#especially asks about tmnt

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5.) Which iterations are you familiar with?

7.) Which iteration is your favorite?

5!! Unfortunately, the only tmnt show i've watched in full is Rise 😔but ive watched the first season of both 2003 and 2012! HOWEVER i have seen every single tmnt movie. including Batman vs TMNT (i highly recommend it)

7. im verryyyy biased towards Rise. i usually prioritize art when i'm watching a show, and Flying Bark Studios is just a powerhouse when it comes to animation. i think thats also why im struggling to get into 2012 lol, i personally dont find the aesthetics (outside of the turtle designs) very appealing. also Rise was my first real exposure to tmnt lol.

i think my fav tmnt movies have to be the 2nd Bayverse movie (sue me, i think some of the writing is funny) anddd Mutant Mayhem for the aforementioned art reason :)

[koolaidashley]

What does your TMNT 04 Splinter look like? Love the au btw!!

Splinter is. A sore topic. We’ll have to come back to him later…

[dysfunctional-doodle]

What’s your favorite iteration of raph?

It’s gotta be 2003 Raph. The dude is just…so Raph. If you haven’t watched 2003 please do, the entire thing is on YouTube for free rn.

The thing I like the most, other than his personality (and his role of “protector” that is subtly shown throughout the show) is his bond with Mikey. Though not told to the face, Raph seems to share a closer bond with Mikey than any of the others. He is notably more on edge/upset when Mikey is hurt (in one episode he is holding his hand whilst he is unconscious) and an episode from Back To The Sewers shows that Raph snaps out of his mind control by remembering him having fun with Mikey rather than, like all the other brothers, being snapped out of it when remembering a memory of Splinter. I couldn’t find many images of this, oops.

Wow, this was a ramble. But I can’t help but feel 2003 Raph isn’t talked about nearly enough. I haven’t even touched on his protector role, and how they portray his anger issues perfectly (I’m glaring at you, 2012).

Can we talk about this guy more? I want to talk about him more.

And he’s not even my favourite in the show, actually my third favourite and I still adore him.

(He is also the only turtle to get punched in the face by a literal child. That’s gotta count for something)

[junoinouterspace]

No new Teacher AU content from me, however !! My best friend and partner in crime @peach-moths has written and posted the first chapter to a series for the au !!

Read it here !!

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I know this is breaking the theme but do you have any favorite characters aside from Baxter?

Eh yk what? I guess just this once don't mind sharing. I actually do have a few favorite characters aside from Baxter. Granted it usually does depend on the adaptation.

Heroes

To the surprise of nobody my favorite turtle is actually Donnie. He's my baby boy & I love just about every version of him (except 2012. I hate him more than anything.) Other favorites would have to be Splinter, Leatherhead, Mondo Gecko, Slash (especially IDW!💕) Angel, Alopex, Timothy/The Pulverizer, The Fugutoid, Todd Capybara, & I guess Karai counts at this point since to my knowledge the last time she was a villain was 2019

Baddies

Favorite other bad guys are kinda Bebop & Rocksteady. Tho funny enough, I like every version of them EXCEPT their original 80s counterparts. I know it's really weird but I just didn't find them funny or interesting. Not to mention I just find 80s Rocksteady's voice really annoying. No disrespect to Cam Clarke tho. Agent Bishop & Z are also obvious favorites of mine too if you've seen my blog long enough. EVERY SINGLE new villain in Rise of the TMNT. Same with the 2012 series (mostly, Xever, Tigerclaw, Kavaxasas & The Hammer rip) Hun but only the 2012 version of him lol. And as of recently Superfly from Mutant Mayhem.

And that's pretty much all I can think of at this time

[tmnt-tychou]

So, for each tmnt series, who do you ship with who? Just curious!

I am a pretty basic and predictable bitch when it comes to shipping. I always ship me some April X Casey in just about every universe.

As a child watching the OG cartoon, I was so moved when Mikey and Kala had to say goodbye to each other, I have been shipping them ever since. I have a 2003 version and a Bayverse version of Kala, but both are humans from Earth instead of being from Dimension X.

And then I kiiiinda ship 2003 Leo and Karai. But not in the happily ever after sense. More in the 'there were feelings and it was complicated and we had to go our own ways' sense.

And then, of course, my ultimate blorbo, Mona Lisa. I will ship my lizard girlfriend with any turtle at any time in any universe. She is my emotional support character and seeing her care about the boys whether platonically or romantically and them caring about her just brings sunshine and warm fuzzies into my life.

Though I do want to stress I'm not one of those people that can't handle when others have different likes or pairings than I do. If you have different OTPs we can still be friends. If you have OCs, we can still talk about turtles together. I am a 'let people enjoy things' type of person and not about trying to ruin anyone else's good time with my personal preferences.

[minkschasijasi]

About "disaster twins" there is so much room to play in half brothers of the same age but dont shars a birthday, raised together but not twins both middle children struggling with issues stemming from that but without a particularly strong bond (as compared to the collective) between them. I personally find it a shame how strongly the fandom latched onto the twin idea ignoring what word of god has said about it. Its a unique dynamic as is.

Real. Honestly, idm disaster twins that much ,, i think they’re a great duo ,, heck—it’s a sturdy dynamic. Sometimes i just get struck with the thought that their twin roles are not at all canon and it breaks my perspective of the entire fandom for a moment.

Cause jeez! Mkey’s mystic injuries on his arms didn’t seem canon, by the way they showed it near the end of the sequence where Leo was pulled out of the portal and into Staten Island

Or Raph being partially or becoming fully blind in one eye because of his kraang transformation

Even the entirety of the future family in the kraangpocalypse are non-existent, we only know leo and mikey’s designs, that they are leo and mikey in the future, and that they were one of, if not, the last groups to be alive during the end of that starting scene. Majority (shoutout to Cass Apocalyptic Series and L.O.V.E.!) took deleted scenes from the opening, the actual opening shot as well, and spun a wild story out of it.

No shame though, i love every one of those guys i absolutely die inside out of sheer excitement when these guys post.

Kinda crazy though, how literally 50% of my hyperfixations are complete headcanons and alternate universes

Shows how starved we are as rottmnt fans 😭

More words under cut <3 (duh)

But to follow with anon’s thoughts on the twin shtick with the blue and purple turtles, i guess it just follows the majority’s preferences on how much bullying we can create out of these chaotic middle children. Out of the four turtles, those two are most likely the most popular—and we all probably know the rule with our favorite character/s.

Either we give them the entire world, or we make them suffer tremendously before giving them the entire world.

I see the half-brothers-same-age-but-not-twins idea being a really cool change from the usual disaster twins content ,, they’d both strike me dead, positively.

With them having similar placement issues on the team, i find that without the twin dynamic between them would have to build a more sturdy relationship instead of the route a lot of people, probably including me, take—which is to say they already had that bridge build to each other and are able to confide in each other their said problems and complaints.

Though the twins idea does bring up a more dramatic and conflicting flares between the two when it comes to sibling fights, especially serious ones. Cause, when you’re siblings you got a connection, but when you’re twins (fraternal or not) you’ve probably got a bigger bond than the usual. This is probably one of the reasons why so many rottmnt fanfic writers or even people who don’t do that and just make rando content on the two prefer this connection—it allows that sweet, sweet angst.

I guess, we just play around with this a lot. I mean, thing with cutting shows in half is that it will allow fans the freedom to do whatever they wish with it, especially since this show started growing in popularity a while ago. I just enjoy being in the fray of it all :)))

[magsterdragster]

I wanna talk about my TMNT but idk what exactly to talk about... And most of the time when I wanna talk about something I don't bc I tell myself I should draw stuff to go with it. But then my stupid brain is like "okay but if you spend all that time drawing and no one asked?? Like?? Why??"

Ugh..

[yellowhollyhock]

Lucky raph and Donnie are my favorites lol! I noticed that honestly raph fans love Donnie XD

Yeah for real! I mean I think we all have our faves and there’s nothing wrong with that. I just love how they all work together. Like Donnie being my fave also means that I am thinking about Raph constantly. Especially the 2003 boys, they’re so closely knit. I think we could even say they have their favorites too—Splinter favors Leo, Raph practically says Mikey is his favorite. The show never says so but Raph is Donnie’s favorite, to me. But we still get to see close bonds with Splinter and Donnie, or Raph and Leo.

Imma put a cut because this is about to get long

I adore how Raph is everyone’s best friend. Oldest sibling coded to me, probably mostly because of my oldest sister, hehe.

But for real, Leo seems more comfortable goofing off with Raph than with anyone else. Raph also pushes him to try things that scare him, which is so precious considering how much Leo’s arc, especially early on, centers around pushing through fear. Also love that Leo seems to recognize when Raph just needs space to be angry, because yeah! What they’re dealing with isn’t normal! Let the teenager rage it’s healthy

Mikey antagonizes Raph more than the other guys, which I think there’s some issues there both ways but the issues come from the closeness. They’re the siblings who constantly want to be together until they literally drive each other up a wall. I imagine when they were little Splinter would try to separate them when things got back and they would just, sneak back to each other’s rooms, both to continue the fight and because they missed each other. They’re so siblings.

And Donnie’s bond with Raph is so most special to me. They’re just so gentle with each other. And when Raph and Leo are arguing, which does tend to be about bigger more serious subjects with real potential to divide, Donnie stays the most neutral. He follows Leo in the City at War arc, but unlike Mikey he doesn’t necessarily agree or disagree. Even little moments like when Raph does something ‘crazy’ (Leo’s bar is low for what he sees as reckless, this poor boy is so stressed), Donnie lets Leo talk to him about it, and then follows Raph lol. Raph also seems to be the one to help Donnie with his feelings, which he is kind of out of touch with. Like in The King, when he gets back and he just lost a friend, it’s Raph we see interacting. There’s no conversation about it (ever, canon will only let Leo process on screen), but at least it’s a small moment of Raph seeing that he’s upset and understanding he needs space. I imagine when Donnie tries to have a full-time job at O’Neil Tech—which at once once gives him space to process everything he’s compartmentalized and forces him to make his brain work in new ways, which causes extreme stress which tends to bring up trauma—he would come up against a lot of personal walls. I’m imagining flashbacks, chronic pain flare-ups, verbal shut-downs. Raph would absolutely be the one to help him the most. He’d probably understand it best even before they figure out causes (he deals with meltdowns during the show, like on screen. Also it’s implied he’s interacted more with humans and we see him making friends every time he goes out, so he’s probably dealt with panic attacks before). Maybe it could even lead to opportunities for Raph to talk with someone about the things he’s struggled with.

Wow Raph and Donnie’s got long—I have so much more in my head, but let me just say one of biggest reasons I relate so much to Donnie is because of how much he worries about each of his family, and April once she joins. And on recent rewatches, I love seeing throughout the show how he grows into his nurturing nature. (Seasons 6 and 7 kind of undid that growth, big part of why I don’t enjoy them as much. I mean he’s sweet with Cody but what the heck happened to his and Raph’s moments, and why is he suddenly so verbally harsh with Mikey? Idk I guess it’s just a different style)

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Angie wouldn't have been able to help train his brothers like his Uncle Leo, but I can see him teaching them how to meditate, if they happen to find him doing so.

Raph would probably be the most interested, but Donnie and Leon could also be persuaded in some way.

It'd also be something he could help April with, considering she's probably stressed with all those jobs she keeps getting.

Yes! I could totally see him teaching his brothers about meditating! Like maybe Raph catches him doing it one morning and asks what he's doing. so Angie explains and eventually gets him into try it himself, giving him all the little pointers his Uncle Leo and Grandpa Splinter gave him.

I think Leon would be intrigued but not want to show it. So he'd just act like he thought it was silly and like "who would want to sit on the floor and do nothing? Not me." but eventually Angelo wears him down and he joins and "oh, floor time is actually good time. I like floor time." and ends up joining their session permanently.

Donnie, i'd imagine, would have the hardest time meditating, simply b/c he's used to always thinking/worrying about everything so trying to not he would find difficult. ( i read an old '03 fic that did something similar and it stuck with me.) But he'd eventually get the hang of it (if only out of pure spite lol) and end up occasionally joining his brothers sessions.

and they'd definitely get April in on it, since she's basically a sibling and this would probably end up turning into a sibling bonding thing. Just some nice chill meditation/floor time : )

Thanks! : )

[clovers-super-cool-ask-blog]

Just a lil something I did

“But I can’t dance…”

“Oh. Well… Have you ever played Just Dance?”

[rainbow-sparks]

woah Jemry :00

pose (1st image): [video]

[misteria247]

I'm gonna take a break on the 87 tmnt for a bit! I'd just gotten through the 6th episode and it was wild. The next one is episode 7 of season two!! Enter the Fly!!! Once I'm done with my little break I'll get started on that episode next!!!

Thank y'all for putting up with my nonsense so far lol.

[skeleton-in-a-hoodie]

I am so excited for when the rest of the fam gets introduced in DDMG.

Right now it's the brothers and Splinter.

But later they'll be Venus and Tseng, April and Kirby, Casey and his family, and eventually Shen and [redacted] and also [redacted].

[ashtheketchum]

How they met you Bayverse TMNT

A/N: I kind of felt like writing something with the turtles again. :3 In my private time I have written a lot about them (especially about Donnie) and I could publish my stuff here :D (Picture from Pinterest!)

Warnings: Mention of weapons and violence

Part 2

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Leonardo (Strangers to Lovers):

On the night patrol, Leo had decided to split up a bit

On the roofs, he looked closely at the streets and alleys to ensure the safety of the city

At a traffic light, Leo saw you

You were standing next to an older lady and you were chatting with her as you helped her across the street

Your smile was gentle and loving as the older woman laughed with joy

Leo looked at the scenario for a while before you and the older woman walked across the street

When you were on the other side, you waved to the older lady and then continued on your way

Leo briefly looked after the older woman before following you over the rooftops

He followed you until you were at your apartment and put some food out for the street cats

With such a simple action you had Leo's full attention and he was happy that there were still people like you

He made it his own mission to take care of you

Raphael (Cinnamon roll and Guard dog):

Raphael spotted you while he was on patrol

You were backed into a corner and threatened with a gun. The thief wanted your valuables and all your money

Raphael immediately intervened by throwing his sai so that the weapon was knocked away by the thief

Then he grabbed a few bricks and threw them down to knock out the thief

The thief ran away while you still stared up to see your savior

Raph saw a dark corner where you couldn't see him and he jumped into it

"Give me back my weapons."

You had thrown them into the shadows as you silently looked in his direction

You thanked him several times before you stood up and tried to walk towards him, but Raph immediately growled loudly, making you jump back

"Can I meet you again?" you asked him

Raph just huffed before climbing up and leaving you alone

Donatello (Sexy sassy and timid nerd):

Donnie sometimes sneaked into famous universities (without Leo knowing) to see what it was like at a public university

He also saw you quite often during class

Donnie found you very interesting, even though you never really listened, didn't take notes, and never participated in class, you got good grades and got through every class

You were quite popular, with the boys and girls, but you had rejected everyone

One day Donnie had put his number in your bag, hoping he could get to know you better

He knew it was risky, but he wanted to try it. His brothers simply weren't allowed to know

Of course you found his number and called him immediately, but it was a video call

Donnie had always taped up his cameras, but it still scared him. Then he answered

You talked for a while and he had to spend a really long time proving that he didn't go to your university but was homeschooled

You had a good time and even became friends

Donnie found himself admiring you as you still had your camera on and sometimes smiled into it

Michelangelo (Aggressive chihuahua and calm giant):

Mikey had spotted you when it was Halloween and everyone was out celebrating

He snuck out and tried his luck at talking to you. He always got along well with his looks, including you

You had put on the Hogwarts uniform and even had a wand

Mikey complimented you and you had a very long conversation, which you both enjoyed

You told him that his costume looked incredibly realistic, to which he could only giggle nervously

"I've been working on it all year, little one."

His little nicknames for you always made you giggle and his heart fluttered every time he heard it

But when Mikey was whistled back by Leo, he staggered towards you in disappointment before disappearing into the crowd so that no one noticed him anymore

You were disappointed that he had to leave, just like Mikey was disappointed to leave

Since then, you came to the place where you met every day and Mikey saw you there all the time

But Leo had forbidden him to talk to you

[imababblekat]

TmnT Boy’s Meeting Aprils New Roomie; HC’s

Anon Request, “Can I request the bayverse turtles reactions to meeting april's new roomate who is a really a short s/o (like 5 ft) that has a tired and chill personality (has the same kind of personality as aizawa and shinso from mha) and instead of freaking out when they see the turtles they just say "hey" nonchalantly then go back to what they're doing? (You don't need to do this I just think it would be funny)”

~xXx~

Michelangelo:

Mikey had barged his way into Aprils apartment to excitedly talk about the latest episode of their favorite TV drama when he stumbled upon you

April was there with you, equal panic on her face as the orange clad turtle waited for the inevitable screaming or a similar panicked reaction

Your lack of shock left Mikey curious about you; all you had given him was a tired “sup” with a head tilt up and continuing your conversation like seeing a mutant ninja turtle breaking into your apartment was the most normal of things

His brothers wouldn’t have believed him if not for April being witness to the ordeal and are left as equally surprised by your lack of reaction when they ultimately come to meet you

Doesn’t take long for Mikey to practically glue himself to your side; it’s like the golden retriever boy trope

Loves the fact you’re so short; doesn’t out right tease you because he knows what it’s like to be the smallest, but he won’t hesitate to pick you up and throw you on his shoulders to get something from a high place

Donatello: 

His mind is so deep in explaining what he figured out what was wrong with Aprils watch, that he hadn’t picked up on her panicked face till he’d heard the once vacant room in her apartment creak open

Your lack of noticing him at all, which was odd considering he was a literal giant in comparison to your much shorter stature, and making way to grab some water before retreating back to your room had Donnie wonder for a second if he was really that good of a ninja

But after questioning April the next day about whether or not you truly did notice him, it turns out he in fact wasn’t as invisible as he felt, when his friend informed him that you did actually see him that night

Ultimately, he had to introduce himself and his brothers to make sure you wouldn’t go talking about them to the wrong person, but at your simple nod and “okay” while absentmindedly texting on your phone at the end of their empty threat introduction, Donnie was even more confused than he had been the first night

Your nonchalant behavior had left his overthinking brain wondering why you reacted so differently compared to others

It didn’t make any logical sense to him, especially after no indications that you were going through some kind of weird shock symptom 

His time spent trying to understand why you didn’t freak out on him that night turns into a lot of time bonding and forming a friendship he also never calculated to be possible, not that he minded of course; your chill personality was a nice contrast to the chaotic energies of his brothers when needed

Raphael:

He had been asked by Donnie while on a solo patrol to grab something from April, so when he’d stepped through her window he did not expect to see another person there with her

Your lack of a fear struck response leaves him frustratingly confused afterwards

Poor Raph is so used to people screaming or even fainting at the sight of him, that when all you did was wave a simple high and continue watching your Netflix show, he couldn’t help the suspicion he held towards you

Due to his skeptical feeling towards you however, he ends up spending a lot of time around you, and even though it does take some time, your unconcerned attitude towards, well, all of him, eventually has his walls crumbling around you

You make him feel normal, like he’s not some freak of nature; you don’t even flinch when his anger gets the best of him, instead waiting for him to calm some before offering some comfort

As Raph finds himself more lax with you, he opens up quite a bit and finds a friendship he didn’t know he desperately craved

But he’ll never tell you that, not at first at least, and instead just teases you and calls you shorty and time you tease him about how sweet he’s being

Leonardo:

Leo is definitely the most guarded when meeting new people, and your unbothered nature towards him when he accidentally stumbles upon you in Aprils apartment, does not easy his mistrustful thoughts about you

For a while he actually wonders if you’re some kind of secret spy to the foot clan or some other bad group of people, but anytime he tried to get you to confess your secrets, you’d just confusingly ask if you could help him with all the weird staring he’s doing

It lowkey leaves him feeling flustered, because he’s not used to not being taken seriously by anyone except his brothers

It takes a while for him to warm up to you, but when he does he starts to realizes how much he appreciates not being seen as a freak almost like Raph does, he also feels very relieved to not have to worry about his family being in any sort of danger with you

Yeah, you might be the shortest person he’s ever met, but he secretly feels like you could kick some ass

Your unassuming personality also has him thinking you could secretly be a force to wreckin with, and often ponders if he should offer up the idea to train you; definitely not because he wants to spend more time with you or anything of course!

~xXx~