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zinzabee · 8 months
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RaphSwap! featuring my Kaiju TMNT AU. Designs have changed a lil bit so that they actually look more kaiju-like, though nothing is official as of yet.
Quick explanation: Sharron was originally a kaiju OC before I put her in RotTMNT. I thought it would be neat if I then created a version of the TMNT to inhabit her kaiju universe. So here's the two of them in a crossover or sorts. These doodles were done at 4am a week ago so I'm sorry they're really scrappy.
Bonus Lore:
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daedelweiss · 11 months
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NEW MASTERPOST✨
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first up: Life Mission: Save My Brothers (Comic) 🌟
"Life Mission: Save My Brothers" is a Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles separated AU (alternate universe) where it explores on the concept that Splinter saved only one turtle after the mutation process: Leo. The other turtles are separated in the world: Raph was brought to and raised by Big Mama to be a Battle Nexus Champion, Mikey was taken by Draxum and trained to become a warrior to combat humans for the Yokai to take over the surface, and Donnie was thought to be dead but was taken in by a mob until he ran away and found Big Mama at the age of 7. Their story involves their process of finding out that they are not alone, that they have family, and how they reunite and become the ninjas they were always meant to be.
THE COMIC:
THE RED KNIGHT'S ARC Episode 1: The Buried Memory
SET 1 (Beginning of Episode)
SET 2
SET 3
SET 4 (End of Episode)
Episode 2: Found Alone (Coming Soon)
WEBSITE 🌟 SPOTIFY PLAYLIST YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
TRAILER:
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TAGS: rottmnt life mission AU, life mission AU, life mission comic
more AUs under the cut 💖
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Quiet Your Mind (Fanfic) 🌌
15 years into the Krang invasion and everything is going south: food was running low, everyone had to take multiple shifts in multiple jobs, and almost everyone is missing a family member. Mikey's mystic powers haven't developed fully and Donnie's and Leo's were dwindling. There was one way to regain that power, one way to turn the tide to their favor, and, possibly, save the twins' bond.
The cost? Silence.
TAGS: rottmnt quiet your mind, quiet your mind
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Pieces of Home 🌊
"Pieces of Home" is an original TMNT iteration where Donnie is the oldest, followed by his twin Raph, their middle sibling Mikey, the youngest turtle Leo, and their little sister April. The turtles were all once human and lived a happy, normal life until one day, a mysterious person cursed them with a green, magical liquid that burnt away their human bodies and mutated them to half turtles. Their father, Splinter, was mutated to a rat and his husband was never seen since. 12 years later, Leo ventures to the surface despite his oldest brother's wishes and finds secrets about his other father. Their journey begins when they discover who he was and when they receive gifts he left them.
(More about the iteration coming soon...)
TAGS: my tmnt, tmnt: pieces of home, pieces of home AU
Links to my other socials can be found in the bottom of the Life Mission website ✨
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cpunkhobie · 11 months
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I think what I love abt rottmnt so much is that tmnt is predominantly a sci-fi story about aliens and genetic modification and alternate universes and etc. and the Rottmnt is a fantasy story in a sci-if franchise that actually a sci-if story. Because you realize that oh shit ! The mystic powers of yokai/ninpo actually stems from Krang magic !! Which is fucking cool !!!!
That's the thing about the "plot-hole" of the Kraang taking away the turtles ninpo powers, because "how are they able to do that ??" It's because ninpo is actually just !!! Evolved and modified Kraang magic !!!! Ninpo, Shredder's power, and yokai magic all ultimately stems from the same source which is the Kraang !!!! It's something most people don't even catch which is fuckin wild 2 me !!!!
The exploration of magic lore is one of the things that I mourn MOST about the lack of a season 3. Because its exploration is also something that gets set up on both Leo and Donnie's characters, with Donnie's conflict with magic and Leo's personal love of it. It's makes me so !!! Nuts !!!!
rottmnt is a sci-fi story disguised as a fantasy story in a sci-fi franchise !!!!!
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iamheretemporarly · 1 year
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Alright so here’s the 12 tmnt x rise au i was talking about
Its called “wrong place, right time”
Imagine the 12 boys fighting the kraang, get chucked in a different universe, the land is barren, everything looks dead, as if earth was abandoned, or something
Then they realise that there’s battle, giant robots, fight, and in their exploration of the area (while trying to stay hidden and survive), they see this big mutant fighting off these creatures, and above him a giant robot is about to blast him to ashes
Leo takes the leap pushing the man out of the way, saving his life, and when they regroup they miraculously find a hiding spot and get away from there, they sit this mutant down and try to check on the wound on his side that they just discovered was there
They also took a closer look and realised that this guy is a turtle mutant, he has a robotic arm, marks on his other arm, a scarf, marks on his face, but what stood out was a blue mask and twin katanas
If this solidifies one thing to them its that this man might be Leo’s counterpart, which implies that they’re in a whole different dimension
Great, well, they might as well patch up his wound and wait for him to wake up to ask some question while they hide in this makeshift hidden lair for now
(Or, the boys got transported to the bad future rise timeline and prevented future Leo’s death and now they’re trynna find a way back home, meanwhile future leo is this 👌 close to shattering to absolute pieces because all his brothers are dead, and there’s a walking reminder of his bros following him around)
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tmnt-crossover-polls · 11 months
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Round 1 poll 10
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A different eldest brother summary : Instead of getting sent to 2012-tmnt universe, Raph gets sent to universes slightly closer to his own. Then all those worlds get thrown together. Some plot about Donnie committing murder snuck in between all the fluff and turtle piles. A series of short stories exploring AUs of The Eldest Brother by Debb987, where Raph is not the eldest brother of his family. "So much fluff, so much pain, I'm cooing and crying and I can't put it down, I can't stop, may this serve as a warning (and rec, so heavily reccomended!) for all new readers! Abandone toda esperanza todo aquel que entre ahi!" - Debb987 (author of The Eldest Brother)
For future reference summary : Remember Rise!Donnie’s conspiracy board? Ever wonder how he got those photos of other universes? Ever wonder what would happen if those other universes *found out* about it? How would the other turtles respond to being spied on? Apparently, the answer to that last question is “kidnap his 3D counterpart back to his dimension so they can figure out what’s going on together and accidentally cause a domino affect that causes the whole multiverse to fall apart”. Never let it be said that the Donatello of the 1987 dimension doesn’t like to go to the extreme to solve a problem
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a-random-pillow · 1 year
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The Other Haft AU (Splinter 2012 Backstory)
So, this is technically a 2012 x 2018 TMNT crossover, but instead of falling into each other's universes. Instead, they share a world.
Yoshi Hamato(2012 Splinter) has a younger brother, Lou Hamato (2018 Splinter), Yoshi loved Lou but his little brother was a little rebellious. He was constantly trying to explore the world and won't just accept his life. Lucky for Yoshi, his best friend Saki was able to help him wrangle Lou.
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The three of them were a set as children, if you saw one the others were likely close behind.
Then Lou leaves the Hamato Clan. Yoshi and Saki had been out when it happened. It had been tense when they left but they didn't expect for Lou to have been kicked out.
Saki wanted to go search for Lou but Yoshi managed to convince him to stay. Of course Yoshi was sad his brother was gone but he was sure he would be happier without a clan breathing down his neck.
Years go by Yoshi meets Tang Sheng, gets married and has his first child. Lou's name is never spoken and Yoshi never looks for him. He his affraid that he won't find anything.
Meanwhile Saki has been silently stewing in his frustration, he is constantly worried about Lou and angry that Yoshi wouldn't let him look for their brother.
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Yeah... That went well, now Splinter is all alone. His family is dead and he is pretty sure Saki straight up lost his mind. So he dose what any sane person would do and moves to Newyork to find his baby brother.
We all know what happens next, four baby turtles, some green stuff, a rat and two aliens.
Soon after the turtles turn one, Splinter goes on a supplies run. He finds a old magazine under some Kleenex. On the front there is a picture of Lou wearing a sparkly jump suit and the caption '3rd anniversary of Lou Jitsu's disappearance'.
His baby brother had been gone for at least 3 years and he hadn't knowen. Splinter feels like an abosultet failure, for not protecting his brother and fuck he went out of his way to stop Saki from protecting Lou.
All I got for now, next time it's Lou and Draxum vs Big Mama
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crystal-crax · 3 months
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A RANT
THE NEON LEON
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(II) Why he needs to fail at being a leader
Inspired by Skulltrot's Leo analysis on Youtube (WATCH IT, IT'S SO GOOD, I LOVE IT)
What? Crystal! You're contradicting yourself-
Shhhh! This is poetry, listen to me
One of the reasons i've seen people complain about rise leo, is his overall "confidence".
They find him annoying or reduce him to "the funny guy", the one that messes everything up in the movie and deus ex machina's his way to the power of friendship.
But honestly, i think this is so far from the truth; Leo is integral to the concept and culmination of the rise turtles, he cements the message this version of the turtles has been trying to explain from the beginning.
You can't do everything alone; trust those who love you, and love those who you trust.
But honestly, i think a lot of people forget that we've all probably felt like him before.
Leo is quite a complicated character to understand easily (mostly bc the rise series got horribly cut down and omg i'm still hurting), because an important part of his character is he will literally never be honest about what he's feeling. The only thing he talks about? How he knows (bc he doesn't just think it, he's so sure about it) nobody trusts him or thinks he's capable of holding his own weight.
He comes off as uninterested and goofy because he so desesperately clings to that portrayal of himself because he needs to trick both others and his own mind that he's fine.
He doesn't think he's enough, he believes the team would be perfectly fine without him. He thinks he needs to prove he can do something so he can be valuable to the team.
And i think it's amazing
"Rise of the TMNT", the title already gives away the purpose of their different personalities and coping mechanisms on this version of the story. We're not meant to see an structured team of properly trained ninjas, we're here for the ride, we are walking alongside them as the team gets in line and learn how to be heroes.
Sure the other versions of the turtles had their own character arcs, you don't need to see something from the instant beginning to know the characters are growing, but rise has always felt more of a love letter to the turtle family itself. A complete exploration of an alternate universe where the mad dogz got to somewhat live as teenagers before earning the mantle as protectors of the world (and new york lol).
We're familiar with Leonardo's story in evey tmnt version, he's the leader. He's in charge of protecting the city and his family.
But the problem is always there, he fears he won't be enough, that he will fail to be the leader the world asks him to be. This is also something we see in rise leo but it's more...fresh? It feels naturally younger.
Were you never nagged about not taking things seriously when you were younger? Were you never yelled at for messing things up? Didn't you ever feel as if you had to prove to others that you were more they perceived you to be?
As someone that battles their own inferiority complex, leo feels...so easy to relate to.
He didn't ask for the responsability, and he kind of doesn't want it, but he learns to bear it properly.
He fails to be the good leader they expect him to be (i also have the theory he self-sabotages himself a lot?) but he learns to be more than what they expect.
To quote myself from my last post (yes i loved typing that) "a leader is not the one that orders, but the one that motivates and supports you". He learns how being a leader is not imposing or bearing every problem and responsability alone, but to motivate your team and guide them to never loose hope.
He uses everything he already knows about himself and his team to be better and guide them to a new version of the ninja turtle gang, one where family and trust is far more important than anything else (and it feels good to know we won't have the typical raph vs leo fight for leadership in the future- i mean there was a fight BUT IT WASN'T ABOUT THAT)
Someone stop me i might just start a tmnt rant loop of my own making and i'm enjoying it😭
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soft--dragon · 11 months
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Returning Familiarities
Set in the 2012 TMNT universe during season 3, much more wholesome than what we were given during Leo's recovery period from the big fight with Shredder
Word Count: 4,006
Warnings: Mentions of post battle injury/trauma
There isn't much tickle content in this one, but it's very wholesome overall :)
The farmhouse was a welcome breath of fresh air from the busy wildness of New York City. The turtles and humans were much more used to screaming cars and crime at every single turn, but here, it was bird song and frog bellows. 
Leo found himself relaxing into the location much more once he was supported by a crutch and able to explore it a little. His mood however, wasn't always the best. He often found himself moping or zoning out, unable to do much of anything with his damaged leg and weak body. The lack of training was annoying to say the least, but there was some good that came out of being out of commission. 
He'd been able to spend more quality time with his family. Often, Mikey would encourage movie nights and they'd cram around the small TV to watch old cartoons or lame action movies and make fun of them. Leo was content to simply listen to his family, grateful for the fact that they were alive after everything. Heck, he was lucky to still be breathing. He sipped on his water, basking in the comfortable warmth of his friends in the farmhouse. 
Casey and Mikey were exchanging little comments throughout the show, earning laughs from everyone else at the jokes - though Leo only really smiled. That was until Mikey said something incredibly out of pocket. 
"Do you think Chris Bradford ever realised how bad his name sounded? Like come on, the name reeks of a pompous American kid living in his mom's basement." 
There was a sudden splutter, turning everyone's attention to Leo who was putting down a glass and had a hand pressed over his mouth. Before they could ask if he was okay, Leo swallowed his mouthful of water and started laughing. 
It was almost comedic how everyone in the room froze, staring at their leader who was in fits of breathy giggles, eyes pressed shut and smiling so wide it looked close to painful. Leo leant back in his seat, his lingering giggles playing with his words as he spoke, "God Mikey, that was awful." He wiped at his eyes, giving his younger brother a warm grin, only to blink at the wide eyed stare the orange clad turtle was giving him. 
"What?" He looked at everyone else and seemed to shrink in on himself under their mutual staring contest with him. "What? What's wrong?" 
April was the first to get over herself. She smiled gently and shook her head, "Nothing's wrong, Leo," she reassured. "It's just been a while since we heard that."
"Heard what? A joke?" 
"No," Donnie's shocked expression had melted into a fond look. "Your laugh."
"...Oh."
Leo wasn't quite sure what to do with that. Sure he'd been out for three months but he'd been awake for weeks now. He'd laughed at some point. 
…Right? 
The air was growing uncomfortable, and Mikey, ever the one to break the silence, launched into a new tangent about how the chickens were plotting to kill him. That caught Casey off guard and he instantly grabbed onto the new topic. 
The attention shifted off of Leo, but he zoned out of Mikey's passionate proclamation of a chicken coop coup. Had he seriously been so damaged in the fight he hadn't laughed in literal months? The others had looked so spellbound at the noise, but Leo had caught the hopeful, soft look in the eyes of his friends too. So that was probably a good sign, right? He hoped so. He didn't want his messed up throat to have changed his laugh, he didn't realise how badly his friends had been waiting to hear it. 
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Throughout the weeks at the farmhouse, Leo let himself drop his 'mandatory' leader profile, letting himself exist without forcing himself to act fine. Not like his family was buying it anyway.
He spent time with Mikey in the kitchen, offering suggestions for recipes and soft words of encouragement when Mikey needed it. Mikey dropped a couple of silly jokes here and there, and it really didn't take long for Leo's sense of humour to show itself as he muffled small chuckles into his hand. Mikey's face lit up with glee at the sounds, making Leo's chest ease a bit. It looked better than the melancholy that had mutually settled around the house. After a while, he let his hand drop from covering his mouth, his soft giggles filling the air. Even if his throat had been messed with, he saw the tension escape Mikey entirely every time his voice was peppered with mirthful titters. He counted it as a win, on both of their parts. 
As Mikey stirred the batter in a bowl, Leo read over the recipe his little brother was using, eyes half lidded and body relaxed in the cosy atmosphere of the kitchen. "You really have improved with your cooking, Mike," he mumbled sleepily, "proud of you."
Mikey smiled brighter than the sun, and Leo was sure if they had been mutated with tails that Mikey's would've been wagging a mile a minute. 
"Thanks dude, that means a lot!" He beamed. "Come a long way from worm and algae cakes." 
Leo chuckled softly. "Those days weren't the worst honestly." 
"Yeah, at least in those days I didn't have to try and figure out what human measurements were. They're kinda weird."
Leo's brow furrowed at that. "You do know what the measurements mean, right?"
"Uhhh…"
Leo's eyes went down to the paper he was reading and bit his lip to stop a smile from forming. He needed to be serious right now. "Mikey?" 
"Yeah, bro?"
"How much salt did you put in this?"
"Um, one and a half tablespoons? Just like the recipe said." 
Leo stared at him, lips pressed together in disbelief. "Mikey. It said one, or just half a teaspoon." 
Mikey paused in his quick whisking to look at Leo. "For real?"
Leo gave a single bemused nod. "I’m not kidding." 
Mikey blinked then shrugged. "Welp," he hummed. "Can't be any saltier than Donnie after losing a sparring match." 
Leo actually snorted at that, slapping a hand over his mouth but Mikey already heard it, bouncing on his toes in glee. "Awww dude!"
"Shush, that didn't happen, Mikey-"
"That was so cute! You haven’t snorted since we were kids!" 
"Mikey be quiet-!"
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Hanging out with Donnie and Casey in the barn was much calmer than Leo expected. Well, calm for them at least. Where he expected them to butt heads and exchange insults every few minutes, they tossed each other tools and made light hearted jokes. Leo sat to the side on a hay bale, not wanting to ruin the atmosphere they'd clearly had been working in for a while now. It was surprising how much people could mature over three months while you're out cold. But Donnie and Casey pulled him into their little discussions, asking for opinions or ideas even though Leo knew next to nothing about their projects. It was nice, surprisingly, just existing with them. However, with their combined humour and general attitudes, Leo was pretty sure he was going to die. 
"G-Guys stop plehease I cahan't breathe-" he wheezed, a hand pressed over his stomach which was starting to ache with how much he'd been laughing. 
Casey, in a similar state, was slumped against his car project, dirty hand pressed to his forehead as he barked with laughter. "I'm not messing with you, Leo! Donnie literally tried to eat a freaking table he was so tired! And that wasn't even the worst of it!"
"Oh, be quiet, Jones," Donnie grinned, throwing a rag at the boy who caught it dutifully. "You're gonna ruin my reputation as the only sane one on the team." 
"Donnie, when we were kids you made a bomb to get Raph back for calling you a nerd!" Leo gasped through his snickers, wiping at his eyes that had gathered moisture. 
Casey swung around to Donnie. "You did WHAT?!" 
Leo didn't notice Donnie and Casey keeping a tally chart of times they made him laugh - kind of a competition to see who could get him to laugh more. Donnie won in the end, but Casey blamed that on the fact that they grew up together. Little cheater knew Leo's sense of humour from birth. The winner didn't matter though. Seeing Leo throw his head back in a fit of bright cackles at Casey's screams of disbelief was worth so much more than bragging rights. 
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April had been trying to train more with her tessen and telepathic abilities, and as much as Leo wanted to spar with her, there really wasn't much he could do in terms of physical stuff. Instead, he did stretches with her, - it helped his aches anyway so it was a win win - coached her through katas' and improved things where he could. His small corrections did seem to help her, the smile she sent his way when she did something perfectly never failed to make Leo smile back with an enthusiastic thumbs up. He tried to ignore the pang in his chest from having to sit on the side lines, wanting more than anything to be up on his feet and training too.
Her telepathic training however, was much more fun for the pair of them. Leo, while expected to be the mature one, was cut some slack while recovering. And because of that, no one really expected him to take that slackened expectation and run with it. He and April were a rather surprisingly chaotic duo. 
As training, they'd play harmless pranks on the others. Using April's telekinesis to move objects to scare people, and making Mikey's water balloons blow up in his hands before he could throw them. Mikey swore the house was haunted by a ‘KillJoy Ghost’ who’s afterlife mission was to thwart Doctor Prankenstein. They just let him believe it, it made for some rather entertaining segments of Mikey trying to recreate Ghost Busters to catch the KillJoy Ghost. They would come clean after Mikey eventually broke something in the future - which surprisingly hadn’t happened yet. They also used April’s powers to float Donnie's tools when he was up at ungodly hours, doing this to trick him into thinking he was hallucinating from lack of sleep - therefore forcing him take a nap. Things like that were counted as training so April could have better control of her psychic abilities. However, there were times when Leo kind of wished she didn't have them. 
They'd been collecting eggs from the chicken coop while the birds themselves tried to eat Mikey's ankles a fair distance away. Leo had finished his side of the coop and put down the egg basket, flicking his eyes to his youngest brother to make sure the chickens weren't really trying to kill him. The chicken coop coup may actually have been legit. Something soft and fluffy brushed against the back of his neck and Leo yelped, girly and high pitched. He slapped a hand over the sensitive skin, spinning to look at April who was still tending to the chicken eggs. He looked back again, for a sign of a leaf of something that could've brushed against him. The same sensation flicked over the back of his knees, a squeak pulling from the turtle and looking down to see what on earth it was. A floating chicken feather. 
"April." He looked at her with a half-hearted glare. 
The girl giggled, peeking up with a smile. "Sorry, I couldn't resist it." Her eyes then took on a playful look. "Didn't know you were ticklish, Leo." 
Leo raised a hand in warning. "Don't you dare." It sounded weak even to him. 
April apparently did dare because the feather suddenly rushed up to dance along the underside of his chin and neck once more. High pitched giggles leapt out of Leo instantly, shoulders shooting up to protect the sensitive skin the best he could. April cooed under her breath as the turtle squirmed in place, trying to stop his laughter but ultimately failing miserably.
Leo tried to swat the pesky feather away, but April had improved with her abilities and sent it zooming to another location before Leo’s hand was even close to it. “Aprihihil! Quhihiit ihihit!” He giggled, hunching in on himself and swinging at the feather whenever it fell into his sightlines.
“I’m not doing anything,” April replied innocently, swirling the feather around Leo’s open armpit and grinning when he practically squealed. The big bad leader of the Ninja Turtles was defeated by a feather. It was pretty cute. 
It was when she brushed along his knees and ankles that his body finally collapsed under the sensations. Leo curled into a ball on the grass, giggling and squeaking like the child he was as the feather circled him like a vulture, occasionally swooping in to tickle the turtle. April was internally fawning over Leo’s endearing reactions, not having expected the guy to be this ticklish. It was lucky most of the boys were inside lest Leo die of embarrassment from succumbing to this playful barrage, at least Mikey was too far away to hear them.
She didn't tickle him for too long, backing down after a minute or two to let him breathe. Leo stayed huddled on the ground as he rubbed at the attacked spots and tried to stop his lingering titters, though they seemed permanently intertwined with his voice box now. When sufficiently calmed down, he sat up and pointed at April with a faux annoyed glare. 
"Once I'm at full strength again,” he promised playfully, “I am so going to get you back."
April laughed and leaned against the coop. "We'll see, Leo," she grinned, catching the feather that had returned to her. "I may be more powerful by then, could probably take on all five of you boys." 
Leo puffed out an amused breath. "Probably," he admitted. Then his smile got evil as a thought crossed his mind. "Think we could get away with doing that to Raph as training next time?" 
April's answering grin was a recipe for disaster. 
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Raph had put himself in charge of Leo's recovery back to full strength. At first, Leo was incredibly disheartened as he could barely walk a few metres without needing a breather, often snarling venom at his own body for betraying him. Raph however, wasn't at all condescending or brash, instead at Leo’s side with a steady hand and confidence that the fatigue wouldn't be forever. True to his word, with Raph's frequent encouragement and training, Leo was on his feet far faster than he expected, forgoing the crutch when he could, even if Donnie disapproved. Raph would die before he admitted it, but seeing Leo in such excitement when he could walk farther made his chest warm with pride. His brother was stubborn as a bull, the recovery was expected, maybe not in such a short time frame, but expected all the same. 
Something Raph had insisted on was getting them to go on small hikes or walks through the woods, taking alternate routes each time for different terrain, but never straying far enough that they’d get lost. You only make that mistake once. Their necks still twinged every time they thought about April’s killer pinch and lecture on getting home safely. She certainly filled the role of ‘Overprotective Sibling’, Leo was honestly impressed he could almost be outdone. Almost. 
The pair were doing another trek through the forest together, conversing to fill the bird song speckled woodlands with a little more noise. There was no sign of Bigfoot and that hunter that got enamoured with the cryptid, and Leo was grateful that they’d disappeared. That whole situation was weird to begin with, but the jokes that came from the experience were almost worth the nightmare fuel. 
“Okay, but imagine if she and Donnie actually did like each other,” Raph swung a stick he’d found in front of him. “Imagine the kids that would’ve come from that relationship.” 
“No thanks,” Leo shuddered. “Just be glad it wasn’t some kind of mutant naked mole rat or something. I don’t think I could’ve handled that.”
“Can’t be any more different from Casey,” Raph chuckled, earning an amused snort from his brother and an eye roll. “No, no I’m serious Leo, think about it.”
“I don’t want to think about it-”
“Too bad, I’m making you think about it.” Raph was suddenly in Leo’s space, grinning widely and punching at his shoulders gently. “A massive naked mole rat, right? Just give it shaggy black hair and a hockey stick, boom, Casey Jones.”
“Stop. Stop. That’s just weird-” Leo almost wheezed at the thought, pushing away Raph and trying to walk away, but Raph kept jumping in front of him and didn’t stop poking the bear. 
“They have similar behaviour too! They get so violent when something outside of their colony tries to get close - I saw a documentary with Donnie about it - and Casey is just like that! Think of how many times he’s attacked random strangers just because they tried to hurt any of us.”
Leo was struggling to keep himself together. He forced himself not to laugh at Raph’s sudden hyperfixation on comparing Casey to a naked mole rat of all things as he answered. “Are you honestly suggesting that Casey is secretly a mole man?”
“With how much he digs himself into holes then yeah, I’d say that our resident, anger ridden, hockey loving friend is a naked mole rat.”
Leo couldn’t stop the laugh that burst free from him, determinedly trying to put as much space between himself and his red coded brother just so he could escape this conspiracy conversation.
“Hey! I wasn’t done! I wanna give you more examples!”
“I don’t want to hear them.”
“You laughed!”
Well, that was true, but Leo didn’t want to egg Raph on about this lest he actually try to see if Casey was a mole man. “It was the wind.”
“The wind-? Are you saying that I’m not funny?! No. No, no, no. Leo, come back here-”
Leo was already walking as fast as he could manage deeper into the woods, careful to mind roots and rocks so he didn’t trip. He heard Raph chuckling from behind him and his footsteps getting closer. 
“Those naked mole rats use scents to identify each other, and we already know Casey knows what we smell like from a mile off because of the sewers. Plus he definitely knows what April smells like cause of his crush on her-”
“I’m not listening to this.”
“They also use high pitched screams to tell others that there’s danger. Have you heard his screaming before? You gotta admit that it’s accurate.”
“Not listening!”
“And hey, I just remembered that most male naked mole rats work for most of their lives and don’t breed, which is accurate for Casey, right?” 
That one made Leo choke on air and almost stumble. “Oh my god, Raph! That is so wrong!” Leo couldn’t stop the giggles that fell from him as he shook his head, trying to push the thought out of his mind.
“But I’m right about this!”
“I don’t want to think about Casey’s body count!”
“In murder or getting lai-?”
Leo swung around and grappled to put Raph in a chokehold. “Stop talking about it!” Leo pleaded through barely kept back laughter, his smile matching Raph’s grin as they tussled in the middle of the forest. 
“Never! I’ll make you see the truth!”
“You’re such an idiot!” 
Raph managed to hook his arm around Leo’s good leg and force him to the ground, rolling onto his shell to put his brother in the same chokehold that Leo had just attempted.
A surprised squawk was wrangled out of Leo. “Hey!”’
“I’m just trying to open your eyes man.”
Leo’s chest was warm as laughter spilled free from his mouth, his heart lighter than ever as he playfully wrestled with his brother. He roughly dug his elbow into Raph’s plastron, getting a grunt from the teenager and making him lose his grip. Leo used it to force Raph off of him and pin him face down on the grass. 
“Stop talking about cursed Casey concepts!” He ordered, pressing Raph’s arm to his carapace and holding it there.
Raph tried to kick at Leo from his face down position, but he couldn’t reach. Sometimes he was grateful for being a short turtle, this was not one of those times. It took fifteen seconds of his arm being bent awkwardly that he finally smacked the ground twice to yield. Leo let go immediately and lay down by Raph on the leaves, their shoulders almost touching. Raph grumbled light-heartedly and kept his face in the grass so he didn’t have to face any gloating. Leo chuckled softly and patted his brother’s shell, partially a condolence for the loss and a comforting gesture. The birds continued to sing unbothered above the pair, making the forest feel beautifully serene. Raph breathed in deeply. As much as he enjoyed crime fighting, it was actually kinda nice being away from the constant noise and battles. Maybe when they defeated Shredder they could come back here for holidays? That sounded nice. 
“...I actually got you.” 
The awed words stirred Raph from his musings to look at Leo in surprise. Leo was grinning up at the canopy, a spark in his eyes that hadn’t been seen for a long time. He found himself smiling as he rolled onto his back too and punched his brother’s arm affectionately. “Told you you’d be able to take me down again soon enough.”
Leo chuckled. “Yeah.” He then scoffed and pressed the skin between his eyes with his thumb and index fingers, a disbelieving smile on his face as he muttered. “And I can’t believe it was over Casey Jones being a mutant naked mole rat.”
Raph’s laughter rang through the forest, Leo’s following a moment after as they lay side by side in the grass, marvelling at the ridiculousness of their prior conversation. 
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April had written in a diary for months since their arrival at the Farm House, and she could confidently say that she now had a favourite section of the journal. It was when Leo had recovered so far that he had forgone the crutches for a solid week and could do something he hadn’t been able to since he woke up. 
"Guys! Look at this!" 
Leo was laughing as he ran, jumping small distances and being able to continue running. The boys and their humans cheered him on, whooping and clapping as he spun in the air and regained his footing. 
"Yes Leo!" Mikey ecstatically pumped his fists into the air, looking close to joining Leo in his sprint with how much he was bouncing up and down on the spot. 
Leo spun on his heel and boosted straight for his family, arms outstretched and mouth open in a wide grin. In a smooth motion, he swept Mikey into his arms and spun him around in a tight hug, laughing into his shoulder in pure glee. 
"I was running, guys! I was running!" He gasped, eyes squinting with the force of his smile. 
"We saw!" April grinned proudly, moving to wrap her arms around the pair of laughing brothers. 
The others swarmed around them, joining the hug and grinning at Leo's lingering giggles, the excitement in his chest making his heart feel like it was pounding a mile a minute, or that may have been the exercise aftermath. Either way, Leo didn't care. Wrapped up in the arms of his family, he tipped his head back and whooped loudly in victorious glee, his leg not even twinging in the slightest. His family shared a soft look at the oldest turtle brother, his laughter contagious and relieving to hear unbridled, so carefree. 
Finally, after months of a slow recovery, it seemed to be turning around for them all.
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tmntkiseki · 3 months
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Hi!! Just found your blog today, thank you for sharing all these references to the ‘03 turtles!! This is gonna be super helpful for me to draw them!! 😁
My question is! Do you have a favorite turtle? And what are your favorite/ least favorite episodes?
Thanks, and have a great night!! 😁
Aha, thank you very much for the ask! I hope all of the references are of help to you!
My favorite turtle is definitely Donatello. It's funny; I think as a kid/teenager, I would have leaned more towards Raphael knowing my tastes back then? But in my adulthood, I've developed a preference for nice, hardworking sweethearts who turn out to be major nerds/dorks, and Donnie definitely falls into this category. Incredibly kind, considerate, and intelligent with a bit of a clumsy streak, but he's also no pushover, can be quite sassy, and is just as terrifying as Raph when he's mad, if Same As It Never Was is anything to go by. (The fact that he shares his VA with my favorite bachelor from Rune Factory 4 is a nice bonus lol)
Hmm, favorite and least favorite episodes... In terms of story arcs, Good Genes is definitely my favorite even though Don is once again suffering at the hands of the plot. Other favorite arcs include The Shredder Strikes Back, Rogue in the House, the Big Brawl, Space Invaders/Worlds Collide, and Exodus. As for individual episodes:
Season 1: Meet Casey Jones, Tales of Leo, Lone Raph and Cub
Season 2: The Golden Puck, Junklantis, April's Artifact
Season 3: Touch and Go, Hunted, The Christmas Aliens, The Darkness Within, Hun on the Run, Same As It Never Was
Season 4: Grudge Match, Bad Day, All Hallows Thieves, The Ancient One, Prodigal Son
Season 5: Enter the Dragons (Part 1 and Part 2)
Fast Forward: Future Shellshock, Invasion of the Body Snatcher!, The Freaks Come Out at Night, Bad Blood, Graduation Day: Class of 2105, Timing Is Everything, Race For Glory, DNA is Thicker than Water
Back to the Sewer: Tempus Fugit, Hacking Stockman, Incredible Shrinking Serling, Identity Crisis, SuperQuest, and Wedding Bells and Bytes
Most of the episodes I do dislike, rather understandably, come from Fast Forward and Back to the Sewer just because the writing quality dipped during those seasons, though I'm willing to confess that I've always been very lukewarm towards the episodes involving the superheroes/Justice Force. It's weird; Peter Laird basically said that if you can accept all the other crazy stuff in the TMNT multiverse, you should be able to accept superheroes being a thing, but somehow I always felt them to be the most out of place aspect of the universe? Probably just because when compared to most other aspects of the series, they come off as pretty goofy. (Never mind how often they get their butts kicked.)
The only other episode that I didn't really like from the first five seasons was The People's Choice from Season 4. It was something of a Donatello-focused episode and would have been a great opportunity to explore what was going through his head in the aftermath of both Same As It Never Was and Exodus but... yeah, no, we got a random, unrelated battle with two aliens that ultimately never gets brought up again lmao.
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thecomicsnexus · 3 months
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MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS / TMNT II #1-5
December 2022 - May 2023
By Ryan Parrott , Dan Mora, Raúl Angulo, and Ed Dukeshire.
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It's the sequel for the miniseries that was successful enough to have action figures!
The Turtles and the MMPR band together to stop Krang and Rita Repulsa, but a betrayal by their human ally leaves them without powers. And then things get creative...
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SCORE: 8
I just want to put in writing that true leaders admit when they are wrong, so the dialogue above is not worthy of Leo.
Alright, let's move on to the actual story...
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I was running against two challenges while reading this story.
I am pretty ignorant about Power Ranger lore. I have watched some episodes, a movie and the horrible reunion special, but other than that, I may miss some references.
It has been a long time since I read part one, so apart from certain elements of that story that I remembered, I was kind of constantly catching up.
And you really need to have part one fresh in your mind to read this one... they are basically the same story.
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A thought occurred to me while reading this... what is going on with Casey Jones?
He used to be the not-very-bright American hero (think of Jack Burton from "Big Trouble in Little China." And that kind of adaptation used to be the case. But lately, Casey has been a little less temperamental, and sometimes smart enough to avoid getting into conflicts (think of the Rise movie, the IDW version and its spin-offs, like this one).
Classic Casey wouldn't have gotten himself in this situation. But given how much this universe borrows from the IDW continuity, I guess that Casey would behave like this.
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Isn't it great when you find four morphin' devices that match the colors of the turtles?
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The Turtles and the Power Rangers being able to morph all at the same time was already great, but the book manages to surprise with yet another creative twist... that I'll explore after the break...
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Although, if you have already seen the covers, then you know what's coming...
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I think the book really came together at this point. With (a very 2012 inspired) Splinter coming in to teach the new mutants how to fight with their new bodies.
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And then this happened... man, those toys will sell themselves.
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In general, the art in this book is stunning. It may not be high art, but it does what it needs to do, beyond expectations.
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Shredder also gets a chance to morph again (it would be a crime if he didn't).
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The zords in general look amazing. I guess if you are a MMPR artist, you really need to know how to draw robots... and humans.
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So yeah, it seems like part 3 is to be expected... and I am okay with that.
The only thing that felt weird to me, is how the Turtles and the Power Rangers seemed to hang together all the time, despite this story taking place weeks after the first one. But given that this is a different universe, I guess anything is possible?
Reading this story made me think hard on why I decided not to buy the crossover figures... maybe if there is a wave for this sequel, I may consider getting some dimension X power rangers... we'll see...
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I’m really glad that people in the TMNT fanbase have finally started calling out the insistence that 2012 Splinter is irredeemably abusive. As well as how the criticism comes across as racist. The way the character is depicted in the show versus the way he is often depicted in fan content is like night and day. I’m open to different fan interpretations, but I’ve seen an insane amount of fans confidently state that he’s canonically abusive. And this is one of the worst misinterpretations of canon I’ve ever seen in fanon.
2012 Splinter was raised in Japan, and seems to take on a more East Asian style of parenting. He’s stricter with his sons, but usually when they put themselves or their brothers in danger. However, I would say that he’s far more gentle and understanding than anything else. And I would like to clarify that reasonably disciplining your kids and teaching them right from wrong is not abusive. That’s what it means to be a parent. Never correcting misbehavior is another form of abuse, one that borders on neglect.
Another thing to consider is that he’s in a very unique situation. Splinter and the turtles are mutants. They will never be accepted by society and will always be seen as monsters; he knows this. He teaches his sons how to fight so they can defend themselves in a world that will try to hunt them down and kill them. He has nightmares about his sons dying. The show explores the terror he faces as a parent, which is something he’s already experienced with the loss of his daughter and wife.
Splinter is devastated and relieved to find that Miwa is alive. He loves her as his daughter, but that doesn’t mean he no longer sees the turtles as his sons. He views them as being his children just as much as his biological child. He clarifies this to Leonardo. The reason I love TMNT so much as a franchise is because it’s one of the few pieces of media that explores familial love within an adopted family. And TMNT 2012 constantly reiterates that family can look unconventional and does not need to be bound by blood.
Splinter is a realistic depiction of a parental figure. Most parents in media are either abusive or perfect with no in-between. Splinter is the type of parent who tries his best but still makes mistakes. In real life, there is no such thing as a perfect parent. Even the kindest parents are going to make mistakes from time to time. But my favorite thing about Splinter is that he almost always owns up to his mistakes. Rather than doubling down or pretending he did nothing wrong, he admits his wrongdoing and apologizes. And that’s way better than a lot of parents.
I don’t want to get too personal, but I grew up with several abusive adults in my life. I know firsthand what it’s like to experience very violent abuse at the hands of an adult. It fucked me up and I’m still recovering from it. Pretty much none of those adults ever admitted wrongdoing or grew as a person. In their eyes, they were always in the right and I deserved what I was getting. I would’ve loved to have a patient and kind adult in my life like 2012 Splinter.
Abuse looks different for everyone, and I don’t want to imply my experiences are universal. But as someone who did grow up in that environment, it’s upsetting to see people blow Splinter’s actions out of proportion in order to validate their dislike of a him. To me, it feels like fans are using the abuse as a tool to make their opinions look morally correct. As a writer, I understand making alternate universes to amp up the angst potential. But insisting that fanon is canon is where I draw the line, especially when it comes to willfully misinterpreting a character.
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monsterhigh-world · 1 year
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MONSTER HIGH GOT A MULTIVERSE
Is been confirmed that monster high got a multiverse, similar to Tmnt, there there will be different versions of the ghouls
GEN 1: WEBSERIES
I considered this a different timeline from their movies, despite the movie characters appearing, they don’t mention at all the events of the movies, how their schools looks so different too
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GEN 1: MOVIES
Like I said in about the webseries, the movies also don’t mention stuff from the webseries and their schools are different, to be honest I always prefer the movies than the webseries
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GEN 2: WEBSERIES
Even though it continues the finding monsters from the first movie, the webseries is different and for some reason moanica is not in The webseries
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GEN 2: MOVIES
not much said since there were only 2 and there is barely concept arts , but the movies are different than the webseries, it got moanica and I kinda like how dracula is the headmaster of the school and I love the animation, major upgrade from their previous movies
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GEN 3: LIVE ACTION MOVIE
I like the movie and is clear it takes place in a another universe since is so different from the animated tv series but I’m cartoon fan so naturally I prefer the animated series over this
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GEN 3: TV SERIES
It might take inspiration from the live action movie but is clear that the tv series takes place in another universe and to me is far more interesting, I just love it so much
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It might be possible that the tv series might get animated movies/specials and there might be a webseries , which I hope it gets because with a special/movie they can explore the lore and story
So yeah, monster high does have a multiverse and I love it so much
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You’re big sis Leo army is super cute! I love how you draw.
But I’m a bit confuse, is BSL a au? You’re own Tmnt version/ideation? Basically what the backstory?
I’ll never understand how people like my art but it makes me emotional tnanks
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Is BSL an au? I think so??? I didn’t really think anything would come from it when i first drew her
Originally i just drew the ‘trans twins’ cuz i was upset about a homophobic customer coming into the store i work at and yelling at us while ripping down the pride flags we had hanging around. I just drew her to feel better tbh so there wasn’t a storyline originally
But now there is! Kinda! Here’s the bare bones of it
BSL takes place in the Rise universe where Leo and her siblings exist as yōkai in the hidden city while the Rise kids live in the sewers under nyc like usual. Leo would sneak out and wander New York when she got too overwhelmed or upset and ended up stumbling onto an upset baby Rise Leo while exploring the sewers. She stayed with him and calmed him down, in the end he imprinted on her and begged her to come visit again. She ended up sneaking out more and more because she couldn’t say no and eventually meets his brothers, becoming their big sister :)
There’s a lot more, but i want to make comics for it. There’s a long timeline for it and it might be confusing, but i like jumping around to different parts and if i make a master post or smthin ill put it in chronological order
Here’s some other little things:
Her Splinter did raise and train her and her siblings, but he spends most of his time away doing shady business in different parts of the world. (I’ll get into it in a more in depth summary if anyone is interested in it)
Lee and Dee are twins (kinda) they came from the same clutch and while it’s only by a few hours, Leo is older. Donnie looks different cuz he’s albino
There’s almost a 10 year age gap between the Leo’s
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fan-maniaer · 1 month
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While I'm working on the other characters' designs, I decided it would be best to share a little bit more about my TMNT au
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TMNT The Hamato Destiny or TMNTTHD for short is an au I made about 3 years ago around 2022 it was made a few months after the Rise! Movie and originally was a Rottmnt au, but over time, the more I worked on it, I decided to make it its own TMNT au separate from Rise! But it is still heavily inspired by it.
The main story of Hamato Destiny is basically a multiverse type story it heavily dives into the TMNT multiverse, explaining how it works and its rules. The first villain they fight, in fact, is a shape-shifting villain who is not named or has a design yet. But he is capable of turing into past dead villains from other universe's like Rise! Shredder 2003 Drako or 2012 Lord Dregg, the list goes on. But he is a one and done villain, so let's move on to more important matters. Rat King is the overall antagonist of my au. He is a very POWERFUL threat to the turtles and the multiverse. In fact, the reason Rat King is in their universe is because he was trapped there as the Hamato Destiny universe is sealed away from over universes, making it impossible for Rat King to hop over to another universe.
He's not the only foes they face tho.
There is Drako
Baxter stockman
Jigoku
Kurōn
Shredder
Bonesteal
Krang
Savanti Romero
And Lord Dregg
These guys are the biggest threats in my au.
We also will explore other things in my au like. The Turtles The Hidden World and its hierarchy. Rat Kings plan and how he got locked in the universe. Why was the universe cut off from the other universe's. And a lot more.
Im trying to make all the character designs for my au before I actually right the whole story down first. So far I have about.
26/53 Characters designs done so far. Yeah... I have a LOOOOOOONG way to go to get all the character designs done.
I don't want to spoil anything too important. So I'll stop right now so as to save all you guys' spoilers.
But if you want to ask about character interactions about the characters' personality or the ages of the characters. Or even about wanting to know who is in my au ask away. But for now, that's all I want to share for now. My next posts will be showing off My Baxter stockman Baron Draxum and Hidden Ruler designs. See you then.
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iamheretemporarly · 1 year
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Making a list of my AUs cause why not
-“Where did the years go?”:
its a mutant apocalypse au, where before thebomb went off, Leo’s brothers ended up trapped in a whole different dimension fighting the kraang, after 5 months of trying to go back, they finally manage to do it, but when they arrive at the lair, its eerie and quite, at the dojo they hear footsteps and when they turn around they meet face to face with leo, who’s older, bigger, and vadtly different
what happened is that only 5 months to them were 13 years to leo, he lived throughthe mutagen bomb and spent his years fighting to survive in the apocalypse with Chloe who he managed to rescue from the apocalypse and metalhead who gained sentience after accidentally being mutated by chloe
now thats a change in the course of their lives thats honna need some getting used to
-“ghost karanas”:
inthis au the boys grew up missing a brother, mikey, donnie and raph, lost their older brother as children because of the kraang, they managed to catch him and he didn’t survive
fast forward karai shows up, after she finds out the truth about herfather and moves in with the turtles and splinter, her father gifts her with twin katanas,karanas that were meant for someone else, not anymore
the moment she wields them, something awakens, and it takes her a bit, but eventually she notices the little figure that has been following her around ever since she touched the weapons
the true wielder of said weapon, a little ghost, the ghost of a little turtle child
now shes on the oath on discovering who this child is, and what his relation to the hamato family is
which is going to be hard considering how everytime she brings that topic up its immediately shut down
-“wrong place, right time”:
after a fight with the kraang, the boys wind up dropped through a portal that transformsthem to a whole different dimension, a dimension that seems at war
after hiding and exploring, they notice a man, fighting some kind of creatures, but what they also notice is the robot above him about disintegrate him, leo leaps and pushes the man out of the way saving his life from the red laser that was about to strike him dead
one smoke bomb awayand now they miraculously ran away and found a place to hide
seeing the man closer, they notice that hes actually a mutanatturtle with twin katanas and a blue mask
hes Leo’s counterpart
looks like theirgonna do some patching upand waiting for him to awaken, cause they have a lot of questions
-“Sunset linings”:
a the last ronin and 2k12 tmnt crossover, the boys are dropped in the last ronin universe and try to navigate through it, after being spooked by a decapitated cyborg they tripped over they decided that hidingn the sewers is better than being exposed like this in a world they have no idea how it works
in their walk in the sewers they stop when they hear someone talk distantly
“QUITE, no more talking”
they follow the sound and stumble on a passed out turtle guy in the sewers, looking all grimy and emo, they immediately turn to look at leo, earning them “what!?l” from him
to mikey’s begging and puppy eyes they end up dragging the guy to help him (which results im ronin not meeting casey marie at that point)
after examining donnie declares that most of his injuries are internal, probably caused by a huge fall or something, so leo decides to pull out the healing hands, which works
and now they’re sitting and betting on who’s counterpart this guys is while they wait for him to wake up,they’re all betting that its leo
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tmnt-crossover-polls · 10 months
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Doom finals part 1
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A different eldest brother summary : Instead of getting sent to 2012-tmnt universe, Raph gets sent to universes slightly closer to his own. Then all those worlds get thrown together. Some plot about Donnie committing murder snuck in between all the fluff and turtle piles. A series of short stories exploring AUs of The Eldest Brother by Debb987, where Raph is not the eldest brother of his family. "So much fluff, so much pain, I'm cooing and crying and I can't put it down, I can't stop, may this serve as a warning (and rec, so heavily reccomended!) for all new readers! Abandone toda esperanza todo aquel que entre ahi!" - Debb987 (author of The Eldest Brother)
Rotten reflections summary : when strange movement in a pharmacy catch's Casey's eye one night, no one could have known the stress, panic and confusion the next few months would bring a turtle not in their right mind ends up in an unknown place with even more unknown threats lurking around every corner, with a hurt little one there's nothing he can do but what his mind screams. 
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