#Events : 2012

[nights-flying-fox]

Hi turtle fans, do you like tmnt events? Comps? Zines? Well, good news! I gathered them all in a spreadsheet!! If I get anything wrong, please tell me, btw :3 (or if you know any other blogs - just please avoid anything that has tc*st in it)

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[yzafre]

So I've been following @indieyuugure's The Mutation Situation (which is very very good), and after reading her post about how the turtles can't have it all, the next time I listened to this song this idea assaulted me like a vision.

So obviously I had to go on a weekend art binge.

[aprosin]

don't bring up the windows when you're seeing otherselves

separation + alt

original tweet

[liya4kar]

AU Masterpost

It’s my birthday so I decided to make a mutation day themed sketches of the Mind’ O Wave turtles (the AU where 2003 Donny, 2012 Mikey and Rise Raph are mentally linked after the Triceratons and the Krangs in their respective shows).

Might clean it and make it into a proper piece later if I have time, but for now let’s have the kids have some fun time, nothing bad to see here!

[chaos-potat]

"Would you like a jar of hearts? They're uh-they're origami!"

Seems like mutant mayhem Leo from Pure Soul (Cabin 13) is handing out jars of origami hearts to all the campers! Wonder how he got so many jars...

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

Origami sounded like a different word to Casey

[freckliedan]

hi jam, what actually happened in 2012/2013? i got into the phandom in 2020, so i guess i just never fully understood? of course no worries if you don’t want to bring it up for whatever reason. (:

hi anon! i am always happy to discuss dan and phil history (editing to add: you can check out my tag on that here), especially since i've been around for long enough to have seen a Lot of it. the biggest factor is that dan and phil were outed in 2012; i have written about that before here.

i would reccomend rewatching dan's mental health series of videos (meaning of life, something i'm forgetting, daniel and depression, trying to live my truth) + BIG with the additional understanding that being outed at that point had a catastrophic impact on dan's mental health, especially considering his past traumas.

there were a lot of other reasons 2012 and 2013 were bad, some of which we knew at the time and some that we didn't.

dan's younger brother started to have social media, and fans were harassing him for information/pretending to be friends with him to get information/bullying him. that's something dan shut down HARD.

dan's grandma was also on twitter around this time iirc? so there was a very real chance he could've been outed to his family if someone had decided to cross the line in the worst way they could.

dan and phil had moved to london in 2012 without being able to afford it and without being sure they would get the bbc radio 1 jobs. so they were also under stupid amounts of financial stress while also adjusting to life in a new city when all of this happened.

2013 is also the year phil's dad was diagnosed with cancer. that's something that phil never shared until 2019 in his draw my life 2, but that's such a scary and overwhelming thing to be dealing with!

all at the same time!

the radio show era is also a time when dan and phil were so busy with projects and opportunities and saying yes to everything that it very, very clearly had a negative impact on them, which is something they have mentioned a number of times.

they were dealing with the transition into proper fame, too. i don't have enough toughts to gather about that but i'm sure someone else can speak to what that was like. a lot of youtubers of their original era left the platform at that that time due to the everything.

so. short answer. 2012-2013 was one of the most intense, overwhelming and difficult periods we know of in dan and phil's lives for so many reasons, even without factoring in the fact that they were outed. which also happened then.

they did not, in fact, have a difficult 2012 because people posted smut of them and they accidentally saw it. dan had already mentioned reading fic about himself on purpose at that point in time.

[ultraemwatson]

"the perks of being a wallflower" special screening | 2012

[rosamundpikesource]

Rosamund Pike attends the UK premiere of Shadow Dancer at The Cineworld Haymarket on August 13, 2012 in London, England.

Ph. Dave Hogan

[incorrect-tmnt2012-quotes]

Tiger Claw: You must understand, Karai, that Master Shredder had a very terrible childhood.

Karai: I understand. I'm having a very terrible childhood right now.

[hollywforever]

Holly Willoughby attends The Brit Awards 2012 at The O2 Arena on February 21, 2012 in London, England.

[beanieable]

Day 3 - Shinigami and Kara from TMNT 2012

Reunion - ao3

[onthisdayts]

ON THIS DAY — December 5, 2012 — 11 years ago

The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Backstage in Nashville, Tennessee

[denerturee]

Day 21 - Favorite Alien

• Newtralizer

@12yearsoftmnt2012

[itzzaira]

Hey Multi Mutant Verse Raph and Mikey, along with their cabin mates wanted to ask you something✨

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

"That sounds like fun!"

"Ohoho it's on!"

Raph glared at his tiny counterpart, but didn't say anything about it. Well. If that was how the guy had fun, who was Raph to stop him? He turned to his only brother around at the moment, who was perfectly happy in the shade. "Mikey, do you want to join?"

"No thank you!" Well. Raph had already known that. But wouldn’t have hurt to ask.

When he turned around again, Raphael had already ran off- so he quickly ran after him. "Hey- other me!"

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

[mytheoristavenue]

Day 6-

TMNT2012 Hamato Leonardo x Reader - Gingerbread House

Summary: You convince Leo to indulge in one of your favorite topside traditions.

Warnings: pure fluff, Leo not understanding much about Christmas, really short/rushed

"So...you build cookie houses to show appreciation for your elders?" Leo deduced, staring a the gingerbread house kit scattered about on the coffee table.

"Not exactly," you giggled. "It's kinda just something you do with people you love to bond with them and get into the festive spirit."

"Oh," he said, tilting his head. "But why?"

"Because it's fun?" You loved sharing your human traditions with the turtles, and usually, they liked indulging you, but Leo just couldn't wrap his head around this one. He'd do it though, because he loved you and your weird traditions. "First, we have to build the house, then we can decorate it."

"Then we eat it?" He asked, hoping he was finally on the right track.

"No, silly! Then we display it with the other decorations." you corrected with a laugh.

"But then Mikey'll eat it..."

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"Okay, Okay, hold it steady..." you instructed with bated breath as you carefully drug the tip of the icing bag across the seem of the roof. "I just gotta-"

Suddenly, the entire structure fell in, not only in the pieces it came as, but in many more, very jagged and crumbly ones. It soon became obvious that Leo had been holding them a little too well, his calloused fingers crushing the cookies. Silence fell over the living room.

"I-I'm-" he stuttered, incredibly remorseful for ruining your favorite holiday tradition. "I-I'm so so sorry, (Y/N)..."

Your shoulders simply slumped and you laid your hand on his. "It's alright Leo," you comforted. "I'm not mad, I promise. I won't say I'm not a little disappointed, but I'm not angry in the slightest."

"I didn't mean to ruin it..." he muttered, gaze downcast.

"Hey, hey! No, you didn't ruin it!" you stressed, cupping his cheek and pulling his attention toward you. "I just meant I'm disappointed you won't get to see it all put together is all!" After a few moments more of trying to soothe your guilty boyfriend, you got an idea. "Hey, hope about we switch gears?"

"What do you mean?" he asked, his sapphire eyes finally meeting yours willingly.

"What if we turn on some Christmas movies, and we can eat the pieces and the candy while we watch?"

"But I thought you said the gingerbread wasn't for eating?" he asked, tilting his head again.

You smiled at him warmly and pulled him into a hug. "Sometimes, you have to change your traditions a little when you share them with someone new."

[leightonmeesteruniverse]