#2012 separated au

[renae-the-turtle]

Idea for a tmnt separated au that's - surprisingly - not a rise au. It's a 2012 au

Mikey grows up in dimension X. He's either raised by the utroms and thus has a breathing implement, or he grows up feral and since he was so young, he adapted to be able to breathe the air. Idk what exactly I'd go with but something like that.

Leo is definitely still living on earth with Splinter because his obsession with Space Heroes is adorable and I want him to be able to keep that. Also just. Something something multiversal constant that Leo idolizes/looks up to Splinter in some way in every universe (doesn't apply to all AUs obviously, but it's a very Leo trait, y'know?)

Now I'm not sure if I wanna send any of the turtles to live in space (maybe with Professor Honeycutt or the triceratons or salamandrians) or have one of them live with humans (O'Neil or Jones or a shockingly-not-dead Tang Shen) because there is options, you know? And who knows, maybe Splinter keeps two of the turtles.

If I pick Salamandrians then it'll be Donnie living with them, he'd be best friends with Y'gthba and I guess he'd be in the army too? But as like a tech guy idk. Need some way for him to get off-planet and meet his long-lost brothers, duh.

Or I could have Donnie raised by Professor Honeycutt? Not sure how that would work with the timeline. I'd need to go rewatch the episode where Fugitoid info-dumps his backstory, and depending on the timeline maybe I'd prefer it to have Raph raised by him.

If I decided I wanted a turtle to be raised by Mr O'Neil then I'd probably pick Donnie, neatly erasing the possibility of that awkward crush by having him grow up as April's brother.

If I picked the Jones' then it'd be Raph with them, because Raph & Casey brotp but make them actually brothers haha

If I pick Triceratons.... probably Raph? And then he might get to meet Y'gthba/Mona Lisa early. Or they'd get an enemies-to-lovers arc lol.

On the other hand I could do both Triceratons and Salamandrians, in which Donnie somehow ends up with the Triceratons, is raised by them for a few years, but then gets abandoned on some planet and picked up by Commander Sal.

I could also have Tang Shen survive but without Yoshi or Saki knowing, and without her knowing Yoshi is alive, and she moves to New York and finds one of the turtles and raises him. I'm following a fic in which she raises Miwa and Mikey and I love the idea. (It's called A Mother's Love on ao3 btw) But obviously she'd raise either Raph or Donnie, and Miwa still gets taken by Shredder and raised as Karai. I also don't know if I'd mutate Tang Shen or leave her human.

If I were to pick only one of the above options for Donnie and Raph, and have the other one stay with Leo and Splinter... hmmmm idk who I'd pick actually. It'd be interesting if it were Raph, because of how much Leo and Raph tend to argue, and explore how that dynamic would change with only two of them. Leo and Donnie.... mmm well I asked my sister for a second opinion and she pointed out that those two would likely be too efficient. Not enough drama lol. Leo and Raph would be way more interesting.

Anyway. Gonna think about this more but I like the idea of Mikey growing up in Dimension X and thus being even more of a genius there. Leo still gets raised by Splinter but he's got that Big Brother Sense tm that tells him something is missing and it drives him nuts. Raph and Donnie... it's up in the air (or space) where they're at lol.

[percyaugod]

AHHHHH I LOVE YOUR DADBOT AU SM!!!!!

is there anything different aboyt this version of honeycutt since hes a parent? i live him very much and would like to know pls and thanku

Thank you! ^ ^

He's very protective of Donnie. Is he a pacifist? Yes. Will he aim a laser at someone's face for looking at his son wrong? Also yes.

When the others find out about who Donnie is Casey notices the gap in Donnie's teeth. He tries making a "mine is bigger than yours" joke. Donnie didn't get it. Honeycutt was threatening Casey with a laser from behind Donnie before Casey could even start to explain it.

He's also more anxious. This happens when you look away from a child for two minutes and they're stealing something from/making friends with shady sellers in back alleys. The amount of highly illegal stolen tech Donnie owns…

He tries his best to be a mentor as well to Donnie. Helping him learn and grow. Teaching him all about space and technology, how to fight, and that if he failed what mattered is he tried his best.

[haruki-neo]

I have too many 2012 Aus this isn't even half of them😭

[doyouknowthistmntau]

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[hermitcraft-8]

is the au in the way that they meet back up later on?

yeah!! when the krang invade and take april, she talks donnie into letting her out, and they go on the run and end up in the sewers, where they run into leo. leo takes them to splinter. they somehow meet mikey, and then. idk find out that raph is alive somhow. 👍

[cupcakeslushie]

A while back I saw you mentioned a 2012 sort of separated au and it’s lived rent free in my head since. Do you have anything else you’d mind sharing about it? 🥺

I haven’t expanded on it much. If I do, then I’ll go crazy with it. But Raph and Donnie grow up relying on each other, under the control of the Kraang. They use them to keep the other in line. This makes Raph super protective, while Donnie is always hyper focused on completing any assignments he’s given so Raph isn’t punished.

Raph is allowed to go on missions. Therefore he’s adapted his speech to match humans, but Donnie, connected to the hive mind (he can disconnect if he needs) talks more like the Kraang.

Leo and Mikey are pretty much unchanged, but the two work well together. They run into Raph first, during one of his assignments, and he practically begs them to help him save Donnie. Raph keeps the meeting secret, knowing that Donnie won’t be able to hide anything from the Hive Mind.

I never decided on names for Don and Raph but I’m sure they be something like MT01 and MT02 (for Mutant Turtle).

[red-rover-au]

The tsundere parent era

[idiot-mushroom]

here are my au doodles now please read my through your hollow bones fic!!

[thejavavoid]

SHIT the polls started?! aaaah ive been so busy with finals week and all sorts of stuff 😭😭😭😭

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please vote for 2012 separated au? :D

A Turtle Like Me - @nights-flying-fox

2012 Sep AU - @thejavavoid

[v-albion]

Hello!

To celebrate the beginning of the Family Reunion Summer Camp, we (cabin 8) decided to offer every other participant and cabin a little something!

(Art and Mind’ O Wave AU by @liya4kar

EMD AU by @evenmoreofadisaster

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Masterpost

[khlegacynexus]

This absolutely had to be done I’ve been sick with Covid and physically tired but we’re making progress.

Also you can see a bit of Prodigy!Leo’s season 2 design. While I like how he came out I’m not sure about the other Leo’s As this is my very first time drawing them and I did the best I could.

If you’re new to the Mystic Prodigy series have a read

[percyaugod]

Is dadbot donatello have a messed-up sleep schedule because of growing up in space and his dad being a robot who possibly doesn't need sleep?

Oh definitely. Didn't help that the professor completely forgot what sleeping was like or how long it lasted. Especially since babies sleep longer. He kept worrying Donnie was sleeping too long and woke him to make sure he was okay. Which always ended with a cranky baby and a guilty robot. Donnie hasn't had proper sleep in years.

This is something Splinter and the other turtles will not allow to continue. They will lock him in his new room if they have to.

This is how they learn one wanted criminal can't out-sneak three ninjas and their Sensei. Especially after the professor turns traitor once the others explain to him how much sleep Donnie actually needs. Donnie still can't believe his own dad caught him with a net launcher and dragged him back to bed.

[haruki-neo]

2012 separated AU

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i haven’t seen a 2012 separated au yet. sooo.. (i bet there is though)

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[blackbogmire]

I'm really excited to finally share an ongoing project I've been writing for a couple months now! Good Genes has always been my favorite arc in 2003, and I wanted to find a way to work it into 2012's canon through an AU! It takes place during the arc where Karai is infected with a brain worm, and focuses on the conflicts around Donatello's (failed) attempts at finding a cure.

This fic is basically the 2012 version of "Adventures in Turtle Sitting"

Donatello ref

Monster ref

ALT covers

[hermitcraft-8]

ooh just saw raph is with shredder. how does that work?

shredder picks him up, goes "yo this kid could be pretty damn powerful if i taught him to fight" (direct quote) and took him in

[browniesarethebest]

Chapter 10 is up! Mikey makes some big decisions and keeps some big secrets as well.