#and they're mama's boys so they'll do it without hesitation

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A mod for tech that thr Jones boys might end up inventing(?) Is 'RT Solar Flare Shields' (And possibly RT Fuses to soak the Zzzzts!) I could see them developing the solar flare shield as a gift for Al so he doesn't deactivate everytime there's a glare.

Thank you for sharing your stories and art with us, I love these two misanthropic goobers. (And look forward to their family showing up eventually! I'm sure the reveal that the boys have been living on nutrient paste for however many years will be... interesting if any of the fam are culinaryily inclined XD)

Ooh, that does seem like something the Jones boys would invent for their android buddy!! Thank you for the excellent suggestion!

I'm so glad people are enjoying the story, and I hope you all continue to enjoy it. The Archonexus ending is aaages away, so we'll have these two misanthropic goobers hanging around for a while.

Funnily enough, Mechi's mum/mom/ma Squashbug has a burning passion for cooking and is something around level ten in cooking ability, along with the gourmand trait. I'm sure she'll have some very harsh words for her son and his newly discovered twin (and triplet, if we ever resurrect Lansa) once she makes it to Sparks.

Yamka and Lapu are probably putting up with a lot of fretting from her as they search the planet—she also has the neurotic trait, so she's especially anxious about her baby.

bonus drawing of baby Mechi helping his mama in the kitchen because I thought it'd be cute to draw ❤️

[thedawningofthehour]

I stumbled upon this post again

Fai, please stop coming out with these kind of scenarios, they are depressing!!! And of the kind that I eat up!!!!

I would like to know more!

Many- if not all- leo's Sep AU's with Draxum have Draxum being abusive to varying degrees, that it would be interesting to see one with a Draxum who at least tries to love his son and be a good father and still fails.

Leo would be his usual self, wich annoy Draxum, and causes self estem issues, but that's okay, in the end they only have each other and Leo doesn't really have competition, until he does, because his Long Lost missing Brothers show up and it turns out Draxum likes them more, which would be much more mess up because this Leo doesn't really have connections outside of Draxum. It all be complicated and 'll Will eat it with fries.

I mean, I've never really thought out how he'd be raising each of the boys alone, really just all together or just with Donnie. Donnie, I feel like is such a perfect parallel to Draxum that it just makes sense for a separated AU Draxum to get Donnie in the divorce. Like, Splinter and Big Mama, you could make an argument that pairing them up with any of the other three would fit in a unique and interesting way, but Draxum was just meant to have Donnie. (also I love how all separated AUs are like "hokay, obviously three of the parents are Draxum, Big Mama, and Splinter, and the fourth is...fuck, I dunno, the Foot? Hueso?") Not that I don't like other separated AUs where Donnie is raised by someone else, (Little Prince my beloved) but Donatello Draxum is just poetic.

But, going along this line of thinking, with the 'doth Draxum actually raises Galois from a hatchling' fantasy set of events except it's not Donnie he ended up with but another turtle...hmm.

(I'm going to use Donnie and Galois interchangeably for this post deal with it)

Well, for starters, he'd be less protective over the other boys than he is with Gale right now. (honestly, he'd be less protective of Galois too if he'd raised him for sixteen years, but that's for another post) He still would be overprotective, and he'd do the same isolating thing with any of the other boys and hide their existence until he was ready to move forward with his domination plans. Mikey, he would still be more protective of, considering his innate mystical ability surpassing his potential as the warrior he was designed as. Not to the same extent as Donnie though, since most of Mikey's abilities would still require him to be present on the battlefield, verses Donnie who could fulfill his usefulness 100% from an underground bunker.

Raph and Leo, however, were made for war and their greatest talents still lie in combat. If he is to make use of them then there's no way of getting around it, they'll end up on the front lines at some point. Draxum would have to train them to be able to survive that, to fulfill the purposes they were made for-and he would have to steel himself for the very, very real possibility that they may die.

(That's kind of present in his current relationship with Raph, he's aware that this might end with Raph dying from a bullet meant for Gale. And if Raph betrays Draxum, or he's forced to choose between Raph and Galois, he needs to be able to sacrifice Raph without hesitation. He really doesn't want to start seeing Raph as his son and complicate matters-the revolution needs Galois more than it needs Raph or even Draxum, there can be no room for choice between them)

Another thing is that Draxum and Donnie have similar interests, so they'd naturally have a stronger friendship than the other three anyway. He'd still find things to bond over with Mikey and Raph, they're both pretty versatile and easy to get along with. With Leo? Maybe history? Medicine? Like, yes he could impart upon Leo all his medical knowledge, (oh my god, so many dissections would take place in that house) but I feel like Leo's joking nature would make Draxum feel like Leo isn't giving the subject the attention it deserves and it would always end in a screaming match. Not to mention Leo's sense of humor is exactly what irritates Draxum's ego most efficiently.

And then there's the areas Leo actually excels at verses his brothers, namely 1) his charisma and leadership skills, and 2) his strategic mind.

Leo is smart. Doth Draxum is learning to his great displeasure how smart, but a Draxum who raised Leo from birth would know he's smart. And it's not the simple fact that his child can be smarter than The Great Baron Draxum that bothers him, no. Galois is smarter than him in many ways, and Draxum delights in that. He loves having someone he can intellectually spar with, whose arguments actually pose a challenge, and he feels immense pride that his creation is so brilliant he's outpacing his creator.

It wouldn't be the same for Leo. Because while Leo absolutely could outsmart Draxum, (or is getting smart enough that he's getting close) it's in a way he absolutely doesn't understand. When Donnie wins an argument Draxum is practically giddy over it, because what Donnie's saying or doing makes sense. Yes, Draxum didn't think of it first, but now that's he laid out the situation this way he can totally see what he's talking about and wow his son's brilliance takes his breath away, he can't believe this is the same turtle he fed with a bottle and rocked to sleep after a nightmare-who, less than two decades ago, bit his hand, cried, and then bit his other hand to see if that one hurt too.

Leo's brain does not work the same way. When he outsmarts Draxum, he does it in such a convoluted, weird-ass way that Draxum is like "???!!!!!!!?? How????!!!" And this infuriates him. Baron Draxum is one of the world's greatest minds. He's hundreds of years old. He will not be bamboozled by his teenage son working off the seat of his pants!

And it just frustrates him immensely, that Leo can be so smart in a way Draxum absolutely cannot follow. He can accept that he's perceptive and good at talking to people, yes, Draxum knows his social skills are lacking and he's accepted that there's a piece of the puzzle there that most people have and he just lacks-but how in the world can Leo out-strategize him?

Oh yeah, there would absolutely be self-esteem issues when Draxum is mooning over how talented his other sons are, when he gets along with Leo's brothers so much easier than he does with the kid he's raised for over a decade. And Drax probably wouldn't realize it until Huginn and Muninn pointed it out or Leo had a breakdown in front of him. But he would make a point to tell Leo-in his own awkward, roundabout way-how talented he truly was, and he's sorry that he's never been able to understand him.

And since I know you like my bird, an Angel update: along with having to deal with this molt, (he looks scruffy, the casing his feathers have when they come in is super hot and itchy, and he's hungry and tired all the time because growing a bird's worth of feathers is a lot of work!) my sister was home sick yesterday. His sleeping cage is in her bedroom, but she was long asleep by the time he goes to bed. So we just locked him in his downstairs cage, which he pretty much just uses as a playground/eating area. He did a few confused peeps, but then he settled down and went to bed-a very good bird! He was thanked for his compliance and got extra pets today, and was so excited to get his room back. He had to do a full inspection of his cage first, but he's happily snoozing away now. We're very proud of him for not being a dick about it.

[browniesarethebest]

Mama's Boy AU: The Meeting (Kinda)

So the first episode still happens, and the three turtles meet April. It takes a while to meet Miwa and Mikey, though.

Tang Shen is constantly trying to get Miwa to invite April over, and the few times April takes the offer she is showered with food and comfort from the woman, which April is both appreciative of but also feels slightly smothered by. Mikey also tries to cheer her up when she's over, though he's only somewhat successful.

April comes over less and less as she becomes busy with the other turtles and trying to find her father. Miwa becomes suspicious so, one day, she decides to follow April and ends up in the sewers. The moment she sees the other turtles walk out she gasps and runs. Unfortunately, she doesn't know the sewers as well as they do, and they end up catching her and bringing her back to the lair.

A mini verbal fight breaks out as Raph realizes that April was followed (he hasn't reached a point where he trusts her yet), and she tries to reassure them that Miwa is her friend while also trying to figure out why she followed April. Donnie, of course, is defending April while Leo is trying to mediate. Miwa, meanwhile, is glaring at all of them and staying silent.

Raph: What the hell are you looking at?

Miwa *weighing the options of keeping her brother secret or finally getting some answers to the night her mom was mutated*: You look like Mikey.

...

The turtles: Excuse me what?!

April: Wait, you mean your brother? The one I've never actually seen without layers upon layers on?

This leads to the revelation that maybe their brother didn't die that night, and Leo and Donnie are eager to meet him. Raph is more hesitant, though that's more because he doesn't want to get his hopes up that their brother might still be alive. However, Miwa refuses. Another fight breaks out, but Miwa ends up leaving without them. Raph wants to go after her, but Leo holds him back.

They'll let Miwa think she's won for now, but they're not letting it go that easily. This is the first hint they've had that their brother might still be alive. They'll find out where she lives, either from April or using Donnie's resources.

And then they'll bring Mikey home.

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What else am I supposed to do during this hiatus if not share a playlist with songs for all the Fears.

Tracklist with notes below the cut.

Turn the Lights Off -- all

Everybody likes to get taken for turns

To see how bright the fire inside of us burns

And everybody wants to get evil tonight

But all good devils masquerade under the light

Body -- The Flesh

And take my hands, they'll understand

Take my heart, pull it apart

And take my brain, or what remains

And throw it all away

'Cos I've grown tired of this body

Choke -- The Slaughter, The Desolation

Now shut your dirty mouth

If I could burn this town

I wouldn't hesitate

To smile while you suffocate and die

Wires--The Web

You knew the game and played it, it kills to know that you have been defeated,

I see the wires pulling while you're breathing.

You knew you had a reason,

It killed you like diseases,

I can hear it in your voice while you're speaking... you can't be treated.

Under My Skin--The Stranger

I don't think there is anyone under your skin

Like a Cheshire cat I think you're just a grin

And I can feel you laughing under my skin

And the happy palpitations are making me grin

Every Breath You Take--The Eye

I'll be watching you

(Every breath you take, every move you make)

(Every bond you break, every step you take)

I'll be watching you

(Every single day, every word you say)

I'll be watching you

(Every game you play, every night you stay)

I'll be watching you

bury a friend--The Stranger

What do you want from me? Why don't you run from me?

What are you wondering? What do you know?

Why aren't you scared of me? Why do you care for me?

When we all fall asleep, where do we go?

The Dismemberment Song--The Flesh

So don't you squirm!

Don't you fret

I'm not going to hurt you. . .YET!

I just feel the need to be gettin a little of you!

A lot of blood let in.

Play with Fire--The Desolation

Insane, inside the danger gets me high

Can't help myself got secrets I can't tell

I love the smell of gasoline

I light the match to taste the heat

Dog Days--The Hunt

Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers

Leave all your love and your longing behind

You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

Upside Down & Inside Out--The Spiral, The Vast

Don't know where your eyes are but they're not doing what you said

Don't know where your mind is, baby, but you're better off without it

Looks like it's time to decide

Are you here, are you now, is this it?

All of those selves that you tried

Wasn't one of them good enough?

One Way or Another--The Hunt

One way or another I'm gonna find ya

I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha

One way or another I'm gonna win ya

I'll getcha, I'll getcha

Eleanor Rigby--The Lonely

Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear

No one comes near

Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there

What does he care?

Angry People--The Slaughter

Ripped into a world

That doesn't want her

A beautiful girl

She's screaming already

She's learning to walk

Walking with anger

She's learning to talk

She says she hates you

She wants you to pay

For bringing her here

God's Gonna Cut You Down--The End

You can run on for a long time

Run on for a long time

Run on for a long time

Sooner or later God'll cut you down

Sooner or later God'll cut you down

Free Fallin'--The Vast

I wanna write her name in the sky

I'm gonna free fall out into nothin'

Gonna leave this world for awhile

Now I'm free (Free fallin', now I'm free fallin', now I'm)

Sunday Morning Coming Down--The Lonely

Cause there's something in a Sunday

That makes a body feel alone.

And there's nothin' short of dyin'

That's half as lonesome as the sound

Of a sleepin' city sidewalk

And Sunday mornin' comin' down.

Boys Will Be Bugs--The Corruption

My mum told me that she's worried

And I couldn't give a shit

I have friends who understand me

Their names are spider, beetle, bee

They don't say much but

They have always listened to me

You're at the Party--The Spiral

Hour hand's gone and now you're feeling strange

Now your hands grow strong, your fingers long and your face, your face begins to change

You're mesmerized, you want to cover up your eyes

My Church is Black--The Dark

Some answers come from tears and from the dark

And all the signs are in the heart

Sometimes you must close your eyes

To see

Who you are

You'll Be in the Air--The Vast

Then you could tell that you are in the air

You'd feel the yawning gulf grow wider

And you'd feel the dwindling fuel for your lungs

And your breaths would slow

Under Pressure--The Buried

Pressure: pushing down on me,

Pressing down on you, no man ask for.

Under pressure that burns a building down,

Mama--The End

Mama, we're all full of lies

Mama, we're meant for the flies

And right now they're building a coffin your size,

Mama, we're all full of lies

No Light, No Light--The Dark

No light, no light, no light, tell me what you want me to say

You want a revelation, you wanna get it right

But, it's a conversation, I just can't have tonight

You want a revelation, some kind of resolution

Like Real People Do--The Buried

Why were you digging?

What did you bury

Before those hands pulled me

From the earth?

Control--The Web

I can't help this awful energy

Goddamn right, you should be scared of me

Who is in control?

In a Week--The Corruption, The End

And they'd find us in a week

When the weather gets hot

After the insects have made their claim

I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you

Dirty Night Clowns--The Stranger, The Buried

In their suits, in their ties

Let them be buried, buried aliveIn their suits, in their ties

You're safe here, now you're in the clear

Now we'll eat soup and apple pies

What's On Your Mind--The Eye

I wanna know

What you're thinking.

There are some things you can't hide.

I wanna know

What you're feeling.

Tell me what's on your mind.

When He Died--All

When he died

They found a message etched into his spine

That said when he died an endless age of untold nightmares would be nigh

And the blood would make the seas run red