#her relationship with donnie? ICONIC

[lotus-duckies]

rottmnt april spoiled me, i've tasted god and now everyone else tastes like the absense of bliss and i am Inconsoleable

[tizeline]

Happy pride month and all!

I figured now was a good time to ask, but do you have any thoughts about the sexuality of the characters in your Sep AU?

Sorry if you’ve been asked already, and the answer can definitely be no, I’m just curious :)

Happy pride!! ✨

Here's the thing about headcanons about queer identities, I personally prefer to not get too stuck on specific labels. While there are exceptions, I generally try to remain flexible if that makes sense? As in I like having multiple different interpritation about characters' identities so deciding on One Particular Label can feel limiting to me.

I mentioned it before, but I do plan on making Capril an established relationship in the AU sooner or later, so April and Casey are definitely sapphic. But more specific than that? Are they lesbian or bi or pan or whatever?? I dunno!! It's not really relevant to the story so I might as well leave that up to interpretation.

My approach to creating stories is that I'll usually only decide on specific labels if it is plot relevant, Schrödingers Identity if you will, lol, it can be anything if you don't decide on it beforehand. Again, there are exceptions, Leo is gay 100% like duh I can't interpret him any other way XD. Splinter is a Bi-Icon and I will STAND BY THAT!

Raph, Donnie and Mikey? Man who knows, canon Donnie seems to be into girls at least so it's the same in the AU, but more specific than that I dunno, I'm not planning on the story really focusing on romance (aside from a little capril because every story needs sapphics that's like the law)

Actually, you know what I find fun? World building! I honestly tend to be more interested in how queer identities are viewed and treated in a story's world as a whole as opposed to induvidual character's identities. Human society in rottmnt seems to be mostly the same as our IRL society, but what about Yōkai society!? With how diverse yōkai are I think it'd be fun if people in The Hidden City just... didn't care about who you loved or what you identified as. As a result of that, I don't think yōkai would care that much about terminology and labels, you just kinda loved whoever you loved.

It'd be honestly be kinda interesting if Donnie and April used terminology that related to queer stuff and Raph, Leo and Mikey are just really confused. Like for example, April is complaining about one of her classmates who's homophobic and the The Drax Bros are just like "Home-phobic??? They're afraid of homes??" cuz the concept of discriminating against someone based on which gender they're attracted to is completely foreign to them. Actually, Leo might be more knowledgable about human queer culture considering he's interested in human cultures in general. He calls himself gay at one point and Draxum is all like "you're happy? good for you?" and he'd just be wondering why Leo is using such an old-timey word considering Leo doesn't exactly have the most advanced vocabulary.

[fabuloustrash05]

Some of My TMNT Hot Takes (PART 2) 🔥

Warning: More Opinions

Part 1 Here

I don’t like that in Mutant Mayhem Donnie is not a “science guy” but instead is more of an anime and pop culture geek. I’m not against him being an anime fan (I love anime too) but I wish we saw more of his science and being a tech genius side instead of him just liking stereotypical “nerdy stuff”. If that makes sense.

I don’t like the Punk Frogs (any version).

The 87 crossover episodes in the 2012 series (as much as I did enjoy them & are great episodes) should not have happened. They leave no real impact or development to 2012’s overarching story and just waste time. These episodes could’ve covered more important things that 202 was desperately lacking like like character exploration and character dynamic development. It was just nostalgic fanservice. The arc in S5 specifically would’ve work better as a movie instead of a 3-4 episode arc in the (most likely non canon) final season.

Shinigami being Mikey’s second love interests ruins her character a bit (for me personally). That was a pointless decision that did NOT need to happen. She would’ve been our first recurring female character to not be a love interest, but nope!

People are allowed to like/ship Donnie x April in ROTTMNT (this is coming from someone who’s not crazy about April being shipped with the Turtles).

I ship Yuichi with 2012 Leo more than Rise Leo (still ship Rise Leoichi, but I just think 2012 Leoichi is way more interesting, plus 2012 Leo deserves a good love interest).

The humans in Mutant Mayhem look ugly af (I know that was probably an intentional design choice but still. It looks bad.)

I hate Raph x Casey (any ver). I’ve stated in part one that I don’t like Raph (any version) being in a romantic relationship with human characters and yes, that meant him with Casey. Not only that but Raph and Casey being a couple ruins their whole dynamic and iconic friendship I love so much. I’m all for friends to lovers but they are a line that should not be crossed. Not every friendship needs to turn romantic.

2012 Karai’s hair looks bad.

Fans often over exaggerate Rise Donnie’s character and badly mischaracterize him in fanfics and fan comics to the point it makes him feel like he’s an entirely different character.

Shinigami should have been revealed to be a villain.

Rise Donnie was just as mean to his brother as fans claim 2012 Raph was to his. Yes, they both do love their families and I’m NOT saying either of them are abus!ce (they’re not), but fans praising Rise Donnie for doing similar things fans criticize/hate 2012 Raph for doing just makes them hypocrites.

Venus does NOT need to be in every iteration of TMNT. It gets kind of annoying when fans keep on saying that she should be in all the other iterations when in truth her presence would not make sense based on the already established canon story. The only (recent) version of TMNT where I think her being included would’ve fit the best and deserved to make her comeback in is ROTTMNT.

The side plot of 2012 Karai being mutated and later getting brainwashed by Shredder was a waste of time and the most boring arc in the series.

2012 April, Donnie and Casey being in a poly relationship does not fix anything with their problematic dynamic and massive flaws with one another. I'm not saying you can't ship all three of them together, you do you! Idc But in reality their relationship would be a train wreck, that's why I personally don't ship 2012 Capriltello.

Renet is probably one of the most powerful allies the Turtles have in the 2012 series.

Rise Donnie would NOT hate 2012 April. He’d go crazy over her psychic powers and want to study them to help her explore them more.

From what I've seen so far, Leo x Usagi seems like the only GOOD ship in the 2003 series (this hot take might change tho).

Raph had the best character arc and development in the 2012 series and changed the most out of the four brothers. Next would be Leo. With Mikey and Donnie have little development (or none at all sadly).

[imashoe69420]

Rise baby! How you doin beautiful person?? Hope good and happy!

Could you (if you want of course) write about the Rise boys reacting to reader (female or neutral,your choise) who show up in the lair with their marks in her body? Like,she painted to look like the Leo red strips and the yellow ones or donnie squares. In Rapha's case probably would be some little spikes draw or sum.

This sounds like so much fun!! I’ll try my best :)

Rise!Bros X Reader Headcannons

Prompt: You draw their markings on yourself to see how they’d react.

Pronouns: Feminine but not mentioned

Relationships: Ambiguous

Requests are open!

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Leo

• He had been training when you entered the lair with his iconic red stripes drawn on your face and a sweater with his yellow markings to compliment.

• At first, he couldn’t find the words to express his flattery. He babbled a few “how”s and “why”s before chuckling awkwardly.

• “Do you like them?” You teased him.

• “‘Do I like them?’” The turtle wrapped his arms around you and lifted you off your feet, spinning you around. “I love them! I mean, if this is what I look like, I look amazing.”

• You two took several pictures together and he wouldn’t stop boasting to his brothers about how good you both looked.

• “Looks like you aren’t my only twin, Dee.” Leo offers his brother a sly smile.

• Donnie grimaced. “That would make us triplets, Leo.”

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Raph

• Raph had been helping you bandage yourself up after a mission when you’d gotten the idea to wrap a spare red cloth about your elbows like he did while the turtle was getting more alcohol wipes.

• When he saw you, he was instantly flattered.

• “Aw, look at you. It’s like a mini-me.” He snicked.

• You flexed the way he often would. “Smashin’ like a boss!” You imitated his boisterous tone.

• He laughed again as he ruffled your hair and returned to tending to your wounds.

• Raph had expected you to take the bandannas off once he’d fixed you up, but you kept them on for the rest of the day.

• Every time you walked into the same room he was in, he would chuckle and you’d flex at him over and over until the red clad turtle begged you to stop in fear that he’d die from flattery and embarrassment.

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Donnie

• It was hard to catch the purple clad turtle away from his lab. And since no one was allowed in Donnie’s lab when he was working, you often didn’t see him.

• Eventually, you caught him in the kitchen making a cup of coffee. You quickly took action and drew his iconic symmetrical markings on your shoulders and thighs.

• When he saw you, he choked on his coffee, sputtering for a couple seconds.

• “Why… did you do that?” He raised an eyebrow after gathering himself.

• You shrugged. “I think they look nice.”

• Donnie’s face remained stoic, but he couldn’t hide the blush showing from underneath his mask.

• “Touching. But there can only be one Donatello.” He urged you to follow him. “Come, come. I’ll help you wash it off.”

• In the lab, Donnie pretends to forget about the markings, quickly busing himself with one of his inventions.

• You’d catch him periodically looking over his shoulder or gazing above his goggles at you.

• He helped you clean the markings off a few hours later.

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Mikey

• Mikey had been skateboarding in the lair when you suddenly appeared before him with his orange spots drawn on your shoulders and upper thighs.

• Although he crashed soon after seeing you, he was thrilled.

• “No way! You look amazing!” He exclaimed. “I-I mean, I look the same—er, we both look amazing!”

• The two of you took so many pictures together that you ran out of storage on your phone.

[glubby-guppiez]

*I MADE A TMNT AU [WIP]

*cw: typing quirk

*Oroku family info

*Basic synopsis

*Turtles are from a zoo in Guatemala

*The turtles are Central American Snapping Turtles

*They were stolen and mutated by Baxter Stockman

*Baxter Stockman is the main villain and the turtles work to stop him because he is too far gone and has hurt so many people and creatures in his quest for vast knowledge and is completely apathetic

*)(amato + Foot clan does not affect the story

*The turtles + Splinter lived in Guatemala until they met April and then they moved to New York to go after Stockman

*The turtles start off as regular mutant turtles, but early on during the events of the AU, get mutated further into dragons (friends idea)

*Character Info

*Shared info about the turtles

*Central American Snapping Turtles *All were originally named by the zoo *When they are mutated into dragons, their heights increased *The mutation process was very painful *Wings grew out of their backs and broke their shells at the top where the wings grew *Knows/speaks/writes in Spanish and English *Keeps their original weapons *Learned ninjitsu and self defense similarly to Mutant Mayhem and Bayverse via books and videos but also by watching humans at the dojo that is right above where they live

*Michelangelo

*)(e/)(im Cis male *5'11" (Pre-Dragon) *7'2" (Post-Dragon) *Very muscular build *Lost one of his right toes *Wears cheap gym shorts and an orange sweater around his shoulders that soon turns into his mask after he mutates into a dragon (tears off a sleeve) *Nunchaku on belt *Stickers on shell, including an anime sticker Raphael put on as a joke that won't come off *Old mask had the iconic Mikey short tails *Gay *The Leader *Optimist *Actually good at strategizing *Tries to stay energetic and joyful even when it's inappropriate *A little bit insensitive tbh *Not entirely on purpose he just doesn't understand why everyone isn't happy-go-lucky and constantly optimistic like he is *#1 Cheerleader *Tries to keep good relationships with his family *Very loving and supportive of them *Learning empathy is part of his character development *Mondo Gecko becomes a love interest for him later on

*Madonna (Donatello)

*She/)(er Transfem changed name *6'4" (Pre-Dragon) *7'6" (Post-Dragon) *Largest and most muscular turtle because of her Bo training and mechanical handling *Wears skirts and an apron with lots of storage, including a large tool belt *Steal's Raph's clothes even though they are small on her *Paint splats on shell *Braided mask tails *When everyone's masks broke because of the second mutation, she made everyone but Mikey new ones (Mikey immediately tore up his sweater and made a new mask) *Straight *Group inventor *Not very good at organizing her thoughts and explaining her inventions, and tech is always very messy and hard to follow *Personality is like Rise!Donnie but toned down *Doesn't really get mad but sulky *Very bad grammar *Often butts heads with 'Nardo *)(as a large bo collection and only uses her least favorites and never the ones she really likes unless she has to *Small crush on CJ in the beginning (purely one-sided and goes away after a while)

Leonardo

*)(e/)(im Cis male *5'8" (Pre-Dragon) *6'7" (Post-Dragon) *More scrawny and lanky than the rest of the group *Was effected the most by the second mutation out of the group appearance wise *Wears comfortable loose clothes like hoodies and sweatpants *Plain, long tail mask *Wore glasses before second mutation *)(as a dragon carved onto his lower shell (he begged asked Madonna to do it) *AroAce *Main intel of the group *Very observant *Non verbal and writes everything that comes to mind in these journals called: "Big Book of 'Nardo Thoughts" and hopes to publish them one day. *Thinks he should've been the leader *Geography nerd *Otaku

Raphael

*She/)(er Cis female *5'4" (Pre-Dragon) *7'4" (Post-Dragon) *Muscular but chubby build *Wears feminine clothing mainly jeans and crop tops but also skirts and dresses *Mask tied into a nice bow *Madonna put nail polish drawings on her shell *Paints hers and Mikey's nails *Lesbian *Sassy like 1987 Raphael *Very girly and feminine *Very protective of her family *Does have rage strength *A voice of wisdom/reason *Still kind of childish *)(angs out with Splinter a lot *Gets a girlfriend named Marilyn

Splinter

*)(e/)(im Cis male *5'6" *47 *Bushy-tailed Woodrat *Wears a dirty ass expensive silk bathrobe that he stole from a human that he WILL NOT take off *Raph likes to style his fur *Straight ally *Only knows Spanish *Reads a lot and taught the turtles how to read *Great cook *Mediocre dad *Was taken from his own parents at an early age so he has no clue how to parent outside of instinct and books *He's trying he goes to the PTA meetings he goes to them/ref *Brought home a whole bunch of girl books for Madonna when she came out to him *Praises Mikey for his optimism *Adores 'Nardo's writing *Wants a wife so bad

Baxter Stockman

*TW FOR MENTIONS OF ABUSE *)(e/)(im Cis Male *5'5" (Pre mutation) *6'4" (Post mutation) *56 *Black and Brazilian *Buzz cut (Pre mutation) *Skinny build (Pre mutation) *Becomes a fly mutant *Much more muscular post mutation *)(air grows out *Kind of looks like Super Fly *Wears stereotypical lab gear *Questioning AroAce *Very devoted to his work *Abused and neglected his wife (April's mom) and daughter (April O'Neil) *Made the turtles, Shredder, Splinter, and other mutants *Everyone )(ATES him *Rightfully so *)(e uses mech suits to fight like 2012 him in season 1 *CJ is his pupil early on *Kind of a bitch to CJ *Sadistic *This man gets very uncomfortable to be around after he's mutated *Like bro wanting disect and study every living thing he comes across after the mutation *Throws a fit when he's wrong about something *Has a deep desire to be all knowing

April O'Neil

*She/They/It Demigirl *5'8" *19 *Afro Latina *She has dark brown hair styled in afro puffs *Skinny but athletic build *Sports a black and yellow track suit with a white undershirt *Bisexual *Daughter of Baxter Stockman *Tech whiz *Madonna's best friend *Big sister figure to the turtles *Grew up in Guatemala and moved to New York with the turtles and Splinter shortly after meeting them *)(er dad's #1 hater *Fluent in Spanish *Knows English, but it's rough *Uses a gun *Dating Karai

Casey Jones (CJ)

*They/)(e/It Nonbinary (fine with gender neutral or masculine terms) *5'2" *17 *White *)(as that 2000's mid length emo boy haircut *Wears Jeans + Band tee and a lab coat *Main inspo from 2012 Casey design wise *Omniromantic (pref for men) Asexual *Kind of wimpy and doesn't fight *Mainly uses mousers and other robots *Stockman's pupil until he joins up with the turtles *Works alongside 'Nardo and Madonna *Genuinely scared of Mikey *Grew up in New York *Failed Art Class and will have to repeat highschool they are so salty about this it is not even *Geek loser *Main personality inspo from '87 and 2012 Stockman

*I will write about more characters later and more lore but rn this is all you get. If you wanna see specific characters or if you have any questions, feel free to ask me my ask box is open!

[my-name-is-bunnyfoxy]

Back on ur Tumblr after awhile.

Just wanted to ask if u saw the newest (I think) Tales of the TMNT series trailer.

I thought it looked great.

Very curious to see the boys separated.

Also nice to see more April.

And more April and Leo stuff; I love her, and they are so fun and funny and together.

It is so funny to me that Leo basically looks so worried and/or like he is is going through it in some way in ever trailer and/or teaser basically.

Nice to see some more of him being more confident, silly, dramatic, and cocky though in the new teaser. Because those can be so him too.

It was also very cool to see more Donnie in the new teaser, he wasn't in the last one much, and he got some cool/nice stuff in the newest one. My dude is really worried about his brothers.

Also, we got Bishop too! I love her voice.

Anyways, done rambling about the new trailer. I was sad it TOTTMNT didn't come out in April, but if it coming out in August means the people behind the series can take it easier and try to give a better series, I can wait. August isn't too far off anyways.

Last of all, just like a picture of urs with TMNT 2012 Rise and Leo redesigns, and thought they looked great! Esp. TMNT 2012's ones, but Rise Leo's looked great too

(and I still love Leo having red eyes. I hope people start giving TMNT MM Leo red eyes, because 1. I think they are cool and I now really like Leo w/ red eyes, 2. I just think they would suit TMNT Leo's dinosaur-looking person, and 3. I thought I saw a screenshot of the movie, like a close-up, of some ending scenes when Leo wasn't wearing his mask and was going to school and wearing normal clothes, that looked his eyes were (kind of) red)

Also, loving u drawing TMNT 2012 Leo in his cocky/confident-looking, iconic pose of leaning on his sword(s). LIke, people would think that would be something Rise Leo would do (and he would), but TMNT 2012 Leo defin. would and has too.

Ok, done with this very long Ask. I just hadnt been on ur Tumblr for a bit, so I had even more to say than usual. Lmao.

God this has been sitting in my inbox for a long time now. First and foremost, welcome back! I was genuinely wondering if you are still alive or nah lol-

Okay now onto everything else-

The Tales of the TMNT trailer

Honestly, I have a lot of hope the show will be pretty cool!

I loved the scenes where it implies that the turtles will have their own solo missions. This could possibly be all in one episode where they are all alone but I don't know. I'm also excited to see how much their personalities are expanded on.

From what I've seen we also got the purple dragons revealed! I like Hun and Angel so far. Especially Angel, I think she is the leader of the Purple Dragons now within this iteration. I really hope they bring back old classic characters. Personally I have always thought that Mutant mayhem would take more inspo from tmnt 1987 which I really hope that is the case and they bring back fan favorite characters.

I was honestly shocked to see Bishop as a woman. But honestly, she looks badass. I'm kind of laughing my ass of at her being a grumpy old ass grandma who has beef with literal teenagers. I do wanna see what her deal is though. Maybe she is working for Cynthia?

Speaking of- I wonder where she is? I really hope she isn't just thrown to the side or something. It seemed like they were building towards something with her character. Also, just from her last name Utrom, it's clear they might introduce the Kraang or even just the Utroms. Maybe both as well-

I genuinely hope Shredder comes in. I wanna see him really bad. Like I said I hope they bring the classic characters back.

April looks really stunning and I already love her. I really wanna see her relationship with not just Leo but also the other turtles as well.

I will be honest I genuinely thought the show was gonna be 3D animated. I was a little upset but, I immediately fell in love with the art style simply because it reminds me of a comic sort of art style.

Overall, high hopes for this show!

Now about the drawings

Thank you so much! <3

I feel like they are slightly outdated now, but I genuinely loved drawing them! And yes I adore Leo with red eyes. He just looks so cool with it.

Also 2012 Leo's pose was based off of the official renders I found.

Same with rise Leo as well!

Again- so happy you like my designs! <3

I haven't that active with TMNT as of late, but I promise I'm still here, I didn't leave. I'm just obsessed currently with toy monsters that come to life that try to kill you and that from a game I literally tried to boycott back in 2021 lmao

[rebelliousstories]

Eyes Open

Relationship: Donnie Darko x Reader

Fandom: Donnie Darko

Request: Yes by Anon

Warnings: Fluff, Mentions of Dark Themes

Word Count: 1,206

Masterlist: Here

Jake Gyllenhaal & Co. Masterlist: Here

Summary: There’s just something creepy about seeing someone sleep walk and talk.

A weird energy had descended upon Middlesex. The night air was still, clouds were scattered across the sky. Moonlight was shining brightly down on the people and homes beneath. Everything was calm, which may have not been odd for anyone else, but to her it was. The clock struck 3 A.M.; a time for ghosts, goblins, and fiends. A soft light was on in her room, illuminating just enough so that she could still read the book in her hands. She didn’t want to put it down, so she was up at three in the morning when she had school the next day. Often, she was found with a book in her hands; either literature or sketch. Her inability to put down whatever novel she was working on meant that she had late nights like these all the time. Which is why she was up at such an hour on this very night.

Everyone on her street was asleep. This was not a well known party part of town. People were in bed by nine, and asleep by ten. Which meant the sound of an opening and closing door, at this hour, was weird. At first, she thought that it was only her imagination. No one would be leaving at this time; so who was opening their doors? She quickly dog eared the page she was on and marked her word with a pen mark, before walking over to her window. Looking out, she saw nothing. Maybe it really was her imagination. But movement caught her eye. A figure of a boy, clad in pajama pants and a sweatshirt, was walking across the street. The dark hair and iconic grey sweatshirt, along with the house the figure seemed to be walking away from pointed to only one individual: Donnie Darko.

Donnie was weird; she’d give him that. Definitely weird enough to walk alone at night in his pajamas at three o’clock in the morning. But he seemed off, even for him. His walk was less of a walk and more of a shamble, like from those zombie movies he would sneak over and watch with her. Confused and concerned, she quickly threw on her shoes and hoodie, and snuck as quietly as possible out of the house. By the time she had arrived down at the road, she had lost Donnie. Looking for any sign of movement, she scanned the area. Finally, she spotted him, in the middle of the street. She made her way towards the young man, and looked around for anyone else or any cars that could possibly endanger them. Thankfully, no such other people or vehicles were around.

When she came near Donnie, she saw his lips moving as if he was talking. He looked like he was talking to someone, but no one else was around. Maybe he was just sleep talking, but then how could he have walked outside asleep? Most people aren’t able to leave locked doors during sleepwalking episodes. The glazed over look in his eyes made her feel uneasy. Was he having such a severe sleepwalk that he was actually able to leave his home and talk? As she got closer, she started making out a few words.

“Frank… Why do I… People die…”

None of it made sense. He was sleep talking perfectly. But the glazed over look in his eyes was disturbing. It was like he was looking straight through her without ever seeing or noticing that she was there.

“Donnie?” She walked closer and waved her hands in front of his face. No response.

“Donnie?” Clapping her hands this time, she saw him take a couple blinks and look around. He looked confused. Donnie thought that he was just dreaming that he was outside, talking to Frank. Apparently not. But he didn’t expect to see her in front of him.

“What am I doing out here?” He asked, with a twinge of confusion in his voice. She simply shrugged her shoulders.

“I was going to ask you the same thing. Do you normally sleep walk and talk?” She took a few more steps closer. Donnie shook his head.

“No. I mean, not that I know of. Maybe. I thought I was just dreaming that I was out here. I didn’t realize that I was actually out here. Sorry you had to find me like this.” Stepping even closer, she looked him over and made sure that he was good to go.

“What are best friends for, Donnie?” They shared a chuckle between them in the night air before she spoke up again.

“Donnie, who’s Frank?” Her question made the boy’s mind reel.

“What?” Maybe she would just let it go if he played dumb. But he forgot that he was talking to his best friend, not some random person.

“Who’s Frank? You said his name while you were asleep.”

“He’s…” he trailed off. How was he going to explain that he could see and speak to a tall man in a bunny suit that told him to commit acts of violence in order to stop the world from ending. She might be his best friend, but she was really the only true friend he had besides Frank. If he scared her off, then it’d only be him and Frank. He needed her around. She made him feel somewhat normal.

“He’s… a friend.” Donnie managed to get out. She looked at him carefully.

“Okay. Do you wanna go to bed or you wanna come over and watch a movie? Maybe read or draw?” Her gentle offer made Donnie realize how tired he was. He wanted to go to bed, but he didn’t want to leave.

“Can I come over and sleep at yours? I don’t wanna be alone right now.” His hand was captured by hers shortly afterwards. A soft smile etched its way onto their faces.

“Of course you can, Donnie. Come on.” And with that she led him away to the house across the street from his. For being so close, it offered sanctuary against the memories of his own home. They quietly shuffled into the home, and made their way up the cold stairs. Plush carpet and soft blankets soon surrounded the pair as she went right back to her reading, and Donnie laid down on the other side of her bed. There was so much that he didn’t tell her. So much he couldn’t tell her. She would never know about the bunny that followed him. Or the fact that it seemed unable to cross over the threshold of the home that he currently occupied. He wouldn’t tell her about the voices, and commands. He couldn’t tell her that they seemed to quiet a lit bit when she was around, and they shifted to more pleasant topics instead of their usual grotesque tone. She couldn’t and wouldn’t know about any of that. But she did know that Donnie drifted off to the sound of her voice. She knew that she was one of the few people to not put him on edge. She knew that she was special to the confused boy, but she didn’t know just how much. Maybe it was time to open both of their eyes together.

She couldn’t and wouldn’t know about any of that. But she did know that Donnie drifted off to the sound of her voice. She knew that she was one of the few people to not put him on edge. She knew that she was special to the confused boy, but she didn’t know just how much. Maybe it was time to open both of their eyes together.

[bejeweled-wahlberg]

@cant-get-enough-btr-forever I saw your post about the BTR movie and stuff and I thought why not give my thingy whatever it’s called plot of the movie

Kendall and Jo are married and their daughter or son will either follow into their footsteps and Kendall is a successful solo artist

James and Lucy works their relationship very well and plans on marrying her, And still has his failed cuda collab 😂 (hey I like Lames 😂)

Logan and Camille don’t work out and have an off and on again romance with eachother but he plans on moving on but realizes at the end of the movie that Camille is the one ❤️

Carlos and Alexa are now married and have children that will become singers and possibly spies 🕵️‍♀️

Katie makes her own record label and company called Knight Rekords similar to Rocque Records

Gustavo and Kelly are still kicking it at Rocque records and Kelly becomes the new owner after Gustavo retires(Cause Who loves Kelly as an icon)

And Kendall gets the band back together by getting advice from You may know him from NKOTB,Blue Bloods. DONNIE WAHLBERG(Yes i Imagine him making a cameo appearance in the movie)

And so Kelly and Gustavo shares the part of Rocque Records and Katie is the new agent/assistant for Gustavo and Kelly and BTR Reunites

So the musical journey continues again!

And we get to see Kendall and Katie’s dad Jordan in which Mama Knight has gotta explain

[erkythehero23]

Do the kids each have a favorite aunt/uncle/auntckle?

also are June and Roxy together in your AU?

auntckle is such a great term omg BUT

Jenny and Donny absolutely love Jade, she doesnt get to visit often but she loves playing with the kids. Jenny also loves Rose and Kanaya cuz they've taken care of her a lot.

Corvidae of course looks up to June, ✨trans icon✨

Jack isnt super close with his aunts/uncles/auntckle but sees Kanaya as another parental figure. (much like Kanaya is to Karkat, Porrim to Kankri, and the Dolorosa to the Signless)

Viceroy is close to Dirk and Jake, much like Jenny and Donny, they've taken care of him as well.

As for June and Roxys relationship, they are just close friends :)

[bathturtle]

My favorite scenes from the 2007 TMNT movie

/ PART 1 /

I have seen this movie at least 20 times, so I’m going to share with you my favorite scenes.

Donnie sleeping

I love to see the turtles doing normal stuff, I don’t know how he ended like that, why he has a magazine on his head? We will never know…

(Mikey sleeping in the back)

This slight change on Leo’s facial expression on this scene

That fight is amazing, i can’t describe it, Raph anger, Leo being arrogant, they way they talk to each other. But this change on Leo’s face when Raph talks to him it’s just perfect.

He’s like “what? How dare you” but I also believe he’s trying to understand his brother but those feelings are silenced by Leo’s ego

the iconic “come to daddy”

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#nothimbeingsilly

Casey being happy to see Leo again

It’s scene makes me so happy, that Casey cares about Leo, also sooner in the movie when April calls him to go and pick her he ask “did you find Leo? Is he with you?” He cares about Leo even though I don’t think Leo sees him as a friend friend. (I mean it’s more a hc based on how I see their relationship, I believe leo sees him more like a “my brother’s friend” than “my friend”)

[sibillascribbles08]

ok last one i promise KDKFKG

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You say this like I am bothered I can assure you I am not alskjdf

Donatello hated that he was going to his dad for advice.

Mainly because he'd already tried that before asking Jase out, before even being friends with him in fact. Befriending Jase just slowly lead him to the realization that he had no parental figures in his life that had any good advice regarding romantic relationships.

After all, just look at the line up. His dad, who's only stable relationship resulted in him being imprisoned in an arena for years. Draxum, who's relationship history was not only a mystery but also one Donatello didn't care to dig up. Holly Blue, who flat out told him when he asked her about dating to just never bother with it--not encouraging. And who else? Todd? Donatello wasn't about to open that can of worms either.

At least this was far less about general relationship advice and more specific like what the heck kind of things did you do with someone for a date?

Donatello didn't want to get his information from films, far too fictional to trust, and running internet searches was not only embarrassing but came with mixed results. Especially for New York City. A three hundred dollar dinner? No thank you.

So, here he was, standing in the living room while his dad watched some kind of romance drama on the big screen.

"Hey, Dad?" Donatello cleared his throat.

Splinter glanced over at him. "Yes, Purple? Did you need something?"

"Uh, just, wanted to ask for your opinion on something." He tried not to clear his throat again, tried not to fidget as he kept glancing to the side. "Like um... date ideas."

Splinter's ears shot straight up before he rolled over in his chair to lean over the arm rest. "Ohohoho, with that purple dragon boy?"

Donatello grit his teeth, trying to shove back the heat emerging in his cheeks. "He's not a purple dragon anymore, but yes."

Splinter hummed, tail swishing from side to side, obviously amused. "Surprised you're asking me for advice."

"I'm desperate." He scoffed.

"Hmph, rude! But well... date ideas would entirely depend on what the two of you like to do."

Donatello pressed his lips together. "Uh... programming?"

"No! Non-working activities. Going to the zoo? The park? A demolition derby?"

The last one was a joke, but Donatello glared at it.

"How about a movie?" Splinter pointed to the screen with his tail. "I know you love those."

That was actually a good idea. Jase had already shown him a few back when they were just friends, and apparently there were many, many movies that Donatello could still catch up on.

"Hm, I see you have your idea." Splinter flopped back onto the sofa. "Hope he has space at his place, or you get your own TV. You are not stealing mine so you can make-out on the sofa."

Donatello flinched, all the heat rushing back to his face. "Dad!"

His father just laughed.

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Jase sighed, staring at the wall of math homework still on the screen. He technically didn't have to do it all tonight--the professor just posted all the weekly homework at once--but he wanted it out of the way so it didn't cut into his weekend free time.

Still, maybe he should take a break. Online math homework was a nightmare.

As if on cue, his phone buzzed on his desk. Jase picked it up, looking at Donnie's icon before answering it.

"Why, if it isn't Othello Von Ryan." He taunted into the line as he tabbed away from the math page.

"I can't believe you're still calling me that." Donnie tsked.

"You come up with a dumb fake name I'm never letting it go." He mindlessly scrolled through his social feed, looking to see if there were any updates on the leaks for the next line of transformers. "Any particular reason you called? You usually like to text."

"Ah, well... I just thought it would be easier to ask over the phone?"

"Lie." Jase said flatly. "You're really bad at that, you know."

"Only sometimes." Donnie snapped. "Fine. It's been a few days so I wanted to hear your voice."

Ah. Jase adjusted his glasses before messing with his hair to ease up the burning in his ears. "You said you wanted to ask me something?"

"Yes." Donnie's typical, confident tone returned. "You, me, popcorn, two liter Dr. Pepper and a movie. You in?"

A movie? "What movie?"

"I am so glad you asked. I have narrowed down my list of two hundred possible films to just five by calculating the length, ratings, content, actors, the actor ratings, the--"

Jase couldn't stop himself from snorting and laughing.

"Huh?" Donnie said. "What? What's so funny?"

"Sorry." Jase said between laughs. "Sorry, not laughing at you. It's just... so you."

"What's so me?"

"Going through all that analysis just to pick a movie." He let out another chuckle before running a hand through his hair. "But yeah, sure, send me the list and I'll help pick one out."

"So... that's a yes?"

"Yeah, Donnie, we've watched movies before."

"Sure, but not as a date."

He forced himself not to laugh again, both out of amusement and nerves. He found it so endearing that Donnie, who almost always had this guise of confidence and boldness would always get so shy about conversations like this.

Not that Jase was any better.

"Does it have to be Dr. Pepper by the way?" He tried to change the subject a little.

"Dr. Pepper is the superior movie soda."

"Yeah? Did you calculate that too?"

"Well, statistically--"

"Oh my god." He groaned, even though he kept smiling. "No. How about I just bring my own soda."

"It better not be that weird knock off grape soda."

"The taste of purple."

"Ugh!"

"Going to chug half the bottle right in front of you."

"Disgusting. Horrible. Maybe I should un-invite you."

"Yeah?" Jase rested his arm on the desk before leaning forward to put his cheek on it, still holding the phone to his ear. "Then who are you going to watch the movie with?"

"Hm, you have a good point. I suppose your company will just have to do."

"Yeah, whatever Donnie." Jase couldn't seem to stop smiling. "I look forward to it."

"Right." Donnie sounded nervous again. "I um... do too."

Jase glanced at his computer screen, the math tab haunting him. He sat up again, minimizing the entire window before pushing away from his desk. "Are you busy right now?"

"Not entirely, though Mikey will probably call me for dinner soon enough."

"That's okay." Jase flopped onto his bed. "Just want to talk for a bit longer. What were you doing at work today?"

"Oh! Well Alori, the cheetah yokai, she came by to test the new hanging lights and..."

[entrancedsnow70]

Anyone wanna hear my conspiracy theory about the real reason Nickelodeon so suddenly canceled Rise of the TMNT (because we all know that 'low toy sales' was a bullshit explanation that would be entirely Nickelodeon's fault if it was true)? Great! I think the actual reason it got canceled is because it was too gay and Nickelodeon wanted to nip it in the bud before it got too blatantly queer. Note that this is entirely speculation, but that it seems to be backed up with how the show ended and how other shows at other companies are and were handled.

Nickelodeon (and other large animation companies) do not have a good track record regarding queer representation in their shows. By 2018, when RotTMNT started releasing, Nickelodeon's queer rep was pretty much just Spongebob and Legend of Korra's Korrasami. As monumental as Korrasami was, there was a reason it got pushed to the series finale and it wasn't the showrunner's fault. Meanwhile in other studios Disney's The Owl House would not air for another two years and Cartoon Network was busy keeping Steven Universe in production hell. Rebecca Sugar at this point had gained a reputation for having to fight Cartoon Network tooth and nail to have the Garnet wedding episode, and the show was punished severely for it.

Back at Nickelodeon, RotTMNT showrunners would likely not want to have to fight the same battles Rebecca Sugar was fighting for queer rep, and therefore went with the more subtle approach of queer-coding. Leonardo is a prime example of this. Other people have already written essays about this, but the tl;dr of most of them is 'Leo moves and acts like a 90s Disney villain and we already know they're all queer-coded to hell and back'. Another example could be argued from whatever Baron Draxum and Splinter have going on with their 'divorced with shared custody but never married' dynamic they have going on. However, they get rather bold in the season 1 episodes Operation: Normal and, rather iconically, Hypno and Warren Sitting in a Tree. The latter episode features characters Hypno and Warren working out kinks in their relationship that gets described in-episode as "it's complicated". That combined with the episode title paint a very obvious picture of what the showrunners are implying; a gay relationship. I'd also like to point out that after this episode, to my knowledge, Hypno and Warren are not seen working together on screen in the same capacity until the movie. Almost as if some higher up saw this and was not pleased.

Meanwhile, Operation: Normal features April wanting a taste of a normal life with normal people. She ends up meeting a girl named Sunita. Sunita had recently moved to NYC and April decides to spend a night showing her around town with Leo and Donnie trailing her while dressed as old ladies. April and Sunita's night out is awfully reminiscent of a date, especially with April's insistence on impressing Sunita and not coming across as weird. The episode ends with Sunita revealing that she herself is not human and that she's fine that April's life is rather strange by human standards. This episode is played off like April and Sunita are just friends and the rest of the series continues that, but this episode also is also a prime example of the 'Character A goes on a date with Character B but A has a weird secret they try to hide from B but it gets revealed by the end and B accepts A for who they are' story format. While subtler than Warren and Hypno Sitting in a Tree, Operation: Normal does something else worth mentioning, and that is code April as some flavor of queer. It should also be noted that she doesn't show any thing else close to interest in romantic relationships, further coding her as queer.

While I don't think the higher-ups at Nickelodeon were pleased with these turns of events, I do think they were willing to let it slide. That is until Foot Recruit was revealed to be Cassandra, this iteration's version of Casey Jones. Higher-ups would have likely become aware of this development during season 2's production and seen the writing on the walls. In every iteration of TMNT where Casey is a prominent character, he has a romantic subplot with April. Recognizing that a female Casey and a queer-coded April is likely to end in a gay relationship and that they did not want to fight this battle, they cut half of season 2 and the remaining 5 seasons the show was originally going to get, and said the showrunners had to finish the series with whatever they could scramble together from season 2 and a movie.

With this potential context, the introduction on Casey Junior almost seems like a desperate plea to Nickelodeon to 'please give us our show back we swear we won't make it queer this time'. Casey Junior introduces a male Casey into the main timeline while also establishing Cassandra as a mother. While being gay and being a mother are not mutually exclusive, it does seem like something you would include to say 'see! there's a completely hetero explanation for what we've done here' to any executives who you don't plan on fighting with regarding queer representation.

All this to say that I think there is a more sinister reason behind RotTMNT's sudden cancellation than the official explanation given. Low toy sales could be easily explained as a consequence of poor advertisement and the toys themselves being sort of questionable in terms of quality, both of which would be Nickelodeon's fault and not the show's fault. In fact, the poor advertising almost screams that Nickelodeon was quietly trying to cancel the show after the initial poor reviews from adult TMNT fans who weren't even supposed to be the target audience, and the queer subtext setting up to become plain text was the motivation Nickelodeon needed to kill RotTMNT for good and move on as quickly as possible, hoping the show would be forgotten. Unfortunately for them it was not forgotten and now Nickelodeon seems to have backed themselves into a corner with the push to renew the show not showing signs of slowing down. I hope they make the right decision and that the showrunners are able to tell the story they wanted to tell originally to the best of their ability.

[sasorikigai]

This is an obligatory John Wick: Chapter 4 review; it will most likely be extremely biased, because first and foremost, I am an utmost fan of Hiroyuki Sanada’s work, and I have special appreciation and affection for his chemistry with Keanu Reeves (47 Ronin is one of my absolute favorite movies). 

Spoilers Alert!

Objective, nearly-indisputable review of the film: 

The fourth installment literally embodies all the culmination of what John Wick franchise stands for, as I dare say it stands above all the action films in regards to how much variety is there, how much visceral and adrenaline-filled action choreography was there, and also, remarkable camerawork and stunt people work. Chad Stahelski’s prowess as a stuntman definitely shows as John Wick world expands globally. 

Most notable action sequences are definitely the ones taking in Paris, specifically the one around Arc de Triomphe and on the steps of Sacré Cœur.  

The ensemble cast, including martial arts movie icons Donnie Yen (Caine), Hiroyuki Sanada (Shimazu), and Scott Adkins. Also, definitely enjoyed the new character ‘Mr. Nobody,’ and Rina Sawayama as Shimazu’s daughter, Akira. Bill Skarsgard as the Marquis de Gramont, the all-powerful member of the High Table (aka the criminal council Wick is waging war against) was a remarkable villain as well. 

LEAVE THE DOG ALONE!! 

John Wick vc.: “CONSEQUENCES.”

Killing begets more killing, and also vengeful hatred (credit scene). Shimazu Koji is killed by Caine trying to protect his daughter and John Wick. Eventually his daughter will want to take vengeance on her father’s killer. 

Subjective, extremely biased review of the film: 

I was very excited to know that Hiroyuki Sanada’s character was an old friend of John Wick’s, Shimazu Koji, who had trained with him. He also runs the Osaka Continental Hotel!  I had more than a mere speculation that he is going to die (just like any other films Sanada has done - he has a reputation of being Japanese Sean Penn), but Shimazu died so quick and not really an hour in the movie??

I also thought Caine and John Wick’s chemistry and complicated relationship was much more compelling and intricate than the relationship between Shimazu and Wick. Obviously they exude gravitas, grace, and geniality when they share the screen and I thoroughly enjoyed that, but I really wanted to see them engage more in action sequences (preferably together, defending one another just as Wick and Caine do later in the film). 

Otherwise, truly appreciated the significance of the scene they shared in the beginning (Shimazu serving Wick tea, then Japanese whiskey, I believe). And the dialogue they engage is short, but philosophical and it truly shows Shimazu’s ‘spirit of Samurai,’ as Sanada called it. 

[fluffytriceratops]

Honestly, Nickelodeon did April’s character so dirty in the 2012 iteration. Like, what is that harlot? She’s not April, that’s for sure. Literally any other version of April is amazing. 2003, 2007, bay, Rise, they’re all great! And then they gave us 2012…

This bitch who treats Donnie like a piece of scum on the bottom of her shoe.

I love her voice actor. And I think she did a great job, but the writers? Cmon man! April is such a important and iconic character, how could you do her so dirty?!

There are moments where I don’t dislike her, but for the most part she just pisses me off. Especially when she goes out and does something stupid, which happens a lot. The way she treats both Casey and Donnie, for starters. I understand it can be a weird, uncomfortable and difficult situation but there are so many better ways she could have handled it.

And then she kills him in that one episode like she’s Thanos snapping half the planet into non-existence. Like bitch— grow some damn balls.

2003 April will always be my favourite because she’s the version I grew up on. Honestly, she’s such an icon. A badass babe who takes shit from no one without being a total asshole. Her and Casey’s relationship is such goals. I love them together, especially in that iteration.

It just saddens me that they took such an amazing character and absolutely butchered her. There are some good things about 2012 April. But the cons outweigh the pros and I can’t see her as being anything but an annoying twat who I want to backhand.

Anyways, rant over.

This is solely my opinion of course. If you have a different one, that’s totally fine. If you like 2012 April, that’s awesome. I just personally don’t. And that’s okay. 👁👄👁👌✨

Lemme know your opinions on miss April O’Neil, I’d love to hear them! 💕

[imashoe69420]

Hi :) can You do rise boys or just Leo reacting to a fem reader wearing a toxedo (suit) because she don't like dresses?

Personally, I prefer a tux over a dress. So this’ll be easy for me to write lmao. I’ve been doing a few rise!bros x readers so I’ll do Leo x reader this time!

Also I made the reader gender-fluid but biologically female. I hope that’s ok :)

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Suits > Dresses

Prompt: You and Leo make your own prom after not being asked to the dance at your school. Well… that was half the reason.

Pairing: Rise!Leo X GF!Reader

Pronouns: Feminine but gender-fluid (they/them/she/her)

Relationship: friends (somewhat dating at the end)

Timeline: Post!Movie

Warnings ⚠️: angst, gender dysphoria, mild language

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When you texted Leo saying that you wanted to make your own prom so him and his brothers could join, he took it as a challenge.

The only prom he’d seen was from the “coming-of-age” high school TV shows you’d force him to watch with you, so he knew to go loosely off of that. He needed the music, the kissing booth Photo Booth, the sparkly lights, and the dress.

You’d never talked about your sexuality or sexual orientation to Leo, fearing the conversation would be awkward or he wouldn’t understand or care. Some days, you felt like a boy. Other days, you felt like a girl. Sometimes, you were androgynous. It wasn’t something that you could control or ignore. It was a part of you, and sometimes that sucked.

Leo came over to help you pick out a tux for him and a dress for you online. He was extremely eager, pointing at every other dress commenting about how pretty and shimmery they were.

Sure, they were pretty and shimmery and would look good on anybody, but none of them stuck out to you. None of them made you feel… well, you.

“(Y/N), you would look so good in this one!” Leo tapped on a slim red dress. “C’mon, let’s get this one.”

You shrugged, laughing awkwardly. “That one? Isn’t it kinda…” your words trailed off.

“Kinda amazing! C’mon, c’mon, get that one.”

The turtle’s pleas eventually got you to buy the dress and his suit, but an uneasy feeling settled in your stomach.

Despite your appeasement, Leo could sense that something was wrong. Even though this had been your idea, you didn’t seem as excited about it as he was.

(Y/N) was a big question mark to him. But he didn’t mind that much. In fact, it’s one of the things that made him start to develop feelings for you. He enjoyed the mild switch-ups in your style and demeanor. He’d mentally guess what you’d look like when he arrived at your house, and he was usually wrong.

Nonetheless, he liked how your personality always stayed the same. You were always boisterous, your mind bouncing with crazy ridiculous plans and ideas.

Last week, the two of you built a makeshift amusement park in the sewers. A day or two after that, the two built a miniature chocolate factory from the iconic movie with real toothpaste lids you claimed you’d been collecting for six months.

Where did you get all of them? Leo didn’t ask. He was just happy that you were really passionate about something fun yet so intricate.

As soon as the sun set, the turtles began decorating your school rooftop. Raph set up the Photo Booth and concessions while Donnie set up the DJ booth. Mikey scattered rose petals and confetti on the floor and plastered his drawings along the photo booth wall and rooftop door entrance. All of them adorned a suit and tie associated to their designated colors. April—dressed in a bright green dress—supplied them with the camera.

Leo soon portaled onto the rooftop in a white dress shirt with blue dress pants, blazer, and bow tie. “Hey, hey, how’s it goin’, mis hermanos?”

The oldest of the turtles turned his head to smile at him. “Real good! Just some finishing touches and we should be good.”

After a minute of admiring his brothers’ hard work, a question popped into his mind.

“Mike,” he glanced at his younger brother, “where’s (Y/N)?”

The orange clad turtle shrugged as he threw a handful of glitter into the air, the substance landing on his attire. “She hasn’t texted any of us.”

That was strange.

Again, this was your idea, so why weren’t you here for it? Leo was somewhat frustrated, but gave you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe you were running late.

But you weren’t.

In reality, you’d been sitting on the foot of your bed staring down at the red dress in your lap for several minutes. Maybe half an hour. You weren’t sure, but you were sure that you didn’t want to wear that dress.

But you felt awful about it. One, because the dress was absolutely gorgeous, but not something you’d ever wear. Although your attire heavily depended on what area of gender dysphoria you’d be in, you were never attracted to dresses. In formal settings, you’d always preferred a suit and tie or at least a dress shirt and tie.

You finally stood up and set the dress on your bed. Ambling over to your closet, you pulled out the suit and tie set you’d been dying to wear. All it was was a regular black and white color scheme, but you felt your heart flutter at the sight of it.

This made you feel pretty. This made you feel seen.

“Hey,” Leo knocked on the glass of your bedroom window, “everything’s ready. Let’s get going before my bros eat all the concessions… which is just pizza. Maybe pizza was a bad idea.”

You stuffed the clothing back into your closet before letting him in. “Uh, yeah, I’m almost ready.”

Leo furrowed his would-be eyebrows at your clean face and large gray t-shirt draping over your body. “Doesn’t look it.” He lifted the dress off your bed and held it in front of himself. “Is it too small or something? Shit, we didn’t check the size before ordering it, did we?”

You faked a chuckle at his worries as you laid a hand against his shoulder. “No, Leo, it’s fine.”

“You sure?” The blue clad turtle sets the dress back on the bed. “You’ve been kinda weird the whole time we’d been planning this. Were you not serious about this or…?”

Ah, shit, now he’s upset, you thought. Now you had to explain your hesitation—“no, of course not. Get out so I can get dressed!”—or suck it up as per usual.

Leo’s confused expression turned into one of joy before he hopped out the window to give you privacy.

You didn’t want Leo to think you were weird. Especially Leo. You two did everything together.

He went with every idea you had no matter how crazy or nearly impossible it seemed. While in the middle of your theoretical rant, you’d notice him staring at you in a way you could only describe as entranced. You were never sure if he was entranced by you or the topics you could talk about for days, but you sure hoped it was you.

The only reason you bought that dress was because of him. He wanted to see you in it and that alone rose the temperature in your cheeks.

This was for him and him only.

~~~

You texted Leo asking his to form a portal from your bedroom to the rooftop. He obliged, the glowing blue circle appearing in front of you.

When you step through it, Leo, his brothers, and April are on the other side. The decor definitely wasn’t exactly what you envisioned, you loved that the group did all this over a meaningless text.

“This is so awesome, you guys.” You thanked them. “You’re some of the best friends I’ve ever had.”

The turtles and April cooed before pulling you into a group hug. House music soon begins to blare as Donnie mans the DJ booth. Bright lights strobed as you and the others jumped up and down in the beat of the music, screaming and chanting in joy.

As the night progressed, the songs slowly became quiet enough to hold a conversation. Leo caught you drinking from the punch bowl and decided to try his luck.

“I wouldn’t drink out of that if I were you.” He advised, a wide smirk on his face. “Who knows what’s in here?”

“He said inconspicuously.” You giggled. “Although, we all knew he had spiked the punch bowl.”

Leo sneered playfully. “You’ve been hanging out with Donnie too much.”

You shrugged as you poured a second helping of the translucent drink. “He says, jealousy distorting his features.”

The turtle sputtered, shocked by your allegations. “Jealous? Oh, hardly. I know I’m your favorite twin.”

With another shrug, the music changed into a slow song. Leo looked you up and down before smirking.

“You look incredible in that dress.”

To be honest, you’d forgotten you were wearing it until he pointed it out just now. Suddenly you felt dirty and uncomfortable with the way the tight-fitted material clung to your thighs. Why did he have to say that?

You tried your best to offer him a smile. “Well, you’re the one who picked it out. You have good taste.”

A look of worry washed over his face before returning to his signature cocky expression. “We should dance.”

He held out his hand towards you and you graciously took it. You wanted to do everything to again forget that the retched dress wasn’t sticking on you like a rubber glove.

The dance was conflicting. You hated the dress and the way it accentuated your curves, and it overall made you feel like somebody else. But the way Leo admired you as the two of you danced alongside your friends caused you to think that all the discomfort and dysphoria was worth it.

Even though you looked gorgeous, Leo couldn’t help but feel awful. He had seen you holding the suit when he approached your window. You gazed at it the way he’d ogled at the red dress. The turtle had somewhat known of your androgyny, but never pressed you about it in fear he was wrong and you just enjoyed both men and women’s clothing. But seeing you right now uncomfortable with the clothing he’d picked out for you broke his heart.

“Hey,” Leo murmured as you and his switched positions, your arms around his neck and his hands against your hips, “you—uhm, you can totally wear whatever you want.”

You shot a hopeful look up at him, surprised on how he found out. “Huh?”

“You can wear the tux if you want. It’s not gonna upset me if you do. I just want you to be comfortable.”

No one had ever told you that. No one had told you to change out of a dress and into a tux. Your parents constantly pushed you to solely embrace your femininity. It wasn’t that they were homophobic or transphobic or anything. They just didn’t understand because you’d never told them.

“No, Leo, it’s okay—” you attempted to deny his allegations, but he shook his head.

“Go put the tux on, (Y/N).” He let go of you before creating a portal back to your bedroom.

~~~

After portaling back to the party, everyone’s attention was drawn to you. There you were in the black and white tuxedo that didn’t cling to your skin or accentuate any part of your body you didn’t want to be prominent.

You felt like yourself.

The group cooed at you, complimenting your formal wear. You couldn’t feel more proud of your attire.

Leo smiled at you once the group dispersed and invited you back to the slow days. You agreed.

He simply couldn’t take his eyes off you. He thought you wouldn’t look as good as you did in the dress. Once again, he was dead wrong.

The turtle sighed benevolently. “You look even better.”

Heat soon raised to your cheeks at his comment. “Thanks… and thanks for letting me change. I know that dress meant a lot to you but—”

“It doesn’t mean as much to me as you do.” Leo admitted, gently squeezing your hips. “I’m sorry I wasn’t thinking about what you wanted. This was your idea and I didn’t let you have a say. I’m sorry for being a dickwad.”

You chuckled as you rested your head against his clothed plastron. “You’re not a dickwad. I think you look adorable in that suit. It’s strange seeing you in human clothes.”

He raised his would-be eyebrow. “Human clothes? As opposed to…?”

You loved the banter you’d get into with him, but this moment was too precious. Instead, you stood on your tippy-toes and pecked his cheek.

“Thanks for giving me the best prom ever.” You whispered.

Leo’s brain more or less short-circuited. He had daydreamed about this moment for weeks, but now that it was happening, he didn’t know what to do or say. The only thing he thought to do was pull you flush against his chest and murmur back.

“Anything for you.”

[chomperzzzz]

AAAAAAHHRFR THE FIRST EPISODE?!??!

CHEWING, SCREAMING, SPINNING IN A CIRCLE

WOW. Okay,,,. can we please please PLEASE talk about the first episode because. AAAA

SO. here are some of my like IMMEDIATE thoughts

WOWOWO Teeth!!!!! Oh my GOD (gods?!?!?!)!!!! obsessed. actually so fucking obsessed. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS

WHY IS TEETH'S HOUSE A MUSEUM?!??! clearly they aren't like a celebrity (well at least not a LIKED celebrity akjdshadj) but they're also like clearly VERY well known. Apparently they've committed every single crime ever?? I mean iconic tbh but why a museum?? DId people think they died?? were they EXILED?? so many questions hhrngnh

AS LONG AS WE'RE TLAKING ABOUT TEETH did anyone notice Olive exists as a STORYBOOK in Teeth's reality?? HUH?? THat can happen? AND MARIS LOOKED LIKE TEETH'S ""EXALTED" (spelling??) WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? How are the "realities" connected??? What connects them?

OKay also on that subject -- that biography Teeth picked up i -- aksdhasj WHO IS THAT ON THE FRONT COVER??? pic included for ref btw vv

SO WHO IS THAT?? I mean that's clearly Teeth's hand??! It's clearly some sort of scandalous affair i mean but if Teeth is accused of EVERY CRIME then why is this one such a big deal?? Was the person their relative?? Friend?? LOVER?? A celebrity?? (i mean w those boots we can see outlined..,,,,, slay tbH??? in multiple ways??)

5. Teeth wrote SPECIFICALLY "they're lying to you"... THEY?? I assume that means Teeth isn't guilty of ALL of those crimes (hopefully??) but is they the govt?? A group of critics?? evil people?????!?! what the FUCK /pos

6. ALSO worth mentioning i mean this house clearly had a lot of people living in it... you can see the wedding clothes, childhood objects etc etc -- where is everyone else?? were they kicked out/??? did they leave willingly??????? AHSDJASDKSJADHKDHHHHHH I NEED TO KNOW MORE

7. OKAY SPEAKING OF OLIVE -- omg i'm so obsessed w her hhrnrhghr talking to snails is the gender of the day folx

8. so Teeth has Olive's storybook -- how far does it go???! do they know everything that's going to transpire?? stuff that's already happened?? frothing at the mouth /so so pos

9. OLIVE JUMPS THE WALL BAD BITCH but what's the deal with the wall?? WHERE IS SHE GOING WHY IS SHE GOING TOWARDS WATER WATER IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE HERE QUEEN STOP NOOO

10. WHY is grey green dude ("Scholar"??? i think i'm starting to get a hang of this) following her?? OLIVE WHAT DID U DO GET BACK HERE!!! I'm also starting to get the vibe each "reality" has v v v v different pantheon members bcz this dude is so crazy

11. OKAY NOW 42 -- omg. WOW. the vibes holy SHIT my smol bean <3 sinnamon roll <3 <3 <3

12. SEE IT'S GREY GREEN GUY AGAIN BUT HIS VIBES ARE SO DIFF?? okay so like. he's clearly 42's boss but their relationship is kinda wack bc WHY IS "BOATMAN" STEPPING IN?? does this mean 42 is like their warlock now or something?????

13. WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH 53?? he did NOT look happy to see 42 omg omg does 42 have a reputation?? or is there just beef between them in particular????? AAAAaaa i can't evennnnnnfjsdj

14. 42 looked HAPPY to see signs of "traveler".... *eyes emoji* bc what is THEIR relationship???

15. DARLINGWHATISINTHATTRUNK??!?!

16. Okay Darling is aligned w BLUE GUY (exalted again!!) this is so interesting omg i wouldn't have expected that?? like pink person is beauty and high achieving stuff so that's super interesting

17. NOTABLE ABOUT THE DARLING STUFF -- so Darling is like WORKING with the pantheon??? she's also like the only non-pantheon person we see -- HOW DID SHE GET HERE WHAT DID SHE DO TO GET HERE??? like everyone else is either MEGA separated in power or they're all chill but she is like THE ONLY NON-GOD??! tf

18. why do I stan Donny tho I --

19. MARIS??! MILF ALERT????? LITERALLY CW: MILFS AAAAAAAAAAAAA I AM FOAMING AT THE MOUTH

20. MARIS IS ACTUALLY LIKE FIGHTING THE GODS. HOLY SHIT okay so clearly there's gonna be some ~conflict~ here bc WHAT!

21. maris is tatted too...... omg... ANYWAYS

22. okay so who tf is Maris afraid of??? like she squared up w stone guy and seems to have fought krackens so WHO SCARES MARIS??? I'm scared hold me,,,,,,

23. TUCKER HAS MY WHOLE HEART IMMEDAITELy

24. KYYYYYYYYYLE okay so this is SUPER interesting Tucker is literally just CHILL w the pantheon like?? they're not gods or anything they're just dudes??

25. ALSO tucker is like totally fucking w the pantheon!! why are there no consequences here??? it seems like this place like. doesn't have any laws?? okay why is this place so idyllic and perfect for everyone except for tucker??? NO OFFENSE QUEEN I LITERALLY LOVE U BUT PLS SEEK THERAPY

26. WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE GRAVE HEY UH WHAT

27. FOLLOW-UP QUESTION??? WHOSE GRAVE IS IT????? BC UHHHH TUCKER IS BRINGING THE GRAVE FLOWERS AND AHHH TUCKER MY SWEET PRECIOUS BLORBO ALSO WHY THE *FUCK* DOES THE GRAVE SAY "I'M SORRY"??? WHO'S SORRY????

28. all i can say after that is. omg. why did Telos take all of them????? why these people??

29. also shoutout TELOS bc omg <3 my sweet summer child ASLKJDjsdklja why is he so baby

30. WHY ARE THEY ALL AT TELOS' HOUSE WHERE IS TELOS' HOUSE WHAT'S GOING ON W ALL OF THEIR REALITIES

FUKCKJDJKSHC okay this is going to be my whole personality for LITERALLY forever now I'm screaming crying scratching

it also must be said... the shipping potential here is >>> heheheheee but that will have to be it's own post

okayokayokay i just needed to get that out of my system hrfshnasd LOVE YOU ALL KTHXBAI