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risetmntblog · 1 year

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My ROTTMNT Fics List

ALL FICS FOUND ON A03 AND/OR TUMBLR

this is not an exhaustive list - i've read a lot of good fics and just kinda got lazy. lol you can probably tell who my favorite characters and authors were. i've tagged the Tumblr blogs of the authors i know of. (definitely check them out! they've got great stuff!) please let me know if i've missed any.

General Fics

these fics are not related to any ships or reader inserts, and are generally canon centric or are mainly about canon characters.

Like Father Like Son by eternalglitch (@eternalglitch)

XOXO, The Rumor Mill by ChubsDeuce (tagged as AprilTello, but their relationship is platonic)

Mutant Ninja Midlife Crisis by a_platypus (@mutantninjamidlifecrisis)

New Friends by ccorpsebunny

Reader Inserts

these fics are reader inserts and x readers.

L is for Lunatic by Ordinarily (Donnie x Reader)

Night Light by Ordinarily (Leo x Reader)

Frustrated by RamzaWrites (@ramzawrites) (Future!Leo x Reader)

9 a.m. by Ordinarily (Donnie x Reader)

The Case of the Sickly Scientist & His Supersonic Stomach Bug by Ordinarily (Donnie x Reader)

Big little fears by DestDisk (Donnie x Reader)

Hero in Blue by orphan_account (Leo x Reader)

Needed by weird_flex_but_ok (Leo x Reader)

the longest movie marathon by raainy_daze (reader insert)

Fall hits different by rheawritesforfun (@rheawritesforfun) (Donnie x reader)

Caught by ur_gryffindor_uncle (Leo x reader)

the sun also rises by nikigairu (reader insert, one sided Leo x Reader, Leosagi)

The Future by milkytheholy1 (Leo x Reader)

The Artist by Rookmoon (Donnie x reader)

Tired Yet? by milkytheholy1 (Leo x Reader)

It Was Supposed to be a Scare by KittensNShips (Future!Leo x reader)

Sin, Cos, Tan by milkytheholy1 (Leo x reader)

Everything Ends by milkytheholy1 (Leo x reader)

Distracting Dancing Donnie by @fficway (Donnie x reader)

Trust Fall by @chaoticspeedrun (Donnie x reader)

First Sight by @yn-hamato (Donnie x reader)

Heart of Art. by @sharpwindow (Donnie x reader)

One Shots, Headcanons and Imagines

just a list of collections of One Shots, Headcanons and Imagines i think you'd enjoy.

ROTTMNT Turtles and Reader: Leo Edition by Saspa

TMNT and Touch Starved Reader by LittleBitOffanfic

Rise! Reader One Shots by MethIsSoFetch (@Meth-is-so-fetch)

ROTTMNT Imagines by KonamiKofi

TMNT Headcanons by milkytheholy1

ROTTMNT Oneshots and Headcanons by UnifiedBoink

#fic recommendation #rise aus #rise x reader #hcs #one shots #tmnt fics rb

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pocoslip · 1 year

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If Apriltello does becomes a Thing in TMNT 1987 even though April O'Neil is 28 and Donnie is 15...

Then I guess even Rasey can be a thing too even though Raph is 15 too and Casey Jones is probably like 30, Right?!?!

(i'm fine if its just platonic, but romantic? frick no!)

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justaturtleindisguise · 11 months

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Figured it was time to make a little introduction !! :D

Hi everyone!! I'm new on Tumblr and still getting to know how stuff works around here :) My english is kinda wonky, so please be patient with me!

I'm a little brasilian critter called by many names, the main ones being Thales, Thai or Tê, but y'all can call me Tata too! I'm autistic and have a invisible disability!

I'm a gerderfluid creature that goes by he/them/she. I don't use any neopronouns, but that's because I'm too lazy to colect cool ones hehee. I love and respect all my homies with the cool neopronouns !!!

I'm a polyamorous pansexual and ace :)

I take long a time to answer messages sometimes due to anxiety (and i'm also very forgetful-) so please be kind, i'm not ignoring ya i'm just a tidbit slow :)

MY TMNT AU MASTERPOST

✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟFANDOMS ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ

ROTTMNT, BayTMNT and TMNT12, trying to get time and watch all others;

Mob Psycho 100;

Our Flag Means Death;

Good Omens;

QSMP;

DoroHeDoro;

I'm cool interacting with any iteration of TMNT, even tho I not very familiar with all of them, I love turtles and that's what matters. I'm not really a TOH fan, but I know tidbits about it and think is a good show in general, same goes for Amphibia and MGDD

✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟLittle things about me✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ✧ﾟ

My favorite color is pink, my girl kisser awakening was Lady Dimitrescu and my favorite thing besides turtles is character designing!

I love drawing extremelly big, tall, and strong characters, pretty women and disabled characters :D I might post my character designs and OCs if u guys are interested too

I have 3 cats, Maria Señorita, Frederico and Teodoro.

I talk in the third person a lot, like: "Tata loves this" or "Thales' not feeling so well today".

I dream of being big, buff and so gender that everyone around me is confused (also working on animation lmao).

I'm okay with friendly flirting in a platonic way, but please don't be pushy with me. Some jokes might make me uncomfortable, and I will make sure to make it clear if it happens.

I LOVE to interact and to read comments, even if it's just the silly tags!! Asks make me very happy, so feel free to send 'em!! :D

❌❌ DNI LIST ❌❌

Proship - Tcest/incest - anti-jews - anti-muslims - transphobes/homophobes - people that don't respect neo-pronouns - people that make fun of tone tags - anti-spectrum - TERFs - Pedophiles/MAPS - Noncon/r-pe play - z00philes - nazis - Zionist/Pro-Israel I also don't want to interact with Rise Apriltello and 12!Leorai. They're siblings. Shipping them is creepy and wrong.

I will not tolerate any interaction with any of you. I hate you and want you very far from me /srs

This also aply for neutral/"anti-anti" people. I don't care what excuses u use, being tolerable and apologist for all this stuff is not okay and just as wrong as them. Stay away.

if any of my moots/followers ever see me following one of the above, please tell me because I would never follow someone like this knowingly!!

On a lighter note, I don't have anything against NSFW artists who do safe, sane stuff with adult characters. Y'all are cool.

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potsnpansies · 1 year

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April and Donnie posts be like:

Adorable things that can be totally platonic

Tags: apriltello :)

No.

#this cant keep happening #im fucking distraught #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles

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awful-amateur · 9 months

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Another creation

(This is Not Apriltello shipping. It is merely platonic 😊)

#rottmnt #rottmnt edit #rottmntedit #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt april #rottmnt Donnie and April

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rottmntconfessions · 1 year

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Confession:

I won't stop people from shipping it (I mean, I can't), but I really don't like Apritello. This is for two reasons:

April seems more like a sister to the turtles than anything else, so it feels kind of icky.

I personally headcanon Donnie as aroace, maybe fictosexual at most given his comments on Atomic Lass and Cheery Tomato (totally not me projecting onto my favorite character, your honor--). That's just a personal thing, but you know.

I dunno. I just think April and Donnie are cool as best friends. We need more different-gender friendships in media!

So, yeah. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Those are valid reasons. I like some Apriltello art but I like them as friends better. They have such a good dynamic and it proves you don’t need to be romantic to be close to a person. The Witch Town and Purple Jacket episodes are a great representation of their friendship. And after the disaster that was 2012 Apriltello we need more platonic and healthy interpretations of Donnie and April’s relationship.

#apriltello #rottmnt confession #rottmnt #anon #rise tmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt donnie #donatello #april o'neil #leonardo #tmnt #raphael #2012 tmnt #tmnt 2012 #rise baby rise #unpause rise of the tmnt #unpause rottmnt #unpause rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles

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aimasup · 3 years

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Awesome friends who also possess the ability to take over the world if they really wanted (Click for better resolution)

#I see them as family in this version #my art #my post #rottmnt #rise april #rottmnt april #april o'neil #rise donnie #rottmnt donnie #donatello hamato #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #tmnt 2018 #platonic apriltello

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nostalgiaruinedme · 3 years

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Ik you guys wanna see Rise Donnie and Leo very badly in Dagger From the Mirror but I promise you that none of u wanna get there as badly as I do. I have such a big entrance for Donnie planned and I know you all are going to freak and I am so so so excited for the “WHAT THE HELL KINDA CLIFF HANGER IS THAT-” and “MEG WHAT ARE YOU DOING” comments :)

#I think the rise Apriltello shippers are especially going to freak out tbh #But be prepared... it's coming soon~#probably within the next 5-10 chapters... or something like that #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #tmnt crossover #Dagger From the Mirror #Note that I still havent decided if romantic rise apriltello is happening for sure yet #but regardless #their relationship is REALLY REALLY important to Rise Donnie's arc #Platonic or romantic idk it's gonna have the same amount of importance regardless tho

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dumbdotcomm · 4 years

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I just think they’re neat!!!✨✨

(theyre taking a selfie but i got lazy on drawing the tablet lol)

#rottmnt #tmnt #rise of the tmnt #donnie #april o'neil #apriltello #👉🏾👈🏾 platonically or romantically u pick #my art #art tag

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brightlotusmoon · 7 years

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Besides, they're not human

Okay, okay. But is it entirely possible that Donnie and April have developed a mutually respectful and beneficial relationship entirely out of friendship without romance? I know half the shippers are teenagers but. Like, when you become old and thirty something, you look at two people and think, goodness, they’re adorable together, they could be best friends who cuddle! rather than, wow, they’re adorable together, I hope they fall in love. Or both. I lost my shipping ability a while ago. Now I just hope that all these sweet gestures, hugs, and facial expressions at each other indicted “you are my best friend, I love you without wanting to sex with you, we are drift compatible, no matter what happens we are bonded.” Cheers for Platonic Apriltello Best Friends. Ditto for Platonic Shiniangelo Best Friends, with potential dating possibility and polyamory with Karai, who still thinks Leo is cute but married Karai when they were twelve. Renetangelo is always a potential but she’s a time traveler so it’ll have to be long distance.

There, I admitted it. I, a TMNT fanatic nearing 40, thinks that Apriltello is merely Platonic. Even though they are teenagers, and hormones exist, and on that particular note I headcanon teen April as gray asexual, while Donnie is wildly panromantic somebody stop him, Leo is demiromantic gray asexual, Mikey is pansexual and polyamorous and demiboy, Raph is probably hetero but fluid and kinky as fuck, close your eyes, Karai is pansexual and polyamorous. Casey, meanwhile, is bi and has no idea. Shinigami is polyamorous and pansexual yet super lesbian for Karai, and it takes Mikey encouraging her to admit it. (Based on my life okay)

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risetmntblog · 7 months

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done some thinkin' today at work.

look, i like 2012 Donnie as a character - he's smart, kind, loves his family and his friends, and had some v interesting arcs throughout the show.

however

i really hate how the show handled his crush on April. literally, he stalked her and made her v uncomfortable multiple times and then whoever was working on the show decided April should kiss him when he finally realized he was making her uncomfortable and accepted that she didn't like him that way. (and someone told me "other iterations of April were physically affectionate with Donnie" as a counter argument but like.... the timing of that kiss specifically was fucking awful. the context of that scene meant it was not the place for a platonic kiss regardless of if it was just April trying to make him feel better. i do not care what anyone says abt that.)

and i'm not a huge fan of 2012 April for many reasons, but i don't hate her for how the show handled Donnie's crush on her. i liked her arcs, and i liked her alot more in later seasons of the show, but i hate her relationship with Donnie. she was getting stalked and harassed and was clearly uncomfortable, (and was still uncomfortable even in season 4), and i hate how someone on the show still thought it was a good idea to have them be together.

i don't mind Apriltello, but the way it was handled in this show was a fucking disaster. they could've had smth cute if Donnie hadn't acted so creepy towards April. 2012 fucked their characters so bad.

#mod rambles #mod speaks #tmnt 2012 #12 donnie #12 april

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ender-berry · 5 years

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Based off of @bisexualdonatello ‘s art. They always uses such pretty colors and shapes to amplify their art, so I tried to replicate it. Emphasis on tried.

#digital art #my art #art #drawing #adobe sketchbook #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #tmnt donatello #can be #apriltello #or platonic #either one #rottmnt #tmnt art #fan art

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fabuloustrash05 · 3 years

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Fixing 2012 Apritello

I got inspired by @sophfandoms53 posts that you can check out here (It’s an amazing short analysis, I suggest you read it cause what they said was so true about the 2012 series) It inspired me to quickly write this.

In their post they talked about how April and Donnie’s romance was handled poorly with the Love at First Sight Trope, how they could handled it similarly to April and Donnie’s friendship in the 2003 series with how they became friends through their love of science, which I highly agree with!

If you’ve been following me, you know I think 2012 Apritello is very flawed. I’ve complained about it many times and how certain moments were cringe and could’ve been fixed. (Like that Farm House kiss, wtf was that pointless crap?). But I saw Soph’s post and it made me realize how this mess of ship could’ve been fixed and could've been so much better.

Have Donnie and April have no romantic feelings for each other in the beginning (meaning Donnie doesn’t fall in love with April in the first episode) and instead have it build up over time, they become friends through having similar interests and slowly it turns their friendship into a romantic connection. Best Friends to Lovers Trope done right!

Here’s how I would personally make 2012 Apriltello go:

Season 1

Instead of Donnie instantly wanting to save April and her father from being kidnapped by the Krang in the first episode, it’s Leo, who wants to be a hero just like Captain Ryan, and his brothers follow him.

Donnie can still be the one who saves and catches April when falling from the helicopter. This begins their friendship.

April and Donnie start bonding when April mentions that due to her father missing she’s been struggling in school so Donnie offers to be her tutor.

They quickly bond over their time together studying and realize they have a lot in common.

Because of their close friendship Donnie is more willing to do things for April and April trust him more than the other turtles, but she’s still close with them. Donnie is just her go to Turtle who can help her with anything.

Donnie’s brothers start teasing him, saying he and April act like a couple. Donnie laughs it off and says how they are “just friends”. (This would become a running gag line between them in the show)

It’s not until Donnie brings April’s dad home in the ep Operation: Break Out that things begin to change. April hugs Donnie, thanking him for saving her father, and that’s when Donnie realizes that his feelings for April are more than her being “just a friend”.

Season 2

By season 2 Donnie now has feelings for April but he’s scared to say anything, worried it’ll ruin there friendship. It’s one sided at the moment and Donnie is trying to cope with this new feelings for his best friend. He becomes nervous and anxious around her, worried that anything he'll say will come off as romantic and proceeds to panic.

Plus April has told Donnie of this guy at her school that she likes (aka Casey) so Donnie really tries hard to put down his feelings.

Splinter figures out quickly that Donnie likes April. When Donnie asks his father how he was able to tell, Splinter replies by saying "I know what being in love looks like" (Aww <3)

April will still cut the Turtles out of her life because of her fathers mutation just like in the show and this will really hurt Donnie, because he lost his best friend and the fact that his feelings for her are now growing.

When April comes back and makes up with the Turtles, she still gives Donnie a platonic kiss on the cheek, thanking him for always being there for her. This has sealed the deal for Donnie. He's no longer just crushing on her, he's in love with her.

Raph is the first of the brothers to find out about Donnie’s feelings towards April during the time April is mad at them and helps Donnie cope with his emotions. Sometimes he’s even talks up Donnie around April to impress her.

April and Casey eventually start dating by the second half of season 2.

Donnie and Casey actually get along! Or at least try to. They still butt heads but their dynamic is more friendly in this rewrite because Donnie knows April really likes Casey, so he doesn't let his feelings for April get in the way of being friends with Casey.

Donnie BEGS to Raph not to tell Casey that he likes his girlfriend. Raph promises to keep it a secret, but Casey is showing signs of suspicion.

In the season 2 finale, instead of Casey asking Raph if April ever talks about him he instead asks, "So what's the deal between April and your brother, Donnie?" Raph would quickly dismiss everything, saying that Donnie and April are just best friends, not wanting to get in the middle of potential drama.

Season 3

Mikey and Leo finally find out about Donnie's feelings for April. His brothers all worry about him and how this is going to go for him. Donnie says his feelings for April are slowly going away but in reality it’s growing.

April and Casey are still dating but life on the farm house has been causing a rift between the couple due to stress.

Donnie accidentally confesses his feelings to April during the Foot Too Big episode after April started teasing him for Big Foot having a crush on him. Donnie kept trying to tell April to stop pushing the matter all while April jokingly tells how he should "give Big Foot a chance lol". Frustrated Donnie tells her he wont do that and when April pushes to explain his reason why, Donnie bursts out saying "BECAUSE I LIKE YOU!!"

The episode leaves April conflicted with this new information, rethinking her feelings for Donnie while Donnie is scared to be near April, embarrassed by what happened. He proceeds to avoid her for the rest of the farmhouse arc.

April sees how much Donnie cares about her through out season 3 and starts to develop feelings as well.

April and Casey eventually break up but remain friends, though they do feel awkward with each other in the beginning, they quickly become good friends for the rest of the series.

At this point Casey is aware that Donnie likes April and tells him that he’s known for a while and has a feeling April feels the same way about him too.

Eventually, Donnie and April talk it out (kinda holding back expressing everything they are feeling) They’re both awkward with each other now ever since the confession back at the farmhouse but they try their best to go back to being best friends.

By the end of season 3, April now officially has feelings for Donnie.

Season 4

Both April and Donnie like each other now but they don’t want to start anything because it’s never the right time. They have to focus on their mission to save Earth so for now their still good friends.

While in space, they're able to rekindle their friendship and everything seems to go back to how it was in season 1, much to everyone's shock (and disappointment).

Funny idea: April and Donnie would be kind slightly jealous over Raph and Mona’s relationship and how easy they were able to become a couple while for them they are still just pinning for one another.

April does NOT give Donnie a kiss on the cheek in the Evil of Dregg ep, instead they hug, but Fugitoid points out/notices that hug was strangely long for two people who are “just friends”

The Aeon crystal arc puts a huge test onto their friendship and their feelings for each other.

A possessed April attacks Donnie first because the crystal knows April loves him and that he’ll be the only one to free her and help her so he must be destroyed first.

After April destroys the crystal and brings Donnie back to life, her a Donnie share a hug and they almost kiss but, like in canon, April faints from overusing her powers.

After waking up, her and Donnie silently agree to ignore their “almost kiss” and they go back to claiming they are “just friends”

His brothers wonder "when the hell they’re gonna get together?!"

During the season 4 finale, when fighting Shredder’s minions, Donnie believes that tonight he will die while fighting the Super Shredder, so before running off into battle, Donnie grabs April, tells her he loves her, and kisses her. The kiss was quick but full of so much love and passion it left April speechless as she and Casey stay behind while the Turtle engaged in their final showdown with the Super Shredder.

Season 5

Nothing major in the final season (because Nick was sloppy and didn't do season 5 enough justice as the final season) but Donnie and April are flirting with each other and playfully teasing from time to time.

They're more touchy with each other: holding hands, hugging, grabbing onto one another when scared, etc.

Donnie’s brothers: Are you two dating or are you just friends?

Donnie and April: Yes.

When Worlds Collide will be the episode where it is officially confirmed (to the audience) that they are in fact a dating and are couple. Maybe in the opening when Raph is watching TV with them and they are flirting by throwing popcorn at each other, Raph makes a comment like “Ever since you two started dating, you’ve been getting on my nerves!” or something like that. (Also it’s a funny little parallel to season 4 when Donnie and April were jealous of Raph and Mona’s relationship)

We would get a little bit more Apritello couple shenanigans like them openly flirting, holding hands in the background of certain scenes.

Funny idea: in the S5 crossover arc, 87 Donnie makes a comment about their relationship and 2012 Donnie asks if he and his April have anything special. 87 Donnie would laugh and say his April is “too old for him”.

Wow... I actually started to ship apritello for a moment... I actually like this version of them better than canon. Nickelodeon should hire me!

#analysis #character analysis #tmnt 2012 #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt au #kinda #tmnt donatello #tmnt Donnie #april o'neil #tmnt April #Casey jones #tmnt leonardo #tmnt raphael #tmnt michelangelo #apriltello #donnie x april #rewriting tmnt 2012 #episode rewrite

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