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taizi · 1 year

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If you’re still taking prompts… disaster twins being disasters?

Casey can remember being this excited maybe once or twice before in his entire life, but that’s it. He doesn’t realize he’s bouncing in his seat until Michelangelo flops over him, arms folded around Casey’s shoulders and chin propped up on top of his head, grin present in the bright tone of his voice.

“We might be hyping this up too much,” the youngest Hamato—second-youngest, now, Casey reminds himself somewhat shyly—says good-naturedly. “It’s just a spar, CJ.”

“I know,” Casey says quickly, clamping his hands on his knees. He feels like a little kid again, being warned that if he can’t sit still he can’t stay in the dojo to watch training. That’s not anywhere near what Mikey said, but he’s not risking it! He refuses to miss this! “But it’s just—I haven’t seen sensei spar with anyone but Commander O’Neil in ages.”

He doesn’t say that Uncle Raph was killed when Casey was so young that he barely got to keep any memories of him. He definitely doesn’t say that when Uncle Tello died, sensei destroyed a string of Krang corps single-handedly, stumbled home half-dead, and then didn’t come out of the silent lab for three days. When he did finally emerge, some intrinsic, important part of him was gone for good.

By then, Master Michelangelo was too brittle for physical combat, pouring all of himself into the mystic arts instead. April was the only one left who was unafraid to drag Master Leonardo onto the mats, to bring some life back into him. And it was fun to watch, but it wasn’t those high-energy spars he could remember being awed by when he was a child, when all four of the turtles were together and the apocalypse seemed like something they might survive after all.

“I bet I whooped his butt, too,” April interjects loudly from the cozy-looking beanbag chair she dragged into the dojo. Leo shoots her a mock-offended look, hand over his heart, the whole nine yards.

He’s wearing a pair of bright pink cordless headphones, and his warm-up stretches have a lot more energetic bopping around than perhaps strictly necessary. Raph is smiling crookedly as he guides Leo through the forms, watching carefully for any sign of lingering tenderness or soreness and finding none. He’s probably as relieved as all the rest of their mismatched little clan that Leo has healed to this point—casts and leg brace finally discarded, energy ratcheted up to eleven.

Across the mat, Donnie is pretending to be buried in his phone, but he’s watching Leo as raptly as Raphael. If he thought for a second that Leo was nursing some hidden-away hurt, he would find a way to divert the match without anyone the wiser. And it would be something needlessly showy and stupid, too—Casey has the sudden vision of a lair-wide blackout. He pats the penlight clipped to his belt to make sure it’s there, just in case.

But Leo is in fine form, and Splinter steps onto the middle of the mat with a judicious air.

“Now I want a clean match, boys,” he orders, arms folded. “No shenanigans!”

“Aw, not even one?” Mikey pipes up.

The Hamato patriarch considers this carefully, then says, “I will allow ONE shenanigan!”

“Alright Michael!” Leo cheers. “Use those favorite son privileges for good!” He barely dodges the half-hearted strike from Splinter’s tail.

Then Raphael is placing his hands on Leo’s shoulders and giving him a friendly jostle, in the manner of ruffling a puppy’s ears to get it all riled up (a life-affirming maneuver that Casey only recently discovered for himself one early morning coffee run with Cass when they crossed paths with a nice lady and her wriggly baby pit bull) and Splinter is stepping back off the mat and Donnie is sliding his phone away.

“Let me know if you need me to go easy on you, little brother,” Donnie says magnanimously.

“You hatched four minutes before me,” Leo replies. His tone suggests this is an argument they’ve had at least one billion times.

“No one likes a sore loser, Nardo.”

April makes a coughing, cackling sound, and then shouts, “Someone get ready to do the heimlich! My man’s gonna choke on that hypocrisy!”

“APRIL, you were adopted and you can be replaced!” Donnie shouts back over everyone’s laughter. Casey feels like he’s sitting in the sun, surrounded on all sides by warmth and light. He was raised on the scraps of a ruined world, the scraps of love and joy that his family had left to offer him. They gave him everything they could, but he knew they were digging into the bottom of the well. Here, those things are a renewable resource. All the good just stretches and stretches and stretches forever.

Master Leonardo was not a bitter person. But he was very rarely a happy one. Uncle Tello and Rapha were gone and Master Michelangelo was aging rapidly before his eyes, three times as quickly as he should have. April and mom and all the faces that Casey saw everyday were weary and worn thin, constantly braced for the next horrible thing to come.

It heals something in Casey’s chest that he didn’t know was hurting to see them like this instead. A festering, years-old wound finally draining, finally given clean air and room to heal. April’s still heckling and Mikey is still draped over Casey, sturdy and boyish and the brightest thing for miles. Raphael is leaning against the wall, grinning, as eager to watch the show as everyone else. Splinter looks unrelentingly fond and also like he’s expecting this to be a trainwreck.

In the second before Splinter calls the beginning of the match, Donnie’s eyes narrow suspiciously and he says, “Wait, what are you listening to?”

A shit-eating grin stretches across Leo’s face, and in lieu of answering out loud, he lifts a hand and dramatically finger-spells K-A-R-M-A.

“Oooooooh,” Mikey and Raph and April all chorus delightedly.

“Oh, goddammit,” Donnie bites out, visibly preparing to fight for his life.

Then Splinter’s hands come down and the twins burst into movement. There are no weapons in their hands, it’s nowhere near as showy as their fight with the Krang had been, but it’s amazing in its own way.

They’re fast, much faster than the masters of Casey’s timeline because they’re so little in comparison, lean and lithe and all gremlin energy. The two of them move like they know each other as well as their own selves, the blocks and blows meeting as if they were choreographed well in advance, and every step is so quick and so clean that Casey can barely follow it. Five minutes in, Leo’s eyes glow white and then Donnie’s do, and Donnie barks out a surprised laugh.

Mikey yells, “No inside jokes that’s not fair!”

“It’s a nice break from that song. I've heard him humming it in the back of my brain all day,” Raph says ruefully, then quickly holds his hands up when Leo’s head whips around in his direction. “No offense! I like it! Just not—not 16 times in a row, big guy.”

Splinter steps in the instant Leo winces, having landed too heavily on his bad leg after a showy flip.

“Alright, silly melons, that’s enough. Match goes to neither of you because you play too much.”

Whatever complaint the twins might have made is entirely forgotten as they turn to face their dad blankly. Donnie says, “I’m sorry, did you just call us silly melons?”

“Melons are green, yes? And stupidly expensive at all times for no reason.” He pulls a paperback book out of the inner fold of his robe and thumbs through it. “Children like nicknames. The experts have said so.”

Looking torn between helpless confusion and hysterical laughter, Raph says, “What are you reading, pops?”

“Melons cost like $8 in Chinatown when they're in season, where the heck have you been shopping?” Mikey interjects loudly, shooting over the back of the couch like spending too much of the grocery fund on overpriced produce is the first and final straw.

“Seriously, Splints, what are you reading?” April asks, trying to get the book from him.

“Silly melons??” Donnie and Leo demand again. Training for the day is entirely derailed, though that might have been Splinter’s ploy in the first place.

Master Leonardo wasn’t a bitter person. Despite the weight of the world on his shoulders and all the losses he carried around in his heart, Casey’s memories of him are good and warm and only bittersweet because of those final moments, and because of how much Casey misses him every day. Still—even if he was careful not to let it show—Casey knows that Master Leonardo didn’t have a lot of opportunities for joy.

That’s the thing that’s taken the most getting used to here, Casey thinks, watching everyone. That’s the difference his family makes. This Leo doesn’t have to reach very far for a reason to smile.

He glances over his shoulder and his smile widens to include Casey, and Casey hurries off the sidelines to join the rest of them.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #disaster twins #rise leo #casey jr #hamato leonardo #hamato donatello #ratdad #my writing #prompt #anonymous #tmnt fic #swiftie leon agenda continues #working title for this is 'flexing like a goddamn acrobat'#idk whats up with tmnt fics being the vehicle for me forcing my music tastes on my readers lately but it is what it is #this is so silly but i had fun writing it

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no1valgraceshipper · 29 days

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Percy Jackson Characters as Songs

Percy Jackson

prison for life - Olivia Rodrigo

Even though it’s unreleased it just fits Percy so much!

Another contender would be The Great War by Taylor Swift

Annabeth Chase

The Man - Taylor Swift

I feel like it just embodies how Annabeth has always been underestimated because she is a girl when really she’s one of the most strongest demigods!

Piper McLean

Mastermind - Taylor Swift

It just perfectly lines up with her charms peak! And I just love that song and felt like Piper would love it too

Also Taking Whats Not Yours by TV Girl? That fits Piper so well as well.

Jason Grace

Superman - Taylor Swift /j

Long Live - Taylor Swift/j

Okay done with the jokes time for the real one

Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince - Taylor Swift

Jason just is this song because he has always been expected to be perfect because he is a son of Jupiter! When in reality he can’t be perfect because it is impossible to be perfect!!

Leo Valdez

runner up - Bailey Spinn

The only other contender was Happy Face by Jagwar Twin because both those songs are just Leo’s songs.

Hazel Levesque

Willow - Taylor Swift

Honestly it fits her and her magic so well.

Frank Zhang

The Archer - Taylor Swift

I don’t have anything to say. Just listen to the song and you’ll see why.

Nico Di Angelo

Timeless - Taylor Swift /j

Slipping through my fingers - ABBA

Nico would totally like ABBA!

Will Solace

When Emma Falls In Love - Taylor Swift

It just fits Will sm!

The other two ones were The Archer and Mastermind but those were taken.

Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano

You’re On Your Own Kid - Taylor Swift

I not need to say anything, it just fits reyna sm.

Rachel Elizabeth Dare

because i liked a boy - Sabrina Carpenter

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Grover Underwood

Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift

My boy just wants nature to be safe and sound.

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i-need-of-a-hobby · 11 months

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ok but imagine the pjo/hoo gang (living my dream and) going to a taylor swift concert-

annabeth, piper and leo are the ones to make the plans

they're also the ones to use greek fire to melt down drachmas and sell the gold to buy tickets

percy is the next one invited because

"you don't understand annabeth, I AM NEW YORK CITY AND I BETTER STILL DO IT FOR YOU"

annabeth: "why? worried i'll decide you're not my type?"

percy: *offended*

will (the local southern boy) is in too since he's been on this train since she was just country singer, and he brings nico with him

nico: "i'm not going out to listen to some overrated pop st- *listens to rep/folklore* son of a bitch i'm in"

just remembered annabeth is a technically a southern girl too and now im picturing annabeth and will screaming the lyrics to picture to burn like their partners aren't in the next room over so enjoy that mental image

if yall have more to say about this pls reblog my mind is your playground

#all im saying is #theyre all swifties #its canon #dont try to deny it #pjo #pjo hoo toa #pjo headcanon #percy jackson #annabeth chase #piper mclean #leo valdez #will solace #nico di angelo #percebeth #solangelo #brain rot #source: my brain

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sl33pydoodles · 5 months

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the girlfail ever actually

#tmnt 2k12 #tmnt 2012 #tmnt leo 2012 #why are pll sleeping on her w the swiftie hcs if any turtle in any iteration listens to taylor swift its leo hamato in the winter of 2012 #she listens to anti-hero and SOBS #tmnt 2k12 leo

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stanning-reyna · 2 years

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The argo ii crew as Taylor Swift songs

Percy- nothing new

Annabeth- the archer

Piper- a place in this world

Leo- I wish you would

Jason- it’s nice to have a friend

Frank- innocent

Hazel- marjorie

Nico- the last time

Reyna- my tears ricochet

#has this been done before?#probably #there’s a lot of swifties in this fandom #heroes of olympus #pjo #hoo fandom #hoo series #pjo fandom #pjo series #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #annabeth chase #piper mclean #leo valdez #jason grace #frank zhang #hazel levesque #nico di angelo #reyna ramirez arellano

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thetimetraveler24 · 1 year

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So apparently Rick’s a Swifty and I see everyone saying like “oh we could get don’t blame me when Annabeth is stabbed in TLO” but I’m like this could be the song that plays when the Argo II busts the cavern open and Percy and Annabeth reunite and then its like instrumental when they discuss the prophecy and secure the Athena Parthenos and then the music really swells when they start falling and then Percy makes Nico promise to lead them to the other side and “you’re not getting away from me” “as long as we’re together” then you just hear “Oh Lord, save me, my drug is my baby / I'll be usin' for the rest of my life / Usin' for the rest of my life, ohh-oh” and Percy let’s go right on the drumbeat and the song keeps playing and maybe it’s Percy’s love for Annabeth that makes him crazy or maybe it’s Nico’s crush on Percy that makes him crazy or maybe it’s BOTH and your just watching Percy and Annabeth falling together and Nico’s horrified face and they’re falling but he’s still reaching for them and maybe the song is still playing when Nico turns back to face Hazel and Jason and Piper. And then that’s just how it ends.

Just consider that. Okay, enjoy the rest of your day.

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nosleep83 · 8 months

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WHICH TURTLE IS LISTENING TO LOVE STORY I NEED👏TO👏KNOW👏

#wait what if #Leo’s ninja rap #Donnie’s butter #Raph’s break stuff #and Love Story can’t be Splinter so he’s the bottom one…#MIKEY⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️#MIKEY IS A SWIFTIE CONFIRMED #tmnt #mutant mayhem

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hotpieceofnerd · 1 year

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Let's just not forget that the Argentinian Public TV got into the Swiftie wave.

And we loved it.

#leo messi #messi #argentina #argentine football #seleccion argentina #wc 2022 #taylor swift #taylorstans #swifties

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randomrottmntscreenshots · 9 months

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#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #Old Swifty #Michael Doig #Doig & Swift #the movie #animatic #leo #mikey #casey jr.#video

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historicalfictionenthusiast · 7 months

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Just had a long conversation about Taylor Swift albums as zodiac signs and was appalled by the lack of “find your taylor swift sun/moon/rising” quizzes on the internet. How did we allow such an oversight and will someone please remedy it ASAP.

#taylorstans #taylor swift #taylor allison swift #swifties #uquiz quiz #ts albums #1989 taylor's version #zodic signs #astrology #i'm a virgo #leo rising #excessive taylor swift lyrics #someone make this quiz #I’m begging you #I will take it a million times #I need a really good uquiz rn #why haven’t the gays done this

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aquarioluna · 1 year

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Your Moon Sign + Your Song from Taylor Swift’s Debut Album

Discover which song from Taylor Swift’s debut album "Taylor Swift" matches your moon sign on an emotional level. Each song is matched with a moon sign based on emotion and lyrical content of the song.

1. Tim McGraw - Cancer Moon (nostalgia, emotional connections) 🤠

2. Picture to Burn - Aries Moon (anger, impulsiveness) 🎞️🔥

3. Teardrops on My Guitar - Pisces Moon (sensitivity, unrequited love) 😪🎸

4. A Place in This World - Sagittarius Moon (searching for purpose, optimism) 🌎

5. Cold as You - Capricorn Moon (resilience, emotional detachment) 🥶💙

6. The Outside - Aquarius Moon (feeling different, outsider perspective) 🪟👀

7. Tied Together with a Smile - Libra Moon (harmony, hiding pain) 🎀😊

8. Stay Beautiful - Leo Moon (admiration, warmth) 😘💋

9. Should've Said No - Scorpio Moon (betrayal, intensity) 🙅‍♀️😡

10. Mary's Song (Oh My My My) - Taurus Moon (long-lasting love, commitment) 👩‍❤️‍👨👵

11. Our Song - Gemini Moon (communication, playfulness) 🚪📞🙏🏼

12. I'm Only Me When I'm With You - Leo Moon (joy, self-expression) 👫

13. Invisible - Virgo Moon (insecurity, analysis)🫥

14. A Perfectly Good Heart - Libra Moon (heartbreak, balance) 💖

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mmemirrorball · 7 months

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swiftie dancer core is whenever I wear my skin colored tights to class I suddenly transform into taylor swift performing the reputation stadium tour

#me asf in ballet today with a black skirt and black leo #swiftie #swiftie dancer #dance #taylor nation #swifties #taylor swift #taylors version #tswiftnation #reputation #reputation stadium tour #taylor swift tights #ts eras tour #ballet

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astro-tag-9 · 8 months

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Taylor Swift lyrics for various Astro placements Part☝🏼🖐🏼

“Bridges burn I never learn. But at least I did one thing right.” (Call It What You Want) - Aries Rising/Mercury

“Cause you took me home but you just couldn’t keep me” (Bye Bye Baby) - Cancer/Leo/Libra sun/mercury

“I got that good-girl faith and a tight little skirt” (Style) - Virgo/Taurus Mars/Rising

“3am pacing” (Forever Winter) - Taurus/Virgo Moon

“I have to say, by the way, I just may, want some explanations” (Question…?) - Virgo Mercury/mars

“ I’m fine with my spite in my tears in my beers in my candles” (Closure) - Taurus/Aquarius Mercury

“I’ve never heard silence quite this loud” (The Story Of Us) - Scorpio Moon

“What must it be like, to grow up that beautiful?” (Gold Rush) - Venus in 1st house

“With that same big loud opinion” (Mean) - Moon in 1/2/3/4/5 house

“We showed them all up” ( We Were Happy) - Aries/Scorpio Mars

“I’ve grown a custom to being alone” (Electric Touch) - Capricorn Sun/Moon

“I never grow up. It’s getting so old” (The Archer) - Cancer/Leo moon

“So you could sit there in this hurt” (Champagne Problems) - Taurus/Virgo Sun

“I wake up screaming from dreaming one day I’ll watch as you’re leaving” (Anti-Hero) - Virgo/Leo moon

“You haven’t met the new me yet” (Happiness) - Gemini/Scorpio Rising

“Strangers’ silence makes me wanna take the stairs” (Ours) - Cancer Rising

“Half-moon eyes, bad surprise” (Question..?) - Cancer/Capricorn Rising

“Calling me out when I’m wounded” (Mean) - Cancer/Taurus Sun/Moon

“So who am I offending now?” (Exile) - Virgo/Scorpio Mercury

“I got that red lip classic thing that you like” (Style) - Taurus Rising/Libra Venus

“I’m damned if I do give a damn what people say” (Lavender Haze) - Cancer/Capricorn Mars

“Did you hear about the girl who lives in delusion?” (Right Where You Left Me) - Taurus/Pisces Mars

“Sorry I couldn’t see facts through all my fury” (Happiness) - Aries Moon

“I feel crazy, up all night, all night, and every day” (I Don’t Wanna Live Forever) - Sun in 11/12 house

“I’d be a fearless leader” (The Man) - Virgo Sun

“Laughing but the jokes not funny at all” (Exile) - Libra Mercury

“The knife cuts both ways” (Long Story Short) - Capricorn Mars

“I don’t like that anyone would die to feel your touch, everybody wants you, everybody wonders what it would be like to love you” (Gold Rush) - Taurus/Libra Rising/Venus

“Every time I tried hard for love it fell apart” (Electric Touch)- Venus in 8/9/10 house

“You held your head like a hero” (Long Live) - Scorpio Mars

“I know that you like me and it’s kind of frightening” ( Message in a bottle) - Mars in 5/9/11 house

“Now I’m standing alone in a crowded room and we’re not speaking” ( The Story Of Us) - Virgo Mercury

“There’s no amount of crying I can do for you” (Exile) - Cancer/Aries Moon

“ Stop Checking your mailbox for congressional of love that ain’t ever gonna come” (Foolish One) - Taurus/Leo/Cancer Sun/moon

“ he better lock it down or I won’t stick around because good ones never wait” (I Think He Knows) - Gemini/Leo Lilith

“I’m the problem it’s me” (Anti-Hero) - Virgo sun

“Long hair slicked back white t-shirt” (Style) - Libra/Scorpio Rising

“And somebody tells you they love you? You’re gonna believe them” (Fifteen). - Cancer mars

“All of me changed like midnight” (Midnight Rain) - Scorpio Sun

“I don’t know what to say” (The Story Of Us) - Sagittarius/Aquarius Mercury

“Never be so kind, you forget to be clever. Never be so clever, you forget to be kind” (Marjorie) - Pisces Mercury

“You’re so gorgeous, I can’t say anything to your face” (Gorgeous) - Taurus/Virgo Mars

“Don’t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled” (Closure) - Venus in the 2/6/8/12 house

“I tried to pick my battles til the battle pick me” (Long Story Short) - Aries/Sagittarius Mars

“They took the crown but it’s alright” ( Call It What You Want) - 3/5/8 house moon

“I had a marvelous time ruining everything” (The Last Great American Dynasty) - Gemini/Aries Rising

“Now I’m searching the room for an empty seat” (The Story Of Us) - Aquarius Moon

“Haunted by the look in my eyes” (Happiness) - Aries Rising

“You got that James Dean day dream look in your eye” (Style) - Gemini moon

“He spends most of his flights being held down by gravity” (Forever Winter) - Capricorn moon

“Just breathe just relax it’ll be ok” (Electric Touch) - Virgo Mercury/Sun

“A pathological people pleaser” (You’re Losing Me) - 7/12 house moon/sun

“He was doing lines; and crossing all of mine” (Vigilante Sh!t) - Scorpio Rising/Moon

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