#Leo and Raph don't seem to have a cool name?

[abbeyofcyn]

Hello Abbey 👋

I'm curious, what are your thoughts about the Brains and Brawn duo ? 💙❤️

I uhm...

Brains and Brawn are Donnie and Raph, right? But your blue and red hearts confuse me so I'll just answer both

I like brains and Brawn. I loved when Donnie said I love you because Raph basically encouraged to just test out his flying taxi. I also loved that Raph was very considerate in the film by telling Donnie it was a rescue and not a big although I doubt Donnie would think Raph would go and hug him while he was falling down to earth but who knows.

Leo and Raph... hmm...I get them. Raph wanting so badly to protect his siblings and Leo definitely not feeling ready to be a leader. In hindsight (since I saw the film first)

I feel like it's kind of odd of Raph to just punch hole in Leo's room. I just feel like he'd just get mad at him like when he ate those pizza puffs? Eh I've never been good at analysing or remembering things so maybe he punched Leo in the series 😆

Wait... I'm letting my train of thoughts take over my writing.

Anyway I like them but once again...not. enough. Duo moments!!

Also... Leo and Raph duo name? Been talking about it on discord and slush puppies was one of the options and I really like it because it's cute af 🥺

[ghostytoad]

* Fun n' Games *

ROTTMNT Boys x GN! Leo-esque reader who enjoys drama, making jokes, and being overall awesome

Summary: The Hamato brothers unexpectedly fall for the smug, but genuine, fun-loving reader despite their egocentric habits

Headcanons for: Mikey

GN! Reader; Romantic; Fluff || Words: 1.8k

Raph | Donnie | Leo | Bonus!!

Mikey:

this boy will not hesitate to call dibs on being y/n's best friend the moment they meet; not only are they super cool and confident, they're pretty funny too!

he genuinely admires everything about y/n, from their charismatic and funny nature to the way they seem to keep their cool under pressure

mikey likes to refer to them as the "color bomb of our family portrait" (whatever that means) and will insist they are the splash of color the group's been missing this whole time

nicknames!! he will literally call y/n everything under the sun as a show of affection; some of his favorites include "leo 2.0" and "rainbow"

mikey will take every chance he gets to cling onto y/n like a koala bear or use them as his personal lap pillow; he is the most physically affectionate of the brothers, so expect lots of tackle hugs and cuddles too

insists that it's completely platonic though! cuddling doesn't always have to be romantic or just for couples or anything! if he's not holding onto y/n's hand, he's at the very least hovering in their space at all times

he just happens to enjoy how warm y/n is and they don't seem too bothered by the touching so it just makes sense that y/n is the first one mikey calls when he's in major need of hugs

y/n has a big ego, but mikey doesn't exactly help that fact with his endless praise and compliments; it's like he has stars in his eyes every time he sees them do anything mildly exciting. if anything, y/n is TOO HUMBLE in his eyes

he constantly brags to his brothers about how great y/n is (and how lame the boys are compared to them) to the point where it's painfully obvious to evevryone how lovestruck he is; every conversation somehow loops back to y/n and if no one's around for him to gush about them to? he'll just channel that affection into his art!

every time he invents a new dish, y/n is the first person to taste test his new creation. and if they say they like it? he will make it his new specialty dish for the next few weeks. y/n gets to name it too! a special privilege for only the greatest of greats in his eyes

every time y/n comes over to the lair, he immediately stops whatever he's doing to greet them and show them around like it's their first time ever being in the lair. it's basically a tradition at this point.

no joke, he will literally take them on a tour of the place like it's a new bachelor pad or something

"welcome to our humble little abode~ please feel free to relax on any of our luxury beanbags or "sacco" as the italians call it! to our left, we have the most advanced in genius technology, created by our very own donatello hamato!" "mikey, this is the third time this week they've been here. please for the love of plato, get out of my lab and let me work."

it's also just a fun little way for him to show off his new art without looking too braggy and he can't pass up a chance to pester his brothers; truly a silly little menace

if he's drawing, he usually has y/n pose for his practice sketches; they're just so photogenic and fun to draw, the perfect muse! and they don't complain as much as leo does when he has to model for mikey

he also keeps a special sketchbook meant just for y/n and him; they hand off the sketchbook back and forth every other week to fill with sketches and doodles of anything and everything. mikey thinks it's the purest form of bonding and gives every one of his doodles some meaning that ties back to y/n

the one-liners aren't exactly his style, but he still finds y/n to be incredibly funny, especially when it comes to their pranks. he will not hesitate to join in on their latest scheme (he's terrible at keeping secrets tho so they don't always work out)

is genuinely considering starting an improv troupe or a comedy duo with y/n; he thinks they could make it big if they just had the right venue! or maybe they could start their own cooking vlog together?

"c'mon, just one open mic nite! i promise it'll be fun and you're gonna kill it on stage! and i'll be front row cheering you on!"

y/n has their own little spot in the projector room right by mikey for movie nights; complete with a secret snack stash he's hidden in their beanbag for the two of them to share (he will eat most of it tho if y/n doesn't stop him)

he's not too keen on the idea of dragging them along on dangerous missions, but he will not hesitate to take them for a trip to the hidden city. after all, what better way to introduce y/n to yokai/mutant culture and the untamed world of mysticism than by exploring the mystic metropolis itself?

takes y/n to all of his favorite restaurants and parks when they're out, he enjoys being able to share his safe space(s) with someone special to him! and of course, he wants y/n to have fun too so he won't say no to visiting some of their favorite places!

unlike donnie and leo, mikey's pretty good at keeping y/n's more impulsive nature in check; he might be the wild card, but he's also very aware of the fact that Y/N is a human and as such, should be handled with care! (ironically, he gets upset when raph does the same to him)

don't get him wrong, he doesn't baby y/n, no no. he is simply trying to be a caring, considerate, and responsible friend. he's sure y/n can handle themselves, but the yokai world is new to them! mikey just wants to take it slow is all!

it's not until papa splinter decides to bring up the dreaded topic of grandchildren that mikey is confronted with his own feelings

"All I know is that you boys are only getting older and with each passing day, my hope for grandchildren is getting smaller and smaller."

"DAD, WE AREN'T EVEN ADULTS YET! At least give us a chance to vote for the first time before you start yapping on about kids!"

"It is not the timing I am worried about. It is the sheer lack of game you three seem to have with the ladies. You have to BE a player to start the game." Splinter muttered the last part as if he were talking to himself. A bewildered trio of turtles sat before him in their usual "begging circle" before his favorite chair, unsure of how this conversation went so wrong. All they wanted to do was borrow their dad's iconic Lou Jitsu suit. And he was lecturing them about romance and grandchildren?!

Y/N and Mikey had no idea just what they were walking into when they sauntered into the projector room together, bags of snacks in hand for another movie marathon. Splinter let out a fond chuckle as Y/N greeted the rat with a bright smile and a wave.

"You see, I do not worry about Orange. Clearly he is the only one to receive my dashing looks and irresistable charm! How else would he have caught Y/N's sleek eye?" The old man threw a wink Mikey's way as the turtle stopped in his tracks to glance back and forth between his brothers and father.

"What… did I just walk in on?" his confusion translated into a sharp grimace, the corner of his frown quivering.

"Dad here's bugging us about dating." Leo couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Wha- I thought he was gettin' on our case about grandkids or somethin'?"

"No, no. He was clearly implying that we have no social, relationship, or emotional skills to speak of and therefore have no chance at prospective mates with which we might eventually settle down with and have offspring of our own." Donnie's pout was apparent as he recapped the conversation, unsure if what his father said was a positive or negative sentiment.

Mikey and Y/N exchanged equally horrified glances, dropping the bags of goodies.

"WH-WHAT?!" they cried out in unison.

Y/N could barely get a breath in between their screeching tirade of 'NO NO NO' and Michelangelo's "STOP STOP STOP", both of them making a show of flailing about in humiliation and shaking their heads. Y/N and Mikey? Settling down?! KIDS??!!

"I feel as though I may have missed something…" Splinter watched the spectacle of shame with a quirked brow, stroking his greying beard and shrugging to himself.

The young mutant stopped his panic long enough grab Y/N by the shoulders and sharply turn them to face Splinter, pointing his finger into their cheek as if he were presenting them.

"DAD, WE are FRIENDS. FRIENDS! FFFRIEEEENDSS!" he hissed between clenched teeth, motioning between himself and the human that stood beside him. Behind him, his brothers quietly chuckled and snorted amongst themselves, but he chose to ignore them as he continued.

"WE are NOT getting married any time soon!" he gave Y/N a gentle pat on the shoulder and shot them a soft smile, "No offense."

"N-No, none taken!" Y/N nodded, eyes still wide with shock.

"WE are NOT having kids ANYTIME SOON!" With each word, Mikey's face loomed closer to his father, the man's amused grin unwavering.

"And if anything, I sincerely doubt someone as amazing, sweet, and funny as Y/N would ever wanna have kids with someone like me considering THIS whole situation!"

His hands waved over his body frantically to refer to his mutant form, oblivious to the now-offended scoff Y/N gave.

"Y/N and I were just here to-"

"You don't think I'd be with someone like you just because you're a mutant?" Y/N couldn't keep their irritation from seething off of them as their arms crossed tightly on their chest and their foot tapped impatiently against the cold floor. They were not happy. Mikey shrunk in on himself at the display and waited for them to continue, the entire room now listening intently.

"I'm sorry, is it just me or did you drink a big ol' mug of DENSE juice?" Their finger aggressively poked against the young turtle's plastron, "I happen to LIKE everything about your 'whole situation' and I happen to think YOU are just as amazing and funny, Michelangelo Hamato!" Despite the sincerity of their words, each syllable was spat from their downturned lips as their glare became fatal with angst. Neither of them paid any mind to the others, mouths gaping and eyes rounded with surprise. The box turtle's green cheeks burned a dark red at their words, his heart pounding wildly against his chest and his muscles tense with excitement.

"Does… does this mean I can hold your hand now? Like romantically...?" he squeaked, barely able to contain his glee. Y/N sheepishly nodded as they took his hand in theirs and pulled him into a gentle embrace. From behind him, a chorus of groans and sighs sounded from his brothers. All he could think of now was that Y/N liked him back. Maybe even loved him. Not even his brothers could ruin a perfect moment like this.

[fishsticksloser]

Hello! Can I plz request Rottmnt turtles (separately) react to their s/o having money creation powers? Like they can create money out of thin air. You want a million? Here's a billion.

Money Powers!Reader

RotTMNT x gn!reader

Warnings: fluff, mutant/yo'kai!reader

A/N: How awesome would this be? Honestly if a genie came up to me, I'd ask to always have the right amount of money... so... yeah...

Donnie

You hadn't told anyone about your powers, people had tried to exploit them before

So you tried not to show it

Once you were in the Hidden City with Donnie and you were buying food and other things Donnie needed

Donnie was a little short so you reached into your pocket and willed money into existence

Acting like it was always in your pocket

"Thanks."

You paid and went back to the lair

"Hey, uh... Can I borrow some money? I wouldn't normally ask, but..."

"Yeah, of course. Here."

You hand reach into your pocket and hand him $200

"W-Where do you get this...?"

"Uh..."

"I mean... if you're have a side job or anything, I'm not judging... I'm just very confused..."

"I um... I can make money..."

Donnie stared at you in awe.

"That's so cool! I... I hope you don't feel like I'm using you... I..."

"Of course not!"

He almost never asks you for money

Donnie will do everything possible to get money before asking you

Doesn't want you to feel used like he does

Leo

He noticed that you almost always had money on you, even though you weren't actively working

He didn't want to ask

Not wanting to make you feel weird

"Could I... Borrow some money?"

"Yeah, of course. How much?"

"Oh... Uh. Maybe like $20. I'm getting Donnie a birthday present, I'll put your name on it too."

"Here. Don't worry about paying me back."

You hand him $50

"Woah... Uh... This is a little much..."

"It's okay, go for it."

After that he paid more attention

He noticed that you didn't seem too worried about how much things cost

So he decided to ask

"Here's that $50 I borrowed earlier."

"Oh... Uh... Thanks, but you can keep it."

"But... it's $50..."

"I can make money, so... Go ahead."

"You CAN MAKE MONEY!?"

Tries not to ask for money

But doesn't stop you from paying for things

Mikey

Noticed immediately that you seemed to pull money out of thin air

Though he never ever wanted to ask you for any

One day, he couldn't help it though

"I'm sorry... I wouldn't normally ask, but I just can't get any money right now... Can I borrow some?"

"Of course! How much?"

"I think $25."

"Here..."

You rummage around in your bag before handing him $100

"I-I only need $25..."

"It's okay! Take it, don't worry about paying me back."

He felt so guilty not giving you $100 back

So he used the other $75 to buy you something

"Oh, thank you, Mikey. You really didn't have to."

"But I feel bad for not giving that money back.."

"Mike, I can make money, don't worry about it."

Shook to the core.

He tries to never ask for money again

If he does, he always pays you back with flowers, a date night, etc

Raph

You told him immediately

He is very trustworthy and just genuinely sweet so you felt you could trust him

Raph literally never asks for money

He will do whatever it takes to get it

So you don't feel used

So... You hide money around his room

Not much, like $1-10 bills every so often

The other boys caught on and let you start hiding it in other places around the lair

Just so Raph wouldn't get suspicious

Eventually he caught on a little and you'd find money in your back on in pockets of clothes you left at the lair

[itzzaira]

“Greetings from Cabin 11, I have come to inform you about how to correctly create a S’more”

Donnie will NOT tolerate any burnt marshmallows

(@tmnt-fandom-faimly-reunion)

We had met all of my babies except for our dear mystic warrior, hadn't we?

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

"Oh, this is perfect!" If Mikey's eyes could sparkle, they would. First, he succeeds at using his powers, finally, then they meet their counterparts, get to this cool camp, and now he can have smores?! Oh, he had been craving all the sweets ever since he had woken up! Seriously. Ice cream, chocolate, sweet gummies. And now s'mores'? And not just S'mores', the perfect S'mores'! He knew all versions of Donnie were brilliant! "Thank you!!"

...His brother did not seem to share his enthusiasm.

For you see- Leo was worried, unable to look away from the youngest's hands. Even clasped together, they shook, the flinched, they hurt. Leo knew they did.

His grab on the IV-bag tightened.

Not to mention, Mikey looked very unstable on his feet- which is why no one had let him even leave the cabin. "...Are you sure it's even a good idea for you to join a campfire in your... condition, Hermanito?"

His smile fell at once, and the youngest glared at him. "I survived opening a portal. I can survive a campfire, Leo."

"I know that, but- you know."

"I don't, actually." His expression turned more sour. "Seriously! None of you let me leave! You have Leonardo watching me all the time! I wanna have fun too!"

"Donnie had a panic attack after meeting a Kraang, Miguel. I don't want you to-"

"She has a name."

"I know, I know- it's just. If that had been you..." his gaze trailed down to Mikey's arms. Said turtle took a shaky step back.

"You disappeared and still are allowed to do what you want! Why can't I?"

"Because you almost died?"

"Well I thought you did!"

"..."

Leo looked at the version of Donnie, who still just... stood there, looking confused. Then he looked at his baby brother, who once again was abusing his baby brother privileges, looking at him with those puppy eyes.

...

Well.

He supposed that maybe the oldest three had been a bit.. paranoid. Shell, even his counterpart was rooming around- so why couldn't Mikey? He sighed, and gave a defeated smile. "...As long as you promise to take it easy-"

"I knew you were my favorite!" Mikey squealed, running over to hug the slider, tripping over his own feet and almost falling flat-faced on the ground- but luckily, Leo reacted fast, catching him just in time. The box turtle didn't seem to care, gave a quick kiss on his cheek along with a hug, tail wagging as he quickly turned to the other Donnie to grab a paper. Said soft shell seemed relieved- maybe because Leo agreed. Maybe just because of the knowledge that there wouldn’t be any burned smores from cabin 10.

"Thank you- ouch ouch ouch."

Mikey pulled his hand back as soon as he touched the paper, wincing and squeezing his wrists. He was still smiling though, so it must be fine. So, the slider thanked his twin's counterpart, took two papers in case they lost the other one, got Mikey's sticker sheet because his little brother wanted to give a sticker to the Donnie as a thank you, and finally sat him down once Donnie left. "I'm making your s'mores'." He let him know, looking around. Were they supposed to invite their cabinmates too? Those baby versions of them maybe? Or the other group of their counterparts-

Mikey made a face.

"Nuh-uh. Raph can make them, I don't trust yourself to not burn them."

"I have instructions now! Written down! From a Donnie. It will be fine! I'm not that bad in the kitchen."

"Not so bad in the- did you forget about the time you managed to set WATER on FIRE?"

"...This isn't a kitchen, it's a campfire! That doesn't count!"

[spoopyblues214]

Mmmmmm what if I said 2012 Mikey angst because my boy here is, I have to admit it, a bit of a player. :’)

Who knows, maybe we steal his time traveling girlfriend instead.

I decided to just call it finished instead of letting it rot for longer. I hope you enjoy!

Requests are open btw!

Player 12!Mikey, ficlet

Word count: 612

°•.•°

“-C'mon, angel face, you know I'd never-”

“Do I know? Cause it seemed like she was all over you.”

“But I'd always choose you, baby cakes!”

You scoffed, crossing your arms and leaning back against the wall. This wasn't the first time you'd had this fight, or similar, and you knew it wouldn't be the last; it wasn't the other thirty times. A hand came to your temple while you sighed.

“You sure like keeping your options open, though,” you huffed, eyes opening to glare at him under your lashes.

He physically recoiled like you lashed him.

“That's not what it is.”

“Then what is it? It can't be that hard to tell them to back off-”

“I don't wanna be an ass-”

“It's not being an ass, it's setting boundaries!”

He reached for you and you pushed his hand away with the back of your own, “I'm not dealing with your shit anymore.”

“What?”

“We're done. I'm sick of your people pleasing.”

“You can't just-” he said your name while you stood from the wall, turning to leave before you ended up in tears. “I love you!”

“If you did, you'd stop hurting me.”

You were thankful when Raph stopped him from following you, even if it felt embarrassing that he had heard the fight.

°•.•°

It took about a week before you heard Mikey was kissing someone else in an alleyway. Leo had avoided your eyes and Donnie was even worse at keeping things from you. Especially when you gave him a look that threatened he'd burst into flames by pure will. When you turned to Leo with the same look because he hadn't told you first, he lowered his head like a dog that got caught chewing the furniture.

Any tiny piece of you that might have felt remorseful evaporated, as Michelangelo clearly disregarded everything so easily. Of course, your heart hurt, it felt as though some thorny vine was growing inside your chest; but the idea of feeling bad for him.

It was already a trillion miles away.

At least he had the courtesy to hole up in his room with his comics instead of being out here. At least he had some shame. Or maybe he just didn't want to see you. If that were the case, it was perfectly fine, considering you didn't want to see him either.

You rolled your eyes before squaring your shoulders, determined to beat the two turtles present in their favorite video game.

.•°•.

It took you a couple months to fully get over everything. The brothers also quit walking on eggshells around you, aside from Raph who had always been blunt. Even Mikey stopped hiding in his room every time you'd come over, though he had a staring problem. You ignored it; he had ruined his chance.

Today you brought along someone new, whom you had warned about the friends they'd be meeting being mutants. She was surprisingly cool about it, though she was cool about everything. It's what attracted you to her in the first place.

“Guys, meet my girlfriend, Angel,” you introduced her. Only one person seemed unhappy, which was a rare feat considering he loved making new friends.

“Surprised she's not screaming,” Raph joked, fist bumping Angel while she shrugged.

“You guys aren't doing much to warrant a freak out,” she replied, shaking Leo's hand while Donnie just waved.

The three gave their names accordingly, but Mikey stood with his arms crossed, looking almost like he was pouting. Angel waved at him anyway. Besides the orange coded turtle's sudden jealousy issues, things went surprisingly well.

Michelangelo would just have to get over it, like you did.

[theawesomeninja-xd]

(Wasn’t sure if I sent this already or not! Feel free to ignore if I did!)

(Tw(?): Fake out death)

I don't know if that needs one but just in case

Casey went up to his younger friends to find them drinking hot chocolate and rambling about a brawl they saw earlier.

He smiled. "I'm glad despite the circumstances you guys are having fun."

They looked back at him, smiling brightly. "It’s not so bad," Mikey said. "It’s pretty lively here, and most people seem pretty cool."

Casey was going to say something when he found some weird pollen like stuff floating around. He turns around, starting to follow where it was coming from.

Eventually, he found some weird mushrooms. He starts trying to inspect them.

"Uh...Casey? Those don't look good..." Donnie warned.

"Relax, I'm not scared of any mushrooms." He reassured, although as soon as he said that, he appeared someplace else.

"What the....?" He looked around in confusion before the realization hit.

Oh no...

Not this place...

Not this day...

Much to his dismay, his fear was confirmed when he saw the all too familiar basement and the sight of his red banded friend on the floor with the wound on his head that would scar him.

Casey went up to him. His didn’t know why he was back here, but this already happened. Raph was fine.

He shook him, only for him not to respond this time.

What....no...this can't be right.

He shook him more. He should be alert by now, why was--

A horrible thought crossed his mind. He barely heard voices calling his name as he held back tears.

* * *

"Guys, I'm scared. Something's wrong with Casey." Mikey whimpered as he tried to check on him.

"It has to be the mushrooms," Donnie observed, "I knew something was wrong with them!"

"How do we fix it??" Raph asked in a panic confusion.

Leo started thinking before something caught his attention. "Hey, look."

A slightly older version of Raph seemed to be trying to burn the mushrooms (he has fire powers???) which didn't seem to work, but they did dissappear.

He made a face before turning to them and immediately softening.

"Okay, so putting more dimensional weirdness aside, is everyone good?" He asked.

They all looked at Casey, who seemed to be out of his trance and very confused.

"I...I think," Leo responded.

They went along with everything before, but Raph didn't think they could ignore this anymore.

What exactly was this place...?

Lore drop! Finally! ^<^

Anyway, Casey's not scared of much but there was a moment he got freaked out a bit.

(Also yes, they just spawned into the competition and was like 'just an average Tuesday' 👍🏾)

@tmntaucompetition

[mooncalfe-art]

I just wanted to ask, clarify, and/or talk about some things:

So first, there are the ages posts, one, has Leo be 22, and Mikey being 19, I think. I can't remember Raph and Donnie's ages, but I do remember Donnie and Raph were between Leo and Mikey in age I think. And I even think Donnie was the 2nd oldest? Which is/was cool! And/or interesting.

But now, u have the updated age post, and all the turtles are (Leo, Donnie, Mikey, and Raph that is. And Lita) are six now. And I gotta admit, I liked Leo being the eldest, and by 3 years when compared to Mikey. Since I see him as such an ultimate big bro/as the ultimate big brother. Oh well; I can still think of him like that if I want to, he defin. acts like the ultimate big brother (be it eldest and/or a just a big brother (too), and u originally had him as 22 in that other post as well.

I am also guessing in their past lives Leo may have been the oldest, than Donnie, then Raph, then Mikey? Hence where u may have gotten the ages somewhat in that other ages post?

Also, them as turtles is 6 (I think that is what u meant?)? But mutant-wise, biology?-wise, and mentally wise they are late teens and/or early-ish 20's, correct? Just to clarify?

Also; I hope they are aging normally now!

(Sorry for all the questions and stuff, this stuff just has me a bit confused).

Have other thing(s) to say, but I will leave that for another Ask(s), and just leave this Ask as my ask talking about this subject.

P.S.: Do u prefer to get Asks here or on ur mooncalfe (I think) tumblr blog?

Mutant age is weird in IDW TMNT! The way animals are mutated it's like they instantly turn into adults with language skills and full cognition or whatever, as opposed to other TMNT incarnations where they mutate more gradually and age the way humans do. It makes pinpointing the Turtles' ages (and Alopex, Splinter, etc.) difficult and confusing. So yeah, when I listed their ages in that first post, I meant biologically (late teens) rather than chronologically (just a few years). Also I think the way Tom Waltz was writing the mutation it was like the characters' experience as animals was taken into account as to what their age, physicality, and cognitive level would be upon mutation (like Hob was an older cat, for example, so when mutated, his "cat years" were translated into the equivalent of human years which meant he ended up as a 30-something adult). And that's not even taking into account the psychotropic serum which would bestow human-level intelligence on a mutant, like when Slash was first mutated he was very animalistic but then when he later got the serum, it gave him instant adult-level intellect. Early in the series there was something about the serum splintering the animal's consciousness from their natural instincts (where Splinter gets his name from) but I'd have to go back and read that first arc again, it's been a while. Tom, why did you make this so confusing?!? ;)

I got the different ages from what my former editor Bobby Curnow's headcanon was, I based them off that and how the Turtles looked in their past lives like you said, yeah. And yep they are all mentally, cognitively, physically, biologically late teens, they don't actually act like 6-year-olds or anything like that. ;) And I think you're right that they (and other animal-born mutants) would be aging normally now.

This is all complicated by the fact that we're not actually allowed to give the characters specific ages in the comic, so technically and canonically the Turtles are eternally late teens, the way other comic characters like Batman or Spider-Man never actually age despite time seeming to pass within their respective universes. @_@ So I guess my original answer to the age ask is non-canon, since those ages will never actually be confirmed in the comic. I hope that all makes sense!

I actually shut my old mooncalfe tumblr down the other day, so you can send asks here! :)

[psychologicalwarclaire]

28 April O'Neill

for the angst writing thing

April + Punishment

'Easy in and out scouting mission', they said. 'They won't even know you're there', they said. 'Your cool black ninja suit needs to be used more!', they said.

April's heart pounded as Foot Brute towered above her.

"Hey, uh, you wouldn't mind just... letting me go... would you?" April flashed a fake grin behind the half mask. "This whole thing has been one big... misunderstanding."

Foot Brute cracked his massive knuckles. "Break into the Foot Factory... You gonna get kicked."

"Wow, so creative." April rolled her eyes. Immediately, she knew she'd regret it.

Before she could even register the massive fist swinging her way, April felt it strike her chest. She flew through the air, crashing with a CLANG against a wall of metal pipes.

She couldn't breathe.

Her vision blurred and she couldn't BREATHE.

At last, her lungs seemed to reinflate. April gasped greedily. Then gasped again-- this time in pain.

A rough hand grabbed her arm, jerking her upright.

She was lifted up up up over the brute's head. In slow motion, she crashed back down in an arc.

Horrible hurt exploded down her side, then again and again as she bounced across impossibly cold concrete.

April scrabbled at her panic button on her wrist.

"Thank you for pressing the panic button," Donnie's voice rang out. "Your panic is important to us."

Foot Brute's fist slammed down again, this time onto her arm.

The panic button shattered.

So did her bones, probably.

April screamed.

She curled up into a balk, despite the sharp stringing across her ribs. More blows beat down, and the ache in her chest only deepened.

The whole factory floor suddenly blazed with blue light.

The floor fell out from underneath April as she fell through the portal.

Night air hit her face two seconds before she hit the rooftop. She groaned, curling into an even tighter ball.

Four panicked voices cried her name.

Raph's large arms made to scoop her up. April flinched.

"No... don't... please..." she gasped.

Donnie was babbling, launching question after question. April's head spun to make heads or tails or anything. Mikey was at her side immediately, gingerly helping her sit up.

"Are you okay?" he whispered.

April would have laughed. Obviously not. Instead, she coughed.

And coughed.

And coughed.

Ragged breaths rattled out of her, wheezing, choking, hacking.

Donnie scanned her frantically, then froze. Leo practically ripped the goggles off of his twin, scanning April himself. He froze too.

"Oh no..." he breathed. "April..."

April couldn't hear him. She was too busy coughing. Raph had a steading hand on her back, and Mikey clutched her non-mangled hand.

April coughed again and red splattered the rooftop.

Mikey burried his face in her shoulder. "It's gonna be okay, April," he squeaked. "I promise... I promise..."

"We shouldn'ta sent you in there," Raph whispered, horror seeping into his voice.

Tears streaked down April's face as she struggled to breathe. Her lungs were making a horrible gurgling sound and something very dark was trickling from her mouth.

A siren wailed in the distance.

"You're sending her away?!" Mikey cried from deep underwater.

"She needs help that I can't give her!" Leo yelled distantly. "The humans will take better care of her."

She must have blacked out because the next moment she was on a bench at a bus stop.

"Guys?" she gasped. "Guys?!" Had they left her?!

The next moment, Donnie was next to her. His face twisted with too many emotions at once. "We have to hide," he said in the flat tone that usually indicated that he was terrified. "The ambulance is two minutes away. Can you hold on until then?"

"D-don't leave me alone," she gurgled.

His eyes filled with pain. He glanced to the shadows where she knew his brothers were lurking.

He nodded. "Okay. I'll stay until they're here."

He patted her gingerly on the head; the highest form of affection.

"I promise."

[keebwee]

Whumptober Day 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

No. 2: “I’ll call out your name, but you won’t call back.”

Thermometer | Delirium | “They don't care about you.”

Summary: Donatello gets sick in the bad future timeline. He just wants his brother to be there with him. Unfortunately, he isn't.

AO3

CONTENT WARNINGS: PAST SIBLING DEATH, GRIEVING, ILLNESS

fic under the cut

"Donnie, I need you to check up on the A-wing; there's been some kind of—woah, what the hell happened to you? You look like shit." Donnie lazily turned to look at his twin, who stood in his doorway, his massive shadow looming over Donnie. His prosthetic arm—Raph's old prosthetic arm—stood out like a sore thumb.

"Nothing's wrong, Leo," Donnie mumbled. "I'm fine. Just... tired." Yup. Definitely.

"Just tired, my ass," Leo swore. "You look horrible. Are you feeling okay?" He stepped into the room, placing a hand on his hip.

"I said I'm fine. What was it you needed me to do?" Donnie dismissed his concern. Obviously, their base was far more important than how he was feeling. His body could wait.

"I can get someone else to do it." Leo was standing next to Donnie, now. "It's just a simple door malfunction." He lifted his real hand to feel Donnie's forehead and hissed. "You're burning up. We need to get you to medbay."

"No, I'm fine, Nardo," Donnie snapped. "I'll go fix the—the..." He trailed off, suddenly overcome with a powerful wave of dizziness. He swayed, before tilting over the side of his chair and falling.

"Donnie! Shit, shit!" Leo grabbed him just before he could hit the floor. The cool metal of his Raph's prosthetic arm pressed against Donnie's cheek and he sighed. "Oh my god, you're so heavy now. Okay, up we go!" He hoisted the softshell up into his arms, adjusting him so he was carrying him bridal style.

"Put me down..." Donnie groaned. 

"Nah." Leo didn't put him down. "We're going to the medbay, where you're gonna sit in bed till you're better. Can't have my favorite twin melting while he tries to fix a door, can I?" Donnie didn't respond. He didn't say anything even when they made it to the medbay, nor when he was tucked into bed after a quick examination by Leo himself.

Eventually, Mikey and April popped into the room. Donnie didn't notice them till Mikey had made his way into his bed and curled up next to him. April took his temperature and got him to begrudgingly accept a damp washcloth for his forehead, despite his distaste for it. He spaced out, setting his chin on Mikey's head as the box turtle nestled into the crest between his chest and neck. At some point, he found himself relaxing and slipping into an uncomfortable sleep.

Donnie wasn't doing well; anyone could see that. His fever had worsened within the past 10 hours he'd been in the medbay, and whenever he was woken up to eat or drink he barely seemed to process it. He'd mumble in his sleep, and Mikey thought he'd even had a few nightmares, based on the whines and jerky movements he'd make every once in a while. 

So when he woke up and looked at them, Mikey's eyes lit up with joy.

Until he uttered the most heartbreaking thing he could've said.

"R'ph?" 

Mikey's heart sank. 

Raph had been dead for two years, now, and Donnie thought he was here. Either that, or he wanted him. Both situations were horrible.

April took the initiative, kneeling down next to Donnie's head and shushing him. "Raph's not here right now, Dee," She said quietly. "It's just us. Me, Mikey, and Leo." Donnie blinked at her tiredly, taking a few moments to process what she'd said.

"Where... is he?" He mumbled. "When—" He was cut off by a harsh coughing fit, prompting Leo to sit him up and rub his shell soothingly. Donnie was so weak he had to lean up against Leo to remain upright. His head sagged forward as he wheezed. 

"He's not here." Leo kept rubbing his shell. When the coughing calmed down, Donnie curled into himself and whined. "Hey, hey. It's okay. We've got you." 

Mikey scooted closer to Donnie, taking his hand and tracing his fingers with his own in an attempt to calm Donnie down. Maybe himself, too. Not that he'd admit that to anyone here.

"Raph..." Donnie was crying now. "Where is he—I need him! I—" He wheezed again. "Raph—!" He was sobbing.

His family didn't know what to do. It wasn't often anyone saw the softshell cry like this, let alone when he was sick. Sick Donnie and crying Donnie weren't often expressed together. 

Suddenly, Donnie turned and latched onto Mikey. His skin was boiling and coated in sweat. 

"Woah, woah!" Mikey laughed dryly. "Let's lay back down, Dee." Donnie nodded, sniffling and mumbling quietly. Mikey lowered himself and his older brother back down onto the bed and motioned for either of his siblings to cover the two in the blanket. They did.

Donnie fell asleep soon after, tears still dripping down his face as he slept.

This dance repeated for almost four days. Donnie would wake up, he'd panic and look for his oldest—and, friendly reminder, deceased brother, and then latch onto whoever was closest to him. Usually, that person would be his family, but once or twice it was a nurse who happened to be caring for him while the others slept.

 "Donnie, you need to eat something, please." April showed him a tray of food she'd grabbed from their makeshift cafeteria. All it was were crackers, miscellaneous meat jerky, and grits. These were common foods for Donnie. But he refused to eat it. "It doesn't have to be a lot! Even just a single bite."

Donnie shook his head. "My stomach hurts. I'm not hungry."

"Please?" April pleaded.

"...Fine," Donnie replied tiredly. He reached out and grabbed a cracker, taking a small bite and placing the cracker back on the tray. "Did it." He turned over onto his side, nestling his face into his pillow. April sighed and took the tray back, leaving Donnie alone again.

He was still feeling incredibly out of it. The room was always spinning and he constantly felt nauseous. He just wanted to sleep and wake up feeling normal again. He wanted Raph.

Ah. There it was again. 

He sniffled, bringing a shaky hand up to his face and wiping away his growing tears. He missed Raph so, so much. When the turtles were kids, they'd get sick every now and then. Raph would always stay with them till they felt better. Donnie wanted that. 

Sure, Leo and Mikey were with him a lot, but he knew if Raph were here, the softshell would never be left alone. He wanted his big brother. A sob erupted from him and he shoved his face into his pillow to muffle his cries. His attempt was in vain, because his brothers had just so happened to be walking in.

"Aw... Dee." Donnie heard Mikey say. A hand was placed on the side of his head and he leaned into it. "Your fever's getting better, I think," He mumbled. "You need a hug?" Donnie nodded. Mikey sat on his bed and wrapped an arm around him. His other arm went and grabbed his blanket, pulling it over himself and Donnie like he had so many times already. 

"How's he lookin'?" Leo asked Mikey as he scooped up the thermometer and a clean rag. 

"His fever's down." Mikey rubbed Donnie's arm as he spoke. "April said he took a bite of a cracker. Is the tray still in here?" 

"Yeah, it's right here. The guy took the smallest bite," Leo sighed. "Is he awake?" 

"I think." Mikey nudged Donnie and he hissed. "Yup, he's awake."

Leo made his way over with the tray. "Don-Tron, Dee, Donnie." 

"What," Donnie mumbled.

"Can you eat a full cracker for me?" Donnie looked at the slider, who's eyes looked broken and tired, with visible bags. He looked exhausted. Maybe he should eat a cracker? No, he's too nauseous.

"You're nauseous probably because you haven't eaten. Just eat one or two," Mikey murmured. Donnie groaned at him before reaching out a hand to grab a cracker. He shoved the whole thing in his mouth, chewed it for a few seconds, and swallowed it whole. His brothers' eyes lit up. Donnie grabbed another and ate it. Leo smiled softly.

Donnie ate just a little bit more before he pushed the tray away and nestled back into his pillow, falling asleep.

[turtle--soup]

Next Mutation ramblings under the cut:

Monkey Man is back

Episode 11 stream of consciousness liveblogging first...

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"Poof. No mowah dowah baws." Honestly I would kill to play one of these henchmen, they must have had the best time.

Oh, I see where this is going...

Mikey found a peanut. Cute that he's excited enough to sing a song about that

Is that Fruit Loops with Red Bull? Bro.

If I ever win the lottery I am also going to yell MEGA SHELLAAAAAGE. I do not play the lottery.

"It's really gross in heeyuh"

"I can buy a jet plane! I can buy TEN jet planes!" Bro gonna set up his own airline

"You're scaring our roaches" Finally a Raph who likes bugs!

Of course Raph would buy more motorbikes. But would they be as sexy and cool as the one he already has? I think every Raph should have a motorbike. I never ship Raph with anyone but I kinda ship NM Raph with his bike

FunKEE MunKEE

"Stop monkeyin' around" - of course, of course. The puns 👌

Yeah, stop calling him greenie. You can do better than that surely?

They have satin boxers? Yeesh. 🤢

"Muhayy name's not greenaaayyyy" Calm down Leo

I love the sad music in the background being overlaid with the cartoon 'boink!' 'splat!' sound effects

"I got beat by four guys with no pants!" Dude now you know why Shredder was so pissed off all the time

This Splinter is so crabby

I can't believe nobody is arguing that they should get the ticket back because

a) Silver might spend it on doing nefarious bad guy stuff, and/or

b) it belongs to an innocent person??

Bionic smoothophonic?????? Were the scriptwriters paid by how many words they could make up?

Groovalicious! Excellente!

GROOVY WOOVY BABY???!?! wtf Raph bro are you OK?

Ah, the bike. And the jeep. But mostly the cool bike. It's so cool. Look at it. It's so cool. LOOK. HE HAS A BIKE!

Yeah no seriously I get it but I am so confused that they're all 'yeah money though 🤑' like... completely. It seems so wrong for there to be such little push back. Venus kind of tried but... yeah, I expect there to be more moral undertone in my turtles - especially if it's going to be this cartoony.

His staff is a net launcher? Nice.

Love that the walls in Silver's hallway are climbing walls lol. Fair play to whoever thought of that

"I've never fought so many well dressed men" Venus buddy please use your eyes

She's so polite though

The scene transitions in this show really are something aren't they? Wow

"I know exactly what you're gonna say but we think you're wrong" Bro I don't think anyone's ever won an argument with their dad by starting off like that

Oh at least Splinter's actually suggested they should give the money to the guy it belongs to and chewed them out for being greedy finally

Lol they busted his legs

"I AM scary 😠😠😠"

That was the worst smoke bomb effect ever wow

...

I didn't make notes on episodes 9 & 10 of Next Mutation but the general overview is:

There's so much about Bonesteel that I love but I'm concerned that he's going to be completely pointless.

His design is top tier, I was convinced that either Kevin Eastman designed him or whoever did design him was very much taking notes from Kevin Eastman and lo and behold...

ALSO! I was wondering where I knew Bonesteel's actor from and he's frickin' Scott McNeil! How many other Transformers Beast Wars voice actors did they poach? Lol.

Anyway yeah love him.

Also Quease is really interesting. I want to believe that his relationship with Donnie will be developed on but I'm not going to hold my breath. Hopefully they do something interesting with them though.

[am30000]

So How did Y/n react/meet April?

summary: So in my headcannon April and Y/n met after the turtles kept sneaking out of the Lair for an unknown reason.

Raph Leo Mikey Donnie Y/n April

The turtles tip toe inside the lair trying there hardest not to make a sound. It was dark and it was 4 am.

"Guys remember be quiet! We don't wanna wake up mom or else we're done for."

Raph said in a whispery tone.

"Lets hope mom isn't already awake. She should be getting up soon to start breakfast."

"Lets make sure we get to bed muy rapido before then so mom doesn't realizes we snuck out."

"Too late boys."

The brothers instantly turn to see Y/n sitting on the couch with an annoyed and tired look.

"Look mom its not what it looks like- "

Y/n raises an eyebrow looking for an explanation.

"Okay it is what it seems like."

"Mother I had absolutely nothing to do with this they dragged me along. Plus it was Leo's idea to sneak out."

"What the- Donnie!"

"I don't care who's Idea it was to sneak out. The fact of the matter is you all snuck out and I want an explanation."

"Alright fine. You know how you said to stay hidden and whatnot? Well we may have been spotted by a human"

"I'm sorry you were what?"

"Its alright though cause the were totally cool with us and everything! We're friends with them!"

"And how long ago was this?"

".....Around a year ago?"

"And you've been sneaking out why? To see them?"

"Sort of?"

Y/n sighs, clearly annoyed.

"Well who are they?"

"Her name is April and she's really cool and nice and funny!"

Y/n begins smirking with a teasing expression.

"So you've all been sneaking out to see a girl?"

"Don't say it like that! She's just our friend that happens to be a girl!"

"Sure she is."

Mikey gasps as an idea pops in his head.

"We should get you to meet her! Trust me you'll absolutely love her!"

"Oh i'd love to meet her. Since you boys obviously are so fond of her i'd love to see what the hype is all about."

"Trust us you're gonna love April! She's awesome! She's even gotten Donnie to open up to her in like a month!"

"Oh wow that's impressive. Took me two years to get Donnie to actually tolerate me. Lemme guess did he tried to bite her and hissed at her when they met?"

"Oh haha very funny."

"No he didn't but that's cause he was interested in interacting with a human that wasn't you for the first time. He had so many questions for her he practically took up most of her time when they met. Speaking of meeting, Donnie text April to meet us in the Alley near the Tony Lou's Pizza place after she's done with that school thing she keeps talking about."

Donnie waves his phone gently.

"Already 2 steps ahead of you Nardo. She asks why though. What should I tell her?"

"Tell her we want her to meet someone."

"Alright and sent."

"Tell you what boys. I'll let you guys off the hook if I like your new friend. But if I don't you're all grounded."

"Alright fair."

TIMESKIP

Now its the next day. The boys wait patiently with Y/n in the alley near the Tony Lou's Pizza place. Then a dark skin girl with glasses, brown hair and a green jacket runs in.

"Sorry It took so long. I got held back to finish a science project."

"And you didn't ask me to help? I feel offended."

"No offense Dee but I kinda don't want my project to turn into a killing machine again."

"I have never done such a thing before."

"Sure you haven't. Now who did you guys want me to meet?"

The boys move to the side to reveal Y/n.

"April. This is the wonderful woman who raised us. Our mom. If you wanted to know where Donnie got his oh so lovable sarcasm she's the woman to blame."

Y/n walks up to April and examines her with an unreadable expression.

"Oh um... Its nice to meet you Ma'am. I'm April, April O'Neil."

April holds out her hand nervously to shake Y/n's.

"So you're the girl the boys kept talking about all night? With all that yapping they did they failed to mention how absolutely beautiful you are!"

Y/n's smiles and shakes her hand.

"Names Y/n but please call me mom or ma dear."

April smiles, her nervous expression drops completely.

"Oh. Alright!"

"Oh wow deary you are way too skinny. Please join us for dinner at the Lair."

"I'd love to! The turtles constantly brag about how good your cooking is! They even brought some left overs of it when I forgot my lunch and asked Donnie to bring me some food."

"Oh so that's where the left overs went?"

"I am not sorry in the slightest this woman had not tasted really food until they tried yours."

"Tell you what April. I will personally make you lunch and have one of the boys deliver it to you."

"Oh I'd love that! Thanks Ma!"

"You're welcome. Now lets get going to the lair. If you thought my left overs were good then wait till you start trying food when its off the stove. Trust me its way better. Especially since I made it extra special since I'd already assumed you were coming over anyways."

"You already had me at extra special. Lets go!"

Timeskip to night time.

Dinner was over and April was laying back in her chair, rubbing her stomach.

"Good right?"

"I'd never thought i'd ever have food better than Mikeys. I was proved wrong."

"Who do you think I learned it from? Trust me I know I'm good but this woman is a whole other species of good."

Y/n walks in with a tub of Ice cream.

"Everyone ready for dessert?"

"Im going to leave with a stomach bigger than a whales aren't I?"

"Yup. Hope you saved some room."

"Don't worry April. I know you can't have any more food since your stomach is so small compared to the boys so I'll just pack some in a container for you so you can have it later."

"Thanks ma. You're awesome."

April checks her phone.

"Oh I gotta get home. I'll see you guys later. Thanks for the meal and lovely night ma'am! Bye!"

April gets up and runs off the turtles look at Y/n.

"So what do you think of April?"

"Yeah are we grounded or not?"

"She's a wonderful young lady. I can see why you guys like her. And no you aren't grounded. But please stop sneaking out. I don't like not knowing where my boys are."

"Deal."

[hermit-searching]

TMNTposting, Michelangelo edition:

I still have favs, but I would love nothing more than to talk about the boy in orange. Michelangelo is such an interesting character, development-wise in the series. While Leos and Donnie's usually end up developing more negatively (like the emo breakdowns and all that) Michelangelo and Raph seem to always be the ones that make positive growth. And I love it. We love to see that here.

All Michelangelo's are pretty silly and goofy. They're the most laid back of all the turtles, mostly due to the "youngest brother" dynamic he has with the rest of the turtles, Rise being the most obvious one of all. With 87 Michelangelo, he's more of a chill party dude with an unyeilding optimism despite the circumstances in the later "Red Sky" seasons of TMNT 87. He's the only one of the turtles who genuinely still saw the good in things, and tried to revisit the old dynamic they had even though there was a massive hate campaign against them, and getting double mutated...among many other things. This dude, this little guy, was able to keep a steady girlfriend through all this which is insane (and adorable).

Some of the other cute things I remember about him is:

-he remembers their time being regular turtles.

-he normally sides with Leonardo whenever theres an argument (usually started by Donatello)

-the little alien star child in season 7 could have destroyed the planet but he still decided to be nice and comfort him anyways.

Also random fun factoid about the memory of being a regular turtle. Both he and Donatello or Raphael have mentioned before they spent half their life at the bottom of a glass bowl, in the pet shop. Which either implies they lived in a tiny fishbowl for a really long time, or they were really young when they mutated. The implication seems to lean more towards the latter, and the turtles mutated straight into being teenagers. It's entirely likely the 87 turtles are technically young kids stuck in the bodies of teenagers. Enjoy the nightmares thinking about that.

Now for 03 Mikey. I want to chefs kiss the writers because this series was when they started the "kinda annoying younger brother" trope for him, but somehow still managed to handle his development with absolute grace. The Battle Nexus arcs are some of my favorites in TMNT 03, personally. Both because I'm a sucker for 03 Leosagi, but also because they showed everyone just how smart Mikey can be, and that he is perfectly capable of handling a fight on his own. He's been named Battle Nexus champion, not once, but twice. The first time was more circumstance, but don't let that distract you from the fact he outsmarted Raph in a fight and still won the tournament.

And the second time? That time, he was cursed so any injury he sustained couldn't be healed and he still won! The second time was entirely on his skill and fighting alone and he won.

Despite rubbing it in his brothers faces, he genuinely didn't believe he was capable of winning the Battle Nexus tournament and I LOVE the writers for giving me that. 03 Mikey is a loveable menace.

fun things I love about 03 Mikey:

-he literally saves Klunk because he liked her vibes. on Christmas. good for him.

-despite how often they bicker, he's Raph's best friend.

-the whole thing about him (and his brothers) helping the homeless people in the Garbageman episode.

I don't really have much to say about 2012 Mikey tbh. He sure is a guy who exists. It is cool he survived in Dimension X for a few months on his own though. Good for him.

And finally, I'll leave the Rise ramblings to the other TMNT blogs out there. Because everything I say is something someone else definitely has before. And I mostly want to make these posts for the people out there who never watched the older TMNT series.

[acutiewithagun]

Hey Hey! Just wondering, how would the Rise Turtles (or just Donnie if you're not feeling up to doing all of them) react to catching a S/O singing alone in the kitchen for the first time? Like they're actually really good but maybe they're a bit shy at first about singing in front of someone? I love to sing and have vocal training but I need encouraging.

(I did something similar to this a bit ago. But I'm always happy to do more. I'll just do Donnie because why not. Also, shameless plug of my favorite artist. Link to og song.)

Taglist: @oleander-nin

The lyrics love your ears

You managed to shoo Mikey and Leo away from the kitchen for once. How you did it? Offering to do the dishes that had stacked up due to S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N being out of commission. Donnie was busy fixing him, Mikey was busy with art commissions that kept popping up, Leo was busy 'being too cool for cleaning', and Raph was afraid he would break the glassware.

So that left you having the perfect excuse to be alone for a few hours. You were supposed to be doing warm up and songs your voice coach gave you, but a little fun never hurt. So as you tackled the haunting mess of plates, cups, and silverware, you started singing a few fun songs.

A few voice cracks slipped out occasionally but you just laughed them off as you scrubbed with the sponge. Suds covered your gloves as you washed the filth away and choruses filled the room. If anyone had been there you would have about died, but again, everyone was busy with something.

Once you ran out of the songs you found enjoyable, still having a pile of dishes to finish, you begrudgingly started the warm ups and songs assigned to you. They weren't bad, but when it's forced onto you it's not as fun. However you knew you had to do it eventually. So as you continued working on the pile you did your task of assigned work.

You finished with your practice material as you put the final dish on the drying rack. You paused as you heard a sipping of a beverage. You snap your head around and Donnie is casually leaning against the kitchen counters a few feet away from you, drinking a mug of coffee. Your face starts to heat up. "How long have you been here!?"

He let out a hum and lazily gazed over to the digital clock on the wall. He lowered the mug from his mouth and looked back at you. "Approximately two hours, twenty three minutes, and fifty three seconds and rising." He casually dodged the wet rag you here in his direction as he took another sip of his hot beverage.

"You could at least have said something, or made a noise!" Blush covered your face fiercely as you glowered at the purple branded mutant. "Ah, but that would have stopped the singing, we both are aware of this. So I expertly acquired my coffee silently and watched your little performance."

You raised an eyebrow at the turtle. "This is my first time singing here. How the hell did you know I would stop if you made your presence known?" He clicked his tongue as he carefully placed the mug down. "You seem to underestimate the ability of security cameras." This earns another dirty rag thrown in his direction that he flawlessly dodged. "I do admit that one was deserved. However I quite enjoy your voice, would it be possible to hear you again?"

You put your hands on your hips after slipping the gloves off. "Don't you like that techno music? You know the one without singing involved." Donnie gave a nod of acknowledgement and hummed. "Correct, this does not mean I can't enjoy a person's natural vocals." You roll your eyes with a sigh as you join him, leaning against the countertop as well. You hoist yourself up on top of the counter and kick your legs as he picks his mug back up.

"... Maybe, wanna hear a new song I learned. I found a super hidden artist named Megan Shumway." His mask revealed one of his drawn on eyebrows raising slightly as he gives you a side glance. "Go ahead." You smiled and closed your eyes as you began singing.

Someone will remember us, my love, in a different time...

And even if they tell our stories wrong, my love, you will still be mine...

[skylerskyhigh]

Because someone gave me this idea, I'll do a quick little drabble here because the idea is just too funny.

Leon: MNMC

Leo: OMO

Nidas: HS

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In hindsight, messing around with mystic and ninpo without Draxum's supervision isn't the greatest idea he's had. Especially while snacking on cookies that CJ gave him, his son baked it so of course he'd eat it! But hey, you won't get results without doing some experimenting! Trial and error, and all that jazz.

So that somewhat explains how he ended up in this grey void with two other versions of him. He thinks? They certainly look like him but pretty different.

They look to be about his age, which means they're from the future. They even lost their arm, with one of them having a prosthetic that looks different than the Raph arm he had. But there are differences.

Like, one of them has three yellow lines down his chin and throat. He's also wearing some kind of flannel shirt.

Other him is wearing some traditional Japanese outfit which shows off his scars and a sick tattoo.

Both of them look none too pleased at where they ended up, which is understandable.

Nidas feels his eyes sparkle as he beams at the latter. "You look so cool!"

The other turtle takes a step back and gives him a weird look. He groans. "Not another one."

The striped turtle snickers at his reaction. "I dunno, this one is more cheerful than you."

The scarred turtle gives the striped one a dirty glare. "Shut it Leo."

Nidas looks between them. "So... I'm guessing you're both future Leo?"

Scarred Leo sighs. "Yes. I'm Leon."

"Call me Leo," The striped turtle waves his hand.

"Ah, I'm Leonidas," Nidas introduced, holding his hand out for them to shake. "But you can call me Nidas."

They stared at his arm with wide eyes. For a moment, he was confused. Then he realizes that he held out his right arm. The arm they don't have.

Nidas groaned, slapping his forehead. "Right, sorry."

"Did you..." Leo stops.

"Did the Kraang invade in your time?" Leon asks bluntly.

"Ah- well-"

A cloud seems to appear over Leon's head and Nidas felt like he stepped into a trauma pit.

"So you're like- from the timeline where the Kraang didn't invade? The good future?" Leo groans. "Lucky."

"Why the name change?"

"Is this what we would have looked like if we weren't fighting for our lives every day?"

"Whoa whoa slow down," Nidas stumbled. He remembers the cookies and reached into his pockets to hand both of them a cookie. "Here, have this. They're good."

Leo happily takes a cookie while Leon stares at it like it's poisoned.

"Junior made it," Nidas prompted. If he knows himself, and by now he's a master at it, mentioning Casey would get a reaction.

Leon looked pained for a moment before he reluctantly takes it.

"This is delicious," Leo said around a mouthful of cookie. He has a happy smile as he nibbles on the treat.

Nidas smiles. "Yup! Casey is doing really well! He's learning from Cass! Catching up on all the things he missed, you know?"

Leon grimaces and mutters under his breath, "Not another smiley bastard."

Nidas let it slide. "So! To answer your question, yes I'm from the future. Yes, the Kraang invaded. But I got send back in time to the past- er present? I got sent to the day after the Kraang invasion where Leon- my younger self- stopped the invasion."

The two turtles groaned.

"Same," Leo said, finishing off the cookie. "Did you try to kill him too?"

Nidas blanched. "Uh..."

"If he did, hopefully he did a better job than passing out right after threatening the kid," Leon snarked.

"Hey! I was bleeding out! And that's rich coming from the guy who got captured by Big Mama and was mind controlled!"

An angry tick appears on Leon's forehead and he glares at Leo. "Oh you bastard..."

Leo grins smugly. "Don't start something you can't finish."

"I'm sure we can settle it easily."

Nidas looks between them and groans internally, regretting messing with mystic without Draxum's supervision.

How is he getting out of this mess?

[yellowhollyhock]

Unchain my heart

part 1

Donnie. Donatello what is that you've attached to your skateboard.

oh nooo leo got caged. aaah noooo they all got trapped

oh here comes Don's skateboard, to the rescue! "you tarzan me pain" ooh that was bad

"all you guys do is lay around" leo can have a joke here and there that he didn't steal from raph, as a treat 🩵

scary little necromancer children

oop we forgor your heart sorry mistress

So Venus why do you have a vampire heart exactly?

jfjsjsh Leo and Raph were just having a conversation and Donatello just pushed them both aside so they could talk to him instead and just started saying exactly what they'd been saying. He's such an attention-seeking middle child 💜

Good for Leo for reading up on relevant topics to deal with his problems

Splinter said 'don't go it's a full moon'

akdjwhah them all trying to talk tough 'that's okay we like danger' and Venus said she would name her hamster Danger I love her I love her I love her

"it's glow disk time" classic Donatello sing-song

me way too invested in where they all sit in the car XD (Raph of course is always on his bike, once again Mikey is up front, Leo and Venus switch off but lately it's been Leo, Donnie will never get out of the backseat) (I was a backseat middle child myself) (when your older siblings always say you're too small) (but then they let your younger siblings do XYZ) (it's funny in hindsight but infuriating in the moment) (got some good memories in the backseat while the rest of them clawed each other's eyes out for shotgun) (obviously I'm exaggerating but I think you get the point)

When did Venus put on a cape?

Leo's reading paying off 🩵

"this is gross. can i touch it" aldjdhsh Mikey

part 2

"perhaps a review of the meaning of good news" yeag

"vampire heart, veeery tricky" cool so Splinter has experience with vampires I guess

"it seems healthy"

"donnie. it's a disembodied heart."

"there's gotta be a rational explanation" donnie you just got attacked by a disembodied heart.

Raph 'let the humans deal with it' Splinterson/The Turtle/Hamato. These giys haven't bothered with a last name maybe I'll call them O'Neil.

noooo Raph don't, I get where you're coming from but noooo

oh good the bad guy threatened his sister, his decision making skills are back

"we should never have let him go alone, hunting vampires is group sport" Leo worries 🥺

oh snap donnie stopping bonesteel from hurting raph and trapping the heart, and he used Venus's catchphrase 💜💚

part 3

jdjsjshshshahs don't hammer the heart this is gross to watch

Venus "hammer that heart more quietly"

Donnie and Venus arguing again. ooof the heartbeat puns.

not a fan of Raph and Don making fun of Venus's culture :/

Yeah this episode I think is what people are talking about when they say Raph was sexist and mean. He's usually very nice to Venus so this just feels out of character for the sake of angst

jsjdjsjshv Donnie @ Raph "you've been dissed Shinoni style" Don you are literally the one who is always making fun of her magic

Leo!! Hunting the hunter who's hunting the heart!! find the hunter find the heart!! meathead has become egghead 🩵🩵 really proud of him in these eps fr

and now they're all singing together, the meanness barely lasted it was literally just a plot device. ugh. there are a lot of times in this show where the sibling fights are done well but that was just totally unnecessary

"I got it! No I don't. I got it!"

"No you don't."

"I know I don't!"

🩵❤️

jdjahshjf the flashing lights are confusing Donnie he literally just grabbed Mikey instead of the vampire child

[easterartist]

|Titan and the turtle tots go to a music competition!|

|part 2| (@tmnt-crossover-polls )

"Onii-san, why is everyone else wearing stickers?" 

He blinked, glancing over at Raph with a curious gaze," What do you mean?"

Raph started pointing to a group of Turtles that were passing by. One was bigger than the rest, and wore a black mask with colorful mask tails while the four smaller ones all wore colors that seemed weirdly identical to the ones him and his brothers wear.. 

Then again, this is like how him and his brothers met those squishy versions of them so.. His best bet was that this place was full of other versions of him and his sibs..

He pushed the thoughts aside forcefully. Thinking about them was-.. Ah, he should focus.

He looked closer and noticed how they did infact wear stickers instead of wristbands.

His eyes widened in surprise, before he turned to the younger turtle," Huh.. I.. Don't know. "

Leo whined from where he laid on the older's lap, him throwing his hands out dramatically," no fair! I want stickers! Why can't we get stickers!!!???" 

Donnie leaned back from his twin, avoiding being hit by his arms as he replied," maybe it's because our group needed wristbands instead… for some odd reason."

Leo pouted at his twin," But why?? What could possibly be the reason??" 

Titan reached up to where Mikey was perched on his shell, him rubbing the others head gently. He inwardly chuckled at the purr that left the youngest. As he did that , he started speaking," … well, maybe it's because of our team?" 

The younger slider's eyes narrowed, his arms crossed," What about our team?!  We're awesome!"

Donnie spoke up again, him sliding his glasses up as he spoke," actually.. I think I know.. Unfortunately.. All four of us have tried to eat things we weren't supposed to… including stickers. So maybe whoever brought us here wanted to make sure we didn't try eating them.."

That's.. A surprisingly good point.

Raph moved to where he was draped over Titan's arm, him now frowning," but we know better now.. Right?"

Titan hummed," You guys do know better now.. Maybe.. Well, Donnie, You don't like certain textures right? That also includes the stickiness on stickers? Maybe they're keeping in mind about that!"

Leo dramatically gasped, his eyes blown wide as he shot up from where he laid," OHMIGOSH THAT MAKES SENSE!"

Donnie's expression turned thoughtful before he started to nod slowly,".. It kinda does.."

The conversation dwindled from there, Titan making sure the kids ate something relatively good for them (he had gotten better about making sure they were eating stuff that wasn't too junk foody..). 

After that, they has noticed a billboard with brackets on them.

The oldest in their group had to explain what brackets were to the kids, them starting to get excited about the fact that it would show them who they would be against.

"Oh I hope we'll be going against a team that's really cool! Ooo maybe we're going against superheros!", Leo practically shouted, him flapping his little arms as fast as he could with stars practically shining in his eyes.

Donnie readjusted his glasses as he read the name of the team they were against outloud," 'shellshocked'.. Hm… it doesn't sound very superheroy.."

Titan grinned, him patting Donnie's head as he replied," Hey, there's a bunch of superheroes whose names aren't very superheroy.. "

The purple clad softshell narrowed his eyes at the older, clearly not believing that," Uh huh…sure.."

Raph tilted his head from where he stood, him holding up Mikey like he would one of his plushes. The youngest didn't look bothered by it, him smiling contentedly from where he as held up. The oldest turtle tot shrugged his shoulders then, him grinning as he did so," I think it sounds superheroy…"

Mikey chirped in agreement, and Titan couldn't help but grin," looks like majority thinks it's superheroy. "

Donnie rolled his eyes, pouting as he crossed his arms. He let out a huff as he did. Titan rubbed the others head comfortingly, a small chuckle leaving him as he did. 

(There were two cameos here! Sunset linings by @iamheretemporarly and Shellshocked by @lieutenantbiscute !)