort Autistic Donnie, who is very comfortable touching his family and friends and with them touching him? And who uses physical touch as a way to show love without words?

Bc once you start looking for it, he is CONSTANTLY in physical contact with someone, and it's almost always in an affectionate way

#this is just a headcanon and observation obvi yall hc what makes u happy #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #donatello rottmnt #its always just disheartening when all autistic representation is touch averse when thats not how every autistic person is yk? #myself included #leo and mikey can def get away with it more than the others can but donnie really just always is in someone's personal space #i think his aversion would come in times of insanely high stress (like when theyre fighting the krang) #and as soon as he manages to calm down enough he'd be clinging to his brothers #also i think a lot of his 'ew hugs' moments are just the typical 'ew my family is hugging me' phase that a lot of teenagers go through lol #6 of these screenshots he actively initiated the touch or equally participated in it too #also also love the idea of a fic where Donnie is nonverbal one day and just uses touch to make sure everyone knows hes ok

[middlechildnonsense]

Mikey's first word was "Daddy," followed by about ten minutes of giggling as Splinter cried over him. It was immediately followed by "eat."

Leo's first words were: "Daddy, he doesn't like the yellow one," after Splinter dared to try and feed Donnie pineapple when the twins were three. Splinter was so flabbergasted that he took Leo's word on what Donnie liked until they were fourteen (he was never wrong, but Splinter wanted to get better at knowing his kids).

Donnie's first word was "Blue," said in the most heartbreaking whimper while he was sick and therefore separated from his brothers; Leo has never let him live it down. He was only a little over a year old, but had always been vocal about what he did and did not want.

Raph didn't speak until he was ten; his first words were "Step off, bitch!" At a stranger who tried to pick Mikey up while they were playing near the sewer grate.

#turtle tots #rottmnt #rottmnt raph #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt leo #rottmnt mikey #i love the hc that raph was delayed in speech but i also think it would be hilarious if sweet little raph the good boi of his brothers #just let out the scariest voice at some rando he thinks is going for his brother

[freakadr0id]

Disaster Twins™ (Movie ed.)

ft. Mikey

Bonus:

#I love that last gif because it’s just Leo being a good brother #because if you notice he stops Casey from interrupting Donnie #Leo knows that Donnie just needs this moment in a very crazy situation #that second gif is fun too #Donnie is so eager to see Leo lose his record #that good ol’ twin competitiveness #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt movie #rise of the tmnt spoilers #rise of the tmnt movie #rottmnt spoilers #rottmnt movie spoilers #rise of the tmnt movie spoilers #rottmnt Donnie #rise Donnie #rottmnt Donatello #rise Donatello #rottmnt Leo #rise Leo #rottmnt Leonardo #rise leonardo

[spoopdeedoop]

being an older sibling is being in constant terror that your younger siblings will hurt themselves and then realizing you are far too young yourself to come up with an effective solution

#as an older brother of two i have SO MUCH ANXIETY revolving around them hurting themselves #and often each other #my art #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #headcanon that donnie’s seen mikey go into his shell a lot because of all the loud noises in donnie’s room #because he’s usually taking apart toys or electronics and that process is LOUD #drilling and banging et cetera #did a baby mikey w/ raph piece so i figured i should do one with the disaster twins lol #i will def be drawing more of these i love sibling shenanigans so much #rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #turtle tots

[stormy-nights-are-best]

When my little sisters and baby cousins ask for a lullaby, I'll most likely sing them a slowed down “yin & Yang” by Tally Hall because it's warm and nice, but “rises the moon” by Liana Flores is my personal favorite.

#thought you'd like some of raph singing his brothers to sleep #it's a day after they moved in to the new lair #raph only has two mattresses and one blanket for now but he can make it comfy #NOT TCEST BTW #raph rottmnt #leo rottmnt #mikey rottmnt #donnie rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt fanart #rises the moon #masterpiece #the first thing you'll notice about me is that i love drawing people on really soft beds

[turrondeluxe]

Have you watched SAINW yet? If so, what'd ya think?

i enjoyed it quite a bit

#(THIS IS OLD ART BTW LMAO) #but yeah i would have loved for donnie to actually show consequences of the trauma he went through in episodes after that one #or for the brothers to notice or comment on it because of what donnie said when he reunited his brothers again. #they had so much potential to make it a plotpoint there but nooooo #ask

[sloppy-syrup]

Mikey telling his brothers absolutely everything:

DUDE I KEPT FORGETTING TO POST THIS ONE BUT IM FINALLY DOING IT!!

Also omg super proud of the last frame (ᗒヮᗕ)՞

#omg they’re so silly #mikey is absolutely a blabbermouth #he CANNOT keep a secret #especially with his brothers #love their relationship #I Need siblings Like them Fr #save rottmnt #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #artists on tumblr #rise donnie #rise leo #tmnt #rise mikey #rise raph #michealangelo #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt fanart #animation #mikey fanart #ok bye ily #Sloppy’s arts

[tangledinink]

has the fam done anything with the lab or swannie's room since he's been gone? do they go in there and dust?

Mikey has a habit of sitting in Donnie's room when he's feeling a bit sad. Leo spends a good deal of time in Donnie's lab trying to dig through his files in an attempt to figure out what he was doing at the lake in the first place. And Splinter fusses over making sure things don't become dusty or sad.

Also-- Donnie does still visit every now and again! It's pretty rare, as Donnie is only 'lucid' enough to consider a field trip maybe once a week to every other week, and while he can leave his lake during the night, it does make him highly anxious and stresses him out a lot. As a result, 'field trips' mean that rather than having a full day with Donnie, they'll usually get a few frantic, high-energy hours before he essentially just... needs to go back to the Lake to lay down and recover.

(But damn, kinda worth it to get to see his Lab again though...)

#he LOVES getting to see his lab and get work done and see his home and hang out with his brothers #BUT #he wished it just didnt make him #like #kind of feel like he was dying the entire time? #he gets so overwhelmed and overstimulated SOOO fast #HES SO EXCITED #BUT HES #SO STRESSED #AAAAAAAAAAA #swanatello #asks #anon #maybe once a month swannie will get to visit home for a short burst #theyre trying to figure out the best formula for it #to get the most amt of work done as possible #while also trying to minimize stress on donnie and avoid actual panic attacks and meltdowns when possible #its. you know. a work in progress.

[creakincreek]

Sick days.

CAS belongs to @somerandomdudelmao :D

#Currently sick so I am projecting #also sorry I angsted the wholesome #I'm sure Mikey loves having his family take care of him- but he definitely feels bad about it sometimes #cass apocalypse series #cass fanart tag #rottmnt #tmnt #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt donnie #save rottmnt #my art #live laugh love CAS #Donnie just wishes his lil brother didn't have to suffer #being sick is not fun