#A younger time

[person-oh]

# A Younger Time AU

TMNT 2012 AU

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> *What is it?*

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> - Where Karai raises the turtle tots.

Karai / Ko (20) - Muwa - He/She - Banded water snake

Manjiro / Maikī (8) - Mikey - Male - Bog Turtle

Leyona / Lee (7) - Leo - Female - False Map turtle

Rikuto / Riki (6) - Raph - Male - Wood Turtle

Danjuurou / Daiu (6) - Donnie - Intersex - Wood Turtle

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Similar to that what happened in 2012 TMNT, Karai (Muwa at the time), she was born in Japan and Yoshi decided to at least let her spend her childhood growing up there before more to America for a fresh start. Oroku Saki thought that it would be better for her to stay there so she could produce an male heir for the Hamato Dojo. Fighting broke out between the two causing the fire to start, the kept battling until they were consumed by the rage that had created flames. Tang Shen grab toddler Karai (as she was only 6 at the time) running out of the house fire to get her to safety. Tang Shen had made it the door when she heard creaking above her. She throws Karai out of the way and to a safe distance before debris fell on her. As Karai was sitting there young student, Takeshi (Tiger claw) who had been mentoring under Oroku Saki, Picks her up and decides to help fulfill Yoshi’s wish. They travel to America the day after, now being there in New York. Soon they find an old master that would take them in, Mr. Murakami (who wasn't blind at the time until later.) From them on Mr.Murakami would train Karai and Takeshi, along with 2 other students, Anton Zech (Bebop) and Owen Rocksteed (Rocksteady). For the next 10 years they train together forming their own gang call Dragon Clan and each getting there own nicknames; Muwa becomes Karai or Ko, Takeshi becomes Tigerclaw, Anton and Owen become Bebop and Rocksteady. Where they would also all get mutated, a few years later (only new form is Karai becomes more like a Naga) and they all learn about the hive mind that is Kraang. During one of their nightly run in with the Kraang, the group finds them transporting 4 little mutant turtles. They took the young turtles in with them. That how they all found each other, they all live in an underground bunker that is underneath a scrapyard at the edge of the city.

[hinamie]

10 years later

[frigidfries]

happy birthday deltarune. happy late birthday undertale. here's a comic!

cheers to best friends forever & ever & ever & ever & ev

[smokestarrules]

gotta say I am a huge sucker for how Adventure Time will sometimes just cut to Princess Bubblegum doing something extremely morally dubious like cutting off a tiny person’s limbs with scissors and then sticking those arms and legs onto another tiny person’s limb stumps but then she'll turn around and go like "Good morning, Finn! Are you ready for a sploinking day?" and whatever atrocities she had just been committing will Never be brought up again.

[jakeperalta]

the thing is I already know that men and society at large hate women. I know that young men in particular increasingly skew right and towards misogyny (I've read the articles, although all I really need to do is spend any time on any part of the internet to see the evidence). but then every so often something like this happens where it still somehow surprises me. like my god.. they really hate us this much.

[bamsara]

I think that one thing people fail to understand is that unsolicited literary criticism coming from an online stranger who is reading with no knowledge of what the authors intended goal is, is not going to be received the same as say: the authors beta reader or friends who know what the authors intended goal and has the sufficient knowledge and input to help the author reach that desired outcome.

"But I'm only trying to be helpful" How do I know you have the knowledge and literary skill for you to be able to actaully do that when we don't know each other and you are essentially a stranger to me? Are you applying this criticism based out of personal biased experience and desire to see the story or characterization be driven in another direction or tweaked, or do you know the author's intentions for the character? If the story is incomplete, are you basing your criticism of a character on the incomplete narration with only partial information available of them or are you building up a report until the story's completion? Did the author provide you with the information needed to make a fully informed criticism?

Have you discussed with the author what their plans are or are you assuming them based off the narration, especially if the narration is proven or implied to be unreliable or missing key points of the plot? Are you unbiased enough to help them reach their desired outcome for the characters and story regardless of your personal feelings towards the characters/antagonists and setting? Can you handle being told your specific input isn't wanted because you're a reader and/or have no written anything relating to their genre or topic? Do you understand and respect that the author's personal experiences might influence their writing and make it different than how you would have done it personally? Do you understand if an author only wants input from a specific demographic relating to their story?

If it's for fanfiction or other hobby media, are you holding a free hobby to a professional standard? Are you trying to give criticism because you feel like the author has produced 'subpar job performance' of their fic? Are you viewing their work as a personal intimate outlet or something that must conform with mass media? Are you applying rules and guidelines when the fic is shared for simple sharing sake? Is your criticism worded appropriately and focused on the parts where the author has requested input on rather than a general dismissal and or disapproval?

Have you put yourself in a place where you assumed you have the input needed for the story to evolve better, or have you asked what the author needs and what they're having trouble with? Can you handle having your criticism rejected if the author decides their story doesn't need the change and not take it as a personal offense against your character? Are you crossing that boundary because you think you are doing the author a favor? Are you trying to be helpful, or do you just want to be?

I think sometimes when people hear authors go 'please don't give me unsolicited writing advice or criticism' they automatically chalk it up to 'this author doesn't want ANY constructive feedback on their stuff at all' and not "i already have trusted individuals who will help me with my writing goals and- hey i don't know you like that, please stop acting so overly familiar with me'

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael and Vanny had wild teen years in FNAF

[catmask]

sometimes while i think about that while a lot of adults did not treat me very well as a kid i also get a lot of 'in hindsight this person was so good to me and i didnt even realize it until now' as an adult. today i was thinking about how the first anime convention i ever went to was when i was 10 and i asked the man working the manga cafe what manga was/what a good place to start was (because the con was very overstimulating for me and i had gotten lost) and he asked how old i was before recommending yotsuba and asking if i wanted any water or something to eat. its really simple but theres a lot of bad things that couldve happened or he could've been careless in his recommendation, but instead yotsuba has remained one of my favorite manga for years, and probably a large portion of why i continue to read manga as an adult... i think adults who try to involve kids in the world safely/kindly even in little ways make so much more of a difference than they ever really know.

[wombrion]

mama & hatchling thing

[chipper-smol]

star abducted :3

[aromanticduck]

Sorry if you're already over 50, I ran out of room (you're welcome to leave your thoughts in the tags or replies!)

If you're younger than 10, get the fuck off Tumblr. People are saying swears on here!

[EDIT: It's OK to vent a bit about negative feelings in the comments/tags, but if you're gonna talk about killing yourself, do me a favour and fucking don't]

[astearisms]

fionna and cake drawings before and after watching the episodes so far. it’s nostalgic and somehow cathartic and poignant and relatable and—it just started

[kaahmbem]

legend has it that the young witch circe and the once beautiful nymph scylla shared a complicated past...

[ipostmysimpingstuffanonymously]

This week's Discord Prompt!

JJK X OHSHC

Find @cocoabell drawing here

[deathricedrawn]

i'm ready to try

[paintedcrows]

they make me feel unwell

(continued: Stan & Young Ford)