#2012 leo is my favorite version of leo lmao

[seruppy]

MM Leo is literally 2012 Leo but younger.

That's why i love him.

[katsettee]

I totally get people talking about rottmnt and not being into because of the cartoony madness and exaggeration. I get it, it’s grating for some

But that acceptance goes OUT the window as soon as the same person vehemently swears up and down 2012 is the best tmnt rendition 💀💀

The incest one??? With the horrible writing? THAT one?

[miniyunart]

My piece I did for @turtlestogetherzine !

I truly cannot explain just how much this project means to me, and how PROUD I am of every single contributor!! Everyone did so amazing, seeing all the love and passion everyone had for the TMNT series was seriously so awe inspiring.

The amount of people who supported the zine, first with preorders then with Leftovers (sold out in ONE DAY! Crazy!) and those getting the digital zine still, you all are incredible and I genuinely hope you love this project!

This piece is so special, I went in thinking I'd do something Raph focused (my technically favorite turtle) or even something Rise focused (my fav version so far) but no, I went to the drawing board wanting to represent as many iterations I could with Leo!

My history with Leonardo is such a funny one, when I watched 2003 (my first iteration) growing up, I HAAAAATED Leo LMAO! I hated how boring he was and how much of a rule stickler he was, and I grew up with just this innate dislike of him for every following iteration, till I watched ROTTMNT. I went into Rise expecting to dislike Leo, but they did a complete flip on his character, and I loved it! It was so fresh and it was so fun seeing him be a goof.

So when I went back to watch 2012 for the first time, I found myself loving Leo and his traits there, and then when I went back to watch 2003, the appreciation for Leo grew TENFOLD and I just became smitten with this character!

Mutant Mayhem wasn't out yet at the time, so I wanted to create something that celebrated Leo, the series and the passing of the torch to the newer younger Leo! (WHOM I ADORE!!)

Sorry this was so long, but this project came out better then I could have DREAMED!! So thank you to all who helped bring it to life!

COWABUNGA!

[niphredil-14]

Hihi Renza! :D

I was wondering if I could maybe request some tmnt if that's ok! I was wondering if maybe you'd be comfortable writing a headcanon for the 2012 turtles finding out reader's secret of having an otome game obsession (me) ><

I was just kinda wondering what thier reactions would be to like...the honest to goodness library of otome routes both of us have read at some point in time! ><

Hope that's ok! No pressure to write at all! This is only if you're comfortable with it!

Hope you're having the loveliest day, and getting plenty of rest, and receiving some warm happy hugs!!!

Girl I am so sorry that this has taken me so long to get to!

Leonardo:

Leonardo has definitely dabbled in otome games, although I don't see him as having played a whole lot of them. I could see him being a huge fan of Ikemen Sengoku, though. His favorite IkeSen suitor would probably either be Hideyoshi or Sasuke, no you cannot convince me otherwise. I think he would have a loose-liking of Nobunaga but mostly just because he kinda gives Karai vibes (i do not ship Leo/Karai). I can kinda see him kinning Hideyoshi and admiring Sasuke, being more attracted to Nobu. Leo may be taken sightly aback if he realizes just how many otome games you've played. I don't think he would judge you, though. In fact, he might find it fun to play some of the routes with you and share thoughts, almost like an otome version of a book club. I giggle at the though of playing IkeVamp Leo's route and talking to TMNT Leo about IkeVamp Leo (his almost-namesake) and just how they're so different lmao. I NEED TO HEAR HIM VOICE AN OTOME MAN, HAVE YOU HEARD HIM SPEAK??? HE'S GOT THE PERF VOICE

Raphael:

As much as I hc Raph to be such a (secret) sucker for romance media, I feel like he wouldn't really understand or be interested in otome games. He wouldn't seriously judge, but he would tease you for playing so many. He'd joke, saying that you probably like your anime boyfriends more than him, but I think deep down that he would really want the reassurance. If he was gonna like any otome game, it would have to be one here the MC falls in love with a "monster," be that a literal one, in the sense of them just not being human (Like IkeVamp) or in the sense of the LI just having irredeemable qualities/being aggressive/being evil, I think that's the only kind he could really get behind. Any kind of Beauty and the Beast type of story he looovesssss. Because of that I could see him enjoying Ikemen Prince (very lightly, he just likes the comparison to beauty and the beast), but if he were going to get attached to any otome game, it would be Ikemen Vampire. I think Theo would be his kin, and his crush.

Donatello:

No matter how many otome games you've played, I guarantee that this man has played more. And not just otome games, but really any dating sim. The FNaF Dating Sim will always (ironically, mostly because of nostalgia) have a place in his heart, but honestly, I kind of see him being a big fan of MLQC (Lucien is his favorite 100% sweetheart, but also evil scientist? What do you mean it's not Don?) No matter what game he plays, he always either falls for his kinnie, or a woman way out of his league lmao. Without fail. I think he would also be a fan of the Your Boyfriend Dating Sim. It scratches the immoral, fucked up, obsessive part of his brain (my boy just wants someone to love him as much as he loves them :c)

[torturedblue]

It’s the middle of the week, have some dancing turtles

Spoilers below as I gush about my Mutant Mayhem Monday experience 🤗 please feel free to gush with me I wanna hear other people’s thoughts too!

First off… When Seth wanted to put the teenager in TMNT he meant it. Like, all the versions act like teenagers, but like Nickelodeon PG stereotypical teens. MM turtles were the realest PG-13 outta pocket 21st century teenagers I’ve ever seen and I love that shit because it’s the first time I actually felt like I was around the kids in middle school and high school again with the way they talk. Kinda appreciate Superfly cussing too? Like idk it’s Ice Cube and this villain goes hard tryna kill some teenage turtles he formally saw as his lil cousins, let the grown mutant cuss

Also uh, was not expecting to be sad so early in the movie? Like I could tell from the trailers it was gon be an emotional rollercoaster but shit like ten minutes in and these turtles are fuckin depressed. And to see it really hit me because in every other version (except for Bayverse) the turtles literally never let not being part of the human world get to them. In the shows especially they’re so well adjusted and never bothered by sticking to the shadows. Then there’s Rise where they pretty much go out whenever they want and indulge in most of the human world stuff they want to. For these guys to be so stunted and desperate to have more freedom was so heart wrenching. Especially when Splinter grounds them for a whole month and the reality sinks in of how much they know the life they want isn’t an option for them

Wasn’t expecting any kind of ship or romance but that crush Leo has on April hit me like truck because…… holy crap the Leo-April pair has never been a thing? On top of that this is only the second on screen black April we’ve seen and I’ve been a Leo kinnie across the board since day one so to see this combo of my favorite character liking a black girl is making me lose my mind 🥲 and like it got me thinking of several of my favorite shows and the single characters I kin in those and if they’ve ever had black love interests and it’s just still not a common normalized thing honestly.

I’m sure a lot of people aren’t excited for the prospect of ships coming back (especially after 2012 scarred us) but as a Leo lover and black girl it got me so excited to see something like this. I’m just hopeful and optimistic they won’t mess it up like a lot of shows do. The “this is just as friends line” already makes me a little worried bc that trope never has a good history but I have faith they’ll handle things tastefully and not make it toxic or messy

MURDER THE SHREKS!

“I assume you’d wanna be on camera. ‘Cause you have, like a very camera ready look…” OKAY SMOOOOOTH LEONARDOOOOOO 👏🏽

Could not stop laughing while he was shooting his shot my face was literally donnie’s restraining myself from bursting out laughing

Just a couple of my favorite questions that April wrote down for them:

“Do you carry salmonella?” Look I still don’t know wtf salmonella is but it’s the second time a TMNT iteration has joked about it so I’m starting to think it has something specifically to do with turtles 👀

“Have you caught covid?” Oml covid exists in this world

“Are you the source of covid?” OUT OF LINE 💀

“How many people has the red bandana turtle stabbed? Does he need therapy?” Yes.

“Does sunlight cause you to burst into flames?” They’re- they’re not vampires? 😂

Leon Ardo deserves the world and whatever he wants in it give him everything 😭

I will never understand what made Donnie laugh so hard at the name Nardo other than it being because it’s his sibling and that it bothers Leo lmao

All imma say about the puke scene is that I’m glad I heard an “out of context” spoiler about it bc I knew exactly when to look away and I’m glad I did bc the scene lasted for so long??? 😀❓But hey at least I had Unwritten to listen too while I was sparing my eyes 😂

The sequence of them going around and shaking down those gangs and Superfly’s connections. BAD. ASS. And each of them got their own moments to shine? Loved it. Like they each even got to take point and have their moments where they got to kick in the door lol. And the fight scenes were just, muah. Chef’s kiss, they all looked amazing taking grown ass adults down together

Okay Splinter definitely gets the best dad award for putting together that little surprise party, with all the celebrity Chris’s and pretending to wait on them 🥺 so pure. It did make me sad the guys immediately left and you can just see such a sad dejected look on Splinter’s face, knowing he can’t provide what his kids really want or make them happy enough without it 🥲 At the very least they say thanks and that they appreciate but I would’ve at least stayed for a lil bit and gone along with it, Splinter just looked so excited about it and it was so sweet 😭

And he doesn’t even get upset though he knows they’re hiding something, he just says he’ll help them if they’ve gotten into trouble, which is something I’m sure almost every kid has wanted instead of having the kind of relationship where they’re more scared of telling their parents they messed up instead of handling it on their own

I love how musical Superfly’s family is 😂 Ray Filet just starts sing-introducing his name and Mondo and the other couple mutants when they drive with in the car trying to find music they could all sing to together 🥹 not to mention the musical references Superfly makes later that I’ll get to. “Kinda don’t wanna murder everyone on Earth, I just kinda wanna sing” Me too bruh.

Raph immediately going “goochi goochi goo” and playing peekaboo with Genghis frog is so underrated that boy has such a soft side he’s not even that afraid of showing at times, and maybe it’s continuing the trope of Raph having a soft spot for pets/animals? Who knows 😌

Yo I was kinda shook when that government guy knocked Leo out and he just fell unconscious on the ground 😶 Like we’re used to seeing the authorities be brutal especially in movies like this but that’s a whole teenager? You just assaulted a minor? 🙂 Crazy

Also I know it’s sad they got captured and drained painfully but Mikey in that scene was hilarious 😂 like even the way he was dramatically crying and Leo was just started to cry with him like “iM sO sOrRy mIkEeEeEy! 😭” gold. When one of his children is hurting Leo hurts too. One of my favorite moments 🤣

They literally started singing BTS while being tortured they’re so unserious but like in a serious way to them and I love it. Also the fact that they did it just to make Donnie feel better? So pure. Like Raph of all turtles offered to sing while being drained of blood (bc I refuse to use the m word 💀)

The way Splinter snuck in and soloed literal government soldiers single handedly? Badass. Never loved seeing a Splinter save his sons so much 🥹

“But it’s the only way we’ll be accepted.”

“No! We accept you!”

“You can come live with us! We accept you!”

“WE VIBE!”

Oml they’re so puuuuure 😭 I really thought this was gonna be a moment where the guys invite them all to come live with them and Splinter was gonna be like ‘aha 😬 whoa slow down there’ but damn nah he was just as enthusiastic as them inviting all those mutants to come live in their home forever “The more the merrier!” Like ugh he just loves finding family like Baxter Stockman and we see where the guys got their loving nature from 🥹

The amount of his soul Mikey put into that BROSEEEPH was so real like I’ve never heard the name broseph be said in any other way, I’m so glad they put that moment in there

“New York, New York!” “I’m the king of New York!”

Oml superfly’s a Broadway baby 🤗 he’s a big bad villain marching through time square and talking about King Kong but he’s fill gonna nerd out and make his musical theatre references 😂

“For once in your life you didn’t sound lame. You actually started to sound like a leader”

“That was really heartfelt Raph”

I love the Leo Raph dynamic in this movie. Like they don’t always agree or understand each other but they will show love towards one another and show mutual appreciation

Something about any of the turtles shells cracking always gets to me for some reason like those are some serious permanent injuries so I want to see if they do anything special with that in the sequel or show maybe 🤔 And I couldn’t tell if all of theirs cracked or just one, and if so which turtle it was. I think Leo or Raph. I feel like it was Leo but Raph’s are also starting to have a trend of getting cracks in their shells so 🤷🏽‍♀️

Also I do not want to judge what other people like to wear but why are Raph and Donnie the only normal dressed ones 😭 like Mikey looks like he’s going on vacation and Leo looks like he’s going to clock in at Best Buy 😂 tell me it’s because they have limited resources for clothes lmao. HE’S LITERALLY WEARING A LANYARD

Them taking off the masks was crazy honestly… like them deciding not to wear them made my brain pause until I realize they’re kids going to school now and not being ninjas all the time… they don’t need them anymore. I’m just so pleased with the fact that this movie was willing to do what all other iterations weren’t. I see why they’re getting a sequel and show already, these guys and the plot development deserve so much more exploration

Maybe I missed something in the beginning but I’m wondering where Stockman went. Like is he still in custody? Did he die? Because not seeing him again that’s what I assumed but we only saw him get arrested or whatever, so if anything I don’t get why Superfly and the others wouldn’t try to break him out 🤔 I was surprised they didn’t make him a villain though, but I’m pretty happy about him getting to be a more optimistic kind character tho

SHREDDER HAD ME SHOOK LIKE THE ARMOR ALREADY LOOKED SO COOL AND I WAS NOT EXPECTING THEM TO GET THE BIG BAD INVOLVED AHHHH I’M SO READY TO SEE THEM REACT TO THIS ANGRY GIANT TIN CAN

Although I do wonder if Shredder’s gonna have some personal gripe with them since they have a different backstory he doesn’t seem to be a part of. And shit now that they’re public and in school it’s gonna be so much easier for him to go after them 😅 pluses and minuses…

The soundtrack: golden. Cultured. Nothing but range. Goes from a 90’s rap song to Natasha Bedingfield’s soulful 2000’s song. Most movies only ever have all pop mainstream songs or only rap songs because they think they can’t mix but MM does it effortlessly. The turtles are so versatile not just with music genres but they make old and new references ‘cause they’re well rounded kings 💪🏽 Between rizz, Adele, broski, Hey Arnold, K-Pop, Ferris Bueller, etc… I mean Donnie’s literally doing the sprinkler and the funky chicken in that gif up top 😂 they’re born in 2008 I doubt any kids today know about those dances anymore

Clearly I have all the thoughts and feelings about these boys and the movie, but I think this is probably my favorite TMNT movie? I’ve loved all of them but I think this one definitely brings me the most comfort fr

[detectivepikachu7777]

Been wanting to use clip studio paint for a while-

Actually I've been using said app for a bit, I just forgot to post this on here when I was done with it lmao

Working on a Donnie version since I'm planing on making a set of all four ✨️

Also these sets will just be my two favorite versions of the tmnt character and for leo it's 2012 and 18, donnie is 2018 and 2023, raph is 2012 and 18, and Mikey is 2018 and 2023- (why is there a theme lowkey-)

Anyways I need to sleep since it's almost 2:30 am and I have work technically today a few hours later and I wanna have decent amounts of sleep for that ksjdjd

[tending-the-hearth]

ALRIGHT BESTIES BUCKLE UP FOR MY MUTANT MAYHEM COMMENTARY

i will kick this off by saying that Mutant Mayhem is quite honestly one of my favorite iterations of the turtles EVER, second only to the 2012 versions.

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR MUTANT MAYHEM (duh lmao)

the theme of having a family and a place to belong was established from the VERY beginning of the movie, so yeah, heartbreaking start lmao

Baxter's devotion to his children was just 😭😭

literally the best version of Splinter EVER i will not hear any arguments

I'd lay down my life for these boys in a heartbeat

the way Leo gets teased is SO perfectly how siblings tease each other, the little mocking tones and gestures is literally how my siblings and i act with each other

no bc Splinter having a history of being rejected by those around him and the boys being all he has and the one time he tries to go into a new environment it goes terribly and that's what leads him to never wanting the boys to leave 😭

but of course it's also SUCH a valid explanation for how he behaves like ofc he's going to try to keep his sons safe!!

the boys are so silly goofy kiddos i love them

"i dream of violence every night" "i think you have a problem" RAPH I LOVE YOU WITH MY WHOLE HEART

their excitement over the fight in the bike shop was so!!!! they're finally being heroes

Leo's little crush on April is literally the cutest thing wtf

the "bacon egg and cheese" moment was 100% some inside joke between the turtles' VAs, it was so random that it couldn't be anything else lmao

BUT i'm not complaining because that added so much to the boys!!

i love April, she's so realistically hesitant about the turtles, but also realizes that they can help with Superfly

also she has a list of questions she wants to ask the turtles, and one of the questions was "how many people has the red-banded turtle killed? does he need therapy?" and i cackled

the montage of them finding the different bosses!!!! and each turtle getting his own moment!!!

"why did you punch him, he told us everything!!!" Raph was in a silly goofy mood <3

Mondo has no thoughts. No brain.

The way the other mutants immediately started treating the boys like little brothers?????? my heart????

Bebop and Rocksteady being twins is my favorite thing

Mondo being truly heartbroken by the boys kicking him out of the van, he was so sad

Wingnut just trying to look out for her little brothers!!

THEY GOT FUCKING MILKED

Splinter literally not caring about anything else he just wants his boys safe!!

The other mutants turning against Superfly because they don't want to hurt the humans, they just want to be family!

Splinter realizing his mistake in sheltering his boys so much, and helping them destroy the device!!! growth!!!

His speech to the boys about how even if he doesn't like humans, the boys do, and he wants them to be able to be happy, so if helping the humans makes them happy, then he'll do everything he can to make sure that happens 😭😭😭

THE SHOT OF THEM ALL WALKING TOWARDS THE CITY AND APRIL THROWING RAPH THE ANTI-MUTAGEN GUN??? HELLO???

okay but the moment where all the news channels are reporting about the boys and their team being monsters, and it's just spinning around the boys as they realize they might never be accepted broke my heart

Leo stepping up as leader and recognizing his brothers' skills my beloved

WE GOT A SLO-MO COWABUNGA LINE

Splinter flashing between when he brought the boys to the surface for the first time and the humans chasing them away vs. the humans approaching him with concern and helping him to his feet 😭😭

THE HUMANS TEAMING UP TOGETHER WITH THE MUTANTS TO GET THE CARTRIDGE TO THE BOYS I'M FUCKING SOBBING

The mutants living together, they're a family your honor 😌

MIKEY LEAVING BEHIND HIS MASK

They got to go to school!!!!

and each of them finding their own group outside of their brothers!!

Donnie with his computer friends!

Mikey joining improve!!

Raph joining wrestling!!

April and Leo looking into TCRI!! Leopril truthers rise up!!

And the final mid-credits scene leading into the TV show with the hint towards TCRI still kicking AND AND AND

THE SHREDDER TEASE AT THE END??? HOLY SHIT??? HE LOOKS SO COOL???

There were also so many little background things that made me emotional, like the LGBTQIA+ flyers on the school poster board, the trans flag pinned next to the flyers, the little scribbles on the lockers and April's helmet, the details were just so so perfect. there honestly wasn't a single thing i didn't love about the movie!!!

GO SEE IT WHEN YOU CAN

[rius-cave]

I see you are also a person of quality taste (points to the tmnt artwork) So, which tmnt is your favorite version?...and to tie this back to Adamsapple in keeping with your blog. Do you think Adam could have an arc similar to Leo's in the ROTTMNT movie. Where essentially he goes through an extremely humbling event, that makes him realize 'it's not all about him'

OH NO. MOM THEY FOUND THE TMNT ART

Hahaha, yeah TMNT is one of my longest running fandoms! Though I'm also heavily put off by it, especially rottmnt's, because of the SHEER amount of AWFUL people I encountered back in the day lmao

I am forever and always a TMNT 2012 person though! That show, as messy as it is, has a special place in my heart <3

I did watch rottmnt, but admittedly I never got thaaaaat much into it. I have art for it because it was fun to draw, but I honestly can't remember half the show... or like 70% of it idk.

As for Leo and Adam, I think Adam's character is wAAAAAAYYYYYY different from Leo's. Leo in that movie, iirc, basically lost everything and that's why he had to, grow up basically. Adam lost everything MULTIPLE times and that just made him worse lol. Also, Leo always had people he cared about, so that kept him in check. Adam lost the people HE cared about, but getting new people (possibly the Hazbin gang) could help him start gaining empathy again, which is something he severely lacks lol

[pumpkinpie59]

11.) Which version of Raphael is your favorite?

13.) Which version of Michelangelo is your favorite?

11,

eeee such a hard question fjdkdksk

i think all the tv raphaels are pretty great

i probably think about 87 raphael most, but i think the best written might be 2012.

i love 03, but i think 2012 raphael got more attention in his development (which is funny cause i can’t say that for the other 2012 turtles, except leo but he just got worse instead of better lmao).

13,

my favorite michelangelo in all iterations is easily idw. he makes up for all the stupid drama in idw fkdkkdksk

but for tv iterations, it’s 87!! silly lil guy

[melancholysway]

My favorite turtle duos (ranked) and why

OUT OF 5 STARS BC I CAN SORRY FOR BEINFG INACTIVE LMAO

Donatello & Raphael

OKAY.

This is my all time fave duo I’ve said it like 7 times already.

I don’t know why, but Donnie and Raph (especially in the 2003 version) go so well together. DONNIE CALLS RAPH “RAPHIE.” I LOVE IT. They also seem to together when fighting (there’s a small scene in the 2007 version where Raph asks Don for his help while fighting a foot soldier, it’s cute brotherly love y’all I love it)

ANYWAY

I also hc that Raph's favorite brother is Donnie, i don't know why, but i can really see it through every version of them

There’s literally a 2003 TMNT compilation of just Donnie and Raph moments, Donnie canonically calls Raph “Raphie,” and Raph seems to insult Donnie less if not barely. (although in the 2012 version he throws his lil nerdy jokes at him)

Donnie & Raph 100% gives off middle child vibes, so it’s only right they’re the best duo. We see Leo as the oldest and Mikey the youngest, but we never really talk about where don and Raph lie. It’s simply because they’re the

*shudders* middle children

& because they’re the middle children they do A LOT together than people think. They play video games together (as shown in the 2003 version,) have a sarcasm match together & anything else!

Raph also looks out for Donnie during combat since he knows he’s the weakest out of the four of them<3

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️‼️

Leonardo and Donatello

Okay, rise!donnie & leo??? MY FAVORITE.

I feel like Donnie is the backbone of a lot of Leo's plans. If you think about it, a lot of the time Leo may rely on Donnie to either hack or invent something for them to use in their mission. Though in the 2012 he doesn't allow donnie to use the turtle mech because it was too risky, but a lot of his inventions seriously save Leo all the trouble of making a plan up and stressing him out

I also love the thought of them as twins bc it makes so much sense & I enjoy it A LOT!!!

Leo praises Donnie for a lot of his work, but Raph does it the most

5/5!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Leonardo and Raphael

Okay, I LOVE. In every installment, they seriously kill it together.

I enjoyed them a lot in the 2012 version, it wasn't like bayverse or 2003 where a lot of the screentime was taken up by them arguing. We saw how caring Raph was during the farmhouse arc and how he really missed Leo, and tried to help him get back on his feet as leader. Not only that, but 2007 Raph secretly really cared for Leo A LOT, i think the line where Raph says

"Youre gonna need these [katana] if youre gonna lead us out of here," & Leo says, "I'm gonna need you, too." LIKE BROOO????? *cries*

I truly love their small rivalry but brotherly love at the same time like wut

But anyhoo, I really like that although they may get into it (yuh) with each other, they still fight really good together regardless I love them wtf.

4.5/5! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Leonardo and Michelangelo

AH

OkaY OKAY

I love the little brother older brother dynamic here seriously!

I feel like Mikey is a trouble magnet and Leo is just a worried mom friend who tries to steer him away from it yet winds up getting involved anyways

I also hc that Leo carries hand sanitizer EVERYWHERE he goes no matter what. They’re not touching anything foreign unless they slather a gloop of hand sanitizer on

Makes sure Mikey is safe during combat. I’ve thought about this for a while, but I feel like Leo will always watch Mikey’s back without him even realizing it. Mikey is pretty oblivious and Leo is always there to pick up the things he misses!

Also i 100% think that Leo and mikey discuss pranks to do on Raph, almost all of them are Leo’s idea but don’t tell Raph that

4/5!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[ilovebeingaturtle]

What's your favorite thing, if you have to pick just one thing, about each version of tmnt you've seen?

Oo fun-

Okay I think we’ll be here all day if I cover every version I’ve seen so I’ll just list the ones that pop into my head!

87: I feel like I can keep this one quick given the nature of my blog AHA, but I adore the characters in 87. The entire main cast is just so charming and funny and this is majorly carried thanks to how incredible the voice acting is and how good the chemistry is. It just feels so fun and homey every episode and it’s due to the characters living in it. They’re all wonderful!

90s movies (least the first two): I really adore Donnie in these movies so I think I can easily just rank him as my favourite part AHA, it’s so endearing seeing a version of Donatello that’s free to be silly. I love the emotional beat he provides in secret of the ooze too, the idea that he was hoping they were special/meant for something is such an interesting character moment for a usually logically portrayed character

03: Gosh okay-I think my favourite part of this one is just their dynamics with each other, they’re so good. You can really believe that they’re brothers, their banter and care for one and other is so consistently strong throughout. There’s a lot to love about 03 but yeah, I think the bond between the turtles is the main selling point for me (bonus points for Mikey’s incredible screams though they are a close second for favourite part of the show)

I guess yeah I’m going on release order, so-

07: I could ramble about this movie for a while, but I think my favourite thing is just the concept of it. I love the idea of exploring what they presented, Leo being gone, the turtles trying to move on with their lives, idk a ton of what was going on was really interesting to me. I honestly think the versions turtles are really strong in this, I have a few issues with the movie as a whole but what we’re given is super neat to build from

2012? I guess is next Gosh I don’t even know what my favourite thing about 2012 is. Am I doing really bad at picking just “one” thing I think I am-okay! I think with 2012, some of the the dialogue is great, there’s so many good little moments. The writing for this show is like, a double edged sword LMAO, but when it’s really good it’s really good! I think the 2012 boys in particular have personalities that lend themselves really well to comedy, they’re more exaggerated I think than other versions so jokes feels more natural. They’re also just very versatile little guys. The awesome voice acting and times when they get silly also help! (Again though, double edged sword because sometimes the attempts at humour are my least favourite parts of an episodeJSJ, in fact yeah actually this point might be better as saying I love how? User friendly this version of the turtles are? No that doesn’t make sense okay whatever I like them for the funny they’re good funny guys-)

Again like yeah god if I talked about every version I’ve seen this would be a super long post because I have seen. So much. So I’ll finish with Rise since most people probably want that! My favourite thing about that is definitely how creative they got with it, I love when it’s freely doing it’s own thing. It’s strongest elements are its original ideas/characters and the whole new spins it puts on established lore from last versions

Okay yeah swats myself away from answering about other versions too I need to eat LUNCH I will simply forget to eat if I continue AHA

[retromutagn]

i want 10-16 answered AND ALSO 39. i am not even asking 39 actually i am begging you to make a tmnt oc

tmnt ask meme ! / accepting

10.) Which version of Leonardo is your favorite? gotta be 2012 sorry @ everyone else. I think they made him most interesting...they have leo's spirituality, which i always love, AND his struggle with finding his footing and being someone beyond his father's son. My favorite leo arcs fr

11.) Which version of Raphael is your favorite? AWFUL QUESTION probably mayhem just because he's allowed to be insane. Why's he tearing things in half and licking his sai and what not. That said Mirage is a close second for the same reason

12.) Which version of Donatello is your favorite? I am BIASED towards 12 because that's who got me into tmnt. I think interpreting his behavior through the ocd/species dysphoria lens makes him a lot more. uh. palatable in earlier seasons, and by the last season he's basically perfect so <3 ngl 87 gets second place I think.

13.) Which version of Michelangelo is your favorite? Sigh...honestly maybe Rise. He gets all the best Mikey traits right from the beginning, AND he gets the unhinged behavior that all the Rise boys get.

14.) Which version of Splinter is your favorite? Pondered this one for a while. Probably 03, which means Mirage as well by default. Very funny, actually decent teachers and fathers...bad at tech...

15.) Which version of April is your favorite? Dio O'neil himself...nah fr I do love all the 12 characters dsksjsd. Again I think I'm biased because I was active in the fandom when people were like horrifically misogynistic towards 12 April who was in fact just 15

16.) Which version of Casey is your favorite? Sick to the pit of my tummy. Also 12 I think, again because I'm biased and also because he's the same guy as 12 Donnie. 03 Casey is also second for me :handshake:

39.) Do you have any TMNT OCs? LMAO when I was 13 I had a fennec fox oc for 12 who basically had the same backstory as 12 Mondo later did. So they stole from me I reckon. She had a pet fennec fox, got mutated (I don't remember my story there but I think she fr just picked up a canister off the street), got kicked out by her parents, and roams the streets. Good for her

[raphaelesbian]

6 and 7!!

6. What version of Donatello is your favorite?

I think my biggest surprise watching Rise was just how much I LOVED Donnie. Him and Leo together are so funny, but even alone Donatello has some of my absolute favorite lines 😂

Also look at his cute excited feet!!

7. What version of Michelangelo is your favorite?

2012!Mikey my beloved.... Honestly I really struggled picking here jfnbdjdbc, I also love him in BvTMNT, plus he's great in the comics, butttttt I could not resist this silly little guy. He has my favorite dynamic with Raph, and I love that he's just. Such a little shit LMAO. He's so annoying (/affectionate)

[shepherdfeathers]

🥷🐢 but I redesigned them

Kinda want to do some TMNT reanimated clips with these designs so I can see them in practice!

I’m especially proud of Donnie and Leon’s designs, I just really like how they look!!

I tired to take aspects from each popular iteration. The 2003 version is my favorite so far but the turtles all look pretty much the same in that one so I couldn’t glean much. I actually haven’t watched 2012 turtles but I appreciate the designs a lot, so they were a heavy influence. Rise is what got me into TMNT in the first place but I didn’t want to make a carbon copy, so I tried changing stuff where I could. I’m a huge fan of Donnie being soft-shelled though, so I had to include that. Also Raph has to be a snapping turtle, it just fits too well.

Don and Leo are both sea turtles. I wanted to keep the “twins” type dynamic that’s present in Rise and also a bit in the live action Bayverse movies. I prefer when Don is a the second most mature/responsible one on the team, which is why I love 2003 Donatello. He’s just so sweet and dorky, it makes his more mad scientist moments stand out. I think there needs to be a balance, somewhere between 2003 Donnie and Rise Donnie lol. Actually, that’s just 1987 Donnie if I’m being honest.

I wanted their colors to make sense as well. Mikey is orange because of his markings. Raph has a reddish shell. Donnie is a leatherback sea turtle, which are dark blue/indigo in color, his shell looks purple-ish against his olive skin. Leon has blue highlights on his shell.

I’ll probably keep messing with their designs for a while I’m still totally new to drawing turtles, their anatomy is so different than what im used to. It took me a couple days just to figure out how I wanted to draw their heads lmao

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#rottmnt - 542 posts

#tmnt 12/18 kraangified crossover - 471 posts

#rottmnt leo - 409 posts

#tmnt 2012 - 281 posts

#lmao what is my life - 234 posts

#rottmnt raph - 132 posts

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#tmnt 2012 raph - 124 posts

#rottmnt donnie - 113 posts

#rottmnt mikey - 98 posts

Longest Tag: 117 characters

#also i hate the fight for 12 mikey too like no this is ooc 12 mikey would never want to be seperate from his brothers

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Ok but imagine if April and Casey never really even realized the boys could do things like chirp and stuff (cuz the joys are somewhat insecure about doing weird turtle things around their human friends) and learn about it from their interactions with Leon? Like, Leon let's out a little chirp and Raph chirps in return or Leon has a nightmare so the boys all just form an turtle pile on top of him. That's sort of thing

They would think it’s adorable!!

also question for y’all, do any of you ship capritello/ non April toxic jonatello? Just out of curiosity, I’ve seen it show up in my ‘for you’ a lot recently!

118 notes - Posted November 12, 2022

#4

Favorite master splinter quotes:

2003: yes pizza sounds very good right now, with pepperonis! And karma!

2012: the cheese phone! Truly an emergency!

rise: phew! I really wanted my last moments to be eating rainbow sherbert!

151 notes - Posted October 14, 2022

#3

OK HEAR ME OUT

All the Casey’s stuck in a room together!

and I mean ALL Casey’s

cop Casey (bay movies)

2012 Casey

2003 Casey

1987 Casey (even though we only see him in one episode lol)

2007 Casey

rise Cassandra

rise Casey

I think that the first thing they would notice is Cassandra,

“dude your a dudette!?”

“hell yeah! Got a problem jones!?”

“Nah, as long as you like hockey and beating people up we cool”

Cue other Casey’s nodding in agreement

“you guys just became my best friends!”

BONUS:

“You’re a cop!?!?”

See the full post

222 notes - Posted October 5, 2022

#2

Leo: would you guys be there for me if I was going through some thing?

Donnie and Raph without hesitation: no

Donnie: absolutely not

Mikey: laughing quietly in the background 

Donnie: I hope it sucks whatever you’re going through

Mikey wheezing: I hope it sucks???

Raph: I hope it emotionally scars you for the rest of your life

Donnie: I hope you reach out to me so I can ignore you

Mikey: wheezing and unable to hide his laughter anymore

Mikey: I can’t wait to go to your funeral knowing I could’ve changed that outcome

Everyone: losing their shit

Leo: I was just asking if you would be there for me!?!?

239 notes - Posted October 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

So we get a lot of xovers where the '12 Leo gets jealous or feels Rise Leo is too immature/doesn't take things seriously but where's the aus where a tired mama Leo looks at his younger counterpart, sees how innocent and happy he is, and is all "This is Mine Now, my hatchling, nobody is allowed to hurt him" because he doesn't want this bundle of sunshine to go through the same shit he went through?

yes! And then he hears about his counterparts version of shredder and kraang,

12Leo: I’m signing us both up for therapy

18Leo: what?! Why?!

12Leo: *mom eye*

18Leo: fine…

292 notes - Posted October 15, 2022

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Oooh! 👀✨ thank you @tinkabelle19 💕

1. How did you get into TMNT?

The year was 2012, and I was watching TV by myself on my birthday when lo and behold… the very first episode of that very nickelodeon iteration played. I haven’t even heard of TMNT, (and this may come off as an exaggeration) but I knew that I would be OBSESSED with it for life.

2. Favorite iteration?

2012! But the Bayverse version is also very close to my heart ❤️

3. Iteration that you haven’t seen/read, but want to start?

2003!

4. Iteration that you are purposefully avoiding?

This may sound controversial, but (respectfully) I don’t really like the Rise iteration… I think that the changes that they made in this version is a bit too radical for me. Don’t get me wrong, I think Rise!TMNT fanfic artists and writers are amazing in their respective craft and I know so many of them!

5. If you were a ninja turtle, what color would your mask be?

This may sound basic but… black 🖤

6. How many renaissance artists are you familiar with?

lmao just four… and I think you know exactly who they are 💀

7. Favorite really obscure character?

This question is a bit confusing… Do you mean dark or just simply not as well introduced or known? ‘Cause I have always found 2012 Karai to be a really interesting character.

8. Favorite villain/antagonist?

I think that the Triceratops from the 2012 version… really stood out to me among TMNT’s long bench of antagonists. At first when I watched the 2012 space season… I thought it was a little much… but then it really did fit into their theme and storyline. It was also a great way to expand the TMNT verse and incorporate a little bit of something new.

9. If you could change one thing about TMNT, what would it be?

If we’re talking about the fundamental elements of TMNT:

Four brothers: dorkish leader in blue, hothead brute in red, soft-boy brainiac in purple and skater-boy life-of-the-party in orange

Loving rat sensei

A thickening plot about aliens and mutants and saving the world in New York City.

Then I wouldn’t change anything. The thing about the TMNT-verse, there will always be people who love it so much that they’re willing to remake iterations of it in order for the franchise to remain relevant and a part of the childhood of generations to come.

10. How much TMNT merch do you own?

Not much. This fandom is already a goldmine in itself to be honest 💙❤️🧡💜

11. Favorite turtle (iteration specific) and favorite turtle across all iterations?

I just decided to combine questions 11 and 12 since I only really have one answer. Leo, it’s always him guys (esp. 2012 and Bay) 💙

13. Which character are you the most similar to?

Funnily enough, I think that the character that I most similar to is Raph. We’re both moody, not-so-good with instructions, and have difficulty expressing ourselves so we do it creatively!

14. Which character would you want to be friends with?

I think being a good friend of Donnie means getting the coolest gifts. A broken phone? He’ll fix it and make it even better. Wanna watch a movie that hasn’t even been released yet? He got me.

15. Have you ever made fan content for TMNT?

I have both publicly and privately since I was 12!

16. Favorite theme song?

2012!

17. What’s your favorite pizza toppings?

Again, controversial — but pineapple… and ham.

18. Did any of their voice characters stand out to you?

2012’s iteration voice actors are just 😘👌 Their voices were literally animated. Also… Leo’s voice actor for the Bayverse iteration was just 😳💦

19. Give ONE character a gun.

Splinter. I just wanna see how he might use it…

20. Give one character an airhorn.

Hehehe… I’m a big fan of Dr. Pranken-stein so let’s give it to Mikey 😈

21. Give one character a hug?

Alright— COME HERE RAPH 👹 LET ME LOVE YOU!

22. Have you watched/read any of the iterations more than once.

I’ve watched the entire 2012 series 3 times, and I’ve probs rewatched the Bay verse movies at least 5 times. Yep, I’m a simp for these boys.

23. If you could have a tmnt crossover with ANY other series, which would it be?

OMG, Avatar please ✨ It would be SO GLORIOUS 🥹

24. Roast your favorite character (affectionately).

[Leo’s line is canon from the 2012! iteration!]

2012!Leo: I totally get mutants like Karai— but alien lizards?

What I would have said: At least she isn’t his sister💀

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Turtle Asks!

How did you get into tmnt?

Favorite iteration?

Iteration you haven't seen/read but want to start?

Iteration you are purposely avoiding?

If you were a ninja turtle, what color would your mask be?

How many of the Renaissance artists are you familiar with?

Favorite really obscure character?

Favorite villain/antagonist?

If you could change one thing about TMNT, what would it be?

How much tmnt merch do you own?

Favorite turtle (iteration specific)?

Favorite turtle across all iterations?

Which character are you the most similar to?

Which character would you want to be friends with?

Have you ever made fan content for tmnt?

Favorite theme song?

What's your favorite pizza topping(s)?

Did any of their voice actors really stand out to you?

Give ONE character a gun.

Give one character an air horn.

Give one character a hug?

Have you watched/read any of the iterations more than once?

If you could have a tmnt crossover with ANY other series, which would it be?

Roast your favorite character (affectionate)