#but i just know raph and cass would go to every single one

[quartergremlin]

fun fact, in america when your kid joins a club, sometimes the school will unceremoniously add you to a parent's club about the club. This club will send you ten billion emails, ask for free labor, solicit money (separate from the fee to join and for equipment), and seem to never inform you of important events and meetings until it's far too late to ask off of work.

[untitled-tmnt-blog]

Now that we're entering into 2024, I'm asking some artists and writers that I follow:

1) What is the one piece you're most proud of from this past year?

2) What are some pieces that you would have liked more people to see? If you can include links, I'd love to go check them out!

3) What were your top three favorite pieces (art, comics, fics, etc) that someone else has made this past year?

(As always, no pressure to respond! Feel free to just ignore, or let me know if you'd rather I not send you these kinds of asks in the future.)

1) This IMBI animatic, for sure! It was my first time making an animatic, so I'm pretty sure it's going to hold a special place in my heart for a long time!

2) Oh, I'm terrible at choosing this kind of stuff! Looking back through some of my Rise August and Risetober stuff, Spider-Mikey, Big Mama, and April are ones I like that have under 100 notes... So, I suppose I'll go with those!

3) Choosing just three is so hard!! I... might have to cheat a bit and choose three of each.

My favorite fics from this past year would have to be I May Be Invisible, But I Still Look Good by @dandylovesturtles (to no one's surprise), The Aftermath by @starrcrossrose, and Hide and Seek by @phoebepheebsphibs.

For comics, the ones I've been keeping up with the most would have to be Cass Apocalyptic Series by @somerandomdudelmao (I mean, who isn't?), 2 Arms Left by @intotheelliwoods, and Swanatello by @tangledinink.

Art is a REALLY hard one, because there's just so much amazing art out there to choose from! But if I had to choose:

I have so much admiration for the Rise Reanimated project, because it was such an amazing collaboration between so many talented artists! I can only imagine how much time and effort went into getting the whole thing put together, and it's honestly incredible.

I have a real soft spot for these IMBI drawings by @intotheelliwoods, because they were what introduced me to my absolute favorite fic (and that fic was a large player in solidifying this fandom's hold on me long-term, so in a way, those drawings are at least partially responsible for a decent amount of my ongoing Rise obsession).

I absolutely love this drawing of Raph carrying Leo post-movie by @21cha, because it makes me feel things every single time I see it! Leo looks so tiny. So tired. Raph looks so concerned. Aaaaagh, my heart!!

[a-dumb-sarcastic-bisexual]

More ROTTMNT Headcanons: cause I don't want to write my essay

After the movie, Leo bought the team shirts that said “frequently bought together” on the front and “do not separate” on the back

He bought them as a joke thinking the team would just throw them away but they wear them often

April Cass and Casey Jr all wear them as sleep shirts because no one in their human friend groups gets the joke

Whenever someone asks who the evil twin is everyone responds with “both of them”

God forbid you piss off both of them at the same time

Because Leo will come up with a plan to ruin your life and Donnie will make it happen

And no one accuses them because they’ve already covered their tracks

Leo April and Mikey will go ghost hunting 

After the whole gumbus situation they became obsessed with ghost videos

And if they stumble upon a really scary one April begs Leo to teleport them to the location 

So they can see for themselves if it’s real or not 

Leo does it because he wants to prove that it’s not a ghost 

And Mikey tags along because he wants to see if there are real ghosts out there

They have a whole youtube channel dedicated to ghost hunting (because if Donnie gets to have a youtube channel so do they)

Donnie and Raph watch every single one of their videos and laugh their asses off

I don't know if they can get sick (besides the rat flu) but if they can these are my headcanons

When someone gets sick the whole family drops what they're doing and tries to help

They get the sick person all the food and water they need

When Raph gets sick he tries to act like he isn’t sick

He’ll try and train and patrol and hang out with his brothers

But they’re always able to tell when he’s sick because he’s spacy

When they do catch onto him being sick they treat him like a baby (and he loves it)

When Leo gets sick no one can tell because he doesn’t even act sick

The only way the family can tell a difference is by how much tea he drinks

When he’s healthy he’ll have like two cups a day when he’s sick he’ll guzzle that shit

And when they call him out on it he’s in total denial

He will try and convince you he’s completely healthy while hacking up a lung 

It’s ridiculous

And when they make him rest he will bitch and moan 

Donnie is the total opposite 

Whenever he’s sick he will make it known to every single person in the house

He will wake people up from their peaceful slumber to tell them he threw up

And if someone is not catering to him he will moan and groan about how they don’t love him

Mikey tries to be like Leo but he’s more like Raph

His symptoms are always super obvious and he can never stay up for more than eight hours

And when the family tries to baby him he throws little fits

He has to be sick to ask for help and even then it’s begrudgingly