#ROTTMNT: Between Dimensions

[anon-of-the-void]

Meeting the MutantCity! family pt.1

Meeting Donnie was a shock to both, first and foremost. After Aden's portal opened right over Don's table where he was working on a potion, the yokai crashed right into his table, breaking it (it was government funded, Don's take on a table would not have budged an inch).

Startled he managed to jump back, but lost the grip on his potion as remaining balance and keeping his undevided attention on the intruder was far more important.

With a huff, Aden rolled off of what remained from the once perfectly fine table.

"Ugh, I really need to learn how to work that thing...", Aden mumbled, still out of breath from the sudden impact.

Donnie had regained his composure and approached the yokai cautiously, his work long forgotten.

"Who are you and how did you open this portal?", the soft shell turtle inquired in a stern voice.

Finally taking in their surroundings, Aden realized she was in the lab of no other than a younger Donatello look-alike.

"Uncle Don?", she asked in disbelief.

"Uncle?! What do you mean 'Uncle Don'? You must be mistaken. Maybe a concussion? The fall was pretty hefty-"

"Is your name Donatello Hamato?", Aden asked in a more certain tone, confident that her head was fine.

Unsure about what to make of this situation, Donnie nodded his head yes.

"What year is it and what planet are we on?"

"It is Tuesday, May 3rd, 2066 on earth. Now could you -I dunno- fill me in on the details so I don't look like some dummy dum dum in my very own significantly underpaid government funded research lab. You know, just an idea-"

Being cut off again, Don'd rather kick the yokai out but curiosity was eating away at him rapidly.

"Did you fight in the Kraang invasion?"

"As a matter of fact, we did. It was traumatizing sure, but we won and maybe single handedly changed the entire world's view of mutants and yokai. Now would you explain yourself?!", the genius pressed, kneeling before the young yokai and holding onto their shoulders with his insect-shell arms. His intense stare stressed the importance of the details to him.

"I think I just travelled to another dimension...", they mumbled moreso to herself.

They just stared at each other for about 3 awkward seconds, faces blank trying to process it all.

"For science's sake, child, I need answers!"

"Ok! Ok, geez just give me a second." Aden got up, making the turtle fall back and land on his butt, spider arms letting go of the familiar purple hoodie.

Sitting on the ground, Donnie was turned around to face the fire salamander who now stood before him with arms extended, wildy gesturing to help him visualize just what happened in her reality.

"So, to keep it simple, there was a Kraang invasion in 2022 on earth, your family fought but ultimately, the resistance failed. The aliens wanted revenge so they enslaved everyone on this planet and introduced a 'holiday' where they'd go on a killing spree. Eventually, you escaped in a space ship and found an earth-like planet you made your new home. The mystic warrior powers within you grew stronger and served as a protective shield around the planet. More people found your planet and lived together in harmony. So did my family. One by one you grew too old to keep the planet safe and each one of you entered a freezer thingy you had invented for that purpose alone. I come from the year 2107 from our new home planet SaHea where at last, Michael-Angelo joined you in your eternal sleep to protect our home. I am here to stop the Kraang from attacking SaHea. I can't do it alone. I took this gem the young Donatello found. It is filled with portal magic according to your AI's records. I used it to find people that could help put an end to the aliens. The fact that it not only sent  me to another place in another time but a whole other reality-"

"... incredible."

"Wait, you said you have defeated the Kraang before! You could do it again! Oh I am so releaved I found you!"

But when Aden's eyes fell on the turtle still sittig on the ground, her happieness was short lived. "Y-you would help me, right? You wouldn't just leave us to die, would you?"

Donnie turned away. He hated those ugly feelings, the bad emotions. Swallowing the lump that has formed in his throat, he looked back at them. Eyes glossed over just thinking about what he had just heard.

"Look, kid, we did defeat the Kraang but-but we were lucky. We are old now. Not to mention what would happen when we met ourselves in another reality. The fact Casey Junior did not throw our reality out of balance was lucky enough but then again he did not exist in our reality at that time and with the course of it, he never would have. We can't help you and I hope other me's will say the same thing."

Tears stung in her eyes. She has only heard stories of the brothers. Who knew Michael-Angelo was sugar coating his genius brother's words in the story times. Or was it the raging hurt what losing hope felt like? Whatever the case might have been, they decided, they didn't like Donatello very much but he was also her only link connecting them and the new world they stumbled into.

Donnie dropped his lab coat over the yokai's shoulders just like he has seen in Raph's sappy rom-coms when the girl was in distress.

"Come on, kid, I am  sure my brothers would love to meet you. Be prepared for at least three heroic speeches and too many terrible puns from Leo, Mikey's home-cooked meals that will melt away your worries and a new outfit made by Raph. And a shower. You look rough and you smell aweful." With that conclusion, Don left a meter between them during the walk home.

Maybe he was right, nobody would put their happy life on the line when their alternative versions were already practically out of the picture and they had no bonds with whoever was part of that doomed world. After all, it was not their own to worry about.  Now, Aden just felt guilty.

Meeting big guy Raph was a blessing to Donnie's nostrils.

On their walk, Don had already filled the family in on the details and asked them to prepare a warm but not overwhelming welcome.

On entering the small yet cozy corner house on a vacant little side street in the heart of New York City, the smell of pizza gyoza and jasmine tea hugged them like a soft blanket.

"We are home! Pops, get off of that TV, those ads do your heart no good."

Around the corner, a round head with an orange bandana peeked out. Aden just froze in her step, staring at her former care taker's younger self. Dinner is ready in 30. Raph is prepping a bath for you, just up the stairs and left. I'm Mikey, by the way but I am sure you know that already."

Aden nodded her head while whispering an introduction. Don gave her a gentle push towards the stairs.

Once she reached the top, she turned her head to the left and was met with a giant spiky shell of a snapping turtle with the tail wagging happily.

"Raphael Hamato?", they asked timidly, feeling a bit out of place intruding on their life like that.

"Oh, you must be the kid from another dimension! Just call me Raph. I was not sure what you liked so I just prepped a bunch of my favourite bath salts and stuff. Looking at you, Leo's hoodie might be a bit big. But we can fix that after dinner. Uh, you know how to work a bath tub? (He was not sure if she even knew what a bath tub was. Did they have them where she comes from?)"

"I do. We did have them at home too.", Aden informed him, struggling to keep a straight face.

"Ah, good. Just checking. Leave your dirty stuff by the washer and no need to rush. When you are done, join us for dinner?"

And with that he left her standing in front of the open bathroom door. Watching him leave, Aden had wanted to thank him but just couldn't get a word out.

With a bummed outlook on life at the moment, the slamander yokai ran themselves a bath and sank into the warm bubbly water. It smelled like citrus and flowers.

Aden came down to what they assumed was the kitchen and a joyful mess of the four brothers, three women, a man, an old yokai and an old rat. When they were noticed, standing there, buried by Leo's hoodie, the banter quieted down significantly. "Ah just in time!", Mikey cheered at the sight of them. "Help me lay the table, dear?", the old yokai inquired as he placed a good amount of plates in her arms. "Follow me."

At the dinner table, it was obvious everyone held back on questions so Aden decided to take the initiative and thank them for everything.

"Not a problem, really."

"This is the most exciting thing happening in a while, I tell you."

...

"So, Aden, what do you think about finally meeting the Leonardo Hama-"

"Nardo, seriously."

"Dude, you can't just jump on that topic like that!"

"Leo, they have just escaped a second Kraang attack. We are heros unable to help her, be sensible for once."

"No, really, it is alright. The aliens were my standard tuesday for years. It is nothing new and; I am sorry, Donatello, for my reaction. You are right. It is dangerous and I should have known."

"You couldn't have, since other me has already left before your arrival. Although, I have a proposition. We take our time figuring out together how your gem stone works since time seems to be of no importance in your case and y-" "You be part of our little family for the time being!"

Aden jumped up, waving her arms in the air in panic.

"No, I couldn't ask that of you! I am forever grateful for everything already I could never-"

"WE INSIST!", everyone encouraged in union.

After everything was cleaned up, Raph invited her to his walk-in dresser to take measurements for a more fitting look (and because Leo wanted his favourite hoodie back for a sleepover planned later that week at his boyfriend's place).

"Wow those designs are really pretty!"

"Oh uh, thank you! Would you like to help me make your clothes?"

"I'd like that. Thank you, Raph!", Aden beamed at him.

"I mean we are technically family in another reality, so don't mention it. Anyway, what color were we thinking?"

"Surprise me."

[vanillavengeance]

ermmm i was encouraged by one of my dear friends to send this to you,, i was just thinking about it while reading

(LOVE THE WRITING BTW!!! i dunno if you were already thinking about this while writing so.....)

So I’m not ENTIRELY sure if there’s a question in here about mystic powers and sounds but either way this provides me a perfect chance to rant about my headcanon for Kraang, Dimension X, and mysticism so I’m going to take it lol

—SLIGHT spoiler warning for the following paragraphs if ya haven’t gotten to the Kraang Barbarian parts and/or haven’t put together WHO the Barbarian is yet—

So, I’ve imagined Dimension X as sort of a ‘mother’ dimension. Not so much that it created the entire turtleverse or anything but more so that it’s the CENTRAL dimension that connects them all.

Therefore Dimension X is where ALL versions of Kraang originate and they’re ALL from the same base dimension, simply different parts of it. And with a dimension there comes diversity in its inhabitants and habitats.

Now onto its history; at its earliest point, Dimension X was FULL of mysticism. The various species that evolved to survive did so by incorporating mysticism into their evolution. The Kraang/Utrom species was no different.

As of right now, the oldest surviving Kraang is the Rise version. They’re the least separated from their original species. They still have a deep connection with mysticism and their original biology.

2012 Kraang (both Prime and Utrom), however, evolved out of the need for mysticism despite other creatures in Dimension X still utilizing it. They rely much more heavily on metal technology than they do their biology/biotech, and eventually mysticism just wasn’t important to survival anymore.

When that change first started, it made the Rise Kraang (aka Barbarians) absolutely furious. Especially at 2012 Kraang Prime, as they were leading this shift. And then when 2012 Prime finally took over they officially ousted any Kraang that opposed them (Utrom) as well as those that continued to utilize mysticism. (Barbarians) ((you can bet that the bad blood between them is still very much present hehe))

The Barbarians mostly complied and took their Technodrome out to the farthest reaches of Dimension X to raze other mystic dimensions that were still connected to Dimension X. And where were those far reaches they retreated to? Where they subsequently preyed on each other until only three remained? And that eventually turned into a destroyed wasteland? Well, to Rise, it’s known as the Prison Dimension.

So that’s why sound has such an affect on the creatures of Dimension X. It’s because they’re mystic, too, just like the Rise boys. It’s also why it doesn’t have an affect on the 2012 Kraang/Utrom, because they’ve evolved too far. Sound could still 100% work to disorientate and weaken the Barbarians, too, but no one has ANY idea how to do that/the correct pitch and they won’t even think of it until after everything happens.

OKAY RANT OVER BYE THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT AND THE CHANCE TO RANT🧡🧡🧡

[pizzazz-party]

Do you have an tmnt/uy au you're working on?

YES.

So the gist of it is, is that the UY cast are native to Rise’s distant past—from way back when the Krang first originally invaded.

After successfully sealing away the aliens, Edo-period Japan collectively gets, like, zero seconds of rest before their key explodes—damn I wonder what (ninja turtle family) caused that—and present-day New York’s timeline comes crashing into theirs like a bus.

[pageofheartdj]

#random take no one asked for but#I feel like leo would have nightmares about raph being taken#more often than he'd have ones about the prison dimension#just based on how he reacts back then#and all the shots of his expressions here#I think losing raph#and all these little incidents of nearly losing his other brothers#would scare him and linger in his fears a lot more

Ooohhh =3

I know people are like 'ohh Leo's angst over his self-worth and guilt' and I am here for his fierce protectiveness and him constantly almost losing his brothers😭

Cool, first Raph was taken, then he thought Donnie and Mikey were crushed, then Raph was possessed, then Donnie and Mikey were thrown off to fall to their death!! Like poor boy's heart can handle only so much!! Can he please not see his brothers die/almost die???

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Big Ol' Rottmnt Fic Rec List

Hi, I've needed to do this for a while, so here's a big bundle of fic recs from me !

I've broken it down between one shots, chaptered fics, and series. I'll try to mention what the character focus is along with a brief summary and some personal thoughts. If you need more details I encourage you to check the fics summary and tags for yourself! I will only include an author's tumblr account if it's easy for me to find haha

One Shots

Mama's Boy - ashtreelane: Technically two chapters but it feels like a one shot. Casey Jr. angst, involving him finding out that maybe you can fix kraang infections and that he failed to save his mother. I love when people really pile the grief on Junior after all the fighting is over and the fic does it so well.

Forget-Me-Nots - GibbousLunation (AKA @klunkcat ): Hi, oh my god??? Leo and Mikey centric angst, in which saving Leo from the prison dimension has an insane ripple effect. Mikey dying? Nah he's going to start getting erased from every timeline and Leo slowly watches it happen (and refuses to do nothing about it). I utterly adore how this fic handles this concept. You see almost all of it from Leo's POV, noticing the little changes but writing them off as memory failures, because of how subtle some of it is.

Fight or Flight - pickledcarrotsandradish: Leo centric, post movie, Leo keeps waiting for his family to start lecturing him about all the dumb stuff he did during the invasion, and they aren't, so it's getting to him. A very neat narrative about how self loathing can warp our perception of how others see us. A++++

The Friend Zone Sounds Pretty Good, Actually - Cryptvokeeper: Eating this, eating this. You probably already know I love aroace Leo and this fic is an INCREDIBLE exploration of that. Even as just an ace person it hit SO many notes where I was just like "Oh god... I've been there buddy". And as a bonus the dynamic between Leo and Yuichi is v sweet. Love this a lot I've read it like five times.

Pink in The Night - unnamedmystery: Incredible April/Sunita fic. Like seriously this author wrote April's crush so well I think I was starting to fall in love with Sunita. Just incredibly cute all the way through, and great April writing, adore it.

《 until then, matriarch 》 - chiangyorange: HI OH MY GOD A nice chunky oneshot about Karai, about her being a leader, and it's phenomenal. It hits and hits and does not miss, really going in depth about her emotions involving her father turning into something wicked and having to destroy him, and how it ruins all of her good memories.

The Kindness of Collision - SpoonerizedSwiftness (AKA @splickedylit ): Hi I still remember the fic and the art suddenly showing up in the tag and then I was thinking about it for the next like five weeks aslkdjf A very interesting idea that when the turtles reach the age they were in the doomed timeline before things got reset, all the memories of their other life more or less hit them like a train. All of them have to comb through that information and it's a wonderful and emotional ride.

Chaptered Fics

Hamartia - Punable (in progress): Hi this is one of my all time favorite rise fics, mainly because in a way, it helped me come to terms with my chronic pain. It's Donnie centric and smack full of angst in all the best ways. Shorthand summary, an explosion in Donnie's lab almost takes him out (or kind of DOES take him out) and the recovery is not only long and agonizing, it may only go so far, and Donnie doesn't cope well with that.

Kick It Up a Notch - Brokenpitchpipe (completed): Hi this is my other all time fav rise fic. Donnie centric separated AU in which Donnie is raised by Draxum. My love for it stems a lot from the characterization of Donnie though, and even Draxum in this case. Not to mention that in a lot of cases it matches the vibes of the show. And in spite of all the humor, there's a few really gut wrenching moments. 10/10 will re-read.

Lightning in Our Fingertips Today - DaFlangsLairde (AKA @daflangstlairde-art) (completed): Leo and Donnie centric, mostly angst, with body swapping between the twins which results in Donnie finding out that Leo's ninpo hurts him. Love love love the character writing in this, and also how the swap is written.

Under Pressure - ParvumAutomaton (completed): Not sure this is a single character focused fic, but basically April goes cave diving and is out for a while, and the turtles get worried and go looking for her. This might be personal bias but as someone who gets really into caving stories, this fic hits the spot for so many reasons. A really great emotional ride, and if you wanna see April go through it then I super recommend it.

Nothing Haunts Us (like the things we don't say) - mad_and_thick_as_theives (completed): A lot of great fics by this author btw, but this one personally stood out to me. It starts of silly and light only to sweep in with the emotional weight. Turtles are all cursed with a truth spell, basically, but I think my favorite bit is who gets out of it first (and why). V sweet.

Creation of a Philospher's Stone - IgnisCanis (completed): Whoooo boy, if you want some Draxum centric character exploration this is a great one. It really fleshes him out as a morally grey character and also does a fantastic job at writing Mikey when he finds out.

The Ol Switcheroo - radishhqueen (AKA @radishhqueen) (completed): Haha not going to lie I have a few by this author (so I'll only tag them once) but MAN. Hands down my favorite take on future leo coming to the past, and maybe I'm biased because I like when those fics actually explore Junior's character in the process buuuuut I love it. Junior's already struggling to adapt himself to the present, and after getting caught up in a foot clan spell which summons his sensei to the present too it really doesn't get any easier.

Vigilantism for Fun and Profit - radishhqueen (completed): The Cassandra Jones fic ever. Zero contest. If you're uncertain about writing Cassandra because she had so little development in the show I encourage you to read this for inspiration (I know it inspired me a lot). It does such a great deep dive into her character post show and a bit of the movie too. Honestly anytime radishh has a Cassandra fic I am clicking.

Tried to Grow Up Good - Sroloc_Elbisivni (AKA @sroloc--elbisivni )(completed): The Casey Jr. fic ever. CRAZY in love with this post movie take on him. It's messy, it's fun, it's so so real and you get a good chunk of Casey Sr. in here too. Adore it.

Hold On (Or Three Times Donatello's Soft Shell Almost Killed Him, and One Time it Saved His Life) - dunk_on_em (AKA @spockazilla )(completed): If you ever want a bit of angst involving Donnie's shell this is my go to. Every chapter has an emotional swing, even the positive ones. And shows something most people might see as a disadvantage as a good thing, actually.

Atlas, My Brother - swampcryptid (AKA @the-name-is-rizzotherat)(in progress): Get your Raph angst, specifically involving him always shielding his siblings, this time via a curse. My guy is already going through it and I think it'll get worse if a solution isn't found.

I've Got You Under My Skin - Cass_Phoenix (in progress): More Raph angst, and some Donnie, a truly chilling exploration of the possible consequences to connecting with the kraang. This fic constantly has me on the edge of my seat, and constantly stressing for Raph.

What We Leave Behind (How We Start Anew) - iam57311 (AKA @iam-57311)(in progress): Any Baronjitsu fans here? An alternate take on canon in which Draxum and Splinter co-parent the kids since they're first born (made?) Hilariously while I love the Baronjitsu content in here, I think some of my favorite parts are actually with the sisters, Big Mama, and Draxum's sister who is so so cool I love her.

Proof of Redemption - iam57311 (complete): Another one of theirs! A short and sweet lil close to canon fic about Draxum steadily gaining the trust and affection of the Hamatos, with each chapter focused on a different character. I love how they're all paced out from each other, really hits how some are much slower than others to trust Draxum hehe.

No Crime* Only Brooches - OllieTheScribe (AKA @olliethescribe) (in progress): Well I have to get THE HypnoWarren fic in here. Such a fun take on these characters, I love love love the backstory they built up for Warren too, plus the dynamic between these two and the turtles after (eventually) become friends haha.

Minor Interference - bambiraptorx (AKA @bambiraptorx) (in progress): What can I say? This fic is delightful. Between the hilarity of the turtles going with Draxum just to mess with him, the lore additions for yokai and the Hidden City, HoH Donnie, and their slowly building dynamic, always eager for a new chapter with this one.

Series

A Butterfly with a Mechanical Wing - Amethyst_Goldenwind (AKA @amethystgoldenwind ): Donnie centric series about being a non-verbal autistic. I'm always fond of non-verbal/mute explorations of characters, and so far I really like how, because his family has grown up with it, all of it is very normal for them. The various forms of communication are delightful. Excited to see further entries.

Analogous Hues - alwerakoo (AKA @alwerakoo): It's a separated AU with similar titling themes as my own, needed to check it out. The titles are just about all they have in common though! This AU focuses a lot on the turtles (Raph and Leo with Splinter and Donnie and Mikey with Draxum). I love how this explores not only the dynamics of the two groups and how different they are, but also the dynamics between each of the siblings, also how some magic sibling connections can influence that. Not to mention the different home life in more ways than one. If you're into separated AUs that really dig into the turtles dynamics try this one out !

[signanothername]

Ok sorry but I had more turtle thoughts and I value your opinion like it's a gospel soo thoughts on the prison dimension? If any.

(I'm also reminded of how ppl took the idea of time dilation from the 2012 series in their [not prison but] kraang dimension and applied it to the Rottmnt prison dimension so Leo would've spent like, a year in there in a few earth seconds rgrghgthh. I'm iffy about it but the fics I've seen make it rlly compelling lol)

Always happy to give more turtle thoughts <333

I absolutely adore the entire concept of the prison dimension! And from the very few minutes we’ve seen of it I genuinely think it can be a really good setting for a horror story, especially from a psychological standpoint

I also have seen so many ideas about the time differences between it and earth, but I always preferred the ones where it’s the other way around, where it was only minutes for Leo but years for his brothers and Dad, and while you’d obviously have to tweak a few things in the og story for that to work (Mikey not actually succeeding in opening the portal the first time) I just love it more than the idea that time for Leo is longer in the prison dimension

I remember seeing a very beautiful and wonderful AU as well concerning the prison dimension! Where Leo was trapped in the prison dimension and had to survive there, so he used the Krang tech there, I honestly really love that AU, it’s such a wonderful idea

And while I adore the idea of the time difference, I personally wouldn’t go for it at all, If I were to include time in the mix, i’d love to explore the idea of how time can seem unreal there, how time feels to someone inside the prison dimension rather than time difference, maybe a person inside feels like they spent years, but in reality only spent a few days, i’d like to explore the emotional and mental weight of it

What I mean is that if I were to include time, it’ll be in a psychological horror context than an actual difference thing

But mostly, if I were to tell a story about the prison dimension, I’d either tell it in the form of Mikey failing to open a portal, and therefore Leo actually had to spend time there that does match the time on earth, or where one (or all) the turtles (or Splinter and April) ending up there with Leo, or (and this is my favorite thing) explore it while the Krang were still in it!

As in, I’d love to world build around the Krang’s stay there and how it progressed and escalated to only 3 Krang remaining, was there any food there? Do Krang need to eat to survive? And if so did they end up cannibalizing each other to survive? Hence no one surviving but 3? Or was it an age thing? Can Krang die of old age?

Hell maybe they just killed each other out of boredom

Did the prison dimension always look that dark and isolating? Or did it look lively before the Krang’s arrival and presence there? Were there anyone else within the prison dimension before Krang’s arrival? And if so what happened to them?

Also it’s fun to explore the mental and psychological aspects of staying within the prison dimension! How it could affect people staying there the longer they did, do people lose their sanity inside? How do they end up adjusting when they get out? Does it reach the point of sensory deprivation? Would people start hallucinating if they spent enough time there?

There are just many things you can explore with it! It’s super fun >:)

[taringill]

Redesign of my Rise Renet🩵

June 6, 2024

Old design:

December 30, 2022

Bonus:

I've been thinking about lightening Renet's hair for a long time so that she looks more like a blonde. I like it even more this way.

Я уже давно думала осветлить волосы Ренет, чтобы она была больше похожа на блондинку. Так мне нра��ится даже больше.

A little bit about my version of rottmnt Renet. I must say right away that I took the canon from the comics from Mirage and showed imagination, added something from myself.

A kind, cheerful, but restless girl, the soul of the company, a blonde with brown eyes named Renet Tilley, Mikey's love interest (she is 1 year older than him). She is a teenage student of Lord Simultaneous, studying to be the Keeper of Time and Dimensions. But besides Renet, he has a group young people studying with him, among whom is her friend Eric. She knows math, physics perfectly well and knows chemistry and biology well, but her favorite subject is history. She knows the subject very well. And this is not surprising. After all, her studies are mainly related to time, so knowledge of this subject is necessary.

But despite her curiosity, she is not particularly diligent. Due to boredom, Renet took the time and dimension scepter of her teacher (Lord Simultaneous) without asking. She got caught, but immediately jumped into the portal, which she opened with the help of a scepter. But she didn't jump into the past, but into another dimension. The dimension in which the turtles live. In this way, she wanted to deceive her teacher, but it still didn't work out. According to my headcannon, Renet also lives in the early 21st century, just like turtles, just in another dimension. This dimension is more technological, futuristic and advanced. In short, this is Donnie's paradise. I was inspired by how people from the last century imagined the beginning of the 21st century at least. More futuristic than it really is. In this dimension, yokai and humans have been communicating and living together for a long time, but long before that there was a war between them. It was a long time ago. Also, in the Renet dimension, they communicate with residents of other planets and even other dimensions.

P. S. I don't know what year the turtles have, but I can assume that around 2020 (+/- 1 year). The series takes place in our time, and it was released in 2018. Judging by the answer of one of the creators of the series, that April is 16 at the beginning of the series, and 18 in the movie, it takes about 2 years. Therefore, most likely (perhaps I don't know for sure), the film is set around 2020. In general, Renet is from the same year and century, only in a different dimension.

I'll write about it right away, they didn't know about turtles in the Renet dimension. But after their first meeting, Renet popularized her new friends.

Немного о моей версией rottmnt Ренет. Сразу скажу, что я взяла канон из комиксов от Мираж и проявила фантазию, добавила что-то от себя.

Добрая, весёлая, но непоседливая девочка, душа компании, блондинка с карими глазами по имени Ренет Тилли, любовный интерес Майки (она старше него на 1 год). Она ученица-подросток Лорда Симултениуса, учиться на Хранительницу Времени и Измерений. Но, помимо Ренет, у него учатся группа молодых людей, среди которых есть её друг Эрик. Она отлично знает математику, физику и хорошо знает химию и биологию, но её любимый предмет - это история. Она очень хорошо знает этот предмет. И это неудивительно. Всё-таки её учёба связана в основном с временем, поэтому знание этого предмета необходимо.

Но, несмотря на своё любопытство, она не особо усидчива. Из-за скуки Ренет взяла без спроса скипетр времени и измерений своего учителя (Лорд Симултениус). Она спалилась, но сразу же прыгнула в портал, который открыла с помощью скипетра. Но она прыгнула не в прошлое, а в другое измерение. Измерение, в котором живут черепашки-ниндзя. Она хотела обыграть своего учителя, но всё равно не получилось. По моему хэдканону Ренет также живёт в начале 21 века, как и черепахи, просто в другом измерении. Это измерение более технологичное, футуристическое и развитое. Короче, это рай для Донни. Я вдохновлялась тем, как люди из прошлого века представляли начало 21 века минимум. Более футуристический, чем есть на самом деле. В этом измерение йокаи и люди давно общаются и живут вместе, но задолго до этого была война. Это было очень давно. Ещё, в измерении Ренет общаются с жителями других планет и даже других измерений.

P. S. Я не знаю какой год у черепах, но могу предположить, что примерно 2020 (+/- 1 год). Действие сериала происходит в наше время, а выходил он в 2018 году. Судя по твитту одного из создателей сериала, что в начале сериала Эйприл 16, а в фильме 18, проходит примерно 2 года. Следовательно, скорее всего (возможно, я точно не знаю), действие фильма происходит примерно в 2020 году. В общем, Ренет из того же года и века, только в другом измерении.

Сразу напишу об этом, о черепашках не знали в измерении Ренет. Но после их первой встречи, Ренет популяризировала ��воих новых друзей.

[chil-aglia]

𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮 |ROTTMNT| (Male OC)

Unfolding Secrets

I didn’t have time to draw anything for this chapter, but please feel free to make one and I can use it as the picture for this chapter if you want me to!

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“You…”

Leo opens his eyes, fighting back an urge to cough up what he would think was blood. He crashed landed pretty hard after all. 

Leo opens his eyes as he watched Prime stagger towards him, recollecting himself as he was peeved. Leo had ruined his plans on conquering earth, of course Prime would be pissed off.

“You’ve ruined everything!”

Leo almost wanted to grin at that, but his body was telling him not to. “And now…my wrath will be reserved for you alone.”

Leo wasn’t even given a chance to respond back with something witty, he was silenced when Prime started punching his face, blood spitting out of the red sliders mouth. “You’ve think you won?” Prime hisses, ignoring the painful groans as he raised his two large arms up, balling his hands into fists.

“You wretched. Little. PEST!”

He pinned Leo down until the ground underneath them crumbled, falling further down to the ground below. Leo remained unmoving, and speechless. Beaten, covered with countless wounds, and almost close to death, the slider lifted his right hand to reveal the crumpled photo that Casey brought with him. A picture of his family smiling into the camera as it shows April graduating.

Seeing the photo made the young mutant cry, thinking of those happy memories. He let out a whimpering gulp and a tear rolls down, realizing that he is forever doomed to rot in this prison dimension. But knowing that his family and friends are completely safe, Leo smiled weakly, at peace with himself.

“Wipe that grin off your face!”

With an enraged scream, he sends Leo flying with an explosive attack, causing the entire building to explode. Drifting alone in the dimension, he cried as he held the photo to his chest as streaks of tears leaked, all alone in the darkness.

I’m sorry…

Leo holds back sobs, widening his eyes when Prime launched himself at him. He was far from done. Prime had way more rage stored up inside just for Leo. “Shit!” Leo coughs up, having the wind knocked out of him as Prime stalks his way towards him, his red eye on his armor glimmering. 

I’m going to die…fuck, I don’t want to die.

Leo could barely lift himself up, but with luck he rolls over and was on his hands and knees, panting heavily as he kept his gaze on the ground, refusing to look up at his opponent.

“I’m going to enjoy this…” Prime smirks sinisterly, his claws dragging across the ground, eager to scrape the skin off Leo. Leo froze in panic, shaking at the thought of those claws digging into his body. He wanted to be home. He wanted his family.

Leo braced himself for agony, but instead he heard footsteps approaching quickly from behind. He opens his eyes in time to see a fellow turtle like him jumping over his body from behind and landed in between Leo and Prime. A familiar sword in their grasp as they blocked the claws that were thrusted towards the red eared slider.

“What?!” Prime bellows, his eyes glaring at the one who got in between them. Leo was silent, staring owlishly at his saviour. Maybe he was dreaming, or even hallucinating as the figure managed to push Prime back. They staggered backwards, almost touching Leo as they aim the sword at the attacker.

My sword…when did?

Leo didn’t understand what was happening exactly, he just knew that this stranger, a mutant turtle like him, had somehow found one of his swords and was protecting him.

“What a nuisance you are vermin.” Prime spat out, grinning when he saw his pet flinch but tried to keep on a brave face. “You think you’re saving this pest? Your nothing. I’ll show you just how easily you can be crushed.”

Prime took a step forward, immediately the other turtle snapped their body to face Leo, grabbing Leo by the arm and hoisting him up. He wasn’t planning on sticking around any longer, he needed to get him and this mysterious figure to safety. And so, he sprints off, dragging Leo with him who almost tripped over his own feet as he kept pace with his saviour.

“W-wait! Slow down—“ Leo grunts, pain seizing his body as he wheezes heavily. The other didn’t respond, too focused on getting away from the threat. Honestly, he had no idea what compelled him to intervene. Perhaps he saw himself in Leo and he didn’t wish that upon anyone.

Or maybe it’s because Leo looked like him. Another turtle. Just someone else other than the Krang. He’s never interacted with others before.

“Where do you think you’re going?!”

Prime was fast, appearing behind them in a blink of an eye. Both Leo and his fellow mutant turtle were startled by the sight. Prime devilishly smiles, before focusing on the one he called pet. With ease and much force, he easily suckers punched the turtle to the side. Letting out a startled and painful gasp, Leo’s saviour skids on the ground, rolling what felt like for eternity before their shell collided with some debris.

Leo was left alone, facing Prime once more who pins him down. Relishing in Leo’s demise as he delivers punch after punch. Not giving the other time to process.

Leo didn’t know where the strange turtle that saved him vanished off to, all he could hear was the evil laughter of Prime and the sensation of being bashed around mercilessly. But then he felt his body get thrown once more into the void of the prison dimension. He was floating, and he felt a little at peace, taking a brief break from the beatings.

A portal suddenly opens, the brightness of orange made Leo weakly open his eyes and stared ahead. Ah, he was heading to heaven, wasn’t he?

Leo reaches out to it, ready to go into the light. But then he saw a miracle, or maybe it was a trick. He didn’t know and honestly didn’t care, because inside the portal he saw the familiar faces of his brothers tearfully looking at Leo in awe, Leo smiles.

“Took you guys long enough…”

He reached his hand as Raph used his red phantom aura to grab him. “Leo!” Raphael exclaims in hope and utter relief that he was getting him out that hellhole.

Rubble on the floor moved as the other turtle who rescued Leo coughs and managed to stand up, escaping from the pile of debris that crushed him. His head felt heavy, like his brain had been rattled severely.

He knew that Prime whacked him away, but fuck did he really have to go that hard on him?

The…blue guy. W-where’s the blue..?

He looks around on edge, he was hoping that he wasn’t too late in making sure the outsider had survived but with Prime, anything could happen.

In the corner of his eye, he saw a bright circle in the sky. Hesitantly he lifts his head to get a better view, he held back a gasp when he saw it was a portal. Smaller than the one he saw earlier that cut the Technodrome in half, but enough for a turtle his size could slip into.

That’s when he saw the stranger with the blue mask heading towards the light, a red like aura arm gripping him tightly to pull in the figure. He also saw Prime, his single red eye shimmering through the darkness of the prison dimension as he leaps up to either grab his new toy or to fit himself through the portal. Either way, he couldn’t allow it.

Using whatever strength, he had in himself he picks himself up and started to run. Jumping on every rock and floating debris that he could reach. He was close to the tail of Prime, who was unaware of the others existence in this moment, far too focused on other things.

He grabs the tail and pulls himself, getting to his feet again he quickly runs along Prime’s armor. He had his own goal in mind. This portal, wherever this may take him, was a second chance. A chance to be free.

As he got closer, he saw what appeared to be more turtles dressed in strange colourful masks. The one in purple, full of rage in his eyes at Prime for what he had done, managed to use this staff where a purple transparent force turns the end of the stick into a large drill.

It was a magnificent sight, if it weren’t for the fact that the drill was coming right down on him and Prime. He quickly dodged and jumped, avoiding the mystic force as Prime let out a startled and confused yell when the drill hit his face. The three other turtles didn’t seem to notice the hitch rider that gripped Leo’s foot as they pull their brother out the prison dimension, along with a stranger who collided into Mikey who shuts the portal in time.

Mikey let out a surprised yelp when something large fell onto him after they pulled Leo through. His first thought was Krang, but then he remembered that Donnie pushed back the monster before he could grab Leo.

So…what did hit him?

Mikey groans and shakes his head, standing up on his feet. He looks back to his brothers who were far too focused on waking up Leo who eventually groans and opens his eyes, giving his best warm smile.

“Leo?” Raph softly spoke his name, as Leo blinks and briefly glance around at his surroundings.

“Eww, are we in Staten Island?”

Donnie and Raph gave a light and strained chuckle as they hug Leo. Mikey was about to eagerly join in on the reunion until he heard a light groan behind him. He pauses and turns back around, his gaze slowly looking down. He stiffens in utter shock at the sight of a stranger. A turtle mutant just like him and his brothers.

“G-guys…” Mikey hollers over, catching the attention of the three older brothers. “I think…we pulled out a friend of Leo’s…” He states, stepping to the side and presenting the unconscious turtle. All three froze and let their mouth hung open in bewilderment.

They didn’t know what to think, other than ‘ohmigosh another mutant turtle!’

Leo was more shocked of the sight. He really thought that his saviour was a hallucination of some kind. But now to actually see them in person? Well, it was just straight up weird for him to process.

The brothers all flinch when they heard the turtle groans again, stirring their body. Mikey naturally back away and hid behind his brothers, it wasn’t like he sensed danger from the newcomer, but he had to be safe. The turtle who was badly bruised opens his eyes and looks around. Struggling to lift himself up from the ground, he managed to somehow sit up, but his vision was all too clouded for him to focus on anything. It was bright for him.

He heard strange voices, making him look in the directions of the four brothers who huddled together protectively. He couldn’t pinpoint what they were saying, they were too muffled.

But he did saw something familiar.

Blue.

Slowly he reached his three fingers out, shaking as he struggled to stay awake.

“Y-you…”

He couldn’t do anything more; it was far too difficult for him to talk at the moment and so he lost consciousness once more.

Raph blinks and was the first to separate himself from his brothers to check on the stranger. He crouched down and poked their arm but got no response. Raph knew he they were alive considering the plastron was going up and down.

“Leo, do you…know him?”

Leo shakes his head, grunting when he tried to sit by himself, Donnie gripping his shoulders to help him up.

“No…not personally at least. He saved me actually, he was…in there with me. Probably a lot longer too judging from the bruises and dried blood I can see…plus it looked as though that Krang knew him anyway…”

Leo shivered at the mere mentioning of that monster. His eyes cast back to his rescuer. “I honestly also thought I just imagined him…”

Mikey hums and was crouched down on the other side of the turtle. Frowning as he scanned his body. “He looks badly injured…what should we do?” Mikey questions, turning his gaze to Raph who sweats in uncertainty of what to do. His main priority had to Leo. He was obviously hurt and needed medical attention. But when he saw the mystery turtle lying on the floor, he also needed medical attention.

“O-okay…Raph reckons we bring him back to the lair. Get him checked out.”

Donnie widens his eyes and gives a pointed look at this plan. “You want to bring a complete stranger into our home? What could go wrong? He says sarcastically.” 

Leo weakly nudged Donnie, giving his best stern look that he rarely pulls out. “He saved me. The least I can do is help him out. Raph can you carry him? Be gentle though.” Leo instructed, watching his older brother gently and cautiously pick up the injured stranger, holding them bridal style.

“Mikey, can you call the others? Let them know we need a med bed.”

“Two med beds. Your hurt too idiot.” Donnie sternly corrects, to which Leo hums in response, “Right. Two med beds.” He confirms to which Mikey gave a thumbs up and calls April on his communicator.

Donnie was left to help Leo stand up, keeping his arm around his twin who waddled along with Donnie.

“You okay?”

“I will be when we get home.”

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In a hurry, the boys quickly made it home. The first thing they saw was April, Casey and Splinter who all just as quickly ran over to them.

“My boys…!”

Leo gave a weak wave but held a smile on his face to greet everyone. “Hey.” He smirks to which April hugs him, Donnie staying beside his twin, so he doesn’t fall over.

“You…you are so....man, I’m so angry I could punch you right now.” 

Leo awkwardly chuckled as April wiped away any tears that tried to spill from her eyes. “But I won’t. Not now anyway. You obviously need medical help, we set up the beds.” She starts leading Donnie and Leo to the med bay. Leo was more so surprised that his home wasn’t actually destroyed like their last place. Casey soon spoke up, “You said you needed two beds, right? Who…who else is hurt?” He gulps, concern as he checks over Donnie who shakes his head to indicate it’s not.

“It’s none of us. But it’s actually for…this guy here.” Raph informs the gang, stepping inside the med bay and showing off the unconscious stranger in his arms. April, Casey and Splinter all stare in shock and utterly flabbergasted. “Who is that?” April mumbles, to which Donnie shrugs his shoulders, “He was pulled out from the other side of Mikey’s portal when we got Leo.”

Casey turns to Mikey with shock at the mere mention of him opening a portal. “You opened…?” He trails off, his mind going back to his timeline of seeing his Mikey evaporating from opening a portal.

“I’m okay! Well, I do have these weird cracks and they kinda sting…but I’m sure it’s nothing!” Mikey assured, showing his hands that did indeed have cracks in them, Casey frowns and shakes his head at him. “You should also get those checked out.” He says with concern, but when Mikey went to argue back, Raph cuts him off.

“Of course he will.”

“Well about your eye? You should get that checked out too, right?” Mikey fired back on him. Raphael flinched before he nods stiffly. “I…I will.” He promises to his brother who nods and smiles back. “Then I’ll get these checked out too.” He gestured to his hands. Raph made his way to the other free bed and gently placed the turtle down. He steps back as Casey was busy checking over Leo and wrapping up any wounds.

April crossed her arms as she observed the sleeping stranger. “So…does anyone know who that is?” She couldn’t help but ask, squinting her eyes and tilting her head slightly. “He’s obviously a mutant turtle like you four.” She added, mumbling under her breath as to what she was looking at.

“He rescued me in that prison world. But other than that, I got no clue. Not even his name.”

“Would he even have one if he was in that place?” Donnie quips, earning a curious him from the others. Excluding Casey and Splinter.

“It…cannot be.” Splinter utters out, slowly walking over to get a better look. “Dad? Are you good?” Raph nervously asks, noticing the odd behaviour from his father who hesitantly placed his rat hand on top of the mutant turtle's plastron.

“Dad…?”

Splinter’s ears twitch as he lets out a long sigh before turning away to face his sons. “I…have kept a secret from you all for a long time now. Because I thought, I didn’t need to tell you anything.” He starts off, earning the curious and slight concern looks of his sons and even April.

“Back when I was captured by Draxum in that lab of his, where you four were all created with the combination of my DNA….there was…actually five baby turtles.”

Splinter turns back to face the unconscious turtle that didn’t seem to notice the feeling of his plastron being touched softly. “The fifth turtle was with us when the lab exploded, I managed to grab you four out of harm's way. When I went looking for the other one, I saw a piece of the roof fall down on top of them. I….I believed they were crushed.” 

Splinter lets his shoulders droop down in utter sadness at himself. “I didn’t even bother to double check. I’m ashamed of myself.” He added to which Raph quickly spoke to assure their father. “Pops, you didn’t know…and you couldn’t have checked. The place was falling apart, we could have all gotten hurt.” He comforts which did warn a small smile on Splinter’s face.

“Thank you, Raphael. But…I will still forever blame myself for not going back.”

Mikey softly spoke up, looking over to the nameless mutant turtle. “So…a-are you saying that he’s…” He trails off before Leo continued the sentence for him. His eyes wide and mind blank.

“Our brother…?”

Splinter nods slowly, “Yes…at least, I believe he is. I remember that the turtle from back then had yellow markings. This one here also has the same markings. Or maybe similar ones…”

Donnie let out a shaky breath, he had been gathering thoughts on this sudden news drop. But he refused to just believe in empty words, he needed solid proof. He strides towards the unconscious turtle, confusing the others as he looks through the drawers for a needle. When finding one he holds it up.

“Whoa, whoa, Donnie. What are you doing with that?” Raph quickly speaks up, stopping his younger brother from doing anything drastic. “I’m sorry, but I want to be sure. If what dad is saying is true, then I need proof. And what better way to get that, than a DNA sample.” Donnie explains his reasoning, ignoring the unsure looks of everyone else.

“Don. Maybe wait till he’s better, yeah? He’s still too injured and you might accidentally startle him awake.” Leo somewhat scolds, while he didn’t normally care what Donnie would do to get his answers, Leo thought how wrong it would be to get DNA from an unconscious person that just saved his life and was already too badly hurt.

It wasn’t right.

Donnie clicks his tongue and puts away the syringe. “Fine. I’ll wait till he’s better. But the moment I think it’s good to do so, I’m sticking that needle in him.”

Leo sighs but nods in agreement with him. While he would like to also believe his father, he also couldn’t help but be suspicious of it all. I mean, sure it was a possibility that Leo and his brothers had another sibling that they never knew about. 

But he didn’t want to have false hope.

Leo glanced over to Casey who had been awfully quiet. “Casey…you all right?” He asks the time traveler who flinched at the sudden attention on him. “What? Oh, yes. I’m fine…just, thinking.” He assures before placing his hand under his chin, he shakes his head before making his way over.

“He’s hurt. I should probably start wrapping any wounds he has.”

“And a drip in him. He looks a little malnourished.”

The others left Leo and Casey to do their work on their guest. Leo who couldn’t actually move had been instructing Casey on what to do. While Casey already knew some basics in the medical field, having been taught in his timeline. He would still be unsure on some things which is where Leo would come in and tell him.

The turtle that Splinter claims to be their brother remained unmoving.

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A/N: And thus, the start of the story is finally kicking in. 

Thank you to those who are already asking me questions, sending their own little thoughts on what the future could hold for this series, and just the overall love and support from not just Eyes on You but also for Collide.

Look forward to future chapters on this story!

quotev - 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮 |ROTTMNT| (Male OC)

Ao3 - 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮 |ROTTMNT| (Male OC)

First chapter here

Next chapter here

[snowleopardtherebel]

Hey! There was a bunch of people (a surprising amount really) who liked my idea for a rottmnt au! So I thought, hey! Why not post the first chapter on here and see how people like it!

so uh. here it goes ig lol. its 6k words so i had to split it up actually

TRIGGER WARNINGS

this segment doesn't have as many but uh

major character death

gore/blood/violence

I'll probably post the second half later if anyone wants to read more :D

The sound that Donnie makes when the portal closes on their twin is something that tears Raph apart. It's somewhere between a choked sob and a scream. Raw, painful, like Donnie is forcing the sound out through shredded vocal chords. Raph has never heard them make the sound before.

Raph can't see out of his right eye. That side of his face hurts, radiates pain like nothing he's ever felt.

"Don—" His voice catches and he coughs. "Donnie. Donnie, he's— he's gone."

"No," Donnie shakes their head. Frantic. They can barely stand. "No, no, no, he's— he's not, we can get him! We– have Casey open the portal again, he—"

"We can't do that," Raph whispers. "We can't, Donnie."

"No," Donnie repeats. Over and over again, arm clutched to their chest, a sob building in their throat. "No, no, he— he can't—"

Raph can barely stand up, on shaking legs threatening to give out underneath his weight, but he opens his arms. Not forcing, but a question. His younger brother falls into the embrace and Raph wraps his arms around them. They sob, face buried in his plastron.

Mikey is still staring up at the sky. Fists clenched.

"Mikey," Raph looks up. "It's— It's over."

Mikey shakes his head furiously. The gesture is almost childish, shoulders raised, eyes squeezed shut.

"Leo never gave up on us," He hisses. "I'm not giving up on him."

Hands held out in front of him, shaking, Mikey reaches. Through the fabric of reality itself, the air before him crackling and warping and burning. The hole that opens up is a glowing golden that mirrors the cracks that open up on his arms.

And right as Raph's eye widens, right as he pushes himself up to help, something snaps.

Mikey screams.

Drops his hands.

The portal closes.

Gasping, sobbing, cracked bleeding arms held to his chest, Mikey screams. Screams and screams and screams, until his voice gives out. Like Donnie. Like Donnie, who is no longer making any noise, who's shoulders shake with silent sobs.

"Raph? Donnie? Guys!"

April's voice glitches, distorts over the comms. But they can hear her.

"April?" Raph's voice is barely a whisper. He clears his throat but can't bring himself to make it louder. "We— Staten Island, we—"

"Pa– Papa," Donnie wheezes. "I— Raphie I want— Dad—"

"I know bud," Raph's heart breaks again. "Just— hold on. Ok?"

"Me and Casey'll come get you," April says. "Or— well, I have to find him first. Just hang on. Ok?"

Mikey is still sobbing. His arms are still bleeding. His eyes glow orange behind his eyelids, faintly.

Donnie doesn't say anything. They don't move, don't talk, don't respond to April.

All three of them sit there. Stunned. Injured.

And Leo is gone.

Leo, despite himself, feels a terrified scream building up in his throat.

He clamps his hands over his mouth, even though the movement brings a wave of nausea. Krang Prime shrieks somewhere, though the echo makes it hard to tell where.

Leo is floating.

He has a concussion, definitely. The world spins around him— or maybe that's the low gravity doing the work. Everything hurts, and he's cold, and he misses his brothers already, the small kid wailing for his brothers after being separated from them in the sewers.

His brothers.

Leo forces his tired, broken, aching limbs to move. He can find a hiding spot, he can. There are loads of spaces to hide. And his brothers will find him.

"Oook," He whispers. Talking hurts. Thinking hurts. "Right. Gotta ass— assess the damage…find somewhere to hide…"

He lost his katanas. One of them is on Earth, yes. The other, he knows, spun off somewhere into the Prison Dimension. Maybe he can find it?

There is a Krang mech suit— abandoned— suspended in front of him. But Prime screeches again and Leo is hit with that primal sense of fear and everything hurts too much.

There is a gap in the rubble. He dives for it. Wriggles through, gasping at the pain from his shell.

"Gonna… look like a crime scene out there," He jokes to himself. "Ok. Oook. Let's s–see here."

The walls are closing in.

No— no, he curses to himself. No, it's not. Come on, you can do this.

Krang's roar makes him crawl faster. There's barely enough room to turn around. Can't go from here.

Something crashes down on the ground above him. Near him.

"No," He breathes. "No, no, no, no, please,"

"PEST!!"

"Please," Leo half-sobs, curls up as much as the tight space, his injuries will allow. The ground shakes again. "P—please I– please I don— I d-don't want—"

Rubble clatters down the small space. A rock hits his shell, his bloody, cracked carapace, and he bites back a whimper.

"Where are you, you PEST????"

Thank Pizza Supreme the space opens up. His arms, legs, shell, everything are on fire. He doesn't even have the energy to shift positions. The fog is creeping in and he's too tired.

They'll come for him, soon. They'll get him out.

"Shit— Raph! Dad!"

"I got him. I got him. Just—"

"Dad!"

They're laughing. Laughing at them, at Leo's scream when he sees Splinter. At Raph, eyes burning, who cradles his father's body in his hands.

"Leo! Retreat!"

He wishes Splinter was here.

"I'm going to fix your shoulder. Ok?"

Donnie only gives a mute nod, seated on the edge of the hospital bed, free hand gripping the side so hard Raph worries for them. Casey removes the ice pack, gets Donnie's arm into the right position, and shoves. Donnie lets out a muffled scream, bent double, teeth digging into their bottom lip.

"Raphael," Hands tilt his face to the left. "I need you to look at me. I cannot address the matter of your eye while you are looking away."

"Sorry Draxum," Raph says quietly. His mind has gone back to Leo. Leo, his little brother. The Lair is busy, with April and Casey and Draxum bustling around, but it feels lonely, isolated, without Leo there cracking jokes. Is he hurt? Scared?

He misses Splinter. Gone for less than a day and everything just…falls apart.

Of course, it's been more than a day now. How did things fall apart so quickly?

"Is Mikey ok?"

"Michelangelo will be fine," Draxum folds up Raph's mask and sets it to the side. Raph tries not to look at the sheer amount of blood on it.

"Donnie," April hisses in a breath. Raph doesn't see them, or April, or Casey. He's glaring daggers into the floor. "Donnie, you need t–"

"Don't!" Donnie all but shrieks. Something clatters to the floor and Raph looks up. The softshell backs up, breath hissing out in a low whine. "Don't— Don't— I c–an't— I don't want—"

"I know you don't want us to touch your shell," April holds her hands up placatingly. "But Don— it's going to get infected—"

Donnie lets out a frustrated whine, hands scratching at their head, and Raph reaches out. The gesture is intended to be comforting, but Donnie flinches away.

"I–" Their voice is almost inaudible. "I want Leo to do it."

Raph freezes. The blood roars in his ears.

"Ok," April breathes. Her voice breaks. "Ok. Ok, let's— let's get your arm in a cast. Casey?"

Casey nods. Draxum brings a wet rag to Raph's face, slowly, gently, to wipe away the blood, and something hisses, twists, fizzes in the back of his mind. Raph stumbles backwards, nearly tripping over the bench, and everyone turns to look at him.

"Sorry," He gasps out. "S– sorry. Raph just, ah. Tripped. It's— it's fine."

"Would you prefer to do it yourself?" Draxum's voice holds no judgment. "I understand if the subject of a lost eye is a traumatic thing for you."

"No," Raph swallows the nausea that arises when he thinks of the blood. "'S fine."

"Alright Mikey, your turn," Casey moves on to the youngest brother. "I'm going to assess your shell first, ok?"

"Leo," Mikey whispers. Ducks away from the touch. "I— I have to find Leo. i have to get him back, he could be hurt—"

"We need to treat your burns—"

"I can do it!" Mikey bursts out. "I can, I can do it, you said I could!" Casey looks horrified, backing up at Mikey's outburst. "You said I could, and I was going to! I can do it, I sw— I swear—"

"You are in no position to do so," Draxum says sternly, packing Raph's empty eye socket with gauze and bandages. "Your arms need to be treated first. Your injuries need attention. As do your brothers."

"So does Leo's!" Mikey's eyes are bright and shining. "He's— he's lost, alone, hurt—"

"And what do you expect to do now?" Draxum tsks. "Let me see your arms."

"But—"

"Your arms, Michelangelo."

Mikey chokes back a sob and holds out his cracked, bleeding arms for the yokai to look at. Casey Jr. sets down the armful of bandages he's carrying and drags a hand down his face. It's nearly 3 in the morning. None of them have slept.

"Master Leonardo," He starts. "He—I—"

"Closed himself in," Raph finishes. "Yeah. You— got the key?"

Casey flinches. "I'm— I didn't want to, I just…"

"No one blames ya, Casey," Raph shakes his head. "You were jus' followin orders."

He misses his brother already. Donnie stares off into space while April wraps their injuries and helps Casey with the cast. She gently asks them if she and Casey can at least remove the shards of their battle shell that were lodged into the back of their shell. They flinch away from her. Shrug.

Raph, with every passing moment, draws further and further in on himself. He failed. Failed all of them— his dad, Leo, Donnie, Mikey. April. Casey.

All of them stay in the medbay well into the afternoon working tirelessly. In the end, he lets Mikey and Donnie have the medical cots. Donnie finally agrees to let their shell be treated, though less in words and more actions.

Raph gets left alone with his thoughts.

And thinks. About Leo.

His breath comes out in a shivering, freezing cloud.

Good news: Prime has lost him. For now. He manages to get out, to traverse the mess of broken Krang tech.

Bad news: Literally everything else.

"Ooooook," He shivers. Whispers, barely even a breath. "Ok, ok, o–ok. Where…Where do I go?"

Of course, nobody answers him.

The gravity is normal here. Or well, normal-ish. The weight of it nearly feels like an anvil slamming down on his already cracked-open shell. There's nowhere to hide, nowhere to run.

He couldn't run even if he wanted to.

He remembers the claws, slamming down on his plastron again and again. The terror he felt. Begging, pleading. Screaming for the pain to end, please let him go, please.

He wants his brothers. He wants his dad.

He's dead, his pain-addled brain sings. Dead, dead, dead, it's your fault.

"O—ok," He stumbles up on shaking legs. "Oooook Face Ma— man. Let—s see here. We're lost, stuck h–here, it's cold. You're hurt."

He's scared.

No— terrified.

He takes a shaky step forward and nearly collapses. The vertigo is intense enough to make his stomach churn, alongside the pounding of his head. His entire lower back is on fire. He needs to find some place to check the damage.

There. Across the large expanse.

The.

The large, open space.

There's a destroyed Krang…spaceship? It's several hundred feet away. That's several hundred feet where Leo could be seen.

They'll come for me, Leo thinks to himself. They'll come for me. They'll find me.

He doesn't have his swords. he thinks he can feel the vaguest pull, vaguest nudge of his ninpo tugging him toward it, somewhere. Teleportation would be quicker.

But he's so, so tired.

He repeats the mantra he's come up with over and over again as he staggers, a painful snail's pace. Already, he can sort of guess what's bruised, bloody, broken. He's cut his lips multiple times on the sharp jagged edges of his teeth. Some jaw injury could explain the struggle to get his words out, the swelling, the pain.

The ache of his ankle is something he's already gotten used to. Hell, he's been walking on it. Somehow. He doesn't know how the fuck he did that, but it works.

With a last desperate gasp he drags himself through the threshold of the ship. Drags the door closed.

"N—no," he mutters as the fog creeps in. "No, no, no, no, no, slee– sleeping, no…" He'll never get anywhere if he keeps passing out at the latest convenience. "C'mon…"

Fighting, desperately fighting at the fog that crowds at the edge of his vision, he forces himself to sit up. Gasps at the pain.

Like the rest of the dimension, the ship is cold. Leo's breath comes out in clouds in the air.

His arms and fingers are already beginning to go numb. His legs and feet, less so. He's been walking. His nose is running— or is that blood?

When he looks around, he only really finds rusty metal. A control panel he has no idea what to do with. Seats.

His fanny pack. Right. He has that. He should have medical supplies. Right?

Moving his arms is a chore. Too much energy, too much pain. But he does, and when his hands go to his waist, they come back bloody. But he tears off the pack, opens it with shaky hands.

Luckily, his supplies seem to be…mostly intact. For now. There's a near-empty bottle of painkillers, a roll of bandages, and a needle and thread.

He tilts his head back. Great. Hopefully this will last him until his brothers come and get him. He doesn't exactly know how, but surely. They will. They wouldn't leave him here.

Leo wants so badly to pop a few painkillers now, dull the radiating pain, but he needs to find where he's injured the most. In the small part of the ship that the metal is somewhat reflective, he gets a decent (ok…maybe not decent) look of himself for the first time.

"Aw ma— man," He whispers. "Messed up mmmmmy face. I'm su— sup— supposed to be the Face Man."

His face is covered in bruises, scratches, blood. Dried blood tracks his face from his nose, and his jaw is swollen and awkward looking. And there's a long, deep cut that slices across his face stripe. Aw. He liked his face stripes. Likes them.

His arms are a mess of gashes and cuts. Bloody from the shoulders down. From this position he can see cracks in his carapace, and blood. Lots of it. How much blood is he losing?

He tries to turn, to crane his neck to see the damage to his shell, but the movement causes so much pain he stops.

Ok. Ok. Baby steps.

How long has he been here? A few hours, maybe. There isn't a sun or moon. Or stars, are there any stars? He risks a look up outside. He can't tell.

Prime lost him. For now.

First things first. Leo doesn't have a fire, doesn't know where to get things to make a fire. But he needs to boil water if he wants to sterilize the needle, and. Well.

He'll save that for more serious injuries though. It can wait.

For now, he tears off his arm and leg wraps and uses them to mop up the blood. It's slow work, and he's already starting to feel lightheaded, but he tears off a strip of bandages and wraps them around the worst of the gashes. There's not much more he can do for the numerous broken bones he probably has.

He doesn't want to fall asleep.

He does so anyway.

They'll find me. They'll find me. They'll find me.

"We'll get him."

"Mikey—"

"We'll. Get. Him." Mikey retorts. Draxum fusses around him, examining the mystic cracks on his arms. It feels like it's been days but it's only been hours.

And they're arguing. Again.

Donnie slides off the cot as Mikey shouts something at Raph, pulling their headphones up over their ears. The stitches on their shell pull uncomfortably and they shudder. They can still feel the touch of hands on their shell. Donnie can't do a lot with a broken hand but they can sure as hell try.

What else can't they do?

Oh, right. Walking.

"Woah, woah, woah!" April lunges to catch them as they stumble, lurch forward, nearly trip. "Donnie— hold on, hold on!"

"'M fine," Donnie hisses, low and tired. "I ne—needa get to th' lab—"

"You're hurt, Donnie," April says firmly. "Casey, what's the damage?"

"Concussion, skull fracture, broken arm." Casey rattles off from across the room. His words are punctuated by a huge yawn. "Uh…puncture wounds on their arms, shell, legs, but we got that covered up."

"Nnnno more stitches," Donnie grumbles.

"You don't need more stitches," April reassures. "Not right now at least. You can go to the lab later, alright?"

April is a blur. Donnie is dizzy and tired and the bandages and stitches are itchy and uncomfortable and they just want their twin back.

"I need my computer," They mumble. "I n— need t—"

"No computer while you have a concussion," Raph calls. Donnie flips him off, and the snapper lets out such an offended sound they give a snort of laughter despite everything that aggravates their injury again and they hiss in pain.

"Let's get you back onto the bed, ok bud?" April wraps her arms around them gently, avoiding their shell. "I know you're tired."

Donnie grumbles something unintelligible, even to their own ears. April smiles.

"I want Leo," They curl tighter around themselves. "I— I want my brother back."

"I know," April whispers. "I know. We'll get him back. Promise."

Mikey has since stopped arguing with Raph. His head rests on the older turtle's plastron as Draxum lectures him on the danger of mystic overuse. Donnie curls under the sheets, takes their phone from a spot underneath the pillow, pulls up the trackers on each of them.

Raph and Mikey's trackers are functioning as normal. Mikey's heart rate spikes once or twice but Donnie pays no attention. They're focused on the blue screen, and the red error message that flashes there.

TRACKER OFFLINE.

[sugarpasteltmnt]

Hi! I had a question regarding the last chapter, Leo doesn't recognizes Cassandra because he doesn't remember her? Because the story takes place after the fight with the Shredder and the Kraang so it's imposible he doesn't know Cassandra is no longer with the foot.

Btw I have read so many fics of rise and in my opinion your is by far my favorite. You are doing amazing!

⚠️Chapter 21 Spoilers!⚠️

thank you so much!!! I’m so glad you like it! 🩵

But as far as Cass goes— season 2 ended right after The Shredder fight, right? I personally believe that there would be very little contact with Cassandra immediately after the fight. After all, the fam lost their home and had to find a new lair. They needed time to recover from the fight, both physically and emotionally. And I’d imagine there was some…. hard feelings towards the person who released a world-dominating terror on their family who nearly killed their dad.

That being said, I like to believe that Cass’ contact with the boys was pretty minimal prior to the invasion. I like to keep the amount of time between the end of season 2 and the start of the ROTTMNT movie up for interpretation, but I still feel like Cass' relationship with the Hamatos is... 'complicated' during that time. Maybe she got along with Splinter, but I imagine the brothers would have a harder time accepting her, even if she defected from the Foot. In the fic, it’s post-invasion (and after Leo is lost to the Prison Dimension) that the Casey Jones Jr becomes the catalyst for Cassandra to bond with the Hamatos-- Leo wouldn’t have known how much she’s changed and grown as a person all this time.

And

Leo’s a petty guy LOL

Throughout the show we see the cheeky, spiteful side of Leo and i love that. And after losing a good chunk of his sanity, he’ll only remember the ‘important’ things… and a bad bitch like Leo never forgets who wronged him. Or wronged his family. Seeing Cass and remembering the Shredder fight is all that mattered to him in that moment.

To Leo, it didn't matter if Cassandra had defected from the foot. Nor did he have the capacity to consider maybe she's changed in the heat of the moment. He only remembers her as Foot Clan, and the Foot Clan was bad bad B͕̙̦͆ͭ͟Ǎ̢͍̓̆͊ͯͦ͗D̍͜

[purplepixel]

Hi I saw in your pinned post that you've read over 1,000 TMNT fics. Do you have a few really good ones you would recommend?

(don't feel any pressure to respond if you don't want to)

Oh boy this is...quite an ask. Especially bc fanfic recs are so personal? What I think is a good fic will be vastly different from other people. I have a really high angst tolerance, so please double check tags with these. Also keep in mind that I mainly read donnie-centric fics.

Here are my personal favorites! My hand slipped and I have more than just a few to recommend...what can I say there are so many good fics.

CRACK BUT READS LIKE CANON

Back To School by Em_H | 10,965 [FINISHED]

Donnie enrolls in April’s school and tries to juggle his packed schedule. A shrek play is included. Do I need to say more?

☆ In Volvunt: a RotTMNT Fanfiction ☆ by kittylittersmoothie | 27,082 [FINISHED]

In which the rest of the bros continuously try and fail to rick roll donnie. A war is started, alliances are made, betrayals occur, this is a hilarious feel good fic. It’s very in line with the show tonal wise and the dialogue is very rise

Mikey's Jam-Packed, Guaranteed to Get Donnie's Memory Back, Friendship Tour! By Eyse | 92,972 [ON-GOING]

Donnie wakes up with no memory of anyone including himself. Que his brothers trying to find ways to get his memory back. Has some of the most wacky adventures and scenarios I’ve ever encountered in a rise fic. Feels like you’re reading the actual show

YOU WILL BE EMOTIONALLY DESTROYED

Quiet Your Mind by daedelweiss | 18,081 [FINISHED]

Fusion Au with the disaster twins set in the bad future timeline. I don’t cry. This one made me cry. Bittersweet ending.

Telepathy (of a Twin Variety) by vosian_nightmare | 24,423 [FINISHED] 

My personal favorite twin telepathy fic. Character study on the disaster twins.

Something Borrowed, Something Blue by Cass_Phoenix | 31,963 [FINISHED]

A Donnie from an alternate reality kidnaps Leo. Or is he bringing him home? This one will fuck with your mind. One of my bookmark notes is “Reality existentialism” 

Firefight by remrose | 94,480 [ON-GOING]

What if donnie gets trapped in the prison dimension with leo? I’m usually not a fan of changing plot points in the rise movie or suicidal leo, but this fic is the exception. It is VERY well written and has some of the best exchanges between the disaster twins. You WILL be scared for the characters and your heart WILL be crushed. Proud to say I was here for this fic since chapter 1 bc that NEVER happens with me

THE CROSSOVERS

Familiar Places, Foreign Faces by Petra4President | 36,434 [ON-GOING]

Rise/2012 Crossover Fic. The Rise Donnie & 2012 Raph fic I didn’t ask for (I read this before watching 2012) but didn’t realize I NEEDED. Donnie gets sent to the 2012 universe and must find a way home. 

A Tale of Spirits by unorthodoxx | 168,344 [ON-GOING]

Rise/Avatar the Last Airbender AU. This one is pretty popular so I won't say anything else except its really good.

I WOULD BOOK BIND THESE

All I have to say about these fics is that they’re REALLY good and BOOK WORTHY

Monsters Among Us by DanzinoraSwitch | 86,136 [FINISHED]

Violet Hues and Holy Blue by SibillaScribbles08 | 115,752 [FINISHED]

I May Be Invisible, but I Still Look Good by Dandy | 124,862 [FINISHED]

MY PERSONAL COMFORT FICS

Things will never be the same (but that's okay) by Petra4President | 14,493 [FINISHED]

Post movie aftermath fic that focuses on the changes created by the events of the movie. Idk what specifically has me rereading this occasionally, but its really well written and a little different than most aftermath fics I've read.

Corrupted Upgrade by Dandy | 25,898 [FINISHED]

Donnie Villain AU with a twist. He really gives off megamind vibes. DO NOT BE FOOLED. THERE’S A REASON EVERYONE IS OUT OF CHARACTER IN THE BEGINNING. I almost slept on this fic and it became one of my favorites. It’s the type of fic that I can read over and over and over.

Turning Purple by Lizardstuff | 48,123 [ON-GOING]

Donnie slowly gets more and more sick post rise movie and the rest of the characters must find out what’s wrong and find a cure. THIS ONE’S FOR YOU, MEDICAL NERDS. Author has done research and any inaccuracies have gone over this EMT’s head. I reread this one every chapter update and every time I’m haunted by “the blueberry french toast paragraph” No I will not explain further, go read it.

MY TOP FIC RECOMMENDATION

Spider's Web with Strings Attached by CurlySwirly | 125,661 [ON-GOING]

Donnie and Leo get kidnapped and are forced to fight in the battle nexus. This is my pick for the most well written fanfic and most in canon characterization with ALL the characters. You will HEAR the characters not just through the dialogue but also through the writing itself. As the reader, you will be beaten down and have your heart crushed mercilessly which makes the pay off the most rewarding, satisfying experience that I've personally ever felt with a fanfic. This fic lives in my head rent free and I think about it at least once a day. It is my all time favorite rise fic and I highly recommend it.

[anon-of-the-void]

ROTTMNT: Between Dimensions au

Rough design for the MutantCity turtles (2066 happy future post movie) and Aden (oc)

Hights and ages in the main Rise!reality post movie story line and one possible future built on the happy end.

MutantCity future takes place in the year 2066 where humans and mutants live together peacefully ever since the yokai and mutants were exposed during the Kraang invasion. The Hamato family moved to top side and start a normal life on the side while being part time heros and full time mutant patchwork family chaos.

The boys' life expectancy is based on a mixture of turtle years in human years and human average age.

[personne-writes]

A ROTTMNT contribution to the Turtles Together zine

Alternate realities

----- I'm very proud to present to you my poem for the @turtlestogetherzine! The physical copies have already all been sold in leftover sales, but you can still buy the digital bundle here if you'd like. I'd recommand reading it on AO3, but if you'd rather stay here, be my guest! -----

Four brothers hang out under the clouded moon, Basking in New York City’s noises and light. They talk and they laugh on a roof out of sight; It’s too late for duty – and for sleep, too soon. They may be teenagers but at their center Lay powers and forces that never tire,  Sparks of energy, everlasting fire –  Often at the service of quips and banter.  The Blue one gushes about a job well done, The smile of the Red one is nothing but proud, The Orange one wonders silly things out loud Of which Purple knows much, yet kindly says none. “If everything changed,” Orange suddenly asks,  “In another life, or place, or world, or time Would we keep our colors? Would we still wear masks? Would we still be ninja turtles fighting crime?” Red and Blue whistle and start theorizing Orange happily helps their ideas fuse But Purple falls silent. His pulse is rising.  Science is calling. Who is he to refuse?

Between dearest walls, he retreats with his tools In one hand a pen, in the other a cup Both needed for work – he doesn't make the rules. Hours become days, still the math won't add up. As he struggles hard to make equations fit Something starts nudging at the back of his mind.  He is close – to what? He cannot quite name it Then, in a split second, dimensions unbind. 

It feels like his thoughts Are now being shared.   He tries to reach out. Perhaps, if he dared –   

Contact. Confusion. New realities. Alternate versions. Other families.

He sees things that he doesn't remember Unknown memories blending together.

Echoes of voices, Tales ancient and new All of them are his; All of them are true.

His instincts kick in The gears start to spin Narrowing on – There! The thing they all share –

Struggle. Everywhere. Missions, miseries Mortal ennemies Pressure and anger Menace and danger

Every version of him Every version of them They all stand. They all bite. They all dread and they all fight.

And Purple flinches. Can this be their essence? Responsability over insouciance Honor and duty against opposition Sacrifice for all without recognition?

No. That can't be it. This isn't who they are, Their fate can't be written with tears shed so far. In his heart, he knows there must be something more; With a switch, e feels it, pulising at the core.

The bad and the good things flow from the same source And he shifts and pushes to swim up its course. It all comes from a place of fondness and care The urge to take risks, to protect and repair The sense of justice and the dedication All boundless affection in demonstration.

The feeling is strong. As he follows its trace, The fragments of truth at once click into place. There, clear as day, is the universal law: Accross dimensions, the Turtles don't withdraw.

Lightheaded, Purple comes back to his senses. His lab feels too small; he needs wider spaces. He goes to the kitchen – the pizza smells nice Watches his brothers fight over the last slice Leans in the doorway and finds himself staring. His soul is catching up; his heart is flaring.

The familiar shouts of loss and victory Help him se the fabric of reality. No matter the world, no matter the plots twists In every timeline, his family exists.

The rift between their universes is crossed; Everywhere, there are green heroes in the night There are masks and colors even when all's lost There are sparks and fire ever shining bright

Faith stronger than doubt, Trust louder than fear Hope warmer than drought Love closer than near.

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Thanks for reading! This was my first experience being in a fanzine and I must say it was quite the first time. I'm still astonished at the sheer quality of each and every contribution, but also at the professionalism and efficiency of the mods, not to mention everyone's enthusiasm through the whole project! All my thanks again to the Turtles Together zine team for letting me in and my regards to all my fellow contributors out there, keep being awesome guys <3

[the-tmnt-ficfinder]

Ficfinder finds: by touch, by sight

Rottmnt Fanfic Summary: In which time dilation ruins everything. In which ten minutes on Staten Island translates to months in the Prison Dimension. In which Leo comes back, but he comes back wrong. In which there's nothing for their weird, traumatized little sewer family to do but take care of one another.

by touch, by sight: Appraisal and Ratings

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Disclaimer: This fanfic is written by @story-monger! This fanfic is unfinished, and still updating, so as the fic updates, the post will too!

The fanfic ratings are not based on quality, favoritism, or how good I think it is, but rather, how intense a subject may be. Like a movie review, or the tags on Ao3, letting the readers know what to expect.

Plot: 💛💛💛💛💛

"Plot is five out of five!! The plot for by touch, by sight, is riveting, and very engaging!! As the author stated in the beginning notes, the story itself is inspired by @cupcakeslushie's Feral Leo Au (which is a comic series that can be found here). By touch, by sight is another version of a Feral Leo Au, told from a different authors perspective! ^^"

Suspense/Mystery: 💛💛💛💛🖤

"Suspense/Mystery is four out of five!! In the beginning, there is much more suspense and mystery as Leo is healing, and the family is looking out for him. Then as the story evolves, the suspense shifts into a new setting. The suspense in this story, greatly revolves around Leo, and his mental states."

Angst/Hurt: 💛💛💛💛💛

"Angst/Hurt is five out of five!! As this is a Feral Leo Au, this story is practically built upon angst and hurt!! This fic contains emotional angst, physical angst, medical angst, and plenty of trauma!!"

Fluff/Comfort: 💛💛💛💛🖤

"Fluff/Comfort is four out of five!! This fic has a good blend of hurt and comfort all throughout it. While Leo is struggling, his family is there to help as much as they can, offering support, and kindness to him."

Emotions Conveyed: 💛💛🖤🖤🖤

"Emotions Conveyed is two out of five!! While this fic does go into some traumatic things, nothing is incredibly graphic nor disturbing. This fic won't mess with your head or psyche much, and instead will just effect your emotions."

Drama/Tension Level: 💛💛💛🖤🖤

"Drama/Tension Level is three out of five!! The drama and tension between the family is mostly triggered by Leo's inability to communicate, and the family not knowing what to do. This fic has some tension between the brothers concerning Leo's stay in the prison dimension."

Triggers: 💛💛💛🖤🖤

"Triggers are three out of five!! By touch, by sight has some darker themes in it, though nothing shown is very graphic. I'd say this fic has a good balance between just enough angst to make to appealing, while not so much as to be overwhelming. Make sure to check the authors notes on each chapter for a TW and read the tags just to stay safe!!"

Legibility (Reading): 💛💛💛💛💛

"Legibility (Reading) is five out of five!! The writing is easy to follow, and has no difficult to read fonts or special effects."

Legibility (Audio): 💛💛💛💛💛

"Legibility (Audio) is five out of five!! I have listened to each of the chapters in audio book form so far, and they have all be wonderfully compatible!! This fic works well for reading, and listening to!!"

Length: 💛💛💛🖤🖤

"Length is three out of five!! Currently, by touch, by sight has a chapter count of 20+ chapters and a word count of 61k words, though that may end up changing."

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by touch, by sight: Chapter List

(Chapters will be added as I rate and appraise them ^^)

(Yet to be added)

[thisbarbiereallylikesbirds]

Why Tang Shen is soo interesting to me

Okay with all the Nameless Trio content I’ve been posting I feel the need to let you guys know why I find Shen so interesting. This may be a long one but I have LOTS of thoughts so please hang tight.

“If we interfere Splinter will never move to New York and buy four baby turtles”

Donnie in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) S3 E19

First of all Shen is literally the reason the story happens in most iterations. If it weren’t for her death, Hamato Yoshi likely never would’ve moved to New York, never bought the turtles, and they never would’ve gotten mutated. Without her there’d be no story. And yet she’s barely ever mentioned in canon.

Now I could talk for ages about fridging women and why it’s a stupid out-dated, over-used, misogynistic trope. And I’m not even going to pretend that’s not what happened to her. But one of the main problems with fridging is the fact that after the woman’s death sets the plot into motion (usually for some sort of love interest) she’s eventually forgotten by the plot. Women in fiction deserve better treatment than that. Real women deserve better representation than that.

However there’s another way that characters who die before the story starts can be utilized. One that I’m absolutely OBSESSED with. And that is the idea of haunting the narrative. Two of the best examples that I can think of are Mara from She-Ra and Caleb Wittenbane from the Owl House. Both characters are dead before the series begins. For a while the only way that we know about them is through what the other characters tell us. And, of course, this is a very biased view of the person. Sometimes it’s very one dimensional. 

But even though we know almost nothing about them, they linger. They are everywhere in the story. So many things only happen because of them. Memories of Caleb are everywhere in Phillip’s mindscape. Hunter’s entire life is dictated by the memory of a man who died hundreds of years ago. And even the door, the things that brings Luz the the Boiling Isles and sets the whole story into motion only is opened for her because Caleb stole it from Belos and buried it in the backyard of his family home. We don’t know much about Mara but we know that Adora is in a way doomed to follow in her footsteps. 

“In every other universe Gwen Stacy falls for Spider-Man. And in every other universe…it doesn’t end well.”

Spider-Gwen in Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

So we’ve talked about out-of-universe stuff. But what about what’s in the actual story? Due to the crossovers we know that all the iterations of TMNT sort of exist in the same way all the universes exist in the Spider-Verse world. They all have their own dimension. I can’t help but think of the parallels not only between the worlds but the characters who live within them. Gwen Stacy dies in every universe but one. She knows this. Unfortunately, the universe where she survives isn’t exactly kind to her. She loses her best friend. She loses Miles. She loses her father. She loses any chance at having a normal life. 

In 2012 the turtles have a conversation with Shen where she is trying to pick between Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi. Of course they don’t know this at the time, but one of the choices will lead to her death. However, it will also lead to the world being saved from a variety of threats. But what if she did know? What if Shen knew that she would be sacrificing herself? What if she knew that in every other universe she was doomed to die? In every universe but one, that is.

Tang Shen is never said to be dead in ROTTMNT. But we only see her once in a movie poster. We know she exists but she has no relevance. As far as we know, she’s out there living her best life. So what is she like? What would a person be like in the one universe where she gets to live?

I really hope this wasn’t too long but thank you so much for reading this whole thing! If you want some content about Rise!Shen then visit the Nameless Trio tag on my blog, she’s one of the three main characters in that au.

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Random Fanfic and AU Ideas I'm writing down now so I don't forget it. Some of these are old.

Angst and Blood Warning, btw.

If anyone wants to write it, please feel free to take it. I'm running out of reading material, and I'm having withdrawal.

Never listen to Kikuo while drawing man, really makes you make some depressing shit 💀

A Blanket For Your Troubles:

Leon didn't make it out of the prison dimension.

His soul, in the image of him as a tot, remains unable to rest and haunts a strange world similar to his own where he meets four older mutants like him who try to help him move on.

He either remains dead and goes back to his ancestors or somehow is able to reunite with his family.

Depends on how much you want to hurt.

To prove yourself:

Three sets of the unique family end up trapped in the Rottmnt universe, where they must raise the Rottmnt crew with a recently mutated Splinter.

However, the differences between them prove to cause a rift in a certain young slider who's growing self-hatred comes to head in one final encounter.

Where he must prove himself.

Cruel Joke:

When you're on your death bed, you expect to be met with those you've loved who were lost along the way, greeting you with open arms.

What you don't expect is to awaken with four baby versions of you and your siblings, crawling all over you, and an image of your father that is vastly different than from what you can remember.

The universes final "Fuck you", to the last ninja turtle standing.

Party Crasher:

A fun, annual universal gathering of your favorite TMNT versions is rudely intruded by one incredibly injured and very feral, red-eared slider that gives one of them a cast and the other a minor concussion.

With their party ruined, the collection of turtles, and their companions, must begrudgingly help this strange turtle rediscover their identity and heal fast to discover just what the absolute hell caused so much damage to something so young.

Also, they like apples.

Not my brothers:

The smallest holds them together. So when the youngest dies in their arms, they lose their glue.

The blue one becomes protective and clingy. He assumes the worst and uses his blade to fix it.

Purple keeps track and imprisons to keep safe. He's not afraid to use his tech for certain situations.

Big red keeps them from straying far, no matter what must be done to do so.

Michelangelo must treat these versions of his brothers like monsters that'll kill him at a moments notice because thats exactly what they've become.

Idk that's just what I remember. I don't like it.

Blood in the Streets:

Leon gets a strange yokai disease that makes him crave flesh. He has to hide the problem while his brothers help a newly arrived vampire hunter hunt down beasts. Unfortunately, he is quite attractive.

Lmao vampire love story lol Leosagi.

Better than twilight

I don't fucking know I'm sleep deprived💀L

If there are any fics like these things, I'd love to see them. I need more book pages while I procrastinate.

Why am I so lazy

Just posting shiz