#one of the sketches I ended up not doing was with 2012 leo and raph

[helpfandom]

If you have time,🥀2 and 🥀3 for 2012 Raph! (Referring to the yan prompts from lonelydweller)

"What's the matter, did I get the wrong person?" "They were bothering you weren't they? I got rid of the issue!"

@yanderefangirl and @lonleydweller [since it's your plots] @nonsleeper106

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Sitting at the couch in the Turtle's home that often felt like your home, you sighed. Leo was watching 'Space Heroes', and looked up at you, only to then, in his mind, shrug you off. Mikey was bothering Donnie before switching to arcade games and then back to bothering Donnie. Donnie was trying not to snap at Mikey, and attempting to work on science. Raph was beating up the dummy with his sai, and training.

Well, if anyone would be the best to listen to your frustrations, it would be Raph. Mikey would bother you with questions, Donnie is already irate from Mikey and would like not appreciate you talking to him, Leo is too busy watching 'Space Heroes' to pay attention, so naturally Raph is the best choice.

Tilting your head over the couch to look at Raph, you watch him train and beat out his feelings on the dummy. A couple minutes go by before he stops and looks at you with a questioning glance. "What'cha doing starin'?" You stare at him before blurting out the question you practiced in your head, "Mind if I talk to you in your room?" Raph grunts, shrugs and replies. "Fine." You get up from the couch and Leo's eyes flicker to you before deducing where you're going and immediately going back to Captain Ryan.

Raph slams open the door and holds it there for you. "Thank you." You say, sitting down on the foot of his bed. "What was it you wanted to talk about?" He says, laying his sai on his desk, taking the opportunity to close the notebook full of sketches on his desk. He puts the notebook away in a drawer. He grabs one of the six shuriken on his desk and throws it into the air, catching it when it falls. "Oh um, there's this guy bothering me-" Raph continues throwing the shuriken before throwing it into the wall behind you. The mark on the middle of the shuriken starring the mark of the foot clan. "Um, hold on." You take the shuriken and inspect the middle of it. "Raph, what the shell is this?" He shrugs.

"I took some from the foot bots we beat up, y'know, to get used to them. We don't have an endless supply of this stuff." You tilt your head in agreeance, and then cede your thought. "Sorry, I just got nervous. How much of these you got?" "'Bout three. 'Bot didn't have much on him." He sits on the bed, laying on it, taking the shuriken back in order to fidget with it. You shake your head, and then continue talking about your classmate that refused to do their part of the work, asking you to 'show them how to do it' which then led to you doing that section...

Letting you talk, Raph laid down near your lap, happy to listen to you vent. He continues his fidgeting with the shuriken, seeming proficient in it. When you finally finish, he turns to you with a smile, a soft one, but a smile nevertheless. "Don't worry, it'll be okay in the end." "Thanks Raph. For the reassuring words, and for listening to me." He waves the thought away. "s'no problem. I want you to come to me with your problems."

That thought brings a smile to your face, and you chuckle a bit. "I know, but I still feel silly." Leo knocks on the door before entering, "I just wanted to let you know that you usually leave around this time to go home." You check the time via T-Phone that Donnie gifted you in case of emergency [although you use it for more than just an emergency], and it displays 6:32. Typically you leave earlier, but you got caught up talking to Raph and forgot to check the time when you were ranting.

"Oh sh-oot. Thank you Leo!" You scramble to grab your stuff, you're definitely going to be home a little later than usually. "Bye guys!" You yell out into their home, recieved with an excited 'Bye!' from Mikey and a tired 'Bye' from Donnie. "Do you want me to come with you? It'll be scary by yourself." You chuckle, "No, I'm fine Raph. Thank you though." You give him a slight smile and rush out of the sewers. As you get out, your phone [non T-Phone] buzzes. It's your classmate. You read the text: "Hey, sorry I haven't been doing much, my mother died. Do you mind coming over and telling me what I need to do?" They send another text, "I think it'll take my mind off of it. Oh, and here's my adress." With a sigh, you text back, "Sure, sorry you're going through some stuff."

Your classmates promptly sends a heart emoji, and you begin your walk to his dwelling. Thankfully, he didn't live too far away from the sewer opening you crawled out of.

As you walk, you can feel something watching you, a feeling of eyes crawling upon you. Maybe the Kraang or the Foot? Shivering, you start walking faster. You can hear metal clanking like with Foot Bots or Kraang droids. You reach your destination quickly, and knock on the door.

He opens it rather promptly, as if waiting for you, and opens his mouth to ask you a question before a shuriken gets lodged into their skull.

He falls onto the floor, his brain and body dead.

Snapping out of your stupor, you look at the symbol. The symbol of the Foot Clan. They missed and killed him. Running back, almost tripping over the doorstep as you escape, fearing the sounds and steps behind you.

A thud behind you as somebody drops from the roof to the street. As you near the sewer grate you just got out of, you tripped making a corner turn, and the T-Phone falls from your pocket. Crawling, you make it to your T-Phone and hit the button to transmit the distress signal. You open the sewer grate in time for the creature to have rounded the corner.

Running down the sewer to the home you know, you run, breathes staggered and burning, tripping but crawling on all fours before you stand back up.

Heart beating in your eyes, you make it back safely, you make it home. The turtles are gone, having left due to the distress you emitted. You run into the closest room you thought of, Raph's, and sprint there.

You sit, knees tucked to your chest and back to the wall, attempting to control your breathing, you begin to look at all of the stuff inside of his room. 10 messy items, 9 leaves, 8 sai, 7 pencils, 6 rocks, 5 shuriken, 4- 5? There were six last time.

Legs shaking, you walk over to his desk. There was one missing. You fall back, legs not working anymore. 'There's no way Raphael would have done that, right?'

The very same ninja turtle you were thinking of walked into the room. "Hey, the signal went off, are you okay?" Barely, Shakily breathing, you ask, "Where's your other shuriken?" He reaches behind him and pulls out a shuriken, the shuriken. With blood on it.

Gasping for breath, you crawl back, hitting the wall in a panic, there's pain in your head, but that's not what you can focus on.

He notices the blood and hides it, but it's too late. He shrugs, "What's the matter, did I get the wrong person?"

"WHY?!"

He crouches down to your level, "They were bothering you, weren't they?" He smiles, "I got rid of the issue!"

#yandere x reader #platonic x reader #platonic yandere #tw yandere #x reader #platonic #yandere #headcanon #yandere tmnt #yandere raph #yandere raphael #yandere prompts #yandere tmnt 2012 #helpfandom's writing

[angelmichelangelo]

Maybe 2012 Mikey being badass? (i've got nothing else lmao)

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Like most things in his life, being the klutz of his family, he discovers it by entire accident.

Raph and April are out front on the front lawn, training together, a newfound activity that the pair of them have taken to, now that Raph’s number one spar partner was currently unconscious in the tub upstairs.

Mikey’s stomach clinches at the thought. It’s something he often tries to forget these days. Wind whistles past him and he looks up from his spot on the porch, huddling down into his oversized hoodie, he feels some of that unease surrounding his chest start to ebb away. 

At least Raphael was outside, doing something other than just brooding in silence. Casey had even managed to get some dinner down him last night so… maybe things weren’t so bad after all.

With Donnie on constant lookout for Leo, Mikey supposed he was on a similar kind of duty with Raph. The turtle and the girl twirl around each other, unphased by the new year chill that hangs in the air still.

Mikey taps the end of his pencil against the sketchpad. So far it was full of just quick warm up sketches that he’d done through the morning so far. One of the stretch of trees over on the horizon. A frog. One of April standing from afar during her own warm up with Raph.

He taps at the paper, little residuales of pencil shavings bouncing with it when—

“Shit!”

That’s Raph’s voice, sharp and worried that has Mike snapping his head up so fast like rubber.

He’s crouched down beside April who’s now laying in the grass, one leg stretched out, she’s grasping at her ankle, and even from here, Mikey can make out the fresh glimmer of tears she’s stubbornly holding back behind her eyes.

He pushes his sketchpad and pencil aside onto the step as he leaps up, running over to meet them.

“It’s fine,” April tells him straight away before he even has a chance. Raph’s hands are awkwardly hovering over the ankle she’s still grasping at. “Just rolled it funny.”

There’s a little bite to her words that tells him that there was nothing funny about it.

Mikey huffs, crouching down beside her, he offers her a lopsided smile when he tells her.

“Apes, I’ve had a fair share of rolled ankles in my time.” He gently pries her hands away to inspect the damage. “It still hurts like shell.”

It’s swollen already, probably nothing too serious but Raph’s face pales anyway. He never was any good with anything remotely medical. Mikey remembers when they were kids, he couldn’t even watch E.T because of that one particular scene in the med bay tents.

“I’ll go get Don,” is what he tells him, already springing to his feet and making a dash towards the house. 

April sucks in a breath. Now it’s like she’s really trying not to cry and Mikey can’t help but feel bad for her. 

“Here,” he says, gently wrapping his hand around her injured ankle. “I’ve been told I have warm hands. It might help.”

She flinches at first, with the sudden contact, but after a while she relaxes, no longer fisting tight handfuls of grass beneath her palm, even the glossy tears in her eyes seem to sink away.

She blinks. “It.” She says suddenly, stopping short like she lost the thread of her own sentence. “Mike. You’re—”

She’s cut off by the sound of running feet. Two pairs of running feet exactly because Raphael rejoins them with Donnie in tow. He’s got his little med kit with him (that still has the Mikey Do Not Touch sticker that’s slowly starting to peel away on the front) and when he sits beside her, he’s looking breathless and tired.

“Hey,” he says. “Can I look?”

April sniffs. She shakes her head to scoot her bangs from out of her eyes. “It’s not that bad,” she tells him. She inches her leg upwards. “See. I can move it now, really.”

Mikey’s hand stays firmly in place and… and he knew he was being trivial when he said about having warm hands but… but suddenly the skin of his palm that’s touching against hers feels very very hot.

He pulls it away when Raph squeaks in surprise.

Donnie, who was previously rattling about in his box, turns his head and stops short, a frown knitting between his brows. It matches Raph’s current expression almost perfectly.

“I thought you said it was swollen?” Donnie comments, leaning forward to inspect the very not swollen ankle. In fact, it looked in perfect shape. “You said, in your words,” he shoots April a somewhat apologetic look. “Gnarly.”

Raph squeaks again, in disbelief it would appear. 

“It was!” He looks between April and Mikey with quick desperation. “Wasn’t it?”

April gulps and then slowly nods her head. “I… I dunno what happened.” She watches rather gingerly as Don packs his stuff away again. She gives her foot a twirl as if to test it out. “Mike grabbed onto it and… and it got all warm and it was just. Better.”

Donnie and Raph look up at the same time then. Gosh, they really do act like twins sometimes.

“You… grabbed it?” Raph asks, voice pitching upwards slightly. 

Mikey shrugs. His hand no longer feels hot, but he thinks if he had ears right now, they’d probably be burning. “I just held onto it. Thought maybe it’d help.”

Donnie presses all along her joints and bones and once Raph’s pulled her to her feet, she’s able to walk around just fine. No wincing or secret achy bits. It’s like she never hurt it in the first place.

And once Don’s signed her off he retreats back towards the upstairs bathroom again. Raph, Mike and April watch him go when Raph turns to his brother, lifting up one of his hands between his, he says,

“Jeez, bro. You could have maybe unlocked the healing hands any other time for when we needed it other than now. No offense, April.”

But there’s no real bite to his words, not in the way his lips are curling around a knowing smile, or the way April’s bumping his shoulder with his. 

He pulls his hand away with a laugh. “Ha. Leo’s gonna have a field day when he wakes up and finds out I did it on the first try. By accident, too.”

And for an icy moment, Mikey wonders if that when should have been an if. But it all bleeds out, warmth pouring in when Raph barks a laugh and grabs his hand a second time, giving it a tight squeeze.

“Yeah he is,” he tells him, eyes sparkling. Then, his voice goes soft. “And he’ll be proud too.”

And Mikey’s chest aches again, but this time, it feels a little less terrible. And he just can’t wait for his brother to wake up, just so he can tell him all about it. 

#farmhouse arc my beloved <3 #thank you anon for the prompt :3 #this was fun to write! i wanted to do something different so i hope this was good #ask #anon #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2k12 #tmnt fanfiction #tmnt michelengalo #tmnt

[vaudeville-moggie]

MAGIC AU!? MAGIC AU!?

My good friend I can not stress how much I forgot abt this when you asked about my AU

Because I have maybe 4 pages of unfinished, uncoloured sketches in my TMNT sketchbook and I just completely forgor.

Anyway it's like a combination of Rise and 2012 with some 1987 and 2003 elements up in there.

I really love it and I might end up doing more of it and let my AUau stew in the background (honestly I need more time to get that Raph design right)

In my book it's written both as 'head canon au' and 'magic! Au' but I think I'll find another name for it.

It's based on that one 2012 episode where they go on that, I think Leo called it a "spirit quest" and actually that might have been the name of the episode.

Not sure how they would get their powers, probably something like in 2003, where they were given to them (but in this au the magic is permanent rather than tied to those amulets?) By some guys. Idk.

Mikey would be first to unlock his powers, because in every iteration he's the most powerful with the magics. He has 'forest' or nature magic so he can do stuff like bend plants to his will/make them grow etc. and probably talk to animals. (Which could lead to him adopting Icecream and clunk, the cats)

Donnie would be the second to unlock his powers, like in 2003 how he just starts researching and unlocks them. I think that's the cutest and funniest and most Donnie thing ever. He has earth magic which is arguably the strongest of them all? His powers also make him stronger (kind of like cole from Ninjago) and he can literally move rocks with his mind so yeah. He can cause localised earthquakes.

Raph would be third, but he'd be scared of his powers I think. Which is unlike him, but I think the sheer destructive power his anger now has would be really scary for someone with an explosive temper like him.

Leo would be last with her powers, growing frustrated with her inability. She would only unlock them when she steps in to save her brothers, probably in the heat of battle. (Because she's just dramatic like that) she has wind powers which doesn't sound all that impressive but you can do a lot with wind, including FLY! So.

Splinter doesn't have the powers but he has to guide his children?? How is he supposed to do this.

IM GONNA WORK ON THIS AU SM I LOVE IT

#ask #magic au #tmnt 2012 magic au #tmnt au #meow

[disastertwins9000]

I would love to know more about your “homies in a half shell” crossover AU. I love everything about it, the art, the ideas, the characters interactions. All of it and I want- no need to know more. If this is too of an open ended question. Then here’s some specifics.

How do the rise boys find out about Leo’s reactions to the cold?

What is 2012 Leo’s relationship with rise Donnie?

What is 2012 Raphs relationship with rise Mikey?

Is 2012 Leo the only one that likes weighted blankets?

How do the 2012 boys help with the rise boys trauma?

That’s all, can’t wait to see more of your AU! :)

awww i’m so glad you like it!!! honestly i’ve spent hours on this au and this means so very much to me so thank you!! also i love the asks guys don’t be shy!!

get ready to read lmao

so lee and the cold… i’m being so completely honest.. i haven’t thought about how the rise fam found out. i will probably make a sketch about it later cause now you got me thinking about it. i’m thinking that, maybe, just hear me out.. he’ll get cold..? and have a panic attack 😄😄 -more about that coming soon in sketch form:)

leo and donnie: lee is still the mom of the group, but in a way that his brothers respect him highly. lee is impressed by rise donnie and is proud of him but worries that he might accidentally pressure him too much like he sometimes did with 12 donnie. 12 leo is also scared for his brothers, in the way that they value themselves. he doesn’t want rise donnie to think that lee is proud of him because he’s smart, he wants him to know that he loves him for much more then that. trauma am i right:)) on a more light hearted level, the disaster twins are constantly competing with one another to impress lee (praise from their badass big brother) and for the longest time lee has no idea what is going on.

2012 raph is ridiculously protective of rise mikey. this doesn’t mean that he loves rise mikey any more then 12 mikey, it’s just that rise mikey is still very young and still acts like it, and raphs got a major soft spot for him. together they enjoy being sarcastic little shits(affectionate) to their brothers and they like to do art together. mikey uses his ‘youngest and smallest of them all’ powers to get constant piggyback rides from everyone, especially 12 raph. don’t mess with the short boys they will bite your knees off

for the weighted blankets, the 12 twins both use them(lee and raph). raph got one bc lee introduced them to him. rise donnie uses one, and weighted blankets are always kept in the lair if anyone wishes to use one. rise mikey has a few different hammocks in his room that he can change out or hang up all at once and a few of them are therapy hammocks that him and his brothers use to help with anxiety and sleep. basically they have all used one at one point and it just depends on the person.

for the trauma part… not all their problems are solved yet..🤫 but the 12 boys do their best to be there for them. to listen and not dismiss the fear or pain. rarely did the 12brothers get a break to stop and process what was going on and their lives were never normal. while they are there for the rise boys in every way they can be, let’s be honest they need to stop and figure themselves out too.

thank you for the ask, i so enjoy answering and i’m so glad that ppl are interested in my au<3 also i can’t forget to credit @sapphiretanto for all the help with the hcs we’ve got going. lmao you got me info dumping

lucky i had this sketch already in my drafts cuz this is what my little brother does to me 😭🫶🏼

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #2012 tmnt #tmnt 2012 #2012 leo #my artwork #disastertwins9000art #2012 raph #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt donnie #homies in a half shell au #avi answers #my au #rottmnt & 2012 crossover #these tags are a mess #feel free to always ask me stuff #sorry for the rough sketches lmao it was rushed #the comic is coming soon guys i just need motivation 😭😭 #ask art #homieswelcome #auasks

[bastardwerewolf]

I love ur TMNT 2012 and Steven Universe AU!

And all the art and concepts u have done so far!

I wanted to do a art request for it, since u said that would be okay, and I want maybe some

Leo and Raph Homeworld stuff, but with the idea that Leo as a Saphire and Raph is a Ruby, because God, those gems are pretty perfect for them (though, I could maybe see Leo as a pearl too, but honestly, Leo as a Sapphire is just too perfect. Oh! Him as a Lapis too, would be really cool too actually now that I think about it); even though them all as ammanites (or however u spell that gem name) is a cool idea too.

Anyway, back on the Request idea. Maybe Raph can be showing Leo there is more to life than just a being Homeworld's precious puppet, and then maybe they could end up fusing (because I also want to see more fusions. Esp. Leo and Raph and April? ones, but honestly; I just love fusions in general) like Ruby and Saphire do in the show, but it is a fusion more out of friendship and/or brotherly care for each other?

Or something like that. If that is too specific, the basic gist is that I would love some Leo and Raph stuff with them being a Sapphire and Ruby stuff and/or a Leo and Raph fusion.

Eeeee thank you so much!!! Your art request was very much appreciated :D

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(I've been doing a lot of concept stationary art, so decided to treat myself to a proper illustration. Hehehehe.)

Au notes time :

Here's Garnet:

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Plus! I think I'm gonna go ahead and finalize what the boys gems are. In my first post I said I couldn't decide between them all being ammonites or separate gems, so they're just gonna be both. Leo for example, is both ammonite and sapphire.

Exactly how that works... I'll decide later. But yeah...I couldn't decide between the two so I went to even ground. They can just be both.

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Another April fusion!

I love April and Leo's friendship so this was a treat to design. I imagine Labradorites voice being very soft and I think that settled the design for me.

(-Leo on his own has very weak/unreliable future vision, due to him not being fully sapphire. So Labradite is the one to go to for future advice. )

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Homeworld X notes:

Gonna be honest. Uhh I actually had no idea what I wanted homeworld to be like for my au, I had to sit and think for a good long while after reading your request and I think I got a general idea down now.... hopefully...

-I'm gonna polish up some story stuff then I'll do some homeworld X sketches. Promise!

#tmnt 2012 #my art #2012 leo #raph 2012 #2012 april #gem au

[olibensstuff]

I don't know if someone has already asked this, but I would, in fact, like to hear about this mission impossible au :3

It sounds so exciting and action-packed!

OK OK THIS IS GONNA BE A SUPER LONG POST YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

this is THE most self indulgent au I think I’ve ever made it appeals to me specifically!! Below the cut is the whole au plus some scribbles and sketches!!!

SO this takes place a few days pre episode one of tmnt 2012!! Which means these guys have NEVER left the lair before!! Something Bad Happens in the sewers I’m thinking explosion?? But the government goes in to check it out, where they discover the turtles!!! Splinter got very very hurt during sewer explosion and did not make it. When the gov finds the turtles, they’re coping with splints death and are Not doing well. The gov was going to take them in to study them, but the IMF get involved and offer them the Choice instead. Become a ghost and disappear, or be studied in a lab. Leo makes the decision for everyone

OK OK SO after that they wind up doing tons of super cool missions and stuff for the IMF. Raph is really angry at Leo for agreeing because he doesn’t like doing what some government wants them to do. He just wants to find a new sewer and go back to how things were (which they can’t really do anyways cause splinters dead). This leads to sort of destructive habits for a little while cause he’s so angry at his situation and lack of control in it

I DO WANNA ADD THEY GET HUMAN DISGUISES!!! They use fake backpacks to hide their shells and the rest of the disguise is literally just how they make disguises in the movie with all that cool tech!! I haven’t drawn many of them but here’s Raphs!!

I’ve got Mikey’s too but you’ll see that in a sec😚😚

OKOK SO THERES THAT CONFLICT GOING ON but the other bros are also coping?? Obviously it’s a lot of changes out of no where so they’re have an Experience

Dons a lot more deadpan- but in a silly way I promise

See????? Silly goofy🥺

Mikey’s stays the same for the most part!! He does have a bigger sense of responsibility though cause he wants to keep the family together while they’re constantly pulling off these crazy missions. here’s the crew and their roles!!

** Leo’s part is supposed to say “final say on plans” sorry😔😔 OK OK NOW THAT THATS OUT OF THE WAY HERES THE MAIN AU PLOT!!!

so the crew have done a couple of missions now, and they get one to figure out what’s going on at the TCRI cause a bunch of scientists have started going missing around that buildings area. The crew set up a plan, break in, only to discover it’s ran by aliens!! Who might have something to do with how the turtles came to exist in the first place!! And what’s worse is that there’s two teenagers caught up in the mix

introducing April and Casey!!

Mikey runs into them first and after they INSIST on helping he gets them roped into the whole thing.

Don doesn’t see April or Casey cause he’s doing guy in the chair stuff, so he isn’t crushing on April for this story BUT his and Casey’s relationship is still how it is in the show sort of

I just. I just really love their dynamic. It’s so funny to me. So silly….

in the end they take down all the Kraang after a bunch of cool action fights, raph and Leo make up, and everyone is happy yippee

SORRY THAT WAS LONG AND VERY INFODUMPY I CAME UP WITH THIS AT 12 AM AFTER WATCHING THE MOVIE FOR THE FIRST TIME SO ITS KINDA INCOHERENT

#tmnt #2012 tmnt #asks #Sorry for the bad scribbles most of them are small things I draw as warm ups for other drawigns #THANK YOU FOR ASKING #mission impossible

[powderrr]

In the TMNT universe, I have many different AUs.

These three AUs relate to TMNT 2012 and each of them has its own small, maybe with plot holes, but history.

In the sketch version, here are three Leo designs: One of four (OFF), Atrophy and Parallel.

I want to note that in these three universes my luggage from different fictions does not end,as well as in these three worlds different time intervals from the events of the series.

(And another little note to my city, my style of drawing turtles jumps a lot and I still haven’t decided on it)

One of four

Briefly: events in this universe take place after the death of the Leo brothers, he remains the only turtle and grows up with a weight of guilt on his shoulders. Sensei was with him for a while, but he died after everything that happened. Many years have passed since the death of the brothers ( to be exact, around 10 when they died, he was 16). He has become violent and almost unemotional, the only people he interacts with are April and Casey. April became more skillful in her own magical powers, and also changed her character after all, Casey seemed to have not changed in character, but he also became cruel, and also lost his hand and relatives.

Atrophy

Briefly: Leo is captured after one skirmish and spends a certain amount of time there, after which, when he is rescued, it turns out that Leo cannot show emotions in any normal way. His face is in a constant neutral position, Leo himself, even inside himself, hardly feels something. He tries to learn to be more emotional again, but it's all extremely difficult. Even the moments when he can smile visibly or bring back the sparkle in his own eyes are a big win. Leo has also become more violent, he can kill anyone who tries to harm him or his loved ones. The guys have changed too.

Raph is indifferent to Leo's negative actions, he also did not care about other people's lives, he has become the right hand and for the most part helps to structure the actions of the team. It's hard enough for him, but he tries to control his actions and feelings. He is afraid of losing his brother again.

Donnie has become more aggressive than ever, sometimes he spends time around the clock with one of the brothers, and sometimes it is not seen or heard for days. He rushes from one extreme to another due to stress, as well as the fact that he cannot do anything for Leo to make him feel better.

Mikey has become a little quieter, he is still energetic, but sometimes he can sit extremely calmly and not utter a word, going somewhere in his thoughts, it still happens due to stress. For the most part, it is Mikey who is engaged in the emotional background of Leo, trying to encourage him to constantly answer certain questions about what he feels for this or that object / memory / person / etc.

Parallel

The simplest in theory ay. It has three endings: good, bad and neutral. The events take place after the 2012 series. The guys get stuffy in New York and decide to arrange a change. The first to leave Mikey's lair, seeking to explore the world and leave his mark. Later, Raph is in a team with mutanils, who do not have a clear plan for where to go, but they are like free birds that can go wherever they look, the last one left Donnie, who least of all wanted to leave, who least of all wanted to leave, but he was extremely interested in visiting other scientific complexes of the world. Only Leo of the Turtles remains in New York. The events take place in the future after all, where Leo Sensei has 4 children. Elder Michael, son of April and Casey (17 years old), pseudo-twins Ti the tigress and Wukong the monkey (16) and the younger lizard Kori(15).

Leo raised the children on his own, Michael came to him by chance and the desire of his own parents, because of this, sometimes Casey is jealous that his own child is closer to Leo than to him. Leo rescued the twins from a freak circus, where children were forced to perform for the amusement of mutants and humans, and Kori Leo found one in another part of the city, abandoned and aggressive towards everything (Kori did not tell for a long time why he was so wild, after 10 years, he reveals to Leo that he was a lab rat who escaped but was pursued by a second obedient guinea pig who always treated him with aggression). The name au originates from these children, who are so similar to his own brothers. Michael on Mikey, Kori on himself, Ti on Raf,and Wukong on Donnie.

Endings: The plot goes on the feet, which have a new leader, and Karai was displaced again. 1) Good - Nobody dies, Raf, Donnie and Mikey wedged into history after disturbing messages. 2) Neutral - Leo dies before the guys have time to return, he protected the children. The irony is that Leo dies exactly like Splinter, and the children are going to take revenge like they did in the past. 3) Negative - Leo and his students, including, do not cope and die. The guys were late.

Во вселенной TMNT у меня есть множество различных ау.

Данные три ау касаются TMNT 2012 года и у каждой из них есть своя небольшая,может с сюжетными дырами,но история.

В скетчевом варианте здесь представлено три дизайна Лео:One of four(OFF - Один из четырех),Atrophy(Атрофия) и Parallel(Параллель).

Хочу подметить,что на этих трёх вселенных у меня багаж из разных выдумок не заканчивается,а так же в этих трёх мирах разные временые промежутки от событий сериала.

(И ещё маленькое замечание в мой город,у меня очень скачет стиль рисования черепах и до сих пор я с ним не определилась)

One of four

Кратко: события в данной вселенной происходят после гибели братьев Лео,он остаётся единственной черепахой и растет с грузом вины на плечах. С ним какое-то время был сенсей,но и он погиб после всего произошедшего. С момента гибели братьев прошло много лет(если быть точнее,около 10,когда они погибли,ему было 16). Он стал жестоким и почти безэмоциональным, единственные знакомые с кем он общается это Эйприл и Кейси. Эйприл стала более исску��тной в собственным магических силах,а так же изменилась характером после всего, Кейси казалось бы не изменился характером,но он тоже стал жесток,а так же потерял руку и родных.

Atrophy

Кратко:Лео попадает в плен после одной стычки и проводит там определенное количество времени,после чего когда его спасают выясняется,что Лео не может проявляться как-либо нормальным образом эмоции. Его лицо находится в постоянном нейтральном положении,сам Лео даже внутри себя с трудом что-то чувствует. Он пытается научится снова быть более эмоциальным,но всё это крайне сложно. Большой победой является даже моменты,когда он может ели заметно улыбнуться или вернуть в собственные глаза блеск. Лео так же стал более жесток,он может убить кого угодно, кто пытается навредить ему или его близким. Ребята так же изменились.

Раф испытывает равнодушие в негативным поступкам Лео,ему так же стало плевать на чужие жизни,он стал правой рукой и побольшей части помогает структурировать действия команды. Это тяжело достаточно для него,но он старается управлять своими действиями и чувствами. Он боится потерять брата снова.

Донни стал более агрессивным чем когда-либо, порой он проводит круглосуточно время с кем-то из братьев,а порой его не видно и не слышно сутками. Он метается из крайности в крайность из-за стресса,а так же из-за того,что не может сделать что-нибудь для Лео,что бы ему стало лучше.

Майки стал чуть более тихим,он всё ещё энергичен,но порой он может крайне спокойно сидеть и непроизнести не слова,уходя куда-то в свои мысли,это всё так же происходит из-за стресса.По большей части именно Майки занимается эмоциальным фоном Лео,пытаясь побудить его постоянно отвечать на те или иные вопросы поводу что он испытывает к тому или иному предмету/воспоминанию/человеку/и т.д.

Parallel

Самая простая в теории ау. Имеет три концовки: хорошая,плохая и нейтральная. События происходят после сериала 2012 года. Ребятам становится душно в Нью-Йорке и они решают устроить перемены. Первым покидает логово Майки,стремясь узнать мир и оставить свой след. Позже Раф в команде с мутанилами,у которых нет четкого плана куда идти,но они как вольные птицы,которые могут пойти куда глаза глядят,последний покинул Донни,который меньше всего хотел уходить,но ему было крайне интересно побывать в других научных комплексах мира. В Нью-Йорке остаётся только Лео из черепах. События происходят в будущем после всего,где Лео Сенсей 4 детей. Старший Майкл,сын Эйприл и Кейси (17 лет),псевдо-близнецы тигрица Ти и обезьяна Укун(16) и младший ящер Кори(15).

Лео воспитывал детей самостоятельно,Майкл попал к нему по воле случая и желанию его же родителей, из-за этого порой Кейси ревнует,что его же ребенок ближе к Лео,чем к нему. Близняшек Лео спас из цирка уродов,где детей заставили выступать на потеху мутантам и людям,а Кори Лео нашел одного в другой части города, брошенного и агрессивного ко всему(Кори не рассказывал долгое время,почему он был таким диким,в последствии Лет в 10,он рассказывает Лео,что он был подопытной крысой в лаборатории,которая сбежала,но была преследуема вторым послушным подопытным,который относился к нему всегда с агрессией). Название ау берет начало с этих детей,которые так похожи на его же братьев. Майкл на Майки,Кори на него самого,Ти на Рафа,а Укун на Донни.

Концовки: Завязка идет на футах,у которых новый лидер,а Карай сместили вновь. 1)Хорошая - Никто не погибает,Раф,Донни и Майки вклиниваются в историю после тревожных сообщений. 2) Нейтральная - Лео погибает раньше чем ребята успели вернуться,он защитил детей. Ирония в том,что Лео погибает в точности как и Сплинтер,а дети собираются мстить как и они в прошлом. 3)Негативная - Лео и у его ученики в том числе не справляются и погибают. Ребята опоздали окончательно.

#tmnt 2k12 #TMNT #Leo #leonardo #OneOfFour #Atrophy #Parallel #au #Mikey #Raph #Kori #Ti #Wukong #Michael #Hamato #Donnie

[ducknotinarow]

📝Raphael [2k12 Verse]

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Okay I made a post about it but now i'll elaborate, Raph is a bit of a nerd for animals. As a tot Raph would sneak out into the sewers and spot things like rats and got curious about them. Bugged Donnie about stuff about them till seeing he could watch documentaries about rats and more. His preface for animals tend to be the smaller ones. Birds, rodents, turtles ect

Like to watch them late at night by himself, he dosen’t need his brothers teasing him for being the animal lover. There is also a few books in room about animals. He also has a few notebooks where he wrote things down in.

This is also where his katsaridaphobia developed, once time well in the sewers he ended up in a nest of cockroaches and it traumatized him a lot.He not a fan of all bugs but Cockroachs are the ones he has an unreasonable fear of.

Likes Taylor Swift

Rapheal has a a passion for art, not just taking part of it himself but also in learning about it. He asked Splinter about his name and it started from there.

Ended up exploring Art himself He took to painting the most, but also draws.Has a sketch book and any art supplies he owns he found in trash bins so it’s normally nearly used up so he has to sparely.

often thats what he is doing when off on his own on the surface looking for supplies he can bring back. Sometimes he gets luckly and kids toss out those ‘art sets’ all artis kids get.

Why did I start with all that? Cause Raph is the far more sensitive of the four turtles. It’s why he so quick to go into his tantrums.

because raph is a bit more in tune with emotions he’s generally kind of good at reading others emotions or picking up on the vibe in a room. He’s not going to approach it with sensitivity mind you

Raph has learned to study other’s body language and it’s part of why he tends to really stare at people when they speak. Of course there are those he can’t figure out and it pisses him off. Like Splinter and to extents Leo at times.

Deals with Anxiety, as well for 2012 Raph I would say it’s more general Anxiety which also explains his quick temper as well. Along with Panic Disorder seeing how he can freeze up at times and has a hard time snapping out of it.

Has a weak stomachache easily grossed out by things and has some motion sickness.

Is overly protective and caring deep down. He loves all his brothers but he isn’t a mushy feeling guy. He would risk his own shell over any of them. A lot of his cracks in his shell are from him taking hits for his brothers. He has no issue risking his own life but he could never risk his any of his brother’s after all.

(I havent fully seen stuff past season 3 I wanna say) But Raph has his Pet Chompy, who he tots treats like a baby hes a pet owner that is  full on pet parent type.

Mikey is his first choice for babysitter if he’s going out. Leos last option mostly to insult the mom of the family uwu

A secret romantic he likes chick flicks, he likes those corny romcom movies too

Of course Leo is the one he fight with the most the two are clear opposites. like fire and rain they just don’t see eye to eye. Yet Leo is who Raph confines in the most. Raph holds a deep respect for Leo but that dosen’t mean he won’t challenge him or his methods.

Donnie and him can be just as bad but they have more verbal fights over physical. But Donnie is who Raph sides with the most as well since they both get annoyed by mikey and will even both challegne Leo’s leadership raphs just more open on it

Mikey is the sibling he gose to when he’s feeling down, and has a very I can mess with them but you can’t stance when it comes to Mikey. Some casey things for reasons uwu

I like to think because these two both demonstrate a like for art, they would make street art together when they go out into the city. Neither of them are gonna care about tagging stuff after all.

Has let Casey seen his unfinished sketches and such cause well he likes his input. 

He can’t tell outright if someone is good or bad but with Casey after fighting with them and such he was able to get an understanding of him. He normally more stand offish but not with Casey, dosen’t even mind when they use him as an arm rest.

Raph loves his brother but spending time with Casey is different. Casey gets him cause well they are like reflections of each other. Anger issues, both like art even  and the fact raph in right handed and casey is left adds to this for me.

Raph can be a bit more transparent with Casey, he may still get embarrassed but Casey likely the one to know most things about him. And if he teases him its not as bad compared to his brothers.(a bit more protective of his imagie with his family)

In return Raph will give Casey the same if he wants, he may tease Casey but it wouldn’t be out of Malice intent.

Because Casey and him are similar he also can see what they might need so he tends to push Casey a little to get them to fess up, looks its how they talk yelling punching it’s a way to communicate.

#muse| hamato raphael #aflockoffeathers #madamkezzie #[ if you jump off a bridge its only cause i did first- aflockoffeathers] #((cause casey related things #((deep down hes just a sensitive boy but he'll still punch you uwu))

[scentedcandlecryptid]

It’s my comfort fic your honour.

A few sketches I made for the spectacular fic Dagger From the Mirror, written by the equally spectacular @nostalgiaruinedme​ , featuring artistic renditions of my reactions XD

I was originally going to draw more scenes, but I got tired... maybe some other time,,, (I say knowing full well there is no maybe about it, I will be drawing them eventually)

I’m really proud of the sketch with Donnie and Mikey in the corner, so I’ll probably be fully finishing that soonish-

Hope you like my art, click for better quality!! (also go read Dagger From the Mirror if you haven’t already-)

#rottmnt #tmnt 2012 #dagger from the mirror #rottmnt mikey #2012 donnie #By the time this fic is finished and I've drawn a bunch more fan art #(which of course will happen because this fic is just ThaT gOOD) #I'm going to be so hecking good at drawing the turtles y'all #sorry my handwriting is illegible btw #I tried #just realized I only drew things related to 2012 donnie and rottmnt mikey #whoops XD #it wasn't intentional I swear #one of the sketches I ended up not doing was with 2012 leo and raph #art #my art

[downwiththemutantnjnjaturtles]

TMNT MASTERLIST/RULES

Note: any explicit content will be marked NSFW. Anything with light sexual themes are also marked. Minors, do not interact with explicit posts. Credit to my friend @sheepdarkhours for making this list for me!! You did an awesome job!

Rules: No T-Cest—I also don't write for ROTTMNT. I don't take OCs. Please do not request matchups :L

❤️🐢 Raphael's Posts:

→ A Little Closer (Part 1) [Raphael x Fem!Reader]:

→ A Little Closer (Part 2) [Raphael x Fem!Reader]:

-> Posted [Raphael x reader]

→ Raphael x Reader Headcanons:

→ Meant to Be (part 1) [Raphael x Fem! Reader Soulmate AU]:

→ Meant to Be (part 2)

–> Meant to Be (end)

→ [Prompt "Run for it" Raphael x Reader]: [mild NSFW]

→ Raphael comforting a Reader after the loss of a loved one:

→ Raph accidentally hurts the reader:

→ Raph with a paratrooper s/o:

→ Raph with an s/o who likes bugs:

→ Raph is afraid of cockroaches:

→ Raph teaches you how to knit:

→ What if Raph's s/o was kidnapped?:

→ Movie Night [Raph x Reader]: [mild NSFW]

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💙🐢 Leonardo's Posts:

→ A Night Swim [Leo x Reader]:

-> Bridges [Leo x Reader]:

→ Fleeting [Leo x Dead!Gf] [The Aftermath series]

→ Leo teaches you proper form:

→ Romantic Leo Headcanons:

→ Random Leo Headcanons:

Artwork: Sunlight Sentinel

→ Vulnerable (Chapter - 1) [2012 Leonardo x Reader]: [discontinued for now]

→ Snowed in [Leo x Reader]:

→ I'm To Blame [ Leo x Mutated!Reader]:

→ AO3 Link - Back In The Water: [NSFW]

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💜🐢 Donatello's Posts:

-> The Race to Find The Cure Pt. 1 [Donatello x fem reader] [Apocalypse AU]

-> The Race to Find The Cure Pt. 2

→ Artwork: A Sketch of Donnie with a unknown serum:

→ Artwork: A full fleshed out painting of Donatello:

→ Artwork: A Sketch of Donnie standing up:

→ Donnie teaches you how to use the bo staff:

→ Donnie accidentally spilling chemical in your skin:

→ We Met Within This Screen full chapter list

→ Donnie's Bad Day:

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🧡🐢 Michelangelo's Posts:

→ Always Good Enough [2012!Mikey x Reader]:

→ Shelter [An exploration of Mikey]:

→ "You can't banish me, this is my bed too!" [Mikey x Fem!Reader]:

→ Mickey's Art [Mikey x Reader]:

→ The Hashi [Mikey x Reader]:

→ Mikey teaches you how to skateboard:

→ Artwork: A Sketch of Mikey:

→ Another place, Another Time: [Mikey x Dead!Gf] [The Aftermath series]

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🐢🍕 All the boys!:

-> The "Aftermath" Series—dead!readerGF x TMNT [multipart special]

→ Making paper ornaments with the boys: [Holiday special]

→ What were the turtles' dreams about dating?:

→ Random TMNT childhood Headcanons:

→ The boys finding out their s/o is a virgin:

→ How they show affection:

→ How the boys react to their s/o being on her period:

→ The boys' mating season:

→ Jealousy among the boys:

→ How they express brotherly love:

→ The boys watching a movie they thought would be boring:

→ What an workout with the boys is like:

→ How the boys would play Among Us (+ Casey and April):

→ The turtles as dads:

→ The boys taking care of a sick s/o:

→ The boys reactions to Splinter giving "The talk™" (part - 1 Leonardo): [mentions of sex]

→ The boys reactions to Splinter giving "The talk™" (part - 2 Donnie): [mentions of sex]

→ The boys reactions to Splinter giving "The talk™" (part - 3 Raphael): [mentions of sex]

→ The boys reactions to Splinter giving "The talk™" (part - 4 Mickey): [mentions of sex]

→ The boys' reactions to you bringing your little cousin over to babysit:

→ How is a relationship with the boys like:

→Things that make the Turtles swoon:

→ How would they comfort their crush when they're depressed:

→ The boys reaction to their crush dying in their arms:

→The boys in control of a v i b r a t o r: [mild NSFW]

→ The boys having a sleepover with their crush:

→ s/o confesses that they feel extremely lonely:

→ The boys with a openly cuddly crush:

→ The boys reaction to a very tall s/o:

-> An S/O tries out some of the boys' things:

-> The boys with a lovey S/O:

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[divine-motion]

don’t fucking interact if you ship t/cest and minor/adult ships

more shitty phone photos of sketchbook sketches for my tmnt fan incarnation/tmnt 2012 rewrite bc i have no shame and i’m having fun with it! pictures should have captions since i spent time writing them out, but tumblr might mess it up, so in case captions doesn’t work: 1. left to right: leo, donatello up, raphael down, michelangelo 2. Casey Jones up top, April O’Neil to the right, donatello in the middle and karai at the bottom 3. casey and don again, raphael to the left, mikey at the bottom just bc i liked how their their expressions turned out and didn’t want a bunch of negative space so don and case appear again 4. size chart featuring turtles. left to right: leo, don, mikey, raph 5. sketchy Slash design. big boy.

general thoughts character stuff below the Keep Reading. A Lot of rambling below so beware!!

April: 15 years old, trans and bi. local fifteen year old telepath finds out that not everyone is able to feel what other people are feeling, something she’s been able to do since she was six after she played in that one weirdly glowy puddle (early Kraang mutagen attempt that only managed to mutate April in the sense that it gave her telepathy, was originally intended to make humans become part of the Kraang hivemind). she’s largely unfazed by the existence of mutants and aliens, taking it in stride, and finds out about the Kraang - and meets the turtles - while snooping around TCRI business (aspiring journalist that she is) and accidentally witnessing the mutation of Snakeweed. her telepathy, which later as she grows in power alongside the turtles extends to telekinesis and basically possession, is very useful whenever she gets into a scrap since she can predict what moves her opponent will make, thus letting her dodge their blows effectively. personality wise she is a very determined and driven young girl, incredibly curious (and cannot mind her own business, she wants to know all the drama while not having to be part of it... which makes her very fortunate to be a telepath. listen she’s 15 she’s allowed to misuse her powers a little bit. as a treat.), playful, and cheerful, and she’s an extroverted autistic. in her spare time between her studies, she likes to play bass, sing, read, and write. that, and investigating whatever shady business is going on in town, and she makes it very clear to the turtles that even if they weren’t going to deal with the Kraang, she’d continue to try to stop them herself. she would like to not live under the threat of her or her loved ones getting mutated, thank you very much! and, you know, it’s kind of exciting. kind of.

i know it’s bc i have brain issues when it comes to parent figures but i am very much leaning towards Splinter not being... a good dad. i don’t think 2012 Splinter is a good dad anyways but i’d probably amp it up, make him a mix of 2012 and idw probably. i’m still mulling it over but like, remember in the season 1 finale when leo is watching his show and thinks the captain guy making a totally unnecessary sacrifice is a heroic move, and then Splinter tells leo (his fifteen year old child) that leo should know what or who to sacrifice, more or less telling him to sacrifice his brothers’ lives, potentially?? i know there was a lot at stake but hello??? i remember watching it and being like me: ah i see, this is showing that splinter is wrong and there is no need for any sacrifices as seen in the show when the captain Goes Down With His Ship for no reason other than just sacrificing himself, and leo will see that- leo: *tries to sacrifice himself twice in the finale, both times being kind of unnecessary/seemed like if he had just hurried or done something slightly different there would be no need to stay behind, and he gets out fine with no consequences, seemingly no injuries, and does Not learn anything, his brothers don’t even get sad when they think he died or get mad at him for pulling such a dumb move) me: surprised_pikachu.jpeg

like that moment haunts me. has any other splinter told their sons to sacrifice himself or his brothers? has any other splinter put that on them??? idw doesn’t count if he has bc he’s more explicitly supposed to be bad so???

sometimes writers think they’ve made an uncle iroh but they really, really, really haven’t. also his backstory is the same as in the show

anyways. Donatello: 15 years old, bog turtle, nonbinary (he/they, doesn’t mind being called brother but doesn’t like to be called “boy” or “girl” or whatever), bi. he isn’t in love with April. no creepy incel shit here. donnie is instead more like a mix between his Rise and 2003 self. he has trouble expressing himself and is pretty introverted, but he is very altruistic, kind, and compassionate. a lot of his inventions are made to help people and he was driven to learn about science and engineering because he wants to find a way to reverse splinter’s mutation, to give splinter his life and humanity back. he feels like he needs to know if splinter would just abandon them if he wasn’t a huge rat man, needs to know if there’s any part of splinter that blames them for being constant reminders of his mutation. other than that, he also likes to make inventions because he’s a dreamer and wants to experiment to see how much of the unknown he can push beyond. also, the best liar out of the turtles. also fairly good at compromising and prefers to solve conflicts without violence he can get a little... “obnoxious 15 year old genius” at times. even when he’s helpful it can come off as a bit “poor dear isn’t as smart as me”, and while he usually gets along well with Raph, he doesn’t handle Raph’s temper well at all (calls him “Wrathael/Wrath” and thinks he’s being super clever) and gets really dismissive of Raph’s “outbursts”.

Michelangelo: 13 years old, diamondback terrapin, unsure about the gender and sexuality thing but he doesn’t think he’s exactly cis and definitely not straight. a bouncy ball of sunshine and surprising emotional maturity and emotional intelligence! more so than his emotionally constipated brothers, at least. it’s on his thirteenth birthday (it was leo’s idea for them to pick dates that would let them have their own birthdays instead of sharing the “Mutation Day”, Mutation Day being another special “holiday”) that the Plot would be set in motion, as he’s finally allowed to go to the surface same as his brothers, and on this first night out they meet April and the Kraang and other mutants. he is a goof still, but he’s capable in his own right and gets frustrated when people treat him like a baby or an idiot because he’s not. he doesn’t always treat everything with the seriousness it should but like. he’s thirteen, he’s having fun. even so, he’s very insistent of taking responsibility whenever he does do something wrong and gets mad if someone tries to take the blame for something he’s done. definitely the most compassionate and empathetic out of the turtles, he’s quick to make friends and is very persuasive due to his earnest nature and good heart. much like donnie, he prefers to solve conflict without violence but does enjoy knocking skulls a lot more than donnie. unlike donnie, though, he is almost overly forgiving and not petty at all. he’s well aware that his kindness and forgiveness may be taken advantage of, but he still likes to approach people with an open hand, even if he knows that it may end up getting bitten. oh, and his hobbies include drawing, cooking, singing, and dancing. he likes to express himself!

Raphael: 14 years old, mississippi map turtle, trans, bi. all his fury is compressed within his tiny body, that’s why he’s so angry all the time! no, he’s not angry all the time, but he does have a short fuse. he absolutely hates his anger issues which leads to a lot of self-loathing, and a lot of frustration as his family members either don’t take his anger seriously or don’t have the tools to help him with it. he’s the physically strongest out of the bunch and the least agile. he loves animals and plants a lot and keeps a lot of flowers in his room, hoping that he can one day become a gardener. as his idw self, he wants to watch things grow, but no matter what he does he seems to be best at destroying things. he’s also the one most self-conscious about how the human world perceives them, as he greatly fears rejection, and is the first one to see something positive with people getting mutated - namely, that maybe this way mutants will be more well known and finally accepted by society, so he’ll no longer be trapped in the sewer until the end of his days. so yeah, he’s a huge optimist, in truth. also he’s great at knitting - great at creating and taking care of things in general - and there’s no leo and raph rivalry this time around. he can get mad at leo but not really more than he gets with his other brothers.

Casey: 15 years old, nonbinary (they/them), bi. teen vigilante who gets inspired to fight mutants and the big time criminals (no beating up pickpockets or shoplifters or whatever, just the ones that are really hurting people) and gets roped into the turtle fam after meeting raph and becoming unexpected friends (everyone was expecting it, once Casey realized that mutants are people and not weird monsters. well, not all the time, anyways). they struggle a bit in school not because of a lack of trying but a lack of time, as their parents work full time jobs and someone has to take care of casey’s little sister. their parents are very loving, but they only have so much time, so casey takes it upon themselves to take care of their little sister when their parents are busy and/or burned out from work. that, and they run into the classic dilemma of vigilante work clashing with school work. as always, they have a short fuse, they’re pretty cocky, they like beating ass, and they like hockey a whole lot. hockey, vigilante work, school, and taking care of their little sister... yeah, they have a lot on their plate. oh, and making their little inventions like the taser glove and their puck bombs, something that they bond with donnie over.

Leonardo: 17 years old, Central American wood turtle, trans, gay. he doesn’t fall in love with his sister oh my god. ahem. so, leo is raised from the start to be a Leader and has to mature very quickly, learning to be an adult way earlier than he should’ve, and as such he is very stoic and quiet, and doesn’t seem to have any hobbies, instead just doing chores and training almost constantly, and when he’s not doing that he’s reading or sleeping in his free time. he’s incredibly protective of his younger brothers and his other allies/friends, even if he acts distant and detached most of the time, and removes himself from situations where they’re having fun to not be the stick in the mud. he loves his brothers and admires them greatly, believing they could be So Much if the surface world would just accept them, and as a result he tries to be The Soldier so his brothers won’t have to. alas, they still get caught up in the Kraang and Shredder business, which frustrates him internally. he is the best fighter out of the turtles on account of having more years to train (and convincing Splinter to wait a few more years before they got Real training bc Come On Dude They’re Kids) but it’s the Only thing he’s good at, along with stealth and his sharp eyes. he absolutely sucks at talking when it isn’t about a mission or something he can script easily in his head. in his mind, he’s supposed to be more of a weapon than a person, an idea that isn’t exactly encouraged by Splinter... but not exactly discouraged either. his arc would be very paralleled with Karai’s, as they would both learn to hate their dads... also, absolutely down for murder, and a lawful neutral at best, putting his family and friends’ safety above all other things and following a strict personal code. doesn’t care too much for society’s laws, though.

Karai: 16 years old, demigirl, lesbian. same backstory as in the show, she’s born as Miwa but gets taken by Oroku Saki and raised as his daughter. however, she doesn’t exactly want revenge against Hamato Yoshi because she believes that he killed her mother. she never knew her mother, so it’s much more difficult to hate someone for taking her mother away, even if it does mean that she never got to know her mother. especially since her father rarely spoke of what her mother was like, and much more about how much he hates Yoshi. instead, her need for revenge is more for the possibly idyllic life she was robbed of, since she believes that maybe, just maybe, her father Saki would’ve been a kind father that would’ve let her have a normal childhood and not be molded into a warrior from the start if her mother still lived. and hey, maybe Tang Shen would be a nice mom too. being trained in the art of deception, Karai has a tendency to talk a lot and say very little, or at least very little that is true. she is rarely ever sincere and acts as if she’s taking nothing seriously, which is part of her defense mechanism to never let anyone close or see her true self. she mocks pretty much everyone, ally and enemy alike, but especially likes to make fun of her father’s henchmen and is always the first to point out their failures. while she does value honor to some extent, she is a bit “flimsy” when it comes to loyalty, especially after the truth about her father is revealed. when that is revealed, she at first just feels very numb, learning that not only has she been nothing but a tool and a weapon for the Shredder from the very start, but also that the idyllic fantasy where her mother still lived, perhaps her life wouldn’t be so different after all. she looks at leonardo and sees a reflection of herself, that her “real” father chose to train his sons the same way the Shredder trained her. she feels stupid for feeling like she’s been robbed of even a fantasy, but it still enrages her. of course, this also inspires her to stay with the Foot Clan... just to get the kill on Shredder.

... yeah. that got long. ahem. i’m very passionate about this unfortunately!! anyways i might draw/write more for it because no one can stop me and i’m having fun

#tmnt #leonardo #donatello #raphael #michelangelo #april o'neil #casey jones #karai #tmnt 2012 #tmnt au

[brendancorris]

Rise of the TMNT initial review

I gave my first thoughts on the visuals, creative choices, and general backlash from the community for Rise of the TMNT, the latest cartoon for the Heroes in a Half Shell back when they were first unveiled. As some may remember, I generally was positive and supportive of the new direction. There were some changes I was a bit unsure about, but generally I was fine with it. 

Now, five episodes have been released to the public, and I’ve watched a bit. So, I feel, since I’ve been a hardcore TMNT fan for about 29 years, it only makes sense that I share my thoughts for any who may care.

Before I get to my overall opinion of the show, though, I would like to go over each aspect individually. Let’s start with one of the most controversial topics - the art style and animation. I feel the need to once again highlight that they’re different things, as people always seem to forget this when talking about these topics. Animation is the movement exclusively. So, as for the art style, I like it. It’s very sharp, loud, and energetic. There is so much expression in the faces and bodies of every character. The action poses are wonderful. I especially love the expressions of Don. His eyebrows really add to his look, and his cocky, judgmental expressions add a lot of comedy to the character.

The designs are certainly different. Raph is ginormous, Leo has a fannypack, and so on. Honestly, I got over the designs very quickly. Again, the designs of the four turtles are extremely expressive, and it is nice to see so much variety between them for a change. As for other returning characters, Splinter will take some getting used to. Maybe if he didn’t look so much like a hamster I’d be fine with his design. I don’t really have a problem with his build, I just think that Splinter’s identifying long snout should have been in the design. But April, holy crap, I love this April design. She is so adorable. I was on the fence about her design originally, but once I saw her in action, it quickly became my favorite Rise design, only tied with Don’s.

As for the new characters, I have mixed feelings. A handful of the mutants have really cool designs, like Repo Mantis (my favorite), Hypnopotomus, and Meat Sweats. But then there’s other new characters like the lead villain, voiced by John Cena, who I just feel has a very generic modern cartoon villain design. He looks like a throw away villain in a comedy sketch parodying Saturday morning cartoons. I’m also not a fan of that catdog thingy April has. It looks like a Pokemon. Doesn’t belong in TMNT in my opinion.

But the animation is pretty gorgeous. It does get very choppy sometimes, which I honestly do find a bit disorienting since at other times, the animation is beautifully fluent and alive. I do wish the animation almost always stayed that fluent, but I understand how extremely time consuming animation can be, especially when working with such highly detailed characters, and considering that when the animation is fluent, it’s REALLY good, so I cut them a break. The action scenes are truly amazing to watch. The backgrounds are also very stylish, colorful, and just nice to look at.

While I do think the 2012 show was an amazing TMNT series, I did always find it a bit visually lacking. So I’m glad to see this one do the visuals so well.

Now, I guess I’ll talk about the writing, plot, and characters. As all of you likely know by now, we do not see the origin of the turtles or how they met April. While I can definitely understand why they would leave this out from a marketing standpoint (no reason to make a new TMNT show with limited episodes for preview and just go through the same story we’ve seen 100 times and give us nothing new to look forward to) I do hope we see it eventually. It is a pivotal part of the TMNT world, and is especially necessary now that this is a brand new TMNT for a whole new generation, and is reinventing the lore in many ways.

The show, obviously, is geared more towards smaller children, which I’m totally cool with. Not only did TMNT bring me a lot of happiness at that age, but I also like to see more franchises for kids. There seems to be a big push for cartoons to be more “adult” these days, but I still feel lots of them should be for kids. We live in an age where toys and cartoons are being primarily made for adults. Kids need media too, and TMNT has proved extremely popular with little kids for 30 years. The show still manages to be legitimately funny more than I expected, and, honestly, has a lot of wit and sarcasm that will likely only tickle the older audiences.

The story-telling is a bit all over the place and ultra-fast-paced, but it’s pretty good, again, with the child’s perspective in mind. It has a lot more action than I think most of us thought, and that is done really well. The characters, however, seem to be another huge point of controversy among the fans. My personal favorites so far are Don and April (yes, same two favorites as physical designs). Don’s such a smug brainiac and April’s so feisty and spunky, it’s adorable. But many things like Raph being the leader, Leo being the cool hot shot, and Splinter being seemingly a lazy couch potato, have a lot of fans in a frenzy. I will admit, Leo being a hot shot smart ass is still taking me time to warm up to, and Raph does feel odd as a leader. There doesn’t really seem to be any reason for the Turtles to have him as the leader other than the fact that he’s the biggest. 

However, it does seem obvious that they are working up to something. The turtles, quite amusingly, are terrible ninja at the start of the show. They’re clumsy, inexperienced, and just horrible at making plans. There does seem to be a running theme of Raph’s plans being awful and Leo’s working. It does in fact seem like they are starting off more fresh, then evolving towards a more familiar setup. Even the presence of Foot soldiers implies the coming of Shredder possibly. And that brings me to my only real concern.

While I know this show is not being made for 87 shellheads like myself, I do kind of wish there was more TMNT material in the show. It seems to be trying as hard as it can to stray from traditional TMNT series that it could end up straying too far to the point of it being irrelevant to the franchise. I’m all for changes, all for new art direction, all for new characters, all for character re-imaginings, and so on, but it would be nice to see some returning aspects, like Shredder, Baxter Stockman, Rat King, Casey Jones, the Technodrome or some of the Turtles’ famous vehicles. I would absolutely love to see how Rocksteady and Bebop would look in this style too.

I’m a bit iffy about the episodes. I don’t think they’re bad, but the pacing in some is a bit all over the place, and one episode in particular seemed like a tired premise. The episode I’m referring to has the Turtles in a Chuck E. Cheese’s type locale with an evil animatronic bear coming to life and battling them. If this sounds familiar, you’ve either played Five Nights at Freddy’s, or, more specifically for my argument here, have seen the episode of Gravity Falls, “Soos and the Real Girl”. It was one of the most popular and funny episodes of the Disney XD cartoon, but it seems to be a premise that is continually done in modern cartoons. Just last year, the 2017 Duck Tales (which, although pretty good, I feel pulls a little too much inspiration from Gravity Falls) did a story involving a Chuck E. Cheese setting, and now Rise is doing it as well, with pretty much the same twist Gravity Falls did. While it is a funny premise, I do wish cartoonists would avoid doing it so often as it’s already been done successfully before.

So let’s get to the bottom of this. How do I feel all around? I think it’s pretty good. Like I said, it’s not my turtles, but my turtles had the entire late 80s and early to mid 90s already. It had its time, made me and thousands of other kids happy beyond reason, and made the franchise as big as it is today. It did everything it needed to do. I’m happy to see new generations get their own new forms of TMNT. I’m just glad that my favorite franchise ever is not only still relevant, but still a quality product, too. Simply put - I support Rise of the TMNT.

Still hoping we see some more classic characters and tech show up, though.

And pretty soon, yes, I’ll address a certain Netflix reboot of a series near and dear to me that has been making A LOT of noise on the internet lately. Until then, check out the available episodes of Rise if you haven’t already and decide how you feel about it.

#tmnt #Brendan Corris #BrendanCorris #Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles #nickelodeon #review

[drgnrder82]

TMNT: Father’s Day

Notes: I will post to AO3 later, new computer and I don’t remember my login. Also not sure which TMNT series this really fits with. I took elements from 2007 and 2012.

Brow furrowed, Splinter worried as he wandered about the alley picking up papers. Wind scattered a newspaper as he’d dug around in the dumpster and his conscience couldn’t leave the mess. It would serve to help start fires during the chilly nights. Voices traveled down the alley from the street. Hidden in the shadows of the dumpster he waited for the pedestrians to move along, praying there was no reason for them to enter the alley, all the while hoping his four small sons were in their home and not wandering the sewers. No amount of meditation erased that worry. But they needed food.

Stillness returned to the night, the street empty again. He bundled together what food he’d found and the newspaper and stole away into the sewers. He’d made sure to stay close to home, their current section of sewer they called home, sloshing in the sewer water for only a few minutes before turning off and finding their maintenance shaft. His tail flicked at the yellow caution tape as he ducked under. He turned off the corridor to a service shaft for the nearby offline subway. The door, rusted and worn, opened louder than he liked.

“Father!” the four small turtles chorused before realizing their gaffe and murmuring a quick, “Sensei.”

Donatello immediately returned to the tangles of wires strewn about the floor, another lamp disassembled nearby. Michelangelo lay among the electrical components, scraps of paper covered in doodles. Leonardo and Raphael each rubbed at their arms, sparring or a scuffle had been interrupted by his arrival. He let out a heavy sigh, grimacing at the mess. For another time.

“Dinner, my sons.” Unfurling the blanket, remnants of restaurant leftovers piled into a deformed takeout container. Far from appetizing but it would suffice. “Tomorrow we will make a trip. Rest tonight.” He notably left all the food for his sons, preferring to meditate.

Mikey jumped at the food, pried away by Raphael before he could gobble it down. “Share!”

Leo brought their plates, pushing between his quarreling brothers, shoving plates in their hands. “Can we, please, eat without another fight?”

Raphael took his share, retreating to a bare spot, “We could if you would stop ordering me around.”

“You tackled Mikey.”

“Mikey shouldn’t have taken my comic without asking! He can’t even read them!”

“Can you?” Leo retorted.

“I like the pictures. Chris Bradford can take on anyone!”

“Of course, you only care about the stupid comic at the end!”

Donnie tapped his screwdriver on the edge of the lamp. “Why isn’t it working?” Tap tap tap.

“Donnie?” Raph asked.

“Light bulb was good. All the connections are made…”

“Donnie?” Raph tossed a screw at his brother. “Donnie!”

“Raph, he doesn’t hear you.”

“That’s why I yelled.” Raph explained, even if it sounded like shouting.

Mikey crawled along the floor, scattering parts as he inched along, plate scraping the floor and grating on Raph’s ears. “Dinner, Don.” He rolled around, pulling his own plate two him with his toes. Leo wretched as Mikey dug in, shoveling the noodles in fast with one hand and scattering newspaper around with the other. Donnie, still rapping on the side of the lamp, stuck his other hand in the noodles, frowning at his sauce covered hand.

Bright colors from sale ads popped out at Mikey. Streamers and balloons decorated some, “Looks like a party.” Mikey studied them before shoving one at Donatello, “Don, Don! Read it to me! What does it say?”

Donnie separated the paper in his face from the lamp and it’s parts, “Mikey...ah.” Holding the papers back he read, “Father’s Day sale. It’s just an ad for a store selling watches, Mike.”

Mikey took the ad back, balloons dancing around in his head. “What’s Father’s Day?”

Donatello had returned his hand to the noodles, searching for the fork without taking his eyes from the forsaken lamp. “I would presume a day to celebrate fathers.”

Delight took hold of Mikey, “What? When? When is it?”

Donatello glanced at the flier then at their small calendar hanging on the wall, free from a local real estate agent, “Sunday.”

Wasting no time, Mikey pushed aside his plate, ignoring the need wash it, and began drawing on another piece of paper.

“What are you doing?” Leo asked.

“Making dad something.” His tongue jutted out as he concentrated on his drawing, “Maybe a family picture. Or a comic! Oh...oh I’m making dad a comic about our family!”

Leonardo, finished with his noodles, sat with Mikey. “That’s...actually a good idea.”

Drool plastered one of the sketches to Mikey's face the next morning, not that it deterred him from continuing his artistic endeavors. The only positive thing to come from his constant chattering about his gift was that it did encourage the others to work on gifts for Splinter. Donatello insisted on accompanying his father on the long journey to the city dump, spurring a surprisingly animated chorus of agreements from the others, certainly more joyous than was usual. Normally a trip to the dump was a treat that ended in constant complaining. Toothy smiles, unnaturally wide for his sons, followed during the entire journey.

Then he was abandoned just as quickly as they'd agreed to help him when they were at home. Each son skirted off in a different direction, Donatello the only one with a list of supplies they needed to find for their home. Splinter heaved his sack, scanning piles of rubbish for new linens and housewares, praying Donatello would return with parts for their stove and not more electronics to dismantle everywhere in the common area.

He thumped his tail on the packed earth, one of the several junk yard dogs joining him as he walked the darkened paths and avoided any brightly lit piles.

Raph had dug through a couple piles of garbage, willing inspiration for a gift. He knew Michelangelo would be searching frantically for more paper and paints or markers or something similar. Donnie would easily find something to build. Something useful, their father loved having useful things. He could still remember how Splinter had wrapped Donnie in a hug after he'd fixed that radio they'd found. He could listen to stories, news and even music while he tended to their small home. Those were things he couldn't compete with.

Leo. Perfect Leo. He was sure to find the best gift. Nothing he'd find would even compare.

Raph slumped into the pile, enthusiasm draining away.

Donatello dragged his bag, brimming with metal, along the dirt until he found Leo and Mikey.

“Little help?”

Mikey frowned in the box he held, not wanting to damage his finds. Leo stole a glance over his shoulder, “I can take those in mine.”

Raphael took Don's bag, emptying the contents into his own box, leading the way to the sewer entrance they used, seeing Splinter's patience was starting to wane with his sons. Raph stewed as his brothers hung back several paces and discussed their plans in fervent whispers.

Nothing was coming to Raph. Any free time his brothers had around their training and foraging for food was spent on gifts. Mikey wound up chastised several times a day as he was covered in a different medium each time. Paint, pencils and pens. They may have been worn down to nubs or barely worked but he found a way, probably with Donnie's help, and wound up covered in it as he made countless pieces.  

Donnie hid in an annex off their common room, working on endless projects. There was truly no telling which one would be for their father.

Leo, unlike his brothers, focused on meditating with Sensei. If he was making something it was either when they were all asleep or finished and he'd hid it well. Raph punched their spare, bound up mattress, their makeshift punching bag, over and over. Hit after hit not lessening his anger but increasing it. Father's day was in the morning and they'd all agreed to wake Splinter with their gifts all ready. He'd had all week and absolutely nothing to show for it.

He shivered in their dank section of sewer. In the depths of summer he was used to being a little chilled. Donnie said they were insulated in the sewer. He wasn't sure what it meant, but he was still cold. He headed to bed, his brother's slept soundly beside him on their shared mattress, Mikey's snoring not helping him fall asleep. Sitting up he scanned their home.

Donatello had fixed the stove, providing them warm meals again. Father had found blankets on their last trip, less threadbare and given it to his sons. It was scratchy and old, still smelled like the junk yard, but warmer while he slept with an older blanket that barely covered his feet.

He collapsed back onto his pillow, pounding on his head and waking Leo in the process.

“What's wrong?” He rubbed the sleep away.

“Nothing.” Raph turned over, knowing he'd have to pretend to sleep to get Leo off his case.

If Leo backed off. “Did you make a gift for father?” An angry rumble answered him. “Seriously? You had all week!”

“Like you'd understand.” Raph mumbled to his pillow.

“What are you going to find or make in the middle of the night?” Leo laughed. Raph landed a punch into Leo's plastron before he actually left the bed, pacing the room. “Ow, come on. Just get some sleep. We can figure it out in the morning.”

“Yea, saving poor Raph who can't do anything.” “I didn't say that.”

“What's goin' on?” Mikey's groggy voice came from the pillow.

“Raph's,” Leo watched Raph's shadow disappear near the door. “Raph?” Leo bolted up, throwing the blanket off when he heard the door squeal open and closed.

Shivering, Mikey felt for the warm spots where his brother's should have been then rolled closer to Donnie, stirring him as well. “Mike? What're you doing?” He threw Michelangelo's hand from his chest.

“Raph and Leo are fighting again. I wanna sleep.”

“It's the middle of the night.” Donnie sat up, the room still. “Where are they?”

“Raph left.” Mikey wrapped more blanket around him. “Leo followed.”

Raph splashed in the water, kicking it every few steps. “Stop following me.”

Leo chased, though he tried to avoid the water and making so much noise. “You're going to get noticed. Where are you even going.”

“Finding dad a gift!” The first ladder he found Raph climbed. He'd never had to push the manhole cover off and he nearly lost his footing. Leo called out as loudly as he dared, expecting to be ignored. Raph continued up. They hadn't gone far from home, Raph had probably gone up into an alley since there was no traffic sounds overhead. Leo bit down and climbed after Raph.

“I don't need your help!” Raph shouted, the echo so different on the surface. He was on the surface. Without father. He looked up into the sky, the sliver he could see, through the fire escapes.

Leo poked his head from the manhole, scanning the alley for anything, anyone. “Get back here, you're going to be seen!”

Donatello hesitated. Telling father would get everyone in trouble and Leo could certainly talk some sense into Raph before he'd do anything irrational. Or not. Not with the amount of time they had been gone already.

“Father?” Donatello gingerly prodded Splinter.

“Yes, my son? Is everything alright?” Sleep still called to him but his son's worried face tore him from his warm bed.

“Raph is missing.” Donnie pointed to the door.

“Missing?” Splinter's cane not far from him, he pulled himself up and set off out of their home. “Stay here. I will return.” That tone meant they were all in trouble. Extra training for sure.

Wide awake, Mikey rolled in the blanket, making himself into a burrito. “Where are you going, Donnie?”

“Getting the medical kit. Someone's coming back injured for sure.” Mikey giggled, enjoying the blanket and it's warmth.

Bang! Something landed on the metal garbage cans at the doorway near the end of the alley, making them both jump. Leo peered from the manhole, his eyes adjusting to the moonlight. Raph froze, sensing movement. Multiple things moving. Cautiously, Leo pulled himself up out of the manhole. A cat pranced by, pausing to meow at them. Both let out a breath they'd been holding.

“Dumb cat.” Raph hissed at it. He headed further into the alley but had no clear idea of what he was going to do. There were dumpsters and some cans, the fire escapes led up to the roofs. And potential people to see him. He also realized he was without his cloak, or any clothes they used on the surface. He'd just run.

Tags jingled on the cat's neck as it passed Leo. He tried grabbing the cat only for it to hiss and scamper away. Raph trotted after it, scooping it gently in his arms. He'd never held a cat before. They'd pet the dogs at the junk yard once their father had befriended them. “It's ok, kitty. I don't like it when he tries to grab me either.”

“Someone's going to come looking for it. It has a home.” Leo clinked the tags together hoping it didn't take a swipe at him. “And we have to go home before dad wakes up.”

Raph ignored his brother and headed for the fire escape.

“You're not taking my spot! Punk ass kid! This is my alley!” A can flew toward his head from behind the dumpster. “Get out!” Dirt caked on the man made him blend well into the surrounding wall. Until he hurled the can. “Huh, some costume kid.” Another can flew at Raph, “And don't even think of taking my cans! Those are my cans!”

“Right.” Raph started up the fire escape, savoring the small cat curling up on his arm. Another barrage of cans flying into the wall under him and Leo sending his own apologies. Making it safely to the fire escape ladder he climbed with Raph. “Why're you still following me, mini-Splinter?”

“Because, it's not safe. We need to go home, Raph.” Leo gulped at the sight of how far they'd climbed.

Cat wriggling in his arms, Raph let him down. He leaned into a step, watching the cat climb higher to an open window. “Thundercat!” Squeals of delight rang from the open window before it shut and they were alone again.

Leo saw Raph's shoulders fall. Neither was in view of a window, at least not easily but, “Well, you brought it home. Let's go.”

“I don't have anything for dad yet.”

“Raph, we shouldn't be here. What's gonna happen if someone that wasn't that crazy man down there sees us?”

“You don't get it!” Raph slid down the handrails, crashing into his brother. “I have nothing to offer dad.”

Nothing. Leo smirked, he had nothing he could say to stop his brother. They started back down the fire escape. “It's stupid anyways. Dad wouldn't want anything I'd give him.”

“Father loves all of us.” Leo choked, “Come on. He...”

Bottles and cans started raining down into the alley from the roof over shouts of joy from a group of kids. They aimed for the dumpster where the homeless man sat huddled in the dark corner. His anger boiled over after each crackle of glass or ding of a can. Profanity after profanity until one can hit him and his anger turned to pain. All the while the kids laughing, daring the other to throw another one.

Leo placed himself next to Raph, his teeth grinding. Neither saw their father come out of the manhole.

Splinter snapped his hood over his head. It wouldn't cover his entire face but enough in the dim light. Aluminum cans littered the ground among shards of glass. Among the tinkling of glass as another bottle broke he heard the gleeful kids above. And the moans of pain. It hurt to ignore someone in need but the rattling ladder made him dive into the shadow of the dumpster.

“Raph, let’s go!”

“I’m not leaving! Those kids think it’s ok to...to….arg!” He lashed out at the garbage cans, creating more of a mess. Rotten food rolled around. Leo’s gaze bounced back and forth between the roofs and the manhole, trying to decide what he should do. He had trouble overpowering Raph during training, or fist fights. With his rage he wasn’t sure he could stop him. He had to stop him. Well, he should stop him. He blinked and Raph’s arms were full of food as he jogged up the fire escape.

“Raph, no. Wait.” Splinter laid a hand on his son’s shoulder.

“I will go after him. You head home. Now.” Hood obscuring his eyes, Leo knew better than to argue.

“Yes, Father. Sorry.” Leo sighed. His father dashed up the fire escape after Raph, faster than he’d seen his father move. “Don’t be too hard on him.” Leo’s soft voice called out enough to make Splinter hesitate. Leo didn’t see his father stop below Raph and watch his son. In the shadows, the homeless man huddled in the corner realizing that the boys he’d seen were not a hallucination or the alcohol in his system, but actual turtles.

The kids seemed to be back to taunting one another, a new bag of ammo ready. They were pushing each other around, seeing who could make the first shot when Raph took aim of his own. Before the first can was picked up a rotten tomato smacked into the cheek of a boy. Juice and mold clinging to his skin, making him heave from the stench. “What the hell?”

“You think it’s funny?” Raph tossed a salad’s worth of vegetables on the boys, more ripe with age than the first tomato, he had to concentrate not to vomit himself.

Splinter knew he should stop Raphael. He was close enough to the roof that if the children looked over they would easily see him. The food kept them back from the edge for the time being.

“How do you like it?” Raph jumped in triumph as he heard their curses at him.

One boy braved coming toward the edge, “Trash throwing trash?” Raph found some rancid noodles and hurled them up. “Aah!” Covered in the noodles, the smell overpowering him, he vomited over the edge of the roof and directly onto Raph.

“AH!” Ducking back, Raph hit his shell hard into the building and wiped away the vomit. But he was proud. He could hear them retreating to their parents. As their footfalls died away, Raphael rushed the roof. His father waited, breath caught in his throat. His son, alone, rummaged around the roof, first throwing out profanities. Giving him a wide berth Splinter ascended to the point he could see the roof. His son busy cleaning the trash left by the children. Albeit complaining while he did. “You'd think they were the ones to live in a sewer.” Empty beer bottles lined the ledge. The next fodder they never got to use.

A large garbage bag sat at his feet. Glass landed with a clink. Another. And another. He wasn't about to clean the entire roof but this was helping him settle...everything. His mind felt clearer. Dragging the garbage bag up he stepped onto the ledge again until the brick under him slid out. Training kicked in and he caught himself. “At least they weren't throwing these.” Raph batted the next brick which fell away. The gap in bricks was stuffed with a wadded up blanket. After a few tugs he unfolded the parcel. Few trinkets lay inside. Pictures of a family. A happy little girl, and even happier small boy. The mom and dad each sweetly holding the children. One picture they were at a beach. He had no idea if it was a beach here in New York or farther away. He wished he could place it. Another there was a lot of grass. Not Central Park. The kids aged a little in the pictures. A bear was wrapped with the pictures, guarding them. They were old, weathered a bit, just like the bear. The wool blanket was just as old and scratchy. And warm. Heat blossomed from his shoulder where the blanket was draped.

Ripping open the garbage bag again he searched for a clean bottle. Rolling the pictures neatly he dropped them in the bottle. “You keep these safe. Guess that's what you were supposed to be doing anyways, eh?” He liked the bear. Bears were strong, after all. And it could have used a good home now but it still had a job to do. “I'll come check on you though.” The bear, nestled back in the hole, held the bottle tight as he replaced the bricks. “And you, you're perfect for dad.” Wrapping the blanket over his other shoulder, Raphael hefted the garbage bag and stepped onto the fire escape.

Splinter was down the escape as he heard his son claim the blanket. He could only guess what could possibly make his headstrong son start to tear. Raphael's strength, and quick temper, tended to lead to confrontations and his need to step in. He knew this was not the time to scold his son. Dodging the can and bottle remains Splinter took up the blind spot on unoccupied side of the dumpster. The lid swung open and closed again. His son groaned as more cans and glass scraped against the ground.

“You...you ain't in a costume.” The man huddled further into the corner. His bottle of vodka involuntarily shook as he glanced between it and the giant turtle pondering if he'd finally drank too much.

Raph had heard his father field these questions at the city dump before. He didn't think he could keep his temper in check again and said, “Why didn't you move. Those punk ass kids were trying to hit you.”

Tatters of cloth swathed around his legs flipped open. One of the man's legs ended at the knee. The moonlight afforded him just enough light to see the outline of a crutch in the shadows. “Army.”

Raph returned to clearing away the last of the bottle shards, silently. The man stared at him as he cleaned, pushing the bottle further and further, sure he was hallucinating.

The blanket itched his neck. It was no good. He pulled it off and covered the man. “Guess I'll have to come check on you too.”

The man rubbed the blanket between his fingers, savoring the thickness and warmth despite the warmth of the summer evening. “I...I have...I don't have anything.” Raph waved away his offers, though guilt wrenched him for giving up his gift so quickly. The man was rummaging, looking for anything. A small wrapped candy, the wrapper smeared with dirt, pressed into Raph's hand. “Thank you.”

Biting back the sting of more tears, Raph nodded and stood to go. His father stood between him and the manhole. “Dad, I...”

With no malice, none of the condemnation of a parent knowing his son had gone against so many of his rules or wishes, Splinter opened his arms, “Come my son, let's go home.” His own tears falling as Raphael joined him.  

He'd followed his father down the manhole, even replacing the cover. After enveloping his son in a hug he'd started the trek home in silence. Raphael tried to explain. He splashed after his father pleading him to listen. “Dad. Dad please. I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have gone up.” No response. “It was reckless and I could have been spotted – er well I was but-but he's not going to say anything. Just like those guys at the dump. Dad, please.”

“I saw enough.” He slowed. Tail whipped water away pensively.

“Dad. All-all I wanted was to get you a gift.” Raphael's fists clenched, flexing the fingers after a minute. His father wouldn't even face him. He'd never seen him shed a tear.

“A gift? For what?”

“F-father's day.” Raph closed his fingers around the small candy. “It's stupid. It was Mikey's idea. He saw it in the newspaper you brought home. Stupid.” Turning, he wound his arm back to throw the gift he'd received. “I got nothing to offer.”

“Nothing?” He lightly grasped his son's arm. His arm turned limp after his son's. “You gave me the greatest gift tonight.” Raphael allowed the candy to roll out of his hand, dropping into his father's. “Every parent fears they have failed their children. You showed me I have not. There is no greater gift.” More tears fell. Dripping down Raph's head and some leaking from his own eyes.

Mikey hopped around jostling sheets of paper. His brother and father had been gone long enough that he was completely awake, parading around forcing Donnie and Leo to prepare. Donatello insisted on preparing the medical kit over Mikey's preparations, though he was persuaded to help when Leo arrived home again.

As the door opened Splinter and Raph were greeted with an eruption of noise, “Happy Father's Day!”

Pancakes, or Mikey's equivalent, stacked on the largest plate he could find with Leo, Donnie and Mikey and various gifts at their feet. Thrusting the plate at Leo, Mikey dove to his father and pulled him and Raph in to show off everything they had done. His own heart full, Splinter pulled Raphael closer into a hug and shared the late night snack with his sons.

Mouth full of pancakes, Mikey fell next to his father showing off the comic he'd drawn of their adventures. The comic focused on their travels around the city for supplies and needing to find a new home after people found their last home. Donatello had finished the lamp, not just an ordinary lamp. He'd found a UV bulb that would allow them to grow some plants down in the sewers. Leo, in his junior fashion, had found a tea kettle and cup set. Matching. Chipped. But still perfect.

After their late night snack, all four of the turtles finally in bed and sleeping comfortably, Splinter took the small candy from his pocket. A small photo sat framed next to his mattress, an instant photo taken with a camera Donatello had found with a few pictures left on the cartridge. Sitting against the frame he stared at the token and his sons until he drifted back to sleep.

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Hey there! A bit "shy" to share this but I want to thank you for the support and interest you showed in my last drawings So some of you may be familiar already with my character Crystal (also nicnamed Skye, up to you)... Let's say it's how she is in the TMNT-verse! First of all, let me quickly explain that, being a fan of TMNT since 1989, I pretty much saw every series and movies... (my knowledge has limits on the comc side since in France womics weren't a big thing, especially in the 90's. I do read the IDW comics tho). Anyway what I want to say is "my" TMNT-universe is a patchwork of everything somehow. I pick up elements from every verse to form my own, but we can say the biggest influence is the 2007 movie. So calm down, 2012 Apritello fans  In my universe, April is much older than the Hamato brothers, with Casey (and if you remember, they have a daughter, Shadow - yes I know she's officially not their blood daughter but in my verse, she is) Crys meets the Hamato clan shortly after the 2007 movie events, when they are (and she is) 19. Being at a point in her life where she's pretty lost, she goes to New York to try to figure things out. Long story short, she finds herself in the middle of a fight between Purple Dragons and the Hamato brothers. At first they think she's one of the member of th Dragons, but quickly understand she's not. They befriend, and she stays at the Lair for a while. She has some basics (but messy) fighting skills, and Splinter decides it's time for Leo to have his first student, and asks him to train Crys. (being dorks, while she calls him "Leo-sensei", he calls her "my padawan". He's a tough teacher, tho, but a good one.) Leo's training will help Crystal regaining control over her mind and life, channeling her temper, and developping her ki. He trains her with double swords at first, but in the end the hanbo is really her fit. (sketch with Leo is 3 years old already, as is the one with Donnie, sorry.) She has quite a temper, is impatient and can't deal very well with injustice, being super-empathic. She just went through some hard times in her life and has some difficulties to define herself. She tends to bottle up a LOT her emotions in general, but quickly Donatello manage to reach her and the two develop a bond. She goes along pretty well with Mikey (cats lovers unite!), while Raph is a bit more difficult, being more wary, afraid she could be a threat to his family or at least, his clever brother. Aaaaand that's pretty much it because I don't really have a specific story/saga/anything in mind, I just like to imagine some adventures and all, all the time ahah ^^ If you have any question, tell me

#my OC #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #skyecrystal #donatello #donnie #leo #leonardo #hamato #sketches #ninja #purpoise otp

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Hi I was wondering, do you have specific headcanons of the main six? Like pronouns, orientations, and gender identity? I'm always super interested to hear what ideas people have for them!!

if we’re talking canon type ‘verse things, i usually go with the already in place gender and pronouns, and go wild with orientations in my spare time. (polys, pans, bis, aro/aces, the homos- all the orientations at least once or twice.)

however, if we’re talking about completely ridiculous and unlikely AU’s, and ones i sit and think about privately and only share when prompted- then i do have a bunch of other identity HC’s for them. (also, this is like a rambly stream of thought, which it is, and i hope that’s alright.)

i’ve written a couple trans male donnie stories before, (humanverse ones mostly, but a one-shot at one point for turtle him as well), as well as trans male raph. i know in the fandom people have done trans donnie or raph for fetishy reasons, but my stories… idk, i chose to make it so because it fits well into the universe? if that makes sense? and just that i think transgendered individuals are neat. there’s a humanverse capritello fic i never got to writing that involves them both being trans twins together, and idk i just think its a cute universe. (someone hit me up on it if anyone wants to know the story overview)

i also have the idea of an intersex male identifying raph from like three million years ago, around the time i started learning more about that identity and thinking it was really neat that someone could biologically be more than one sex at a time.

mikey i’ve always seen as someone who just doesn’t care much about gender labels or assigned sexes. i feel he’d be the type to just roll with whatever pronouns or assumed gender someone gave him, and not really even notice. he’s basically this audible shrug to me in terms of his gender/sex. as for sexuality, i usually see him as an asexual who fluctuates aromantic at times. or, as a defiance to that headcanon, the aromantic that has a new partner every weekend, and has slept with pretty much everyone in his social group.

and sometimes i like to headcanon ideas of mikey and raph being both agendered, since there’s so little agender representation out there, and the idea that they dislike sex assignments as much as me always makes me happy. and then there’s agender april, and genderfluid casey, and trans girl irma, and just… lots of other dumb AU’s that never got past me thinking “that would be really cool to see.”

leo is typically a cis boy in my head, though i’m always open to other gender identities for him. typically he ends up a bisexual too, and that’s always messy since i think of him as this intensely bad flirt and unable to get a date with either of the genders he likes.

the only person here whose orientation and gender identity never changes is Shinigami’s from 2012; which is that she is a lovely lovely lady and an enormous lesbian.

idk, really its that everything really just boils down to whatever sort of headcanons i’m in the mood for in the moment. i have a huge thing for diversity and representation, and love putting it out there that all these identities exist in the world.

if i were a sketch artist instead of a wordsmith, i’d probably have drawn a shit ton of these headcanon’s and attached quippy little remarks stating that that was the character’s gender/sexual identity and there was nothing anyone could do about it. (until i made a new picture later where the headcanons had changed, and idk, everything is fluid.)

i wish more of the fandom was down for this sort of thing, and did it respectfully and with informed perspective. its a real shame they don’t. :/

#writer's notes #ask the writer #this was #a lot of rambling #i just love the idea of diversity okay #i love it so much #tmnt #TMNT 2012 #that's the universe i usually am working with so #that's the tag this goes under #leonardo #raphael #Donatello #michelangelo #April O'neil #Casey Jones #Irma Langinstein #TMNT sexuality/gender discussions #<now my tag for this sort of thing