#bad dad splinter

[turtlesaus]

My ROTTMNT AU

All of my headcanons and character changes for the main characters in my AU, as well as plot changes, lore changes, and other stuff.

I'm going to flesh out each character later in separate posts.

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Ages;

Leo is the eldest. Donnie is the second eldest, being Leo's younger twin. Raph is the third child, but is by far still the largest. He is often confused as the eldest (Think Ed and Alph type lol). Mikey is, of course, the youngest.

April is older than Raph, but younger than the two eldest. Casey is the same age as Raph, but his birthday is after theirs, so he's still technically younger.

Later, Karai is introduced, or, as she is soon reintroduced as; Mirai. She's the same age as Leonardo, and was originally part of the foot clan, and is the daughter of the Shredder, AKA Oroku Saki.

Cassandra is also the same age as Leonardo, and works under Mirai, and she's loyal to her bestie. She's Casey's Grand Cousin.

Casey Jr. is Cas's son, from the future. He shares a name with his Great-Grand Cousin, Casey, and doesn't come into the story till later.

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Appearances and Personality;

All the brothers (and April as well) are physically the same, and mostly the same in personality. Leo's personality (and Raphs as well) have changed as the leadership role is different, however most of them remain unchanged.

However, in this AU there are three 'Caseys'.

Casey Jones is more like the comic cannon Casey you've seen. He's physically similar to 2k12 Casey, but his personality is a little different. His dad is living trash, and he usually stays with the turtles without his dad even noticing.

Cassandra Jones, Casey Jones's Grand Cousin (his grandmother's sisters grandchild) was a part of the foot clan, following under her best friend, Mirai. She's pretty much the same personality wise.

Casey Jr was born in the future, and is the same as cannon.

Mirai, AKA Karai, AKA Miwa, is the Shredder's daughter. Her mother named her Miwa, but her father renamed her Karai. She was renamed Mirai later as half a joke (Miwa + Karai = Mirai) and also because Mirai means 'future' in Japanese, and it was a begining of a new future for her.

April is exactly the same in this universe lol

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Ninpo Power and Other Magic Stuff;

Leo still has his portals, however they are not linked to his Odachi, but to him. He simply uses the Odachi as a way to concentrate his power. He is able to, with effort, teleport without anything, and with other items as well, but likes to use his Odachi the best.

Donnie and Raph have different kinds of Ninpo Energy Manipulation.

Donnie uses his to create Items, such as tools and weapons. He has learned to make energy-items and such to such a fine degree that all his creations are both mechanically accurates and visually perfect. He specializes in both physical and long range, but prefers long range.

Raph's Ninpo Energy Manipulation is more on bodily constructs. He is capable of manifesting a ninpo energy construct in the shape of his body. He can alter the construct in its entirety to giant sizes and also independently alter the size of its appendages to take down physically large or exceptionally powerful opponents. He can add additional limbs to his construct as well, and form a more traditional energetic shield to block attacks.

Mikey's power is like a funhouse miracle set. His abilities are all based somewhat on energy and elements, but it seems kinda random from afar. His abilities include;

Fire generation: Mikey wields a Kusari-Fundō with a laughing weight and a chain that can extend nigh-infinitely. With its extensive reach, he can burn, grapple, and cut opponents/objects. On top of using his Kusari-Fundō, he can also create small flames with his hands, though he is susceptible to larger flames.

Weight rejection: Anything within his Kusari-Fundō’s grip instantly becomes 80 percent lighter, allowing Mikey to manipulate opponents/objects of a normally colossal weight with ease.

Portals: Kind of. Mikey’s Portals are only for one thing, dimensions, and it's extremely harmful to him. He can open dimensions to other times, universes, and realms, like the prison dimension. He has been banned from doing it unless absolutely necessary.

April wields a baseball bat imbued with mystic energy, magnifying the power behind her strikes when activated, and as a member of the Hamato Clan, April is capable of tapping into her clan's energy to unleash her own mystic might. April also has a crane licence.

Casey Jones uses a hockey stick, and sometimes borrows April's bat, and has a very strength-oriented fighting style. Casey doesn't have strong Ninpo, but he was acepted into the Hamato clan, and can use some basic energy manipulation, and uses primarily for hocky pucks and small knives.

Mirai's primary weapon of choice is a Wakizashi, which is a Japanese blade shorter than a Katana but longer than a Tanto. She has limited Ninpo powers, as she began learning late, but becasue she was accepted into the hamato clan, her abilities were enhanced, so she can make energy forms to half hide her form, as a form of stealth.

Cassandra is known as the opposite as Mirai, very strong, agile, and talented, but more animalistic. She uses a Naginata, which is a Japanese polearm, typically with a smooth, curved single-edge blade at the end. She hasn't been able to harness her concentration long enough to unlock her Ninpo. She has been accepted into the Hamato clan.

Casey Jr uses the Hockey stick he inherited from future Casey Jones, and learned his combat style from Leonardo and his mother.

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Splinter is a trash dad in this one. Sorry splinter lovers, but this splinter became extremely depressed after all that happened to him, and he only survived being a decent father till the turtles were old enough to take care of themselves. Now, he sleeps almost constantly, and the turtles now have to take care of him. He's almost constantly locked in his room doing nothing. Because of this, Leon had to take charge since he was younger, and was the first to go to the surface, to get things for his brothers.

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Because Splinter almost never around, the boys would have had no contact to japanese traditions or really anyhting, but because of their early acceptance into the Hamato clan mindscape, the boys were able to learn things from their ancestors much earlier, including Japanese traditions, manners, and other things, as well as Japanese. In the Language dept, the boys all learned Japanese, with their adoptive family members also learning. Leo can speak Spanish as well, as he found out that was what his favorite uncle spoke (Hueso).

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The brothers were introduced to the Hidden city a lot younger than they were in canon, in fact, it was the fourth time Leo went to the surface that he was introduced. They now regularly visit, go to the market there for most groceries and things, and go there on their off days.

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On that note, there have been some personality changes for some 'villains'.

One, Draxum is never really a bad guy in mine (you'll see what I mean in a minute) so he is in solid dad/uncle territory with the team.

Two, Big Mama is in fact on their side. She is on the hidden city council, and the Battle Nexus is only till knockout, not till death. She is, however, the executor of the Yokai, and has been allowed to fight death sentence prisoners to the death. Only 18+ are allowed in those fights.

Three, While the Foot are still actively a problem, Foot Lieutenant, Foot Grunt, and Cassandra are in the most bottom levels of the Foot, and are like cool cousins. They don't ever fight the team in honest, and mostly help more than hinder, but the Foot themselves are sucky.

Fourth, the shredder is a bit more of a mix of the 2k12 and rottmnt, and is the leader of the Foot clan. He is, however, quite weak at the moment, and wants to unlock his power (VIA the armor) and when he does is a tricky power bastard.

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(If your reading the fanfic, below is technechly a spoiler lol be warned)

Back to the Draxum thing. Draxum is actually a 'Hero' of the yokai. I don't actually know when the Yokai were mutated, but it's canonically in 'ancient times', which is like, 5000 years ago, so we are going to say about 3500 years ago the yokai happened. Ofc they lived alongside humans, for about 2500 years, before shit went down. A war happened, and Draxum stood forwards as a war hero, who in the end was able to create a mystic spell strong enough to wipe the existence of Yokai off the map. He single handedly saved Yokai-kind, and then hid them all away from the human.

On that note, the hidden city is more of a hidden world, with the city under NYC being the Capital. There are other hidden cities around the world, and there are secret tunnels to each of them from the Capital.

They call themselves the Hidden City or the Yokai, but the Boys call the hidden world The Yokai World or Yokai Society. The Capital is officially called New Prailmery, otherwise called NP-City by the citizens.

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Other Small HeadCannons (That are usually relevant to the plot)

• The boys favorite drink is ホットハニーミルク, AKA the Ponyo Drink, AKA Hot Honey Milk. They have a constant stock of the cinnamon honey in their cupboard, and bring thermoses of it to missions.

• The whole Hamato clans siblings sometimes call Leo 'Mama', less as a joke and more as a reality.

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(Here's the link to the headcannons and things that won't be delved into the story. probably; not here yet cause i havn't finished the post yet T_T)

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So far I have nothing for plot changes, but I'll add more later.

[coffee-n-some-cream]

I think Leo’a character gets so much more interesting once he pieces together that Splinter is encouraging him to act more like him (partially to validate to his own actions and emotionally distant behavior towards everyone close to him) and realizes that he doesn’t want to do that, even if he would lose Splinter’s approval in the process. The moment he stops idolizing Splinter the way he does, he’ll notice that all his brothers have distanced themselves from Splinter (though Donnie and Mikey are more subtle about it than Raph), and the more he takes after Splinter the more they pull away from him too, and maybe then he starts to realize that Splinter’s approach to relationships with the only showing approval when someone has met his inflated expectations of them really sucks ass.

Okay look i've been thinking about this for a while because i'm writing this au and splinter is kind of a shitty dad in it and i never expected the impact on leo to be as heart rending as it is, but GOD. yes! you are so fucking right.

i'm so sorry but i wrote a whole essay under the cut.

when you're a teacher's pet and you get called one, you take it as a compliment. you know they don't mean it like that, but you like it anyway. because you like your teacher, and you're proud to be a good student, you're proud to get that validation. probably because you crave validation from an authority figure for self worth purposes.

and when it's you parent??? hoo boy.

which is why i love the Splinter Junior nickname, because it carries so much baggage. It can be an affectionate comparison of father and son, it can be resentful that he is a representative of parental authority, it can be jealous that he is so close to Splinter when the others aren't, it can be a straight up insult (because honestly what's worse than telling someone they're just like their father). and i love the idea of leo going from taking that nickname as a compliment to taking it as a slap in the face.

there was a great line in this fic (rlly good btw) where leo realizes that he had a different father than the rest of them. that he has a certain relationship with splinter that his brothers haven't been able to form and asdgkjaslkgd yes???? yes! but at the same time, splinter is his dad too. so while he gets splinter's approval, that approval comes at a cost, and the cost is bending his personality and goals and wants to suit his dad's. it's the classic 'it's your dream, dad. not my dream' scenario. and when leo realizes that he's spent his entire life tailoring his very self to gain his father's approval...

in my notes for my au, i wrote, "if Leonardo’s self-understanding is as a loyal right hand to Splinter, what happens when the ultra loyal right hand of the king turns against the king?" it's his identity. and how does turning against the king recontextualize everything he did in service to the king?

the only thing that could really pull him from splinter is his brothers. because honestly, he loves them more than he loves splinter. and i think, as sad as it sounds, he will realize that he loves his brothers more than splinter loves them. or maybe he just loves them better. more fully. and he's not willing to lose them in the way that splinter is. even more, he's not willing to hurt them the way splinter does. and of course, he needs to heal from the way splinter has hurt him. but another part of him, the part that's still so close to his dad, would want to save him, in a way. save him from the distance between him and his own children.

so yeah. i think at that point, after he's gone through that development, the most hurtful thing you could say is that he's like Splinter.

[turtleblogatlast]

Here’s a thought-

When Splinter says Leo’s the leader at the end of Season 2…pretty sure he was joking.

After so many high stakes and high emotions, he (a bit cluelessly) makes a joke to add some levity, just to make things a bit easier for he and his sons to digest everything that happened. It was a lot that happened, so it makes sense that Splinter wants to make things that much softer for everyone.

But- making a joke like that, after everything they all just went through…I can definitely see how the events of the movie pave out in response.

For example, by joking about Leo in particular having the responsibility of a leader, that puts him directly in the sight of Raph’s building anxieties. Because after everything, it’s clear that Raph really started taking the hero name seriously to the point that he started undermining his own fun and childhood in the process. So in the eyes of a Raph who is so worried about what could happen if they’re not prepared again, Leo in particular kind of stands almost as a point of danger in that aspect.

And with the joke of Leo “leading” in any capacity ringing out over them, it’s easy to blame Leo and Leo alone whenever he goes and goofs off with Mikey and Donnie. I think as well that the concept of a leader being spoken after the Shredder just pushes more weight on Raph’s shoulders and makes him realize how much goofing off they did before when they should have been better heroes (despite them all just being kids...)

Raph knows his brothers are good, he knows and has pride in them and himself in turn, but it terrifies him to know that they won’t be ready for the next big threat, and Leo directly going against this caution even more than usual just pushes Raph to want to try more.

As for Leo- keep in mind what happened all throughout “Many Unhappy Returns.” Keep in mind what happened all throughout the series in general. In the former, Splinter more than once points out how he would rather have his other sons with him than Leo, especially because they “would take this seriously”…even though Leo was taking it seriously. (Not that Splinter should be expected to read what Leo was doing when Leo wasn’t making his plans clear, but that wording sticks with kids.) Even after Leo’s plan pulled through, Raph’s the one who spoke in trust of Leo, not Splinter.

As for what happens in the series in general…well, we see Leo mess up a lot, apologize a lot, get his brothers out of messes a lot, and even when he does well or is responsible it’s either glossed over or still seen as goofing off (no I will never be over that moment where Leo almost got Gus’s tags and got screwed over out of pure bad luck.)

So imagine hearing a joke like that as Leo, who for a good chunk of especially the start of the series has been a lowkey voice of reason. The idea that Leo being responsible for the team is nothing but a joke…? It’s understandable that it could feel like a blow, that it could push him to want to try less.

Especially after everything they just went through.

They’re heroes. | They’re kids.

Why shouldn’t they care? | Why should they care?

[sweeneydino]

What's one of your favorite episodes of Rise? :0

Hard to say as I love all the episodes 😭 but I guess I would be Shadow of Evil. Just seeing Splinter take charge as soon as he realizes the foot are expanding, going after them, and basically proving he's still an incredibly dangerous foe, was just so satisfying.

I think some people forget that just because he's "gross", fat, and lazy, that he's actually the strongest Splinter. He just doesn't show it because of his past and his depression. Also his silliness.

Bro just conserves a ton of energy 😤

Ended up going on a rant- whoops.

[sealofarchives]

Could you create a headcanon for ‘Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ about what kind of fathers Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey would be? I find this idea fun. :3

Headcanon: Rise!Turtles being dads and sweetest husband to the reader (Separate) (Requested prompt)

A/N: I'm still uncomfortable with the idea of aging up the guys towards "mature content."

However, this idea was really cute. It only made sense for this prompt where the guys are aged up with some reference to their bad end!future selves. I went with around early 30's when the turtle of your choice and the reader are in a committed relationship and currently raising a kid at the moment.

So please have common sense and think before typing some snarky response with 'oh aged up content is bad lol' (Because I will put those ideas on the 'do not write list' if people get too weird about it...)

Raph

You know how he has the habit of that one baby voice with Mayhem. (and a bit of the hey buddy tone towards Mikey or Donnie)

- His kid is never gonna escape from it. (even by the time the kid is a grown up)

He definitely panicked for a bit when his kid (during the energetic toddler phase) enjoyed climbing over a big guy like him.

- So he had to ask Donnie to make a battle shell specifically as a soft cushion. So the spiky shell doesn't accidentally scratch the kid.

Part of him is worried anytime he has to scold his kid. And only when you're around is when he feels okay to do so.

- He definitely does the "Did you ask (Y/N) if you could have another cookie?" sort of question. (Sometimes willing to go along with what his kid wants or following (Y/N) if he got caught spoiling the kid)

You're getting at least one peck on the cheek by the end of the day.

- Or earlier in the day if he accidentally woke you up.

Compared to his younger self who slightly whined about chores, he grew to enjoy it when both of you worked on it together.

- Laundry being one example where you're usually folding clothing fresh from the dryer. And he stacks a pile back into the clean basket/hamper.

His eyesight in the right eye has gotten a bit worse. (not as bad as his bad end counterpart where he needs an eyepatch) But, you often act as his extra set of eyes and call out to any surprise attacks.

- Which earned the title of you two with a tag team couple and he still blushes thinking about it.

Leo

Every few hours before a night patrol, he always checks in to see what his kid is up to and often gives a hug before leaving.

Often gives bedtime stories through retellings of Lou Jitsu's movies or Jupiter Jim's comics.

- Even acting out of some of the scenes before a yawn decides its time to sleep.

Gave one of his spare bandana scarves to his kid.

- Had the biggest grin on his face when the kid realized "Oh hey! We're matching!!!"

Almost similar to the night patrol part, but if you can't make it because of work or some other boring life detour.

- Its a portal away for a light hang out sesh. For both of you to take a breather away from the grown up life.

Late night conversations are just a regular thing between the two of you.

- Especially when he couldn't sleep. By the time he almost dozes off to sleep in your arms, he still playfully teases you that your voice is soothing to him.

When light conversations about the bad end future was brought up during a casual match of video games, he was never used to the idea that he had a prosthetic arm.

- You instantly hugged his right arm, jokingly reassuring him.

"As long as you can crack a joke in the most serious moment. I'll still know that its you Leo."

"Even in a timeline where, me and the guys were raised by Draxum?"

You gave the red slider turtle a 'really?' pout before he hugged you into his lap.

"Nah I'm just kidding, but for real though. Draxum's former henchmen are still goofballs that know their way around the city. I'm pretty sure that Leo could get a couple of one liners and maybe from you as well."

Donnie

Almost went into a frenzy trying to child-proof the lair. (Especially the month before the kid's arrival changed the atmosphere) But eventually settled down.

- Realizing it would have stressed his kid out by any sudden new changes (and a bit of his family and your help explaining the reasoning as well)

Leo's showboating energy transferred to him but, in a way that, the softshell turtle is very grateful. That he has you as a spouse and both of you raising a kid along side his sentient inventions. And will try to bring it up in any conversation.

- The whole wallet photo gag of him showing family pictures. You love this silly turtle but, usually lightly pinch his face if its the wrong time for that.

He lights up whenever his kid goes to him for any sort of question.

- He slightly restrains himself to avoid going overboard with the answer. But, his kid is smart enough to know that and sometimes tells you that he's not being himself again.

Cannot force himself to sleep unless you're beside him. (or if you have to drag him to bed yourself)

- The few times where he woke up while you were still sleeping. He always gives you a light hug and a kiss on the forehead before getting out of bed.

He subtly took interest in one of your hobbies. (Either an ongoing or a new one) Just so he can step away from a tedious project that was going nowhere and not bother you with the boring details about it.

- Sometimes mentioning a fun fact to impress you.

You gave into his idea of letting your kid have a similar weapon like Casey Jr's.

- Only when they reached their 13th birthday and learning the basics of: constructing it and fixing parts along side their dad. How to use it defensively, offensively, and etc.

Mikey

Considering how his future self had some hair on his head, he kept it long so he can do a few matching embarrassing baby photos to his kid.

- Like giving the kid a tiny ponytail and etc. He definitely cried a bit while having his signature grin when the kid pulled too hard on his hair, laughing at one of his jokes. And you had to step in to help him.

He knows how to work around some of his kid's picky eating habits. Usually making sure his kid is having fun or decorating the plate in an artistic manner.

- However, there are times when the kid can hide the veggie or fruit out of plain sight. Or his kid asks his uncles for help when Mikey's focused on some other thing.

Absolutely does that peek-a-boo trick with hiding his face or whole body into his shell.

- He was nervous at first, if the trick might have scared his kid but, no the kid was giggling. Curiously crawling towards him in awe of it.

Will sometimes make meals ahead of time. (often being, if you returned from work, too exhausted to greet him)

- Either leaving a note on a plastic container in the fridge of: [(Y/N)'s breakfast: DO NOT EAT unless you want an surprise session with Dr Delicate Touch </3] (this also applies to lunch as well)

On very rare occasions, he will temporary wear a cloaking brooch. If you're at an area isn't very friendly towards mutants and/or yokai.

- The one time that happened, is when you forgot to bring your lunch at a job that barely lasted a week. (Stuff that was out of your control but, he was relieved that you got out of that place before your coworkers decided to physically fight back at the manager)

Spends at least one day in the week with you to do some light meditative exercises.

- On the really bad days, he doesn't mind letting you hold his hand as a stress ball or just have a quiet moment to relax while his brothers babysit your kid.

[oddly-casual]

This entire scene makes me hurt but I wanna talk about this part in particular because it drives me insane.

Like- Splinter knows they aren’t just running errands. He can see his sons sneaking out thinking their slick and he found all their human stuff bc he’s nosey and if his sons won’t talk to him he’ll just have to investigate himself right?

So Splinter knows his sons are hiding something from him because duh- and he knows they want to be apart of the human world but he’s scared they’ll get hurt so he tries to bring the human world to them.

And you can just see the cringe and discomfort in the boys eyes because their father keeps trying to make them stay but it’ll never be in the way they want it, but they clearly feel bad.

And the real kicker is when Splinter tries that thing he did in the beginning of the movie, where he presses his sons about the truth but he specifically looks at Leo, like the screen cuts to Leo and even Raph looks at Leo because Splinter knows his eldest son would never lie to him.

But then he does

Leo lies right to his fathers face no hesitation and Splinter gets that look that just screams ‘i lost them’ because even if his son’s disobey the rules and don’t talk to him anymore, Leo was like Splinter’s insider into what his kids are doing and how to keep them safe. Splinter lost their trust.

But now even Leo is shutting Splinter out, so Splinter has been completely walled off by his sons and to Splinter he has no idea why because he’s just doing this to protect his kids.

Looking at it from Leo’s perspective, he has a strong sense of Justice. In the beginning when their father grills them about where they’ve been, Leo caves immediately even though he knows it’ll make everyone mad at him.

He braces himself for it too. There’s no reward in telling the truth but Leo does it anyway.

But Leo is a teenager, and teenagers tend to act in their own self interest. So when Leo keeps snitching and it only leads to punishment on all sides

Isolation from his brothers, distance from his father, of course Leo is going to cut his losses and stick to the thing that brings him joy. Possible acceptance and April. It’s also the most we see him bond with his brothers since Leo isn’t trying to follow their fathers rules.

[bizzybee280yt]

Splinter x Draxum - AKA Toxic Old Man Monsterfucker Yaoi

[awzominator]

It is cold here so bad bitches gotta wear their jackets today

[iridescentmidnights]

Can we all agree that Raphie needs a mother figure the most?

Why would he need a mom when there's a perfectly good Leo right there?? Basically the same thing

Jokes aside, yeah most continuities I can agree. The one that needs an extra parental figure most is usually Raph. Though I believe all of them would've had a higher quality life/childhood if they had a mother. Mikey, Donnie, and Raph would be such momma's boys, and I think that would be so sweet.

But context and character dynamics are important, it really only works in theory. So most likely a continuity with a healthy relationship between Yoshi/Tang Shen and they got mutated together or they stay together after only one gets mutated. All things considered a single mom wouldn't fare much better then just Splinter. But a Splinter that falls in love after mutation could work well too. An unhealthy/toxic dynamic wouldn't help in the slightest.

April often "sort of" fills the mom role, mom role adjacent like older sister or loving Aunt, and is usually the best at nurturing Donnie more then anyone else. Casey is often helpful giving Raph a mirror and helping him regulate his temper, but he's not much a parental figure and usually an honorary turtle sibling. Plus the lesson is usually Raph teaching an adult to control themselves which isn't fair to Raph who is always a child. They all need one-on-one time with a parental figure that isn't meant to further their ninjutsu.

2003 Splinter is exempt, he's not perfect but the literal "has always been a rat, never human" Dad is the only one that regularly just hangs out with his kids and watches them play games or just watches movies/tv with them for fun. And if his kiddos are in danger he's absolutely right there trying to protect them.

[love-killed-the-superstar]

unusual anecdote from pmsing real hard tonight: i just broke down crying rewatching the battle nexus arc because of splinter letting mikey win and saying he doesnt want to stand in the way of his children competing in the tournament

[turtlesaus]

The Beginings of a Masterlist...

Welcome! This is (the begining of) a masterlist for my au's!

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[bluezeri]

seeing how Leo is so obviously splinters favorite in almost EVERY generation is making me so sad

[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: technical child endangerment / ]

Y’know every time I see the turtle tots playing with their original weapons I’m always flabbergasted that Splinter let Leo have a literal sword as a small child.

And then left him unsupervised with it.

Like, at least the others had blunt weapons (though still dangerous in their own right, especially Raph’s blunt tipped sais) but Leo’s katana are so easily lethal that it’s a miracle he seemed to be a natural with them. Because, if he wasn’t a natural then…oof.

It’s at least a good thing he only got one sword at first and not his usual two. Splinter would’ve needed to count his lucky days because OOF.

[lameotello]

good to know 03 Splinter is still the best Dad out of all Splinters I've seen so far. Lmao imagine getting beaten at being a dad by an actual rat. this guy wasn't even human but parents better than any other splinter

[wow-an-unfunny-joke]

I love human Leo having vitiligo I ADORE when his vitiligo face stripes are splotchy and stuff, like the straight lines are fine but the splotchy imperfect stripes fuel my soul

[bluewithpurplepolkadots]

Honestly the writing surrounding April wasn’t great in 2012 (okay it was at times a goddamn mess and they had too much going on there, streamline things people) but I don’t trust people who really (obsessively even), seem to hate her and yet apparently love and adore that shows versions of Donatello and Casey.

Please.