#ahc dark turtles

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Hello, I have so many questions for this au and this one portrays the aftermath can't be more accurate. 

To the usual cases of some people who get involved in huge news and constantly judged by society along with victim blaming , dichotomy, etc . 

Judging by the views of people whether they are involved with Darius’s dirty business or not , would Cody be facing difficulties in bringing light to his uncle’s crimes that brought up trouble to other people working in O’Neil Tech and other related companies ?

Would Dark Turtles face discrimination due to the fact they are underage kids who shatter their former employer’s illusion of glory along with under the guise of the CEO position , causing the downfall of  “one of the greatest people in society ” or probably the fact that they are clones that consist of DNA of both vertebrate and one of the most invasive alien species among the galaxy (not sure if the newspapers have posted or anyone knows it ) and causing numerous concerns on this one due to the hazardous case on Moonbase before .  

As well as the President’s temporary custody of them, what measurements would they take if they are planing to engage in activities like traveling ? Is it not as strict as in NNYC where people has fully aware of or remains the same ? Also here’s a specific question, since Cody’s age has almost reached to mature level and concerning that Dark Turtles’ maturity level has great contrasts on both physiology and mentality .

Even though if some of the cloned subjects have mature mentality but they do not have sufficient experience due to psychic link of other people’s experiences instead of their own . 

How long would they be considered as “mature” as an adult? Like over 18 or 21 in growing age or gaining enough experience ?

What are your views on the differences between growth of genetic cloning and normal growth ?

🌙 We’ll see a little bit of this a few more chapters ahead (because we do wanna dig into O’Neil Tech a little) but yes, Cody does indeed struggle somewhat with taking over, having played part in Dunn’s downfall. He was already viewed as a boy genius though and it was always kind of expected that he’d inherit the company eventually, so a lotta people are just like, “yea okay.”

🐢 The Dark Turtles do face more backlash, partly because they were seen just like y’know. Doing crimes! So people are already somewhat inclined to dislike them. And playing part in Dunn’s trial probably makes some people think that maybe the Darks are just doing it to get out of their own punishments. Being as big and hulking as they are, AND being easy to anger, they often get seen more as henchmen and less as the manipulated children they are.

The fact that they’re Kanabo clones is a scandal in and of itself too, especially since this revelation came shortly after Stockman’s assassination attempt and the consequent forgiveness of it — it seems that the topic of cloning bodies and ethics and laws of it is becoming popular now! It serves to dehumanize the turtles at times, something that Cody is quick to try and reassure them about, with mixed results.

(Also Dunn was really not “one of the greatest” in any way. Guy was one CEO -of a company he inherited, by the way, it’s not like he was a founder or anything either- on one planet in a massive alliance made up of multiple solar systems. Let’s not overestimate his influence and accomplishments.)

🌙 Honestly right now the kids aren’t planning to travel anywhere. When they go out, they are followed by an EPF special unit bodyguard, and mostly they just like to go to the mall, now that they somewhat understand how it works. Blue occasionally ventures out for plants or plant related stuff, and Cody is slowly organizing his things at O’Neil Tech :) But like, yea, they just sort of wander around. The world is big and not everyone is always paying attention to the news, so the odds of them getting recognized are, I’d say, 50/50. The bodyguard might actually draw the most attention, unless it’s Hambone, who’s short enough to not get noticed right away next to four giant turtles.

🐢 Honestly, the age thing is sort of up in the air rn. Generally, right now, the Dark Turtles are legally classified as minors both on account of how long they’ve actually been alive and on account of how little experience they have with the world around them. How old are they supposed to be? When will they be considered adults? Should it be based on the Splintersons? Should it be based on how long Kanabos live for? Should someone make a legal definition specifically for clones? Many questions, few clear answers. But worry not, they will be asking them, too. After all, they know so little about themselves, the poor kids. The blank spaces will start mattering eventually.

Long story short: All great questions! We will get to them! :)

— Trauma

PS: Personally, my take is that if you grow a clone to be physically a certain age, it’s always gonna fuck them up, and I’d compare it to someone growing up as a very sheltered child. You might be able to survive in a certain very specific environment (Purple can drive the Terrorpin, all of them can fight), but there will be huge gaps in your knowledge, especially regarding social interaction and norms (“we all have genders.”—“We do?”) (“so is no one else gonna use ‘PresiDad’?”) and stuff typically taught in schools (Purple is the only one who can read and spell correctly with no trouble).

Additionally, with the turtles so freshly made, they don’t know very much about their own bodies! Think of all the things that you know about your own body and it’s functions and malfunctions — you know that puberty comes with a lot of gross changes, you know that a headache might mean you’re dehydrated, you know that a stomachache might mean food poisoning, you know if you’re tired you need to sleep and if you’re overwhelmed by a crowded room you need space and quiet.

The Darks don’t really know… ANY of that. Purple might, and they might all wager a guess or two, but it’s all guesswork. That is the biggest trouble with their origins — they were never meant to be alive. They were just meant to be weapons.

[teenagemutantninjatrauma]

Going to put them in the @obscure-au-comp mark my words

(If we qualify I’m gonna post the finished piece ehehehe)

[secreterces5]

Now with a friend! :D

Ninja in training!

[ahc-au]

First i wanna say thankyou so much for making dark turtles content. The boys deserve more love.

I also wanted to ask about purple after reading the last chapter. Whats his deal. The others while definitely mean still share some obvious personality traits with the OG turtles. 2003 don was really sweet from what I remember so it seems like a huge 180.

Hey, we're happy to provide! They are such brainrot material for sure <33

There is a lot going on in the minds of all the children, it's just, as I'm sure you noticed, that Purple tends to be the most vocal and blunt about having an issue.

And right now, there's a lot of issues to have. They all have to deal with the trial, and being thrust into the public eye for it, and the fact that they're supposed to be..... well, they're supposed to be something, surely, right? Clones? People? Copies of the Splintersons? After all, you yourself drew a comparison between Purple and Donnie, and Purple is the smart one of the group. But, consider - being the smart one, having the least limited knowledge of how the world they are now in works, means that Purple is very much aware of how up in the air their situation is right now.

Who wouldn't be frustrated? So maybe, possibly, it might just be all that.

Life has become real complicated real fast. Any kid would be at the very least annoyed and at worst, well... [shrugs]

-- Trauma

Worth noting, as well, in a meta sense we're approaching the Darks Turtles with more of an emphasis on how they're portrayed on-screen, themselves, rather than trying to stick too closely to their counterparts' characterization. They do take some traits from them, but they're their own people, and they're going to develop in different ways, too!

Purple, specifically, has some strong feelings about who he was cloned from and what that means for his role in the group, but we'll get more into that later heheh. All I'll say for now it that he's shown to have some desire to be seen as Donny's superior, intellectually, and we're taking some cues from that!

--Adelram

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Why do Dark Turtles dressed up as gladiators or something

Is it because of its like a part of Kanabo culture or it came handy in combat mode as armors or something

Honestly given the parasitic nature of ordinary Kanabos and Sh'Okanabo implying that they're barely surviving, I doubt there's much culture left. It's just good to have armor, especially if you're a mutant that probably shouldn't exist.

Of course, the meta explanation is just that it looks cool and makes the Darks look more scary and villainous :) that's why, at the start of AHC, most of their armor and their weapons have been confiscated by the Peacekeepers. I mean, no need for that if you're not planning to commit any more crimes, and nobody really likes to physically fight these days anyway, right?

-- Trauma

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If the public acknowledged the difficulties of being a clone and does not have nor know anything better other than just being a "living" weapon that can be discarded anytime or once their purpose has been fulfilled would this also greatly change their views upon them and the shape of society as well? It's a futuristic 22nd century that is filled with advanced tech after all

Honestly, maybe. Cloning is a very complicated issue, hence why it was just outlawed as soon as issues started arising. We'll deal with all the shaky answers by simply not asking the question. If you aren't making clones, you can't have moral dilemmas about them, y'know?

Unfortunately, this also means that a massive portion of people is forming opinions about cloning for the first time in their lives, and their one example are four criminals. It's very easy to have a negative bias, so this probably serves to dehumanize the Darks, and that'll be rough to fight, especially because the turtles are barely getting ahold of everything that is happening around them. It's like... imagine you've just discovered you've been in a cult up until now, and have to learn to live outside of it. You don't really usually have much time or energy to argue with/educate people who think you're a monster because you grew up in a cult. You're too busy going "holy shit I was in such a horrible situation, what the HELL do I even do now??"

So, in short - if someone takes the time to explore what being made through cloning means (perhaps with the help of the Famous Jay's guy?) that would serve to humanize the Darks.

All of the advanced tech in the world isn't always enough to make people actually give a shit, though, unfortunately. But let's hope for the best!

-- Trauma

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The full banner didn't quite fit, so here's the bigger version!

--Adelram

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Unfortunately the obscure AU competition will not be happening but that simply means you guys get this picture in high quality now :) selfie time! They can and will beat you up!

- Trauma

Textless version:

[teenagemutantninjatrauma]

how about the twos for the pic game? 2, 12, 22!

2. What version do you feel needs more attention (screen or print)?

12. Who is your favorite minor or recurring character?

22. Show us a picture of one of your TMNT OCs (if you have one)

You get a terribly cropped picture of Andreia Tulip because technically that's AHC spoilers but I gotta remember that she exists lmao

[ahc-au]

🌏 AHC AU 🌎

Cody Augustus Jones

date of birth : 28th of April, 2090

planet of origin : Earth

species : human

pronouns : he/him/his/himself

gender : male

age : 15

occupation : heir to the company O’Neil Tech, regularly inventing new tools and machines for the company to use and produce

hobbies & interests : engineering, tracking down and collecting family memorabilia

Until recently, Cody Jones had lived a very isolated life, raised technically by his uncle Dunn (but we all know Serling actually did all the work, let’s be honest). That all changed after he built the Time Window, which turned out to be a little too effective and brought to him a new part of his family, the ninja turtles and master Splinter. They all encouraged Cody to trust himself more, to become more independent, and to question his uncle’s shady behavior. He’d since gone on more adventures in a few short months than he ever thought he could, he’d faced formidable foes and won, and by the time the Splintersons had to return home, they knew Cody would do okay on his own.

They didn’t mean to take Serling away with them, but he’s gone now, nevertheless, and Cody worries how he’ll deal with everything on his own in the wake of Darius Dunn’s arrest and trial. He is under the protection of President Bishop, a man that he deeply admires (and that he’s saved the world with before!) and lives with the Dark Turtles in the presidential condo (ooh, fancy). He and the Kanabo turtles feel a certain level of solidarity in how they were respectively abused by Dunn, though Cody can’t help but feel like he should’ve done something sooner. He’s decided to at least look after them now and help them navigate the world they’ve been brought into.

(And if Cody had a nickel for every time he helped a family of mutants navigate the world despite barely having explored any of it himself, he’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s enough to perhaps make him get attached quicker than he should.)

official character tag : #ahc cody / #ahc cody jones (chances are neither of the authors will remember to use just one or the other ^^’)

~ art and moodboard by authors!

[secreterces5]

The cast of the AHC AU is growing bigger by the day!

Unsure if I ever posted these properly? So here’s two of our bodyguards (Ro and Ritter) from the first day at the new home, as well as the children and a third bodyguard (Hambone) on a shopping trip just a day later :) I’m particularly proud of the Dark Turtles, safe for Purple this is the first time I’ve drawn full-body drawings of them and they came out great :D also, BOY these turtles are massive, it keeps on surprising me.

Ritter and Hambone belong to my friend Ade aka VioletVulpini who’s co-writing AHC with me, Ro Glowborn is mine :)

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I like the Actions Have Consequences series- even if I do think it's somehow possible the Turtles survived to 2105 and didn't say anything.

Darius was honestly the most infuriating part of Fast Forward and DNA Is Thicker Than Water really shows off how much the Dark Turtles struggle to survive. On the other hand, Darius is a great example of the mistaken quote "blood is thicker than water" and how the actual quote "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" usurps it.

President Bishop is struggling to handle his chaotic children, which seems pretty normal for him... but when dealing with Darius, I would not have been so nice and just put a hit out on him. But you know, President and stuff.

Aha, I do actually agree with the headcanon that the turtles survived until 2105 and are alive and well, in fact I wrote a whole fic about it for last year’s tmntober! :D we don’t really touch on it in ahc so whether or not they’re alive is honestly up to the reader in this case tbh <3

Also like, why put out a hit on someone who’s already in your control, you know?

Happy you like the story so far! ^v^

— Trauma

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Are Cody and DTs fully aware of the president's past history before forming the pan galactic alliance in this au Does Cody know it like when he reads his great-grandfather's journals ?

Ah well the journal is… perhaps not the best source of information, in our AU at least.

I don’t know if this will ever come up in AHC but, you know how in the BTTS season at one point the turtles get mind controlled, April and Casey fight them, and what snaps the turtles out of it is good memories?

That’s what the journal is. It’s their good memories, a log starting with “you came back home from the future safe” that April and Casey intend to keep for as long as they can until it’s full of a good life. It still has a lot of their adventures, but, you know, the good ones, the ones that they won or had fun with or learned something cool from, because April and Casey concluded that the turtles probably remember the traumatic bits plenty.

This has two pretty important outcomes for Cody: he idolizes the turtles a little, seeing them almost as superheroes, AND he doesn’t really get to hear a lot about the actual villains - including, of course, both Dr. Stockman and Agent Bishop. They’re just, not mentioned, because that wasn’t what the journal was for.

So, short answer: Bishop has covered up his tracks thoroughly (for a good reason) and there’s only a few people around who know what his deal is, namely Dr. Stockman, who, of course, has a keen interest in not telling people about it. So Cody and the Dark Turtles have no way of knowing.

But, hey, they don’t really need to know anyway! Bishop’s chill now and establishing world peace, so no need to worry about that, surely :)

— Trauma

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What if other Dark Turtles got Lazer blasted and taken in to the penthouse for treatment of his injuries

Like purple would have got every system hacked and letting the others infiltrate but I doubt that would happen because nobody except himself could use the Terrorpin

Well Red could've got a huge appetite than the others but it needs to be more cautious to handle the big guy OH boy

But Yellow would eventually get along well with Mikey like his childish nature(That's why he's my favorite) but got headsmacked(?)

Hmm.. let's remember that these are AHC versions of them, buuut...

Purple would definitely be the hardest to win over. I think with the history that Donnie has reflecting on who Purple is (shoutout to all the headcanons about Purple looking like a lizard because of Donnie's second mutation), the Splintersons would also be more inclined to try and help, though. It's a 50/50 chance on whether Purple goes "fuck you, don't baby me, I'm killing all of you <3" or whether he reluctantly adopts some of their mentality.

Red would probably be stubborn but realize eventually that he's having an okay time and actually likes these people? And might openly side with them against his brothers, too! Why would he fight these people who are nicer to him than his own brothers? I think Raph would be really, really weird about Red, though. Mostly forrr spoiler reasons ^v^

Yellow.. man. Yellow and Mikey would not get along on account of how much energy they both have? They'd compete at everything, although the bonus to this might be that Yellow accidentally ends up genuinely trying to impress Splinter and the other turtles, and bonding with them in the process? And then he's like oh! Wait this is fun!! And people aren't constantly calling me an idiot?? Wild!

And mannn now I'm imagining how that episode would go with different Dark Turtles getting shot. Someone should get on that, tmnt fandom please I summon thee-

-- Trauma

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🪝 Who keeps leaving all these hooks everywhere?? 🪝

💫 Hi! We are Adelram and Charlie/Trauma (both of us use all pronouns) and we are completely normal about this AU! There are definitely not thirteen Google documents full of notes under our rug!

🌏 This AU is centered around the many loose threads that Fast Forward didn’t have time to elaborate upon after the ninja turtles went back home. President Bishop’s morality is questionable at best, Cody’s only family left is a war criminal on the run, the Dark Turtles don’t even have proper names… and the world of 2105 is new and vast, who knows where life will lead us?

💫 Link to the AO3 fic series! ;; Character ref/intro masterpost! ;; Link to the AHC Vibes Spotify playlist!

🌏 Tags! #ahc art for our art ;; #ahc fics for fic updates ;; #ahc asks for chatting with you! #ahc cinematic universe is for vaguely related aus we made based on this au!

Adelram's other blogs - @violetvulpini (art blog) ;; @adelrambles (ramble blog)

Trauma's other blogs - @secreterces5 (art blog) ;; @teenagemutantninjatrauma (turtle blog)

[secreterces5]

🦋 Hi, I'm Charlie! This is my art blog! I also have a main (secreterces-charlie), a turtle blog (teenagemutantninjatrauma) and a somewhat DST oriented blog that is more like a second main (charlie-charlie-yes-i-am-here).

🦋 I mostly post Don't Starve and TMNT art right now, as well as attempts at original stuff :)

🦋 I do commissions! If you'd like to learn more about those, head on over to here 👉 https://secreterces5.carrd.co

🦋 I also have a ToyHouse for all my OCs and sonas and whatnot, because I keep making more, unfortunately!

⭐ General organization tags! ⭐

#🌹 charlie's art ;; #🌹 oc art ;; #🌹 self art ;; #🌹 charlie's animations

#🌹 chareblog ;; #🌹 my friends' art! ;; #🌹 other people's ocs

⭐ Ongoing stuff! ⭐

🌹 2k3 separated AU - a TMNT 2003 Separated AU! Mikey is a Timestress, Leo is a Foot Ninja, and Donnie is missing entirely. Raph, after growing up with only his dad, decides to try and find his brothers!

🌹 Revolution Radio AU - a fic I'm writing on AO3! The 2003 ninja turtles start a radio broadcast!

🌹 AHC AU - art for the Actions Have Consequences AU, co-written with @/violetvulpini on AO3, about president Bishop accidentally adopting Cody Jones and the Dark Turtles after the Fast Forward season.

🌹 Clone Zixx Theory - art operating on my headcanon that Zixx is a Bishop clone. Mostly made this tag for adding context to my art, not gonna lie.

🌹 TCAJ - To Catch a Jackdaw, a to-be-published original story of mine about different worlds intertwining and causing magical events of catastrophic proportions. Currently involving characters Aran, Flip and Iotash.

🌹 the haters club - a roleplay inspired scenario between me and a friend where several no-longer-human people team up to be racist against monsters who literally did nothing to them. they make each other worse and are besties. Currently consisting of DST Charlie, TMNT Stockman and Bishop, and TOH Belos (and Lilith, kinda?)

🌹 Survivor Charlie AU - a Don't Starve AU where Charlie is somehow dethroned and now one of the Survivors!

🌹 Magician Interview! - small DST snippets of Charlie and Maxwell's life before... well, before.

Graveyard of unlikely-to-be-elaborated-upon-right-now AUs under the cut 👍

🌹 Spider Queen Charlie AU - Maxlie but they're cannibalistic spider hybrids

🌹 DST pirates AU - Maxwell is a somewhat struggling pirate captain. Wilson Higgsbury never wanted to be a pirate but ends up having to work with one anyways. They seek out the pirate queen for help, but unfortunately, there is relationship drama involved.

🌹 Understarve AU - An Undertale AU of Don't Starve Together. Wilson Higgsbury, a human, loses his way and wanders into a world of monsters. Maxwell and Charlie are plant monsters, studying magic to hopefully one day free monsterkind.

🌹 Spilled Beans AU - A Don't Starve AU where Maxwell tells Charlie everything. They are doomed, either way.

🌹 Stolen Blessing AU - Philza Minecraft is an angel committing crimes. It doesn't work out great for him.

🌹 The Sun Can't Stop Us AU - An Apritello Rise of the TMNT AU based on the Greatest Showman movie where Donnie is an acrobat and April falls in love with him.

🌹 UDOA AU - Unwanted, Dead or Alive! A Fast Forward AU in which somehow, Leo is the only ninja turtle left standing as his family goes missing and their disappearance is pinned on him. With the help from the Dark Turtles, he now has to clear his name and find his family, all the while looking for the true culprit behind this and bonding with his kind-of-sort-of brothers.

🌹 Old Man Mikey AU - The year is 2275, and you have just graduated under your master with the title of chūnin. "Who will be my new master, though, sensei?" you inquire, unable to contain your curiosity. Your sensei names a person that you frankly didn't even think was real. "The Ancient One, of course." (Or, Mikey became the Ancient One long after Fast Forward.)