Hi, I’m jumping on the Separated AU train, but I’ve taken all the angst out and decided that Having Children Softens You Actually.
Mikey is found by Lieutenant and Brute (who are a couple, fight me) and is raised by them. It was funnier to have a Dr Delicate Touch moment with his Big Sister Cass but he’s still the artsy fun-loving kid and his dads are so so proud of him and hang up all his art. His puppy dog eyes sway every decision the Foot Clan makes.
Draxum hangs on to Donnie and Wow Being A Dad Is A Lot Of Work. He’ll often say he’s learned more from his son than he’s ever taught him. Donnie’s intense interest in the mechanical perfectly balances and compliments Draxum’s mastery of the mystic. Their expertise fills in where the other’s fall short and together they create the wildest things that benefit all yokai.
Big Mama and Little Raphie. He’s the last piece of her Lou she has left and she fiercely protects him. He has participated in the Battle Nexus, but more for fun than obligation. He’s a favorite match for other competitors since he doesn’t believe in “finishing the job” (and because Big Mama would never ever allow him to be in a to-the-death match). Mama doesn’t have a lot of time for Evil when she’s too busy doting on her turtley-poo.
I said I’d leave the angst out, so we’re not gonna talk about Splinter and Leo. 🙃
"I'm honestly at this point begging the fandom to acknowledge Cass is Casey's mom. Seriously, I rarely ever see Mom Cass ANYWHERE! Casey very clearly has memories/knows who his mom is at the end of the movie. I just feel Cassandra gets the short end of the stick with her own kid in fan work 😭"
in response to my caps lock story on Tapa's comic that just briefly mentioned hand signals for military operations, i had to draw my experience through Leon
because yeah
he would.
(story below the cut)
in short, moving from point a to point b, sneakily slinking from position to position, i got extremely bored of waiting and started spacing out. i was watching the person ahead of me communicating to me and absorbed none of it
and then it was time for us to move
i panicked and picked a nonsense direction, praying to any god in the universe that i was right
i was, in fact, not right
|D
long story short, our commander came and got us and i tried to play it cool
How I genuinely think 2012!Raph and Rise!Casey would interact with each other
Raph: So you're a chick and you used to work for the Foot?
Casey: Yeah, you got a problem with that?
Raph: Yeah I do actually. You-
Casey: OH YEAH?! YOU WANNA FIGHT?!
Raph: YEAH MAYBE I DO!
Casey: BRING IT ON SHORT STACK
Raph: SHORT STACK!? LISTEN HERE BALDY-
Casey: NO YOU LISTEN HERE MISOGYNISTIC BITCH-
Raph: WHOA WHOA WHOA- IM NOT A MYSOGINIST! NOT ONLY WOULD MY SISTER BEAT MY ASS BUT SO WOULD MY FUCKING GIRLFRIEND. I DONT LIKE YOU BECAUSE YOU WORKED FOR THE FOOT CLAN!
Casey: OKAY THAN LISTEN HERE YOU FUCKING SIMP-
Raph: EXCUSE THE FUCK OUTTA YOU
Ft: 2012!Casey and Rise!Raph
Casey: COME ON DO IT! BE A MAN! DO IT!
Raph: PLEASE STOP IM NOT GOING TO PUNCH YOU!
Casey: DO IT! I CAN TAKE IT! PUNCH ME IN THE FACE!
"I wish the fandom appreciated Cassandra more. She is THE Casey Jones of this iteration, not Casey Junior. Junior also only showed up in the movie, while Cassandra was in the actual show. She had a fun dynamic with the characters and had a whole arc with the Foot, even if we didn’t see much of it. It’s sad we didn’t get to see more of her, but I feel more upset that she constantly gets sidelined in favor of her male counterpart."
And another!! Yes I am not done with these, just took a break. Anyway, here's our girl, Casey!
Note Time!:
So she retains her red wraps, but I've added a lot of very "Casey" stuff to her from past iterations, like:
2003 -2008 Casey's armored boots, and hair fringe.
2012's hoodie, but modified into a zip-up like the 2016's. (That and torn-off arms cause it seems all Casey's do that)
That note of 2016, gave her the leg straps the Casey form the TMNT/Batman comic had.
Every Casey's Golf-stand bag with varying sports items used for weapons, also studded gloves.
Goaltender stick from I believe the 1990?
Now for a totally original thing: The pink top, why?
So in Battle Nexus New York Cassandra is wearing this pink outfit, and most characters were in their signature colors, most... April and Todd for example, like we all know Splinter's is white, and Draxum's is teal... So with Cass in all pink, it dawned on me this was her character color.
Not the red, or black, but the pink, because this is also a color she normally has on that doesn't vibe with the rest of her design, given it's hidden, being it's her hearing color...And know what? Pink can be punk.