#explaining lore on childhood hyperfixations

[ierogenvy]

how could i even begin to explain the effect that two random british guys had on me as a child. and also now

[postal-ech]

Alright no, I need to go into detail on this shit cause I swear to god, it lives rent free in my head. I'll split the post off here cause there's gonna be some spoilers for Lisa the Undone as well as a few other Lisa Fan Games that are on my mind

I'm also giving a CW here, cause Lisa covers some dark topics, and I want to unload it a bit here, especially given what I've seen out of Lisa the Undone.

Buckle up, it's gonna be a long, very autistically hyperfixated post.

So

I initially never really got into Lisa when it first came out. I was a shitlord that saw the fan content first, especially this project known as Interlopers - essentially, a Lisa-Undertale crossover featuring Buddy Armstrong and Chara Dreemur.

It piqued my interest a bit, but I never realized how one sided it was in exploring this stuff, especially given it was this crossover AU. It focused mainly on the Undertale fandom and some of the things that were popular at the time. It WAS going to explore its own version of Olathe on a sequel series but that was canceled later on, and the idea has become dormant since.

Later on, my curiosity grew and I looked into the Lisa side of things more. I discovered Lisa the Pointless, Lisa the Hopeful, and then I started looking into other fan projects here too.

Why this pretext? Because that was the gateway into Lisa proper.

I only got Lisa the Painful and Lisa the Joyful after its definitive edition released. At this point, I was pretty well versed in Brad's story - his trauma and pain, the struggles he faces after, the Joy abuse to numb the pain - so when I saw the campfire scenes between Brad and the other party members, especially with members like Terry or Queen Rodger, Bo and Olan, it sparked something there that's for fucking sure.

And then I got to the secret boss.

I'm a dude thar enjoys reading into shit, looking deep at the meaning of written projects be it games, movies, books, etc - Lore is my god damn drug, to put it in a TL:DR.

Seeing this huge call back to Lisa the First, Seeing the symbolism of joy spiders worshipping a Blue Eclipse above Brad's childhood home, fighting the manifestation of Marty Armstrong and reading the deeper, personal stuff that's said afterwards

That song, too, towards the very end of the sequence, with the music that's reminiscent of s church choir singing as Brad's childhood self descends into the darkness

That's what truly sold me on Lisa.

I know everyone has mixed feelings on Lisa the Joyful of course, especially in the way it handled Buddy - Some people were fine with it, and others didn't like the way she became this bloodthirsty girl out to murder shit indiscriminately

I say fair enough honestly, Joyful was a bit of a slog to get through compared to Painful

HOWEVER

There were two things I still enjoyed about it:

One, Dustin. Dustin was and still is the goddest boy despite his own flaws, and I was upset it wasn't explored more before his untimely death. Buddy actually starting to care about him before it all went downhill was tragic in its own right

Two, the DE content. Again, a lot of people were still mixed on it, but personally I saw it as a better expansion into Buddy healing from her trauma, understanding that- while Brad certainly was in the wrong in the way he raised her, he still tried his best in a world that definitely wanted to exploit her in the most horrific ways imaginable.

I'm fine with her even mentioning Lisa cause let's all be real here, she's definitely at least heard of her through Brad in some way, shape or form, and the ending bit where he explains the dead flower to her only reinforces that for me.

The more supernatural side of things feel interesting too, cause maybe it's just me, but reading into things, The Flash always had this sort of supernatural spin to it - how Olathe got so fucked up, how time doesn't seem to be entirely right in some areas or how everything got all mountainous and the likes. Probably just headcanon stuff but fuck it, I enjoy the speculation.

AND NOW, THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR: LISA THE UNDONE.

So, with that context out of the way, I'll get into my proper thoughts with Lisa: The Undone.

Firstly, again I know not everyone will really agree with the ideas the Definitive Edition put out, especially in the case of Joyful with its Lisa the First callback and Buddy just slamming on Buzzo the way she does. That being said, I love the way Lisa the Undone tackles these ideas Joyful initially set our and explores them more.

The idea of Buddy being less hateful at first, just wanting to genuinely explore the weird and wacky world of Olathe despite its darkness is very welcome. With Dustin especially, this is only amplified.

A lot of the headcanoned and original stuff feel like they can fit right into the base Lisa games too honestly, and that's another thing I really appreciate about this fan gams

But the most important thing to me is the found family relationship between Dustin and Buddy, as well as the two other companions you can recruit.

Dustin is by no means perfect. This is undeniable enough given his actions in Painful and Joyful - He wants to do good, but it becomes a bit of a messiah complex especially for Buddy - who mind you, is only a pubescent kid during all of this shit. This is still translated well in this fan game, just less of a prominent character point - He still wants Buddy to have a good life and to be safe, but there's a clear struggle with seeing her as the Future of Olathe

And seeing her as just Buddy. Just Her.

And the fact that over the time, throughout the chapters, you see Dustin refer to her less as this important figure for the world and more as like a sibling, or just straight up family, that right there is what sells me on this.

Especially towards the end, where depending on your choices in the game, Buddy does eventually admit she can't help but care about people like Dustin.

That hits. That hits a good fucking bit.

And that's what I love to see in this. Sure, it may end with one of the two dying in part 2 of Undone, or depending on your actions it may end with tragedy for either of them

But the fact it works this found family dynamic so God damn well here, with how Buddy and Dustin care for each other AS that family despite Brad's own fuck-ups between the both of them.

Fuck man. It's good, and I hope this fandom explores it more here - especially with DE putting things into an interesting context too.

On a side note, God I also hope it explores DE's Warlord skills mechanics in the future, it's some god damn martial arts shit I love. Sure it may be Mega Man-esque bur god dammit the idea of Buddy learning and incorporating some ideas given from how each Warlord fights is SUCH a good idea and if there's ever a fan game that had Buddy exploring the greater world of Olathe, meeting the likes of Alex Churchland or Beltboy and shit like that, I wanna see her develop her own form of martial arts with or without the katana she's grown accustomed with god dammit.

God, I love Lisa. I love these games as much ad Undertale and Deltarune, and I need to write out some more shit for this series.

Thanks Austin Jorgensen you god damn mad man, and thanks to the Fandom for putting out such genuine bangers.

[smittyw]

i wanted to make some dinky elevator pitch introductions for my fav ocs because.. i dont talk about them very coherently it seems. or at all! what!!

to finally make up for that i'll put my extended edition under the cut below. love peace taco grease and stay frosty forever

so from what i gather in my notes, razz is the only recognizable one around here who got their lore blasted from a megaphone the second i came up with it. after that i got shy.. i was too busy having thoughts to ever explain who molly and Q were or where they came from. and its been like 2 years. well!

nat and molly are formerly codependent childhood friends and funhouse mirror versions of each other who split paths after high school. theyre like if two besties fated to be a detective duo spat on fate's shoes and ran off in different directions to do the same thing but badly & alone.. molly actually hit the books to become a private investigator, champion of truth and justice, while nat hit the pavement to become a paparazzo, champion of clickbait. they hate each other a lot but given the slightest chance they will attach at the hip again and drain the life from each other.

Q is later to the party, a terminally exhausted college dropout and shut-in with a notable (anonymous) presence in the online music scene. every slight inconvenience in his life is a straw and when the last one hits boy is he ready to just drive into the sunset or maybe the ocean or maybe just live in his car and stop talking to people forever. if the band they joined out of peer pressure makes it big or they get found out for their alter ego its so over..but luckily they started dating the most nosy and paranoid idiot alive & inadvertently pissed off the second most nosy and paranoid idiot alive in the process, so surely nothing like that could ever happen

these goobs run in slightly different circles that overlap juuust enough to be a problem, and its hard not to run into the most annoying eccentrics in their unserious version of LA slightly stuck out of time. if i were reintroducing lore important characters itd include plenty more than just them (eg freddy mysteriously missing from this description of events as if he isnt also there) but imho i have no obligation to pay attention to anything outside the range of my hyperfixation blast. the important thing to me rn is just to let yall know what the hell im talking about when i make stupid jokes everyday about girlies who dont exist <3

[lunamiuna-the-curious-fella]

[I'm gonna take what I wrote in a reblog that doesn't relate to the original source, cause when I search for it by the tags I added it doesn't show up for some reason. It's me ranting about my OC and Fresh, including fanfic like parts, and I would love to hear anyone's thoughts about it. Took a lot of inspiration from the fic 'Sweet Sweet Swagger' by MissPawTastic, go check them out! Also you can imagine this as taking place well after Loveball 2016 and Timeparty2k16 roleplays, to explain why he isn't entirely emotionless. Or not. Whatever fits, idk]

So, Arial, my OC. They're very self inserty and share a lot of traits with me, like being Aroace, Agender, any pronouns, AuDHD, Infp personality type, and in general my personality, interests, and quirks. Here they are in gacha life 2:

But the gist is that they're actually a human monster hybrid, not just monster like they seem and go by to keep up appearances, and a powerful one at that. They're kind of an anomaly, cause y'see, not only they are stronger than most, their soul which looks like this:

has the theoretical potential to be stronger than all 7 human soul kinds combined. But since her body obviously can't handle all that, it just gives how much is currently needed and adapts. Which means even if Fresh were to possess them, while it would feel just as bad as for anyone else at first, with time they would adapt to the possession, eventually even being able to take back control entirely. They would much prefer to share the body though, if they're on friendly terms with Fresh. Also their short term in the moment soul energy is highly dependable on their emotional state, with strong emotions causing it to produce more energy, enough to smoothly take over control even, if the emotion is intense enough.

Whether they know of Fresh's secret identity or not and whether she's aware of the full capacity of her power in relation to him varies a lot, there's a lot of different timelines and what if's to this. Either way, if Fresh is somewhat nice, and doesn't like, do evil shit to innocent people for no reason, then they're friendly and understanding of his situation, cause like, he has to hurt people, just to exist... How tragic is that!

Arial's home AU is set in a classic adjacent universe, the lore being that basically there's this secret line of skeletons (and other monsters too) that managed to hide amongst humans with some rare magic or artifacts that gave them disguises, like they weren't trapped under Mount Ebott. Arial has this muddy green goat named Falcon as their main mentor/father figure in his life, since her biological parents abandoned them before they could ever form any memories of them. They don't talk much nowadays, having little in common and living away from each other, but they care about each other very much and are protective of each other. There were ancient magic scientists in the childhood hidden village they lived in, and they are the reason why she knows about the capabilities of their soul.

Now, to more present times. Basically after the barrier broke, and the monsters began to be more accepted, the secret clan came out of hiding, big reunion, he became friends with the main Undertale group, got introduced to the multiverse through Sans, and went like: Oh my gosh, I must EXPLORE! :O (She got this device from someone from the multiverse to help her navigate between the universes and stuff) It basically became their new hyperfixation, learning everything there is about the multiverse, AU’s, the people in it, outcodes, secrets, all that stuff.

And, here it comes, that includes Fresh and his secret. She learned it from one of his survivors. And she absolutely believed it, I mean, it's the multiverse! Anything is possible! Though she kinda did it by nagging and begging him about it, so he made her swear to never tell anybody, ESPECIALLY Fresh, for fear he will get him. So she took it to heart. Though that's kinda what she would do anyway, why would she out herself like that…

Overall, he appears meek and naive. But they know more than she lets on. Is very kindhearted too. Just wants to have fun.

Anyway, one day, there's Fresh. He's looking for a new host. And look, there's a naive lonely skeleton with a powerful soul which he can sense! How can he not pick them as his new host? So he decides to gain her thrust and befriend him, in order to later possess him. Arial, of course, suspects this, but goes along with it anyway because that's what she would do normally, if she didn't know. But also, they know that if push comes to shove, they can handle it. She knows what her soul is capable of, after all. She knows that ultimately, it will adapt with time, and overcome it. And they're lonely, so, can you blame them?

And what happens for a good while is that basically he doesn't know that they know, and they know he doesn't know! On one hand, you have Arial, that's just vibing, trying to enjoy the friendship in spite of Fresh’s true intentions, on the other, you have Fresh that's convinced he’s fooling them. Pretty funny, huh? They especially like throwing ambiguous parasite hints. It always throws him off guard.

But eventually, they had enough of not knowing if it all was actually genuine or not, minus the parasite stuff. They told him they wanna talk, in this serious solemn voice, at which Fresh wondered: "What’s da matter broski? :("

She asked him:

"Hypothetically, if you had a specific harmful ulterior motive for this friendship and I secretly knew but didn't mind it, as long as the friendship part is genuine, would the friendship part still be genuine?"

Fresh's shades would darken, perhaps because he's starting to catch on, as he wondered how he should answer to this. If this truly was what it seemed, that would mean they knew from the beginning, and they still befriended him. It was hard to believe. He answered, going back to his cheerful attitude:

"In that purely hypothetical situation, if you truly didn't mind, I would totes go for continuing our super rad friendship my friendo! :D It could definitely still be genuine in that sense. Why you asking?"

She would immediately hug him. "Dang that's such a relief! I appreciate that so much." He would be surprised at the suddenness, but after a moment would awkwardly hug back. "Dun' mention it dawg."

Arial would lean back, and start rambling, explaining how they knew what he was from the start and why they still wanted to be friends with him, how for reasons she'll get into later, possession isn't as bad of a thing for her than for others, how he empathized with the reality of Fresh's existence as a parasite and how inherently tragic it is, and how they don't mind being possessed in the future as long as it's when they're ready and on their terms.

And well, that's quite a lot for our poor Fresh. Not only did he get the confirmation of what he suspected but had a hard time believing, but found out someone actually understands and empathizes with his situation, and is okay with him possessing them in the future. It was, bizarre... He didn't know how to deal with it. His initial reaction was to consider them foolish for it. After all, how could someone be friends with a literal parasite? He had trouble admitting it but, it did feel kinda nice. Neat. And he can't refuse a willing host! (it was actually more than neat but he wasn't ready to confront that)

"Huh. Dat's great, buddy. I- You're really fine with me possessing ya?"

"Yeah, in the future."

"Why?"

"Wellll, y'see, I'm not exactly your average monster skeleton. I'm a human monster hybrid, actually, a powerful one. I'm kind of an anomaly, really, cause my soul basically has the theoretical potential for power stronger than all 7 human soul kinds combined, but since my body obviously can't handle all that, it just gives how much is currently needed and adapts. That's why, even if you were to possess me, while at first it would feel just as horrible as for any other typical skeleton, with time it would gradually adapt to the possession, eventually even allowing me to fully gain back control by producing more energy than you can control. I would rather share the body though, so don't worry about me not letting you in control."

That, of course, surprised Fresh quite a bit. He could sense that their soul was quite powerful, but he could never guess to that extent. Arial was a dang long lasting powerhouse for him. He was looking forward to possessing them.

"You're gonna wait until I'm ready though, right? You're not gonna push me into it when I'm not fully comfortable with it yet, or worse, possess me without my permission?"

"Heh, alrighty, Imma patient guy, I'll totes wait." -He was tempted though.

"Just some additional motivation, remember that eventually after I adapt to your possession I'll be able to easily take back control whether you like it or not, so it wouldn't be wise for you to not treat me right and then regret it after I'm able to gain back control and treat you accordingly." -He was no longer tempted.

...

"Anyway, how is your host btw?"

"My host?"

"Yeah, I mean like are they relatively okay? How are they doing? Cause like, I don't wanna just ignore their existence while being buddy buddy with THE parasite that's possessing them!"

"..Well, dey aren't up an' doing da worst, dats for sure! Dey still got a few months in dem."

"A few months until you leave them so they can recover, or a few months until they die?" They look at him sternly

"Da first one."

"Okay good. How are they mentally?"

"They've gotten used to it by now. Dey're actually surprised at someone acknowledging their existence and well being for once!"

"Of course I acknowledged them, they are a person too after all, just like me or you! Just because they're a host doesn't mean their experience isn't valid. In fact, both of you are valid, you for needing to eat, your host for still absolutely hating it."

Fresh chuckles

"Dey sure are excited about you, broski. U have an eye opening way of looking at things,, I like that about you"

"Thanks.. :>"

And so, they became friends, for real this time, and did many fun things. Like that one time when they went to a playground, and just had honest fun! The best part was the merry-go-round, she dared him to try to make her dizzy by spinning her very fast, and of course, he just couldn't pass up the challenge! He was doomed from the start though and they knew it, because they're pretty much immune to spinning (Like me!! I love spinning very fast, it doesn't make me dizzy at all c:) They even threw their head back to make the effect stronger, and laughed through it! (I do that ehehe :>) The only problem was the centrifugal force nailing their back to the backrest railing, but she could bear it. Then they switched roles, and she tried spinning him very fast, and the whole time he was sitting seemingly nonchalantly, his expression not showing any signs of distress, at least at first glance. They couldn't really see it cause they were spinning him very fast, but he sat there considerably more stiff than normal. He was feeling the effects, he was just hiding it well. Later he’d deny any accusations of him being dizzy.

Another time, they asked him if he could be all creepy and stuff, and he was like eh, sure! And went all creepy at them, lowering his sunglasses and looking at them with this creepy hungry look, and Arial was like: "Ohoho, jeezz, wow! I love it." It reminded them of why Fresh was friends with them to begin with.

Fresh raised his brow. "You do?"

"..Yeah."

Fresh smirked "Well ain't dat an interesting revelation! Never thought somebroski would like dat side of dear ol' me."

Arial stuttered "Well uh, I kinda do, because I know I can trust you. Like, I like that kind of fear, when I know I'm not actually in danger."

"Ya like fear?" It was quite a bizarre concept for Fresh, to like the primal instinct that lets you avoid danger.

"When I know I'm in a safe environment."

"How?"

"It's thrilling. It gives me an adrenaline kick, while the knowledge that I'm not actually in danger acts like a safety net."

"Huh." ...A smile crept on Fresh's face, at which something in Arial's nonexistent stomach stirred. He was certainly intrigued. He never expected for this friendship to allow him to act creepy and intimidating. He was fully prepared for it to be all fluffy wholesomeness. But this... This was certainly an interesting, entertaining development.

And thus, playful scaring was added to their list of fun time activities. Fresh can be both fun and friendly, as well as scary, and she loves that. She likes that contrast, how it amplifies both sides and mixes with each other. (Heh, it's one of the reasons why Fresh is my absolute favorite character)

Or! Or! The time when they had a sleepover. They played games, sung songs, had a pillow fight, all that stuff. They even made themselves painted nails by using glue on fake ones! Arial's first painted a row of colors that created a rainbow gradient, then crackle black, then white hearts shaped using a thin wire, and of course top coat, and it looked something like this:

Fresh's were these colors more or less:

But with a bunch of fun stickers on that I'm too lazy to draw.

It ended with them cuddling on the couch with a bunch of blankets and pillows, and it was very comfy.

So comfy in fact, Arial decided to bring up an idea they had some time ago.

"Btw, if I were to summon and temporarily offer my soul to you, under the condition that you wouldn't take too much and completely devour it, of course, would you be able to feed off of it without possessing me?"

"You would offer your soul like that to me?"

"As long as you're gentle with it."

"I promise."

And so, Arial summons their soul, and gives it to him, which he held gently. At first sight, it looked similar to other monster souls. It shone significantly brighter though, and had hints of rainbow on the edges. It was beautiful. Fresh was mesmerized by it.

After a while of him just admiring it, he started gently brushing against it's surface with his phalanges, channelling comforting intent. For Arial, it felt incredibly relaxing and nice. He continued to do that, gently rubbing it, caressing it, focused on the task, at which Arial practically melted into the blankets and pillows.

Unexpectedly, he slowly raised their soul up to his mouth and licked it, using his parasite tentacle as tongue, at which Arial let out a surprised yelp and a garble of confused sounds, as Fresh looked right at them with a knowing smile. It felt... Weird, for them. Confusing. Vulnerable. Intimate. And yet, exciting and dare I say, weirdly enjoyable??? Like, there was a subtle sting to it, but it didn't feel bad somehow??? Combined with his gentle touches, it just acted like a bit of spice added to the experience. They didn't wanna admit it to themselves, but it felt stimulating. They were a blushing mess of jumbled thoughts and emotions. (They have a pastel rainbow blush btw)

Fresh chuckled at their reaction, and asked:

"How did that feel?"

Arial just whined, having trouble expressing their complex thoughts and emotions.

"Good?"

"Yes and I don't know how to deal with that!!"

Fresh chuckles. "Dun worry bae. Just relax and enjoy yourself." He runs his boney thumb over their soul again.

They take a few deep breaths. "Okay. Okay. Fuu- Jeez, okay. You can continue."

And he did, and it felt amazing. Arial was laying face down in the blankets, letting out soft quiet noises which he very much enjoyed. Their reactions were captivating. He liked tasting their soul too, it was sweet, with a high concentration of their emotions.

After a while, he returned their soul to them. They were a bit stunted, their soul still beating fast.

"...Wow...."

"How are ya feeling?"

"Good, I think. That was... Certainly something. Wow..."

Fresh hugs them from the side. "I realz liked the taste of yo soul broski. Could up an' taste your feels."

"Haha, cool..."

After a moment, Arial adds: "It was really fun though. I didn't expect for it to be this... Y'know."

"Your reactions were hella captivating dude."

Arial rubs the side of their vertebrae. "Yeah, I get that."

Fresh chuckles. "You're one odd cookie."

There's a moment of content silence, which Arial breaks: "We should probably do that regularly, yeah? To let my soul get used to the drainage."

"Sounds like a plan yo. I'm looking forward to tasting more of your magic dawg."

"You really liked it that much?"

"Yeah, homie!! It was rad sweet and powerful. I could even taste your emotions, and that's unusual. Your short term energy levels must depend a lot on your emotions."

"So you could taste what emotions I was feeling in that moment?" Arial looks to the side, slightly blushing.

Fresh pokes their cheek. "Yep! Tho I didn't need dat to tell that you were enjoying yourself."

Arial groans, flustered, at which Fresh chuckles.

"How about you describe yo thoughts throughout dat experience for me?"

"You already know my feelings, you wanna know my thoughts too??"

Fresh just grins in confirmation

"Ughh, you're such a tease! Finee.....

At first it was very relaxing and nice, I was practically melting under your touch. And then you decided to suddenly lick it, without any warnings, and it funking- aaghhg, it felt- I don't even know how to describe it, and it frustrates me so much!! I hate not being able to describe what I'm feeling."

Fresh listened with amusement. "Take yo time."

"I guess, it was very surprising. I was like: Aaahh, what is happening, what is this, why is this, what am I feeling right now, it technically stings a little and yet it's weirdly enjoyable, like what?!?? Really, it felt less like a sting, more like an electrifying sensation that added some spice to the experience. Made it more intense, but not in the negative direction, even if I was disoriented by it."

Fresh nods. He could vaguely tell what their feelings were at that moment, but it was more of a general vibe than an exact description, so he happily drank the new information Arial was giving him. Like, they felt all that. Cause of him. He made them feel that way. Something stirs in Fresh at that.

"Well broski, that's quite the feelings you described. I'm happy to be the one that caused them in you though.."

"Haha, cool..." It seems to be their go to response when flustered.

They lean into Fresh, yawning. It seems the exhaustion in Arial finally begins to set in after that drainage. Very enjoyable drainage, but still, drainage. Nothing a good sleep can't fix though.

Fresh smiles, much more softly this time, and runs his hand over their skull as they're falling asleep. Is he getting attached? -he thought. That's thought unsettled him a bit. No, surely not. It's all part of the deal. -he justified it to himself, and stopped thinking about it for now.

Anyway, they started doing that soul licking thing regularly. After quite a few of them, Fresh even surprised them by mixing it up and adding multiple tongue-tentacles to the mix, rather than keeping it one, and boi that was a fun one. Just picture that image in your head.

If I were to describe their relationship, I would say, queerplatonic, since their friendship exceeded what is typically considered a friendship by now I think.

Anyway when it comes to the possession that's a few months into the future, it was... Rough. But not as bad as it could have been. They were sitting on the couch at Arial's place. Fresh, having already taken off his sunglasses was like:

"Ya sure you're ready for this?" Feeling kinda bad for the pain he's going to inflict on them after they became so close. Arial at this point, was sure of this, because she wanted to help him, and because he didn't want to keep his host waiting any longer. "Yes." -He said

"Alright. Don't fight it." He gently cupped their face with his hands and leaned into them. They spent a moment just staring into each other's eyes, before Fresh linked their foreheads together and entered through their eyesocket, leaving his previous host barely conscious and dazed, just laying there, rapidly falling into unconsciousness, leaning against the side of the couch. Poor guy needs the sleep. As his true form was hanging out on the inside of Arial's bone structure, it didn't feel bad for them, actually. Not yet. It felt hella weird and bizarre, but not the bad kind. Kinda nice even. ..But then he grabbed onto their soul and began taking over, and then it hit. It was agonizing. Arial held onto themselves tightly, wincing and crying in pain, desiring comfort very strongly. Fresh picked up on that, and hugged them in the mindscape, rubbing circles onto their back in a comforting manner.

"There there broski. You're doing so good. Just focus on da hug and try to relax for me, m'kay?"

Arial buries their face into his chest and hugs him tightly, shuddering. Gosh they needed this. It helped a TON, and eventually relaxed enough for him to take over. He could do it by force, of course, but it would cause unnecessary pain for them, and he could totally spare some time to comfort them first.

When Arial became aware of their surroundings once again, they could see their room, and Fresh's previous host laying unconscious next to them on the couch. It still kinda hurt, but not as bad as the first moments of the possession. And It felt weird, to not be in control over their movements anymore. They immediately imagined a self image of themselves in their mind, which they could control, unlike their real body, for some semblance of autonomy and expression. They trusted him though, so they believed it'll be alright. Fresh chuckled at their immediate usage of their imagination. They sure were imaginative!

He stood up and lifted his previous host bridal style, planning to drop them off where he found them.

"Are they gonna be alright?" -Arial asked in their mind

"Totes. Dey just need a lotta rest!" He Fresh-poofed to the universe his host originated from and left them somewhere safe.

"Are we just gonna leave them here, and not even wait until they wake up?"

"They got close ones to take care of them, and I don't want dem seeing me"

"Oh, alright, fair."

Fresh poofed back to Arial's place

"Alrighty my homie! Time to pick out a radical new fit yo!" Arial was excited, and definitely helped a lot with their eye for art, style, and aesthetics, even picking out their own accessories that fitted the fit, a lot of which they made themselves. (Which are actually my accessories, I didn't just made them up) After a lot of experimenting, the fit looked let's say, somewhat like this:

But with more details like goofy necklaces and lots of colorful bracelets, including handmade Aroace and Agender bracelets, because coincidentally it fits both of them.

Fresh took them for his usual shenanigans and adventures, and it was fun. (Just imagine that Arial is the host when you see that kind of fiction or art with Fresh, like I did)

Eventually though, they take a chill at a random hotel, laying on the bed. With Fresh giving back control to them, it didn't hurt as much. Having his true form woven around their bones felt.. comforting, actually. It was nice. They were glad he trusted them enough to give up control over them for a bit. They wished to pet him.

"Pet me?" -Fresh asked. This of course required a lot of trust, to let them touch his fragile vulnerable form.

"Yeah." They responded in a soft voice. Not an ounce of bad intent.

"Okay." He partially crawled out of their ribs, and she started gently running their phalanges over his tentacles. It was a nice moment of peace, and comfort. Felt nice for Fresh too.

A good few weeks into the possession, there was a moment when Fresh was listening to some music, and played 'Sailor Stars Song (full)' specifically, cause he likes Sailor Moon, and it was like a massive wave of nostalgia and memories washed over Arial, their soul responding in kind. Y'see, Sailor Moon was their favorite childhood show (mine too), and Sailor Stars was their favorite opening song (mine too), and they haven't heard it in such a long time. That's why they reacted with such big emotions. And with emotions, their soul produced more energy, enough to smoothly slip out of Fresh's control and start moving along to the music, without even thinking about it. Fresh was startled, and a bit unsettled, because hosts taking over usually means bad things for him, and they aren't supposed to do it so easily! He calms down after he realizes they just wanna vibe to the music and mean absolutely no harm to him though, and recalls the time when they already told him that's how their soul works. When Arial noticed they were in control, they started passionately singing along to it and dancing, tears running down their face out of nostalgia and happiness. Once the song ended, they started gushing over how much they loved Sailor Moon, that it was their favorite childhood show, and Fresh was like: "You love Sailor Moon too?? Sick! B-D"

"Wanna binge watch the entirety of Sailor Moon 90's anime?"

"Of course I do broski!"

They proceeded to binge watch the entirety of Sailor Moon 90's anime, and specials.

[To be continued. Someday...]

[quietwingsinthesky]

Question: cringe culture is 100% dead, but I'm curious what you'd pick as your most embarrassing fandom, past or present? I know some people consider supernatural to be a guilty pleasure but honestly there's some other fandoms that I'm way more embarrassed to still like

Generally, I’m not really embarrassed about any of the stuff I’ve been into. If I liked it, clearly it brought me joy at the time and that’s what matters. You know, how would I be the person I am today if I didn’t play Undertale or even if I didn’t read every creepypasta I could get my hands on as a kid? That plus my memory problems means no cringe for me lol. But I guess I could talk about a few.

MLP was back when the show was still airing — I want to say 3rd or 4th season? — and I just dove into the fandom because ‘woah guys did you know that people write stories about the ponies? That there are infinite amount of stories to read?’ Which, you know, ups and downs, you got your Keepers of Discord but you’ve also got your Cupcakes. (Though, to be honest, the fact that I had a reading of Cupcakes bookmarked on my computer to listen to to help me fall asleep? probably explains uhm. Some Stuff About Me.) Honestly, wouldn’t trade my time with MLP for anything, and I still love the show and a lot of fanworks dearly. I rewatch Lullaby for a Princess every few weeks, I reread Something Sweet To Bite every Halloween, and when I can’t sleep, I still find myself going to ObabScribbler or TheLostNarrator’s YouTube channels to find fic readings to calm my brain down.

Dream SMP is… more complicated. Obviously, if you know anything about it, you know all the shit that came out. I won’t get into that here because that’s not really a part of my experience? Just sort of a gross thing that overshadows it all, even though I was out of the fandom before any of that stuff was known. I actually got into it to bond with my little sister, she loved that stuff, and damn it all, but I got unironically sucked in by just the fantastic work that came out of a fandom surrounding a minecraft roleplay server lol. They aren’t wrong about the art that got made for those YouTubers, it’s all stunningly good. And it’s how I found Sad-ist’s animations on YouTube. Still subscribed to them, their work is always beautiful to watch, the old Dream SMP stuff and the new stuff. And I liked bonding with my sister over the bonkers minecraft lore. The end of that hyperfixation was when Technoblade died. Got too real, all of a sudden, too close to home, and I peaced out hard. It was good, though, while I was there. I liked having something to talk to my sister about.

Uhhhh okay out of that downer ending let’s talk about Sherlock. Yes hi hello original superwholock-er here, despite only seeing the first two seasons of doctor who but IT COUNTS. I can’t even be mad at past me for liking Sherlock because I probably wouldn’t be as close to my friends as I am if we hadn’t all been watching s3-4 live. And dunking hard on s4. I was never a johnlock conspiracy person, so that helps. There was the time my friend read us outloud some Johnlock mpreg ass birth fanfic in math class. That was… an experience. I give this a “I can’t plug my phone in without being haunted by his voice”/10

And finally, back to serious town, Harry Potter. I don’t even have anything good to say here, really. The whole “mourning something important to my childhood” phase is long over, the damage continues to be done, and. And nothing. I just don’t want to see it anymore. It’s not shame or cringe, I guess, it’s more like… disappointment. Not at myself, because fuck it, dude, I was a kid, I knew everything there was to know about the books, I waited for the mail when I turned eleven, I wrote “Hogwarts is my Home” on the inside of my closet like a ward to keep me safe. The first thing I ever read about being trans was a damn Harry Potter fic, one of the first podfics I ever made, too, though I was too chicken to post it. So what’s left except disappointment, even the anger long gone because it just keeps happening. I just don’t want to see it anymore.

Anyway, uhhhhm. Hope that suffices as an answer lol, I rambled on way too long.

[logically-asexual]

im just so intrigued by the fact that i wasn’t able to understand a single movie or book i watched or read as a kid. i could never keep track of the story or the characters.

ramble got long putting it under a read more

i always felt like when you tap on the first episode of a show on netflix but for some reason it starts playing the first episode of their latest season and you’re super confused about everything because there’s three seasons of lore you’re missing.

i don’t remember the story of a single book we read in school. i remember short scenes here and there that surprised me or made me feel emotional for some reason but that’s it. i never knew the context. i never understood the whole story. i don’t know how i ever passed spanish or english class.

for a while we used to go to the library and they would read to us a chapter of a book each week and i could never pay attention. i just remember zoning out staring at my nails or the table or anything. we read the hobbit that way i think and i always felt like i had missed a class and very important info with it but no. i hadn’t.

silent reading time was also torture. i couldn’t read i also just stared at nothing for twenty minutes and it was excruciating.

and i also cant remember any movies i watched at the cinema. i remember when we got together to watch the hunger games (and i had allegedly read the book) and everyone was talking about what the movie adaptation did or didn’t include and i was so absolutely lost. no idea what anyone was talking about.

the only thing about my childhood i remember understanding and processing alright was tv shows. i perfectly remember nick sitcoms and cartoons. i think it has to do with the fact that i could watch those over and over again before a new season aired, so i got enough time and repetition to seal stuff in my memory.

i don’t know. i think that wasn’t normal probably. then one day some time after eight grade maybe i was just randomly granted the gift Understanding Media. well. mostly movies, i still struggled with reading in high school. i remember i never read things fall apart, but a children version of the book i had for some reason, and i passed somehow. i still don’t know what the book was about.

i remember my piano teacher saying when i was fourteen that i was at an age when i should read so much because teens are so emotional (in a good way) and full of wonder so romantic (as in romanticism, not romance) stories were great for letting all that bloom or whatever. but that only made me feel bad because i felt how time was slipping away from me and i was missing my chance at enjoying a big chunk of literature.

i don’t think i have adhd or some kind of disorder that could cause that level of inattentiveness but who knows. if i did then why can i suddenly understand movies and stuff? did my brain just develop too late in that aspect?

i usually attribute apparent adhd symptoms from my childhood to anxiety and burnout. because it’s way more likely since i’ve always been anxious and the executive dysfunction and lack of memory can easily be explained by anxiety too. but this thing about the movies and books remains unexplained and i don’t know if i will ever truly know what happened there. and also adhd seems to come with this “hyperfixations and obsessive consumption of media” thing that is exactly the opposite of my entire life experience. that’s the main reason i steer away from the term.

i am trying to actually read now. i know it’s an insane thing for a 22 year old to say but i don’t know when the last time i read something that wasn’t a textbook was before dracula daily. now that it’s over i’ve proved that my brain can keep track of a written story, at least when it is serialized and i have time to process its parts like with the kids tv shows.

i want to read more to get out of this hole. but i also want to know why the hell i am in this hole in the first place. i have almost nothing to look back on nostalgically like people who loved star wars as kids and made their own halloween costumes and had a toy collection and more. i just watched sitcoms and cartoons to laugh and escape from the world, not to understand any themes or messages. i feel like something was stolen from me and i’ll never get it back.

[pinkcrocss]

LORE DROP

Tagged by @perpetualproductions

Do you make your bed? Nope. At this point, I need to face the reality that I'll probably never make a habit of doing that lol

Favorite Number? 6

What's your job? HR (For now).

If you could go back to school, would you? I plan to go for my masters once I get my ish together and figure out how to manage my mental health. In an ideal world, I'd love to study creative writing and humanities courses like anthropology and world history... but for now, going back to school is more for practical reasons.

Can you parallel park? Nope. I can barely normal park 😭

Do you think aliens are real? Yes. I feel like it's statistically impossible that there isn't life (even intelligent life), somewhere else in the universe. It would actually be a terrifying concept for me, that we are the only beings in the known universe. Do i believe that at any point Aliens have made contact/people have actually been abducted/the government is hiding evidence of alien contact? Highly doubt it. It's kind of like with bigfoot; as cameras and technology have improved, it's funny that we're getting less and less claims/sightings...

Can you drive a manual car? Nope.

What's your guilty pleasure? Every hyperfixation I develop. I can never just enjoy things "normally" lol. As accepting as my friends are, how can I explain to them that I still regularly read hours of fanfiction and watch an unimaginable number of reaction videos to the same mediocre show that stopped airing in 2012, and isn't particularly well written/well acted, etc. but was my entire life all through highschool? Or that I have multiple active blogs dedicated to one season shows that no one even talks about anymore? Or that I obsessively ship fictional characters that aren't even together in canon? Like, it's really an "if you get it, you get it" kinda thing...

Tattoos? None. Never. (I think they're really cool and look good on other people. But no matter how much I like it initially, body dysmorphia will have me wanting to rip it off my skin at some point).

Favorite color? Blue. Never changes. (I'm basic, what can I say? ����🏿‍♀️)

Do you like puzzles? Yeah.

Any Phobias? Alot. Birds, insects crawling in my ear/nose, mold, contortionists (including double-jointed people)... just to name a few.

Favorite childhood sport? I've never been big into sports, but I think Karate is the "sport" (does it count?) I did for the longest in my life.

Do you talk to yourself? More than I talk to anyone else 😊

[coffinwoodd]

2 10 77

how did you get introduced to your f/o and/or their media? do you like their source?

core memory. on vacation w my family at disney and i was homeschooled at the time so i brought along my shitty little laptop to do homework in my spare time and was talking w my first online friend [deviantart notes i miss u!] abt music and she sent me a bunch of recs and i ended up listening to all of self titled while waiting for my family to get ready for the day and loved ittt <3 i only knew murdoc bc he was my friends fav but i watched all of the music vids when i got home nd saw stu and was like Hm......... either way im on my 3rd hyperfix lmao they were def a huge part of my childhood + shaped me in general

what is your favorite fan theory/headcanon about them?

i luv when ppl give stu shitty vision we are so alike <3 personal headcanon he sees everything w a red tint

your favorite f/o fun fact or bit of lore

the fact tht his family had to move bc they got sued when he broke his piano teachers hand as a kid i jst love the fact its never explained any further than that

[dogbound1128]

1, 2, 22?

The anwsers to all these questions are extremely long

Do not feel any obligation to read them

1 - "What is the first fandom you were ever a part of?" - That's a bit hard to answer, I've definitely hyperfixated on many things in the past, and engaged with the fandom, but I never really felt like I was in a proper fandom until Rottmnt.

Also don't you dare let the idea of a "proper" fandom make you feel like there's a criteria on what a fandom has to be. I only called my experience a proper fandom because I guess it was the only time it felt like a bunch of people making shit and loving a show together.

2 - "Most recent fandom you joined?" - FNAF

With the release of the movie approaching, I got recommended a 10-minute summary of the fnaf lore, ( https://youtu.be/KHqxFZ58NMw?si=ZNB8Yp-PseIOhIh7 "FNAF LORE EXPLAINED IN 10 MINUTES" by Crog) I watched it out of curiosity, thinking of the only other fnaf video I watched a few weeks prior ( https://youtu.be/mIInuZP9_Kw?si=suqWZa_3DZtbQSIT "FNaF & Undertale: How to/NOT to Tell A Story" by Spaceman Scott)

The latter (second) video gave me an introduction to the process of how fnaf's story was made, but not the story itself.

The former (first) did give me a brief summary of the story, but my brain filled in many gaps, and, even changed a few things

That's what I tend to do with stories. If there's something I want to change enough, I'll just change it in my mind and pretend it was true all along.

Anyways, I thought a lot about how much "potential" this story had

I started to feel a little shame about it, so I looked up more videos explaining the lore

And I realized

The FNAF lore is ambiguous with a lot of things, and the story basically ended at Pizzeria Simulator, so we were never gonna get a crisp-clean answer

So basically

FNAF is like modern mythology

We have a few events and characters we know about, but not the order of the events, or the spaces-in-between said events if they're important, or the character motivation (if any)

This entire "( )" section is a vent ⬇️

(When I got into Earthbound when I was 11, I saw "potential" in all the characters, (as they had little amount of diolauge)

But maybe that was intentional, maybe they intentionally gave room for character so the player could expand upon them in their own mind, and make up interactions in that friend group

That's not what I did.

11-year-old, "everyone-is-stupid-except-me" me thought she had to "fix" anything she liked, but thought was lacking.

So I thought it was my job to make a "rewrite" (now I know it's a fic) of it

I slaved over that story for [since Febuary 1, 2023]

Instead of Earthbound being a source of joy and hyperfixation for me, it became a job

Even when I was away from the keyboard, I forced myself to think about it, To work in my own mind.

So I grew to hate it

I have nothing against it, it's a wonderful series, but every thought of it just brings back the pain

I hope one day, after I've had my distance, I can reunite with what felt like my first hyperfixation, my oldest friend)

My favorite thing in a story is 1. Family 2. Emotional Shit, and FNAF's story had all the checkboxes

So I got inspired

I got inspired to do my own "rewrite" of FNAF

Recently, I admit, I have been forcing myself to write it a little bit

But I will make sure to eliminate this behavior if it becomes a problem

I can't lose another friend like this

(FNAF brings me the exact same joy I got when I got into Earthbound, one that I can only describe as "childlike", but nothing like any enjoyment I felt in my childhood.

I suppose the best way to describe it would be "it makes me feel like the concept of a child (not an actual child though my childhood sucked), happy, carefree, no obligations, like I'm actually having fun, like I'm on a rollercoaster)

22 - "Least favorite fic trope?" - I wouldn't know cause I barely read any fics (so busy) but I do know my favorite! (it's not a trope though)

When the author is super descriptive about physical affection

Example: "I felt their hand pat gently against my back, my nerves moving a little as my skin was warmed up" (is that what nerves do when they get warm?)

Thanks for the ask!

[agrebel18]

Okay so I have so so many OCs from many many stories over many many years, HOWEVER!

Consider yourself lucky because I've been hyperfixating on one specific story of mine for a while now. So I'll just be explaining my two favorite characters (three? I'll have to explain some stuff).

So as a wee child (read: middle schooler), I watched a show called Fairy Tail. And my roleplay-obsessed ass decided to make a WHOLE SPINOFF WITH MY OWN CHARACTERS.

And boy, did that take off for five years. The name is Crescent Moon because that's the Guild name and I'm unoriginal.

My main character, as Main Character as one can get, was a Dragon Slayer named Ruby. (She did not actually slay dragons, that's the name in universe for people who get their magic from dragons. Jesus that FT lore is real.)

She starts out happy-go-lucky, having a Sibling relationship with her friend Jason, and gathering so many friends to join her team. Everything's great y'know, Guild rivalries happen, some Angst and Betrayals.

And then The Horrors happen!! And her and Jason get into a big fight and lo and behold, things go Very Wrong. Jason dies. Ruby has to live with the consequences. (I chose this route because I was afraid that Ruby would get too Mary-Sue ish, so y'know. Trauma.)

Good news! Jason gets revived, and boom! Original lore! People can get revived! However, they change. Like... for the worse. Jason Resurrected, as I've dubbed him, is just fuckin' creepy. Like not Ew creepy, but Dude Are You Okay creepy. Just an eerie guy.

And that lore brings us to the second character.

Seth!! My favorite for a long time. When he was a kid, he joined an illegal Guild called Ravenwood, and pretty much got adopted by these guys named Trident and Lykus. Trident, in his childhood, had also been revived, so he was just a Bad Person. All he cared about was power, so he manipulated Seth into using his powers for evil. You know that whole schtick.

Once Ravenwood got disbanded, Seth was sent into Crescent Moon under the care of a guy named Benjamin. Ben was also not a good person, but he was good at hiding it. He, too, manipulated Seth, just in the opposite direction. He convinced Seth that he was evil, and everything he did or thought was vile. So Seth changed a lot.

And years later, he adopted Ruby. (More like a brother-sister relationship though.) And as she grew into the very rash and blunt person she is, he slowly started to show his true colors too.

He's excitable and loves fighting and his kids. And Ruby helped him realize that.

There's a lot more with some other characters I really love, but that's it for now!

OHH MY GODS THIS SEEMS SO FRICKING INTERESTING!!!! I'M INVESTED NOW I DON'T CARE!!!! IT WAS LONG BUT IT WAS WORTH IT!!! PLEASE KEEP RAMBLING TO ME ABOUT THIS STORY IT SEEMS REALLY COOL, PLUS I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT MY STORY AND OCS IN RETURN :)

[chromanomaly]

HOLY SHIT ME JUMPSCARE! ok ok uhhh i just got home i have a little bit of time right now so i shall say MY THOUGHTS !! on the trans ghosts. also important to note i have not refreshed my knowledge on undertale lore recently, im just using my knowledge from my childhood hyperfixation and also my current interest in deltarune oouuuuu

SO LIKE, MTT and MewMew, right. They're both trans in an arguably 'binary' sort of way (with MTT being more transmasc and MewMew being more transfem). Both of them have taken up a physical form, possessed something that felt like the right body to them, we all know the metaphor for transitioning I assume. And that inherently implies that being JUST a ghost, non-physical, phantasmal, and without form, is that mid-transitional phase, the point where an actual transition is happening (with perhaps the bodies the ghosts had previously being their pre-transition selves, if they had those at all (iirc it's not confirmed)).

NOW BLOOKY!!! Blooky is just a ghost, for the entire game, no physical form at all, and also they AREN'T binary in the way that MTT and MewMew are. They're always in that mid-transitional phase, in the androgyny where no one can really tell which flavor of trans someone is. AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC I THINK!! AOUHGHH!!! Hell!! I'm just using the phrase 'mid-transitional' to be more comprehensible to myself!! That could just be their complete transition!! And it's SO SO COOL!!!!

ALTHOUGH I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE that their melancholic nature and depression could be attributed to dysphoria - they could want a physical body, even if not in the same way as MTT and MewMew. From what I remember, there isn't really anything explaining why Napstablook is as sad as they are. (feel free to correct if im misremembering though!! once again it's been a while since ive consumed anything undertale-related that wasnt also deltarune-related aoughh)

uhh this is pretty much all my thoughts right now unless im missing something idk idk i typed this all out on discord first just so i had SOMETHING there and have not made like a second draft or anything so like uhhhhhhhhhhhmmm uhhh yeah 👍👍👍 someone better at words than me could prolly look into this further and explain this better but this is all im doing for now 👍

i’m going back to my roots and getting really into undertale and wow mettaton is so trans. that robot is transgender. if there was anything that ‘turned me trans’ it would be mettaton undertale.

[blood-starved-beast]

On the topic of Piltover’s Finest being parents... unpopular opinion but I think Vi would be more the “strict” one when it comes to the law than Caitlyn would be. It seems counterintuitive and yeah it is, but I can explain.

Yeah Vi doesn’t give a shit about breaking laws and Officer Vi’s whole schtick is the “bad cop” to Caitlyn’s “good cop.��� But it’s one thing that she’s the one doing it, and another one when it’s her kids. Cause Vi the “bad cop” has already been to prison once. She knows the horrors there and experienced it first hand. Nothing scares her (at superficial glance). But her kids? They theoretically have never experience prison, maybe not even struggles. They might not have it in them to take it. And that’s not including the tangible Adult Fear parents have when their kids are at risk for whatever reason. A good parent would take any evil if it means sparing their own children of it. They want things better for their kids than it was for them. Vi would be that way.

So if their kids get into big trouble that cops could be called? That’ll put the fear of the Law into her unlike anything she does. It’ll especially trigger her trauma over her initial arrest (and the events surrounding that including the lost of her brothers + trauma of her sister), especially if her child in question is around the same age. It’ll remind her exactly what went down in Stillwater, what she saw, her experience and what she did there to survive. Heck, I don’t even think she’d need to experience it to give her that fear. I could see Vi preemptively forbidding her kids from getting into any major mischief in Zaun especially if it means avoiding a potential disaster like That Day at the Cannery or Stillwater. If not banning them from Zaun outright.

Caitlyn, on the other hand, her whole deal is her childhood and number of young adult years were spent being overprotected and micromanaged by her parents. It wasn’t until she made that choice to pursue the case over the shimmer business and corruption in Zaun while breaking the law on her own that she was able to get her life into gear. Yeah it cause inconceivable waves of trauma (and indirectly, the loss of her mother) but it also 1) allowed her to do things and get to where she is 2) Caitlyn isn’t one to dwell on the emotional anyways and 3) if we must dwell, it got her Vi. And she’s the sheriff now. If there’s trouble, she’d be there to fix it.

As a parent then, Caitlyn would be the “less strict” one in the legal. Granted there is a good excuse for the mischief. Or not even then. I mean, Caitlyn never does arrest Jinx in League lore. I’m pretty sure if her kids got into some big mess in some bid for exploration/independence in Zaun (or Piltover or wherever she has jurisdiction) she’d facepalm, give them a firm talking to, and then throw the arrest warrant into the chimney fire and leave it at that. I could see her being stricter if there’s a very pertinent danger afoot in the area (something akin to Urgot showing up) or maybe sympathizing a bit with Vi’s point-of-view (even if not entirely agreeing with it). She isn’t gonna police (heh) them around like her parents did for her that’s for sure.

Less seriously though, I could see Caitlyn being a lot more strict in more “household” things. She might throw away the arrest warrant, but she will get on their case if these adventures are affecting their grades or something. Or over how someone (her hyperfixating about a case and not noticing, Vi, another one of the kids) tripped over a toy in the family room cause there was a mess there. Or getting upset over ruckus if it breaks something (especially if important). You know, not that major stuff.

Vi I could see being much more lax about stuff like that. Kid broke a super rare, super expensive vase chasing their sibling down the hall? No problem, just let cool!Mom Vi talk to angry!Mom Cait over that. Got a bad grade on the midterm? Aw man, at least you tried (and finished it! that’s good at least.) She’d be a lot more chill about those things.

[camilieroart]

COLORCODED TMNT AU RANT (with no edits)

Previous post of Colorcoded : Art dump and edited lore of Colorcoded :

I'm having such a brainrot of my own versions of the turtl universe it's awful. Like i wanna draw it but i CAN'T and it's awful Anyway I will info dump here instead Okay so first, the boys have japanese as their first language I always found it weird that Splinter (a japanese dude) raised them in english, when in most versions THEY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO INTERACT WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD So like, japanese as their first language but as soon as they express desire to go out and/or become ninjas (yes because unlike other versions he wouldn't FORCE that on them) he'd teach them english :) Splinter in himself is literally what I told you about some days ago rhzvdbzvdb He has 2 modes : sensei and dad Both the cool parent and the strict one They're all very close and a tight family :)))) INCLUDING SPLINTER

April is canadian and Casey is half-korean because in his 2012 concept art he DIDN'T look like a white boy and i always thought that was neatvrjzvfje No one in the main cast is american

Okay so in the ColorCoded AU (i will call it thatrvjzvfjzb) Splinter was a ninja master that got splattered with mutagene (much like 2012). The turtles were actually the only thing he brought with him from Japan, they're his last attachment with his home and past (they get splattered at the same time) So Splinter decided to raise them as a father would, not a sensei. He did continue training despite his appearance, and Raph was the first one to take interest in his training sessions

Like at that point they're all like 5, and none of his bros really care about it, but Raph always hides and observe their dad and then tried to re-do the movements. Splinter noticed it and suggested training him. Raph is super excited and accepts, his father underlining the fact that's it's not a lifelong commitment unless he wants it to be. He can get out if he wants to.

So Raph's starts training and quickly enough Leo gets jealous. (In this versions they're seen as twins) He asks to his dad if he can train too. Splinter refuses since he wanted to train out og jealousy and competitive spirit. He didn't think it was right to start teaching him this way. Meanwhile Donnie and Mikey are still completely uninterested

So Leo is like ):< and goes mopping in his room until after raph's training session where Splinter goes to see him and talks to him. Then Leo still wants to start training but out of genuine interest of the skill, not because of jealousy. So Splinter accepts :)

There's like at LEAST several months that goes by where Leo and Raph are being trained and the others not. I kinda went this way because of the whole skill difference in 2012 vrjeveje like, they always show raph and leo as more skilled but never really explains WHY

Then the other twos are starting to be kinda interested in what their family is doing, but they still don't want to participate. Splinter let them watch from a safe distance, and if Donnie is content doing just that, mikey finds it super cool and wants to join too but also doesn't want to leave his bro behind. So he doesn't say anything

There's like at least a year or two that goes by and Raph and Leo are still the only ones training. By that point Mikey's interest is like vibrating (#adhd and that's his hyperfixation) and Donnie is still completely uninterested. He'd rather jump headfirst in books, both fictional and theorical

My boy Donnie not JUST being obsessed with science Give him childhood slam table Fantastical books

Dragons ? Impossible. However, really cool in theory Since he CAN'T join his brothers because he felt like that would be unfair to Donnie, Mikey tries to redirect his hyperfixation elsewhere, and starts sketching and painting his brothers training

They all think it's really cool, even if well he's like 7 so it's not like actual MICHELANGELO level, but it's still like more level than regular child art It's not great But it's alright It's not something you'd look at and think "ah yes, a 7 y.o made this" Eventually a 13 y.o Anyway So Donnie is reading and Mikey is painting. Meanwhile, their brothers are getting the handle of the ultimate basics and are getting better ! They still really like it and sometime they use it to settle disagreement between them. Not that Splinter knows, but what he doesn't know can't hurt him So here they all are, at that point.

Splinter is in front of Mikey's newest painting, and he's starting to wonder if his son doesn't actually want to do more than just paint them. So he asks, anf oh surprise, Mikey has very mixed reaction. From an original "YES !" to an immediate "i mean meh" to bursting into tears

O-O uh okay -splinter at that moment probably So he sits with him and asks what's wrong. Mikey explains everything, and Splinter has little time to talk to him that Donnie pushes Mikey's door, looking confused and worried. He says he didn't want his little bro to not do what he want for him. So what if he's not interested. It's cool, mikey can still do it But mikey is like ): but you'll be separated from everyone else it's not fair. So to settle the situation, Splinter suggest they both try it out for a test run. If, like he thinks, Donnie doesn't like it, he doesn't have to stay ! But he'd have tried :) Mikey agrees to this because he also thinks Donnie won't stay BUT ! If he TRIES then it means he could ALSO TRY OUT SOME OF THE COOL NINJA STUFF Then leave with his brother because he doesn't want him to be alone

First session for Donnie and Mikey and as planned, Donnie HATES IT. Like EVERY minute of it. Mikey loves it, but tones it down a lot because of Donnie's mood. The next day, Leo, Raph and Splinter start their session, all absolutely convinced Donnie wouldn't show up for a second try (hence mikey neither) and then OH IS THAT A PURPLE TURTLE

They're all super surprised, (behind Donnie is an overjoyed stimming mikey), and Donnie looks super embarassed, apologizing for his behavior the day before. He explains that he had started getting some severe joints pain from the positions he sat in to read, and couldn't get rid of it. It was messing with his focus to read and he hated it but was too embarassed about it to talk to the family about it

Like imagine showing up to dinner thinking "i'm gonna tell them about my pains ):" and then your brothers shows up bandaged because they trained hard all day Oof not talking now

So he had chronic pains that were severely bothering him, but surprisingly as he woke up that morning they were gone. He had the muscles tiredness due to training but it was way better than his pains. He sat down and read more in one hour than he had been in a day lately. Donnie concluded that some physical activity might do him a lot of good, and what better physical activity than the one that's traditional for his family So naturally splinter is like

He invites them in and that's the story of how each turtles started their paths as ninjas Also as time passed Donnie grew more and more fond to the ninja training, and now although he hates to admit it, he loves being a ninja With his brothers :) Welcome to ColorCoded!turtl universe

Okay so like in Rise, April is their childhood friend. She was adventuring in the sewer and just happened to find them. Casey gets in much like IDW, where they meet because of school, but unlike IDW they're not COLLEGE STUDENTS dvhefvejrvbe Casey was like brand new in town (and in the school), in the middle of the year and he needed to catch up, so they appointed the BEST student of his class to help, and it was April :). At first she was very  (even tho he didn't IMMEDIATLY FLIRT like someone cough 2012caseyimlookingatyou cough) because well Casey, buuuut even if school isn't his main interest, she does realize he's a good person, and they become friends (because they each had none. Casey was new, and April was considered the "nerd" and "teacher suck up". She actually realizes he's a good person because he helps her scare off some bullies)

He doesn't immediatly meets the turtles, and he wasn't doing his vigilante stuff immediatly. His current family life is his overworked dad he barely sees (his dad is trying to make sure they live comfortably and don't realize the precarity of the situation. Casey does realize it) and his little sister, that was homeschooled for now because she mostly speaks Korean and barely any english (which wouldn't help in school)

Yeah ! They're like 15/16 when the story takes place :D all of them

So like Casey mostly tries to find a job to help his dad before even remotely thinking of going roof jumping. He also tries to help his sister but he sucks at it so he calls April for help. His dad doesn't know that Casey is also trying to bring in cash, but when he realizes it, he gets angry, saying Casey shouldn't waste his teenagehood on this kind of thing, and that it was HIS job, as the adult. They argue for a bit, until the dad kind of like, let go of his angry persona and is just super depressed. Casey finally understands his dad works SO hard EXACTLY so HE can enjoy his time as a teen before getting hit with responsibilities, and he promises not to work

But at the same time, his family is barely surviving, and he's sure that with his grades he isn't going to get a great job so he kinda gets desesperate, trying to "enjoy his teens" but mostly stressing out for his family and trying to hide it. He gets enrolled in the hockey team and is thrilled to see it's paying. Until his grades get too low and the dean forces him to leave the team. At that point, Casey is on the verge of snapping, and he just wants to help his family, whatever the cost. So he takes his hockey mask and stick and he goes trying to rob a bank

Take a wild guess who is let out of the lair for the first time that very night

So Casey is doing literally the worst thing ever, as every Casey would, and tries to rob a bank, feeling AWFUL doing it, voice shaking and all. He's about to leave with a buttload of cash in a bag when the turtles drop and tell him to drop the bag. Now as I said before, he was hanging on a thread. And that was enough to snap it. So he does drop the bag, and also himself, because he passed out.

So the Villain ™️ just dropped dead when they arrived and they kinda go ??? Okay, what now. And then they look up and oh wow is that the people working in the bank staring at them. Of course people being people they start screaming and running, right as the police arrives, and they all fully panic. "DONNIE TAKE THE GUY AND LET'S GO" "wHY WOULD I TAKE THE GUY ????" "I DON'T KNOW MAYBE HE'S DEAD" "WHY WOULD I-" "JUST DO IT"

They snuck out. They were SUPPOSED to be allowed out, but like in 2012 Splinter said "no" and UNLIKE 2012, he didn't change his mind because of puppy eyes and they were like ):< well that's not fair

So they're on a roof, away from the mess, and they kind of stare at eachother for a second, realizing what happened and then they go :D !!!! YO THAT WAS INSAAAAANE (much like hyper realistic movie 1) And they get super excited, like IDIOTS, until still passed-out casey starts grunting and Donnie like hurrily puts him down saying "IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE, GUYS" They calm down, curiosity taking over, until raph asks "well the dead guy ain't. Now what" As great timing always is, Casey wakes up at that moment, surrounded by giant turtles, and naturally started screaming for his life. They panic and raph's knocks him out again "WHY would you do that ?!" "why wouldn't i" "So what do we do" "Let's take him to dad, he'll know what to do" "WE CAN'T DO THAT, HE'LL KNOW WE SNUCK OUT" "ooooooooh true" ... "So what do we do with him" "We could take him to april's" "Why" "She's a human, he's a human, I don't know"

So naturally, they take him to April's. Like the absolute goddamn morons they are. Of course since they don't know where she lives, Donnie calls her to get her adress. And so here they are, at her window, in the middle of the night, with a knocked out guy in a hockey mask on their shoulder. Naturally, april is like ????? And they're like shrug April is getting angrier ???? ):< So they try to justify themselves and messily explain. Once she gets a somehow coherent explanation they suggest they get the guy to a HOSPITAL, not her BEDROOM. Until she notices that the passed out guy is wearing the EXACT same bracelet she saw Casey wear, a bracelet made by his sis. Suddenly concern and she let them in and gets the hockey mask off

D:< CASEY ???? "? You know this dude ?" Cue explanation and :0

So Casey gets shaken awake by a very angry April that's immediatly asking him what the Fuck he was thinking. The turtles are ninja hiding behind the window, since they can't really just. Leave the guy there but also because he'd just freak out again. Casey is super confused but also angry at her own anger like hers wasn't justified because she couldn't understand. He explained everything to her and she was like "So what were you expecting ???? You'd just be able to spend the money ??? Out of nowhere, just like that ??? Jones you're so fucking stupid" And Casey is like ):< April explains in great detail how stupid it was and then suggested that if he REALLY wants to help but also respect his dad's wish for him to be a teen, to go looking for TEENS JOB. Mindblown, he hadn't thought of that. Once that was settled, the night's event started to sink in and he was like "Hey red would you say i'm crazy if u told you I saw something that was super duper weird ?"

april looking behind him to his window "Probably not"

April like roughly prepare him for what he's about to see and gestures for the guy to come inside, and then he turns around and- "PLEASE don't pass out again" The way it was said and the shock of what he was seeing made him burst out in laughters, mostly nervous laughing like "chuckles what the fuck" And that's how Casey met the turtles, and the turtles met the national news and a good scold from splinter

Also, unrelated but Shelldon AND Metalhead co-exists and were both created by Donnie

Ice cream kitty is there and it's literally a copy-paste of 2012 because she's perfect

ALSO ! There is NO ROMANCE IN THERE, because romance is a lie and isn't real. The only romance is the turtles and pizza. I hesitated with there's no romance BUT raph and mona and then i thought about alopex and i wzs like "hell nah i'm not choosing. No one is getting romance"

Mouser + dog = raph's pet

i would also like to precise that the bag you can see holds a sketchbook and a pencil and an eraser and literally 0 ninja stuff the ninja stuff is in another bag jgieorgerj also also, this mikey stands his ground a lot against raph so they just argue a lot more than in most versions hjfeoihjfeor (they still love eachother, still bro)

"being a ninja is really cool, I got all these cool moves and stuff... anyway want to see the painting i've been working on" it's like ninja is a hobby artist is his job

You know how I said Colorcoded!donnie loved to read both science and fantastical books ? like he doesn't like science-fiction because he's like every two pages "well that doesn't make any sense it couldn't work. if you try to make it realistic at least do some research" but fantastical genre ? that genre doesn't even care. Dragons ? sure, why the hell not, and elves too, and you know what ? boom. fairies. Donnie likes the complete unhinge style of it, and it really allows him a break from science, like these two can NOT cross. okay so, Shelldon is there in this version, but he's different first, he's non-verbal second his design is based on a dragon with a turtle shell it's like shell-dragon but shellgon sounds terrible so he put a d in there. of course you completely lose the aspect of shell-dragon, and he refuses to admit it because he's extremely stubborn, but his brothers tease him a lot about it so it's a tiny robot dragon with a shell on his back boom, shelldon also he can fly but not by using his wings traditionally. it's like he open the wings and he has propellers inside of them and boom like a drone, like rise!shelldon

So Leo is SUPER tactile with his family and loved ones (including casey and april there bfehifhze). Whenever he can he touches them, especially when talking to them. He does a lot of surprise hugs for no reason other than :)!!!! love!!!! Mikey loves it since he's also very love filled like the good boi he is UwU Donnie likes it EXCEPT when he gets an hug in his lab, where he gets angry Raph is... cool with it. Sometimes. When he's in a good mood. Casey is often caught by surprise and kinda panics before understanding what's going on and then he relaxes April usually hugs back unless she's upset then she just stands there Splinter always hugs back and encourages his behavior, because he thinks it's good for everyone Leo is tactile to show affection but doesn't say it much, if not ever. Mikey does both because the boi has a lot of love to give. He does hug a lot less tho fhierohieur Leo is still the leader, and is supposed to be responsible and keeps the others in order but herd mind does wonder and if they get the Silly™️ then he usually goes with them to do something stupid. (such as : let's sneak out and prove to dad that we can handle ourselves outside ! oh look, a robbery !) Except when they get the Silly™️ he still is pretty good at what he does, and in battle is pretty much 2012 Leo. However unlike 2012 Leo he sucks at strategizing, it's more Donnie's field. He's super into Japanese's culture, because he feels like it's his roots and he wants to respect that as much as possible (hence why his ouftit is the most classic), and he often talks to Splinter about it to get to learn more. He really hopes he'll be able to go to Japan one day, and eventually meet the rest of the Hamato clan. So about the tactile thing, imagine in an important discussion, he would touch the shoulder or get close to whoever he's talking to, without even thinking it they're all used to it although it still weirds out Casey since he hadn't been there for long but he also get used to it pretty quickly :) if he can't get to whoever he's talking to for whatever reason, he fidgets a bit instead Whenever a group hug is suggested by someone else (usually mikey or splinter) he gets really excited and rushes in :)

Leo is also extremely supportive of his brothers, and tries his best to pull them up. He listens to Donnie's ranting about science or fantastical books, even if he usually truly understands like half of it, sometimes he link 2+2 and goes "oh, like when you told me about [thing]" and donnie gets really happy and like :D!!!!! YEAH!!!!! Exactly !!! He oftens hang out in Mikey's room when his brother is painting, reading a book or playing on his phone, because Mikey likes to have commentary on his work as it progresses. If Raph comes to him to spar, he usually drops whatever he's doing and goes with him and they train for a bit. Of course Leo does not let him win UwU but it means that whenever Raph DOES win, he knows it's for real and he always gets a big boost of confidence

I can't believe I deadass forgot that but remember Mikey's embroidery on the bois' stuff ? Donnie was like "sure do the mask" Raph was also like "sure do the mask" and then like most of his mask got ripped off and there was no more place to embroidery there so mikey did the belt Leo was like "sure do the mask" so Mikey did the mask and assumed that was it and then leo went :) and gave him his belt and Mikey was like :D!!!!!!!

Raph is still angry boi but he is way more contained than in 2012, and if he feels rage and wants to blow up to his brothers, he brutally leaves the room and go play a video game to let out some steam. He uses training and night patrol to let his anger run free, while still being kinda controlled so he doesn't do anything stupid (at first it wasn't contained and mikey got hurt. he felt very guilty and didn't go to training or patrol for a while after that, staying with Splinter to try and control his anger better. once he felt like he was in control enough, he went back with his bros) Since he plays video games whenever he's angry, and he's angry very very often, he's REALLY good at it. any games in the lair ? played 'em, beat 'em, next. When he was smaller, he used to rage and break the game/console if he failed at any point in the game. He later realized that it wasn't super smart and it mostly just ruined any chances he had of doing better. So he got a punching ball in his room and everytime he rages he gets up and go hit that instead.

More often than not, when Leo does his surprise hug, Raph pushes him away. He likes to hang out in Donnie's lab while he's working, talking to him about stuff unless Donnie REALLY needs to focus and he gets kicked out. He loves to tease Mikey, and if he goes to far, he gets scolded by the latter anyway, so since he can stand his ground, he doesn't see a problem with it and keeps doing it. When the team gets down and desesperate, Raph is usually the one to get them back up and get the team running again. He's usually super tough and ):< Except when there's an animal (non-mutated) nearby, and then he gets    which his brothers never hesitate to tease him for. Jokingly, of course, since they don't want to shame his soft side into hiding. he's super nice and soft and gentle with animals, researching what they need to doing his best to take care of them, eventually scolding the others if they do it wrong.

because of that he always wanted a pet but Splinter always refused, saying it would be dangerous both for the animal and them. He got really angry when Mikey got Ice Cream Kitty and refused to talk to anyone for days. He couldn't stand to see Ice Cream Kitty, and was borderline hating her. Then one night when everyone was asleep and he went to get a glass of water, he got startled by her as he opened the fridge and broke his glass. He kept pestering at her and blaming her while cleaning up, angrily swipping. He did a wrong move and cut himself, swearing in the process. Ice Cream Kitty got close and he jerked back, mad at her. She waited until he relaxed, as if the role were reversed and he was a scared animal. Raph found her behavior weird so he got a little bit closer and as soon as she could she licked his wound. Suddenly Raph realized how unfair and jealous and stupid he had been acting and proceeded to spend the rest of the night in the kitchen playing with Ice cream Kitty to make up for his actions. In teh morning, his family found him asleep on the table, the fridge wide open and Ice Cream kitty cuddled up next to him.

With Donnie, he's the most stubborn out of all of them, and he's difficult to reason with. He doesn't like to be proven wrong and has difficulty accepting it.

Also unrelated but unless they're on missions, the turtles wear normal clothes

Okay so the story starts and it's pretty basic Shredder, with basic Karai and basic footclan Except that unlike most version, this foot clan is EXTREMELY similar to the hamato clan What I mean is that they have similar value and promotes mercy over murder. Including Shredder. He's still a huge bitch, like he wouldn't kill you but would chop your limbs off Like in this versions Splinter and Shredder are VERY similar, but they have different goals and that makes them ennemies Also Shredder is a GOOD DAD to Karai. She's literally the only person he's nice at Okay so that's the baseline Then one day, Karai gets kidnapped by Baxter Stockman (not with the foot yet). And he tortures her (mostly mentally, by getting into her head and showing her visions, much like what kitsune did to leo in idw) and also physically, by chopping her leg off and almost completely killing her. He attacked her because a few weeks prior she attacked one of his ship and released his prisonners (mutants they recruited and gave a home to. Like i said the foot clan are less assholes, more people) So Karai wakes up home, her dad by her side, without a left leg, and she's PISSED. Like REALLY PISSED. Shredder talks to her and manages to calm her down or so he thought. Karai is slowly consumed by revenge and ptsd, the experience being far more traumatic than what she said (mostly that he just chopped her leg off). She goes mad and as soon as they cross paths with Stockman again, she tries to kill him, in front of her dad and clan (and the turtle family hiding nearby). The foot and shredder tries to stop her but fail and she murders stockman Hence finishing making her mad, no going back anymore. She disappears before later murdering her father. As in, not sword through the heart but more like. She leaves a note on his desk asking to join her to a cliff near the sea to talk, and when they're done talking, she pushes him off and takes his helmet, becoming the head of the foot and turning it into the foot we know. She also gets in a full shredder costume and calls herself shredder too And that is Colorcoded!shredder

Original shredder doesn't go my shredder, he goes by Master Saki, because he's NOT technically Shredder. He doesn't shred, he's much closer to splinter KARAI goes by Master Shredder once she takes over

so, hmmm, do the bros ever fight? do some get along together better than others :o?

Mikey and Raph fight more than the others, because Raph often goes to far with the teasing, but they still would die for eachother :) Donnie and Raph get along great as long as Raph doesn't get angry™️ and Donnie doesn't go on a rant Leo and Raph are twins so they tend to fight for stuffs, but they have a strong bond and they often go to eachother if they need to talk about stuff (and not let Splinter know Leo and Mikey are disaster children. Don't leave them alone in the same room. Mikey activates Leo's "dumb braincells". However if Leo is with Mikey and at LEAST another person, he has big bro energy Leo and Donnie get along great and have tons of talks about everything and nothing. Leo just gets along with everyone Mikey and Donnie often fight about eachother's space and the need to get out. Donnie wants mikey out because well he has big 2012 mikey energy in the lab, and mikey wants donnie out because Donnie keeps doing the "that arm doesn't look proportionate" and that kind of comments As a group they tease Mikey more, and in a non-threatning situation, have 1 braincell

What kind of inventions does Donnie work on :D?

Okay so unlike most of the fucking donnies who are "scIeNtIsT" and suddenly they can do everything- Can you tell this pissed me off.-- it's like he's an "arRisTE" and bitch can play any instruments, paint, draw, sculpt, and all at like college levelthAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS FFS- So unlike most of the donnies, Colorcoded!Donnie is an Engineer, which means he can build stuff That's his FIELD.

If he has to do some bioscience he has to LEARN IT AND ASK FOR HELPbecause GUESS WHAT ?! HE CAN'T BE A GENIUS IN EVERY FIELD EVER THAT'S NOT A THING NO SIR

what kind of machines does he build then :D? any examples? Like Shelldon. Or metalhead Or the TURTLETANNNNNK

are they really super advanced and probably impossible irl like in Rise or more realistic like in 2012?

More realistic like 2012 Like he lives in the sewer BUT As soon as he gets his hand on Kraang tech ? Ohohohohohohohohoohoho

Donnie entering the room like in the first IDW christmas special :GUYS I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU leads them to Shelldon and ask him to fly Donnie : NOW WITHOUT PROPELLERS HE JUST F L O A TS

hmmm does Leo like science fiction tv shows and stuff like in 2012 and Rise?

Leo is very invested in Japanese's culture and tries to learn as much from it as possible, and that includes japanese tv shows. Leo is ESPECIALLY excited about this universe's sailor moon equivalent. Mikey and Raph doesn't get it, Mikey because he feels like it doesn't make sense and it's badly written and HE COULD DO BETTER- and Raph because. Raph. However DONNIE didn't expect to get as invested as he is. But he is. Somehow.

Leo and Donnie making theories over dinner. Mikey overhearing : ??? BUT THEY SAID SHE WAS HIS SISTER ?????? IN LIKE THIS ONE EP I WATCHED Leo : yeah but it changed Mikey : VHDGEJEVZ ????? NO

Leo: "yeah, after season 12, they got a new writer and a lot of stuff changed. Season 3 didn't happen, and they made it so it was all a dream in the story, they got into some big legal problems during the writing of season 13, so they had to change the whole story and five characters died because they didn't have the rights for them anymore." Donnie: "oh yeah, I'm really sad they had to cancel the murder mystery episode." Leo: "I know, right? I could have loved to watch it!" Mikey, watching from afar: "what are you guys even talking about-"

Mikey : I can accept that we're giant mutant turtles, I can accept that we're blood related to a rat, I can accepy that law of physics change from dimensions to another, but I CANNOT accept whatever the HELL "Tanako no Ichi" WAS MY COMIC MAKES MORE SENDE THAN YOUR SHOW AND I'M AT ISSUE 834

Leo and Donnie watching the show : :) Mikey in the background having a breakdown : they can't even write a single episode without an incoherence raph.... Raph, who really doesn't care : ah Splinter arriving : ohhhhh I loved this show as a kid Mikey : DAD NOOOOOO NOT YOU TOO

Leo arriving in his workshop : :) mikey Mikey, foolishly having his guard down : yea ? Leo : :) I convinced Splinter you could throw a party here tomorrow Mikey, foolishly thrilled : OOOH REALLY ???? THANKS LEO BEST BRO Leo : :) he had a condition Mikey : ah ? Leo : tonight we watch the integrality of season one of Tanako no Ichi Mikey face reflects horror and fear Mikey : I'd rather not party Leo : There would be pizza mikey :) Mikey : h- Leo : You would have a pizza party with your friends in the lair mikey

Mikey: "wait, I thought the character were in Japan right now?" Donnie: "They went to America like, a whole two minutes ago, they implied it by transitioning with a origami paper plane with a map of America in the background, weren't you paying attention?" Leo: "yeah, duh." Mikey: "I'm sorry HOW THE FUCK-"

Tanako no ichi = Location of the Shopkeeper

Imagine the show has been going for years, so long that like, you said, Splinter used to watch it and when Leo and Donnie need info about old lore they just ask him xDDD

you know when some anime are names with names that has literally NO RELATION to the story at all, or the name referneces something completely insignificant to the story or the meaning got lost after hundreds of episodes efvghddf

Mikey: "THERE IS LITERALLY NOT SHOPKEEPER IN THE STORY WHAT THE HECK"

Imagine, Leo or Donnie stepping in his workshop like : "Can you make like a poster of Tanako no Ichi ? :D" And mikey like owl snapping his neck "brother I will kill you"

Mikey, watching Tanako no Ichi with his bros: "oh my god I need a break" Leo: "but we've only watched three seasons :)!! We still have 23 to go!!" Mikey, already out of the room: "no."

Leo : MIKEY REMEMBER THE PARTY Mikey : I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING YOUR SHOW BRAINWASHED ME

Donnie: "you always want to us to have more family time :)" Mikey: "this isn't family time it's torture"

Splinter : Come on my son, one more episode, even Raphael is with us Raph : Honestly Mikey it's a show about people getting dresses while floating in space i don't know what the problem is mikey : BECAUSE THIS IS SET UP AND EXPLAINED-

Mikey, alone in his pain about Tanako no ichi : ;-; April coming along to watch it : wait this makes no sense Mikey, grabbing her shoulders : MARRY ME

Also Casey actually really enjoying it

you know how you drew Mikey's kneepads and elbow pads to looks like he and his bros faces x)? how did they react when they noticed it xD? Raph: "why is mine and angry face >:(?"

Leo was confused at first but really happy when he understood it was "ninja eyes" Donnie was like  <3   bro,,,, Raph was also like     <3 And Splinter was like : ))))): w What about What about me ))):

He said if one of his pads would broke he'd replace it with splinter's face

He has a shit ton of stickers on his back and front shell and a lot represent his family, including splinter I need to draw the back shell of the boisvehzvs There's 3 types of stickers on mikey's shell : -He drew his family -He drew other than his family (usually food) -He found some Good Shape ™️ stickers

also question!! (for whenever you can answer zecfsd) What are the bros' eye colors :o?

They all have the same eye color : black or really really dark brown (for highlightvahdvjzvd

also does Leo have only one sword or two dgcdfdf

I wanted to give him 2 but tbh i feel like 1 is enough for this Leo UnU

they still treat mikey as if he’s the youngest bfeuzggeruihreu$ Donnie does get teased more, and by mikey as well, unlike other versions where it was mostly raph and a bit of leo :)

RAPH'S MOUSER'S NAME IS BUCKLE

Donnie, chuckling : You should teach him how to do tricks Raph, suspicious : ...why ? Donnie : Because you could tell him "Buckle up" highfive of Leo, Mikey and Donnie while raph groans

also i keep having brainrot of some random scenes between them, including : Casey meeting Buckle for he first time and it's like that meme "AHHGBSHGSGH GET YOUR DOG DUDE AAAAH" "It dun bite" "YES IT DO"

Leo and Mikey alone in the kitchen (a mistake in itself) and Mikey goes "dude what if we taught the pet how to jump over a circle of fire" and leo is like "Mikey...." in a grave voice like he's about to scold him and then "THAT'S A GREAT IDEA LET'S DO IT" Cue Donnie and Raph finding them in a mess of a kitchen with Ice Cream Kitty, Buckle and Shelldon and half of everything is on fire including them Donnie, running to his boi : "SHELLDON D:!!!!" Raph, also : "BUCKLE !!!" Mikey : "ICE CREAM KITTY D:- wait i was a part of this lol nevermind"

Leo, regaining his braincells as soon as his other bros arrive: "in hindsight, this may not have been the best idea" Raph and Donnie: "YA THINK???"

Donnie: "It seems like Mikey's presence somehow alters Leo's ability to think rationally. I have no idea how. This is a mystery science can't solve."

Leo and Mikey on patrol together Mikey having sudden impulse : we should jump off the roof Leo : yes the t-phone rings and he picks up Donnie and Raph in the phone: hi yes hello we realized we left you two alone so we're doing this until we can find you Leo, still on the phone : mikey i decided to not jump off the roof and neither should you

imagine Raph or Donnie, (or both) are so used to Leo and Mikey being absolute disasters when alone that at some point they just. know when they're about to do something stupid dvhfhdf

Leo: "You know, I think you may be a bad influence on me." Mikey: "what makes you think that?" Leo, doing a handstand on the edge of a roof for a bet: "Just a feeling."

Splinter getting vibes that something is going on while meditating: "my sons are being idiots again"

Splinter: "Donatello, Raphael, where are your brothers?" Donnie: "They were here a second ago sensei-" [they hear a crash from another room] Donnie: "aw shi-" Splinter: "Language."

Splinter as soon as Raph and Donnie leave the room, under his breath : "ah shit…"

Mikey: "I bet ya I can fit 10 marshmallows in my mouth" Donnie: "you're a hazard to society." Leo: "AND A COWARD, DO TWENTY!"

Mikey proceeds to get 20 marshmallows in his mouth Raph watching : I bet I can do 30 Donnie : you can't it would break your jaw Raph already shoving marshmallows in his mouth : prove me wrong Donnie getting marshamallows too : oh yeah ???? Leo : I bet I can do more than 30 Donnie : OH YEAH ???

Splinter, watching them form afar, sighing: "I'll prepare the first-aid kit in case this goes wrong.…"

Casey and April coming by to visit Casey, slamming the table : I CAN DO 50

Mikey: "I WON!" Raph: "Mike, you almost chocked to death." Mikey: "Sounds like someone's a sore looser"

Donnie, the youngest sibling, somehow usually the rational one

Huge jaw dog running to you : :D!!! Casey : HIGH PITCHED SCREAMING

Casey Jones fears one thing : Buckle

Casey Jones in front of Kraang : wicked Casey jones in front of the foot : meh Casey Jones in front of Unhinged Karai : dang Casey Jones in front of Buckle : NO. NONONONONO GET AWAY AAAAAAH

Does it bite tho dghfdf

She does not

Mousers have sharp teef :), would Buckle bite off furniture and stuff ?

Ah Furniture yes People, unless they're threatning, no

Casey Jones: no fear Buckle: :) Casey Jones: one fear

Casey the first time he meets Buckle, freaking out and taking out one of his hockey stick Buckle, regestering : yes, ennemy

Buckle as soon as Raph grabs her and told her no : yes, friend

Casey, traumatized : ENNEMY

Literally the entire turtle family : pubby,,,, :)))) Casey, pointlessly gesturing yo buckle : MONSTER !!!!

"THIS THING'S A DEMON" "A DEMON WITH SHARP TEETH" Raph: "And cute lil paws :)" Casey: "AND CUTE LIL PAWS"

Mikey : "Case, it's a Mouser fused with a puppy. It's LITERALLY a puppy" Casey : "but evil" Leo : "Casey it's been MONTHS. When are you going to warm up to her" Casey : "n e ve r"

He's too stubborn now it's a challenge Oh god Teens shenanigans

Mission : get Casey to like Buckle

does Buckle like Casey by this point tho dsgvf?

Oh as soon as Raph went " this is is friend " she went "friend :)"

Everytime he gets to the lair or she sees him he gets a hug like everyone else However HE tries to avoid it by any means possible, everytime

Casey, holding on to dear life to one of the ceiling's pipes : "GET THAT DEMON AWAY FROM ME" April : "She's just saying hello" Casey : "WELL SHE HAVE A MOUTH, DOESN'T SHE ????"

who would win: Casey's inability to admit he may be scared of a tiny dog or Casey's stubbornness of not wanting to befriend the dog because everyone wants him to

these concepts can and should coexist

Everyone went off to sleep after a sleepover and he's the only one left, watching the end of the episode (hehehe ohooho imagine of tanako no ichi to piss mikey off) Suddenly Buckle arrives like :))) And he tenses up but also wants to see the end of the ep so they kinda just dance around, Casey trying to avoid Buckle and Buckle just wanting a hug Suddenly Buckle jumps on the couch and rest her head on his lap and he's like   Then she goes wap wap with her tail and he goes :0 and hesitates but land his hand on her head before pulling it away immediatly but she doesn't react so he does it again and pets her and end up relaxing and watch the end of the ep Of course the next day this never happened and he denies everything but he's less scared Still scared when she rushes to him at like 30 km/h

Hot take : Casey is Buckle's 2nd favourite person ever for no reason 1st one being Raph

Casey: "I'm pretty sure Buckle is like those cats that look at you from a distance and are plotting to kill you and conquer the world, Buckle is an evil mastermind and should not be trusted." Raph: "wh-"

Meanwhile buckle on her back getting scratches from mikey and leo

Raph, pointing at Buckle: "look at that adorable face, how can you not like her?" Casey, narrowing his eyes at Buckle: "She is probably plotting revenge for all the times I did not pet her when she wanted me to." Raph: "Now that's just sad"

Mikey talking to Casey with a huge board behind him : "see now this is the percentage of happiness you have right now. And THIS is the percentage of happiness if you became friend with Buckle"

Mikey: "Pros and cons of being friends with Buckle. Cons: none. Pros: oh boi let me get my list-" Casey, already walking away: "please don't"

Mikey, holding Buckle to Casey's face: "PET THE DOG, CASEY!!" Casey, running away: "OVER MY DEAD BODY" Buckle, in Mikey's arms, living her best life: :D

Leo going to Splinter : Dad I don't get it ! He just WON'T befriend Buckle ): Splinter : Leo you must understand everyone feels differently and you have to accept that Buckle walks in and does smth cute Splinter : However Casey is dead wrong but his loss

I feel like Mikey would try to be subtle but fail (like making a literal powerpoint presentation like you said xDD)

Mikey : "Slide 1 of 234" Casey, leaving : "no" Mikey : "Caseyyyy I spent the night on this ):" Leo, Supportive Brother ™️ : "I want to know :)"

Donnie: "I saw him work on it, most of the slides are pictures of Buckle"

Mikey: "SHHHH no spoilers" Donnie: "Mike, I don't think spoilers apply to powerpoint presentations"

hmmm, do they celebrate their birthday/mutation day :D?

Okay so they got mutated pretty much like in 2012, except that their "age" is determined by who mutated first. So Leo and Raph mutated almost exactly at the same time, Mikey second and Donnie was last Because of that, THEY INSISTED that thry do their Mutation day on 3 different days, but these days all follow eachothers. So it's like 3 days of birthday parties. Splinter had to cave in because he was weak to the puppy eyes and the lack of actual problem with their demand.

Mikey: "we need 4 birthday cakes" Splinter: "Michelangelo no"

"But wouldn't it be easier to do it the same day ?" "But Dad, we're not the same age )):" "Okay then at different times that day ? You were technically born there." "Okay Papa, but then we get 3 different cakes :)" "4" "shut up raph he will never agree to 4" "In the same day ??? Hh- what about we switch every year"

They don't they do 3 birthday parties that all follow eachothers on different days

imagine one of them having the WORST taste in cakes and everyone else hates it dhvdvhjdf

Mikey "ahhh finally my favourite cake : pepperoni and gummy bear :)"

ohhh question!! Is Mikey a good cook?

No Mikey still sucks, however I'm stealing the 2012 Casey's headcanon from the Capritello fanfic, and Casey is a great cook for the same exact reasons

I imagine Mikey would be interested in cooking lessons from Casey tho. Interested and pushed there, heavily, by his family, including Splinter

Donnie: "Come on Mikey, I'm sure you have some things to learn from Casey :)!" Raph: "cough a lot cough" Donnie: "Raph shut up I'm trying to save our lives from future food poisoning here"

Mikey : "food poisoning )))): ?" Leo : "He meant food humm... Death. Because we would have eaten too much. Because it's. Too good."

So in Colorcoded, Leo is a bad liar

Villain : "Where are you brothers ?" Leo : "Well uh... I can tell you ! Where they are not ! Which is above you head on that piece of metal right here. They are not there. No don't look I just said they're NOT there. STOP LOOKING"

Raph: "Leo, did you eat the last slice of pizza?" Leo, sweating and avoiding eye contact: "noooooooo.....?????" Raph: "Alright, you did."

Raph: "Leo, did Mikey eat the last slice of pizza while I was out?" Mikey, next to him: fear Leo: ".... noooooo, not at all, didn't see anything! Who's Mikey? hahHAha" Raph: "....." Mikey: "GODDAMIT LEO-"

If Leo can't lie that would logically mean he also can't act for shit fdvhfbhf Donnie: "Okay Leo, this is a very important undercover mission, we'll just pretend to be travelers passing through to infiltrate the city. Whatever you do, just let us do the talking okay?" Leo: "Sure." ... Leo, immediately: "why hello there uhh, people, we a just humble travelers and totally not undercover as maybe some paranoid people may suspect haha, these clothes are totally not hiding any ninja weapons of any sorts-" Donnie, Raph and Mikey: "Leo for the love of god please shut up-"

Donnie looking dead into his brother's eyes : "Leo I love you but if I have to take you to another undercover mission i'll literally die"

Splinter: "Years of deception lessons cannot fix this."

Imagine them playing the kind of game where you have to lie

Donnie, waving to April and Casey: "Hey guys, we're about to play Cheat (Menteur, the card game) Come join us! Leo is playing too, it's gonna be fun." April: "Why? Is Leo good at this game?" Donnie "HAHAHA NO."

Imagine they're making a surprise for Splinter or something and they don't want Leo to spoil the surprise by accidentally revealing it so they basically tell him to just avoid talking to Splinter as much as possible dbhbf Splinter: "why is my son ignoring me :("

Splinter can tell when they're all collectively lying juts because of Leo efdvhfvf

Splinter in the kitchen, enjoying tea : :) Leo arriving, seeing Splinter and backtracking immediatly Splinter : ):

Splinter: "Leonardo, are you hiding something from me?" Leo: "OH WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE TIME IT'S TIME TO UUHHH, SLEEP? I SHOULD GO" Splinter: "It's three in the afternoon" Leo: "HHHHH"

Leo panicking, laying on the ground and pretending to sleep

Donnie: "Why is Leo laying on the floor" Mikey: "It's floor nap time? hell yeah!" joins him Donnie: "Mikey what-"

Raph arriving, looking at them then at donnie. Donnie shrugs. Raph proceeds to also lay down

Buckle joins them dvgf

Splinter comes back later to see them all asleep in a pile on the floor: "I'm so confused right now but also aw"

Shelldon too so Mikey gets up and go get Ice Cream Kitty and smth cold to keep her cold

casey and april arriving and seeing the nap pile

they take lot of pictures because of course they do zgdvf and Splinter goes "May I have one of those printed :)? I need more non-chaotic pictures of my sons."

imagine all the pictures he has of them are all just pure chaos dfghdf

blurry messes in parts or someone blinks or on of them moved etc fdvdfhdf

what would be the ONE moment where Leo would finally manage to decently lie dvghdf

If someone of the family is in danger, but like really really bad danger like they will be instant killed if i don't lie

i think it's the intense pressure that would make him lie good and when i mean lie good i mean like good enough he's not suddenly the god of lies, just he lies good enough to save whatever family member something super simple ! like "where is the gem of chiubilo" "in the warehouse of the left street" that's it boom

Cue his family being super proud of him after the danger is over :)

and then the next time he needs to lie they're like :))) he's gonna do great !!! and he's worse than before

Colorcoded raph loves gossip

and everytime there is he’s like:) hell yeah tell me more

I find the idea hilarious that Mikey is unironically attractive and every person their age they meet get a crush on him and every time he's like N o Not again.... Because Colorcoded Mikey is aroace

And also the one time they meet a teen and he goes " BEFORE ANYTHING, PLEASE DON'T LIKE ME, I'M AROACE" And the person is like "...wow what an ego dude. I'm a lesbian" And then the EMBARASSMENT and he never said anything ever again

I imagine Mikey just. Pausing. Turning bright red and slowly turning away to hide somewhere and die of shame

Mikey: "Is it me?? Am I too handsome?? Is it my personality?? Why do people keep having crushes on me??" Leo, awkwardly patting his shell: "There, there. You will meet someone who will just want to be friends one day."

Mikey, meeting someone new: "how old are you?" That person: "24" Mikey: "I'm too young for you. Good." That person: "?????" Donnie, Leo and Raph: XD

He's horrible at turning people down because he feels bad and doesn't want to hurt the person's feelings

Karai: "the turtles are my arch enemies, but that orange one's cute" Mikey: "PLEASE NO"

More content : when Splinter assigned Leo as the leader, Donnie went up to ask him why since HE was the most responsible And Splinter ended training so he could talk from father to son and not sensei to student and went "Let's not lie to ourselves, Donatello, you're the youngest and they would never listen to you" and he was right

Also more content about Attractive Mikey ™️, April doesn't count because she's their childhood friends and when Casey arrived Mikey showed up and slammed his hands on the table and went "Casey this is very important are you gay" Casey : confused closeted bi chewing

casey is a very dear friend and he just doesn't want to have the moment where he turns him down thankfully it won't happen because i said so

Mikey: "If I have to turn someone down one more time I swear I'll just throw a fake wedding pretend to everyone I'm married"

"Mikey, you're too young to be married" Mikey: "WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THEN?"

Raph, here for the drama : "Well seeing your age, you could say you're dating someone"

"oh, that's smart actually. But also ew no »

Donnie : "So you're okay with throwing an ENTIRE fake wedding, but not pretending to date an imaginary person ?"

Leo: "You just want to have a big party don't you" Mikey: "maybe"

Mikey: "I could make a pizza wedding cake" Raph: "a what"

The colorcoded!mutanimals are VERY different There's Dawston, the equivalent of Mondo Gecko, who's the only born mutant known to this world, and then forced to do bad biding for Stockman of TCRI There's Lilajé, a very tall bat mutant, who was originally human, and a mad scientist wanted to see if prior conditions would influence the mutation. So he ripped her eyes out and then mutated her. There's Rembrandt, a guinea pig mutant, who was, well, a guinea pig with a shit ton of horrible things done to him, until they wanted to test mutagene on him. There's Vincent, a french cat mutant, pretty much the equivalent of Hob but more optimistic and less violent, who was a street cat, beaten up by humans and shit, until one of them tried testing mutagene on him. Then there's the extremely self-indulgent character named Sara Navidad, a human, who had been going against Stockman's plans, actively, and was kidnapped like Karai, except she lost ALL her limbs, and he tested some weird substance on her that pretty much made her immortal (it's worse than it looks), and also mentally tortured her by murdering kids mutants in front of her. Following that, Sara escaped but abandonned her old life behind because holy shit there's no way she can go back to a normal life after that and created the mutanimals by finding Dawston, and the others over time

I should precise that they come from all over the world Also Sara's father's name is Felix because Felix Navidad

So as you can guess ALL OF THEM are REALLY mad at humans, and their main mission is finding humans that torture mutants and kill them. They're always careful to only kill the HEAD of the snake, and never the goons of the evil, because like Lilajé and Sara regularly remind them, they're just people trying to survive, whether the guy that uses them is just a huge asshole and a monster. The Turtle family disagrees with their actions but doesn't actively try to stop them. They're still pals, but they just avoid talking work

Dawston was born in a lab, fusion of human and lizard, and technically the first ever born mutant. He was used for 25 years by Stockman to kill and murder, so that it would serve his purpose and ALSO ruins people's view of mutants so he could keep capturing them, dissecting them and tossing them aside. Since Dawston had always been in that environment, he never thought anyone could take it down, and he never tried because he never had any hope. Meanwhile, Sara just murdered Stockman and left her family behind, and was well, depressed as fuck. She kept trying to kill herself but failed again and again no matter the method because of what Stockman put in her (now pitch black) blood. Since she couldn't die, she searched for people like her, that were feeling what she was feeling, so she would feel less alone. And she stumbled upon Dawston while he was on one of his missions. She tried to talk but he got spooked and fled back to TCRI, effectively telling Sara that he was in a really bad place and he needed help. So she pulled herself together and used her skills to get into TCRI and start causing mayhem looking for the mutant lizard dude. Hearing someone ACTIVELY going against TCRI, and eventually winning, Dawston got the boost he needed and attacked the people in the room with him, and killed his abusers. When Sara got to him he was crying in the middle of a pool of blood, not his of course, with dead bodies all over. She reached out and he flinched, but eventually took her hand and they went back to her crappy place, in an abandonned building that she called home. Dawston was very warry of her at first, because she looked human, but she healed him and helped him get physically better, and he started trusting her, but just a bit. He finally allowed himself to talk, and so they talked. And suddenly they weren't as alone as they thought.

Next, Lilajé. She's a Philippine (because that's where they found human sized bat beuihgfezfze), and has a rocky relationship with her family. She's 32, and still lives with her mother, that doesn't pay attention to her at all and never had, and her brother, who cares, but have difficulty showing it. Lilajé (not her OG name, but she refuses to share her human name) had given up on her dream brutally at 20 after a really bad experience, and has since fallen into drug addiction. That's looking for money to buy those that she voluntered for a "scientific experiment" and got into the hand of a mad scientist. He had heard of mutagene and wanted to experience on it, and especially what factors defined what animal you turn into. So, to test one of his theory, he ripped Lilajé's eyes out and locked her up before immediatly pouring mutagene on her. Her wounds hadn't healed, and you can guess the entire experience was 10 times more painful than usual. She turned into a giant bat, blind of the two eyes and unable to control her body or new abilities. Satisfied, unaware that Lilajé had touched a bat prior of entering the lab, and thinking the condition of the being influences the mutation, the mad scientist discarded Lilajé and basically threw her out in a bin. She couldn't see, and hearing was painful, so Lilajé was terrified, alone, and completely exposed. Thankfully, Dawston and Sara found her there, while they were investigating this extremely suspicious lab. Lilajé was scared, but they were able to guide her to a plane that they took back to New York. It was an horrible experience for Lilajé, all the sounds, unable to know who was with her, why, what was happening. As soon as they got back to New York, Sara gave her her own room in the abandonned building and left her there to calm down. She of course explained why beforehand. Once Lilajé felt better in the silence and the darkness, she got out (with difficulty) and asked for explanations. Dawston and Sara explained their stories, and how they had heard of this awfully suspicious Philippine's lab, and finding her confirmed their fear, so they destroyed it, killing the head of the snake and leaving the goons alone. Lilajé was thankful, but still shaken, and went back in her room (with dawston's help), to process and get used to her new body. A few days later, she got out again to try and get to know those who saved her, and she realized they were both miserable, like a snuffed out candle. Their voices were flat and empty, and everything they said felt grey. (Around that time she realized she could "see" sounds, like splashes of colors and shapes.) Lilajé felt like she needed to help them like they helped her, as a thank you. So, she spent more and more time with them, acting more and more lively and happy as time went on. It surprised Dawston and Sara but they felt kind of pulled into that happiness, and they unknowingly started to feel better, to smile and laugh more, and they truly all started bonding. One day, Lilajé decided she wanted to try her new wings, feeling like she was used to her body enough (she failed a couple of times of course, before getting the hang of it) but as soon as she got it, she invited Dawston and Sara on her back and they all flew, the adrenaline of the flight sealing all of their bonds and truly being the point where they would get better, together.

Next, Rembrandt. When he was a tiny guinea pig, still a baby, there were 6 other guinea pigs with him, in his cage. They were all like brothers and sisters, being tortured by the humans, but still having eachothers at the end of the day. As he grew up, 3 died. Experiments gone wrong, escape that was violently stopped... Only 4 guinea pigs left, as they grieved the loss of their siblings. Then, 3 more died, and it was by Rembrandt's own paws.The scientists injected him with a substance that made him violent and blindly raged, and he killed them himself. Leaving, of course, extreme trauma. Not that the humans cared, since he was just a guinea pig. As the humans celebrated the success of their experiment, Rembrandt was sitting in his tiny cage, splattered with the blood of his brothers and sisters, their tiny bodies displayed like a gory exposition. If it weren't for one of the scientist's sensible nose, they would have left the bodies to rot in the cage. Of course, the experiments on him continued, scarring him, but never dulling down his boiling anger. Then, they one day got their hands on mutagene. They didn't know what it was, they had to test it out. So they poured it on Rembrandt. He burst out of his cage, 7 feet tall monster with gigantic teeth, biting them in half, preventing them from escaping, killing them to the last. He broke the walls and got outside, breathing fresh air for the first time, drooling blood. He ran in the city, terrifying any human he met, eventually trying to kill them too if they were too close to him. Sadly, the company that made him captured him back and put him in a solid cage, to study him more. However the wreckage in the city didn't get pass Dawston, Sara and Lilajé, and they went to investigate. They quickly understand what's going on and storm the scientists' hideout

As they do so, one of them accidentally cuts off the power, and it opens Rembrandt's cage, who doesn't even hesitate to burst out and start slayin'. When he gets to the main hall and sees a human fighting next to mutants, he doesn't understand and rushes towards Sara to kill her. Thankfully she survives since well she can't fucken die (did i mention that no one knows she's immortal ? she doesn't want to tell people because then she would have to explain the recurring splattering of black matter then and there, from her suicide attempts and she just doesn't want to deal with that) and they successfully calm Rembrandt down and he starts fighting by their side. However, he doesn't mind murdering goons, despite Sara telling him not to, because why would he listen to a human. They finally all get out and they lead him to the abandonned building. He warns that he'll only stay long enough to heal and then leave again. He says it's because of Sara's presence, but actually it's because he's terrified of the idea of murdering people he loves again. So he refuses to get close. Despite that, he's forced to stay for a while because of his wounds, and he stays as distant as he can. Lilajé and Dawston still tell him what got them there, and that they're all helping eachother and it would be good for him too to open up. He refuses, and especially doesn't want to interact with Sara. Knowing that what makes her so dislikable in his eyes is that he thinks she's human, she decides it's time to face her fears, for his sake. She goes to see him, even if he refuses to, and explains to him her immortality, her suicide attempts and shows him her blood. She explains she's not human, not anymore, she's more like a walking breathing corpse. She demands that he doesn't tell the others, begging for him not to do so, entrusting him with her biggest secret. It changes his visions of things, and in the end, he accepts to stay and bond with them.

Last but not least, Vincent. He was birthed in the street, and was the only kitten of his litter to survive. His mother did his best to protect him but was killed by some motherfuckers that likes to hit and kill stray cats for fun. He fled and survived, but a kitten alone wouldn't survive long. So he joined a pack of stray cats that lived together to survive, and grew up amongst them. He's a fast learner and a sly kitty, so he survives well with his pack. They're not very chummy with eachothers because cats are loner, but they HAVE to stay together in order to not-die. They often scare off the motherfuckers, and it's kind of a war because well, motherfuckers being motherfuckers, they don't like feeling "weak". So one night they come back with this canister of "probably poison" and decide to dump it on Vincent despite the hissing of the group. The cats stand back, in order to not get splattered and observe as Vincent is turned into a giant cat and slayed the motherfuckers in half with his claws. He's disoriented and doesn't know what to do, so he turns to his pack but they hiss at him and disappear into the night. So Vincent is all alone, with 3 corpses of humans, in the dark, confused and newly mutated. He does realizes quickly he has to get out of there and find refuge on the rooftops. He hides there for a while, trying to understand how to use this body, until he gets hunted down by the police and some other anti-mutants folks. He's scared and angry, but doesn't attack because unlike Rembrandt he has a Brain™️ and he uses it. So he flees, and go from rooftops to rooftops, trying to survive and hide. Since he moves around a lot, he absorbs knowledge he sees like a sponge, since he always was a fast learner. He's the guy that can Do Things. What exactly ? who knows. But he can do things. At some point during this wild goose chase, Vincent realizes there's nothing left for him in France, and he needs to leave. He finds out that New York has been recently having news report of murders of people actively against mutants, so he decides it's probably the best place he can find to survive and takes a plane to it. Arriving in New York, well that's great. Now he's in a brand new city, but it's the same problem. He can't walk amongst humans, and he still has nowhere to go. Back to the roofs it is. After several night starting to question his decision, he's alerted by some noises down a street and goes to check it out. He's surprised to see a group of mutants with a human fighting. Things. Brainy things. As I said before, Vincent has Brain™️ And by using it, he doesn't see WHY he should jump headfirst in a fight that doesn't concern him, so he does not. He's about to turn around and leave when suddenly he gets hit by one of the blaster a brainy thing is waving and he falls down. luckily he's catched and put down by Rembrandt but the hit and the fear of the fall made him lose consciouness. Once the fight is over and they bring him back to the ol' hideout (still an abandonned building from the outside but now the inside looks very nice), they proceed to heal him up and let him rest. When Vincent wakes up, he freaks out and panics, attacking the others, trying to get out. They open the door and he jumps out and disappears into the night. They kinda shrug it off and return to normal life. Meanwhile Vincent calms down on a roof and realizes his arm was bandaged and he wasn't harmed at all. He review his reaction and realizes he might have been a bit jumpy. Guilty, and also because well that's the first ever positive interaction he ever had with other mutants, he decides to go back and apologize. When he gets there he realizes they're being attacked by not brainy things, and they have difficulty defending themselves. Now, this fight concerns him. Because these people helped him, and he was boutta help back. He jumps headfirst into it this time and turns the fight to their favor. Once it's done, he profusely apologize for his behavior with a broken english and they reassure him and invite him in After some time of all of them living together and murdering people, they encounter the turtles, and are promptly named "the mighty mutanimals" by Mikey. Sara however refuses the name since she's TECHNICALLY not a mutant (no one except Rembrandt knows about her condition still) and takes on the name given by the media of AOD, or the Angel of Death

using Sara's family supplies, and also maybe by learning with Donnie a lot, and using his own knowledge and learning some stuffs, Vincent makes some "vision brooch" for Lilajé, that still misses her vision. She doesn't wear them when they're out fighting, but inside the house she prefers to, since she doesn't have to SCREAM to not bump into things.

is there a sort of leader of the group then?

yep, it's pretty much Sara although she doesn't want to

but they listen to her, and they say she started all this so

what do the others think about her? Rembrandt is the only one who knows she's technically a mutant, but the others don't :0

well she's not TECHNICALLY a mutant. Just a walking human corpse they think she's neat and needs therapy

"i love the turtles, they're my buddies, but I need a "survive" ouftit because they're just a danger magnet"

April: "I know you guys have your shells but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WEAR SOME ARMOR EVERYWHERE ELSE PLEASE"

"THOSE KNEEPADS AREN'T GONNA PROTECT YOU IF YOU GET STABBED"

April has the one braincell Splinter adopted her "you have braincells. I like that"

First battle of the turtles, they're very excited, Casey too, and April is behind, in a HUGE ouftit that's covering everything like "Yeaaaa... woohooooo... pain and wounds, so excited..." And leo be like : "You know April you can stay behind-" April : "I would NEVER abandon you guys" ):< Later in the battle with the normal fighting ouftit on, she shows up and goes "I WILL HELP YOU WITH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP..." pulls out smth from her vest "AND THIS REALLY COOL GUN"

"Mister splinter, I have found my place in the team :)" "Oh ? and what is it ?" "gun"

"being careful is nice and all but BEING IRRESPONSIBLY RECKLESS IS BETTER" -April, probably

it's like, shooting you from afar will knock you out and shooting you from upclose COULD technically kill you if i shoot at the wrong place but at the right one i'll just explode your bones

non-lethal but still dangerous depending on how it's used

does she have any ninja training? :D

She does not ! Splinter did try at some point when they were younger but I don't have many Feminine ™️ characters so i'm trying to make her Feminine ™️ so she looked at the training once and went "fuck no" and chose gun

did Donnie build the gun?

it's either donnie build the gun or she just found a fucked up gun and went "hohohohohohoho ye S"

He finds a gun and goes "i'm gonna mess with this so bad now" and then proceeds to almost die 3 times

they found 2 different guns and bumped into eachother and went :D! cool ! a gun !

Raph: "Guns take out all the point out of being a ninja, you should just throw that thing away" Donnie: "You won't be talking once I make THE COOLEST GUN EVER" All his bros: "Donnie no" Donnie: "Can I at least go semi-lethal"

April and casey becoming friends because they're both unhinged

The gun’s name is Cassandra

April: "I'm gonna grab Casey and then we can go" Leo: "Casey the gun or Casey Jones" April, cocks gun: "The gun of course :)"

April: "Hey I named my gun after you" Casey: "weird flex but ok"

April showing her gun : Here is Casey the gun :D April gesturing towards Casey : And here is Casey the Jones :D

i had in mind that Casey was just taking a nap in the lair and you know how in cartoons the friends just comes up and draw on their faces ? It's Mikey's equivalent. He just took his jacket and gear and customized it. Casey was furious when he woke up because it's supposed to be THREATNING. The HEARTSHAPPED STICKER KITTEN is NOT helping. Mikey was like )))): Puppy eyes And Casey sighed, bad boyified the stickers and asked him to only leave the hardcore embroideries and get rid of the rest. Mikey did not get rid of the rest, he just sewed it inside instead

Mikey: "the puppies and hearts on your jacket doesn't define you, you can still be threatening :)" Casey: "please don't turn this into a lesson about self-confidence"

Casey told her sister about the turtles and his friends by showing her the embroideries. She asks if she can meets them and he's like "they can speak Korean ):" And she's like "well. you can speak both." and Casey is like ":0" Casey's sister is Hye-Jin (혜진) (pronounced Hyeh-Jeen) which means rare and precious

Casey's Korean name (non-official, not on papers) is Deok-Su (덕수) (pronounced deog-su) which means to guard

Okay so for the story, Casey's dad is korean and his mom is american. Beforehand, know that his mom is a ginormous bitch. So when they had Casey, she HEAVILY insisted he take HER name and that they chose a NORMAL name. Big red flags, but Casey's dad was in love so he said yes. However when they had Hye-Jin, his dad didn't flinch, and her official name is Korean (even if her last name is still Jones, much to her dad's disappointment) As soon as it was official, their mom had a tantrum, refusing to take care of a "foreigner" and that her daughter would never have "such an ugly name". She demanded divorce and to never have to see her daughter again. She still wanted to see Casey because he was "normal" but everyone, including the court said "fuck you that's not happening" Casey's dad is Jong-Min  종민 (filled with kindness, filled with wisdom) and last name Ra (good or Virtuous) So Casey's family is Jong-Min Ra, Hye-Jin Jones and Casey Jones

[fosermi]

The Lux Noctis: Voidlight

Hello everyone! As promised, here is the very first of the Nightlights- or as I like to call them, Lux Noctis, to avoid any confusion between Nightlight the character and Nightlight the brotherhood/species (is that the right term??)

If you're wondering what this is, well, let me tell you! :D A while back, I was hit with "why the hell did this piece of lore get thrown out the window after we got a little whiff of it??" that being said, the piece of lore I'm talking about is the bit about the "7 stars of nightlight" we got in the books.

Now, like many fans, I do not see the majority of Book 5 of the Guardians of Childhood Book series :) but honestly, Nightlight and his origins, including the Lux Noctis, have captivated my interest ever since I first heard of them, and after learning of what they do in the books... safe to say I was kind of disappointed. So, as any good fan with a bad habit of hyperfixating on the smallest of things would, I decided to give the Lux Noctis their own stories that include personality, backstory, and some biology and lore.

Full disclaimer going forth from here, I took all the good stuff of the GoC lore and threw the rest away or completely made it up myself. In all technicality, the Lux Noctis are my OCs even though they're supposed to fill in the position of canon characters. That being said, ROTG and GoC do not belong to me as all of you should already know! All rights are with Dreamworks and William Joyce.

I also want to thank @josiedoe for being my idea bouncer for these kids! without their help, I might not have come up with half the stuff I did!

Now I hope you enjoy what I have in store for you all! :D

Meet Voidlight! The eldest of the Lux Noctis! They go by all pronouns and is half black hole, half Fearling, full Lux Noctis! The core thing will be explained in the master post.

I know, I know, "how can a Nightlight be a Fearling?" you're asking. Well, that ties into their creation. Canonically, a Lux Noctis is made from the light of a star, 1000 children's laughter, and the hair of the parent Lunanoff. Yeah, that's part of the "I chose to throw out the window" lore. Mostly. There will be a post explaining the Biology of stars in this universe, I promise, but all you need to know for now is that:

During a Fearling attack on the very first Tsar Lunanoff and his wife, they had accidentally called on the aid of the nearby sentient but dormant massive supergiant star, which was also being attacked by Fearlings. This massive supergiant, let's call it Solaria (note: you don't have to remember this) ends up collapsing in on itself just as it was answering the call, but because it had already started to awaken, the first Lux Noctis was born from the collapsing star, accumulating roughly 10 solar masses of a black hole but also simultaneously leaving behind 1-3 solar masses that soon formed a neutron star in Solaria's place.

Okay, that explains the black hole thing (and I'm sure many of you are screaming at me that black holes and neutron stars can't be created from the same massive supergiant- I know that and I decided to ignore it because of magic), but what about the Fearling part? Simple. We never got an origin for Fearlings, so we can assume they're a naturally occurring thing. Therefore they must have come from somewhere. what else consumes relentlessly, is dark, and means death in space? Black holes. Fearlings come from black holes and that is all I am saying here until I get that post about the star biology and lore up.

Now that we have their origin established, we can go on with the story in an abridged version so you don't have to continue reading. In short, Voidlight eradicates the Fearling hoard attacking the Tsar and Tsarina of that time and gets appointed honorary guard of the Lunanoffs but many don't really trust him for her Fearling qualities. She fights with a bo-staff but doesn't really need it because, again, Fearling abilities.

Voidlight served the Lunanoffs for two generations before exhaustion finally took hold of them and was soon dismissed and formed the first star of the Lux Noctis constellation, a brown dwarf. I know its only 1/80 of a solar mass but hear me out: Voidlight doesn't want to endanger people and if they revert to a black hole, he might just end up pulling someone into his gravitational pull, therefore for 2 years, she hasn't eaten a thing and when black holes don't "eat" anything they shrink (there's a lot more science than shrinking and growing but we'll keep it simple. Also magic.)

This post has gotten quite long, huh? Well then, if you're curious to know more, my inbox is always open >u<

Voidlight -> Sunburst -> Starshine -> Starlight -> Starbeam -> Moonlight -> Moonshine -> Nightlight

Master post

[lostfieldranboo]

AFTER FIVE OR SIX DAYS OF WORK: FINALLY. THE ENDERWALK ARG PLAYLIST ANALYSIS POST

i almost just posted the link to the google doc but that ended up becoming my overall theory doc so it’ll be getting written for as long as this thing lasts. just know it’s at 6k words and still going. help

anyway: analysis summary under the cut! might make a second post to explain all the little things i saw bc this is a pretty long post and i don’t want to interrupt my main points with my little thoughts

(tl;dr: it’s a summary of c!ranboo’s life)

prologue

ticking clock. ties in the theme of time and serves as an introduction

introduction to the snow

continues the “introduction” feel from prologue. has several lines that remind me vaguely of the end (mainly the mention of “the edge of the universe” and the “sparkling crystals”) as well as space in general

dream sweet in sea major

continues the space/end references from the last one (”the edge of the universe” again, “pillars as tall as another realm” and multiple references to stars,) as well as starting something new i noticed: a trend of references to flight or falling. i don’t know what exactly this means quite yet, but it runs through the entire playlist, so i’ll make note of it. 

these past two songs combined (since i often don’t notice when one ends and the next starts) would represent time in the end, i believe. with the location in the playlist, it would be early childhood, which means ranboo’s early life was spent in the end and then he left it for some reason.

turn the lights off

my main takeaway from this one is from the very first verse

this is the very first thing i thought of a few days ago when ranboo implied that he hadn’t always had green and red eyes (clip) which would also imply that something happened to him to change his eye color. with the location of this in the playlist, that thing would have happened soon after he left the end.

the mind electric

hoo boy. this one is... definitely something. yes i heard this song for the first time on this playlist. it sounds how a ranboo lore stream feels. that is a compliment.

(gotta make a “resident minor” joke, huh. this is a ranboo playlist. of course there’s one on here.)

but honestly. what i think this song is? first enderwalk. it has that “i don’t know who i am, i don’t know what i’m doing” thing going on. plus

i look at that and just think of enderwalk.

live and let die

not much here tbh? mostly the fact that “live and let die” means “ if somebody wrongs you then you have to kill them" and i find that pretty concerning,

ruler of everything 

I HAVE SO MUCH FOR THIS ONE. MANY THOUGHTS HEAD FULL. THERE ARE SO MANY HIGHLIGHTS ON MY GOOGLE DOC

for one: it’s a song about time ruling all. this ties into that whole overall time theme thing this arg seems to have going on so far.

then this part?

this almost feels like a convo between enderboo and ranboo. (hence my alternating green and blue highlighting,)

and then,

throughout the song, the clock, the timepiece, whatever it is, it’s used as a metaphor for life, yeah? and “the end” is death? if we take this literally.... the clock stops when the end is reached. (or possibly the end? as in the advancement for going through an ender portal)

and then. does this even need a description

merry-go-round of life

i have never watched howl’s moving castle but apparently this is the song that plays for the introduction of the main character. yeah.

killer queen

literally all i have here is a note of it mentioning explosions a ton. i have no clue how this connects

mr bad guy

hey remember when ranboo thought he was actually the villain on the server for like. two streams. remember that. yeah. also a ton of references to flight and stuff. i still don’t know what this means

ain’t no rest for the wicked

fits into the “when ranboo thought he was the villain” thing. also partially the whole “the villains on the server need to be taken out” thing, in a way? just. yeah

the bidding

sapnap sending dream’s :) message to ranboo. need i say more

i can’t decide

ranboo. ranboo did you commit a murder. ranboo who are you debating killing. ranboo go to therapy.

stardust crusaders

i uh. also don’t have much here. but i asked someone who hyperfixated on jojo what this one means and apparently it’s related to jotaro and he can control time so he can move faster than it. again. running time theme.

a mask of my own face

enderwalk! it’s about enderwalk! he does things in enderwalk that he’d never do on his own and he looks just like himself but it’s different, and if people found out they’d think it was weird and creepy, and-

and of course being unmasked as well. having yourself revealed to the world. kinda like being revealed as a traitor in front of the entire server, huh?

stranded lullaby

idk what’s up here really except the references to memory stuff and also the lyrics site says something about time travel. so. yeah

hidden in the sand

more music video than lyrics here, but. people turning on each other as they end up in more and more danger. selfishness. picking sides. darkness hidden just under the surface. kinda doomsday morality vibes i think

now i’m here

no clue here tbh! just a vague memory reference at one point

&

duality time,

yknow. ranboo’s whole deal. halves. not choosing. both, not one. 

yeah.

i’m gonna win

fighting inner demons is definitely a very ranboo thing to do. especially with the “merciless dream” reference. dream is definitely merciless,

=)

okay so this isnt confirmed confirmed but. this post said the song could be archaeopteryx by lemon demon. and the lyrics fit very well so i kinda ran with it

it’s all about time travel! a man goes back in time to wipe out the ancestor of all birds! just. man. also the running flight theme remains

also i am very sus about this part in particular

can’t explain why but i really am

so basically uhhh. it’s 1am and this is probably incomprehensible but yeah. c!ranboo timeline. that is all. yes i know this probably got worse as it went on but i genuinely just had a ton of thoughts in the beginning