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You're so cool
Anyway have you thought that in your rat sons au Splinter might outlive the boys?
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hi copper!!! this is a fantastic question!
so obviously typical irl rats have far shorter lifespans than the average irl tortoise. according to google (yes, be awed by my spectacularly in-depth wealth of research) the average pet rat lives between 2-4 years ish, and the oldest on record lived to be about 7. meanwhile, an African spurred tortoise (Splinter's species) averages more around a 50ish year lifespan in captivity, tho is suspected to possibly exceed 75 or more in the wild.
Now, the mutation does give us a lot of wiggle room for playing with these numbers. For the rat sons boys, id say their natural lifespan probably clocks in at about 45-55 years old? definitely not old by human standards, but not young young either. (though, its also important to note that the boys were exposed to the mutagen just days after being born.)
For Splinter, meanwhile, aging is slightly more complicated. He lived the vast majority of his life as a regular normal African spurred tortoise (well, non-mutated at least. there were perhaps some shenanigans of a more mystical variety going on before he was mutated, but thats a separate matter) He was about 70ish i think? when the boys were born and they were all exposed to the mutagen. so he is already distinctly an old man turtle papa. id guess he'd probably still have another eh lets say 25-30 years after his mutation. he could probably push it a little farther even with some mystic nonsense, but when push comes to shove id say his 'natural' post-mutation lifespan would put his death like a solid decade or two before his sons.
of course, the tricky part of the matter is that theres no way for Splinter to know any of this. theres no way for him to know how the mutation affected them all, or if it even affected them all in the same way. especially since the boys dont show many physical signs of mutation for the first few years, and just kinda look like normal rats, (albeit with a more human sort of intelligence) — what sort of health standard do you hold them to? what if they simply dont show external signs of sickness or old age anymore? how do you actually know if something is wrong?
for a while there Splinter is very worried that one of his babies will just essentially reach the end of their normal rat lifespan, fall and not get up again.
so mostly, he just tries to live in the moment, enjoying whatever time he does have with his little ones, taking each day as a gift <3
still,
that fear
never
really
goes
away.....
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thanks?? i’ve never been booped by ask before this is new
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what are your funniest sashamilla headcanons
OOH ANON YOU KNOW MY WEAKNESS I AM SO AUTISM ABOUT THEM RN
They have that constant mental link right? They absolutely use it to mess with eachother. Sasha will be doing an important presentation or something and Milla will think of some stupid science joke or some inside joke and try to make him lose focus cause funny. It goes the other way too.
They swear a lot more in their heads, or to eachother mentally. Just cause the idea of Milla going "What the Actual Fuck" to something drives me insane, but i feel like that is reserved for Sasha Only. and maybe Morry. Maybe.
They like to snuggle !!! I think Sasha is so very touch starved, but he is also touch averse, so only Milla is allowed, and only sometimes (autism win). anyway, i think sometimes when/if they share a bed, Milla will climb into it and Attack Sasha with cold hands/feet. He hates it, but its so fucking funny. He always shrieks.
Sasha will sometimes be obtuse on purpose to mess with Milla. She can never tell when he's messing with her or actually means it when he says things that are generally Incorrect/Silly. If he is joking, he will clear it up after by saying, still monotone, "It was a joke Milla. A trick. I deceived you." She always cracks up when he says that (his delivery is hilarious to her, he loves her laugh and smile so he does it)
They totally gossip mentally right? Sometimes they'll start doing like, grand exaggerated gestures while doing so, even though they arent speaking aloud. On purpose. Like, entirely for the bit.
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theabandartneu/masc/fem
little self indulgent xenogender since i am currently a theatre, band, and art kid... lol
theabandartneu (thea (theatre) + band + art + neu (neutral))
~ gender related to being a loser kid who is/was a theatre, band, and art kid
theabandartmasc (thea (theatre) + band + art + masc (masculine))
~ ~ gender related to being a loser boy who is/was a theatre, band, and art kid
theabandartfem (thea (theatre) + band + art + fem (feminine))
~ gender related to being a loser girl who is/was a theatre, band, and art kid
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