#being in the Saiki k fandom has trained me for Leo’s bitch ass character

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SORRY SORRY SIDE NOTE ALMOSR COMPLETELY UNRELATED BUT the Leo point about his attitude change in movie is so real??? He became more mellow but that’s because it’s more true to who he is deep down!!! He’s still a Leonardo at the end of the day! His lackadaisical, careless attitude is the ruse because he’s scared to show the extent that he cares… it’s how he tricks Big Mama because she thinks that who he is IS that mask, and is surprised when deep down it is the cunning, collected baby blue!!! His more solemn nature at the end of the movie isn’t a sign of him being traumatized into it, it’s a sign that he’s grown into himself and is okay with letting others see the extent he cares!! He doesn’t have to make himself seem so big and flamboyant every waking moment now to try and earn just a bit of attention, and he no longer has to act like he didn’t care when he didn’t receive said attention!! He’s more confident in who he is as a leader, and doesn’t have to rely entirely on external validation anymore!!!!!!

Not gonna lie, I really love crossovers so one of my first thoughts while reading Clipped Wongs was ‘what would happen if canon verse bros met CC bros?’ I imagine Leo, Raph and Mikey would not take it well, even if they knew everything that happened was because of a curse

i think it would start out very appalling for all of the canonverse bros, mostly because so much has been like. aired out from the events that went down in CL and forward, pretty much all of them were GUTTED for all of the things theyve gone out of their way to keep hidden because of this. unveiled all of their little complexes. got their metaphorical entrails ripped out. they're going to come out stronger in some ways and more fragile in others, like i think they'll be a lot more communicative/close but there's a lot of soft spots. with donnie especially, although that's obvious

but after that i think they'd soften and be more understanding. canon donnie (cv? i'll just use cv for shortening purposes) would probably even reframe the way his OWN brothers see him, seeing how the pain they inflicted on cc!donnie experienced influenced them all. and i think it would be unnerving to see how they all look at him like they're looking at a ghost (cc!leo especially...). he never had his entire identity shattered, i think it would be difficult him for him to process the depth of that pain

and imo i feel like cv!leo would find cc!leo uhhhh Uncomfortable. like WAOW that is a little too close to home, too vulnerable, bro chill. ESPECIALLY if we're talking pre-movie (little tangent but i always think its weird when people make leo get super closed off after the movie in fic because it feels antithetical to like. the themes? whatever. i think it'd make sense for him to be a lot more open instead of hiding behind all the bullshit like before, although he has some new things to be stressed about. honestly i felt like the point of all of that pain was for him to be a better communicator)

cc!donnie would probably find the cv alternatives of them a lot more comfortable because its a glimpse of normalcy. i dont think they'd treat him like he's made of glass or get weird and overprotective, which is a trap his brothers in cc are going to fall into even long after things have blown over (theyd go so ballistic when he's hurt!). and i think they would know how to handle him a lot better because they're not clouded by this intense guilt-driven bias, although i think their demeanor would gentle exponentially the first time they see him freak out/have a flashback. its a fun thing to think about frrr