#her name was Mei Pieh Chi

[snackugaki]

and the template here: https://twitter.com/KarlaDoodlesPen/status/1495943787138408457

That's my girl since i was 12 in 1997 and that's my girl at 38 in 2023

#ngl it was nice to turn off my brain and just do some quick draws and paints #this close to giving OoTS Venus the Selena Bustier #that's quintanilla-perez to lay that down so the people know #finding brushes that ape what Mora used was a pain tho #technically cheated on it because I already had a design for MM and Bay #included the MMPR crossover cuz Venus was there Gandalf #3000 years ago for the FIRST power rangers crossover #Next Mutation and Power Rangers: in Space did it first #not to be confused with Power Rangers Lost Galaxy or SPD #I still stand by Rise Venus as a softshell #because let's get it on record correctly #her name was Mei Pieh Chi #and awkward wade-giles romanization aside #...actually her name is a bit of a linguistic mess #but Splinter did clarify her name is supposed to translate as “beautiful turtle of energy” #...which... is... an odd naming sty--ANYWAY #the hanzi used for Pieh is understood to refer specifically to 'softshell turtle' #so nyeh #also there's spiny softshell and smooth softshells native to North America #apalone mutica baby! #god I hope her story continues past 150 in IDW #i waited so long to see her again #PLS #good things for my precious daughter Venus i plea i pray #also rainbowfoxes is right #the MMPR cross over is from BOOM! Studios not IDW #we strive to credit properly in this house

[deadwardianpoltergeist]

it’s gonna be

#it's gonna be may #everyone knows her as venus but her name is mei #mei pieh chi #venus de milo tmnt #venus tmnt #ninja turtles next mutation #ntnm

[sheddedscutes]

made up my mind with the whole casey and hun situation

hun is casey’s step dad, and the father of case’s half sister angel

casey and hun hate each other, and angel has a pretty strained relationship with hun

he eventually gets his redemption through venus/mei

in next mutation, where venus de milo got her debut as the fifth/girl ninja turtle, venus’ real name is mei pieh chi, and she grew up in chinatown

so the idea is that hun, seeing what the foot turtles are going through, starts to reach out. he bonds the most with venus, and he becomes the father that venus never had and hun couldn’t be for angel. hun says something about if he ever had a daughter he could’ve named himself he would’ve named her mei.

while angel had changed her name to not be chinese(because a. she’s trans and just happened to settle on the name angel and b. because of her strained relationship with her dad she distanced herself from that side of her ethnicity) venus adopts the name mei over time when she gets closer to hun(which wouldn’t take long since he’s one of the only people showing her kindness), which goes with the idea of “venus de milo” always being a name put on venus that wasn’t really hers. in idw, it’s what the scientist names her

and in next mutation the other turtles just kinda start calling her that and while she never expresses discomfort with it they still don’t even ask.

mei even switches from an odachi sword to a miaodao

ALSO!! THEY HAVE MATCHING BRAIDS

#shredded scutes #tmnt au #hun tmnt #venus de milo tmnt #mei pieh chi #I don’t really understand how their names work actually #hun seems to be hun’s surname but I think it’s impolite to only call people their surname in china? #and I tried searching it up to understand mei’s name but mei pieh and chi all seem to be surnames? #if any chinese people want to help me out I would really appreciate that #pretty sure mei is her given name and not her surname? #also on casey she’s afro cuban and puerto rican mix #and angel is afro cuban and chinese mix #and yes angel and casey are both transfem it just happened like that #I have ‘perfect parent’ for splinter and ‘literally the most evil and abusive parent’ for tokka so hun gets to be morally grey #he gets a character redemption arc as a treat

[our-happygirl500-fan]

There have been a few people who have wondered about the possibility of Big Mama’s Assistant being the Rise version of Venus

It has been implied by the Rise team that Big Mama’s Assistant is one of the two missing Turtle siblings & a few people have wondered if that means that Big Mama’s Assistant is the Rise version of Venus as Venus’ original background in The Next Mutation was that she was a 5th Turtle that was mutated with Leo, Donnie, Raph & Mikey but got separated on the day they were mutated which is slightly similar to the missing sibling plot line that had been planned for Rise.

However something that I am kind of wondering about is if Big Mama’s Assistant is actually named Venus already or would be given the name Venus later as in The Next Mutation, her name was Mei Pieh Chi with Venus actually being a nickname given to her by the Turtles.

In IDW’s version of Venus the name Venus is also something given to her later as she had originally been a Punk Frog named Bonnie who was made into a Turtle by Dr Barlow using Donnie’s old shell & given the name Venus when she had been turned into a Turtle.

Leo: What are you doing!? That was Venus De Magic the Queen of Quick Change! 

I have seen a few people wonder if in Rise, Venus is also a name that Big Mama’s Assistant could receive later after meeting the Turtles & that she could possibly end up being named after one of Leo’s favourite magician’s however there is also the possibility that Big Mama’s Assistant is already named Venus.

I had previously wondered if Venus de Magic could possibly be Big Mama’s Assistant using a cloaking broach due to Big Mama having access to a lot of cloaking broaches & considering Venus is often kind of associated with magic having her also preform stage magic as well could possibly be an interesting spin on her character.

Splinter: Big Mama and I were inseparable

We also kind of know that Big Mama & Splinter have known each other for years & it could possibly mean that one of them inspired the other to give the children they raised names to do with the Renaissance. 

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles #big mama's assistant #venus de milo #rottmnt #tmnt

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

Alright guys, it's that time again. It's time for me to make completely unhinged in-depth theories on cartoon shows based on comic lore.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Edition!

If you are unfamiliar with this series then congrats! You get to listen to the, hopefully entertaining, ramblings of a mad man.

But! If you, like me, binge watched this series and are now left with a burning hole in your chest wondering when season three will come out then congrats! You also get to listen to the ramblings of a mad man, this time with slightly more context!!!

One of the burning questions everyone was left with in the wake of Rottmnt and the movie was "who are the other two turtles?" See, Rise from its very inception had always intended on introducing two more turtle siblings to Raph, Leo, Donnie and Mikey's family dynamics. This inclusion can be seen as early as season one when there are six turtle pods shown on screen during the boy's origin story.

We, in fact, actually see one of the missing sisters in season 2 of the show. The character dubbed 'Big Mama's Assistant' is confirmed by the show runners to be a secret sibling and, if they had been given a season three, they would have revealed this at the end of season 2. Season three would then have been focused on the Hamato clan retrieving the missing sisters.

But who is Big Mama's Assistant? Is she Venus De Milo, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sister from the live action show? Is she Jennika, the turtle in yellow from the comics? Well I've got news folks. She's neither.

Tweets from the show runners confirm that Big Mama's Assistant was never intended to be Jennika or Venus, she was instead going to be an original character.... or was she?

Guys, gals and nonbinary pals, I submit to the court that Big Mama's Assistant is in fact an original character that is both an adaptation of Jennika and Venus.

First, let us establish some facts.

In the above images I would like you to acknowledge several things.

this sibling is in the height range of Donnie/Leo (as can be seen when compared to Big Mama's height).

this sibling has a thin shell, one that is barely noticeable under her clothes.

this sibling has a gigantic forehead.

this sibling wears a mask that shows markings that start at the eyes and wrap around the head.

this sibling's weapon of choice is neko-te.

Finally, this sibling seems to have two small fake turtle shells strapped to shoulder as shoulder pads.

So I raise the question: Who do we know that has a thin, barely visible shell, gigantic forehead, is approximately Donnie's height and wears prosthetic turtle shells? Donnie.

Yeah, folks I'm pretty sure this sibling is a softshell. She's wearing her own version of her 'battleshell' from her turtle tot days as shoulder pads. Actually, I'm pretty sure we see her green battleshell here:

And do you know what a Smooth Softshell Turtle looks like?

It's the same face markings. And it's yellow. Objectively, they have to use yellow for one of the two sisters because they gave April green in Rise.

"Alright," I hear you saying. "So you think she's a softshell, but what does that have to do with who she is??"

What a perfect segway question! Thank you so much for asking. Did you guys know that Venus' name isn't actually Venus? Venus is the alias that she uses to fight crime/be a ninja with her brothers/fit their art theme. Venus' actual name is Mei Pieh Chi which translates to Beautiful Softshell Turtle Energy.

So it is actually ENTIRELY possible for Big Mama's softshell turtle assistant to be an adaptation of Mei Pieh Chi without being named Venus. If she simply picks a different alias then we're all good. (I'm assuming the creators liked 'Frida' because Smooth Softshell Turtles look like they have intense eyebrows)

Alright, so we've established how Venus fits into this (aka Venus doesn't, Mei Pieh Chi does) but what about Jennika!? Well that one is actually super easy. Yeah, so remember how the mystery sibling uses neko-te?

Yeah, uh, Jennika's main weapon is a neko-te/tekkō-kagi mash up. (Aka Wolverine claws) I'm assuming she would use magic neko-te until she eventually unlocked her ninpō and got the wolverine upgrade (mirroring how the boys switched weapons) I'm also assuming that she would inherit Jennika's color (yellow), Jennika's sexuality (lesbian) and it's confirmed that she would inherit Jennika's personality (see below).

(also I'mma call it right now, she's autistic and I love her. She's Very Very Serious ™ aka she takes everything literally)

And now let's take a look at what I call "The reason Big Mama and Draxum already knew and hated each other, got into an argument about stealing stuff from each other and the reason why Draxum waited 13 years to do the whole mosquito backup plan":

"No, it would’ve been sweet, right? Like, at the end we see, like, maybe Draxum’s bodyguard takes off their mask and, you know, reveals a female sibling, and then there was, like, another one 'cause we thought it’d be great to investigate, ‘Okay, like, Splinter was able to save four out of six and maybe we just didn’t see the other two and, like, what would that be if they were raised by Draxum and Big Mama?’ And this would be something Draxum would admit to them at the end of season two." - Executive Producer, Andy Suriano

Guys, Draxum in season one is a divorced dad who lost custody. He went with the backup plan after THIRTEEN YEARS because his kid said "Fuck you, I'm living at Mom's house!" Draxum threw Leo off of a roof because the goatman had PTSD from his daughter rejecting him and nOW SUDDENLY THERE'S FOUR NEW KIDS THAT HATE HIM?!

Also, let's circle back to the other sister being "a little kooky from being trapped in another dimension for years." You know what'd be traumatic enough to abandon your parent and completely reject them? If they got your sister stuck in another dimension with no way out. You know what'd be a super good reason for Draxum not telling the boys about their sisters? If he LOST ONE.

But where oh where did this lost sister go and who is she? Well, I've got more on that but you'll have to wait for part two because I am out of pictures!

Thanks for being unhinged with me and see ya next time folks!

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles #venus de milo #draxum #big mama #big mamas assistant #jennika #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt raph #theory

[whattraintracks]

25. Laser Tag Gone Wrong - The Next Mutation

Let's take a trip to Joe's Laser Funhouse

Some thoughts on "The Good Dragon" (S1E23). I've said before Venus and Raph are besties in this show, and I stand by that, but they also give off baby sister and big brother vibes, especially in this episode. It adds an interesting perspective when they butt heads over Raph being too protective and Venus declaring she doesn't need protecting. This is true; she kicks serious shell, and Raph knows it.

ACTUALLY WAIT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT INTERPRETATION WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER?? THEY BOTH THINK OF THEMSELF AS THE OLDER SIBLING. This is perfect. Venus was so sad when Leo said they weren't related (part of my list of things to ignore). I swear she wanted to be their mysterious, long-lost sister so bad. So I imagine she gets to New York, meets the guys, and is like, ah yes, four little brothers, how exciting I've always wanted to be a sister. But Raph, who is the protector ever, meets Venus and is like, ay sweet, baby sis acquired. You guys, I'm so big brain for this. Okay, on to the actual episode.

Brief Inexhaustive List of Ignorable Things:

every incorrect use of the term shinobi, forget the word exists in this show it will make your life easier

weird out of sync running sound effects

weirder dragon noises

the dragons do not look like dragons, they look like humans in baggy clothes, green body paint made to look vaguely like scales, and red-eye contacts

on that note Venus' plastron

don't know how I never realised this before, but there's a scene in the opening where Leo's in yellow instead of dark blue??

whatever puns you don't like, it's 70-30 for me on which land or not

My Commentary:

We open at Joe's Laser Funhouse

Raph and Venus are playing laser tag

Raph: "Oh, Venus! I'm coming for you!"

Raph could probably afford to sound a little less serial killer, but that would be boring, actually

R: "Ya mess with the best, ya fall like the rest"

Raph might just be posing

BUT

I choose to believe he is actually the laser tag champ in this version

R: "Raph rocks"

yes, you do, honey, never change

or maybe do because Venus immediately tags him

or not

not sure if she completely missed him from five feet away or if Raph did actually cheat somehow like she insinuates

R: "Want fair? See a judge"

what could you possibly know about the US judicial system

Venus: "This here town ain't big enough for the both of us"

who showed Venus a Western!! I'm not mad, I just wanna talk!!

literally the cutest thing ever

V: "Draw!"

except it's NOT Raph it's a dragon

good thing he's super dramatic and ominously inches his laser closer to Venus so that OTHER dragon can come in and knock him out

you know, the titular Good Dragon

R: "D'you know why they call them dragons? 'Cause they're a major drag"

Raph saves the day with the power of ninjutsu and puns

After two PowerPoint transitions, we arrive at the lair

obligatory Venus getting mad about it Raph rescuing her all the time

R: "Ah, quit being such a weenie, I'd've done it for anyone"

which is not inaccurate

but we know the truth, he just wants to watch his sister's back

proceeds to jack Mikey's food and leave

Quick jump over to the Dragon Lord's Lair

turns out Joe's Laser Funhouse is actually the Good Dragon's hideout

Mikey: "Hey, Raph! What's the mutatious babe up to?"

you know Raph's hovering when folks start asking him what Venus is up to

he is, in fact, just watching her meditate in this scene

yes, Mikey calls her that. no, I don't know why

I've just been reading it as a silly Mikey thing

Back to Joe's Laser Funhouse

can't believe Venus got past Raph to Joe's Laser Funhouse by herself

V: "Good doggie! Sit! Stay!"

Good Dragon v. rabid dog

FIGHT

R: "Ay, yo! Mei Pieh Chi!"

never mind, there he is

comes in a-shoutin', but it's really sweet that he uses her real name!

alternatively, calling her by her legal name for the full big brother effect

R: "Where you hidin', huh?"

she sneaks up on and judo-flips him

why? why not

as far as I remember, Raph is the only turtle Venus consistently chooses violence with

V: "Goo!" R: "Uh, that's boo, Venus" V: "No. When you're packing these it's 'goo'"

excuse you, Raphael, she got that colloquialism wrong on purpose

they are very physical and constantly in each other's faces in this episode, such sibling behavior

oh no, he fell for the classic made you look + mystic goo ball getaway!

R: "I've been psyched out by a peace-loving mutant!"

hilarious because she gets into and out of as many fights as he does

Raph, I hate to break it to you, but you are also a mutant

V: "Being hunted isn't so bad, trust me I know. Sometimes I even enjoy it"

girl, we need to get you some new nemeses and professional help

V: "Gee, Raphael, you see kind of angry"

metaphorically and then literally pokes the beast

see could be little or big sibling behavior, I don't know

R: "Oh, boy"

he says, after getting kicked into a dumpster and dragged away

V: "Raphael's in the trash!"

how she chooses to announce to the lair that Raph has been kicked into a dumpster and dragged away

Leo: "There's no dragon alive that Raph can't wail on"

okay, Leo's faith in him is really sweet

Donnie: "A . . ." L: "B. . ." M: "3. . ." D: "Shouldn't that have been C?"

Donnie, why do you even bother

Splinter: "Teenagers! Ugh, can't get used to them"

Splinter when nobody ever tells him anything

he's like, where are you going? where is my son???

and they just leave

PowerPoint transition to Props Props Props

that's the name of the prop warehouse Raph is being held captive in

Raph is tied up with tinsel and string lights

why would a dragon who likely has no concept of Christmas also put a star on his head?

Did Raph tell him to do it?

who knows, but Raph is very bothered by looking like a Christmas tree, and the Christmas music in the background sells it

R: "There's no shame in, uh, being good"

Raph's attempts at negotiation

unfortunately, said dragon reacts like he's been called a slur

Good Dragon: "You're my only hope . . . I'll sacrifice you to prove my loyalty"

you have been chosen

farewell, Raphael

you go on to a better place

R: "Here's the concept: you untie Raph, Raph will fight, okay?"

everyone just leaves him tied up while they have an epic fight scene

guys, please, he just wants to fight

this is like his third or fourth entreaty to be untied

V: "Merry Mutant Christmas!

as she drives a pair of dragons pulling her around on a sleigh

one is wearing a zebra mask, and the other has a sombrero that she put on them to blind them? I think?

Venus goes ham in this fight

R: "You know, I sorta liked that Good Dragon dude. He wasn't like a dragon. He was more like, uh, like a turtle!"

Raph has two categories: turtles and everyone else

if he decides you're chill, you get to be an honorary turtle

L: "Raph finally makes a friend, and it turns out to be the enemy!"

Leo, don't do him like this

this is like the fourth to last episode, he's made other friends

like Andre and the gorilla

does the baby turtle count?

Raph gets along well with animals

R: "Hey! He wasn't my friend! He was Venus' friend!"

the turtle doth protest too much, methinks

goes to sulk on the couch with his sister

jokes on him, she will not be a reprieve from the mocking

V: "Actually, I think he liked you best" R: "Oh yeah? how's that?" V: "Well, you guys have more in common . . . You're both pig-headed!"

Venus never wastes an opportunity to make fun of Raph

such big sibling energy to me

gets laughed out of the lair and goes for a ride on his . . . hog . . .

All in all, a delightful episode. Love the new insights I had about Venus and Raph's relationship. Laser tag gone wrong in the funniest way possible.

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Bonus: memes for Splinter in these trying times.

#march for raph #still on my tnm is actually good if you ignore all of the bad stuff agenda #raphael splinterson #venus de milo #master splinter #michelangelo splinterson #leonardo splinterson #the good dragon #the next mutation #tmnt #whattrainofthought

[bluepeachstudios]

Now that the chapter is out, I can post the official art for the "Battle Nexus Champion" with Mikey's height for comparison.

Spoilers below if you haven't read the Mystic Forest chapter yet!

Definitely a turtle. :) her Battle Nexus name is "Venus de Milo" while her actual name is Mei Pieh Chi. She doesn't mind Mei for short. She is an adult in this iteration.

#tmnt #tmnt art #tmnt au #tmnt fandom #Mystic Forest AU

[thetombedspirit]

The Works of Art Crew

As promised, here are my ideas for Rise!Venus, Rise!Jennika and Rise!Mona Lisa.

Venus de Magic

Venus was one of the many specimens of turtle that Baron Draxum contained in his lab. When the lab was destroyed, Venus was sadly left behind, too small and weak to save herself. When the Yokai Council heard of the lab's explosion, they sent one of their agents, a komodo dragon Yokai named Chung Chi, to examine the area.

When he arrived, he found that the lab was already being searched by Big Mama's goons for anything valuable. Two such valuables were crying mutant turtles being kept in little cat carriers. While he was able to save one, he was soon discovered and chased away before he could rescue the other.

After reporting to the Council, Chung was asked to participate in the analysis of the child. When she was deemed healthy and happy, Chung easily found himself charmed by her beauty and energy. And so he forwarded a request to the Council: to take in the child as his own daughter. The Council agreed so long as he reports to them any changes in her behaviour and development. Once everything was settled, all that was needed was a name: Mei Pieh Chi.

Okay, so, according to the wikia, Mei Pieh Chi included translations for the components of her name.

Mei can transcribe: 美: beauty

Pieh can mean: 鱉: (soft-shelled) turtle

Chi can mean: 志: energy

Now, since soft-shelled turtle is implied by the name, I'm rolling with that theme and making her a softshell turtle. Specifically a spiny softshell turtle [;)]

As Mei grew up, Chung began teaching her the magic arts and the art of Kenpo karate, a skill set that she mastered in leaps and bounds. Eventually, when there was nothing more that Chung could teach her, she began to grow tired of living in the confines of the Hidden City. Chung was always honest about her heritage, so she knew she had human DNA and, as such, was always curious about New York city and wanted to explore.

One day, Mei overheard from her father that an agent (Mayhem) still hasn't reported in from his mission. Desperate for a chance to see New York, Mei barged in and begged to have the mission. After a private discussion, Chung and the Council agreed for her to go on a 'strictly a retrieval mission' so long as she be careful and remain unseen. If there was even a hint of trouble, Chung would be there quicker the you can say "turtle shell".

Arming her with mystic tessen that allow her to project illusions, a protective cloak to shield her softshell and a identity brooch to conceal her mutant identity, Mei bid her father farewell and prepared to see the world.

Overtime, Mei eventually realised that she would need things in order to get by in this world: money and a way to earn that money. Upon seeing a street magician, Mei decided to show what she knew and immediately blew the crowd away and earn some cash. She quickly rose to stardom, bought herself a penthouse and became a magical sensation, under the stage name: Venus de Magic.

By then, it became a routine for her; Venus de Magic by day, performing for a crowd of adoring fans, and by night, Agent Mei Pieh Chi, searching for her fellow agent in the cold nights of New York. One night, she finally spotted the missing Agent, hanging out with a human girl. Seeing how happy he was, Mei held off on informing the Council until she understood the situation.

Eventually, Hypno-Potamus grew jealous of Venus’s growing fame and began attacking her shows, but always getting stopped at the last second by the Mad Dogs. Finally, on the night of her biggest show, Hypno incapacitated the Mad Dogs and was about to attack Venus, 

H - “Ready to see a real magician?”

V - *smirks* “So you wanna see real magic?”

A quick smoke trick, a couple of illusion doubles from her tessen and Mei was able to confuse and incapacitate the mutant hippo, but not before Hypno knocked off her Identity Brooch, revealing her mutant identity to the Hamato Brothers. Scared, Mei fled the scene, despite the brothers’ protests.

While the brothers went to confront their father about another mutant turtle, Mei went to her father and asked about the lab she came from. Chung admitted that the mission Mayhem was investigating was Draxum, the man who created the lab, the mutagen and, by extension, her and the turtles. This left Mei stunned, as while she always knew she was from a lab, she never thought there were over experiments like her. And when Chung let it slip that there was another turtle that was taken by crime boss, Big Mama, Mei ran away, back to the shadows of New York city, and didn’t contact her father for some time.

In terms of personality, Mei is a very energetic and starry eyed girl, always wanting to see more of the world, especially the human world of New York. Her career as a stage magician brought out the theatre kid in her, giving her an air of showmanship and flair. She enjoys her career in street or stage magic, dressing up in trendy outfits, swimming and playing the flute. She is actually Donnie’s biological twin, and once they properly acclimate themselves into a family unit, they tend to butt heads a lot, with Donnie’s scientific views conflicting with Mei’s more mystical ways. Her fighting style is also different from her siblings. She was trained in the art of Kenpo karate, though she was more in tune with her mystic training then martial arts. When she is finally accepts herself as part of the family, Splinter gifts her with a cyan bandanna, a gift she treasures and fashions to her liking, even braiding the tail ends, as she come to love having hair with her human disguise. 

2. Jennika

Like Venus before her, Jenny herself was one of the many specimens of turtle that Baron Draxum contained in his lab. When the lab was destroyed, Jennika was tragically left behind along with her sister. Big Mama was quickly informed of the lab’s destruction, and she quickly sent her goons to acquire anything of value. Jennika and Venus were pulled from the wreck and put in cages. It was then that the Yokai Council’s agent, Chung Chi, was able to rescue Venus, but sadly leaving Jennika behind when he was discovered and chased away.

When Jennika was first brought before Big Mama, she at first cared very little for her and was going to send her away, until Gus took a liking to her so she permitted him to keep her as a playmate. Overtime, as Jennika began living with them in the hotel, she quickly became the heartthrob of the hotel, getting into all sorts of mischief with Gus and the bellhops. Even Big Mama have come to genuinely care for the turtle tot and decided to officially adopt her as her daughter, finally giving her a proper name: Jennika.

Since Jennika was originally mutated by Leo’s blood transfusion in the IDW comics, I decided to have Jennika be a Slider turtle, specifically a Yellow-Bellied Slider.

Growing up with the signal most notorious crime boss and the ringleader of the  Battle Nexus, Jennika grew up with a desire to fight and prove her own strength and began teaching herself how to fight. Big Mama noticed her conviction and agreed to have the best champions of the Nexus teach her their fighting techniques. On the day that she believed that she was ready, Big Mama finally allowed her to fight in the Nexus and she won with flying colours. Overtime, Jennika became the next Nexus Champion, eventually becoming known as The Claw, for her use of Tekkō-kagi in her attacks. She came to view strength as a virtue rather then an attribute.

It remained the way for a long time, until she heard talk of four mutants and Baron Draxum attacking her mother in her own hotel. Jennika was furious and quit the Battle Nexus, instead using her skills and time to beef up security in the Hotel and becoming Big Mama’s personal assistant and bodyguard. Big Mama wasn’t too pressed with the change of career, believing that with the new enemies in the turtles, having Jennika’s focus on them could work out in her favour. Big Mama began putting it together that Jennika, the brothers and Draxum had ties with each other but kept this from Jennika.

Overtime, after the whole Shredder debacle, Jennika found herself curious of the brothers and began to do some digging on Draxum and his experiments. This investigation eventually led her to Big Mama’s previous champion of the Battle Nexus: Lou Jitsu and his own relation to the turtles. Finally tired of being in the dark, she went and got her blood tested on the central computer, and right there, it was confirmed: her DNA matched with the turtles and Splinter. When she confronted Big Mama, the spider Yokai kept nothing from her and told her the truth, about Draxum’s lab, her relation to the turtles and even her own findings on the subject. Familiar with Jennika’s honour-bound anger issues, also admitted that there was another turtle at the lab site, but she was taking away by a "crime boss”. Jennika demanded the name of said “crime boss”. Big Mama just smirked and gave it to her: “Dragon Lord“ Chung Chi. 

This would eventually lead her to watch both Chung and Splinter from afar. She was not impressed by Splinter. She felt he was leading her brothers into ruin and viewed him as a weak coward. As for Chung, she had been doing some digging and discovered that he was indeed a crime lord before Big Mama. The “Dragon Lord” was the biggest name in the criminal circuit and even more dangerous then Mama. Even to this day, his name held power and respect. But she had been unable to find out anything about her sister from watching him, especially as he begin to suspect that he was being followed. This left her scared and angry that he had done something to her. Finally, she decided to confront Chung, just as he got off the Mystic Mirror with his daughter. While he was easily able to defeat her, Jennika was able to get a couple of shots on him. Eventually, Venus arrived and immediately rushed to her father’s side, distraught at the scars and blood. Jenny was stunned and hurt as she realised that her sister, her sister, genuinely cared about the Komodo Dragon Yokai, just as the brother probably cared for Splinter, and that Chung was not the criminal he once was. Ashamed of her actions and reeling from the fact that Big Mama used her emotions against her, she left and didn’t return to the Hotel, instead sending herself to the streets. It is not until Venus seeks her out herself that she finds it in herself to overcome her shame. The two got to talking and Venus invited her back to her penthouse to stay.

Jennika has a high sense of responsibility and maturity. She has a tough girl persona, putting herself off as harsh and cold but is really sweet and caring once you get to know her, especially towards little kids. When she discovered that she was related to the brothers and Venus, she only had their best interests in heart. She has a lot of anger issues and tends to dive in without thinking. Her fighting style is more akin to a athletic gladiator until she took up Kenpo karate under Chung Chi. She is also a big fan of heavy metal music. She has the fashion style of a punk rocker and the attitude to match. She doesn’t quite trust Splinter, and is a bit uncomfortable with his past history with Big Mama, but tolerates him for the sake of Venus and her brothers, mainly Mikey, who she’s come to be extremely protective towards. In fact, it would be Mikey that would give her a yellow bandanna to match with the rest of the family, leaving her touched.

3. Mona Lisa

Unlike the other girls, Lisa was originally human and lived a happy life as Alyssa Gonzalez, a major in art and physics and a straight A+ student on her way to collage. It would be during a class trip to the zoo, wherein she was near the Asian water monitor lizard habitat, she is approached by the school heartthrob  who asked her to be his date for the school dance next month. So overwhelmed by excitement and about to say yes, she doesn’t notice an Oozzqitoe flying towards her and stinging her. And just like that, the whole situation goes wrong. Turning into an 7′ foot tall lizard, the boy freaked out, proclaiming that there was a monster in the zoo and ran away. Everyone, caught up in their own terror, ignored Lisa’s cries as she stumbled and struggling to manoeuvre in her new body, leading people to believe she was lunging and attacking people. Heartbroken and confused, she ran away until she found herself in the Museum of Art and Framing, desperate to find a place to hide from the police. She eventually found a secret way into the basement of the museum, hiding behind an imitation piece of the Mona Lisa.

Lisa begins to go on a bit of soul searching, finding solace and clarity in the darkness of the museum, away from human society. She decides that she can’t sit around and wait for miracles to happens and begins to research what could have changed her. Building a secret lab in the basement, she begins looking into the mutagen by taking her own blood samples into account, also discovering the monitor lizard DNA now in her bloodstream. Her studies eventually lead her to the Hidden City, opening her up to more opportunities to research her condition.

As previously explained, the last creature Lisa was in contact with was an Asian Water Monitor Lizard, and I figure that Mona Lisa could sorta be a play on words for “Monitor Lizard”. And I really wanted to make her taller then Raph, so I went with the biggest monitor lizard on the block.

Lisa is very intelligent young girl and was a straight A+ student before her mutation. She didn’t have a lot of friends, but she always desired to have a bigger social footprint, especially with the cute boys at school. When she mutated, she really struggled with her new size and strength, becoming quite clumsy. Even when she got used to her body, she’s still tripping over everything, objects, her feet, her tail, everything (something a certain snapping turtle will find absolutely adorable). She has a keen eye for art and science, more specifically, physics. She has also found herself to be tremendously strong, even when she doesn’t want to be, though she finds this a massive advantage. Not trains in martial arts or magic like her friends, her fighting style normally consists of her powerful kicks and tail swings (and eventually, a ray gun). Another discovery she made was when she panics or sheds her scales, she goes into a Berserker-like rampage where she looses herself to a more savage side (again, something a certain snapper finds absolutely breathtaking - I’MMA MAKE RAPH A SIMP OKAY?!?!, BITE ME!)

Sadly, Lisa could remain hidden forever, especially when Earth Protection Forces get involved as mutant become more prominent and active. In her attempts to get away, she accidentally bumps into a disguised Mei and Jennika, the latter immediately assuming they’re being attacked. Lisa tries to explain, but with Jenny on one side and the EPF on the other, she flies into her Beserker rage and breaks everything in her wake before fleeing the scene. Her behaviour leaves Mei baffled and she insists that they follow her and make sure she’s okay. Meanwhile, Lisa, still in her blind fury, eventually runs into the Hamato brothers and they pick a fight with her too, getting their tails kicks by her savage strength. It isn’t until Donnie notices an EPF shock dart and her screams “LEAVE LISA ALONE!” that Leo compares it with Savage Raph and figures she’s just freaking out because she’s been chased all day by EPF only to be attacked by them. Feeling bad, Raph makes the first move and is able to calm her down until she’s back to her old self. They’re sort of caught up in the moment, until they are spotted by the EPF helicopter and they’re forced to scatter, Raph sticking by Lisa’s side until he’s sure she’s safe. He leads her to a sewer line that should get her somewhere safe, and she kisses his cheek in thanks, nearly making him faint before he remembered he had to hide too.

She wanders like that for a while, until she finally runs into Mei and Jenny. She tries to hide behind mounds of garbage before Mei steps forth and speaks softly, apologises for how they reacted earlier, before admitting that they are mutants too, removing their Identity Brooches and showing themselves. Relieved and fascinated by the presence of even more mutants, Lisa introduces herself and follows them to Mei’s penthouse. After they bring her up to speed on the origins of the Oozesquitoes, the situation with Draxum and that the turtles she met were in fact their brothers. Mei offered Lisa her home for as long as she liked and Jenny apologised for the way she acted when they met, which Lisa excepted happily, just glad to finally not be alone. Living with the sisters eventually led her to meet with Mei’s father Chung Chi, and to become briefly acquainted with Jennika’s former boss and mother, Big Mama.

Lisa is very cheerful and kind, but has trouble associating with people, especially after her mutation. As the only girl that was human before she was mutant, she has the most knowledge of the human world and how it works. On the side of their adventures, she researches the mutagen and tries to find ways to make a cure. In addition to being a physics and arts major, she is also quite the romantic and used to hope of being swept off her feet, she has sort of put those things behind her, as she doesn’t believe that a mutant like herself is now beyond those kinds of things like romance and scholarships. She’s more about comfort over function when it comes to attire, dressing up in comfy pink sweaters and slacks (though she had to upside when he mutated) though she is not opposed to dressing up if the situation calls for it (like, say, a date). She gets along pretty well with the Mad Dogs, but she often finds herself gravitating towards Raph the most, much to his fluster and much to his brothers’ amusement, watching him stumble over a pretty girl. While on a “outing” in the Hidden City, Raph noticed an amazing pink scarf in the market and bought it for her, much to her delight.

4. How they become the Works of Art Crew

Overtime, as the girls came to live together in Mei’s penthouse, they hear a lot of news about EPF and how they’ve been rounding up any stray mutants they find, innocent or otherwise. Mei becomes disheartened by the animosity being shown to mutants and decides she can’t sit idly by as innocent people are being abused for something completely out of their control. She speaks with the girls about this, and while Jennika is sceptical they can make a difference, they agree that they can’t just let EPF walk all over everyone and develop a plan.

Lisa brings out a blueprint of their facility, showcasing the containment cells where they’re keeping the mutants and the laboratories, where they are experimenting on them. They pinpoint all the weaker entry points and exits and prepare for infiltration. During this, Lisa suggested code names. Mei gets excited by the prospect, while Jennika is less then delighted but agrees that using a code name would be a good idea. Lisa proposed a few ideas.

L - I was thinking Mona Lisa for my code name. Get it? Like “Monitor Lizard”? “Mona Lisa”?

J - Isn’t that a bad idea putting your name in your code name?

L - My name’s Alyssa. And there are a lot of Lisa’s in the world.

M - Well, I already have Venus de Magic. Maybe Venus will work here.

L - Oooo! I love it! Jenny! How about you?

J - I-I don’t...

L - If I may, these nicknames give me an idea and can I make a proposal?

J - *sigh* sure. What?

L - Artemisia. She was the most controversial female Renascence artist in history. And one of her pieces was a self portrait, known as Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting.

M - Catchy name.

L - Anyway, since me and Mei are named after works of art, I figure it makes sense for what I have for our crew name!

J - “Crew name”?

L - Yeah! I’m thinking... the “Works of Art” Crew.

M - ...

J - ...

L - You hate it :’(

M - I LOVE IT!

J - *sigh* it’s alright.

L - :D

J - And “Artemisia”... I like it.

L - YAY! *hugs Jenny, who accepts her fate*

M - WORKS OF ART CREW!!! *jumps in the air and tackles them to the floor*

After their meeting, they sneak into the EPF without much trouble, but their cover in inevitably blown and they’re forced to fight. For a moment, it seems like they’re about to loose, before Jenny releases all the mutant inmates and they all team up to overpower EPF and wreck the place. With the mutants scattered and free, the girls leave, but not before they have a confrontation with the leader of the EPF, Agent John Bishop.

The night considered a success, the girls decide to go to the Run of the Mill Pizzeria to celebrate, calling a toast to the Works of Art Crew! In the next stall, the brothers are there too and they don’t even realise or understand what they did.

So that’s how I envision the girls in ROTTMNT and how they come together and become a team. Let me know what you think, I might make this a story on my ao3 page.

bye!

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #save rise of the tmnt #Works of Art Crew AU #Venus de Milo #Venus de Magic #Jennika #Mona Lisa

[puzzle-box-turtle]

hi what your city in Dust au about

Hi! Cities in Dust is my original TMNT iteration. It's called that after the song by Siouxsie and the Banshees because I want to incorporate punk and grunge aesthetics into it. A lot of it centers on Venus de Milo and Karai. The two of them are adopted sisters raised for the most part in New York City by Yoshihama Takeshi, or Tiger Claw. (Lengthier outline under the cut)

Karai was born in Japan and lived there until she was around six years old when her mother, a kendo practitioner named Oroku Saki, was consumed by the spirit of the Shredder and set out to murder those belonging to the Hamato bloodline. Takeshi, a friend of the family, took Karai and fled the country and brought her to New York, which was going to be temporary while Saki was apprehended.

However, on a night when Takeshi was returning home late from working one night, he was kidnapped off the streets by the Krang and experimented on at a warehouse taken over by TCRI. He managed to escape, but not before being changed into a tiger mutant. He also escaped with a mutated baby turtle that the Krang were running experiments on.

Takeshi, in his new form, adopted the baby turtle and named her Mei, after his sister (she would only be called Venus later after meeting her brothers, as a nickname. Plus in The Next Mutation, Venus' original name was Mei Pieh Chi). Mei and Karai were raised as siblings.

One of these days I'll make a masterpost with the story of the boys and Splinter and April and Casey as well, as they very much have equal part in the story, but this is what applies to most of the art I've made so far. I'm looking forward to developing this AU more in the near future.

#tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt cities in dust au #tmnt cid au #tmnt karai #tmnt venus

[autisbianleo]

I would like to know why you made your Venus a softshell /gen

hehe, glady

probably the biggest reason is that I was poking around TNM Venus’s wiki page and saw this list of probable translations of her Chinese name, Mei Pieh Chi

and the character 鱉 does indeed translate to soft-shelled turtle, so that planted the idea (side note: I chopped off the third part of her name and treat Mei Pieh as a given name for my fic purposes)

and the second main reason is the connection between Donnie and Venus in the IDW comics, which stems from (spoiler) Donnie’s carapace being grafted onto her. and since Rise Donnie is a softshell, giving him and Venus a connection through their shells made sense.

#ooze is thicker than blood #astrid speaks

[umhuhwellthen]

Me crying about the kanji meanings of names:

I'm making a ROTTMNT version of "Venus/Mei Pieh Chi"

So look forward to that

I got the inspiration from @roninreverie 's version of rise Venus being taken in by Grandpa Sho and since it wouldn't really make sense for her to have the name Venus or a Chinese name I decided to give her a Japanese one referencing the meanings of the Chinese characters in her live action name

And y'all these names I'm looking at have such touching kanji meanings, so sweet and loving and just

Thinking about Grandpa Sho carefully choosing which kanji to use for his new ward just🥺😭

Putting all his hopes and love in the name for her

#rottmnt #ay speaka #rottmnt sho #rottmnt grandpa sho #rottmnt venus #thinking about the tragedy of Hamato Sho #he's lost his daughter and grandson and then fate sees fit to give him another child #and how does he find the strength to raise a child again? how does he find the strength to love again after facing such loss? #what is Venus to him? a replacement for Atsuko and Yoshi? a chance at redemption? to try again in raising a child and not losing them too? #to(not) repeat the same mistakes? #third time tryin to post this hopefully tumblr accepts this gif instead of the other one i wnated to use

[venusdeservedbetter]

Reworking Venus

I like the idea of Venus di Milo as the fifth Ninja Turtle. However, the execution (as well as the show edge premiered in) is what really left a sour taste in people’s mouths. So, here’s how I would rework her concept.

Name

I’d keep her original name - Mei Pieh Chi - as I find it interesting for her to have a different name before meeting her brothers. However, I’d change her other name from Venus to Artemisia, to keep the theme of renaissance artists.

Plus, it opens the door for nicknames, like Mei, Arty, Sia, etc.

Color

Some shade of turquoise or cyan. Preferably a shade that is pretty different from whatever Leo’s blue is. (I’ve also seen some light green versions I liked, but cyan is her original mask color).

Her skin color could be a more blue shade of green, maybe a darker shade?

Weapon

Twin Tessen, they are both cool and versatile. Metal spines, possibly a bladed edge.

Personality and origin

I like her starting out a bit less knowledgeable on the concept of Ninjutsu, and have a stronger connection to Ninpo, or the more spiritual side of the Ninja (thanks Rise for introducing me to the concept). As well, I’d have her conflict with Don’s more skeptical approach to magic, and his insistence that tech can solve anything.

Also like the idea that she could me more shy and inexperienced with having brothers, as I’d keep the whole “separated from the others and lived with someone else her whole life” deal.

I also like her being a fan of dancing and tai chi. Because reasons.

Rise version

As Rise is so different from the other series, here’s how I’d rework her for this universe.

First, I’d make a choice between the following: Either she was a citizen of the Hidden City (more in line with her mainline counterparts) or she was a member of the family from the get go. (I honestly prefer the latter, but both could work.)

I see her as being the only regularly mature and serious one among her brothers, as someone has to be. She’d keep a lot of the same traits and interests as before, but with some playful annoyance at the other four’s antics. She’d have a pirate style bandana (like Raph and Don) with the tails tied into a little bow at the back.

Her mystic weapon would be a Fuma Tessen, essentially a giant tessen she keeps on her back with the power to control the winds.

As for species, I’m thinking either a spotted turtle or a painted turtle in this universe.

Let me know what you think.

#venus tmnt #tmnt venus de milo #mei pieh chi #artemisia tmnt #tmnt #rottmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #ninja turtles the next mutation #fan work #headcanon

[deadwardianpoltergeist]

if any chinese tmnt fans or just chinese people in general can help me I’d majorly appreciate it

doing research for my tmnt au(shredded scutes) and I’m realizing that some minor culture things don’t make sense for my venus and hun

basically rolling with the fact that in next mutation venus is chinese/grew up in china and hun is chinese in 2012. I love found family and vee deserves a good father figure considering the horrors the narrative exposes her to, and hun deserves a chance to do better at being a father because he hasn’t really been there for his bio daughter. His daughter, angel(she changed her name to angel herself), wouldn’t really care much about his culture with their rocky relationship and hun himself probably wouldn’t be super in touch with his past(being a leader of one of the largest gangs in nyc and working with the shredder doesn’t exactly leave a lot of room for appreciating your culture). blah blah venus helps him do better and they kinda learn about it together bonding stuff.

but.

few problems.

their names are a little… well, not great

Hun, to what my research is telling me, is a surname, and calling people by their surnames is not a thing people do in china(seems impolite from what I’m reading). I don’t think he’s ever even actually given a first name in tmnt, too. Also, Hun is the Hainanese pronunciation of that specific surname, the Mandarin one being Yun and the Cantonese one being Wan.

Venus’s real name in next mutation is Mei Pieh Chi. Mei seems like in china it’s mostly Mandarin? Cantonese even, though it seems like the Cantonese version is transliterated as mui or moy. Also middle names aren’t a thing in china so idk what “pieh” is all about. the “chi” part I can disregard with the assumption it’s meant to be her surname, since it’s a super rare given name and is a boy name anyway, and she can just have hun’s surname(it’s also got a comedy to her using chi “magic” and also having the name chi that doesn’t even work in my au)

and there’s so much here that I just. have no clue what to do about

is there a hainanese name that’s similar enough to mei to give her instead?(maybe something that could make mei a nickname?)

I could make it that hun has a different name and the shredder just started calling that and he was too scared to correct him, leading to everyone thinking that’s his name when it’s not

idk something about trying to work with something not at all in tune with the culture it’s trying to represent and make it more sensical is really difficult when you also have no fucking clue while also trying to tie these two characters together is so

but they’re BRAID BUDDIES.

I JUST. UGH

#china #chinese culture #tmnt #tmnt au #ninja turtles next mutation #mei pieh chi #venus de milo tmnt #venus tmnt #mei tmnt #hun tmnt #tmnt 2003 #tmnt 2012

[silver-fire-wolf-pokemon-lover]

Mei Pieh Chi aka Venus tho she dosen't have that name yet

Meet Miwa with Shini Alopex and Jennika (I was just a dumb and forgot to mention her) in elmentry school

Is only half Chinese, her mom, who is american, wanted to give her a Chinese name

Was raised by her mom due to reasons

Joined the dojo not long after meeting Miwa

She was already learning some martail arts but nothing like what they teach at the dojo

She has the capability to use magic but doesnt know it yet

#rottmnt #tmnt 2003 #tmnt 2012 #tmnt #tmnt au #venus

[tartutation]

Hi! My name is Lua and to cope with the reality that a worldwide pandemic has ruined all my life plans for 2020 I draw the same characters over and over again!

If you are not familiar with my TMNT AU: Tainted Youth and the characters I created and appropriated from canon, here is some super quick summary of each of the girls in the pic!

May Santos (ORIGINAL CHARACTER): June’s Twin. May is super witty, determined and humorous. She has no fighting skills and doesn´t have enough knowledge to develop weapons, so she occupies the position of caregiver in the group: She cooks, she cleans and sews the clothes of the other members (she is the one that makes Venus' bandanas and it's the one that cuts and sews the holes on Mona and June's shorts and skirts so it can fit their tailes). A great friend to have near but super petty if provoked. Has a lovely voice and can play the guitar.

Mona Lisa (mostly inspired by the 1987 version): It is the strongest of the group. Mona has the discipline, the courage and natural charisma of a leader and for that reason she commands the group without any antagonism. Overprotective and super caring to her friends, Mona is a sight to see personally. Tall and strong as an Amazon, her physical appearance is a mirror for her personality: She's hard headed, has an explosive temper and it is very difficult to convince her that she is (or was) wrong.

June Santos (ORIGINAL CHARACTER): Mutated when she was only fife years old, June didn't had the same lucky of her twin sister: the mutagen reacted with her DNA and transformed her into a lizard. But if you think this made her unhappy or insecure of her appearance then you don't know June: A natural genius for mechanical engineering, she spend her life living comfortably after being adopted by Bishop. Once a teenager, she started to sell her invetions to big companies and became a milionaire, using the money to sustent her and her sister and latter the hole team. June is a super easy crier and for that she won the nickname "Melted butter", she's a hopeless romantic and it's really hard to make her mad. 

Venus de Milo (inspired by the Next Mutation character) Mei Pieh Chi had to abandon her real name once again after meeting May and to avoid any confusion the group adopted the same nickname Mikey had given her years ago. She is calm, focused and super shy. For a super warrior and the priestess of the Kunoichi power, Venus usually talks and acts like the new girl in a first day of school and only after some time adapting to new environment does she feel comfortable and welcome, all of which is understandable: after spending almost her entire life in a Chinese monastery, Venus has only had a few friends and lacks some social skills. Don't let this deceive you through, because she is the most dangerous and fastest warrior that has ever crossed the turtle brother's path. 

#tmntoc #tmntau #tmnt mona lisa #tmnt Venus de milo #teenage mutant ninja turtles #ninja oc #tmnt oc #Tmnt drawing

[isitdonproof]

How old is Venus de Milo? her real name is Mei Pieh Chi, was introduced in the live action Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation TV series as a fifth mutant turtle. She has also appeared in a few books

the next mutation turtles were all born in 1980 and with the show starting in 1997 that makes them all 17. in fact, in "east meets west", splinter mentions that raph and the rest of the turtles are almost 18, and by the time of "enemy of my enemy", raph mentions that he and the rest of the turtles are 18.

#tmnt #the next mutation #paexgocorazon