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Rock Climbers au

Last and definitely NOT least, Raph is the Boulderer of the brothers. He loves pushing his strength on really complex routes and intense overhanges. He is either in an intense focus trying to complete his latest boulder problem, or doing the most rediculous things on the wall. He will rope anyone and everyone into his shinanigans. "ok but what if we do this route with JUST our left hand and leg? yeah? that would be fun!" or "what if we put our hand here on this hold, then use this hold to keep your self on the wall- what? yeah I know mean you'd be upside down but thats fine! it goes. trust me" or "oh wait! this hold is perfect for a bathang, donnie c'mon lets see who can hang the longest!"

Boulder is also really fun for Raph because it helps him work on his problem solving skill and thinking ahead. Theres been plenty of time where the brothers are cheering Raph on while he works on a particularly hard problem, only for him to pause mid route. when asked Raph can only respon "I didn't think I'd get this far! wheres the next hold? where do I go from here!?" before falling off the wall in defeat. Donnie tries to instill routereading into Raphs head but it never sticks.

Outside of Bouldering, Raph also like Top Rope. He like working on his stamina, which Top Rope climbing definitely puts to the test. Especially when he has Mikey belaying him, who will bring out Dr. Delicate Touch to get Raph up the wall! "ok I don't think I got anything left, you can bring me down Mikes!" "Nope! you aint getting down till I say so! now go one more time!" He like the burn of a good work out, but hates the idea of Lead Climbing and refuses to try it despite Leo's askance. Top Rope however give Raph the security to climb taller walls reletively stress free.

Mikey | Leo | Donnie

Hooray all the boys are done!!! I really enjoyed making all of these, I can never draw Raph too well so I am exteremely happy with how this turned out! (I may be a little biased as Raph has always been my fave in almost any iteration and I am a boulderer at heart)

Like I mentioned in Mikey's post, most if not all of the inspiration for this au come from my irl experience climbing with my friends. some of the poses I used even are straight up from pics I have of us in our shinannigans XD.

I might come back to this to include April, Casey and Jr. but i'm not 100% sure so for now that is all!! thank you for tolerating my self induldgant au!

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Rock Climbers au

Donnie is a speed demon! Donnies favorite form of climbing is speed climbing. He loves the race and the quick calculations he has to make in order to have his limbs go where he wants in a way that will propel him up the fastest. Leo is the only one of his brothers that can even somewhat keep up with him so they often race. Donnie hasnt lost against him yet, and yes he hold that over Leos head. Donnie’s record for going up a 49ft wall is 5.38 seconds. He’s determined to beat the men’s world record of 4.74 seconds. Psicobolic climbing (free climbing a tall wall over a deep pool of water resulting in big splash falls) is his absolutely favorite. It combines some his favorite things: speed climbing, quick thinking/puzzle solving, flying sensation, and swimming. He loves the free fall into the water, and will often break out his inner theater kid and make it extra dramatic.

The downside of being a speed climber, it’s almost impossible to get a good pic of him 😔 he wants to show off his skill and every pic has him looking like a blurry blob. Even when he joins Raph in Bouldering, it’s somehow always blurry. Bouldering is his second favorite form of climbing because while it doesn’t have the same tempo that speed climbing has, bouldering offers great puzzle solving problems. But Raph ends up just roping him into doing random feats of strength and shenanigans on the wall. It’s fun non the less.

Mikey | Leo | Raph

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Rock Climbers au

Leo loves the challenge of Lead climbing/Trad Climbing. He lives for the adrenaline rush that is taking a massive fall if he misses a clip. Mikey, being the only one to lead climb with Leo, is often his belayer. This can result in Mikey being pulled 10ft off the ground if Leo falls before he can clip into the next anchor. This does nit help Raph’s worry lines. Like Mikey, he also likes to mess around on the descent, often doing silly skits to make his bros laugh. He love outdoor climbing and will be the one to lead the way on a route, using his massive collection of clips and anchors, than then allows the others to follow like it was a top rope climb.

Leo does enjoy all forms of climbing, but lead/trad climbing is his favorite, with competing against donnie in speed climbing a close second. He never wins, but Leo thinks it’s a blast anyways. Especially when they go psicobloc climbing (free climbing a tall wall over a deep pool of water resulting in big splash falls). Leo will often get cocky at the top of these walls and try to do flips and tricks into the water. But that just has him belly flopping to the extreme causing his bros to laugh at his pain.

Unknown to the others, Leo also enjoys free soloing (doing long climbs with no harness or ropes) he lives for the adrenaline rush of knowing that one mistake could lead to serious injury or even death if he’s high up enough. He is just cocky enough in his skills to think he’s invincible, but knows how the others, especially Raph, would react if they knew so he keeps it a secret.

Mikey | Donnie | Raph

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Rock Climbers au

Mikey is THE Top Rope specialist. He likes the freedom that comes with having a stable connection to the wall, without having to worry about managing a rope and clipping into the anchors like you would during Lead Climbing. You can often see him jumping from one hold to another, spinning and flipping in the air (not actually recommend), and doing silly poses on the way down.

Now this doesn’t mean Mikey only sticks to Top Rope. Mikey is the only other one that will join Leo in Lead climbing, sometimes by force, but he does normally love the challenge that Lead Climbing offers. He participates in everyones favorite form of climbing, but Top Rope is his favorite, with Lead Climbing a close second.

Leo | Donnie | Raph

This new au came to me because i love rock climbing myself… and because of that one meme with the turtle up a telephone pole. And that got me thinking on what type of climbing exactly each bro would love. Most (All) of the silliness is a direct pull from me and my friends irl.

The other bros will be posted shortly!

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This was one of my favorite to write! its so silly and I love it.

Additional Tags:

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018) Season 1, Fluff, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, Fluff and Crack, Insomniac Leonardo (TMNT), Leonardo Needs Sleep (TMNT), Good Sibling Raphael (TMNT), Protective Raphael (TMNT), Good Sibling Michelangelo (TMNT), Good Sibling Donatello (TMNT), Donatello and Leonardo are Twins (TMNT), Disaster Twins Donatello and Leonardo (TMNT), Older Twin Donatello (TMNT), i will die on this hill, Younger Twin Leonardo (TMNT), TCEST DNI, Platonic Cuddling, affectionate waterboarding, It's for his own good, Feral Leonardo (TMNT), Feral Behavior, Turtle Instincts (TMNT), Leonardo Has Anxiety (TMNT), its not a huge plot point but i need this to be known, Leonardo Has ADHD and Autism (TMNT), agian not important to the fic but it needs to be noted, Raph's POV, Leo's poor skills in the kitchen strikes again, no beta we die like gram gram, no beta we die like everyone in the apocolypse, its late and I am delusional

Summary:

“Trust me this is way more serious.” Raph tries to bring the younger turtles up to speed, only to be interrupted.

“Booooo! No, you know the rules! No seriousness on Lazy Sundays!” Mikey is a big proprietor of lazy days and makes sure everyone follows the rules of having a stress free day. It works only because it guilts them all to rest, if only so Mikey isn’t stressing about them not resting.

“It’s Thursday Micheal.”

“Yeah but it has the spirit of Lazy Sunday”

“Guys!” Raph’s outburst brings their attention back to him, but their deadpan stares show they still don’t appreciate the seriousness Raph is trying to infringe upon their relaxation.

“Guys, we got a code Sleepy Slider on our hands.” Raph’s voice is grim, his face shadowed with the weight of the situation they find themselves in.

With the code spoken, Donnie and Mikey sit at attention.

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or Leo's insomnia strikes and his brothers help him get some rest.

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A Future That Never Will

A Pocket of Time au drabble. This is in reference to this post, where I explore the concept of "once time travel has been invented it has always been invented" with Mikey :)

[cw: mild psychological horror, minor derealization] --- --- ---

Mikey’s always loved going to conventions.

Maybe not as much as Leo, the superfan he is, but Mikey was a close second. The crowds, filled with noises of laughter, and awes at different cosplays, and debates on fan theories. The art especially captures Mikey’s attention. Anything from keychains to life size figures. Posters and T-shirts. 

Mikey is among his people at conventions. 

They are in the sci-fi section of the Con so Leo can gush at all the JJ merch and Donnie can horde all the Atomic Lass merch. The box turtle is at a booth selling hand drawn posters and sketches when he sees a beautiful drawing of Jupiter Jim vs The Reptilia. The colors are vibrant, and the poses are dynamic and fun.

Mikey has to have it. The booth attendant agrees saying he couldn’t think of a better person to sell it to, considering Mikey and his brothers “cosplay” the green aliens. 

These are some of his favorite moments. Where Mikey and his family can just relax, and have some normal fun. Interact with others who share their passions.

He feels utterly content. No, he feels ecstatic. 

Shaking his hands a little to get rid of some of the overflowing emotion, Mikey takes the bag with the picture handed to him.

He can’t wait to show Leo his find, he’s going to be so-

Jealous.

The convention is empty. 

Mikey does a double take, but even the booth he was just at is vacant, the attendant nowhere in sight. 

There is a sinking feeling that starts low in his stomach. 

The once bustling building is now desolate. Not a soul in sight. And not just that, but it's like no one has been in this building in years. The paint on the walls are chipped in areas, some of the strong concrete pillars are cracked, and windows either boarded up or broken. Some of the tables are still present, but they have a layer of dust that leaves a defined line when Mikey swipes his finger across. 

It’s silent. 

“R- Raph? Donnie, Leo?” his voice echoes. MIkey knows it's pointless. There's no one around that would hear him. A shiver runs down his spine. 

He doesn’t know what's going on, but Mikey resolves himself to find out. Taking a breath to calm himself, Mikey makes his way to one of the non-boarded windows. He’s cautious as he moves, the back of his neck tingling. Eyes belonging to no one bore into the back of his head, watching him. But there's not much cover in the big, open convention space. Even if he wanted to hide, which he feels like he very much should, he can’t.

The eyes don’t feel dangerous, per say, but they don’t feel all that friendly either. Mikey pushes the feeling down for now in favor of getting to a window to figure out what the hell is happening. 

The idea of someone, something, watching him vanishes from Mikey’s mind when he finally gets to the window. The once bright day is now dark and filled with smog. There's abandoned buildings all around the convention, but just beyond that is the New York Mikey has come to know. Bright lights, and billboards. But it's not the New York Mikey has loved, his home. 

There's watch lights everywhere, and robotic figures stalking the streets and walls with barbed wires. Beyond the city, Mikey can make out a tall imposing wall that seems to encircle the entirety of the main city. 

Then there's the weird symbol that can be seen everywhere. On the robotic sentries, some of the billboards, the police cars. It's all the same symbol.

An orange footprint. 

MIkey can’t breathe. This isn’t his home. He doesn’t know where he is. Where are his brothers? What is going on? What is that symbo-

“Hey man, nice Reptilia cosplay!”

What?

Mikey’s brain halted the spiral it was going down as he whips his head around to the voice. He suddenly feels very cold. Like a bucket of ice water rained down on him. But instead of a threat, all Mikey sees is some teenager. He looks maybe 19? Mikey can’t quite meet his eyes, but the stranger is wearing a JJ shirt, jeans and sneakers. By all accounts just a regular convention goer. 

But that doesn’t make sense. The building is still abandoned, everything is still degraded, dusty and empty.

Everything is still wrong. 

That's when the statement finally processes in Mikey’s mind. He looks down at himself, like he had forgotten he is a giant mutant humanoid turtle. 

“Uhhh yeah, thanks man. I-” when Mikey looks back up the convention is back. His senses are assaulted with the noise of hundreds of people and their conversations.It makes his ears ring after the deafening silence he was just in. The smell of the nearby food court, once a delight now makes him nauseous. 

Mikey feels dizzy.

No one seems to have experienced anything like what Mikey just had. Everyone is going about their regular business, walking from booth to booth, or getting food, or chatting with friends. Like nothing even happened. 

“Well, enjoy the rest of the convention Michealangelo!” the stranger’s voice again cuts through Mikey’s panic. 

The older kid has a smile that doesn’t quite meet his eyes, why can’t Mikey look him in the eyes, before waving awkwardly and disappearing into the crowd.

Mikey can only stand there, trying to get his mind in order and his nausea under control. He sees his brothers a few booths away, right where Mikey left them, and it calms something deep within him. 

Chancing a glance back out the window, Mikey only sees home, as it all should be. 

“Yo Mikey! Come check out these pins!” That's Leo. Mikey can see him over the crowd. Leo is smiling wide and waving his arms wildly, smacking Raph in the face. The scene is so familiar and Mikey feels the last of his soul settle in his body. 

MIkey can’t help but smile and shake his head and the absolute dork that is his older brother. But he jogs over to them non the less. 

It isn’t until later that night, when he is falling asleep and running through the day's events that his mind falls back onto the stranger. Even just the thought of the guy has his limbs feeling as if he fell asleep on them wrong. All pins and needles and numbness. 

Mikey pulls the blanket tighter around himself. He’s being ridiculous. Mikey knows this. It was just some random kid like him at a convention. But he didn’t feel right. Nothing was out of place, by all accounts the kid was just a regular human. 

So why did Mikey feel so void in his presence? Like his very soul was draining, leaving him cold, empty. He has no evidence, but it was like the stranger wasn't human.

But that ridiculous, and Mikey is just being ridiculous. He just wants to go to bed. He feels exhausted after being at the convention all day. 

So what if he experienced some weird hallucination? Or- or some side effect of inhaling paint fumes from the artists booths. Or something. It's over now, he’s home, with his family. Safe.

Mikey’s limbs become weightless, and mind slows.He is just about to succumb fully to his exhaustion, that half asleep state that makes everything feel so far away. That's when he realizes it, and he has that falling feeling, heart skipping a beat and jolting to alertness.

He never told the stranger his name.

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Another fic! this one is a bit shorter than my first. A discord server im in was talking about the fact that red eard sliders have shorter life spans than the other's species

so of cours I had to write a little angst fic. :)

Additional Tags:

Pre-Movie: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2022), Pre-Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Leonardo-centric (TMNT), Hurt No Comfort, Light Angst, Insecure Leonardo (TMNT), sight suicidal implications, mention of suicide, mention on injury, nothing graphic, Medic Leonardo (TMNT), implied absent splinter, Leo makes a discovery, turtle species traits, the turtles exhibiting turtliness, Turtle Tots (TMNT), eh more like 10ish here, Leo "I can't let my nerd twin know I'm also a nerd" nardo, major character death but its just future leo, nothing we haven't seen before folks

Summary:

If all other roles are taken up, then what other choice does he have other than to step up?

He didn't realize it would lead to a forbidden fruit kind of knowledge. Leo also didn't think he'd feel as content as he does after this discovery. At least he's useful now.

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Auntie Miwa au

Ok so this au is one that I think can be pretty fun to play around with.

Ok so, yes, Splinter's mom's name is Hamato Atsuko, BUT! what if it wasn't. what if it was say, Hamato Tang Shen.

This idea came to like a fever dream lol. basically I just saw a lot of similarities between how Rise showed Splinters mother vs how other depictions introduced Tang Shen (through time travel/memories, loving mother but died early, a strong woman, dying due to the foot/shredder) and I thought, what if?

So this au has Tang Shen meeting a Hayashi Yoshito. They fall in love and have 2 kids. The youngest, Hamato Yoshi, named after his father who died before he was born.

The oldest... Hamato Miwakarai. Named after the founder of the Hamato clan. She hated this burden/legacy though and started to go by just Miwa.

Miwa is a good few years older from Yoshi, about 8-10. So by the time their mom leaves/passes away, Miwa has already been sent away for Hamato training. This is why Splinter never brings her up and she isn't in his memories. He barely remembers her and thinks she is dead like the rest of his family. Sacrified and tossed aside by the Hamato duty.

I imagine her personality in this au as like a mix between 2012 Karai, and 03 Raph and Leo. on the surface she has learned to mask the "Hamato honor" and be stoic, calm, calculated and cunning. but she is also explosive, loud, loyal, and caring. she can be apathetic at times but thats just the Hamato training that was beat drilled into her. (I can go on about the Hamato clans decent into cultish behavior but I'll save that for a different post)

Miwa becomes the head of the Hamato Clan, and after hearing about rumor of the Shredder returning in NYC (something she thinks is hightly unlikely considering the main foot sect is located in Japan) she send some hamatos to investigate. but because all of NYC was stuck in the mystic orb, theres not much they find besides some destruction and evidence of a fight.

but if no Hamatos were present then how would Shredder have been defeated? so she brushes it off as false intel.

But then the Krang invasion happens. and she sees what little news clippings and videos the escape donnies detection softwares. and she sees these figures, fighing the Krang, and using Ninpo non the less. Now she must go and investigate these imposters, these thieves of the Hamato ways, and put them down. make an example of them. She wasn't expecting to be reunited with her long lost brother and meet her green nephews instead.

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Pockets of Time au

Ok so this au is inspired by the idea/theory thats like "once time travel has been invented, it has always existed." Its kinda parodoxy but I love it because that means fun things with Mikey! This au is also in thanks to my coworkers old roomate lol. i was just working on a different silly turtle au when my coworker was just like "did i ever tell you about my time traveler roomate?" and immidiately i knew I had to hear this, and goddammit was it so fucking cool and all I could think about is time traveler Mikey.

So the basic premis is that because Mikey's future self "created"/"invented"/did time travel, Mikey has always been a time traveler. And because of this has always experienced these strange "pockets of time" as he calls them.

These pockets of time are little moments that Mikey experiences through out his life. moments from the past, futures to come and futures to never come.

the first one he experienced was when Mikey was younger, around 9/10, him and leo were skating around the tunnels of the sewer, when they come across an abandoned subway station. they explore a little, when all of a sudden, Mikey walks into a section, and is met with a room filled with lights, and paintings. its got their projector and splinters chair. Mikey is confused how this all got here, wondering if its a prank leo is pulling. then leo calls for him, pulling Mikey's attention from the room, and when he turns back the room turned to the expected dark and dusty room. Mikey doesn't think much of it, until they are settled into their knew lair after Shredder and Mikey realizes he saw this.

the next instance is later, he is 13 and he's at a convention with his bros. he's looking at some JJ merch, and when he looks up to show off something to donnie, he finds the whole convention center empty. its completely abandoned. when he moves to a window, he finds the whole of NYC under some kind of martial law. theres a wall around the city, and what looks to be androids patrolling the street, and they have the foot symbol on them. He's pulled from the dystopian world by someone complimenting his turtle alien costume. the person is the only one in the building, Mikey doesn't even know how he got there. Mikey looks down at himself, telling the guy thanks with some half-assed lie on making it, and when he looks up the building is back to normal. The guy is still there, but so is everyone else. the place packed again, and his bros back at the table he left them. the guy walks away after and all Mikey can think is how something felt seriously off with that guy. he definitely was not yokai or anything, he seemed human but....

another instance is when he is 15 (pre-movie) and Mikey goes to follow his bros into Run of the Mill, but instead of seeing the familiar restaurant behind the portal, the laundromat that the restaraunt portal is attached to. but everything look new and clean, theres a few human there doing their laundry, and they were dressed weirdly, like from splinters older movies he's shown them. They don't pay any mind to Mikey so he politely excuses himself, going back into the alley way. When he tries again, he's met with tables, and servers and his bros calling him, asking what held him up out there. he didn't know how to answer that so he brushed it off with getting distracted by a possible mural spot.

It's not untill Jr comes back, and they learn HOW he got there that Mikey starts to think that these moments may have been more than just his imagination goiong into overdrive.

My coworker also mentioned how his roomate would be approached by others who could see into the future. So im just imagining Mikey, going to the HC for the first time and just attracting all these mystic users that work with time/fortunes/preminitions. and them just telling him things/asking him questions, and Mikey forgetting it ever happened, until their conversation comes to pass

Like someone from witch town approaches Mikey randomly and just hold his hands and says "the shaking will stop" and then walks away. and its not till after the Kraang and Mikey is looking down and his trembling hands that he finally remembers that interaction. And its the only thing that gives him hope that he'll be able to cook and do art again.

I have so much more on this au but this post is already so long. I have a 1 shot written and ideas on who the mysterious not-human Mikey sees in the convention is. So I'll probalby post more on this later.

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I have made this account to post my ramblings of a lunitic so i guess that includes fics.

So here the first fic ive ever published!

Additional Tags:

Hurt/Comfort, Kinda, Crack Treated Seriously, Brotherly Love, tcest DNI pls, Trans Leonardo (TMNT), he got that trans boy problems, just like me fr, Disaster Twins Donatello and Leonardo (TMNT), Leonardo Has Self-Esteem Issues (TMNT), and a period, Talks of Periods, Crying, midnight snacks, Leonardo-centric (TMNT), Post-Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018) Season 2, Pre-Movie: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2022)

Summary:

“Ohhhhkay you are incoherent at this point so how about we just breathe? Yes? Breathing is recommended for cognitive brain function. I’ll just turn off the stove and-“

“NO! My cheese! I need my cheese!” Honestly how dare Donnie even suggest such a thing.

Or the one where I project a very real thing that happened to me onto a turtle and sprinkle in some brotherly love and comfort