#his immediate reaction to Raph being upset

[yellowhollyhock]

Have you seen the o7 tmnt movie

Yes! That was actually the first tmnt I ever saw, as a kid. Wasn’t into it at the time, but now I really like it! I mean, the Raph and Leo conflict was not done the best (no one acknowledged the Ghost of the Jungle being the same as the Nightwatcher, we never know why Leo stayed away so long and he never apologizes?) and Mikey and Donnie were sidelined big time. But I love thinking about it. There are so many things to love and even more things to love to try and fix in my head, haha

[rallentando1011]

Waddup!! Can I have a one where the turtles have a s/o with verbal Tourette’s tics that are just… hella rude. Like, I literally yell “Shut the fuck up, baldy” as one of my tics. 😭😭 Just rude things they don’t mean.

Thanks for the request! I've been working through 'em and having a fun time! (Guidelines are HERE btw)Just fyi, this is based on my personal experience and research. Please let me know if I have any inaccuracies or if there’s anything useful to add!

ROTTMNT Boys W/ Reader with Verbal Tics

Donnie:

Donnie stares

Not judgmentally, not emotionally at all for that matter, he just stares

Consider it his waiting period for his central processing unit to catch up

After a brief moment of registration, he nods and continues on with whatever conversation or demonstration or interaction was occurring before

Donnie directly lets you know that it is always okay for you to experience your tics

None of that trying-to-restrict-it-for-politeness’-sake business around here

When you feel uncomfortable or tense or just overall weird, he wants that you always feel comfortable to express whatever you need to in his presence

If you ever try to apologize for one of your tics, he bluntly asks, “What do you have to apologize for?”

He knows that it’s involuntary, that you have no genuine intention to say something flippant

He doesn’t expect an apology for that

Mikey:

Mikey immediately pales and pouts

That’s just his spontaneous reaction

His thought process is kind of just: Mean words? Mean words directed at me? They must mean it personally and I must be a terrible person and they must hate me and-

But then he realizes: Oh. Right.

And the bad thoughts stop flowing

If his reaction makes you think that he’s upset with you, he quickly assures you of the opposite

He didn’t mean to seem aghast

He was just surprised

So he reassures you that he would never, could never get mad at you for something out of your control

He loves all aspects of you and will always be your biggest supporter through anything and everything

Leo:

Leo’s pretty chill, pretty nonchalant about it

Normally he just moves along; that’s all one really can do

Sometimes, however, like if the tic occurs at a comically bad time, he laughs

Not just a normal giggle either

It’s the kind that one tries to stifle, but it bubbles up their throat and nose and actually ends up being significantly louder

Either that or he smirks

Although, if you feel like he’s poking fun at you, he fervently clarifies that he just found the timing funny, not you or your tics

He also apologizes profusely (if you’ve been looking for a favor from or leverage over him, now’s the time)

Leo feels slightly guilty if you happen to pick up a rude word or phrase from him

He also finds it objectively funny, only if you’re not upset by it, of course

Raph:

Raph instinctually mutters a “language” if he’s not paying much attention when he hears your tics

Pin it on his big-brotherly/motherly instincts

He hears a swear and/or vulgar language, he calls it out

After a moment of you just looking at him, he realizes his error

Quietly, Raph admits and says sorry for his mistake

Other times, he hears you and tilts his head, waiting for elaboration

His conversational awareness, at times, is shoddy, so he can use some help understanding whether or not you intended to say something or not

He’s not perturbed with you at all, no matter what you end up saying

He could never blame you for it, seeing as you have no volition in what your tics are, though he’ll do his best to educate himself on the topic, ask you about your triggers so he can avoid them, see if there’s anything he can do to help

Whatever you need, he’s got you

(side note: hey @nickelodeon #rottmnt is trending again/still)

[lykaios2]

Could we pretty please have all of the turtles with a crush who closes themselves off?

Like- They know the feeling is mutual (they are aware that the reader feels the same way), but the reader is scared of relationships because of the past experiences they've had? So that causes them to kind of shut themselves off emotionally

yes you may! thank you for asking so nicely

THESE ARE THE RISE TURTLES BTW I ASKED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SPECIFIED IN THE REQUEST

anyway I loved these, writing for the rise boys always hits different (probably something to do with the fact that rise was my introduction back into the tmnt community but whatever) I LOVE THEM SM (mikey my beloved 🧡)

I'll stop ranting now

here you go, hope you enjoy! ❤

Leo:

In the beginning, Leo liked to flirt with you a lot

It was simply his way of showing he liked you, and asking if you returned his feelings without directly asking you

Leo being Leo, you could never tell if he was being genuine or not

But he started to notice that his flirting made you uncomfortable

So one day he found you while you were alone

He sat down next you and asked if you didn’t like his flirting

He explained that he flirted with you because he did actually like you, not as a joke

You replied yes and no, to which he was confused

You admitted to returning his feelings, but then you told him about your bad experiences in the past

Which was the reason for your hesitation

He was very understanding, and listened to the whole thing

He said he was glad you liked him back, but he would lay back on the flirting until you were ready

But you told him that the flirting was okay, now that you knew he liked you back

Raph:

When Raph started to have feelings for you, he starts to do more things for you

 Everything from handing you things to going out his way to getting stuff you liked when he went to the store

You appreciated it, but it also made you feel nervous

Why was he doing it? Did he want something in return? What did he want?

Because of this, whenever he did something for you, your reaction usually came off as a little anxious and rigid

He was confused at your reactions, and a little upset as well

He asked one day if you didn’t like the acts of service, and you told him it made you feel guilty

He could immediately feel his heart sink

He never meant to make you feel that way

He started asking what he could do to fix it

You told him it wasn’t his fault, it was yours

Then you explained to him your past experiences with relationships and how you liked him, so you thought he was taking advantage of you 

He said that he would never do that, and that he genuinely cared for you

He also said he would understand if you didn’t trust him, and that if you didn’t, he would do anything to earn it

Because he liked you a lot, and would indeed do anything for you

Mikey:

Mikey was always naturally affectionate with his family and friends, and you were no different

While you did have a crush on him, his constant affection made it feel like he was guilting you into being in a relationship with him

Whenever he ran to give you a hug, you kinda froze out of fear and anxiety

He caught on pretty quickly

So one time when you came over, he instead walked up and said hello

Which only freaked you out even more

It was almost like he expected you to hug him back, like you owed him one

He could see the discomfort on your face, so he asked what was wrong

You said nothing, but after he stared at you with a face that told you he saw through your lies, you told him everything

All about how you liked him, but his affection made you feel guilty

After you were done, he started profusely apologizing

He never meant to make you feel that way

He only did it because he cared for you…a lot

He asked if you wanted to be in a relationship right now or wait

But after you learned his true intentions, you told him you were a lot more comfortable with him now

Donnie:

Donnie didn’t really know how to act around you at first

He’s never had a crush before

And he also heard from Leo that you liked him back

So now whenever you were around, he was always a little nervous

He started acting a lot nicer around you

And just spending more time with you in general

You were scared because you had started to like him too

And it made you wonder if he had out and was trying to manipulate you because of it

So the tables were turned, now you were often the one to walk away from him

He was concerned because he now wondered if he was being too obvious

Eventually, Mikey helped him build up the courage to talk to you

He asked if you were okay and if anything was wrong

You said no, but he asked again, unsure if you were telling the truth

The silence was awkward, before he started talking again

He apologized for acting weird around you and said it was only because he liked you

You accepted his apology, and told him that it was okay because you liked him back too

You explained you were scared because of past experiences, and he understood

He asked if you'd be willing to start out slow to get used to it again, to which you gladly agreed

[my-name-is-bunnyfoxy]

Why 2012 Raph's development is realistic and more human like

I wanted to talk about this about 2012 Raph. When you look more into Raph's character and why it's one of the best character developments ever and a realistic one. And I'ma just get to the point... ANGER can NOT all of a sudden disappear. Anger, by definition, is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. Something we have seen a lot with Raph. He is the hot-head of the team. Raph has been shown thru out the series to be easily annoyed by his brothers and that is mainly because he is always teased and picked on by them, mainly Mikey who always messes with him. And Raph's response is always to hit or yell at them. Something I myself have done several times because I ab taken by rage that my first reaction is to yell at someone and even become aggressive. That is what Raph is feeling. He doesn't think twice because he is over taken by anger and usually a person will not think twice when they get angry or upset. Remember the episode called ''Riddle of the Ancient Aeons''? Raph immediately goes into a fit of rage in one scene when Leo says he has always been jealous of him and Raph yells that Leo has always been Splinter's favorite and his first reaction was to attack Leo. But then after Leo hugs him, he feels guilty and horrible. That wasn't the only time he has felt guilty for hurting someone as well. Raph clearly does not want to hurt anyone at all but because he isn't able to think twice because of his anger, he ends up doing something terrible and people will often point their fingers at the one who is angry and see them as the bad guy. Raph represents how people will usually first react when they are angry or in rage or even just annoyed by someone. Which I have done even myself before. And the fact that Raph doesn't immediately learn his lesson or immediately feel guilty or horrible about himself is also really nice. Mainly because well,... People who are angry have a harder time and take a lot of time to realize how much they have messed up and end up regretting their actions. And they eventually start to blame themselves for acting that way and even feel ashamed for feeling angry. And Raph clearly has tried to control his anger and it could have been because he felt ashamed and felt like he would be at fault for hurting one of his brothers. Now let's actually get to why Raph's development is realistic that of a person who deals with anger and that is that well- Anger isn't something that can all of a sudden disappear. It's a human emotion. Something that will always be apart of someone. Raph can't make his anger disappear, but he can learn to control it. However though, he is shown to struggle with holding in that anger and will often throw an emotional tantrum and or outburst. There will always come a time where something annoys you so much to the point you just give into the anger. Which is the same case with Raph. The point of Raph's development isn't him trying to stop being angry but to learn to control his emotions and anger is one of them. He wants to control his emotions and when you really think about it, he is the most emotional out of all of them. Raph wants to control his emotions so he doesn't hurt his family and friends. He wants to become a better person because he doesn't wanna hurt his loved ones. I already said this and I will repeat it once more, Raph CAN'T make his anger disappear and will always stick with him because anger is an emotion nobody can escape or make it disappear from them. But Raph can indeed learn to control them. In conclusion: Raph having his development be restarted in many episodes is so understandable and realistic. Raph has shown to thru out the entire series want to control his anger and not let it get the better of him. By the end of the series he was finally able to control it and learn from it fully.

[teenage-mutant-ninja-freak]

Hello, how are you? I hope so, so if it's not too much trouble could you make the mob!boys find out that their daughter is a lesbian, like their daughter is very close to a friend they already know and they catch them kissing, I'm a lesbian and I really wanted to see their reactions, I'm in love with your writing.

I am also a lesbian and love this idea! Also thank you so much <3

Mob! Leo

Clueless

utterly clueless about the signs that his daughter is gay as fuck

until he walks in on a full on make-out session between his kid and her "best friend"

kind of just stands there in the door way, staring, mouth agape for a second or two

then it's "right....I'll let you get back to it"

there will be a conversation later, he's not thrilled because he had big plans for his kid and this isn't quite how he saw her life going but he's not upset/angry

just a little taken by surprise

"were you worried about telling me, is that why you kept it a secret"

she nods her head

"You know nothing would make me love you less, right?"

there's a hug and some tears from his kid that he wipes away as he holds her

he does, however, have some words to say about his daughter's choice in gf...

turns out the whole "no one is good enough for my babygirl" this extends to women too

at the end of the day, he just wants her happy with someone who treats her right

Mob! Raph

He also had no idea

when he walks in on her and her gf kissing he's stunned

immediately closes the door tho and walks away

he's actually happy she's a lesbian, although he did not see that coming at all

"hey, at least I don't have to worry about you getting knocked up, right?"

big dad hug after she's worried he'll be pissed

he isn't upset at all, loves her for who she is

"I have gay friends, you know. Why would you think I'd care? Besides, I like [insert gf's name here], she's a nice kid"

buys her a coming out present

100% goes to pride with her

no "dad hugs" t-shirt at pride tho, he does not want random strangers coming up to him for a cuddle

would totally wear a "proud of my gay kid!" t-shirt tho

sends her photos of every gay/rainbow thing he sees

Mob! Mikey

Doesn't know, doesn't care, it's not a big deal to him

there's not much to say on this one

Mob! Mikey is so fucking chill with the queers it's unreal

literally does not give a fuck, doesn't treat her different, doesn't need a conversation about it

when he walks in on his daughter kissing a girl he just asks what he went in to ask and leaves because 0 fucks given

like he would open the door, his daughter and her gf pull apart and freeze out of fear and he'd be like: "your mum wants to know if you want the chicken or the lasagne for dinner. Also if you don't pick lasagne I'm disowning you. Is your girlfriend staying to eat with us?"

that's it

so chill

Mob! Donnie

He knew, he knows everything

like from a young age he knew

it was the way she played with her dolls

(having the girl dolls sacrifice the boy dolls brutally and then they'd go out shopping and live together happily without a man as "the bestest friends")

he also doesn't care at all though

He would walk in, see, say "oh, sorry. I'll leave you to it" and walk off

but, being his kid, she knows how he is and would still want to talk about it

"What's there to say? You like women, congrats, so do I. Do you want a prize for it?"

1 one thing he isn't chill about is the lesbian breakup drama

he doesn't like it because, even though he will, he isn't the biggest fan of hurting or getting revenge on women and girls,

so it pisses him off when she get's her heart broken and he has to come up with a way for her to get even

is kind of invested in the drama though, secretly.

like, he learnt a whole bunch of terminology from his kid that he found cool about lesbians.

[dottie-writes-tmnt]

Family Bonding Time? We don’t Even Know

This is part 2 of my fic A New Kind of Familiar! Tags and other chapters can be found here!

Raph has breakfast with the rise Hamatos, somewhat unpacks what happened, and then brawls with someone. Well-rounded plot, right?

If you’d told Raph that he’d be meeting a smaller version of him; one without as much experience with control, a little vulnerable kid, he might have laughed. He was just now getting the smaller to sleep, having noticed his yawning around 20 minutes ago.

It was more of a challenge than he’d thought it would be. At first, he just suggested sleep, being brushed off immediately. Then, he tried for a different route, rubbing the other’s shell, but that didn’t work either.

Currently, Small Raph’s eyes were barely open. The snapper stood, bringing a slightly confused Small Raph with him, the mentioned still clinging to his Kuromi plush.

“Tired, bud?”

“Mmmnuh-uh,” came the quiet answer, coupled by a head shake before the other’s face was shoved into the plushie he held.

He simply hummed. The smaller had already established that he would be sleeping in the living room, leaving Raph to put a hand on his shoulder and talk to him a bit, quietly of course, and walk that direction.

As smart as a Raph would be, the other red-wearing turtle realized three times, mumbling a protest and turning them back around. On the fourth, he finally fell onto the couch, though he got a hold of the snapper’s tail.

“Whatcha doing, buddy?”

A bunch of nonsense mumbles.

“I see.”

There was no removing the box turtle’s hand. Not easily, at least. He simply patted the other’s hand, inching closer until said hand was near one of Kuromi’s ears.

Loosening each finger slowly and gently took around 10 minutes, and he made sure to keep the smaller “talking” (if you count gibberish as talking), until finally he transferred the hand from his tail to the ear, which went basically unnoticed.

“Oh wow, buddy, is that a life size dinosaur in my living room?” he questioned dramatically, receiving no answer.

The smaller was asleep finally. This was a bit more difficult than it was to get any of his brothers to sleep, but an accepted challenge. He risked another glance backward, his mind going back to earlier.

 

When he bumped into something small, his immediate thought was Mikey, but, 1. This was smaller, and 2. Mikey had just run off. He looked down to see red and paused for a moment.

This was the Raph the twins had brought home, which he wasn’t questioning right now. An apology was on his lips before he realized the tears running, the dumbfounded expression, the shaking hands. He was immediately concerned, but said nothing.

Then the smaller lowered his head into his shell slightly, shame coating his expression as he shifted his gaze.

“You must be the Raph they brought home,” he said, getting a nod.

He simply went for a smile, speaking again. “Are you angry, or are you just upset?”

The other clarified that he wasn’t mad, and they went to his room after a bit. He was questioned a bit more heavily than he’d anticipated by the little turtle on his carpet, and found out that his guest was trans.

Their conversation allowed him to make a few deductions about his home life but he said nothing. Raphael’s reaction to dinner made his night. He inspected the box turtle while being inspected, himself.

The smaller sported green eyes, a small missing chunk in his plastron, a much smaller tail, and a few scars.

After they were both satisfied in their evaluation, he took note of how the smaller visibly relaxed once they were immersed in Hello Kitty. He had some things to think about, later.

 

Later, indeed. However, the entire ordeal of getting Small Raph to sleep had taken an hour. He was tired, himself. He could think about this all, tomorrow. Raph collapsed onto his bed without much other thought in his mind after that, tail curling around himself. A good night’s sleep would help him think better, anyway.




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Raph woke up on the sofa, curled around a Kuromi plush, not noticing much else at first. He didn’t move his gaze around yet, waiting to fully wake up, then his eyes went to the screen that was playing some weird space show.

The volume was off and the captions were on, which drew his eyes to the slider sitting against the arm of the sofa, who had nodded off. There was some quiet talking in the kitchen, and Raph, recalling what happened yesterday, decided to listen in.

 

“Look, I don’t know how they got him here. I don’t know where he came from. It’s gonna take me a while to figure that all out, not to mention figuring out how to even create a portal! And an interdimensional portal? That’s insane. It’s gonna take a long ass time.

“And we talk about what the first thing he said was? Well not the first, but one of them. He said I’m not gonna fucking cry like they want me to, talking about his brothers.”

“He didn’t seem all too happy talking about them yesterday.”

Big Raph’s voice sounded.

“Maybe they got into a fight before the whole accident. You guys talk bitterly about each other after fights. Let’s just help the guy feel at home here until he can go back. And no more questions about his brothers.”

Muttered agreements could be heard. The box turtle went to return Big Raph’s plushie, not really knowing how to feel about what he’d heard.

At least Big Raph warded them off? How bad had he been feeling to let that much slip? The prospect of that ever happening again scared him. He’d just have to be more careful. He set Kuromi down with the others and turned back around to see the other Donnie, who frowned.

“Breakfast’s ready.”

“‘Kay.”

The softshell squinted at him before walking away. He frowned, considering just not attending until voices came from the room he’d just been in.

“We dunno how he’s here, but you gotta be nice to him, Jr. Help him adjust until we can get him back.”

“Of course! I’ll help as best as I can!”

“Thanks, Case.”

“It isn’t a problem. I think I can empathize pretty well. Also, Michelangelo says you should come in for breakfast.”

Casey? The hair was longer, form different, mask marked in red. The slider which he now recognized as this world’s Leo was sitting with him, the two talking about him.

“Alright, I’ll be in, in a minute.”

Casey simply nodded, leaving the room. Leo spoke again, his tone somewhere between taunting and empathetic, if that was even possible.

“Dude, I can tell you’re there. I dunno what to call you, but Mikey’ll be looking for you if you don’t hurry up.”

He said nothing, but he did find himself going to the kitchen. He stood in the doorway, simply watching the people in the kitchen interact.

A tall girl with brown hair that was in an Afro being mildly tamed by a head scarf was swamped in a white sleeveless hoodie, socks dragging across the tile as she muttered into her phone, which was pressed to her ear by a shoulder.

A plate in each hand, she started to the table. Casey was pouring drinks and Mikey was making conversation with Big Raph and Donnie while bringing a few more plates to the table.

“Yeah, Cass, Drax probably won’t mind. Text him, he should be up and about. I’ll call back after breakfast, kay? Bye,” murmured the unknown girl, hanging up afterward. He finally stepped into the kitchen and Big Raph acknowledged him first.

“Morning. How’d ya sleep?”

“Fine.”

“Why don’t you eat with us? I made you a plate,” Mikey offered, and fuck him because Raph sucked at saying no to Mikey recently.

“Sure.”

Donnie leaned against the counter, plate in hand. Mikey noticed Raph’s questioning expression, waving him off with a ‘bad morning, no-contact corner’, like that explained anything. He didn’t question further, his eyes instead straying to the stranger in the room.

“April, you’re close to the cabinet. Can you grab me Donnie’s mug?”

“Mhm,” hummed the girl. That was April? He shrugged after a few moments, watching the family shuffle around the table and arrange however they pleased.

After a few rounds of musical chairs, April finally dragged up a chair between herself and Mikey and ushered him to it. He muttered a thanks as he sat, the others glancing at Mikey briefly.

The box turtle took a bite of his food and apparently this was a cue for the others to do so, too. Raph started on his own food, humming happily. This Mikey had the best cooking.

The table was tall, meaning the chairs were also tall, meaning his feet didn’t touch the ground. He didn’t know how he felt about that. It was weird, sitting at such a tall table. He simply continued with his breakfast, feet kicking happily. April huffed a laugh beside him as she looked at her phone.

“Cass convinced Barry to be her practice buddy.”

“Uh oh. For sparring or for hockey?” Big Raph questioned, an amused smile on his face.

“Hockey. Send him good luck, he is going to need it.”

He had no clue who those two were. He didn’t really care. Mikey cleared his throat.

“Names. What are we gonna call you two?” came the question, both Raphs being gestured to.

“I could always go by Red. He literally named us colors.”

“We could call him Little Raph,” offered Leo.

“We can call you Dumbass,” Raph retorted instantly, the venom pouring into his tone as easy as breathing. He chewed another forkful and observed.

A challenging smile arose on the slider’s face. He kept his expression even for now, staring across the table without lifting his head, not pausing his actions.

“There’s no need to get short with me, you know. I’m just trying to contribute, Little Raph.”

He stared at the grinning blue idiot for all of two seconds before he decided today wasn’t the day. He simply sighed, ignoring the other completely. He was tired. The remainder of the oddly large family looked around awkwardly.

“We’ll figure something out.”

“I don’t mind being called Red, guys, he can keep the name.”

“It’ll still get confusing pretty quickly. You’ve been responding to Raph for years.”

“Just consider it a temporary fix, Leo.”

“I also respond to Ruby,” he finally volunteered.

The entire table went silent and the eyes on him made him want to disappear. He finally stilled, not risking the glance up. He didn’t want to see Leo across from him, giving him that look. He hated that look, he hated what it meant. He hated that he got it so often. But he was forced to look up as the silence stretched on and he was met with a probing look, smugness gone.

“Nevermind,” he muttered. “I’m sure you guys’ll figure something out.”

“Ruby’s good! I’ll try to remember that,” Mikey said, nodding. The others agreed after that, nods following their responses like a big group of mirrors. It reminded him of his brothers. He huffed a tiny laugh.

He finished up and stood, putting his plate in the sink and leaving the room. His tPhone was dysfunctional so he had no clue what he planned on doing. He should ask this Donnie to connect him to their wifi or something. Later. He should probably work on avoiding Splinter for as long as possible after making a fool of himself yesterday. 

Meanwhile, because he hated idle time, what should he do? He could try to unpack everything that was going on, but did he really want to do that? Not particularly. After some thinking, he decided against leaving the lair, and found nothing to do. Still. Guess he was unpacking.

 

So, he’d fought with Leo all week, the older trying to corral him into a box so he would be easier to work with.

A figurative box, he reminded himself, and Raph still didn’t know how to feel about it. He was fine to work with. He wouldn’t ever let anything happen to his brothers and if a situation got dangerous he’d gladly let himself take the damage for the sake of his brothers. Would they do the same? He wasn’t sure.

Anyway, with Leo fighting with him and slipping up with his name more often and the constant taunting, he’d been feeling like shit. And when he felt like shit, he got angry, and when he got angry, shit happened. Bad shit happened. And bad shit did happen— he lashed out at Donnie, re-broke his already shaky bond with Mikey, and they gave him hell for it.

Then the whole situation happened and now he was here and he had no clue what was going on now. Who could he trust here? Big Raph, for now, he supposed. He wasn’t sure how he felt about the others. Well, except for Splinter. And even then, he still didn’t know.

There was a sudden crash somewhere in the lair, followed by chattering. One voice rose above the rest, however, and Raph glanced a little ways away to see the family crowded around someone, Big Raph’s tail lashing and hitting the floor as his concerned voice rose higher in volume.

The person simply yelled louder: “I am fine, I do this all the time! Now, where is the other Red One? I wish to battle with him to measure the strength of our new ally!”

This was his cue to either gear himself up to probably go too far or just walk away. The group parted to reveal a ravenette with red eyeliner, a buzz cut, and black lipstick, the girl somewhat tall and exuding a fiery energy that Raph found a bit more familiar.

Finally, something that wasn’t weird and backwards. The girl wielded a hockey stick and was slinging a white skull mask off to the side, dressed in a pink skirt and a dark red hoodie. She had a black skirt on and platform boots. She had a pretty face and brown eyes, a grin on her face as she looked around.

Her muscles were quite obvious if you knew how to look and Raph found himself pretty psyched to fight this chick. When she laid eyes on him, she grinned, canines glinting with her coal black eyes.

“Red One! As per the rules of the Hamato Clan, we must fight for you to remain in everyone’s honor,” the girl lied. “I am Cassandra Jones, but my friends call me Casey.”

“Wait, so now there’s… two of you?”

“Weird story that we aren’t explaining right now.”

“Oookayy.”

Well, the one in front of him looked like she was probably the rabid teen he was used to. He decided to train his attention on her for now.

“Uh, I’m obviously Raph, but you can call me Ruby.”

“Well, Ruby, we are to battle to determine which of us is stronger! Prepare to lose!”

Younger Casey rolled his eyes, huffing with a smile. Big Raph stepped between them before any weapons could be drawn.

“Rules. You two, be respectful, and no murder, Cass. Keep stabbing to a minimum, neither of you aim for tiddies, no breaking or dislocations of bones, and I’d say no hair pulling, but…”

A few snorts behind the snapper.

“The first one knocked out of the ring loses. Of course, Mikey is gonna draw the ring on the floor, so be cautious of it.”

The rules all seemed fair enough, and soon, Ruby and Casey were standing at opposite sides of the “ring”, a bright orange square drawn to take up the majority of the area in the pit. Raph quickly surveyed his location, things in it that could be used to his advantage, and finally, his opponent.

The girl grinned, showing no intent to take it easy on him. Good. Ruby, grinning, pulled out his sai. He didn’t know her, he could go as far as he wanted as long as he didn’t break bones, draw excessive blood, or actually murder her.

He spun his weapons in his hands, relaxing. This would be fucking fun. Big Raph took this time to announce each of them like this was some official match.

“Alllllrighty, folks, we have what will no doubt be the battle of the century here! Lemme hear ya!!!!”

Cheers and claps resounded accordingly.

“In the corner to our left, we have the almighty, the fierce, the powerhouse; Casey Jones!!!!” Raph announced, and the others whistled and clapped.

“And to our right, we have someone never seen before! With a strong fighting style and the willpower of a fucking tank, please give a warm welcome to the fearless crimson chaos, Ruby!!!!” Big Raph boomed, his tail wagging and indicating his excitement as he made his voice growl more than enough while carrying the notes of each word so he genuinely sounded like an announcer.

He drew out Ruby’s name in a way that almost made him laugh, rolling out the r’s in each of his sentences.

“Match begin!” the snapper commanded, stepping out of the ring.

Casey rushed toward him before he could make a move, coming in with her hockey stick from the side. The box turtle ducked, sweeping her legs from under her. She sprung back up quickly, though now, she faced a ferally grinning Ruby, the mentioned running at her.

Their weapons met and Ruby kicked her in the stomach. She stumbled back, before coming at him and landing a blow that nearly knocked him on his shell. He found himself laughing. This shit was fun.

His ears picked up on a very mixed selection of cheers from those outside the ring, Big Raph cheering for him with Mikey on his shoulders rooting for him as well. Donnie and Leo cheered for Cassandra, and Casey Jr. cheered for his mother— she was his mother?? —as Raph barely avoided another attack, leaping over her head and stumbling slightly when he landed.

He’d mentally mapped everything out, noted how the air felt different near the barriers. He was close to the boundary line. She was charging again, he could slide underneath her when she rushed at him, then take her by surprise.

Not surprise because she knew he was behind her, but still. Whatever, he was starting to sound like Leo. The blow to the face is what really kicked him into gear. It was that moment when anger made him impulsive, as Splinter and Splinter Jr would say.

He dropped his weapons, running toward her. Expertly dodging most attacks and simply taking those he couldn’t, he advanced on her. And as predicted, anytime he got past her stick, she stepped back, trying to keep him at bay with hits that, rationally, should’ve downed him.

And probably would’ve, but anger made him numb. A perk, he believed. A blow to the head made him dizzy, but a swiftly executed kick to her head seemed to knock her woozy as well.

He was near a boundary line. He came back to himself in time to watch Casey run at him. Her momentum would throw her out, and if it didn’t, he would.

He sidestepped her attack, watching her stumble to avoid falling out, and with a less-than-gracious shove, she was out. She growled, launching at him and ditching her hockey stick, the two simply tussling on the floor until Big Raph pulled them apart.

Ruby simply laughed, not even struggling as the rabid girl grinned at him.

“You are a worthy opponent, but that was just luck.”

“Nobody normally wins against her on the first try,” Raph explained.

“I’m just good like that.”

“You won’t be if I don’t check for concussions and loss of brain cells. Casey’ll be fine, though,” Leo said with a shit-eating grin and a shrug.

“I will feed you to my dogs,” Casey threatened, jabbing a finger at the slider.

“We carry salmonella,” the blue-coded turtle drawled.

“He’s lying,” protested Donnie and April.

“If Donnie biting April made her sick for two weeks, I think I can say we’re carrying something.”

“That was because I was sick, dumbass.”

“My point still stands!”

Ruby simply watched them all interact before Casey ran up to him, slinging her arm around his shoulders.

“WWE’s on tonight,” she drawled, hearing the happy gasps behind her.

“Ghostbear’s up against Skullcrusher! We must acquire snacks to watch the match!! And you are paired with me and mini-me,” she finished, jerking a thumb in the raven-haired boy’s direction.

The box turtle considered this statement for a few moments.

“Sure.”

He knew, with the Hamato luck, that they’d get into trouble. He was so fucking excited for it.

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[mordeiswrld]

hey!! if you are taking requests, i wanted to request the tmnt mm! boys having a crush on a fem! reader who’s EXACTLY like raph. she loves fighting, may or may not have anger issues, cursed with resting bitch face, BUT, she’s actually really sweet and outgoing. never afraid to speak her mind, so, she may come across as rude sometimes, but, she never really means to be. (lowkey a biased request but SSSHH, we’re not gonna talk about that)

Absolutely! Lowkey sounds like me😭😭 and sorry if they're a bit OOC I haven't watched the movie yet I was planning to on my birthday (Sept 20th) (didnt end up seeing it since i went to the mall and got scammed 😭😭)

started: Sept 14, 2023

Ended: October 26

LEONARDO

Immediately has a panic attack when he first meets you

He's scared of you for like the first 2 months of meeting you since your RBF gives off mixed signals and he's a big worry wart

But once he gets to know your and sees how much of a sweetheart you are he calms down a bit

But only a bit

Because now he has FEELINGSSSSS

He’s now even more nervous than he was when he met you because now his heart beats faster when he’s around you

Omg what if you dont like him? What if you think he’s UGLY?!?

that makes him panic more and it starts to worry you and when you confront him about it he doesnt respond and blurts out that he’s fine. Not wanting to ruin your friendship

He doesnt like that you fight, he worries a lot and when you get angry he gets scared, whether or not its towards him or someone else

When you speak your mind he sometimes gets surprised by how blunt you are, but also admires it and aspires to be like you and when you apologize for it sounding mean his admiration grows even more

RAPHAEL

He found his soulmate is his first initial reaction even though he may have been a teensy bit scared of you but once he got used to you he saw how nice you are under the surface and immediately wanted to be your best friend

He warms up to you pretty fast since you both are so alike and he starts to wreck havoc on anyone who crosses him with you and vice versa

He didn’t realize he was gaining a crush on you he just thought it was just a strong admiration of you

He loves your bluntness and laughs at everyones surprised faces even if hes surprised himself when you apologize for sounding mean he laughs it off and saying that there's nothing to be sorry for

Your RBF is misleading though, he gets confused whether or not you’re upset or just vibing

When you’re angry, he’s angry monkey see monkey do type shi but when its aimed at him he gets upset and sour because he doesn’t like you being mad at him but will begrudgingly apologize if it is his fault

He’ll end up confessing one day whenever he realizes he has a crush or if his brothers pressure him into it

MICHAELANGELO

He's weary of you but he isn't scared at first

So what if you look like you could beat his head in with a mallet mercilessly?

He's not one to judge and besides he’s got Raph so it's nothing new

He’s just extra cautious if you and Raph are in the same room together

When you speak your mind he doesn't say anything but quietly chuckles in the back but if it sounded really mean then he’d be like “That was a bit rude N/n” and when you apologize he smiles and shrugs it off

He'd be worried sick if you got into a fight but if you were winning he'd root for you but if you were losing he'd pull you away while reprimanding the other person

When you get angry he’d try his best to help you calm down even if it's directed towards him he'd still want to help calm you, not wanting to lose you over something small

He will know he has a crush on you early on but will act normally towards you not wanting you to suspect anything out of the ordinary scoping out if you could actually return his feelings

DONNATELLO

He is the unbothered King on the outside until you and Raph use him as a test dummy then he's gonna tweak the fuck out

Now he's gonna keep any sharp objects away from both of you

But he can tell you’re more sane and caring than Raph so he’s not too worried about you, by yourself

When you fight though he's willing to jump in if it's needed and will also help bandage up any cuts and scrapes

He's like a personal nurse

When you speak your mind he has the most exaggerated surprised face ever stands there with his mouth wide open and his hands on his face like “🙀” and when you apologize he’ll tease you lightheartedly but forgive you nonetheless

Your RBF isn't phasing him he will ask you if you’re alright though just to make sure

He tries to help you calm down when you’re angry just like Mikey but he suggests activities for you to do together that reduces anger and is calming even if you’re mad at him he’ll try to calm you down and will apologize for upsetting you

[beetleviolet]

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Mikey was gone. 

That was wildly concerning, a whole all new, one time only, special freaking edition level of concerning.

If Raph had ditched? Classic. He'd be back in a few hours covered in black and red spray paint. Leo? The experience was laughably familiar. He'd show back up with a few pizzas, a silent apology. 

But Mikey? Mikey? Cuddly as a leech, shining star Mikey, leaving out of the blue, no warning, no words, just the cryptic last interaction where he ran off in tears, not even turning when Raph called after? 

Why didn't you stop him!? Leo demanded, hands flying. 

I thought he needed space! Raph replied sharply. 

Mikey? Leo signed his name slowly, all bitter sarcasm, Needed space? Donnie waved his hands in-between them, 

Stop, stop! He faltered at the sudden eyes upon him, Focus! He repeated it with more force, Focus! 

He glanced to the side, a knee jerk reaction, looking for his brother for support. 

No one who didn't know them could tell, but he and Mikey were the same age. Despite Donnie being taller and slimmer, more reserved, Mikey a bright ball of smiley energy, they were twins, practically joined at the hip. Usually, all Donnie had to do was raise an arm and suddenly Mikey would be tucked under it. Even an upset Michelangelo only clung closer. 

So yeah. When Donnie got the text from Raph, his immediate response was bat shit fucking insanity. 

Leo must have felt the same way. Him and Raph never fought. Ever. It was more out of self preservation than anything. Leo hated being alone, and Raph hated when Leo was upset. If they fought, it wasn't where Donnie and Mikey could hear. 

Never, ever where Donnie and Mikey could hear. 

Anyway, if Raphie and Leo were fighting, things were bad. Like, terribly, horribly, everyone was dying bad. Donnie sure as hell felt like he was dying. Mikey was gone and he was hanging on by a thread. Alone in a sea of Leo and Raph. Alone. 

So yeah. Bat shit fucking insanity. 

Sorry. Raphie looked sincere enough. Leo didn't apologize, about what Donnie was expecting. He would only apologize if he meant it. Leo never said things he didn't mean. 

“Hey!” A new voice called. Donnie turned as they were approached. A human. Leo had a hand on his sword.

“You're Mikey's siblings, right?” The blue masked turtle signed as he spoke. Donnie had never been very good at that, “For the one that runs the tie dye stand?” 

“Both Venus and Mikey just freaked out and took off!” The human signed with her fingers put together, making 3 fingers like a turtle, “Do any of you know what happened? Any clue where they could've gone?” Raph stepped forward, 

“Mike is ours alright, but I don't-” He was stopped with Leo's hand on his arm. 

We don't need their help. Leo signed quickly, Lets go! The human looked a little confused,

“What do you mean? Did you find Mikey?” 

Leo tensed. Ugh, they didn't have time for this! Donnie turned to him, not bothering to speak or sign in the  view of the others, We do need help, we don't have time! You haven't noticed how Mikey's been acting?? It wasn't much of a question, Leo and Mikey had barely spoken since camp started. Or, you know, since ever. 

She's human! Leo signed it like it meant everything. It meant everything. The girl set her jaw., 

 "I can look less human if it would bother you less, but we need to band together and come up with a plan of action to find them.” She looked more frustrated than anything. Leo was confused enough that he didn't argue, “They both acted strange, so something must've happened. We need to make sure they're safe." Leo raised his hands, probably about to comment something even more offensive, but Blue cut in, 

“You mentioned Mikey was acting strange. Can you explain?” Explanations. Donnie could do that.,

"Like he.. wasn't all there. Not present. I would say something, and he'd look at me like I was crazy. And his eyes.." Donnie paused to think, "Glassy, almost..”, He felt sick at the realization, “Blue."

"Whatever happened, affected both of them." Other Leo said grimly, "Venus had similar symptoms."

"I suggest once our Donnie gets here, we split into groups to ask around.” The human said. “The other campers might have seen them." Leo stepped in front of Raph. A little in front of Donnie, just a little, 

Fine, but they're not going with you.

The humans jaw ticked, annoyed, 

“That’s fine, you can go with me if we split up.” Donnie glanced at Leo's face. It was flat and dull. Pale.

"I would also suggest a group to study what’s going on.” Other Leo said, “Our Donnie is on his way to help. He should be able to help find out what is affecting them."

“I can help.” Donnie volunteered. He regretted it as soon as he said it. Could he?

“Great. Once our Donnie-” 

"I'm here!" Other Donnie -wow, that was surreal- interrupts, breathing hard, like he just sprinted across the entire camp. He probably had, mechanical hand coming out to dab a handkerchief on his face. Donnie was immediately fascinated. He stimmed his hands open and close. He had never seen anything that advanced before, much less so close up. He wanted to take it apart. 

"Great timing GC.” GC? “Scan around for clues, you're paired with their Donnie.” Donnie tensed up as GC met his gaze, “Try to find out what could've happened to cause this while we go search. I would start with the stand since it's where they were both last seen." GC gave a thumbs up, flipping his goggles down. What kind of settings were on those? Man, Donnie wanted to disassemble this guy's whole wardrobe. 

No, no, no, he had to focus. Focus. 

“When did Venus start acting weird? Were there any unique variables?” He asked. It would be nice if some of the others had stayed behind for data collection, but whatever. It was fine!

"From what I've been told, just now. Whatever happened to Venus happened quickly, but she responded with fear, and wasn't hearing things correctly before getting spooked off. What happened to Mikey?" Weird.

"It was.. whatever it was, it was slow. He was super upset all the time, never wanted to hang out anymore. Which was.." he laughed sharply, "Kinda crazy, coming from Mike. He did talk a lot with this other Leo though." Don shuddered. That guy always creeped him out, "And now all of his tie dye it blue? " he gestured to the stall, "I guess it’s not a big deal, but when I asked him about it he almost started crying." GC looked around, adjusting his goggles. When he finally turned to the stall his jaw dropped, 

“Holy- I think I just found the problem.” He typed away at his bracelet thing. More metal arms came out of his shell -teenage mutant cyborg turtle???- and pulled out a second pair of goggles. He handed them over. In any other circumstance, Donnie would be vibrating at the chance to look at tech that advanced, but he, as previously stated, was drowning in Leo and Raph and anyone not-Mikey, “Your brothers stuff is absolutely covered in fungus spores.” 

“What???” Donnie scrambled to put them on. Sure enough, the t-shirts, bandanas, a few friendship bracelets, even some heartbreakingly Mikey shaped handprints were swallowed in cyan swarms. "Well." He said stiffly, "That would do it." He studied the handprints closer. The spores were centered mostly around one spot on Mikey’s ring finger. The ring. "Oh shit."

"Oh shit what?" GC asked. 

"That stupid ring!" Donnie pulled off the goggles, resisting the urge to throw them, "I knew that guy was freaky!!" He turned to GC, "A Leo with weird blue eyes gave Mikey a mushroom ring!" He gestured in front of his face, indicating the glow, "I thought it was just alternative fashion, but that's when he started acting weird and-" Donnie cursed to himself, "I can't believe I didn't see it!" He shook his head, "We have to find that Leo."

GC made a face, like something just clicked with him, "Scan yourself, have you been in contact with the spores? The last thing we need is to be caught off guard after discovery." Donnie froze. The spores. Mikey had talked to how many people? How many had visited his stand, been given a t-shirt?? Wait, GC was still staring at them. Pressure.

"No, no I wasn't...", He paused, tugging his mask on right, "I mean, there was..." The fire. He really, really didn't want to talk about the fire. Donnie was quick to move on, "Mikey's been distancing himself a lot. And I haven't noticed any changes, with me or my brothers."

"Good. We need to keep in mind we can start hallucinating at any time if these are widespread." GC's brow furrowed, probably thinking the same as Donnie. How the hell were they supposed to keep track of that in each other? They had just met! "I'll inform the others. It may benefit us to dig further to find out how to cure our siblings." He typed rapidly on his phone. His phone. Hm. 

“Hey, would you be able to make your spore-seeing-thingy a camera?” Donnie asked, “That we can watch virtually?"

"I like your thinking.” He liked his thinking! Donnie tugged his mask back up, “But no need, I have extra cameras in case any of mine fail." One of the metal arms from Donnies battle shell pull out a small camera. Perfect for tiny bots. Man, did this guy have all of Donnie’s hopes and dreams tucked in that shell? "We should find spare parts, we could build a remote control car or drone for it." A drone. Someone actually needed a drone! Donnie grinned, 

"Oh, I got that part covered.” He rummaged in his overall pockets, before pulling out an Xbox controller. He pressed a few buttons and the sound of whirling could be heard in the distance. 10-some drones, all assembled from old gaming consoles, broken toys, and kitchen appliances flew in from cabin 1. "Take your pick!" Donnie said brightly. To his surprise, GC looked genuinely interested. He smiled as he looked them over, before settling on one of Donnie's older drones. He had been working on that one for years. 

“Fascinating.” Donnie could have danced, "I know how I am with my tech, and wish to be considerate of yours. Would you prefer to attach the camera yourself? Or have me do it?" That was. That was so nice. Donnie loved Mikey to bits and pieces, but he was all wild energy and paint covered fingers, and Donnie was all emotionally attached to flying toasters. 

“Thanks!” He said, still giddy with praise, “That one is Loretta, good choice!” He was expecting a little teasing at the name thing, but GC merely looked amused. He gave Donnie the camera,

“Mind if I observe?” Donnie blushed, embarrassed as he pulled out a roll of duct tape from one of many overall pockets, 

"Oh, um, if you want?" Not exactly rocket science. Donnie strapped the camera on top of the drone. Loretta was made from an old trash can lid, plus some parts from a Wii gaming console, “She used to have a camera, but it got messed up in a pigeon accident." He made sure the tape wasn't covering the lense, "Let me adjust the propellers to the weight and we should be fine."

“Ah.” Probably not as impressive as GC was hoping. Not like Donnie could afford much else, some of Wally's wires were held in place by gum. But yeah, whatever! Just had to pretend this wasn't hopelessly embarrassing. 

"All good!" He finished up with the mechanics so the drone would stay balanced, "Let's get going!” He pulled out a wii remote and started steering the drone upward. The camera made it easy to see how the spores had spread around camp, particularly around Cabin 1, where power had gone our a few days prior, 

"Mushrooms prefer dark environments." Donnie mumbled. He swung the remote to get closer, making the wii tennis ball hitting sound. GC tapped on his phone, tight lipped, 

“That's my cabin.” 

“Mine too.” 

“There he is.” GC pointed. The Leo was practically a blue blur through the screen. The guy who had given Mikey that ring. Who had made Mikey run off crying and walk around wide eyed and hurt for days. 

"Should have used Caroline. She has blasters." Donnie said through gritted teeth.

“We've got to figure out how to stop this.” GC said, not exactly agreeing. Donnie nodded. They continued to stalk Mushroom Leo, following him as he paced around the cabin. 

“How would you like me to refer to you?” GC said suddenly. 

“Don, Donnie, Donatello.” Donnie listed, “Anything is fine.” GC typed on his phone, like he was taking notes. 

“Very well. You can call me Game Changer, or GC for short.” 

“Game Changer?” Donnie didn't look away from the screen as he navigated the drone, “Like the game show?” There was a beat of silence, 

“...what game show?” A new voice interrupted them, 

“Excuse me, can I interest you in freshly brewed coffee? Can't function without coffee.” Donnie didn't look up, 

“Uh, sure.” 

“What do you mean, game show? My nickname isn't original??” A cup was passed into his hand. Donnie downed it in a few quick gulps. He looked down in surprise,

“What is this stuff?”

“It does have a strange… flavor…” GC trailed off, “Well fuck.” 

“Fuck?” GC showed his cup, nearly empty, except for a few drops of liquid left, glowing a bright cyan blue. 

“...fuck.” 

Say hi to Donnie and his army of trash drones! Sorry he's a tad nervous. Also if anything happens to his drones he will cry.

What did you make for the @tmnt-fandom-family-reunion science fair? 

“It’s a bit of a secret, but could I interest you in freshly brewed coffee? Can’t function without coffee.”

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[cicissketchbook]

Hi. This is a scene from my tmnt fanfic that I've been writing on Patreon that I recently posted publicly. I also just wanted to try my hand at drawing these expressions.

Basically, Leo makes Donnie so upset, that he almost gets into a stealth bike accident that would've killed him. Luckily, April has a vision of this and stops him. She then confronts Leo about it. Yes, it's an Apritello story.

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“Your family quarrels aren’t my business, but the visions I have of the future are.”

“Visions of the…?” Leo continued to look confused. “What are you talking about?”

The sick feeling was returning. She was starting to get anxious again. She didn’t like talking about it, but she felt that she couldn’t not address it with Leo. Maybe she was overstepping, but Donnie’s life had been put in danger.

In an effort to keep calm, she spoke slow and deliberately. The stress was very apparent in her voice. “I don’t know what happened last night or what it is that has you all at each other’s throats, but I don’t think you understand what it’s doing to Donnie. I don’t know if you know what it’s doing to him psychologically…”

She intended to continue, but Leo sneered at her, clearly angered. “Typical. You get one side of the story and immediately come to his defense. He can just do no wrong in your eyes, huh? Poor Donnie is just so mistreated by his mean older brother, is that what you think?”

“No, that’s not what I think.” April snapped back. “I didn’t ask him for his side, I don’t even really care what it is-“

“April, I really truly don’t mean to be rude, but maybe you should just stay out of this one.” Leo was clearing making an effort to keep his voice level. “I know you love Donnie, but this really has nothing to do with you.”

“I know, but-“

“No, listen. I don’t expect you to understand where I’m coming from, but Donnie’s no victim. He’s being selfish. I’m the leader of this clan, it’s my job to look out for the whole family, not just him.”

“Okay, again, I don’t know what you guys fought over so I don’t know what you’re talking about, but-“

“You don’t even know what we were arguing about about you still want to come in here and lecture me about Donnie’s feelings?” Leo forced out a laugh.

Raph and Mikey exchanged concerned looks and Mikey was about to say something when April banged her fist on the table, her powers sending shock waves over her that made her hair fly up for the briefest of moments, her eyes glowed as she shouted, “I don’t want him to fucking die!”

The explosive reaction from her powers was completely involuntary and gave all four of them a good startle. As her hair fell back down upon her shoulders, there was a crack in her resolve and she became emotional again. Despite this, she did not let up from staring Leo down.

Raph was the first to speak. “What did you just say?”

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[jadethest0ne]

If the OH turtles took part in a multiverse plot where all the iterations of them were thrust together, who would they get along with? And what would they think of some of their counterparts?

Hmmmm this would indeed be really interesting. To tell the truth, I'm not as familiar with all of the incarnations (particularly 2003, the bayverse turtles, and the later parts of '87 and IDW comics), but I'll do my best to answer these questions.

I feel like OH! Mikey would get along with their other incarnations really well. Honestly, I feel like it'd be a given that all Mikeys, regardless of incarnation, would just be best bros. OH! Mikey might feel a bit awkward around most other version Leo's and Rise Raph, considering the leader dynamic is very different (they'd probably understand Rise Raph being leader, but they'd have a hard time getting the image of baby bro Leo out of their head). They'd also think April being a journalist in many incarnations is really cool.

OH! Raph would probably get along with any incarnation Raph and Casey Jones (especially the 2012 versions), but may be a bit confused by some of his turtle counterparts' anger issues. Either way, he'd be hyped to kick butt with any of them. He'd be a little sad that his other incarnations don't seem to spend as much time with Donnie. And I feel like OH! Raph would be one of the few Raph's who would be totally cool with the idea of Leo being leader.

OH! Donnie would be really close to Rise and Bayverse Donnie's, but would think 2003 Donnie is a bit too nice for his own good. Regardless, she'd always be open to swapping tech and info with any of her other incarnations. He'd also get along well with Rise Leo and April, due to having similar dramatic flair and outward confidence.

Out of all the OH Turtles, Leo would probably be the most uncomfortable with any of the other turtles. With his other incarnations being the oldest AND the leader in most other versions, it'd make him feel a bit awkward, and he'd probably find Rise Leo a bit annoying. He'd respect their abilities, sure, but it'd probably leave him a little frustrated at what he could be. He'd also get along with any of the 2012 turtles the least, and 2012 Leo would make him extra awkward. To be fair, OH! Leo doesn't get along with most people. He might vibe a bit more with the IDW turtles, however.

Splinter would probably get along best with his '87 and Rise counterparts, but likely argue with many of them about their parenting styles. He'd also feel really young in comparison (I think most Splinters are in their 50's at the youngest, but OH! Splinter is in his 30s). When it comes to any of the turtles however, he'd probably want to immediately adopt them all on the spot.

As for overall incarnation reactions, I think OH! Turtles would get along best with their '87 and Rise counterparts. They'd be really confused about April and Casey, and many of the villains since they are very different in the OH! Universe. And the idea that some of the other versions went to space and/or don't regularly interact with yokai would kind of blow their minds. They'd also be a little surprised and upset that many of the versions don't take Mikey more seriously.

[yellowhollyhock]

wait i haven't stopped thinking about windfall, this time I have less a reaction and more general rambling about how I see the characters

-so we just had the whole Quease situation, Raph and Mikey being the first to know what Donnie was up to and also the ones to follow him an eventually rescue him

-^ it really bothered me that Splinter was not willing to listen or compromise at all about the textbooks, or help Donatello find some other source of this type of research, like come on my guy of course you're MUTANT son wants to study the research of the scientist who has focused his career on intelligent mutations. And at the end of the episode he's really deeply upset that the one guy who seemed to believe Donnie's very existence scientifically possible is evil and wants to hurt them. It's not any mystery what's going on in this turtle's head, it shouldn't be that hard to talk things out with him instead of just repeated reminders that you disapprove of what he's doing

-however.

-windfall has me understanding Splinter a little better because of this interaction with Raphael while he's trying to convince them they shouldn't go back for the lottery ticket

Raphael's saying something about how this is a big opportunity, "and just because you can't see your way out of the sewers--"

And Splinter does not like that he's immediately "it is you who cannot see what is in front of you" something something our isolation makes us strong yada yada (Splints i think maybe you should borrow some of don's psychology textbooks)

^but I kinda understand better where he's coming from now. He's said before that their ninja training gives them purpose and direction. He has this idea that since his sons can't be accepted into the human world, he's going to create this little world for them and hey, if you're recreating the world, you can leave out things like greed and jealousy and mosquitos.

... okay so he can't get rid of mosquitos. Would be cool tho

I mean all Splinters do this but I don't think one has ever spelled it out so clearly? dunno if that makes him more self-aware (he knows what he's doing) or less self-aware (he said it out loud and still didn't seem to hear himself?)

Anyways I can vibe with his intentions to deliberately create a life for his sons that they can all stay in together rather than spend any attention on the things they can't have. Don't necessarily agree or find it the fairest approach, but my guy is making a beautiful thing out if a difficult situation and I respect that

But the thing I actually love most about this Splinter is his willingness to change.

First ep when he's arguing with Raphael about sneaking out in his loud bike and Raph says 'I refuse to cower in the sewers'

Splinter is clearly frustrated and not ready to surrender the point fully but he is also clearly trying to understand where Raph is coming and wants a third solution. What he says is 'No, and you should not' but his tone is 'okay you're right I don't have all the answers and the solution I've given you is in no way permanent. I'm open to talk about this more. For now I just need you safe'

And then also when Raph goes after the bad guys after that big argument about 'a ninja fights defensively' and they're all watching on Donnie's Turtlefied Eye in the Sky and Splinter changes his mind. He even says "I can change my mind, I'm old!" it's a humorous moment but I think that was cool of him, to acknowledge in front of his other kids that this time Raph was right and he was wrong

Anyways I'm thinking about how, even though it was Mikey who mainly wanted that lottery ticket, Raph is the one standing up to Splinter. And in the past Splinter has shown willingness to hear their protests and make adjustments

So anyway I think Raph is sticking up for Don and Mikey offscreen, esp during this chunk of episodes

-trusting dr quease, splinter is 'do not bring outside materials into our home, stop trusting outside people, okay you see what happened you could've been hurt, now you will have to work to gain back your team's trust'

-windfall, splinter is 'stop wanting human things, money can only lead to danger, we don't need any of the things you are wanting to buy, you are all being very immature, Venus I'm surprised at you' (kdkfjsjw wow wow come on dude your sons can hear you dude she's already alienated what are you doing Splints--)

-then Turtles Night Out. Splinter wants to tune in to Mikey's show even though, according to Donnie, he hates it. Now Splinter is allowing them to host a party with a bunch of strangers no prior planning this is happening tonight. He is clearly uncomfortable with the idea and removes himself from the situation, but he allows it. Rat Dad could have stopped this if he deemed it necessary

-^ this is growth. Yay Splints! I give Raphael a lot of credit for this, because of the little moments where he's like 'it's okay Don it makes sense you needed someone to take science with' and 'it was a great thing to do Mikey we're really proud of you.' Combined with the fact that out of all of them he seems to have the most give-and-take type relationship with Splinter, where they talk out why they do things instead of just 'because I said so'

New Topic, also sprung from Windfall

At the beginning of the ep they all do pretty badly in the fight but Donnie pretty much spends the whol thing flat on his stomach 'covered in thugs' (his words), and first of all Raph comes over to help him, and also as soon as the fight is over

"You okay Don?"

"Never better" <- grunting, grumbling, pushing himself off the ground, angy

and then later when they're trying to get the ticket back from the monkeys, one of them put a sack over Venus's head

Donnie, peeking over the shoulder of the guy he's fighting, weird tone as if he's confused instead of concerned but clear from body language he is concerned, "You okay Venus?"

"Couldn't be better" <- grunting, grumbling, throwing the bad off her head, angy

just a fun little parallel

-enjoyed windfall enough that I forgot to react to it. Venus is funny, Mikey is a sweetheart, and okay I feel better about the immediately preceding Dr. Quease episode, Donnie is clearly in good spirits in this one

-Turtles Night Out is a very sweet premise. yayay Mikey!

Splinter: Tune in to Michelangelo's show

Donnie: But you hate Mikey's show

Splinter: I don't hate Michelangelo. Tune in!

awwww 🥺

Mikey help Raph with those crates come on now

aaoough Leo trying to keep a fight from breaking out walking a tightrope between Mikey's immediate trust in everyone and Raph's confrontational nature

okay I am mostly ignoring watching them flirt and be flirted with, but I will say Donnie and Leo seeking each other out when they're nervous to dance is sweet

'you look tired, maybe you oughta sit this one out' THE ANCESTRAL 'HAVE A SEAT'. I love Leo

Ooh everyone being in costume made the fight scenes fun

Mikey getting on his soapbox 👏👏👏

[hamatoclan76]

Examples of Raphael's inferiority complex in Tmnt 2012

1) One clear example is in the first episode when Splinter chooses Leo to be the leader of the team.

Leo raises his hand and asks if he can lead the team, Raph is immediately upset by this and claims that he should be the leader since he "kicked Leo's butt" at the start of the episode.

Seconds after Splinter chooses Leonardo to be the leader, Raph seems to be really hurt by this.

Leo feels sorry about his brother and tries to say he has nothing against him.This shows that Leo is aware that Raph wanted to lead the team, is just Splinter thought that Leonardo was better suited for the role since he's more mature in some ways and knows how to carry the burden better.

This only makes Raph leave the dojo, he's clearly affected by this, even when he pretends he is not.

This scene is what motivates him to constantly annoy and question Leonardo in the series, specially at the start of season 1.

One of the reasons he usually doesn't follow Leo's orders is because deep down he really thinks that Master Splinter loves more Leo than him, which is not true: Hamato Yoshi loves their sons equally but Raph doesn't feel this way.

One could argue that this comes from growing up with a single father and three brothers, which can lead to compete for their father's approval and love. This can happen unintentionally, the father may try to spent as much time as possible with each son but sometimes competition between siblings is inevitable.

Splinter doesn't approve this type of behaviour at all and usually tries stopping the turtles when he notices they aren't fighting just for training or fun. (See "Mousers Attack!" As a good example of this)

2) "New girl in the town"

The episode starts with Leo and Raph arguing about who should be the leader, Raph blames Leonardo for letting Snakeweed get away, in return Leo blames his brother for not following his orders like he's supossed to.

Tired of Raphael's attitude, Leo lets him be the new leader and leaves the team.

Unlike "Follow the leader", "New girl in the town" seems to focus on their sibling rivalry since is what made Leo leave in first place.

The episode ends with two brothers coming to a mutual understading of what means to be a team, how being a leader is not always an easy task and not everyone is ready to be one. (In Raph's case)

This one is another good example of Raph thinking he should be the one giving the orders, implying he's jealous of his brother and thoughout the episode he tries to prove he's better than Leo.

3) "The good, the bad and Casey Jones"

This episode starts pretty much the same way that Rise of the turtles does: With the turtles training. The difference here is that this time is the one Leonardo who beats Raphael.

And Raph doesn't like it one bit.

This is his expression after Leo wins the game, which reads as him holding a grudge against the other turtle.

What makes him really angry is watching Leonardo sitting in front of Splinter, making him believe that his brother is somehow "stealing" his father's love from him again.

This implies that one of the roots of Raphael's anger issues is caused by his feelings of jealousy and inferiority that come from this sibling rivalry.

I say is *one*, not the *only* reason. Raph is a very emotional character who feels emotions intensely, is very hard for him to hide them and his family know this very well.

After realizing how destructive his anger is, he later awkwardly apologizes to Leo for getting carried away in the match, which is quite impressive considering Raph is quite stubborn when it comes to admitting he did something wrong.

4) "Riddle of the Ancient Aeons"

In the planet of the Aeons, there's dark aura that makes the protagonists bring their darkest thoughts to the surface and fight against each other.

In one moment Leo and Raph start arguing: Leo tells Raph how "he has always been jealous of him", in response Raph says this: "That's because your were always Splinter's favourite"! And then he tries to fight Leo using his sais.

Instead of fighting him, Leo stops his hot-headed brother by giving him a hug and reminding him of how much he loves him.

This was one of the few times Raph was very explicit about his inferiority complex, most of time he tries hiding it from his family and only drops subtle hints about his real feelings.

Leo's reaction to Raphael's outburst is really unexpected as well, it mades me think that Leonardo didn't know that Raph's insecurities were mainly caused by him feeling he was less important or thinking he wasn't good enough for their father.

He hugging and telling Raph: "I love you, bro" could be read as him trying to say that he doesn't hate Raphael and he didn't mean to make him feel "less loved" by Splinter.

For those who were paying attention to Raph's character, him being jealous of Leonardo is nothing new. What is shocking is actually listening to Raph admitting how he really feels (or felt) in front of his family and friends.

He usually prefers to keep his personal thoughts to himself rather than talk about them with another person.

As for Splinter, he doesn't like watching his sons fighting over him or for no reason. When he saw that Raph and Leo started fighting in "Mousers Attack!" And weren't taking their training seriously, he stopped them and asked them to work together as team.

When it comes to Leo and Raph, Splinter just wants them to get along despite their differences. If they get carried away in their matches, Splinter would ask them to stop or intervene to separate them.

It's not that he "loves Raphael less", is that he thinks Leonardo is more responsible to be the leader of the team. He doesn't have a "favourite son", he really loves ALL of them.

[rsmrymnt-tea]

I'm pretty tired so maybe there will be stupid typos here but that's not gonna stop me lol

The weird thing is that they say it's a Sports Festival but we immediately start with a scavenger hunt? Which definitely feels more like last day we've gone through all the official sports competitions and now we're wrapping up with some fun children's game-esque stuff.

Honestly I feel like any regular person would be sick of playing mediator by then too. MC's been with the brothers for a couple of years now, there's no way they're not tired of it. And also with RAD too, first year they're forced, second year it isn't a full school year so maybe they're more willing to tolerate, but now when they've fully been told that they can be in the Devildom as a guest?? Then immediately get shoe-horned back into being a student??? Maybe I'm just not academic enough but uhhh I'd be very upset about that tbh

And I've definitely heard people comparing Raph to Belphie!! Thing is that to me he doesn't really have vibes?? He's reminiscent of Belphie but otherwise he's got like.... Nothing??

Oh I hadn't thought that it might be a translation issue. If it is Barb's grimoire we're tasked to get, then from a story standpoint that's kinda good. They set it up as a thing last season. But then also if you think about it, it gets really squicky. Two strangers (one who is likely prejudiced against demons, the other who seems to enjoy mischief at other people's expense??) and MC who Barb is indifferent to at best?? Getting ahold of the thing that allows them to override his autonomy?? What does it mean for Barb and Solomon if they can actually get it?? Definitely isn't better if it's a grimoire that controls all 70-something other demons he has pacts with too but, less impactful to our cast ig??

The meeting in the council room was actually brilliant. Letting the characters actions and reactions tell the story, especially when there is a lot of emotions around is so tasty!! Despite it being an interesting hint about his former apprentices, I don't really like the implication that MC gets to be special again, as the only student he's taken that isn't awful?

Oh and Thirteen's reaction to Solomon is super interesting!! Definitely gives me the idea that maybe he's been misrepresenting their relationship, despite what little info he's given. And definitely reinforces why she'd be upset with MC for helping him break back in. I hope they expand on that instead of just.. Forgetting.

And Raphael!! I feel like seeing Lucifer might actually help encourage his character development. I do think it'd be kinda funny if every angel they send out of the celestial realm just comes back radicalized. MC and Simeon encourage the angels to form a union against.. Michael? God? Idk ajdks

I think it could've been cool if this season was sort of more focused on the side-characters. If we could have explored MC rejecting Diavolo's offer (that one chapter last season with Belphie was not enough for him to be okay with people not just doing what he wants). Or even get a peak at the brothers standing with MC as they stand against him? Give us some good character conflict followed by growth?? Bringing Simeon's stuff to the forefront so we can have some relationship development with him. Let the characters drive the plot rather than the other way round?

(we're a quarter way through????? A quarter???? Oh boyyy I feel like they haven't been making the most of their time if that's the case)

- 🐝

Yeah it’s super odd? Seems like the most lukewarm way to open a sports festival… But it seems like the game’s favorite way to have a game going but also have plot because I feel like half of every challenge MC’s had has been a scavenger hunt, or a scavenger hunt with a slight twist lol

AND honestly the thing about going back to school for further learning is that it’s usually by choice… And while we might have wanted to in S2 because it’s been established that the main reason for MC to be in the Devildom with the brothers is because of the exchange program, S3 has revealed that we don’t need that anymore (because the brothers can just come up to the human world on break + we’re working on being able to summon them) and it’s either the brothers + other characters come to MC in the human world or as per what S4 has given us, MC can just show up in the Devildom for a visit whenever they want now.

No need to be a student anymore for a reason to be with them or the other characters. Yet we somehow have no choice but to be a student again :/ A student who’s actually tasked to go babysit a reaper and an angel sigh

Lmfao Raph having just no vibes at all >.<;;; He’s like Belphie + and even more boring Lucifer since he’s such a sticker for rules… At least Lucifer’s fun and interesting? But this is his introduction so hopefully we eventually see that he has a personality… Thirteen and Mephisto are outshining him by a long shot so far

AND YEAH to all those points about getting a grimoire… Like I don’t understand lol?? I just want them to get it for some Solomon content but the premise is so… huh. Especially in contrast to what Levi’s team’s item is (which is just MC) and the odd clue that Lucifer’s team has (which according to @still-a-morosexual-help is a haiku that’s probably referring to Simeon last I checked?)

Tbh it might just be that Thirteen doesn’t like people who don’t fall for her traps and pranks, and his students have just been keen enough to like… Not fall for her traps and pranks because they know Thirteen doesn’t like Sol, and by extension the student themself. I’d love to think that they turn out actually nasty, but… This is OM… They made Raph sound nasty, so far we get a pathetic little meow meow lmfao

And to be fair he seems to keep dismissing the fact that she hates his guts lol so I think he’s just bound to misrepresent their relationship all the time. Right now my thought on why she seems fearful is that she’s had more than a millennium to take his soul but he wins every single game… What insane magic must you have to be able to evade every effort the reaper makes to kill you? That, and since he wins every game he could theoretically ask for anything as a prize, and Thirteen seems competitive enough to actually take him up on any challenge he proposes if he presents it the right way for the slight hope that she’ll finally get him.

But she won’t. And Solomon could ask for some rare magical item she has that can fuck shit up big time.

Really hoping Lucifer’s current existence encourages change in Raphael too, Nonnie. I like to think the reason why Lucifer’s all buddy-buddy with him is for that reason? What better revenge than to destroy your former ally’s perception of demons? Of the world? That being turned into a demon didn’t turn Lucifer into some kind of vile monster like the Celestial Realm probably says it did?

(Wishful thinking I guess. I really want more angst and more… Idk just more heavy shit in this game because Raph did, you know, side with God against Lucifer.)

AND MAN. I too want some fucking proper conflict but noooooo we’re here to go through the same shit MC always does, this time with new people who currently have beef with them, one of which should be someone we actually should’ve met ages and ages ago since apparently MC’s been mingling with the Newspaper Club as per chat… But whatever ugh I just want to get the Lessons faster >.< Having the last several chapters be all setup is making me mad disappointed even tho it’s literally all setup lol I wanna get to the meat of the season already

(And yeah… In S3 we found the angels working in the cafe by Lesson 43 and in 44 MC was sent to the past to when the brothers were still angels. Hefty stuff compared to what we got in Lessons 63 and 64 lmfao >.>)

[nights-legacy]

What I Like About You-TMNT

Requested by @nesting-dreams​

+reaction boys to a s/o, where the boys are unsure about their appearence, does s/o like their appearence? Why does s/o like their appearence and which parts? S/o finds their beak/snout really cute and their biceps are not half bad either, how do the boys deal with this info?

2003 Turtles

Leo:

The guys have always been a bit self-conscious when it comes to their look. They’re giant, talking turtles for god sakes. So when Leo got to call Y/N his girlfriend finally, those self-conscious thoughts stayed and also started to ask why she would be with someone like him. One day, Y/N catches him in his self-doubt when he is supposed to meditating.

“Why does she like me? I mean, I am a turtle. What’s so attractive about me?” He muttered, not being able to focus much. Y/N stood in the doorway silently listening to him.

“He really thinks this?” She thought to herself. She pursued her lips before kicking off her shoes and walking out onto the dojo floor. Leo was so unfocused that he didn’t even notice her walking towards him. She stood in front of him for a second before pushing his arms away and straddled his lap.

“Well hello.” He smirked with his eyes still closed and placed his hands on her waist. He peeked out one eye and saw her staring at him. He didn’t know she had heard him. “What’s this pleasant surprise for?”

“Do you really think all that about yourself?” Y/N asked. Leo’s face dropped and he looked away.

“You weren’t supposed to hear that…”

“I figured.” She said and placed her hands on his shoulders. A thought came to mind and she smiled. “I loved your smile. I love your eyes. I love you confidence.” He looked up at her. “I love the way you care for your brothers and your friends. I love every single bit if you, especially down to these scars that you have from protecting everyone. There is no other like you Leo. Human or mutant.” She said while tracing some of the scars that run on his arms.

“Y/N…” He took a big breath. He went to say something but stuttered and shut his mouth. He placed a hand on his face covering it out of embarrassment. She giggled and kissed the back of his hand. He peeked through his fingers and smiled. “What did I do to deserve you?” He whispered.

“I guess you can say you were rewarded for every good deed you’ve ever done.” Y/N said with a big smile. He brought his hand down and set it on her cheek. “If you ever feel like this, please don’t hesitate to come to me. I don’t want you feeling low and like something you’re not.”

“I will. Thank you. For everything.” He said before leaning forward and kissing Y/N softly. She kissed back before applying more pressure to his lips. He groaned before pulling back. “Are you trying to emphasize your point?”

“Maybe…Is it working?” She giggled. He just smiled before pulling her back to his lips.

Raph:

Raph has always been the most sensitive to their mutant status. He hates is and wishes so much that he could be human. In a way, when Y/N and Raph finally came together, those thoughts got worse and better. He didn’t think about them as often as he used to but when he did, it was bad. Not only did he think about how he was a freakish mutant, but he also thought about how he thought Y/N deserved better than a freak and why the shell she was with him.

“You know what Mikey! I’ve can’t even with you right now!” Everyone heard Raph yell throughout the lair. Y/N had been waiting for Raph to finish his training when she heard his outburst. He storm out of the dojo and past everyone and out the door.

“What happened, Mikey?” Donnie asked from the kitchen as Leo and Mikey came from the dojo/

“For once, I have no clue. It wasn’t me.” He held up his hands. Leo made a comment of agreement. Y/N looked out the door, lost in thought. There was something in his voice that gave way to something else. Y/N got up and followed him without a word.

“I can’t believe…Why do I…How could she…” Y/N could hear raph’s ramblings from the ground as soon as she exited the manhole. She climbed up the fire escape and sat down on the ledge of the building, watching him pace. “How could she ever love a freak with a temper like me?”

“So that it.” She thought to herself. She just sat there and watched him vent into the air without even knowing about her presence. That was until she adjusted and the metal railing of the ladder creaked. He immediately turned, Sais at the ready. “Hi.”

“Y/N…” He relaxed. She smiled and waved him over. He trudged over, knowing she heard him.

“You should apologize to Mikey.” He nodded and set his head on her shoulder. She reached up and rubbed the back of his neck. “You have the most amazing smile when you let it show. I love the way your eyes shine when you are excited about something or you are having fun. You’re the most handsome male I have ever met.”

“Y/N.” I set a finger on his lips.

“You give the best hugs when I need you. You may see yourself as a freak but I see you as the beautiful man that I love. You are more man than half of the city of New York, even if you are a turtle. Be proud of who you are. I don’t know what I would do without you.”

“I don’t know either, but about you. You’ve made me a better man, umm, turtle.” He chuckled and lifted his head. He looked at Y/N and saw the soft look she was giving him. He melted and hug her close. “Thank you.”

“I’ll always be here when you need me.” Y/N whispered and wrapped her arms around his neck. They sat in each other’s arms for a few minutes before Raph pulled back. He pecked her lips.

“Now I need to go apologize to Mikey. For once, he didn’t do anything.” Y/N chuckled and yelped as he picked her up and made way back to the lair.  

Donnie:

Donnie was more fascinated with what they are then having a problem with it. Being the scientist he is, it wasn’t surprising to say the least. They only reason he had for hating what they are is not being able to have a normal relationship with Y/N. Not being able to do normal couply things with her, for her.

“Can’t take her on a normal date. Can’t give her a normal night together. Always hiding, always having to look over my shoulder. My god.” Donnie fumed in his lab. They had been out on patrol and Donnie saw a couple out together and became irritable. He remained silent the rest of the night until he got home to his lab.

“What did you guys need?” Y/N asked, walking into the lair. They shushed and directed her towards the lab. At the door, she could hear Donnie’s rambling and her heart fell. She looked back at his worried brothers. She smiled and silently slid into the lab.

“Why is she even with me? I can’t give her what she needs. Not while I look like this!” He screamed the last word and threw his bo across the room. It crashed against a shelf and things came crashing down.

“Donnie!” Y/N yelled. He whipped around and looked at me surprised. Y/N stood there holding her now bleeding arm with a broken piece of an old radio on the floor.

“Oh my gosh! Y/N, I’m so sorry.” He rushed over, picked her up, and sat her on his medical table. He went to work on cleaning her wound.

“Your hands are strong and capable of anything.” He paused for a second. “You can so anything you set your mind too. I love the way your arms hold me, the feel of them against me, clutching me tight. Your biceps are very nice too.” Y/N ran her hands up his arms. “I love your cheek bones and how they become more pronounced when you’re excited about a project.” He looked up at her.

“What are you saying?”

“You can give me everything I need just as you are.” She said without pause. His hands paused in wrapping and eyes widened when he realized she heard him. He sighed and finished wrapping the bandage. “What you are and everything you do, is enough or more than enough for me.”

“Y/N…” She placed her forehead against him and kissed him. “Why do I ever doubt us.” He asked against her lips.

“You don’t doubt us. You just doubt yourself and I don’t know why.” She pulled back. “I love you and couldn’t think about live the rest of my life without you.” She kissed him again. He smiled against her lips.

“Sometimes I think you’re more of a genius than me.” He whispered. He picked her up and sat down in his chair with her in his lap.

“Na. I just more in tune with the emotional side of the spectrum then the scientifical side.” She leant into his plastron, wrapping her arms around his neck. He nodded and held her tight.

Mikey:

Mikey has always been the most care-free out of his brothers but he’s also always been more empathetic. He cares about what others think and wants to help in any way he can. This also means that he takes things to heart when people comment on who or what he is. Unlike his brothers though, Mikey prefers to actually talk about it than the alternative.

“Mikey. They just don’t understand. You know most people don’t understand the mutant thing.” Donnie tried to comfort his younger brother.

“Yeah I know. But they don’t have to immediately jump to the monster factor.” Mikey sniffled before running ahead into the lair. He wiped his eyes and bolted for his room.

“My lord Mikey!” Y/N screamed, book flying, as Mikey slammed into the room. She noticed the tears on his face and reached out. “Mikey, what’s wrong?”

“Monsters! They called us monsters!” He flung himself on the bed and buried his head in Y/N’s tummy. She stroked the back of his head as he cried. “I don’t normally get this upset but for some reason, this time got to me.”

“It’s perfectly fine to be upset, Mikey.” Y/N tried to reason with him. He got up and started pacing.

“I mean it got me thinking.” He started to talk with his hands. “Why is someone as beautiful as you with a mutant like me? You could have any man you wanted and you chose me. I just don’t get it.” He dropped to his knees in front of the bed. “You chose a green, mutant freak show…monster.”

“Now stop that right now Michelangelo.” Y/N said sternly. She scootered forward. “You are in no way even possible in this messed up world a monster. Not even remotely close.”

“I guess.” He muttered looking down.

“Mikey.” She sighed and grabbed his hands. “You know, a monster wouldn’t have this adorable snout.” She kissed it, right below the mask. “A monster wouldn’t have your dazzling smile. And a monster definitely would not have this amazing bod.” He gulped as she placed one hand on his plastron. “And most of all, a monster would not have these magnetic, dreamy eyes that caught my attention and made me see past your differences.”

“Oh cupcake!” Mikey exclaimed and pulled Y/N into his lap. He held her tight and placed kisses all over her face.

“Mikey!” She giggled and tried pushing him away to stop his attack. “S-s-top!”

“NO! I have to thank my cupcake for helping me. Like she always does.” He pecked her face a few more times before pulling back. “I wish I knew how you did it. You always know how to make people feel better, even Raph.”

“I don’t know. I just always been good at it.” She wiped off the remaining tears. “Are you sure you’re feeling better?”

“Yeah. Some people won’t accept me for who I am and that’s fine. I have the people I need right here in these walls���and in April’s apartment.” Y/N giggled. She was glad that her happy-go-lucky boyfriend was back. She cuddled into his neck as he rambled on about something.

“Oh, good. You’re feeling better.” Raph stood in the door way. “Leo sent me to tell you foods here.” Mikey yelled with glee before carefully helping Y/N up. Then he shot out of the room. “Thanks. You are a miracle worker and saint.”

“Awe. Is Raph going soft?”

“Shush. I got a Rep to protect. Now come on, before your boyfriend eats it all.” Y/N laughed and followed her nun chuck head path to the kitchen.

[teenage-mutant-ninja-freak]

Hi! I love your blog! Can I ask for the boy's reaction to their normally happy, perky crush coming to the lair upset and quiet? Their crush ended up breaking up with their bf and then saw the bf on date with another girl the next day and they just needed a place to escape so came to the lair? I hope that makes sense. Thank you!!!

it does make sense, don’t worry :)

Leo

You come into the lair sniffling and trying not to completely ball your eyes out

your face is all blotchy and and your eyes are bloodshot from crying on the way there

you sit down at the kitchen table and cover your face as the tears start to come

when Leo walks in and rushes over to you

sitting down net to you, hand on your knee

“what the hell happened? Are you ok? Are you hurt? What happened?” there’s pure panic in his voice although it’s clear he’s trying to hide it

“I’m just being silly. We broke up and he’s on another date right now and I know that’s not my problem because we’[re not together anymore but how could he get over me that fast? y’know?”

you feel his grip on your knee tighten a little

it’s clear that he’s pissed

“that guy has no honour... Anyone who lost you should be fucking devastated” 

you’re a little taken aback, not used to hearing Leo swear

but you like that he’s as invested in this as you are

“Hey” he begins “look, this is a tough time for you, I know, and you’re vulnerable but, you’re gonna find someone else. Someone who knows how special you are and would walk through fire just to spend five minutes with you. Someone who isn’t stupid enough to let you go that easy”

you huff because that’s so easy for him to say

“Look” he continues “If I was your man.... If I was your man I’d actually know how good I have it because you’re- you’re....” he looks deep into your eyes 

you both share a moment of knowing where he’s going with this

of knowing how he feels

“You were too good for him anyway” he finally says. “Now lets get you cleaned up” 

he pulls a tissue out of his pocket and dabs at your tears carefully 

“Leo” you say after a few minutes of silence “thanks. If you were my man, I think I wouldn’t have half the problems I do”

he smiles at that and can’t look you in the eyes anymore. you think you even see him blush

Raph

You practically run into the lair

and throw yourself down onto the sofa, wrapping your arms around your head and crying into a pillow

“Who do I have to kill? What did they do?” comes a voice from behind you

“It’s nothing... I- I just thought I meant a little more to him than him going on a date the day after we break up”

there’s silence fro a moment and then you feel someone sit on the sofa next to you

Raph puts a hand on the back of your thigh

“I’m sorry, kid. You want me to break his legs? I knew he was a piece of shit the moment I met him. You can do better”

“Ugh” you begin “I’m sick of the ‘ you can do better’s’ and the ‘you’ll find someone else’s’ like...Where? It’s not like I have people lining up around the block to date me”

there’s another silence but it’s heavy 

you can tell he wants to say something but is holding back

“kid” he finally says “when you feel ready....Can I be the first in line?”

you’re stunned

you had no idea he felt that way about you, he was always calling you “kid” and never really let on that he looked at you like that

“Sure, Raph but... I mean. Yeah. Just never knew you felt that way”

he looks off into space before replying

“well, I could hardly make a move while you were with mr-24-hour-grieving-period now could I?”

you smile at him and he smiles back shyly

you liked this side of him

Mikey

repeating to yourself under your break “it doesn’t matter it doesn’t matter” over and over again

and telling yourself you’re not gonna cry

you find your way to Mikey’s room, open the door and start balling

he immediately rushes towards you and wraps you up in his arms

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

“He...He’s...On...A...Date...With...Some...other...Girl” you get out between sobs “We only broke up yesterday”

Mikey sighs and you feel his grip around you tighten protectively 

he guides you into his room, shutting the door and you sit on the bed next to him

“hey, babycakes....Forget about him. If he can lose someone like you and be alright the next day that says how dumb he really is”

you take a few deep breaths and wipe the tears from your eyes

“I just thought I meant more to him than that” you say

“yeah well, there will be other guys who will love you more and maybe already do feel that way about you. Y’know...Cool guys who are better than him and play the drums and who you come to when you need help and who make a mean takis pizza...”

“sounds an awful lot like you, Mikey” you laugh

he smiles at you

“yeah, does sound a lot like me, right?”

you look into each other’s eyes for a minute

“whenever you’re ready, let me know” he says

you learn in to him, resting your head on his shoulder

“give me a week and I’m all yours” you say

Donnie

you don’t know where else to go

Donnie has always been your biggest supporter and your closest friend so you think that’s why you end up in his lab

it’s like your feet are instinctively taking you to him

he sees you in your state and gets up abruptly, knowing over a few things as he does and rushing over to you

“what? Who? How?” he’s too shocked to see you like this to ask full questions

“We broke up and he’s on a date right now” you say as you wrap your arms around Donnie

he doesn’t say anything, just hugs you back and ushers you into the lab to sit down

you sit on the desk in front of the chair that he sits in

“you know, tears actually have 3 different types based on their origin and...And that’s not helpful right now I suppose” he says

“No, anything you say will distract me so keep going”

“well...It’s not important. I just want to know how you’re doing? And kinda want to find this guy and knock a little sense into him”

you snort at that, Donnie being violent wasn’t something you were used to

“look” he starts “there’ll be other guys. Guys who will value you more than he does and who will know what they have when they have it. I know I wouldn’t be on a date the next day if you broke up with me. I’d be in pieces...”

he looks away and that tells you everything you need to know

“Donnie, is there something you want to tell me?”

“of course. But you’re not in the state to hear it.”

you look at each other for a moment before you climb down onto his lap and wrap your arms around his neck

“Give me a few hours and I’ll be in the state to hear it”

“I can wait as long as you need” he says

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Stars

Blue, or white bulbs? Purple accents, or an indigo moon? A swirly wormhole, or a dramatic supernova?

"It is but the constant struggle of an artist."

A quick scoff drew Leo out of his thoughts, and he turned to send a genuine smile to his genius twin. In response, Donnie sneered, eyes narrowing and accenting the bags that formed. This didn't throw off Leo's mood, though; if anything, the look drove Leo to work harder, walking up to Donnie and holding up two strands of lights. A happy, almost childish look was on Leo's face, and Donnie rose a brow despite his previous anger.

"Blue, or white?" Leo asked, holding the lights up respectively. "I want to hang up lights in the room."

"Leo, it's your room now. Why are you asking for my opinion?" Donnie retorted, rolling his eyes as the question was completely ignored.

"I just thought you'd like to help decorate the room." Leo hummed, moving to pick up a picture of a supernova. "What about this? Cool colored wormhole, or warm colored supernova?"

"Uh, neither. If anything, I'm more of a wintery planet sort of turtle. Studies show that many people find it easier to sleep in cold, snow colored environments. It causes the body to naturally search for heat, and when the heat is found, the body is more likely to be comfier than if it were in a hot environment."

"Okay."

Donnie paused mid-speech, watching his twin look through his phone casually. A minute or so passed before Leo shoved his phone into Donnie's face. "So, colors like this?"

"Uh... yes...?" This was weird. Why was Leo acting so... not Leo-ish? It was a question that plagued Donnie's mind, but he was quickly cut off before he could ask. Quick paced whistling filled the silence, and Donnie watched as his odd twin took hold of a few dark blue bulbs, holding them up in the air while squinting his eyes.

"Is this a good blue?" Leo asked, continuing to hold the bulbs up. "Or should we go with indigo?"

"Are... are you okay?" Donnie chose to voice his concerns instead of answering, placing a hand on the back of Leo's neck. The Slider snickered at the touch, dropping the lights and turning to kitten-slap Donnie's hand away.

"I'm fine. I just want to know how you want the room to look."

"Will you stop saying that?! This isn't my room anymore! It's yours! You were the one who hustled this room out of my hands!" Donnie shouted, his body stiffening as he curled his beak into a snarl. Leo smiled in response, shrugging and returning to the decorations.

"What do you think about having little star stickers on the wall?"

"That sounds like a great id- Hold on! NO! I don't care about anything you do to this room! You hustled it, so you can deal with what I had to deal with! And lemme tell ya, there are plenty of things wrong with this room! It's cramped, there's barely enough room to put your massive mountain of junk, and you can bet that it'll be ten times worse to crawl out of that poor excuse of a bed! You'd have been better off committing a crime and being sent to jail!"

"Then... why are you so upset?" Leo's question surprised Donnie, leaving the Softshell to do nothing more than attempt to answer. "Uh-huh, right. So, until you calm down, I'm just going to make the big decisions, and what you see is what you get."

Donnie sputtered, unable to formulate full sentences, especially as he was pushed out of his previous room. A quick yet gentle shove was all it took to get Donnie to leave, and Leo waved his brother off, turning around to continue his previous work.

__________

It was around 9:00 p.m. when the boys arrived from Run-of-the-Mill, each of them finishing up cheery stories before they all split up to do their own things. Raph went to lift weights, Mikey went to work a new project, Donnie retreated to his lab, and Leo... went back to decorating the room. A frustrated groan was let out, and Donnie was torn between staying in his lab and ignoring his petty feelings, or trying once again to confront Leo about the strange behaviour.

Then again, this would just show off that Leo was somehow managing to get underneath Donnie's battle shell. Something he was probably already doing to begin with. Happy whistling came from Donnie - Leo's room, effectively driving the Softshell crazy. A low growl came from Donnie's throat before he stood up suddenly, ignoring his body's reaction to the movement as he stormed into his - Leo's room.

"Alright, what gives?! Why are you spending so much time decorating this room?!" Donnie asked angrily, searching Leo's face for any sort of explanation. Leo simply smiled in response; a genuine look that served to drive away any of Donnie's previous negative emotions.

 How did he manage to do that???

"Well, I noticed how you've been way more sleep deprived than usual, which is my fault entirely. So, I've decided that I'll let you come in here and sleep whenever you really feel yourself losing all sanity because of dad's snoring." Leo explained, briefly turning his back to Donnie so that he could retrieve a nearby screw. "I've been working on this for weeks, and I keep asking for your opinion because I want you to be able to be as comfortable as possible when you need somewhere to rest and relax."

"Wait, but where would that put you?"

"I'll just sleep in my old room whenever need be." Leo chimed, shrugging as he moved to pick up a picture of the family. "I've gotten used to dad's snoring, so it won't bother me as much."

"So... you're willing to give up your own comfort, just so I can get a good night's rest?"

"Yup! It's what twins are for, after all!" Leo's comment was met with silence, but he said nothing on it, taking this time to begin hammering a nail into the wall. Once the nail was deemed planted enough, Leo hung the picture up, humming happily, and stepping back. "And viola! Your new- OW!"

Donnie was snapped out of his confused haze by Leo's yelp of pain, searching everywhere possible for any type of source. After a minute or so, Donnie noticed that Leo was favoring one foot more than the other, and he instructed the blue clad Slider to sit down on the... nest? Yep. It was a nest.

"Hey, I'm fine Donnie, I swear. It's just a little nick." Leo assured, standing up and immediately sitting back down. With an unimpressed scoff, Donnie grabbed Leo's foot, gasping at the sight of the large nail that had lodged itself into the skin. "See? It's nothing!"

"Nardo, there is an entire nail lodged in your foot. That. Is not. Nothing!" Donnie exclaimed, lying Leo back so that they were both in a comfortable position. "Now, I'm gonna have to pull it out- BUT IT WON'T HURT! I'll do it on three so you know when to expect it. One... two... WHAT'S THAT?!"

"What?! OW!" Leo pulled his foot back, cradling it lightly and blowing on it rapidly. Donnie, in the meantime, was studying the nail for any signs of rust. None were found, but the Softshell decided that he would give Leo a Tetanus shot anyways, just to be on the safe side. "Hey, hey, I ain't gettin' no shot! That is not happening!"

"You "ain't getting no" shot, huh?" Donnie snickered, patting Leo's head. "Do you remember nothing about the double negative rule?"

"Screw that rule." Leo spat, grumbling as he received another head pat.

"Heheh..." Donnie paused his ministrations, thinking over what to say next. "Thank you, Leo."

"For?"

"This. The room. The decoration. Everything." Donnie clarified, leaning down and bumping foreheads with his twin brother. "You didn't have to do this."

"No, but I wanted to." Leo hummed, purring at the affectionate nuzzling his words earned him. "D'aw! You're making me blush!"

"Perfect, that means less blood to deal with when I give you the shot."

"Wait, what?"

"Oh please! Just because you did something nice doesn't mean I have to neglect your health. Now come on, I don't want to carry you all the way to the lab."

"Are you calling me fat?"

"You? Fat? Why, that's like calling a marshmallow spicy!"

"Okay, I get it... I love you man."

"I love you too, brother."