#Raph dies but he’s my favorite character so
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Prologue | Next part
I’m not the best writer but whipped up a little comic for my Rise AU CaptainX2.
This guy is old and withering away (late 20s) yet he still has bad jokes
#rise of the tmnt#fanart#save rise of the tmnt#captainx2#rottmnt#au#rise leo#rise raph#RottmntAteam#magnet duo#Raph dies but he’s my favorite character so#How long do you think he was in that void place?#bro got instant karma for that joke#I’ll post the next part tomorrow#comments are appreciated!
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Do you have any head cannons for Yandere! turtles x Reader with mood swings? Mood swings are abrupt changes in mood/emotional state :D
Note: Amazing request, I am a little rusty for writing the turtles since I have not posted about them for a while.. BUT! I will give my all. I'll be doing them individually!
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LEO
- There's two sides to him in this case..
- What I mean is.. when he's feeling up to it, he'll tease you. If anything he could tease you for hours on end. The whole day if he could. Sometimes it goes too far and he'll have to apologize. It's not always easy for him, but he still does it.
- he can be a bit.. much sometimes but when he sees you getting angry or feeling sort of negative emotion, he'll be quick to turn your frown upside down.
- He also finds it funny whenever you could go from being happy to weeping so quickly..
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You were looking at the bowl you dropped onto the floor. The whole day you were acting like clutz.. tripping three times on your way here.. walking into a glass door.. and slipping on some very questionable goo in the sewers, today was just NOT your day..
Before you could blow a fuse, Leo stepped in and hugged you from behind. "Ayy.. Mi Amor, you've been off your game lately, guess I wouldn't mind going out of my way to take of this mess, being the world's best boyfriend and all.. ", he says while nuzzling into the crook of your neck.
"Plus, that bowl was old anyway.. It was bound to break at some point. You were doing us a favor. How bout I clean this up and we can watch that show you like?" He shoos you off to the couch while he cleaned up the mess.
While you watched a movie.. You were crying for while because your favorite character died and proceeded to yell at the the projector while Leo held you back. He loves you to bits.
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RAPH
- I feel like he'd always want you to feel a positive emotion, he'll sorta panic when you feel something negative.. probably start gentle parenting you..
-it annoys you a bit but he really doesn't know what to do that he goes to his default settings.
-would probably panic one time and just hug you very tightly. It surprisingly calmed you down.
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So you got upset at a bad test/quiz you failed that you've studied all night for.. Raph didn't know what to do.. so he sorta.."Y/N I understand you're upset.. how about we start counting to 6, okay..?" He says as he shows you his six fingers. "alright, one.. two three.. breathe in.." (someone tell me I'm funny..)
He gives you a smile and then Practically smothers you with kisses and cuddles.. in his fort of teddy bears!! After a while when you've calmed down, he'll ask if he did a good job.. He loves you to bits.
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DONNIE
- he does try to stay on your good side but most of the time, he's just looking for a fight.
-if you're angry, he'll argue with you, it's a good way to challange himself. He will apologize after.. not verbally.<3
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After a while of hanging out, You were bored and well, Donnie suggested a certain game.. "Y/N, that's not how chess works.." he says while pointing out your move. You glare at him. He was constantly correcting you and every moved he'd say things like.. ",Are you sure?" Or "Yikes.."
Proceed to after a long argument.
It's been a few hours of ignoring him.m a day or two actually and in the late of night, you heard something.. when you turned, you saw your window open and then,
You saw a note saying you weren't entirely wrong. And your newly fixed phone you broke a few days ago. He loves you to bits.
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MIKEY
- He's always in a positive mood so he's a bit surprised but also intrigued? He'd check and know which things trigger you and avoid them.
- you didn't realize but you were always in a positive mood when you were with Mikey.
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You were playing in the arcade with Mikey and you kept losing round after round. After around. "Y/N, are you okay? How about we go play again but then again you might lose again- NO! I mean- let me make you something! Sit down and uhh, I'll be quick to make something! Wait you hate waiting.. I'LL BE QUICK!"
You tugged him closer to you and held him. After a small confrontation about what's going on.. he admitted to not wanting to trigger your negative Emotions.. you explained that it was healthy and normal. he loved you to bits.
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Hope you enjoyed!
Yours truly,
MysticMidnight
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Here is my Future Donnie playlist, the third in the bad future series! I also have a Donnie extended playlist that's about double the length, expanding on the different plot points!
These playlists are stories meant to be listened to in order. For each, they start at the start of the apocalypse, and end when the character dies.
In his playlist, he starts off confident and capable, but slowly unravels after Raph's death. Just when we think he's found a solution and getting his second wind, tragedy strikes him too.
This is such a fun playlist that covers many genres. It's the first where I had to start incorporating fannon, because it's not shown in the movie how Donnie died. I especially like the fan theories that draw on little details from the movie or the concept art.
When I made this playlist, I had just finished reading @somerandomdudelmao 's Cass apocalyptic series, and their headcannons were my favorite at the time so I decided to go with theirs! So if you haven't read that comic yet I highly recommend it, and know that this playlist technically has spoilers for the Donnie plotline.
Anyways, song-to-song plot below!
Donnie takes the invasion in stride, and adapts easily to the violence.
Leo may lead the resistance, but Donnie built it. At first, he's more concerned about his bad-boy reputation and keeping potential enemies in line, but he's confident, capable, and invaluable. The praises of the rescued citizens definitely don't get to his head (he says confidently 👀💦).
Raph dies, and Donnie gradually comes down from his high. He tries to mourn him. And yes, including agnes and I bet my life is completely because of @tapakah0's cass animatics.
Mourning sucks. Raph is dead, but Donnie is totally fine guys!! He's just throwing himself into his work and not talking to anyone... only a little more than usual! When's the last time he didn't count coffee as a meal?
He's figured it out. Raph may be dead, but Donnie can bring him back.
Here's where the Cass apocalyptic series influence really kicks in. Donnie starts experiencing strange symptoms. Did he overwork himself too much?
By the time he realizes what's happening, it's too late. Slowly, Donnie comes to terms with and succumbs to his illness.
Enjoy!
#rottmnt#rottmnt donnie#rise of the tmnt#rise donnie#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#unpause rise of the tmnt#unpause rottmnt#rise future donnie#rottmnt future donnie#cass apocalyptic series#cass apocalyptic au#cass apocalypse series#rottmnt playlist#music playlist#playlist#rottmnt donatello#rise donatello#rottmnt bad future#rottmnt bad timeline#my playlists
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rottmnt babies an casey jun. with an s/o who died in a fight but somehow got resurrected like a week later and just shows up at the lair?? s/o only remembers dying and then waking up a week later
Resurrected!Reader
RotTMNT & Casey Jr. x gn!reader
Warnings: death, resurrection, grieving, in a different style than normal... {CC} = Character of choice
A/N: So so sorry for the late post again... My internet went out due to a storm last night and I couldn't post. So here we are! Join my discord server to stay up to date on things! And hang out with likeminded people. :)
You had died in a fight
{CC} was heart broken
They all were
Raph and Casey would train themselves into the ground
Trying to fight their emotions out
Mikey would pain something in your honor
Donnie would lock himself in his lab
And Leo... He'd curl up and watch his favorite movies
Then one day {CC} heard the security alarm
He checked the cameras and saw... You?
He does a double take
Yep, you're standing at the door of the lair, looking more alive than he last saw you
Of course that wasn't very hard
He drug you to the med bay to be checked out
You weren't even injured anymore
You were deemed perfectly healthy
And that's when the questions started
Raph wouldn't even get through the first question before you're wrapped tight in a hug
Mikey would cry through the questions before tackling you
Casey stayed fairly calm, I mean he's already somewhat been through it before
Leo wouldn't be able to talk, just stare at you in awe
And of course, Donnie, a man of science, had to ask you every question under the sun
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What is Mikey's age in your AU? I've been thinking for a while about whether or not I should ask, because, y'know... anxiety about talking to people Oh btw, what's your favorite Sonic character??
Me and my cousin start to think about it, and 27 yes 27 he is not that old.
We did some calculations, and it happened when raph died, so with that on mind and taking the 2044 year and Mikey's born year and well a lot of numbers... and the final result is 27 :3
And my favorite sonic character...
Well it depends a lot
Whisper (is we are talking about comic characters)
Cream, tails, Eggman
"Amy" (depend of the version)
But if you ask me to choose one or kill me...
Kill me :3
#orange39 asks#:3#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt mikey#rise mikey#little mikey future au#sonic the hedgehog#sth#cream sonic#whisper sth#eggman#amy rose#miles tails prower
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Okay so. Little introduction course to (all I know about) TMNT
There are a few characters which show up in most iterations, that being the four turtle brothers:
Leonardo, he's usually the most disciplined, usually the leader (usually is a word you will see often just because every version has their own way of portraying these characters) One thing that stays the same is that he may not show it but he is a huge dork
Raphael, he's the more hot headed of all of them, resorts to punching before anything else. (There's a lot to all these characters but these are the attributes they are most often reduced to.)
Michelangelo or Mikeyyyyy, he's the fun guy. He's a joker and he's the ray of sunshine in the group
Donatello or Donnie, he's the smarts of the group, huge nerd. He's a scientist though in which field depends a lot on the iteration
They were transformed from normal turtles to mutant anthropomorphic turtles through a green goop. Most often created by a company called TCRI and sometimes called mutagen.
After that you have Splinter, their father and or ninja master. That's the most I can say about him just because he changes so much from iteration to iteration. (From best dad to huge gaslighting bitch) He is also!! In some instances he's a man named Hamato Yoshi who was turned into a rat by the mutagen and in others he was a rat to begin with.
Other recurring characters are the two humans, April O'Neil and Casey Jones, who are sidekicks and friends of the turtles, with April being generally helpful (her attitude changes a lot so that's all I can say that overlaps in all the versions) and Casey being reckless.
And then, you have the two most common enemies which are the Shredder, he leads the army of the foot and is the main antagonist for most of the turtles, as well as sometimes being an old friend turned enemy of Hamato Yoshi.
The other is the Kraang who are an evil Alien race who want to take over earth, most of the time they are the creators of the mutagen that changed the turtles and Splinter.
Now for the different iterations:
*You have the og TV series in 1987 (WAS THAT THE BITE OF- no. It wasn't) Which I don't know much about because I couldn't get past the first episode, it's generally sillier and goofier than the others. Art style wise it's... old....
*Then came the 2003 TV series, the artstyle is old but not unbearable you learn to love it, their donnie and mikey are delightfully snarky, their raph is trying his best despite his anger issues and their leo is very disciplined, self sacrificial and A FUCKING EMO. HE GETS LIKE HALF A SEASON ALL TO HIMSELF FUCKING MOPING BC HE FEELS GUILTY ABOUT 'ALMOST GETTING HIS BROTHERS KILLED' WHEN THERE WAS LITERALLY NO OTHER OPTION AND HE DIDN'T EVEN TELL THEM HE JUST GOT HARSH AND SHITTY AND GET THIS MAN OFF MY SCREEN I WANT TO SEE DONNIE.
*Cough cough* sorry. Don't know what that was. The series often prioritizes Leo. Their Splinter is an awesome dad who was the pet rat of Hamato Yoshi. They also have very cool lore about the Kraang, where the Kraang is the evil half of species and the good ones are called Utrom and the turtles work with them. Also their shredder lasts like four seasons and dies three times but not actually. He's fucking unkillable.
*Next was the 2012 TV series and we have got a 3D animated show on our hands! (This was the one I watched when it came on TV as a kid so it's one of my favorites despite the.... Questionable writing....) It's a lot darker and grittier than any of the others, even the palette is desaturated. Their Leo is again, self sacrificial, kind of forced into the position of the leader by Splinter (who is stricter than most. He cares for his turtle children but he has some questionable actions throughout the series), their raph is much the same as always, aggressive, he has trouble managing his anger and often questions Leo's place as leader of the Team. Their mikey is fun and he skateboards, he's got big youngest sibling energy. Their Donnie is lovely. Nothing wrong with him. At all. Well okay he's a big creep and like a total incel towards April but likeeeee he's funnnn. He does mechanics but you see him do chemistry a lot in the series. I also love this series's Casey just because he's a reckless teen hockey player and he likes to annoy Donnie. It's got some episodes that border on horror those being Parasitica and Attack of the Squirrelenoids which are just traumatizing. This series references and uses a lot of elements from a lot of different iterations and it's kind of like pulling every aspect from other iterations together into one
*In 2014 and 2016 Micheal Bay released two movies that were CGI and had megan Fox in the as April, they're fun, feel good movies, pretty funny. But like. They're Micheal Bay movies it was never gonna be revolutionary. Despite the fact that they called red eared sliders which are semi aquatic and very very recognizable 'box turtles' and that they made Casey who's one of the most anti-establishment characters in he series a cop. It's not horrible.
*Then in 2018 Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles came out (Rottmnt) and it took every established Idea that was followed in the previous iterations and flipped it over its head. A breath of fresh air that was much needed as most of the established concepts had been pushed as far as they could go. Their Leo's an arrogant dumbass, their Raph is the leader and he's a softie that still operates on punch first think later, their Mikey is artistic, sassy and fun and their Donnie is a super genius with an ego the size of his autism. It's great. Their Casey works for the foot. They were created by a completely new character called Baron Draxum using 'Empyrean' and the DNA of a action Movie actor called Lou Jitsu who's power move included yelling 'hot soup' who's actually just the fucking rat too. It's crazy on all sides packed into hilarious 11 minute episodes that we got a season and a half of instead of the SEVEN SEAONS WE WERE PROMISED!!!!!! BECAUSE THE FUCK ASS UGLY TOYS THEY MADE DIDN'T SELL. I'm mad. Anyway they got a movie in 2020 which was like 200% more serious and gut wrenching. It's on Netflix.
You said you asked!! So!! You got the infodump... Forgive me for the length of this.. ^^;
^Me furiously taking notes as I read this trying to memorise it lol
I didn't realise there were so many tmnt series!! I think I've only ever heard of the old 80s one and the new one that everybody on here likes :o That's so wild that there's so much variation too, like even in one character's personality or backstory
Thank you for the crash course in turtles!! This was fun to read :D Once I'm home from work tomorrow I need to look up turtles now lol
#Ask#Pigeonstab#I wonder if the 80s one has eps on youtube? I know the 80s mlp and care bears do#You know me I love the silliest version of things lol#But this was super informative thank you ^^#The only other times I've heard turtle stuff is from my sister cause she used to watch it when she was a kid#Or that time Dan and Arin had an argument on game grumps about who was the leader lol#Also the bite of 87 joke abisnjbhvhj I wasn't prepared#Perfect length very informative A+ no notes
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hi um. Having just finished my fourth (?) read of trust life, i have a couple things to say/ask
the first thing is Oh My God it’s incredible probably one of my favourite fics ever your writing is amazing and the characterisation is always on point
The next thing is how much planning went into the fic before writing? Theres so much detail and you clearly knew where everyone was and when
also just out of pure curiosity, did you have any sort of map of the world its set in? Or just the mental image ?
"You clearly knew where everyone was and when." Raph let me tell you it was a literal miracle I only had like one or two slip-ups on that end (that I know of). To this day I have no idea how I got away with it. There were just so many moving parts with five teams, fifteen people, and however many breakups/makeups/exes/friendships to keep track of. I had to remember which characters knew which bits of information at any given time, which characters were still left in the dark about certain things, and what lives everyone was on. I kept forgetting that players do NOT respawn with their belongings during this game and had to keep fixing that, same idea with trying to remember where everyone's last sleeping spot was so that they'd respawn in the correct locations whenever they died. It was… a lot. Not saying this fic wasn't still insanely fun to write though. It was both of those those things.
I did have an outline made that I roughly stuck to that covered a decent amount of what happened from beginning to end. A lot of it got cut out cause that fic was getting WAY too long. But to answer your question, yeah, there was a LOT of planning. My outline for this fic literally just consisted of a bunch of 1-3 sentence paragraphs explaining what events would pass and why in very simple terms, and even that took up like a couple dozen pages. But there was also a lot of stuff that I threw in while the fic was still being updated.
Like, I still wanted to try to work in what was going on with the cc's in the real world since most of this story was suppose to take place 6 months later. So when 6 months later had passed in real life I tried to tweak the story accordingly as best I could which really just required me to change up a few of the places they went to once the game had ended. The decision to have Jimmy flee to Evo was also something I changed while still posting chapters. I was thinking about somehow making him go back to the Third Life server instead but then thought: "How cool would it be if Grian's emotions were tied to Evo and that caused his, Jimmy's, and Bigb's conversation to be 10x more dramatic?" So I did that instead.
Then there was also a change with the Deep Frost Citadel, the location for that setting getting changed a couple of times. I was originally gonna have Scott tell Tango he loved him for the first time back in Tumble Town but then only realized months later that "wait- wait a minute… It NEVER RAINS desert biomes!!" So yeah, more tweaking of the story went on there but I definitely think the change ended up being for the better regardless of the whole rain problem, lol. But yeah, once again: a lot. A lot of planning went into that story (what I wouldn't give to be half as enthusiastic about actual important life stuff as I was with this fic). But there was also a lot that was changed and cleaned up as it was still being written.
As for a map, I HAD one at one point but ended up tossing it once the fic ended. But here's a hasty re-drawing from memory that I may or may not have forgotten to include a few things in:
I actually had some fun remaking this, so thank you for that! Also huge thanks for reading my fic! I am losing my marbles at the fact that you liked it enough to read it four times and that it’s one of your favorites too? Oh my god?? Thank you so much!
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TMNT’s 40th anniversary ask game ~ May I ask for number 22) , 26) and 35) ? Lots of love <3
TuT!!!! THANK u, cherry. loves of love to you, too 💜✨
(please excuse that this ask is visually a bit more of a mess. i wrote too much again for tumblr to be chill with my usual formatting. why am i like this.)
TMNT's 40th anniversary ask game!
22.) what is your favorite kind of pizza?
terrible news, everyone: i'm a pro-pineapple bitch. you may block and unfollow me now; i forgive you for being incorrect (/lh). i tend to be pescatarian if i can help it (i'm flexible due to money, and also i hate inconveniencing others especially if i'm a guest), so i prefer pizza without meats. i'm happy to eat any kind of veggie combination with the exception of banana peppers. never liked those for some reason. i also really like mushroom and eggs as pizza toppings. i'm kind of just an egg fiend in general; i love the taste of a well-made egg.
26.) what is one of your favorite pieces of TMNT fan art?
these things keep asking for one, but i'm gonna continue responding with however many i feel like. because it's not my dad. the scarf, by @hamsterandturtlesoup weakness is a sickness and a virtue, by @tatortart various candid illustrations by richard chen vis dev by kellan jett
35.) which character relationships are your favorite to write/draw?
...since we're both OC people, i'm gonna take this as an opportunity to gush about canon and OC relationships: two of my favorite brotps. because they're character relationships i adore writing with all my heart and soul.
mikey, gwyn & ash i mentioned previously that @plantdonutwrites (jenn) writes for mikey in our RPs, so i consulted her for mikey's perspective on this brot3. i will paraphrase her answer in this paragraph:
"all his life, mikey's been used to only having his bros as company; they're family in a way that puts the rest of us to shame. but as they grew older they met all sorts of people, some became an extension of that family. raph has casey or maybe angel when he wants to dip for a bit. don has leatherhead or the professor (bree, too), and leo has usagi even if he's not 'as regular' (and min-ji, too). his brothers have their separate circles of friends, but, against all odds, mikey doesn't seem to have that (at least not until cassia shoved her foot in the loneliness door). then he bonded with gwyn and ash... but then they left. he realized that it wasn't just that they didn't treat him like 'the annoying brother who tags along' but because they'd actually become friends, and they were friends who didn't humor him. they liked the comics he talked about, they love klunk, and they're interested in his art and ideas. it meant a lot to him to have that--to know what it was like--and when they weren't around, he really felt the difference. in an odd way they helped him become a more empathetic person, too."
it's harder to answer in ash's perspective because she has a lot less agency than gwyn and, because gwyn's paranoid/won't let ash out of her own hands much less her line of sight, ash doesn't get a lot of one-on-one time with mikey. she's interacted with him a LOT more than she's interacted with most people--which absofuckinglutely means something--but since she does consider herself 'dead' and is at peace with the possibility she'll be a literal shapeshifting weapon for the rest of her sentience, i think a lot of his meaning to her (right now) is very rooted in what he means for gwyn. THAT being said.
mikey is gwyn's first real friend. like. ever. in all the time she's been alive. very much in the same way that the brothers only had each other for most of their lives, gwyn only ever had ash. her community considered her a parasite and an omen, so she was essentially outcast. gwyn grew up feeling she wasn't wanted, had to earn any love she received, and when ash died and became trapped in the weapon, all that transpired and followed afterward re-enforced that. i haven't talked about darach a lot--deliberately--but know that he's a masterful manipulator in more ways than one. if ch'rell was brute force and intimidation, darach is more like the pot you put a frog in and slowly turn up the heat. you don't realize you're being boiled alive until it's too late. thanks to his influence, gwyn's been tricked, back-stabbed, cornered, and watched people suffer 'because of her' countless times. when i said she was paranoid, i wasn't really being hyperbolic. she has SEVERE trust issues. ...then came mikey. someone who, unknowingly, had already given them a taste of his character.
gwyn and ash had heard of mikey's rematch with kluh during their travels--that the match was made mortal, that mikey had not only won but had spared kluh's life when he had every reason not to. darach wouldn't approach someone like him, they figured. and as time passed, mikey continued to not just be open and kind with them, but again and again he's emphasized to gwyn that they just... CARE. to quote him "we don't keep you guys around for any benefits other than being able to know you". which, in so many ways, is unheard of for gwyn. she still struggles to believe him sometimes, but she trusts him. mikey is her first and best friend, he's someone she admires, and he's proven time and time again that ash isn't the only person capable of loving her, and that she's worthy of that love by just being herself. i had to spend a lot of this answer on exposition because OC, but... i earnestly can't emphasize enough how much mikey's come to mean to gwyn. he asked her not to leave again without them, and she promised she wouldn't. that promise to him has kept her from running away and isolating. even though she's terrified--for herself, for ash, for them--she trusts him. writing them makes me so happy. it's been such a delight to see their relationship evolve and the influences they've had on each other and their worldviews. i love this brot3 so goshdang much.
min-ji & raph min-ji belongs to jenn and, oh my god, i love her relationship with raph so, SO much. when we rp, jenn's obviously writing for min, and i write for raph.
again! consulted jenn! her answer paraphrased below:
"raph's pretty much the first assertive person in her life that had her back early on? her home life is complex; her family DOES love her but sometimes that love can veer controlling and toxic (responsibilities/obligations). raph was a type of personality she'd never been around before, and he cared about her well-being in a way that was unconditional. hanging out with him more helped her become more assertive and in touch with parts of herself she was forced to suppress to be more palatable to her family. she's found that being angry about something that happened to her, or something that was said to her, doesn't make her bad or a burden. raph doesn't expect her to shy away from her flaws or nuances. he lets her be a person."
as for raph's end, it's kind of hard to put into words. but i love that min-ji has become one of the very few people he will allow himself moments of vulnerability around. like. instead of it just happening, he makes the choice to let a wall or six down. they've created a mutual safe space between each other.
i think this has cultivated from a lot of things. min was much more timid when they met--raph even made a bit of a point, initially, to not interact with her so much because she was skittish and on-edge thanks to surrounding events. but through the events of our writing, he's watched her grow in self-confidence, be more open, and allow herself to 'take up' more space. she's also survived two major threats to her life, now, both of which have scarred her physically and emotionally, yet she persists and continues to extend kindness to people who, in his opinion, don't deserve it. but that's HER business (while he makes his feelings known, he stays out of it unless she signals him otherwise). she may not be a fighter in a literal sense, but he sees her as an equal. like, he's still protective of her in dangerous situations since she's not trained to fight--obviously--but... i dunno, i guess it's more like "i've been through shit; you've been through shit; if i say things look bad right now, you won't like it but you also won't give up". he doesn't feel a pull to coddle her if things are looking grim, i guess is what i'm trying to say?; he'll shoot straight with her because he knows she IS a fighter. even if she doesn't fight. does THAT make sense?
like i said, it's hard to put into words. but i think it's a combination of min-ji's emotional strength and kindness as a person, as well as the fact she's not an immediate family member, that make it easier for him to let those barriers down around her and have severely needed moments of vulnerability where he doesn't dismiss pain or fear or anything else he might be feeling. he knows min would never lash out at him, physically, emotionally, or however else. min-ji is kind, and she's strong, and she's safe. he trusts her, values and respects her judgment and input. much in the same way his presence lets her feel like a person, she's extended that grace to him. just in a different way. i love getting to write interactions between them. there's always something warm and comforting in their exchanges, light-hearted or more melancholic. it's nice. the love is very much there.
#tmnt 2003#tmnt oc#;letters#;meme: tmnt's 40th anniversary ask game#;michelangelo#;tmnt oc: aislinn#;tmnt oc: gwyneth#;raphael#;tmnt oc: min~ji seong#[ ngl originally i had rolled a d6 and was gonna talk about don&raph and leo&raph too but#[ uuuh... this ask got out of hand real fuckin' fast not gonna lie jklfdkls ]#[ considering tumblr got CRANKY about me yammering so much in my last response... yeah ]#[ i decided to delete the canon/canon section and just babble about MY LOVES ]#[ MY BROTPS ]#[ hannah keep her answers short challenge? impossible ]
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TMNTposting Raphael edition (Part 1):
I have a confession to make. I've been lying to you all...my fave......is actually Raphael 😂
When I was growing up watching TMNT Donatello was always my favorite turtle, mostly because I was kin assigned the smart, purple turtle when we did those playground roleplay things elementary school kids did in the early 2000s. But during my journey rewatching TMNT 87, and 03 I've grown so SO attached to Raphael it's silly.
This guy. This dude. He's probably one of the most misunderstood characters in universe (and kind of in fanon as well) besides Leonardo. Raphael, no matter which animated iteration, gets himself into trouble because of his terrible impulse control (Woah me fr), which is linked to his "anger issues" which admittedly he does kind of have, but there's so much more to unpack there than just "oh he angy".
Well, except 87 Raphael but he's special and I'll get to him later.
03 Raph definitely has the most obvious actual blind rage. Fourth episode into the entire series he goes into a blind rage and tries attacking Mikey with a metal table leg when he loses a sparring match against his orange younger brother. Except...he kinda actually doesn't. Yeah he gets mad, for sure he got really mad, but something to note about it is he actually goes into a dissociative state before he attacks Mikey, he immediately apologizes when he's lucid again, and he runs off to cool his head which leads to him meeting Casey and teaching the same lessons Splinter has told him to Casey Jones. (Honestly the besties ever. good for them). And the reason Raph gets so angry? It's not just that Mikey beats him, Mikey eggs him on the entire time. Like I mentioned in my Mikey post, 03 Mikey is an instigator, he's constantly pushing all of his brothers buttons because he thinks it's funny. He does it on purpose so he knows what's coming for him, when his brothers (usually Raph) finally snap. That's not to say that Raph should have beaten his brother with a table leg at all, because he still spends his time learning his lesson through trying to reign in Casey, but his anger was a little more, in lack of better terms, justified than some of the other Raph-Mikey blowouts we've seen (cough12cough).
03 Raph is actually just such a polite, sweet little guy. He has a heart of gold, and tries so hard to protect him family, even until his last breath. He'll help blind old ladies, he gives old clothes and blankets to the homeless, heck his instinct when he's in his last moments in Same as It Never Was was to crawl over to Leo in an attempt to protect his big brother.
This guy's biggest fear is being the one behind the Shredder mask, and hurting his family. Literally, he fears himself, and his anger. He's so, so much more than the family hot-head.
I love this guy so much. It's great watching him develop as a character and cope with his anger without having to dig into the same lesson all the time of "oooh Raph you're angry. Anger is bad Raphael. That's a no no Raphael."
Which is what bothers me so much about 2012 Raph. They spend so much time making a joke about his anger issues it's baffling it was a choice the writers made. Oh to be a fly on the wall when they made all the questionable writing choices in 2012. Like, you'll have moments where Splinter will straight up tell his son "you remind me of my evil not-brother who was the reason my wife died lolololol", and you'll have other moments where they're like "oh aha he ran away and quit the team for the 27th time. Silly Raphael." and I genuinely do not understand why they treat him like this? 2012 Raph, fundamentally, is still the same as other Raphael's. He's got the anger issues, he uses sais, he wears red, but the way they present his anger is just. Weird. They'll have him punch or swat at his brothers just for existing, and not acknowledge it at all, visual gags or whatever. And then they'll also go "ooga booga he's so bad and his anger is bad", and then force him to learn the "anger bad" lesson for the nth time....only to wipe it from his character development again.
Once again, this kid has a heart of gold. He's the turtle equivalent of a Disney Princess. He took care of a pet turtle for, presumably years. He cared for Spike a lot! And...then they just rip that away from him to create a new villain who tries to eliminate his brothers because he used to vent to his pet (being the one way Splinter told him was "healthy" with dealing with his anger). Which? Okay way to punish him for trying to deal with his anger in a way that wasn't beating the snot out of something. (also what the actual fuck was that 180 they did having Slash go "I've always admired you Leonardo"???? HUH???)
But...then you have Chompy. Arguably the only thing they have ever given 2012 Raph without violently ripping it away for laughs, or to teach him some kind of lesson. He does give Chompy back to Tokka for a moment but she gives him back realizing they're both super attached to each other and stuff. Having the moment of Raph admitting he cares about Chompy was so perfect because it finally had a moment where he felt like Raphael.
other beautiful moments from 2012 Raph:
-literally just barn arc.
-"angry Donnie you're so silly and funny and- oh wait Donnie stop-"
-when he gets smacked with a brick by 87 Raphael (sorry I still play favs)
Ok back to more lighthearted Raphposting.
Rise Raph is actually such a fun take on the character. It's so interesting to see him being put into the role usually reserved for Leonardo, being the oldest and being the leader. At first he seems pretty well put together, and different than the other Raphael but. Nope! He still rushes into danger like a kid at a busy intersection during rush hour. The difference being, he learns to reign in his impulse control ever so slightly because he's brothers are all arguably more unhinged than he is. Especially Donnie and Mikey.
His temper in Rise seems to take somewhat of an inspiration from 03, having him dissociate into a rage, though the tone of it is vastly different than 03. Which, I think is fine because Rise always had a lighter tone than 03, and 12. The intention of it is a lot different than turning 12 Ralph's issues into a silly haha, and throughout the series we see how the pressure of being the oldest weighs upon the guy, changing the tone of his issues as the series progressed.
The season finale four parter was genuinely good for Raph's character arc all things considered. Him finally cracking under the pressure only to learn his family will be there for him the way he's always been there for him is beautiful. Him being the one who sees Splinter's memories with his mom? Amazing. And the messed up thing? He sees protecting his family as his duty and purpose despite being a kid himself. Kinda like 03 Raph.
The movie also finally gave us that Leo-Raph dynamic older TMNT fans have craved from the series, but the roles are still reversed. With Raph still being responsible and wanting Leo to take things seriously while Leo does whatever he wants and has ✨impulsive sparkle✨. Getting to see Raph finally let loose and be a normal teenager again, joining in on the silly fun by the end of the movie..Mwah. thank you.
This post is getting long so I'll go into 87 Raphael in his own post. I have way too much to say about him I'm sorry..
#theotxt#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#tmnt 2012#tmnt 03#tmntposting#tmnt raphael#rottmnt raph#2012 raph#03 raph
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I watched Tales of the Tmnt! Here are my thoughts (both good and bad)
Good:
- I love Leo, he’s wonderful
- The way Raph gets all mad in the beginning of the second half of the show is SO me, I love how they portrayed it. (When the house is flooding, that scene specifically)
- Donnie is pretty good.
- I LOVE the art style and animation
- The first six episodes look incredible and are overall pretty great
- They highly improved the characters and their designs
- Metalhead was awesome
- I love how hectic the fights are in the first six episodes, it really adds to the feeling of fear and anxiety that the turtles are feeling in the moment.
- Raph’s episode in the first half was really good.
- HE BROKE HIS RIBS!??????? (<3)
- I like how Donnie points out the flaws in Bishops plan
Bad:
- why didn’t they get a voice actor for splinter??? Literally ANYONE would be better than whatever confusing voice over thing they did
- Mikey sounds like he’s yelling to himself instead of talking to the people he’s around
- I don’t like gross humor so uh… too much of that.
- the last 6 episodes were overall disappointing compared to the first 6
- I don’t like how Ray can’t speak. He just acts like a Pokémon.
- I hate scum bug
- Not a huge fan of how many modern references they used but it wasn’t too bad
- What’s up with bishop? She acts like her sister died or something but they NEVER said anything like that
- I don’t like what’s his name’s (rod?) character design at all. His hands are SO small and overall he’s just really disproportionate
My favorite turtles in order:
Leo, Raph, Donnie, then Mikey.
So yeah, those are my thoughts! I honestly liked it better than Rise on my first watch
#feel free to ask me to elaborate or anything#also what are y’all’s thoughts?#tottmnt#tales of the teenage mutant ninja turtles
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OKAY IM GONNA TALK ABOUT TMNT MM NOW
WARNING FOR SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT!!! THIS IS A RAMBLE POST, I AINT TIPTOEING AROUND IT!!!
Also, probably gonna start making # for post types. I feel like I reblog so much stuff that it's hard to find my actual content-
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Starting off the bat, everyone who said Rise lovers were gonna love MM were absolutely correct. I adored this movie with every fiber of my being and I really think it could bring new people into the TMNT fandom just as ROTTMNT did.
While I will always be sad that Rise did not get the merch it deserved, I am over the moon that MM is getting it. The toys I've seen and merch I've gotten are already extraordinary. For the most part they are very very well made and most of it doesn't look like they've seen their entire family be brutally ripped limb from limb.
But moving away from my opinions about merch which is a whole other bag of worms being the physical item lover I am. THE MOVIE WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!
The storyline, the characters, the voice acting, the line delivery, the writing, the comedy, and ofc most of all
THE ART!! OMG THE ART!!! I LOVED EVERY SINGLE BIT!!! I see so much dragging on the art of this movie because it's ugly BUT THATS THE WHOLE POINT!!! It's meant to be messy, asymmetrical, even uncomfortable at times. Every character is so vastly different from the last, including every single background character. Some of my favorite overall designs were Splinter, April, Stockman, Superfly, Mondo Gecko, and even that fuckin BEAST Superfly turned into at the end.
This was the first iteration I watched where Splinter started out as a rat, being only into the more modern media, I had no idea that he was originally a pet. I could go on and on about MM Splinter and that is what I am going to do. I LOVED HIM. SO MUCH. He was such a dad, and an absolute badass when he wanted to be. Kicking ass to save his sons and just worried out of his mind about them. Despite his distain for humans, he was willing to take their help when it was offered. Instead of reprimanding his sons right then and there, he'd give them a hug and make sure they were safe beforehand. And when he saved them from getting their blood taken (I'm not calling it milking, please don't make me omg- /lh), he was like "I told you so!" but not in like.. a toxic way?? I never thought Splinter would end up as my favorite of any iteration, yet... here we are.
But y'all probably aren't all that interested in my gushing about Splinter yeah? Let's talk about the turtles, going from my favorite to least favorite (not to say I don't absolutely love them all, I just like some more than others.)
Raphael and Donnie are tied, but I'll start with just Raph. Raphael very much reminded me of when I was younger. Down to the struggled with volume & um... well, anger issues. Deep down, he loves and cares about his brothers, but he wants to branch out and meet new people. It's not that he doesn't want them to be there when he dies, it's that he wants to know other people outside of them. He loves them, but it's only natural to not want to ONLY have them.
Donatello was a silly guy, lots of playful jabs at his brothers and I just loved him. Also, the guy can DRIVE. Technically, being old enough, most places I know you can get a learners permit, so he probably realistically could drive. Despite complaining about having a "giant stick" much like 2012 Donnie, I found myself less annoyed by his complaints. Maybe I'm bias? Who knows. Point is, I loved him.
Leonardo, like Raph, was extremely relatable. With his upbringing and having a very anxious father, it makes sense to have such chronic anxiety. I swear, sometimes I feel like a mix between MM Leo and MM Raph. While ofc, I wasn't a fan of the little crush on April, it's not unrealistic. This is the first girl they've met and he has dreams of getting a girlfriend, obviously a 15 year old like that is gonna fall head over heels for the first girl he sees. Hell, when I first found out girls could like girls I honestly wasn't much different. (Ofc, I'm not a girl anymore, but that's besides the point here). But April shutting him down at prom was a relief, I'm hoping it just stays as a little puppy crush. It was handled SO much better than 2012 ever did, and I'm standing by that.
Now Michelangelo. Mikey was the SWEETEST OMG. Him and Mondo were an adorable duo and I'm hoping in future content we get more of them. Also, what is with Mikey and almost getting hit with cars in this film? I think the mans needs to keep away from the streets because he's like the critters down here in Kansas, very bad luck with cars. Only reason he's probably my least fav here is because I guess I don't have much to say about him, like, specifically?
Anyways. That's a lot of rambling, someone please talk to me about MM.
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ABDJAGRJWHE THANK YOU THAT'S SO SWEET!!!
HII OMG i had to follow for the soul calibur and kingdom hearts ships!!! also you seem pretty cool!!! :D if it isn't too much trouble, could you tell me more about your ship with aqua? i love her sm! (kittyandco)
hello!!! thank you thank you! it's great to see you here ajdhqkdjw I love so many of your ships and have been following for a while! i'm a huge marvel fan and hux is a character i like a lot too and there's so many f/os of yours that i recognize! soulcal is so special to me since some of my earliest memories are of me playing it! as a result, I've been with my guy for a while- what a guy, am I right? 😍
i'm always down to talk about my aqua! I also love her sm if i do say so myself- this might end up being a little long but here we gooooo!
okay so. Ash is another Keyblade wielder raised by Master E.raqus! He found her after she was orphaned so she sees him as a fatherly figure. She's just a few months older than Aqua and a little younger than Terra. She dresses in mostly all red (her and Aqua are the red and blue couple!!!!) and has those chest straps the other wayfinder trio folk do as well.
She became a Keyblade master before Aqua did (though not very long before- just a few weeks) and she's very good at what she does! She wears a long red coat. I wanted her to look cool and important which is why her outfit is like that.
I hope you like the childhood best friends to lovers trope because that's exactly what happens! These two have been together since they were children. They were always together. No matter what. Always together, hand in hand, giggling and laughing and training and talking. It isn't until their teenage years where Ash goes "... Oh. Oh."
Ash has it bad. She's so horribly in love with her best friend. Terra knows, Ven knows, Dad knows, they all know- It's so obvious! As a kid, she always wanted to be with Aqua, but as she grew older, those cute little giggles turned into longing glances.
Ash often calls Aqua "Berry", a nickname from when they were kids. Ash was red... Aqua was blue... Like a blueberry! So she's Berry for short. She always called Aqua that when they were little, and it stuck! So you can sometimes see her call Aqua "berry"!
Just imagine a little Ash and Aqua when they were small.
"You're Aqua.. and I'm Ash!"
"You're red, and I'm blue!"
"You're like water... But I'm like fire!"
And little Aqua giggles,
"Hey, we match! We're meant to be, right?"
"Yeah, that's right! Ash and Aqua, we'll be best friends forever and ever!"
Anyways, Ash said that she'd finally confess after years of pining after they're all Masters, but... haha... ha... (looks at birth by sleep). She doesn't take the end of the game very well.
(Oh and more appearance details! Ash has brown skin and eyes and black hair like I do. Her coat is red and her shirt under is black. Her straps are green. Her Keyblade is green too. Her hair is long, but tied in a ponytail with a white ribbon. The ribbon was a gift from Eraqus when she was younger.)
Like with the others, Aqua makes a wayfinder for Ash. Ash's is red, just like her coat. But Ash refuses to take it. She laughs, saying that her and Aqua are so close that they don't need this to be together. And so, for all of BBS, Aqua carries two Wayfinders.
But at the end, right before she falls into darkness, Aqua asks for Ash's hand and gives her a blue Wayfinder.
"Aqua..." "Keep it. I'll always be by your side, okay?"
So for all of Ash's appearances until they reunite in 3, Ash carries a blue Wayfinder from her belt. However, that also means that Aqua carries a red Wayfinder in 0.2
It makes moments like these a little more emotional. She thinks of Ash whenever she looks at that. Ash is what keeps her going throughout the darkness. Her best friend, the woman that she loves.
And then... At the end of BBS... Aqua falls into darkness. And Ash is forced to watch. The last thing Aqua hears is Ash begging and screaming, pleading for the darkness to please just take her instead. Anything, she'd give up anything to save Aqua.
Ash punches at the ground again and again till her knuckles bleed the same red as the Wayfinder Aqua always held onto, casts every single spell she knows. She doesn't care about how much it hurts. She just wanted to save Aqua.
... And she failed. Aqua doesn't come back.
Ash's hands are scarred from all that, and every single one of those scars are a reminder that she failed. She has bandages around her hands.
For ten years, she is alone. Eraqus is gone, her best friend Terra is gone, Ven is gone... And Aqua is gone. Her light is gone. Ash spends ten years by herself, wandering worlds and imagining what it would be like to see Aqua again. She loves her so much..
Ash can be seen wandering worlds in 2. Sora tries to talk to her, seeing that she's a Keyblade wielder. But Ash tells him to leave. She doesn't care about anything that doesn't have to do with Aqua. She doesn't even have it in her to be a boss fight.
But yeah. For ten years, we get mean and sad Ash. After Mickey sees Aqua, he tracks down Ash. Ash agrees to help them because she wants to see Aqua again. So we see her work with Riku and Yen Sid and Mickey and all those losers later. She's a little serious and quiet (which is wild, since she's a goofy and bright jokester with Aqua!)
Her and Riku also develop a sibling type bond. She's the cool big sister to him. Riku picks up on Ash always playing with the blue Wayfinder she carried on her.
And then a bunch of stuff happens and she's the one who has to fight Anti-Aqua. It horrifies her and she's crying for the whole fight.
"Please, Aqua... I-I can't... Don't make me do this..."
"You left me here. You abandoned me. You never came me."
"Aqua, please... I did everything I could!"
And when Aqua finally comes back, Ash is tackling her in a hug. They're both sobbing, clinging to each other with all they have. Aqua has always felt like home to Ash. Ash was home. She was finally home. Aqua cries, saying that she never stopped thinking about Ash.
You know how in 0.2 Aqua looks up at the sky sometimes? Ash looks up at the stars a lot too. Reminds me of the days when her and younger Aqua would stay up and laugh together under the stars.
A little while after they reunite, they kiss. They've always been so close, and sometimes just... snaps. And they both confess that they've been in love with each other for a long, long time. And yeah! For the rest of 3, you can see them kissing and holding hands and being really cute. They're a very adorable couple (if I do say so myself hehe)!
Also, Ash is afraid of taking off her bandages around Aqua at first. Her scars are ugly. Her scars are a reminder of how she wasn't enough. She wants to be the perfect woman for Aqua, and Aqua shouldn't have to see that side of her. But Aqua tells Ash that she loves Ash for who she is, and her hands are beautiful, no matter how many scars are on them. Aqua kisses them often.
Also, Ash sometimes refers to Aqua as "my heart" and Aqua refers to Ash as "my light". In a world of darkness, thoughts of Ash was all Aqua had. Her bright smile, loud laugh, all of it... Ash was her light. And a heart is supposed to be Ash's guiding key, right? Well, Ash's heart always found its way back to Aqua. Aqua is her heart.
There's a lot more to this ship and I've written soooo damn much for them, but that's pretty much what you need to know about them! They're the red/blue Keyblade gfs!!!! They're so in love! Best friends (and even more than that) forever!
Ash is pretty sassy and humorous, and can sometimes be a bit of a flirt (only towards Aqua). It makes Aqua blush. Aqua is just the sweetest person alive- It's adorable how she's the only person who can fluster Ash. They love each other so much. Ten years without each other wasn't easy. Ash isn't used to having anyone around again, and Aqua isn't used to the light. But that's okay. They have each other, right?
Oh! Also! When they reunite, they finally trade Wayfinders again. Red for Ash, blue for Aqua.
This is mostly Ash/Aqua focused, but she's cool big sis to Ven, and sassy daughter (who loves him lots) to Eraqus. She didn't like Terra as a kid, but as they grew up together, they've gotten extremely close and care for each other deeply. However, Ash likes to pick on him a lot. She calls him an idiot a lot, but she cares about him, I promise! He was also one of the first to go "hey, Ash, youre down bad for your bestie aren't you-"
Thank you for this ask!!!
#YEAAHH AQUA IS GREAT (<- is very biased)#i love terra <3 he's so goofy but he's my pal! no offense to xehanort but the only one allowed to bully him is me!!!#thank you akdjajdjw i'm so glad you like them#theyre just gals#gals being pals#very close pals#also vexen is great taste. i admit that i didnt like him at first but he's grown on me so much- what a dude! what a funky little guy!#ALSO speaking of great taste!!! raph!!! i love him! i do play him on the side when im not playing maxi (which is rare tbh- i love maxi)#i dont have much to say in terms of the ship- which is weird since almost all my s/is are extremely fleshed out. ash is just kinda a normal#person? who falls for a pirate who tries to hit on her- they have a lot of really good banter! ash is a good fighter too! she has a curved#sword! it's great that most of his story takes place in india since. you know. im indian- they meet a few years before the game begins and#theyre happily together by that point! then. uh. his crew dies- theyre still together but ash watches as his need for revenge consumes him#all the games are just kinda her chasing after him. she has a lot of personality though i swear- shes also very close w kilik and xianghua#theyre my pals <3 anyways whatever at the end of sc4 ash gets attacked by astaroth and almost dies. last thing she remembers before she#passes out from blood loss is him picking up soul edge. anyways then she spends a good decade or so trying to find him. she doesn't know wh#y she even bothers. it's been so long–why does her heart still flutter? is it even worth it? anyways she finds him under the care of edge#master once he's gotten a little better. 'you... you came for me.' 'i almost didn't. i almost gave up on you.' 'i'm sorry. i'm so sorry..'#and ash just looks at him 'i know you are.' and then they cry and hug and all that emotional stuff. their ship dynamic is a little differen#leads to one of my favorite lines ash says. 'i dont know if i wanna kiss you or punch you stupid right now.' 'i get why youd punch me but..#can i be selfish and ask for a kiss anyway?' and ash lightly smacks his chest and kisses him so deeply. but yeah. i don't have too much of#a backstory for this ash since she's just a normal person until she gets roped into the astaroth situation and the soulcalibur situation#and all that! shes always been a total sweetheart but she's a little more harsh in sc5. she's in her 40s and so tired and she doesnt really#wanna be playing babysitter to leixia +xiba + natsu at first. many sassy moments and tired glares. i love old ash- but yeah that's kinda#sorta what that ship is. ive loved him for so long that i usually just think of all the cuddles and kisses and cute dates he loves. espec s#ince his story is really sad- oh but they do have matching back scars from astaroth?? so theres that?? yeah theyre very in love and cool#also YEAH hux is cool! i totally get why hes disliked but i enjoy him! im also just a fan of domhnall gleeson so-#BUT YEAH AKDHAKDJ THANK YOU SO MUCH!! you have such good taste in characters akdjakdh!!!!#(oh but i must add that ash does eventually grow fond of the kiddos. just a little. she and maxi play cool aunt and uncle and theyre such a#badass and cool power couple! i have my beef with sc5 but... he looked SO damn good in that game.. omg... yeah i have it so bad for him)#(maxi my beloved!!!)
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I love your TMNT fics too! Can you galk about all of your TMNT ships please? 🥺
Fic name followed by the pairings as currently, my three fics have three very different versions of these characters lol
Last Knight Saki/Raphael: Saki has always been one of my favorite villains, and it's almost difficult not to see the goofy guy from the 87 series. But In some versions of TMNT Saki is a cold-hearted monster and in Last Knight, he isn't a good guy, Saki is a mobster, he is a killer, and more importantly he is a human being. He has feelings, and for the most part, he knows some of the things he does are really fucked up. Raphael is very much a ninja capable of killing, but he's also the heart of his family. If anything Saki's bringing the true ninja out of Raphael even while they're falling deeper into a romantic relationship. This is also probably the closest I'll get to writing a soulmate fic for TMNT 😂 I enjoy writing these two interactions because there is so much I can do with them, they both are very versatile characters. Mikey/Tiger Claw: I wanted to try out this pairing as I hadn't written for Tiger Claw before and toeing the line between enemies and not enemies has always been something I'm fond of writing. These two might not stay in a relationship but they'll have fun while they are in it lol Bebop/Rocksteady: Funny to say but this is one of my OTP's, you just don't get Bebop without Rocksteady, and the same in reverse. I hadn't written for them before and I really wanted to at least hint at it as they aren't the main pairing or even the secondary lol Hamato Yoshi/Tang Shen: A Canon Pairing but one I'll keep because it is tragic and Splinter is really messed up from her death, it's fun to write different ways she died, and also how much everyone involved regretted her dying so needlessly.
Pac-Man Mikey/Delisha: Delisha is an OC of mine that I made for Mikey to fall in love with. De is my first attempt at a trans character and a romantic partner for Mikey! She's funny and adores Mikey, she also works for Shredder as a receptionist and sometimes as a medic. That actually doesn't bother Mikey that she works for the enemy because he adores her. Of course, if she worked against him and his brothers that would certainly start an argument and a possible breakup for these two. Donatello/Saki: The Main pairing for Pac-Man. They are going to hurt each other, Both of them are really messed up Donnie having gone through a situation that really made him switch up his game and Saki just being the normal paranoid bastard that he can be lol Of course their differences are going to start arguments and Saki isn't just going to allow Donnie to control whatever their wacky relationship is and Donnie isn't going to give up power that easily. Casey/Raphael: Not my usual cup of tea, but I don't mind occasionally writing pairs that I wouldn't normally, and I also got the idea because someone asked me if Donnie's with Saki who's Raph with lol They are best friends so it's easy to transition that into a more romantic relationship. They still do all their normal stuff, but now they also cuddle on the couch to watch movies-kiss, etc. Leo/Rocksteady/Bebop: I was learning about terminology and QPR caught my attention. I'd already planned for Rocksteady/Bebop for this fic but adding Leo in a Queer platonic relationship with them had all the guys dating lol April/Venus: I was researching and was reminded once again that Venus was a thing and I should add her coming back into the guy's lives after having been away for a while. Pairing her off with April gave me Casey/Raph vibes and I liked that so I added it in, Not sure If I'll write this paring again after this fic but I'll have fun exploring their dynamic in the fic.
Nova Saki/Raphael: The Saki in this is a much better person than he is in Last Knight and Pac-Man. He's also really messed up from a long possession and learning how to live in a new era. Raphael in this is learning what it's like to be stabbed in the back by 'friends'. They begin to trust each other and eventually grow romantic feelings for each other. Now when the family finds out well that's going to be fun to write lol
#thanks for the ask!#fanfiction#tmnt#tmnt 2012#rise of the tmnt#creative writing#my writing#answering asks
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I'm going on a roadtrip so I thought I'd share with you the first character playlist I made! In the bad future series, I have one for all the future bois, as well as the Caseys and April.
These playlists are stories meant to be listened to in order. For each, they start at the start of the apocalypse, and end when the character dies. Leo's might be my favorite.
In his playlist, he starts off bold and strong, taking on the responsibilities of resistance leader like atlas holding up the world. But after the death of each brother, the tone shifts as he mourns, then holds on to a ninja's greatest weapon— hope. Below are some plot highlights!
Leo becomes leader, and is put under a lot of stress.
Leo loses Raph (Atlantis), and holds it together, then Donnie (Brand New City), and falls apart.
Leo and Mikey learn about time travel and Mikey's necessary sacrifice
Casey goes through the portal!
Leo dies alone, but not unhappy.
My decision to add Frank Sinatra was actually because of art I saw a long time ago of someone drawing Future Leo singing My Way in karaoke, I can't find it now though agh!! I'll make sure to add a link in the future when I do.
Happy listening!
#rottmnt#rottmnt playlist#rottmnt future leo#rottmnt leo#my playlist#music playlist#music recs#my playlists
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Truth Serum
Ahhhh? Writing this took forever, and I rewrote it seven times. A little steamy in some parts. I wrote this with the beyverse turtles in mind, with mentions of characters that I know from 2003.
femreader because the princess nickname makes my brain go brrrr, but I can re-write it to be gender neutral when I'm ready to look at it again.
Word count: 4,474
TW: reader is drugged, use of needles, one line about adult magazines, handsy reader and Raph.
Classes had let out early the day you were taken, you remember walking to your apartment from the campus around noon. It was the middle of the day, sidewalks were bustling, your favorite turtle would be stopping by to escort you to work later that night. You were happy, happy enough to stop in front of a flower stand that you regularly passed on your way to and from school. The owner liked to keep a few red chrysanthemums aside for you, though you always hesitated to tell the owner why red was your favorite color. So distracted by the pretty blooms you didn't even notice the men dressed in black hiding behind a delivery van that was following you, that is you didn't notice until they grabbed you as you passed by a rather busy intersection. The men threw you into the bed of the van and your first thought was that it was the foot clan kidnapping you again. So far in your friendship with the turtles you had been kidnapped thrice now? Once by the Foot and twice by the Purple Dragons. Part of you was honestly relieved every time you were captured because it meant that your friends continued to evade the shadowy organization's grasp. Still it was kind of annoying. All of these thoughts died out in your head as you felt the pinch of a needle jab into your neck and all you knew was darkness.
The darkness turned into a blinding headache as you awoke, you grit your teeth against the pain, you knew the lights of the abandoned laboratory, the chains around your wrists and ankles. Finally blinking open your eyes you came face to face with a sneering scientist, you couldn't hear what he was saying over the ringing in your ears. But you suspected that he was asking a bunch of questions that you wouldn't have answered even before being drugged. The scratching of his voice wavered in and out of your auditory periphery as you looked around. You were chained onto a sort of X shaped thing, always good for a nice stretch, night had fallen, also amazing, it means that Raph would have noticed you were gone by now and Donnie should be tracking your position. A shock of pain bolts through you and your face is forcibly turned to the scientist in the white lab coat. He frowns, finally falling silent long enough for the ringing in your head to calm into a low buzz. Your eyes focus long enough to see the table next to you, you expected to see an array of knives, a taser, the usual torture gadgets but instead there was only a black cloth that seemed to cover something.
"Previous attempts at getting information did not work, so today we will be trying something a little more… drastic." The scientist walked around you, lifting the cloth to reveal a glowing blue syringe.
"Oh, wow, always wanted to try Zydrate." You joked before biting the inside of your cheek as another shock pulsed through your system. The lab coat chuckled.
"I must thank you for participating in our field test for this truth serum." The needle jabbed into your arm just as the door to the room broke down. The cold burn enveloped your arm as if you dipped it into a frozen lake, you could hear Raph calling out your name as the cold filled your lungs and every pump of your heart moved the icebergs that became your blood. Thankfully the burning cold melted into a chill as Raph dispatched the lab coat with ease just as his brothers entered the room. Everything in your head felt fuzzy, almost like a thin cloud of cotton candy formed around your senses.
"Don, they injected somthin' inta'er." The purple banded brother walked forward, taking the empty syringe from your arm.
"I'll run some tests when we get back to the lair." He did a quick check, noting how the limbic boundary (outer edge of the iris) was quickly turning a glowing blue color.
"Will she be okay?" Raph broke the chains that held you captive, moving quickly to catch you before you could fall to the floor. Standing was an issue for you at the moment. Along with everything else, you could barely focus on what was being said around you, as Raph's strong arm held you up with little to no problem. Donnie observed you with worried eyes.
"Until we figure out what it was that they injected into her, I can't say." You leaned against Raph's plastron, your head resting nicely against his shoulder.
"You're so handsome, Raphie." The words slurred past your lips as your eyes focused on Raph's face. "It's really hot when you get all protective." Silence swallowed the group as the turtles looked at you in absolute shock.
"I think they broke her brain or something, Don." Mikey was the first to recover, your vision blurs as you try to focus on Mikey, frowning at his insinuation.
"They did not." Raph's arm tightens around you keeping you from your attempt to stumble towards Mikey.
"Easy there Princess." You settled still pouting. Donnie grabbed your attention, softly calling your name.
"Can you tell us how you're feeling?"
"Feels like my blood was replaced with glacier water, and my brain's been wrapped in dryer lint." Donnie was about to open his mouth to ask another question when Leo stepped in.
"We can continue this back at the lair, but for now, can you walk?" The question was directed to you and testing out your still wobbly legs you shook your head grimacing. Leo nodded and looked at Raph. "You okay carrying her?" Mid question Raph had picked you up hooking your knees over his free arm. Your head swam with the sudden movement, eyes closing upon facing the wave of nausea.
"'m not trusting any of yous to do it." Your hands rested against his chest as you pushed your face against his shoulder. Without warning he took off running after his brothers. "It's okay, 'm not gonna drop yah." His words were low and warm against your ear.
"I know, I trust you with everything I have." You whispered, lips pressing against his shoulder, you felt the muscle jump at your action. "'m just a little dizzy right now."
You arrive at the lair without ceremony, Donnie quickly ushering Raph and you into his lab where he had you seated on an old exam chair. The lights were dimmed and the various machines buzzed and whirred in the room. Donnie ushered Raph out of the room and got to work drawing blood for samples. Conversation was light between you two, almost easier under the influence of the drug, as you said pretty much anything that came to mind, earning a few laughs from Dr. Don. It was a natural lull in the conversation, when your eyes moved over to some blueprints Don had up on the wall, it looked like some sort of laser or gun.
"Don, you know you're probably smart enough to find a way to just wipe out the entire human race, but I really like how you're kind and compassionate enough to not do that. Even though I really wouldn't blame you." Don hummed pulling a machine up to your head for a sort of brain scan as you spoke. "I really wish your brothers acknowledged just how- how good you are? Like not just smart, because everyone knows you're smart, but you're also so full of curiosity and ingenuity and the world would be such an amazing place if more people were like you and your brothers. I wish the world was better for you." Brown eyes regarded you softly as the scan continued mapping out brain activity.
"I know you do." He pulled the conversation away from whatever else you were wanting to say, bringing up some tests where he asked you to lie about what you saw and marked how the activity in your brain changed with each request.
"She said it was a truth serum." Donnie gathered his brothers in their kitchen, you were still in the lab, having fallen asleep while Don continued his tests. "Activity of her brain is consistent with the claim, the neural pathways of the brain connected to inhibitions have pretty much shut off, and all tests just support the hypothesis that the foot has developed an honest to goodness truth serum."
"So she's okay, right? she's just physically incapable of lying, or stopping herself from talking?" Mikey asked, his eyes moving from Don to Raph. Donnie rubbed a hand over his eyes.
"So far she seems okay, I just don't know how long it will last. Or the side effects associated with it." Mikey grinned, rubbing his hands together.
"Oh, shell yeah! This is going to be fun, we can ask her all sorts of questions. Like what her favorite pizza is, what flowers she likes, her favorite color, whether or not she's in love with Raph." Raph walloped Mikey in the arm.
"Shut it, we don't need to ask her anythin' Mikey."
"What, you're saying you already know everything about her?"
"What? No! Of course not! I'm just saying those are a bunch of stupid questions." Raph's hands curled into fists as he faced Mikey.
"You got any better questions?"
"She's awake." Leo's voice cut through the tension that Mikey was needling. All of the turtles attention turned to you as you slowly made your way out of the lab. Raph wanted to say you looked like a newborn deer with how unsteady you seemed. He quickly made his way over to you, helping you take a seat at the kitchen table, ignoring the looks from his brothers.
"You okay there, Princess?" You nod, taking one of his hands into your own, fingers softly tracing over the lines in his skin.
"I'm better now, I feel safer with you at least." Donnie, Mikey, and Leo exchange glances before taking their places at the table. Raph opted to stand, allowing you to study his hand as you pleased.
"Can you tell us what happened?" Leo asked you, casting his red banded brother an odd look.
"Classes ended around noon, probably because the professor still had a hangover, I picked up some flowers on my way back to the apartment, a few guys in black grabbed me at that busy intersection, the one where you guys fought the strange ooze fellow, I guess with so much going on no one noticed when they grabbed me, and I was thrown into the back of a van, I felt a needle go into my neck and lights out." You felt the muscles in Raph's arm ripple with anger and you let your fingers focus on massaging the meat of his palm and wrist. "When I came to, I was still super out of it, couldn't even recognize the english language, and that's when I was shot with the truth serum, and you all saved me almost immediately after that." You pause, looking around the table slowly. "I'm sorry for making you all worry." Raph awkwardly cleared his throat as you looked up at him, his lips parted but Leo interjected before he could speak.
"Did they ask you any questions?" You shook your head, gaze returning to the three fingered hand in yours.
"No, the lab coat just thanked me for participating in the trial. I did compare the drug to Zydrate, from Repo, but I don't think he's familiar with the movie."
"The first injection might have been something that would allow the truth serum to be more effective." Donnie muttered to himself. "I should see if I can replicate the formula, I could get started on an antidote just in case it lasts too long." You smile and nod.
"Yeah, I don't think I can work while under the influence of truth juice. It's hard enough dealing with a few of the customers without it, and I will get fired if I tell my boss they smell like rotten milk." Raph chuckles, his free hand resting on the back of your chair. Donnie nods before excusing himself to the lab. Leo also stands, ready to return to his meditation now that the situation has been mostly resolved.
"You're always welcome to stay here for as long as you need." He reassures you before excusing himself to the training room. Mikey wandered into the kitchen, after asking if you wanted anything. You still had Raph's hand captive with your own, fingers tracing over the hairline scars he gained from years of training and fights he's gotten into. Raph has always noticed how different your hands were to his, and now it seemed even more apparent. He had opened his mouth to say something but you beat him to it.
"I've always loved your hands." He blinks, mouth closing around the emotion that he found himself afflicted with when he was with you.
"Yeah?" He flexed the tendons you were tracing over, taking a seat next to you.
"You're incredible, I've seen you punch through walls," the pads of your fingers dance over his knuckles, "rip through metal as if it were tissue paper," his eyes fixed on your face as you spoke focusing on the tilt of your lips, "so powerful, so strong, so gentle." He shifted in his seat, uncomfortable with your praise. "These hands have saved all of New York, several times over, your hands have saved me more times than I can count." You bring his hand up, pressing your lips to a scar that's long since faded. His breathing is shallow as he whispers your name. "I want to hold your hands more often, I want to be held by you more often." His free hand moves to the side of your face and you lean into the contact with a sigh, the back of his neck prickled and he became aware of just how exposed the two of you were sitting at the table near the kitchen.
"Come on," he pulled you up with him, making a short trip to the kitchen to grab you both water. Mikey couldn't help but snicker at the sight of your joined hands, Raph shot the younger brother a glare as he led you towards his room.
"Shut it Mikey."
"I wasn't going to say anything!" The youngest protested, a can of soda in his hand. Raph grunted in disbelief quickly getting you to his room.
"There, uh, there should still be some of your clothes here if you want to change." He gently detangles his hand from yours, setting the waters to the side of his bed. You couldn't even remember when or why it happened but Raph's bottom drawer had long been home to your things for when you would stay over, either voluntarily like for a movie or game marathon, or involuntarily like the one time you were being stalked by Hun for a week. "I'll be back soon, I'll see if I can get your bag." He watches you carefully as you step towards him, wrapping your arms around him as well as you could manage. Your lips pressed against his shoulder for the second time that night and he enclosed you in his arms, eyes closing as he pressed his nose to the top of your head. He was used to you being affectionate, in the years that you've known the turtles you were always comfortable with them, you've never once flinched away from what he was, who he was. He doesn't remember when it started but he found himself craving your touch, craving your hand on his, he looked forward to the movie nights where you would curl up against his side, the tv marathons where you would fall asleep using him as your pillow, all the times you would stay over, all the times you would call him over to stay a few hours with you when you couldn't sleep. He tightened his grip on you, inhaling your scent, feeling your pulse and warmth as you melt against him.
"I don't want you to go." Hands trailed from his waist up his shell to his shoulders as he pressed your face against his chest. He didn't want to go either, but no matter how he looked at it, you were still under the influence of a mind altering substance and if he didn't get a grip on himself...
"I'll be right back." He inhaled one last time letting out a long breath before moving you away one of his hands moving your hair from your face. "I'll be right back." You nod, hands clasped in front of you as you watch him walk out of his room. He shuts the door, leaning against it with a heavy breath. Collecting himself he headed out.
It wasn't long before he returned, your school bag miraculously untouched and with the chrysanthemums you had picked up before being kidnapped relatively no worse for wear. Don was headed back to the lab with a mug of fresh coffee when Raph stopped him.
"Did she say anything... weird to yah while you were checking her over?" Don looked over the rim of the mug, seeing the flowers and bag in Raph's hand.
"Nothing that she probably hasn't thought about saying a thousand times before. She did thank me for not murdering the entire human race." Raph chuckled at that.
"Yeah, I can see her givin’ ya props for that. Anything else?" Anything about me, he wanted to say.
"Well I was under the impression that the two of you were already dating, I was wrong apparently."
"Why would you think we were dating? Whadda'yah mean already?" Don gave Raph an unimpressed look.
"You get moody and irrational when you don't see or hear from her for more than 15 hours, she has hearts next to your name in her contact list, and when she wasn't at her apartment you were willing to tear all of New York City to the ground to look for her despite the fact that I have a subdural tracker on her. And the fact that she was the one who suggested having a subdural tracker installed so that if she were kidnapped, or running late, or out with friends you would know where she was?" Raph could only sheepishly rub the back of his head as all the evidence was put out in front of him.
"I just, it feels wrong asking anything of her when she doesn't have the ability to say no." Donnie rubbed his tired eyes.
"She can still say no, in fact it might be easier for her now since she doesn't have that worry of making people like her. Everything that she says or does right now are things that she's always wanted to say or do, but thought better of. Now if I can go back to work?" Raph sighs and nods.
"Yeah, uh, thanks Don." Donnie gives Raph a small wave as he heads back towards the lab, and Raph turns to go back to his room.
You had made yourself quite comfortable in his room, changing into an oversized t-shirt, and a pair of shorts. You had debated on just wearing a pair of underwear under the shirt, but that might be moving too fast, and you want Raph to feel as safe with you as you felt with him. You poked about his room while you waited, finding a few worn out nude magazines under his bed, a few comics that he claimed to outgrow, and your favorite book, the pages well worn and the spine broken in several places. You settled into his bed, hugging his pillow tightly as you settled with the book in hand, it wasn't long after that Raph entered.
He stood frozen in the doorway, you looked like a dream come true, the shirt sliding off your shoulder, the shorts that covered exactly what they had to and not much else, his pillow in your arms as you leaned against the headrest. He didn't even register the book in your hands as your eyes watched him, the blue glow standing out against the normal color, the glow seemed to twist a knife in his gut, as he's reminded of the drug. Shaking his head he places your bag and the flowers on his dresser, removing his own weapons and belt. You slip off the bed with this want to be close to him.
"You're gorgeous, Raphael." You whisper as your fingers trail over a design in his shell. Green eyes meet yours from over his shoulder as he slowly turns, letting your hand flow with the movement until your palm is resting against his chest. His hand raises to yours, keeping it against him as he watches you. "The first time I saw you, you took my breath away."
"You can't lie, can you." You shook your head, and he knew already, from what Don said and Raph trusted Don the most out of all his brothers.
"I can't lie, I can't stop myself from wanting to be close to you, needing to be close to you. But I will back off, the best I can, if you're uncomfortable." His hand tightens at the last part.
"No." He shakes his head. "I don' wan'cha to worry abou' me." He feels a little more in control of his heartbeat now. Now that he feels your own pulse in your wrist, and how it jumps with his words. "Jus' promise me you'll still feel the same way when the serum ain't in your head." You were pouting as you focused on his lips.
"I've been in love with you for three and a half years now, my feelings aren't going anywhere, I'm not going anywhere." Raph was never good with words, one of the things you loved about him, he was blunt and his actions always spoke for him. And they spoke now as he removed his mask, using the same hand to pull you closer, his eyes begging for an answer to the question he couldn't ask as he pressed his bare forehead to yours. "I've always been yours."
The kiss was clumsy, all teeth and lips as he pulled you against him, he moved his hands, one on your neck the other grasping at your back, balling the fabric of your shirt in his fist, you matched the energy, placing a hand on the back of his head so he wouldn't move too far away, the other grasping at his shoulder. With each parting of lips one of you moved to reconnect. He moves the two of you onto the bed, and you finally pull away as you feel his hand move to cup your ass.
"Raphael." He growls at the sound of his name on your lips. "I want you, all of you, but maybe not right now?" He takes a few deep breaths nodding at your words. "I want my first time to be in my apartment, with you. I have an entire outfit planned to seduce you and everything." He laughed at that, moving his hand up to rest on your waist. "And I really don't care if Mikey hears us, but I would be mortified if Master Splinter does, and I would rather not traumatize Donnie." He nuzzles your hair, pressing soft kisses to your forehead and crown.
"Okay, I waited this long, I can wait until you say it's okay." You hum, leaning against him.
"You are absolutely wonderful, and amazing, and I love you, and I know you somewhat feel the same, at least I hope you do because this would be really awkward if you didn't." Your rambling was cut short by his kisses.
"I love ya too."
The rest of the night continued with Raph holding you close, kissing you into silence when you compliment him too much, asking you questions that he always wanted to know. Finding out that you thought of him as the most attractive brother, you didn't really like pizza but would gladly eat it if it meant you could spend time with the guys. You stopped watching them train and spar because, in your own words, "You're too sexy when you fight and I didn't want to make you or your brothers uncomfortable with my ogling you when you're just trying to train." The conversation tapered down by mid morning, the lair was silent and your eyes were heavy. Raph's arm kept you tucked against his side as he curled himself around you.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why'da keep it to yerself for so long?" His voice was a low sleepy grumble and you nuzzled your face against his neck.
"At first I didn't tell you because I had no idea if you wanted a romantic partner, if you would even consider a human for a mate, and the fact that you gave no indication of finding me attractive," he tightened his hold on you at those words, "I didn't want to misread anything. Didn't want to put you in a position where you felt like you had to say yes. You're the type to put your happiness aside for your family and I wasn't sure how to approach you in a way that would put that fear at ease. So I hoped if you made the first move then it would be of your own volition." Your sentence was punctuated with yawns and sleepy kisses to his chin and throat. His churs easily put you to sleep, as he mulled your words over inside his head.
Evening rolled around and you were making everyone breakfast with Mikey, having spent a good hour in Don's lab per his request. Raph sat at the kitchen island, smiling as you fed him a slice of bacon or two, without Mikey noticing. You had the kettle boiling for Leo and Master Splinter's tea, and a pot of coffee ready for Donnie, who left his lab as you were preparing more batter for Mikey.
"I have good news." The purple banded terrapin announced, pouring himself another cup of coffee. "It looks like the serum is temporary, and should only last another day or two." You nod with a bright smile. "I would still like to study the after effects so I hope you won't mind coming down to the lair every day just so I can run a quick scan." You share a look with Raph.
"Sounds like another amazing plan to me." You take the plate of pancakes that Mikey finished making. "Oh, Don, do you know if it's possible for Raph and I to have children?"
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Rise August 2024: Weapons
Summary: Raph has a nightmare about being created, viewed, and used as a weapon. His brothers are there to ground him.
Trigger warning: Gets a bit gory when towards the end of the nightmare, mentions of bodily fluids, blinding someone, and neck-snapping. A main character dies (but not really, it’s a dream.)
A/N: Never realized how hard it was to do these challenges. Whew! Kudos to authors who do monthly challenges like this. Anyway, enjoy the hurt/comfort!
Raph was having a training session with Barry in the crumbled courtyard outside the castle. Raph was using his tonfas today, mostly in position one, ramming the short end of them into rock after rock in an explosive burst of power. Barry animated the rubble into lumbering golems with hooks for hands. Magical sigils glowed at the center of their chests. Raph grinned, flipped his tonfas so the long side pointed forward, and stabbed each of them through the sigil until they crumbled into gravel.
“Not bad,” Barry said approvingly. “I’ve always been impressed with your destructive power.”
“Shell yeah!” Raph said, pumping both fists. “That’s what the Mad Dogs are about!”
“Mmm, quite. Childish moniker aside, you make an excellent weapon.”
He rolled his eyes. “Barry, you still can’t sic me on the high school kids. No matter how much they quote memes at you.”
“But think of the senseless violence!”
“That’s Red for you,” Splinter said, nodding. He was sitting on a rock next to Barry, eating his way through a box of donuts.
Raph frowned. Had he been there before?
“You should have seen him when he was little,” Splinter continued, waving his fork. “The first time he tried to skateboard, he used Blue’s board. Broke it clean in two. Blue cried for hours!”
Raph grimaced. “Raph didn’t know how strong he was.”
“Or that time he was playing football. He tried to swipe it from Orange, but hit his stomach instead. Orange went flying! If Blue hadn’t caught him, Orange would have smacked shell-first into a pipe.”
Raph’s stomach twisted. “That was an accident.”
“And of course there was the time he nearly carved Purple out of his shell. That was the first time he turned into Savage Raph.”
“An appropriate title,” Draxum approved.
Raph stared at Splinter. “But – you never called me that,” he sputtered. “That’s – that’s what I called it, but you said – you never call me Savage –”
Splinter rolled his eyes. “I should be calling you that instead of ‘Red.’ You’re built to be a weapon. Even against your own family!”
“No! Raph would never hurt –”
Suddenly a river gushed over Raph’s feet, strong enough to force him back even though it only came up to his ankles. He stumbled. He was standing on the outstretched palm of the Crying Titan. Its stony fingers curled up and around him. No – not fingers. They were the giant stone figures of his family. The river around Raph’s feet gushed from the empty sockets of the Titan’s skull. That wasn’t right. The hand was supposed to be farther away, but it was now so close it looked like the Titan was going to claw out its own eye and squash Raph against his cheek in the process.
Suddenly the rushing river turned a bright, sickening pink. A cloying rot filled Raph’s nose. Ice-cold shock gripped Raph’s spine. The smell was sickly, sour, and unmistakable, burned deep into the back of his brain.
Sister Krang and Brother Krang emerged from the Titan’s right socket.
“Well, well,” Sister cackled. “If it isn’t my brother’s favorite toy soldier.”
Raph snarled. His heart pounded. “Get your eye checked, Lady. Your brother ain’t here to hold me back.”
“Correction. He isn’t here to hold me back.”
Raph charged before she was done talking, but Sister was faster. She shot forward with the same move she’d used to try and skewer Leo. Raph side-stepped and twisted his left sai – hadn’t he been holding his tonfas? – but he slipped in the river. He turned the dive into a flip, trying to toss her, but the tentacle he’d blocked wrapped around his arm so tightly he couldn’t feel it anymore. He roared and stabbed with his other tonfa.
Her eye burst, the point of his sai driving deep into her rubbery flesh. Viscous fluid the color of motor oil spurted over Raph’s hand and then his wrist as he drove deeper, deeper, until he heard a nasty crack –
Leo’s body dropped from his hand, already cold.
Raph stared at his arm in shock, disfigured with bulging swells of Krang infection. The technodrome? No, he’d – he’d been fighting the Krang, he hadn’t – he’d never –
Prime Krang’s voice purred in his head. “Wonderful. An excellent weapon. Assimilate the others.”
Raph’s vision swung and he was facing the throne. Mikey and Donnie struggled in their prisons, screaming for him to wake up. Raph was screaming, too, but he couldn’t talk. He couldn’t even stop walking. He was moving closer to Donnie, Donnie was screaming, Raph couldn’t hear him, he couldn’t hear anything, he couldn’t stop – he couldn’t stop –
The sudden sensation of being crushed forced air out of Raph’s lungs. Raph’s brain felt like it was being torn apart and twisted, every sensation so distorted and overwhelming that Raph couldn’t tell where he was or even what he was. Was he still a Krang zombie? Did he have his hands back? Was he breathing? Was he dead?
Were his brothers –
He tried to scream, but he couldn’t hear it. He felt his jaw scrape something rough. Had he opened his mouth? He tried it again, scraping harder, pouring all of his concentration into the single point of contact.
Other bits and pieces forced their way through the chaos. He lying on his plastron. He wasn’t being crushed. There was something heavy on his back. His hands felt weird, but he could move both of them. He curled and uncurled his fingers. It took him a while to feel it happening. He felt numb and sore and jittery, like he’d swallowed six of Donnie’s patented energy drinks and then been trapped in stone with nowhere for the energy to go. Then he realized he was moving at least a little bit. There were ice gels packed around his neck and tucked into the back of his shell. He was shivering. He blamed it on the cold. A trickle of condensation ran down his shoulder and he gagged. He wanted to throw up but his stomach felt too liquified to know how to contract.
Someone was talking. As soon as he noticed, he realized someone had been talking the whole time he’d been awake. It was Donnie’s voice.
“…September 21st, 2:14:01 AM Eastern Standard Time. You are in your room. The lights are turned down low. There are cold packs around your neck to induce sluggishness, and a weighted blanket on your back to activate your parasympathetic response. You are safe. Everyone is safe. You are Raphael Hamato. It is September 21st, 2:14:18 AM…”
Raph was having trouble hearing him. He’d left his mouth open and he was breathing way too hard. His muscles were so stiff it hurt, but h forced his head to turn. He needed to see Donnie.
Donnie saw his head shift and paused, stepping closer. “Raph? Are you lucid?”
Raph tried to talk. A croak came out. He forced himself to nod.
“Good. You had a nightmare. Don’t touch your face.”
“My…face?”
There was a sudden knock at Raph’s door. Leo poked his head in, squinting. “Heeeey, Raphie. You alive in here?”
The light from the door made everything blurry. No, not the light. Something was wrong with Raph’s vision. He tried to squint and a sharp pain stabbed straight through his skull.
“Ow –”
“Hey hey hey!” Leo was in front of him instantly, grabbing Raph’s hands. “Looks like you messed up your eye, buddy. Let me rinse it and then we’ll get the drops.”
Raph growled. “Ugh. Hate those.”
“Then don’t scratch your eye. Did you wear your patch to bed?”
He squirmed. “No. Forgot.”
“No chore chart sticker for you.”
“Wouldn’t’a scratched if I hadn’t had a nightmare,” Raph muttered. “S’like I’m being punished for a bad dream.”
“I can fix that,” Donnie said, typing rapidly on his vambrace. “There. Shelldon will have the den set up for a turtle pile in 2.43 minutes, complete with a large pitcher hot chocolate.”
Leo shot him a suspicious look. “I thought Shelldon was banned from the kitchen after the Dutch Oven Incident.”
“He is. Mikey’s making it.”
“With little marshmallows?” Raph asked hopefully.
“And freeze dried strawberries.”
“Ahp-up-up!” Leo sing-songed, dangling Raph’s saline eye wash in front of him. “Strawberries are only for good snapper turtles who hold still.”
Raph grumbled, but held still anyway. He really did like freeze dried strawberries.
When they were done, Donnie pulled the icepacks off Raph’s neck and handed him a towel. He sat up and scrubbed his scales dry. The rough texture felt really good. He ran it over his face, too, careful to avoid his eye, scraping away the eye wash that had dripped down his face. Then he dropped the towel on the floor to handle later and levered himself to his feet.
The den was already set up for an Official Turtle Pile Sleepover, complete with a thick spread of fluffy blankets and a Jupiter Jim movie already playing on the wall. Mikey stood at the ice hockey table, which now doubled as a hot chocolate stand. Shelldon hovered at Mikey’s shoulder. Mikey was pouring with his eyes closed, but cracked one open when he heard them enter.
“M-m-mornin’,” he yawned. “Chockie?”
“With strawberries,” Leo said, patting Raph’s arm.
“Ooooh, eye drops. Extra berries for Raph.”
He handed Raph his favorite half-gallon mug, covered with mini marshmallows, whipped cream, red sprinkles, and a generous heaping of freeze-dried strawberries. Raph’s face lit up and he plunged his beak straight down, slurping up the coco and half-melted toppings. He caught the crisp fruit slices and crunched them between his teeth. He was pleasantly cool from the ice, and feeling the warmth spread through him felt amazing. His stomach settled and he sighed deeply.
“Th’nks for the compl’ment,” Mike mumbled sleepily, nursing his own cup.
Leo squealed. “Oooh, I didn’t know we had blueberries! Yes!”
“I robbed a grocery store!” Shelldon said proudly.
“Insert parent-figure approval,” Donnie said, doling out his own toppings into separate cups.
When they’d each prepared their cups, they piled onto the blankets. Raph sat with his shell against the sofa, legs crossed with Mikey nestled in his lap. Leo leaned on Raph’s left side and Donnie on his right. Shelldon perched on Raph’s shell and restarted the movie. Jupiter Jim IV, one of Raph’s favorites.
“You good?” Leo asked him.
“Blood pressure has dropped to resting levels,” Donnie announced.
“I really don’t want to know how you know that.”
Raph chuckled and scrubbed a hand over Leo’s head. “Yeah, bro. I’m good.”
A/N: Gentle reminder that if you know someone who needs help coming out of traumatic episodes, PLEASE talk to them about it well before it happens so you know what will help and what to avoid. I like to think Data Collection Donnie and Dr. Feelings got together and created lists of useful strategies for all four brothers. Donnie responded first because he received alerts from subcutaneous medical trackers he absolutely did(n't) put in Raph.
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