#psionic mikey au

[brightlotusmoon]

Me, rewatching Captain Marvel 2019, belatedly realizing that when I was writing a massive Ninja Turtles fanfic in 1998 I basically gave Michaelangelo's psionic powers the same origin story: absorbed cosmic dimensional energy from the crashed ship of an alien species. I rewrote it in 2016 a little differently, but I am extremely amused that it took this freaking long to make connections. I'm now laughing at myself.

#tmnt fanfiction #cold fire rising #writing ninja turtles as imaginary coping mechanisms #my fanfic #welp #musings on Ninja Turtles #psionic Mikey au #psychic Mikey au

[tangledinink]

gemini au draxum, talking to mikey: MY PSIONIC WARRIOR,

mikey: yeah? :D

draxum: it is time ... for breakfast

(idk why but when i woke up today this image popped into my brain so i thought i'd share :3)

#hehehehe this was a good prompt i enjoyed this #gemini au #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #tmnt mikey #tmnt 2018 #rise michelangelo #rise fanart #rise mikey #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt au #rottmnt sep au #rottmnt separated au #baron draxum #fidgetwing #the last thing created pre apple pencil death #rip #i am #sad

[ishankedurmom]

I made an au based off of when Mikey gets high on the Psionic extractor but more cause I have problems

Basically the Triceratons show up a week before they actually make the black hole generator, they kidnap Mikey, and he gets tortured for 3 whole days. He’s not ok lmao

#tmnt 2012 #tmnt #tmnt au #tmnt mikey #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt raphael #tmnt donatello #tmnt leonardo #tmnt mikey 2012 #angst

[mychemicalficrecs]

Can you do a list with processing/recovering from trauma? (preferably Gerard being the one being comforted)

I found some trauma processing fic, but Gerard was a bit hard to come by tbh. Everyone feel free to add your recs!

Trauma Processing

Undertow by silentdescant, Frank/Jamia, 35k, Mature. Frank lost his ship, his crew, and his best friend in one violent storm. When he washes up on an island, he has to learn how start living again. Time passes, and he thinks he's settled down and moved on, but then he rescues a woman from the sea and in caring for her, realizes he hasn't fully recovered from his own shipwreck. Frank quickly comes to depend on her and though he starts to live again, he doesn't want to live without her. Vaguely-historical AU.

< Walls > by jatty, Frank/Gerard, 4k, Teen And Up. “I feel safer without anyone around me,” Frank had confessed. “If no one’s in my life…I guess no one can hurt me.” “That’s no way to live,” Gerard had said. “Is it really worth it to be by yourself all the time? I mean…do you really want to be alone forever?” “No,” Frank answered, even though in the past — when he asked that question of himself — the answer had always been yes.

(Mama) by jatty, Frank/Gerard, 352k, Mature. "She's not crazy, she's just sick." That's always been Frank's argument whenever his mother's behavior is brought into question. Whether she's yelling or hitting, or ignoring him altogether, Frank knows it's not his fault--she's just sick. She's not crazy.

from silent dreams we never wake by endlessnighttimesky, Frank/Gerard, 3k, Explicit. Gerard sees it immediately – the fear and panic in Frank’s tired eyes, the slight tremble of his tattooed hands. Oh.

Bound to the Beat by dancinbutterfly, Bob/Patrick, 37k, Explicit. In a near canon world where orientation refers to dominance or submission, not sexuality, almost everyone has a soulmate that is supposed to complement their personality, biology, orientation and heart. Most people look forward to the day when the psionic bond sparks into existence, connecting them to their other halves. However, a trauma left Bob wanting anything but the bond he sees as a dangerous trap, and he takes matters in his own hands to chemically prevent his bond from effecting him. Patrick doesn't know what he did wrong but he knows that for some reason, his soulmate has rejected him and he has to learn to live with that. Between their pasts, their bands, and their hopes, neither of them expects end up where they do - so close with so much distance still between them.

Paramour by Merkey666, Mikey/Pete, 8k, Mature. Mikey is forced to leave Paramour due to health issues. Instead of going to rehab or anywhere else that would be a good idea, he goes to someone he hasn't spoken with in years. And yet Pete welcomes him anyway.

Between the Lines of Fear and Blame by notquitepunkrock, Frank/Gerard, 8k, Teen And Up. Frank was just trying to make things better, but they ended up so much worse.

At the End of the World by lemonsonmars, 913 words, Teen And Up. Gerard Way witnesses the death of his brother and deals with the trauma.

Little Fires by velvet_shiver, Frank/Gerard, 75k, Explicit. A traumatizing (and embarrassing) accident has kept Gerard Way away from Camp Warren for eight summers — eight summers which Mikey Way has spent at camp — but after a shitty breakup and terrible freshman year at School of Visual Arts, Gerard is forced to return to Camp Warren; this time as a counselor and art instructor. Gerard’s pretty sure the summer’s gonna be a total shit-show, until he meets Mikey’s cool friends. One of them’s a little cooler than the others, though. His name’s Frank, and he’s got moonlight in his eyes. ––––––––– Little Fires is a story about falling fast, confronting different types of trauma, and learning how to not be such an asshole.

#what the FUCK did tumblr do to the editor #I nearly rioted when I couldn't find the html editor #this is so impractical I'm not a fan #also hello I have made a post #it's only been... 3 months?? #I actually thought it was way worse xD #frank/jamia #frank/gerard #bob/patrick #mikey/pete

[brightlotusmoon]

There is this really well put together video I found on philosophy. https://youtu.be/Nq5C5qL1nsc?feature=shared

And it's honestly the mindset I've always imagined Michelangelo to have or at least adopt. I thought it was beautiful and fit his ambitions, maybe he can't control the world, but he can make it a friendly one in his will. I've always imagined it was a more subconscious relaization for him, even if his brothers circumstances are cruel, that doesn't mean he has to wollow in them!

just thought it would be remiss to not share it when in my mind this is how Mikey truly thinks of the world. And it's a lifestyle I try to adopt too.

(Ps. Sorry if this is janky, I've never used an ask before, if the link doesn't work, the video is on YouTube titled "why is Sisyphus happy?" By Sisyphus 55)

Oooh, this unlocked something I didn't know I wanted.

@sacredartist33013 this is relevant to that discussion we've been having on Mikey's inner philosophy.

Also? I love Sisyphus analogies in general, especially the dishes.

(you actually used the Ask box nearly perfectly - next time, make sure any links are a separate paragraph, so on mobile, I can copy it just by pressing on it.)

#Michelangelo the social empath #Mikey is my muse #musings on ninja turtles #psionic Mikey au #empath Mikey #Mikey is everyone's little brother

[brightlotusmoon]

I'm going through the word document I share with @remmushound that contains our Rise/Bay crossover fic. I found this scene between Rise Leo and Bay Mikey winking to Kevin Eastman funny:

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“Awwww. It’s like us with Dominos pizza. Except we did it every week.”

“So that’s why you had pizza box Furniture!”

“Exactly! Those boxes hold up really well.”

“Hm. We had pizza week! Except now it’s only one day every week and we go get pizza from all our favorite pizza places and feast on it throughout the week. By now They must think we’re some sort of pizza cryptids that emerge every Week to feast.”

“Oooh, pizza cryptids. I like it!”

“We must be regular because they have our orders ready every week before we even call!”

“That makes sense. Kevin doesn’t even look around, he just holds out the boxes for us.”

“Do you think he knows about this whole…” Leonardo motioned vaguely to Mikey. “Situation.”

A slow, wise smile drifted across Mikey’s face. “I think he does. I like to think he’s cool with it and it makes him smile to himself at night.”

“Awww that’s sweet! I hope he doesn’t miss you too much when you’re over in our world.”

“Leo says it feels weird to think about.”

“I don’t think it’s weird.”

“Me, neither. But I wanna hang around humans. Leo and Raph are still skeptical. Donnie thinks we would put ourselves in danger.”

“Just gotta pick your humans carefully!”

“That’s what I kept saying! Kevin wouldn’t ever hurt us.”

“I think we had a Kevin. He’s a fish now.”

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#tmnt fanfiction #rottmnt crossover #bayverse turtles #rise mikey might be psychic #psionic mikey au #the other psionic mikey au #kevin eastman #tmnt imagines

[brightlotusmoon]

A reader of my first AO3 fanfic just wrote this comment on the final chapter and it made me explode into rainbow dopamine glitter so I want to show my friends and also my writerbrain with its block:

"This. This is what should have been the show.

I love the ‘12 show very deeply but this shows just how much the turtles care, how they grow and change and are affected by one another.

It shows how the world they exist in is weird and mysterious and constantly in flux

It covers serious issues in easy to understand ways that draw the reader further in and supports further research for these topics

It is a masterpiece I can’t thank you enough for bringing into existence, all I can do is hope you see this and know how much people enjoy this fic of Cold Fire Rising to be seen in all its glory

🧡💜❤️💙🧡💜❤️💙🧡💜❤️💙🧡💜❤️💙"

#tmnt 2012 #tmnt fanfiction #psionic Mikey AU #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[brightlotusmoon]

@remmushound I got to this scene in the Companion document and started laughing.

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“That’s our hogosha,” Mikey beamed. “In every world, April’s our first human friend.”

Leon nodded. “It’s good to know she’s a constant. I wouldn’t want a world without my sister.”

“Ditto,” Mikey said. “She’s our sister, our mom, our best friend. Casey gets there, in his own way. And hers.”

“She’s your sister-mom? Does she know about this?” Leonardo tried not to laugh.

Mikey chortled. “Yeah, we joked about it. They did, I mean.”

“Heh. Of course! You gotta joke with your sister/mother about her status in the family!”

“Well, when she’s the first of her kind you really get to know, you gotta figure out a bunch of different emotional boundaries. And by you I mean me. And sometimes Donnie. One time really Donnie.”

“Oooo? Spill!”

Mikey hummed. “Weeelll… in one reality she was a teenager like us and Donnie got this huge crush on her. Raph too, but it faded. Donnie just kept being awkward for, like, three years.”

“Oooff. Ouch. Not your Donnie right?”

“Nah. Though me, I felt a little crush. Okay, a huge crush. Maybe Don did too, but now they’re just best friends. Nerds.”

-

If I remember correctly, our Bay Turtles are 22 and the Rise boys are mid to late teens.

#companion rp #bayverse mikey #2018 leo is a tribute to 2003 mikey #tmnt 2016 #rottmnt crossover #psionic mikey au #mikey has a dimension x psionic brain #april fucking o'neil

[brightlotusmoon]

Yeh I always saw Mike and Leo as more spiritual while raphie and don are more I guess more what’s the opposite of spiritual? Sorry I am not spiritual so I have no clue. What’s your headcanon for them?

In this case, I'll suggest the opposite of spiritual would be grounded. And yeah, my Spiritual Intuition Bros tag started after I watched the beginning scene of "Tale Of Tiger Claw" and got inspired to write a fic series.

In my 2003 AU, Mikey definitely matches Leo, but in very different ways. In the series, Leo casually told Mikey that he was the best at redirecting his chi - this always fascinated me because I felt it came out of left field. I imagine Mikey could be just as active with his spiritual energy as he is in body.

I like to give Mikey tactile telekinesis and photokinesis along with telepathy, because his mind is constantly in motion, constantly lighting up.

#spiritual Intuition bros #psionic Mikey au #the other psionic Mikey AU

[brightlotusmoon]

You know that TMNT RP crossover I've been turning into a fic with @remmushound with a document that's literally 244145 words? I've been editing the document and I found a scene I wanted to share just because. Bay Mikey and Rise Leo having a chat.

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A huge grin spread across Mikey’s face. “You know what, I bet our April would have done the exact same thing as your April at that age. But then she’d have to tell her dad because it’s his project.”

Leonardo hummed. “I don’t think I’ve ever met April’s dad. Or her mom. Or anyone in her family.”

Mikey pondered this. “Well. Humans are good at lying to each other, especially to protect others. She’s probably kept you guys away from them for her own reasons.”

“Yeah, Most likely. She helped Donnie get back home when night came, and she’s kept our secret since.”

“That’s our hogosha,” Mikey beamed. “In every world, April’s always our first human friend, our first real friend.”

“It’s good to know she’s a constant. I wouldn’t want a world without my sister.”

“Ditto,” Mikey said. “She’s our sister, our mom, our best friend. Casey gets there, in his own way. And hers.”

“She’s your sister-mom? Does she know about this?” Leonardo tried not to laugh.

Mikey chortled. “Yeah, we joked about it.”

“Heh. Of course! You gotta joke with your sister/mother about her status in the family!”

“Well, when she’s the first of her kind that you really get to know across all your timelines, you gotta figure out a bunch of different emotional boundaries. And by you I mean me. And sometimes Donnie. One time really Donnie.”

“Oooo? Spill!”

Mikey hummed. “Weeelll… in one reality she was a teenager like us and Donnie got this huge huge crush on her. Raph too, but it faded. Donnie just kept being awkward for, like, three years.”

“Ooooff. Ouch. Not your Donnie right?”

“Nah. Though me, I totally felt a little crush. Maybe he did too, but now they’re just best friends. Nerds.”

“Awww, you had a crush? That’s adorable. Try anything with my April and we won’t hesitate to send you to a Yokai ER.” Leonardo only half-joked.

Mikey held his hands up. “Dude, she could do that by herself. Don’t worry, no attraction.”

“Better not be, or she’ll turn you into Kame no sūpu! And Miguel will season you well!”

Mikey crossed his arms. “Bet I’d make a good soup, anyway, I know flavor.”

“Eh, mutagen might throw off the taste.”

“I bet it totally would.”

“What does mutagen even taste like…?”

Mikey tilted his head. “Vinegar,” he said distantly.

“…. That’s oddly specific.”

“I know. One of my past selves thought it tasted like vinegar.”

“….. he tasted it?”

Mikey sucked in a breath. “He… didn’t really mean to.”

“How does one do that accidentally?”

“He, uh…” Mikey was trying not to laugh. “He rubbed it on his face. He misread the label.”

“…that poor dude. But at least we know we can make deviled eggs with mutagen if we ever run out of vinegar.”

Mikey wrinkled his nose. “I guess…”

“…would eating mutagen turn someone into mutant? Or is it just blood-to-mutagen contact?”

Blinking, Mikey frowned. “Ya know what, I think it depends on the type and where it came from.”

“Yeah, let’s not tell Baron Draxum about that.”

“Not a fucking word.”

Leonardo made the motion of zipping his lips.

“That dude creeps all of me out.”

“He could make an army of cows by infecting the steak supply. We don’t need any more mutant pigs either.”

“Ugh, that’s a horror movie waiting to happen.”

“Night of the living steak. Ewhhhh.”

“Okay, now I’m grossed out.”

“You should be! That would just be horrifying!”

Mikey sighed. “A couple of our past selves would have called it Saturday morning.”

“You mean there’s worlds crazier than mine?”

Mikey grinned. “Just barely.”

-

#april fucking o'neil #rottmnt crossover #bayverse tmnt #tmnt fanfiction #cross reality shenanigans #psionic mikey au #mikey loves psychology #rise mikey might be psychic #i might have been the one who started the psychic mikey headcanons in the 90s #leo the drama queen #2018 leo is a tribute to 2003 mikey #bayverse mikey #i have too many headcanons #tmnt headcanons #the 2012 tmnt are all autistic #2012 tmnt needed better character growth

[brightlotusmoon]

Earth And Oxygen: The Underestimated - BrightLotusMoon - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012) [Archive of Our Own]

Not only did I forget that I wrote this forever ago, I forgot I used these quotes. Thank you anonymous commenter, for reminding me.

...

"Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is." - Jim Morrison

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." -Lao Tzu

#b team my beloveds #donnie and mikey #mikey and donnie slide around the autistic spectrum like me #the 2012 tmnt are all autistic #psionic mikey au #psychic mikey au #tmnt mikey is naturally psychic #tmnt fanfiction #tmnt autistic headcanons #tmnt mikey has always had adhd #the ninja turtles were originally asexual #more kindness #tmnt michelangelo is a very complex character and i love him #donatello is a precious geek and he adores mikey #neurodivergent donnie #my neurodivergent turtle children

[brightlotusmoon]

Spirit And Oxygen: Sing The Body - BrightLotusMoon - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012) [Archive of Our Own]

A review that was exactly my goal:

"Thank you so much for that part at the beginning! I have major problems with executive dysfunction and I don't have a method of combating it, so I tried doing what Donnie was doing for Mikey, and it worked! I don't know yet if it actually helped, or if the motivation to try it overwrote the dysfunction, but we'll have to see in the future. Fingers crossed!"

#my fanfic #mikey the lifegiver #my neurodivergent turtle children #mikey's autism is more creative while donnie is more mathematical #tmnt mikey has always had adhd #executive dysfunction my beloathed #the 2012 tmnt are all autistic #tmnt autistic headcanons #my tmnt au fics #psionic mikey au #empath mikey

[brightlotusmoon]

So, a new fandom friend is so influenced by my TMNT fics with psionic Mikey that they're making a comic applying the headcanons I've been sharing for 20 years.

That's so exciting. That brings me more joy than I can words.

That's why we do what we do. I am so proud and thrilled and stimmy.

#i have been in the tmnt fandom since it started #cold fire #psionic mikey au

[brightlotusmoon]

I'm going through the document @remmushound and I have been transferring our RP to, and I found a really sweet scene between Rise Donatello and Bayverse Donnie. Rise Donatello has constructed a brand new body for Shelldon and is proudly showing Bay Donnie. In this context, the Shredder's attack on the lair resulted in Oroku Saki and Karai both being brought into the physical lair after Bay Mikey did an astral plane energy thing.

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Donnie was attentive as ever, but really all he could do was coo and trill happily, and with each listed benefit he looked it over carefully.

“What do you think?” Donatello asked, hands clasped as he gave a nervous whine.

Donnie took one last thorough look, then sat back on his heels. "I'm in awe. This is incredibly advanced robotics. You're amazing, Don."

Donatello looked almost ready to cry, bouncing with the praise before he was able to contain himself and try to play it cool.

“Yeh, I knew I was good. Totally didn’t need affirmation or whatever. Psshh.”

"Awww. C'mere." Donnie held out an arm.

Donatello immediately dropped the facade and did a trust-fall into Donnie’s arm.

Donnie brought him close to his body and squished him. "Yeah you did. You deserve affirmation. You always have."

Donatello squinted his eyes closed and practically melted into the hold. “I was starting to think it was stupid…”

"No!" Genuine shock colored Donnie's mournful tone. "What? No! Never!"

“I’m not usually… really good with robotics. Sheldon’s the only thing I’ve made that hasn’t constantly fallen apart.”

"Really? I wouldn't have thought that at all."

“Well it's true. I couldn’t even fix a performance robot without messing it up." Donatello frowned.

"Heck, my drone isn't perfect, either," Donnie admitted. "Shelldon is a marvel of engineering."

“I mean— when he started out, he was just a head. Then he turned out… you know, sapient, and I felt bad for not giving him more.” More frowning.

Donnie stared at Donatello with glittering eyes. "Donnie... that's extraordinary. Do you realize that?"

“What?” Donatello looked back up at him finally.

Donnie engulfed the smaller turtle, murmuring, "You're extraordinary. I'm going to keep telling you that."

“Good, cause I love hearing it.”

Donnie pulled back to gaze at him. "Good. I need to hear you say that."

“That.” Donatello echoed. “There, it is said.”

Donnie grinned, then laughed. "Fantastic.

“Yes! Yes I am!”

"Yes you are!"

“Yeee!” Donatello gave a happy wiggle. “I still wanna do some final touches and double check the wires before I show it to Shelldon though.”

"I'd love to help!"

“Yaaay!" Donatello cackled "The first phase of world Don-Mination!”

"Say that around my Raph, he'll take it seriously. Mikey and I joke about it enough."

“Wanna try and convince him it’s real?”

"Hmmm." Donnie slowly tapped his chin. "Yes. I'm just immediately going through potential funniest scenarios."

“We’ll share with the class, don’t be stingy!”

Donnie rattled off ideas on all his fingers. "...although, no zombies, he hates that."

“Darn. What about skeletons? Do those count as zombies?”

"Hmmno. Because they're bones. No flesh to fall off."

“Great. I love loopholes!” Donatello spun a few times and then fell backward onto his bed.

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#tmnt fanfiction #companion rp #rottmnt crossover #bayverse tmnt #the other psionic mikey au #cross reality shenanigans

[brightlotusmoon]

A friend is working on a Multiverse Mikey AU where each Mikey develops psionic powers. This one is 2007.

"2007 is the worst insomniac ever because his newfound powers make him have horrible nightmares

He got PTSD from seeing so many future possibilities

So he secretly medicates himself without his brothers' knowledge

But he is so happy and relaxed that it made him act kind of feminine

And nobody suspects a thing LOL"

Also he's a lot more focused depending on the strain. Explains why he only makes witty jokes in the movie.

And he is actually very observant there, helping his brothers lie to Splinter and helping the research!

Of course I'm not gonna make Mikey able to hide it for long

His brothers will eventually find out and then they'll go on an outburst at him as overprotective brothers

I love those things in hurt/comfort Mikey-centric fics 😍😍"

#tmnt 2007 #merging 1987 and 2007 mikey into therapy mikey #tmnt mikey is a stoner #tmnt headcanons #autistic tmnt headcanons #genderfluid mikey #2007 Mikey needs love too #the other psionic mikey au

[brightlotusmoon]

Brain Box - Chapter 3 - RyochanWolfgirl - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003) [Archive of Our Own]

My friend updated her other Good Genes AU, where Donnie's the monster but this time he bonds with Mikey. Also, the author is borrowing from my psychic Mikey AU.

#tmnt fanficton #good genes #tmnt good genes au #donnie is tired #tmnt donatello #empath mikey #the other psionic mikey austin