#thanks cass

[teainthesnow]

Whoops I did it again and have written another piece inspired by the last Cass Apocolypse Update (my previous piece)

@somerandomdudelmao

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He feels it the moment that it happens.

There’s a faint wind that brushes over him. A feeling, a memory, and a lingering sensation of a hand letting go.

And he knows with heart wrenching clarity that this is it.

It’s over now.

He’s not... he’s not a twin anymore.

Well, okay, that’s not exactly true. He knows with complete certainty that he will always consider himself a twin. One half of a whole. No matter how many years pass, and no matter how long he must now live without him, he will always, always be a twin.

Of that he is confident in.

But it is different now.

He knows that he felt something break. Something that he had never really noticed before had snapped. Had broken irreparably.

He is cold. Empty. Numb.

He feels so many emotions yet so little at the same time.

His thoughts are a mess but painfully silent.

This can’t be it.

It can’t be over.

But he knows he’s just in denial.

He clutches tightly at Donnie’s arm once again and tries to pretend, even just for a moment, that things are the same as they always had been.

That Donnie would wake up.

They would find a cure.

Win the war.

And live the life that had long ago been ripped away from them.

But the lie, the hope, cannot last forever in this moment.

He hears the pounding of footsteps, the panicked voices of April and Casey. He can feel as Raph shifts to a more upright position, as Mikey frantically begs for his brother to wake up.

He gets to his feet and stares at his brother cradled within Raph’s hands.

He’s so thin.

So different to how Leo remembers him to be.

And here, in this moment, as he lays limp and lifeless, he has never looked more small.

And Leo’s heart breaks all over again.

He can’t deal with this. Doesn’t want to deal with this. He want to continue living in denial where they’re all happy and healthy and not... and not... this...

There a sudden warmth against his plastron, a pair of arms clenched tightly around him. Numbly, he tears his eyes away from- away from Donnie, and looks down.

Its Casey.

His face is buried into his plastron and Leo can just about see that his eyes are pressed tightly shut. He can feel the growing damp spot as the tears flow unbidden from his eyes.

And somehow, that is what gets him to break. The numbness slowly washes away, the reality really begins to sink in.

It’s over.

Really truly over.

The tears begin to drip down his own face, his vision blurs.

And then another realisation hits him.

He’ll never see Donnie again.

Because he doesn’t have his ninpo to fall back on. He lost that ability a long time ago. It had never been too bad, that he could not see the spirits of their ancestors or Splinter. Of course it had hurt, and there had always been a slight lingering bitterness but he had also never really dwelt on it.

Because, to him, Mikey having that ability had been enough. He had been content to just ask Mikey to say hi for him.

But now... Now it stings with a fresh wave of bitter agony.

So even that, even just the ghost of his brother remains far, far away from him.

The dam really, truly, breaks at that and he collapses to his knees, taking Casey down with him. He buries his face into Casey’s hair and sobs. He thought Splinter’s and Raph’s deaths had been painful, then thought losing Raph the second time was the worst that it could get. But this, despite knowing that it was coming, is a whole knew agony that he had hoped to never experience.

There really was no going back from this.

No second or third chances.

Just another new loss that will carve another deep scar into his heart.

So he cries, and grieves. Not caring an ounce about being strong, about being brave.

He is distraught and in pain.

And so very, very angry at the world.

He wants to go and fight the Krang. Make them pay for what they did. Wants to rage and scream and yell until his throat is sore and his voice nothing but a raspy croak.

But even that seems too much.

So for now all he can do is cry.

His cries are coming out in hiccupping sobs at this point, and he can hardly even catch his breath. But he cannot stop. Nor does he want to.

A hand on his shoulder has him looking up through watery eyes.

April smiles down at him, her own eyes red and so incredibly sad.

“It’ll be okay.” She reassures softly, voice breaking as she does.

She kneels down beside him and takes him in her arms.

“We’ll be okay.”

Another set of hands join them. These ones smaller than his own and April’s.

It’s Mikey, cuddling up next to them, squeezing himself between Leo and April and crying softly as he does.

And then finally he feels the cold metal of Raph’s arms, enveloping them all.

And there they remain, lost in their grief, and locked in a desperate and soothing embrace.

But all the while each one of them knowing, each of them starkly aware, that there’s a gap, a missing piece, that will never be filled again.

#little do they know though that it will be TT~TT #cass apocalyptic series #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #once again #thanks cass #for an amazing series #tarts&crafts

[aroacenezhaanddainsleif]

it is 11:30 pm. my sister @yurious-george is fucking sawing at the dining room table.

#maj talks #thanks cass

[titenoute]

They are both intensely relieved but they don't understand why.

I just wondered how the present disaster twins would handle the recent emotional ordeal of the last update.

#cass apocalyptic series #fanart #idk just my take #by the way : to the author of this comic #thank you #I haven't been in an emotional rollercoaster for a TMNT AU in a very long time #also thank you for making it wholesome too #I had a mighty need #not my AU #tmnt #rottmnt #the confusion is real #my art

[tapakah0]

*waves* *pokes* *screams* *cries* aaaa

#CASS I LOVE YOU #It's not my birthday but it felt like it is #THEY #THANK YOU #THANK YOU SO MUCH #cass fanart tag #cass apocalyptic series #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the turtles #rise of the tmnt #future donnie #future leo

[tangledinink]

[patting donnie] go on, boy! go on! fix it!

@somerandomdudelmao

#i believe in u #u got this bud #THANKS FOR GIVING HIM BACK CASS I MISSED HIM ; w ; #cass apocalyptic series #tmnt #rottmnt #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt future donnie #rottmnt bad timeline #f!donnie #rottmnt bad future #hamato donatello #fidgetwing #sillies

[explodingstarlight]

waiting....

mom said it's my turn to make fanart of @somerandomdudelmao 's ol' wizard

i can't express how many times I listened to this song on loop while drawing

andddd a bonus close-up & a version with wraps that I totally didn't forget to add before now haha,,

#sidebar: i really love the fam's characterization in their AU #but the intense and incredible urge to try out a more painter-ly vibe with future mikey was too strong for me to battle #so uh here ya go! #hope ya like it #and thanks for sharing your AU with the fandom :) #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #cass apocalyptic series #cass apocalyptic au #rottmnt fanart #my art #explodingstar art #rise mikey #future michelangelo #rottmnt movie #WOW it's been a minute since i last painted something #double side bar: i considered “solemn awakening” by dirt poor robins for mikey but ultimately it fit cass's donnie better so #to those who know the drill here's your gold star and also the comic is still coming I didn't forget :)

[somerandomdudelmao]

A moon for the friendly void!!

GASP???

#cass creature #omg #THANK YOU JDNFBFBDJ

[batbabydamian]

oohhhh stephcass!!! do you have any stephcass art or hcs??

stephcass + Damian, and an extra Cass from an abandoned comic! my only headcanon contribution is that Cass is an ice cream biter and Steph hates it lol

#ask #anon #thanks for the ask!! it was nice revisiting these #damian wayne #cassandra cain #stephanie brown #went digging through a bunch of folders and layers and found a bunch of wips etc but i think these are the only stephcass #majority of wips is either indecipherable sketches or lineart i need to color and just lose steam for hahaa #the comic was oblivious yearning from Cass's pov...maybe someday i'll finish it 😭 #batbabyart

[notemaker]

Some late-night doodles inspired by Cass's Au. You know the one.

#cass if you see this thank you for the free amazing content #like holy hell #donnie #casey junior #future donnie #future casey #the future boy #leo #leonardo #my art #comic strips #doodles #sketches #casey #casey jones junior #mikey #future mikey #michelangelo #rottmnt #donnie rottmnt #leo rottmnt #rottmnt mikey #tmnt

[brucewaynehater101]

Imagine Tim holding Brucequest over the Justice League & even Dick & Jason's heads 💀💀💀💀

Heck Tim holding the Timestream incident over Bruce's head because Tim was the only person to actually do anything to save him

((Damian gets a pass because 1. He's a KID whose cult leading gramps was involved, how about No?))

((And 2. The priority for him at the time should have been unlearning the cult teachings of the LOA))

((and also all his other siblings. Alfred too since he has a job dammit))

Tw: Violence

I love petty Tim Drake so much. He deserves to be able to hold his trauma over the people who caused it.

Jason takes the last cookie? "You might as well take me back to Titan's Tower and slit my throat again."

Dick tells Tim he needs to go to bed? "Oh. I see how it is. I thought we talked about you questioning my judgements again, but I see I was wrong."

Alfred lectures Tim about his health? "Now you're concerned about my health? You should have thought about that before putting my mental health in peril for my sixteenth birthday."

Bruce is concerned with Tim's workload? "Maybe the next time you want me to take on less work you'll write a fucking letter instead of spreading vague clues no one else believes is actually from you."

As for Damian? They exchange verbal barbs for fun and take notes from each other. It confuses the hell out of the others because do they hate each other, or are they bonding?

Steph and Tim like to get into screaming fights with each other in public. It's never about their actual fights, but they like how Gotham reacts to it (bonus points if they end up in the news).

Tim and Babs try to sabotage each other's unimportant technology. That fifth tablet Babs hardly uses? Bam! Tim's made it so it plays music whenever it's on and the music can't be turned off.

Cass and Tim just make faces at each other. Bruce has been confused as hell when one of them randomly shouts in outrage due to the other twitching their eyelids wrong.

Tim likes confusing and horrifying Duke by telling him fun facts about the family. He'll tell them in the most damning way to watch the chaos. "The scar on Jason's neck is from Bruce choosing the Joker over Jason."

And that is Tim taking it easy on the Bats because he loves and cares about them (and because it's funny).

The JL?

Red Robin terrifies all of the members who doubted him. The terror doubles when they see him happily chatting with YJ or the Bats. The version of Tim the JL gets is a scarily competent and cold persona. They thought he lost the ability to smile until Red Hood (and who let a crime lord into the Watchtower???) grabbed Red Robin a peace offering Zesti.

#dc comics #dc universe #tim drake #let tim be petty #unhinged tim drake #thank you for the ask!!!! #jason todd #bruce wayne #dick grayson #damian wayne #cass wayne #steph brown #duke thomas #the bats are the furthest thing from a functional family

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt in Memes 4

Another prompt, but in memes because trying to gather my thoughts is hard sometimes lol.

#prompts #memes #batman au #batman #cryptid batman #cryptid batfam #cryptid batfamily #batfamily #batfam prompts #batfam #Bruce: This surely will be fine :) #Dick: Gotham made me like they made B :) #League: the what did what now #Barbara: I formed from his tech & could get away with all your murders :) #Jason: I am the embodiment of Crime Alley and Retribution :) #Cass: I am Gotham's shadow :) #Tim: Oh I'm a child :) #The league: Oh thank fuck a normal child- #Tim: Well at least my body is a child but TECHNICALLY- #Steph: I'm his twin and the other side of his Chaos :) #Duke: Hi I'm the Bat Signal :) #Damian: I am the blood son #The League: Oh gods he means that literally doesn't he like some sort of creature made entirely from blood- #Bruce: I am not sure why I expected this Not to escalate but it's too far to go back now #Why yes they can all fit in his cape even when they become older and no one knows how or why #If they even age I mean Gotham could just be Like that where people sometimes stop aging #Kind of like what's going on in Fawcett just more goth #meme

[conjured-clown]

@somerandomdudelmao Thank you for giving a hyper fixation to my hyper fixation 🥺🥰

#conjured-clown #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #cass apocalyptic series #cass apocalypse au #this series sparked my love to draw the turtles again AHHHHHHHH THANK YOU CASSSSS #rise of the tmnt #sketch

[izartela]

All turtles for the @somerandomdudelmao fanart series are now done. :D I may do some more later on if inspiration strikes, but for now I'll be moving on to other projects (some also turtle related).

On another note, if anyone would like to get any of these fanarts as prints, let me know in a comment or message me. I'll post a specific poll and info sometime later but I wanted to know if there actually is any interest first.

#cas fanart tag #cass apocalyptic series #rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt donnie #Cass you are truly inspiring #thank you so much for the good food for the soul #you're like a three-star restaurant and your comic is a five course meal #and we're all starving #future donnie #cass apocalypse au #cass apocalypse series #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise donnie #somerandomdudelmao #casey jones #art #digital art #art nouveau

[tapakah0]

Inspired by this art

#cass fanart tag #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the turtles #rise of the tmnt #future donnie #future leo #future mikey #future raph #casey junior #I want to say something but I have no power #Cass thank you again for everything

[defectivesoftshell]

My take on @somerandomdudelmao 's Sona. My brain likes this Sona very much and I wanted to draw it.

#somerandomdudelmao #Cass creature #mmm yes good soup #i really love drawing wings so #w I n g s #thank you cass for being an amazing online presence and person jfhkdndjdjfjfjfk

[shalaaex]

Thank you cass, your series has really created such a happy little fandom that I find is not my safe space. You have inspired thousands of artists and if it weren’t for you. A lot of people wouldn’t be where they are now. I’m excited to see what else you make, rise or not. You’re an incredible person and I’m glad I was able to follow along this comic. It truly gave me something to look forward to.

Thank you, cass

‘I’ll be grinding a conclusion animatic…

#rottmnt #cass apocalypse series #cass apocalyptic au #I mean it when I say that cass apocalypse means so much to me #it was the first rise comic I started reading #I’m so glad I stumbled across you and tapa #I was going to do a university degree in psychological science knowing it’s not what I want. because I want to be an animator #but because of you and tap #I finally gained the courage to do what I want #and now I found comfort in animating and making things for people. #your little dynamic makes me so happy and I feel honoured to have been able to witness it #thank you #from the bottom of my heart. thanks you.