#autistic turtles

[tmntphantom]

can you believe i still don't know what species to make donnie.... i at least have an IDEA for leo but for donnie i got nothin. anyway TURTLEZ

mikey has cowrie shells on btw someone mistook them for a gold chain but they're cowry shells. it's kinda like paying homage to her surfer dude history

[popcornkwantum]

One of my FAVORITE Rise fanfics on AO3 is this oneshot named Fireworks Night by @aliennopossumm

It has detailed descriptions of funky little outfits, sibling bonding, they are ALL autistic and all trans in one way or another. And Leo is very gay for his rabbit boyfriend. All I wanted in a cozy little fanfic about silly little turtles

So I MADE THIS (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧

Some close-ups under the cut:

I did, however, forget several appearance descriptions in the art, namely: Mikey's black face mask, donnie's pants lol, Raph's hazel eyes (I just assumed that it was never mentioned and defaulted back to 2012 raph's eye color), and Leo's fanny pack

[wat-you-get-is-wat-you-see]

Autistic rise headcanon that nobody asked for!

Leo gets sensory overloads. His response to overstimulation pre movie leans towards hyperactivity. After the movie it shifts to more anxiety and panic attacks and shutdowns.

[bastiion]

And why TMNT Shredders Revenge got autism pizza.

[raph-like-the-turtle]

autisticly turtles all over your dash

He is looking at a roach

[wat-you-get-is-wat-you-see]

The Library Rap! The Library Rap!

Room 16 take corridor B

down the stairs past the ibis tapestry!

This has probably been done before but,,,,

[thatkoiboi]

Prop comedy

[shadowpuppetteer]

This whole comic is a combination of two separate pep talks I got early on from a friend and my sister telling me the same thing. For every artist, voice actor, cosplay creator, writer, and creator, do not undersell yourself. Your skills and time are worth getting paid for. And for every person looking to commission a creator, if their prices are too high or you can't afford their art, that's ok. But there are many reasons why they charge for their work. Like everyone else, we gotta make a living. These lil turtles are just the cutest and I adore their familial relationship in the series 💚 So it was great to get to draw Donnie helping Mikey with a power point presentation/pep talk.

[that1notetaker]

It's not a headcanon if it's the truth.

[aroace-madness]

The holy trinity

[Image IDs: three similar memes, each featuring a different iteration of Donnie from TMNT. The first is of 2003 Donnie, the second is 2012, and the third is Rise. Each Donnie is doing a thumbs up, with the thumbs up emoji having been added at the bottom of the picture. Underneath is the caption “autusm” with another version of the thumbs up emoji. End ID.]

If Donnie not autism than why 👍 hm? Why 👍 👍 ??

[themidnightsunset]

DONNIE SWEEEEP

VOTE FOR MY FAVORITE TURTLE PLEASE

@autismswagsummit ‘s poll!!

right back at you mooty…

@scramble-eg

[wat-you-get-is-wat-you-see]

@brightlotusmoon I love the whole idea that Leo does katas as a stim, so going to add to it a bit.

Imagine with Rise Leo, starts using them as a calming stim after the Krang. Imagine it works really well at calming his body and mind when he’s getting overstimulated and anxious. Or having bad thoughts. Or just doesn’t feel right. He’ll find a somewhere quiet or off to the side and start working through them until he feels better. His brothers know to give him space to decompress during these times.

[sweeneydino]

Pov: You're Leo 🫵

Waiting to see a story just about Mikeys manipulating their Leos with Puppy Dog Eyes and all of the brothers trying their hardest not to bend to their will.

The power they possess...

[wat-you-get-is-wat-you-see]

Leo’s response is like

‘Just because you’re the most stereotypical Donnie, doesn't make you better at Autism!’ 

And then proceeds to go nerd it up at a comic convention.

alternate script for the purple game episode

[avisminutia]

Hey. Um. Hey. Did you know? Dancing is just socially acceptable stimming.