#lab grown turtles au

[donutbroski]

PLEASE WORD VOMIT ABOUT THE TMNT AU IM VERY INTERESTED :D

*deep breath*

Ok so I wanted to focus more on the ‘mutant turtle’ part of tmnt. So in this iteration it’s set in a dystopian-type world where the turtles were made to be machines of war by Hamato Yoshi and Baxter Stockman for one of the gangs ruling over the city. Through a series of events, Yoshi takes the experiments and makes a run for the sewers.

Since the turtles were programmed to kill, Yoshi decided to teach them ninjitsu to let them blow off some of that steam.

There’s a lot more to the story, like how their programed instincts fight go against their family dynamics and everyday life, or why exactly they were made, or April and Casey, but I’m gonna leave it that for now.

Oh yeah their all based of alligator snapping turtles so they look something like this

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[***NOTE: Leo's design here is no longer accurate, link to the updated version.]

I know there are already a lot of "the brothers are separated at a young age and raised by different people" AUs floating around, so this isn't especially original, but- I've yet to see one with this particular parent-child arrangement, so...

Here’s some rough concept art for what I’m calling the “Grown Apart AU”  Which I've also been affectionately referring to as the "Everyone's a Disney Protagonist" AU for quite some time... you'll see why.

Here’s the gist: Basically, Splinter is only able to save Mikey and Leo from the lab explosion - Raph is immediately picked up by Huginn and Muninn and handed back over to Draxum; Donnie is lost mid-escape and later found by Big Mama's goons, who show up for Lou but bring Don back with them instead when Lou is nowhere to be found.

Details of each turtles’ upbringings (as well as how/when they meet April) below the cut:  

RAPH

Draxum raised Raph to be everything he originally intended the turtles to be: a ruthless, obedient super soldier whose sole purpose in life is to protect the Yokai by eliminating the human threat. Draxum taught him to hate humankind and trained him up to be virtually undefeatable in battle. However...because Draxum isn't the most attentive parent, most of the caretaking for Raph was actually provided by Huginn and Muninn. And the two little well-meaning gargoyles - mostly unintentionally and outside of their master's knowledge - wound up nurturing a much softer and friendlier side to their supposedly bloodthirsty warrior-in-the-making. As a result, Raph has essentially been living a double-life under Draxum’s ownership; playing the part of a perfect soldier for his father/general, who he's determined not to disappoint, and only feeling free to be himself when he's alone (or with H&M.)

Raph has always known that there were supposed to be other mutants like himself but grew up believing that he's the only one who survived the experiment, making him the only one left in existence (until Draxum’s oozesquitos create more, that is). Even though he had H&M to keep him company, being an only child could still be pretty lonely sometimes, so Raph would often imagine what having brothers - other mutants like himself that he could have grown up alongside - would have been like.

Raph is the only one of the turtles that knows his human DNA comes from Lou Jitsu - just like Draxum, though, he has no idea that Splinter is actually Lou Jitsu.

DONNIE

Donnie had a posh and cushy upbringing in Big Mama's hotel - she raised him as her own son(unaware that he’s actually Lou’s)/apprentice and uses his technological talents to aid her multiple businesses: he supplies new weapons and battlegrounds for the Battle Nexus, as well as automated assistants and security for her hotel, and even pitches in with her more off-the-record dealings that last one being without Donnie’s knowledge. Big Mama's kept him pretty much wrapped around her little finger; praising him for his intelligence and usefulness whenever he does a good job or makes her nice things. When he hasn’t, however, she’s a less-than-affectionate mother. Donnie will do absolutely anything it takes to impress and earn approval from her.

Donnie is largely sheltered and knows very little about the world outside of the hotel - especially the human world, about which most of his knowledge comes from what he finds on the internet. He doesn't even know that he's a mutant, believing himself to be just some uncommon type of yokai, since that's all he knows. He’s not allowed to fraternize freely with the hotel guests and has a somewhat contentious relationship with Big Mama’s assistant, whom he’s always viewed as competition for her affection. The closest thing he's had to a friend is S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N, whom Donnie built to have someone to talk to (besides Big Mama's boring, no-nonsense henchmen).

Don finally met April when he was about 11 yrs old; he secretly sent one of his spy bots out to explore the human city and she intercepted it. The two have been best friends and stayed in-touch with each other online ever since - April being unaware that Donnie isn't human.

Donnie knows of Lou Jitsu purely because he was Big Mama’s favorite champion in the history of the Battle Nexus - he idolizes him, having watched recordings of many of his fights, and dreams of one day fighting in the Battle Nexus himself (if Big Mama would allow that).

Leo & Mikey

Leo and Mikey were still rescued by Lou/Splinter and brought up in the NY sewers. Splinter felt extremely guilty for not managing to save the other two baby turtles and, for the first few years following the incident, spent much of his time searching for them. Once Leo was old enough, Splinter would start leaving him and Mikey in the Lair while he searched. He eventually gave up his search, presuming them both dead or lost for good, and resigned to keeping the remaining two as safe as possible - teaching them how to defend themselves and warning them never to leave the sewers unless he was with them.

Leo and Mikey were inseparable as kids - they would do everything together, refusing to even sleep in separate rooms until they were too big to fit in one bed anymore. Leo took his job as Mikey's big brother very seriously and always tried his best to protect him, even when they were simply playing games with each other. As they got older, though, the two brothers began to drift apart - Leo started to feel a little smothered; craving more freedom to do what he wanted when he wanted, without the older sibling responsibilities hanging over him 24/7. And Mikey started feeling like he couldn't go/do anything without his brother's judgement or approval, resenting the idea that he needed constant protection.

Finally, when he was about 13, Leo secretly snuck out of the lair one night to check out the city by himself and get a little taste of independence. After that one trip, it quickly became a habit and he soon began making regular “secret” trips into the city.

Somewhere along the way, his innocent quests for freedom and fun grew into opportunities to stir up some trouble - Leo eventually met and became involved with a group of yokai teens with whom he would pull pranks and play jokes on the city's human occupants (harmless ones...usually. They just enjoy causing a little mischief.)

Mikey, having to figure out other ways to keep himself occupied since his brother is usually by himself or busy with his new friends, has picked up a multitude of different skills and hobbies, trying absolutely everything he can get his hands on. His main hobby is spray-painting, which he uses to spruce any wall he can find with his own personal touch. By the time he's 13, much of underground New York has been covered by his handiwork.  Mikey eventually finds out about Leo’s secret outings and follows him when he leaves one night - the two end up meeting April, who's never seen mutants before (having only talked to Donnie online and not seen his face) and promptly freaks out before realizing they're not dangerous. The three soon become friends, too, and April starts making plans to introduce the boys to Donnie - knowing he could use more friends besides S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. and herself.

The four brothers' fates finally collide with one another when an escapee from Draxum's lab - Mayhem - shows up out of the blue and catapults Mikey and Leo to the Hidden City, where they have an unexpected reunion with their eldest brother.

[randomdelusionalgirl]

Antivillain, Assistant, Agent, Assassin AU: Masterpost

YES I am back with a new AU. Got inspired by a few separated AUs and now I’m violently working on it.

It all began with the mad alchemist Baron Draxum’s mutation of the four turtles.

Lou Jitsu, the owner of the human genes of the turtles, tried to escape Draxum’s lab during the explosion, but distracted by Draxum’s vines, he inevitably left the softshell turtle and the snapping turtle behind.

While escaping, he also lost the box turtle. His hands slipped in the rain and dropped the way too tiny creature into the flowing sewers, him failing to retrieve him.

Not long after he rescued the only one left, the slider- another catastrophe happens.

Oroku Saki, the former champion of Battle Nexus(champ name: Shredder), failed to keep the title due to Lou, miserably losing the big game. He was abandoned by Big Mama and held a big grudge against Lou since then, forming his own association called the ‘Foot Clan’. He eventually re-encounters Lou as clan leader versus mutated former movie star, easily defeats him and takes the slider in front of his eyes.

After then, the separated life of the brothers began.

The snapping turtle- a.k.a Raphaelo- was sent to Big Mama along with the mystery fifth turtle in an extra pod during the mutation, and he is now working both as a guard and an agent in the Nexus Hotel with the fifth turtle. The two are biological siblings but they don’t know that(since Mama never told them) and are very indifferent business partners to each other.

The slider- a.k.a Oroku Tenko, was officially claimed as Shredder’s son since Shredder brought him to the Foot Clan’s headquarters, and has trained under him for more than 10 years to become one of the generals of the clan now. His job is not a tank, but an assassin- he takes his stepfather’s orders and assassinates whoever he is required to. However, he may not be having a rather good time in the clan because his fellow generals never approve of him.

The softshell- a.k.a Code Purple, works as Draxum’s lab assistant. Draxum realized a lot early that Purple had talent, but didn’t have any interest in combats. However, he noticed the genius brain of Purple’s and recruits him as an assistant. Purple usually invents stuff and does many research about Draxum’s big project with the help of Draxum’s adopted daughter, Shadow. However, none of the two know the ultimate scheme behind the project.

The box turtle- a.k.a Friendly Turtle Man- a.k.a Aladdin(self-named), has grown all alone ever since he drifted away in the sewers. He steals food or hunts random mammals, and spends nights in a public bathroom or on tree branches. Despite all this, he has a kind heart and makes his debut as a sort of a hero, helping people and stopping criminals here and there. People call him a vigilante: the Friendly Turtle-Man, but he himself knows that everything he does except for heroics is obviously illegal, so he deems himself as an Anti-villain.

[pumpkinpie59]

sons of bishop au

intro post!! + first batch of supporting characters concept art

synopsis:

Years ago, Agent John Bishop discovered the secret formula to the Utroms’ mutagen, and with this new power, he decided to create mutant soldiers for the EPF. Infant mutant creatures were secretly raised within the walls of the EPF labs. Four mutants in particular showed great promise in their intelligence and skills, so Bishop decided to take them under his own wing, dubbing them the Renaissance Project. Appropriately named Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello, these mutant turtles grow up calling Agent Bishop “father” and follow his every command.

Now they are 15, and doing field missions for the first time. But as they make friends outside the walls of the EPF bases they’ve grown up in, they discover more and more that maybe the EPF does more harm than good, and that they very well may be the villains in their story.

April O’Neil - Ever since she lost her job at Channel 6, April has been privately investigating the EPF to make a story to get her job back. When she accidentally bumps into the turtles while they’re on their first mission, she finds an opportunity to become their nanny to get closer to the EPF. But then she gets really attached to these boys. She’s intuitive, outspoken, and never afraid to take a risk.

more characters under cut!

Mona Lisa - Mona was a teenage college student who was accidentally mutated while on a trip. Now she spends most of her time on her roller derby hobby, as well as secretly working as a nighttime vigilante with her friend, Mondo Gecko. At first, people find her to be a jokester, immature and constantly making a scene, but she’s smarter than she lets on.

Casey Jones - A homeschooled teenage boy who escapes his troubled home life to fight crime. He never takes off his mask and his violent tendencies get him in a lot of trouble, but his heart is in the right place. Casey doesn’t have any friends, but that changes when he meets the turtles.

Mondo Gecko - Like the turtles, Mondo was also an experiment at the EPF headquarters, but he grew jealous of how the turtles were treated vs the other experiments, so he ran away. He’s moody and resentful, but Mona Lisa has brought out a fun-loving side to him. He enjoys skateboarding and occasionally joining Mona on her vigilante escapades.

Oroku Karai - Karai is the only child (sorta but that’s not important rn-) of the Shredder. She’s been training all her life to someday take over the Foot Clan after her father either retires or dies. Due to her yokai heritage, Karai was born part snake, with an ability to transform into a snake creature at will. When the Foot Clan forms an agreement with the EPF, Karai meets the turtles and constantly belittles them to make herself look better for her father. But her overconfident attitude hides an insecure heart.

Slash - Slash was an experiment of the EPF, but escaped when he was very young. His frightening appearance kept him alone for a long time, until he met Renet. The two became very close and Renet chose to help him become a time master student beside her. Now, they are time traveling partners and best friends. Slash seems gruff and quiet on the outside, but once someone gets to know him, they find he’s very laidback and quite affectionate.

Renet - Renet is a chipper teenage girl from a far off planet where time travel has been discovered. She is a student of the head Time Master, Simultaneous. Not long ago, she befriended Slash, and the two of them explore time together as best friends. But something in the time stream has trapped them in present day New York City, but Renet can’t seem to figure out what. So now she spends most of her time as a video game streamer.

Lotus Blossom - Lotus is a mysterious ninja bounty hunter who has no clan or family to her name. All who have met her find her somewhat unnerving, hearing distant voices when they speak to her. But despite her age, she is ridiculously good at what she does. Lotus Blossom can’t help but be surprised when Leonardo is the first person to show interest in her beyond her job, despite her strange, ghostly aura … Maybe even a little infatuated with him.

[luminescent-lumi]

TMNT: Gene Splice

Okayyy remaking my TMNT au!! The same story as before, just different designs and a more relevant name! More info about each character after the cut! Some was written in the previous post, but I definitely added more!!

Plot

The Kraang meant to create an army to destroy the human race. This experiment is intended to be long term of over several generations, to create generations of perfectly modified soldiers. They captured several humans and mutated them to create these soldiers.

Tang Shen and Splinter were originally human. Tang Shen is mutated into a box turtle, while Splinter turns to a rat.

The turtles were created from a splice of Tang Shen's DNA and DNA from four separate fathers. The samples were genetically modified to accommodate the difference in species. The Kraang were basically trying to create as many variables as possible, and were creating as many variations of mutants as possible. Additionally, the turtles were created asexually in a lab.

Splinter was aiming to find a way out for awhile, and rushes through his plan once he overhears from the guards that they plan to kill Raphael. Due to the rush, he's unable to find proper lodgings (bro was hoping to like build a cabin in the woods or something) but it's winter, and he needs to hide. So, he escapes into the sewers. It's the safest option under short notice.

During the escape, Tang Shen and their sister Miwa are believed to be killed.

Michelangelo

Mikey is the oldest brother at 19, a couple months older than Leonardo, and is the leader. This has influenced how Splinter taught the team, and adjusts his teaching methods to Mikey's insistence. One prime example is Mikey insists you can meditate while laying down instead of the traditional cross legged. Essentially, Mikey has made it apparent he only puts effort into things that entertain him, so not only does he ensure training is entertaining for him, Mikey and Splinter try to adjust things to each of the brother's preference. It drives Splinter crazy, but Mikey loves it.

On that note, Mikey has ADHD.

Mikey took Tang Shen's personality. It's more so her cheerfulness and sense of humour.

Leonardo

Leonardo is the second oldest at 19 years old, a couple of months younger than Mikey.

They have dissociative identity disorder, it developed during their time in the labs. Leo is the host of his system, and Venus is a caretaker alter. When they were younger and fresh out of the labs, Venus primarily fronted. There have been other alters that have come and hidden. Leo is unsure if he is the core personality, as he's unsure when exactly he gained consciousness because his memory is spotty, or if the core personality had hidden. Currently, Leo fronts a majority of the time.

Leo takes after Splinter. Meticulous, detail oriented, and strong willed. I'm thinking Leo's personality is pretty similar to Bayverse.

Venus does not necessarily take after Tang Shen, but how they remember Tang Shen. Venus is patient, kind, and soft spoken.

Splinter and Leo are so close that Splinter unintentionally does not consider them their child, they act more similarly to friends/siblings. It's the idea that the first children grow up with their parents, while the youngest are grown by their parents.

Donatello

Donatello is the third oldest, at 17 years old.

Edgy middle child syndrome. This is mostly due to Donnie being jealous of Mikey and Leo, as they have memories of Tang Shen and Donnie has basically forgotten her.

Has said "you're not my dad" a couple times to Splinter before he grew out of it.

His family know he's a tech geek, but due to how distant he is, they don't know he's a genius with a photographic memory. Instead of the usual "Donnie what do we do" it's always "Donnie how tf did you do that bro."

Donnie puts this huge wall between him and his brothers. Once they meet April, he noticeably becomes close to her and it makes his brothers a bit jealous because how did this girl become so close with their edgy brother who barely says a word a day to them??

His honest to God genuine personality is similar to the 03 Donnie. At least, when speaking to April. Around his family he barely speaks, with April he's a soft spoken yet professional yapper, sarcastic and really considerate.

Wears his mask as a scarf instead, shows he's the only one out of his brothers who doesn't necessarily care about being a ninja. He prefers science, and rejects his family and Splinter's teachings.

Raphael

The youngest at 16 years old.

Was deemed a failure in the labs due to a congenital arm (an arm defect, it was too short). His arm was amputated, and there were heavy tests to determine if the costs of getting a prosthetic was worth it.

The lab owners deemed it a waste to continue with Raph, so they decide to terminate him. Splinter escapes before this happens.

Several years after the escape they found a prosthetic for Raph. Donnie, unknowing to his brothers, altered and upgraded it.

Since the labs, the family has unknowingly treated Raph like glass. So, essentially, most his life. This is the primary source of his anger issues. He hates being babied.

Raph participates in an underground fight ring, and also fights crime under the vigilante name Nightwatcher to release pent off steam. Because his family doesn't want to upset him, they don't pry too much so they don't flare his temper, so it's easy for Raph to do things without them noticing, he's forever doing sketchy things.

April

Currently 21 years old.

University student majoring in cognitive science with a minor in criminology. April plans on doing her masters in criminology but is unsure, because she has a passion for criminology, but feels pressured to pursue science like her dad, who's a scientist.

April wants to be a criminal profiler in the future.

April's in her fourth and last year of university, and currently doing a co-op opportunity at TCRI under Baxter Stockman.

Runs a popular true crime blog she's had since her early teens. She meets the turtles while they're chasing a case, and she manages to catch Leo off guard. April isn't even scared, more so excited that she can get an inside scoop from Leo about the "New York Vigilante's." The only reason Leo doesn't hide or try to run is because of how confused he is at the fact that she's so excited to see him. April definitely treats him like a fictional superhero despite being face to face.

April's personality is a mix of Rise April and 03 April, the same ambition and emotional intelligence as 03, but the same feral energy and sense of humour as Rise.

She attaches yellow brass knuckles to her belt looks with velcro, and 100% can use them well. Is not a damsel in distress.

Started kickboxing when she started university four years for self defence. Has continued and gotten pretty good.

Is pretty interested in botany. Not that she isn't good with plants, but between her school, co-op, and amateur journalism, her plants often end up dead due to her hectic schedule getting in-between caring for them.

[leon-doggo]

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA DOGS AU ORIGINS AND EXPLANATIONS + DRAWINGS!

So! We still have Baron Draxum and his warrior scientist thing going on, but he’s gone a bit of a different route! He’s decided to try mixing different species to try and create the ultimate weapon, and he has decided to start with wolves, turtles, and the champion of the Battle Nexus (still Lou Jitsu)!

Since wolves have their size, a reasonable amount of trainability, and enhances senses, he thought they would be the best choice for the base species. It also helped that wolves were pack animals and worked best as a team while also being able to be self-sufficient should the need arise. He had sent Huggin and Munnin off to the surface to get him a litter of wolf pups, and they end up finding these little guys!

They all were left in their mother’s den, as she had unfortunately been hunted and forced to leave the four pups on their lonesome at only a few days old. Draxum deemed them perfect and set to work collecting his turtles!

He decided different species would add a variety of skills among the subjects that would make them perfect for war. He had chosen which pup would be crossed with which turtle over the course of a week, as he had to get a sense for who would be the most compatible. Of course, we continue along the canon line and Lou Jitsu is acquired and brought to Draxum’s lab. He practically fell in love with the pups and turtles alike, affectionately calling them nicknames.

The night comes where Draxum has readied his mutagen and, after a row of small tests on the animals to make sure they would be alright through the process, he began the mutation. The combination of wolf, turtle, and human could begin to give him the perfect beginning to his army!

As we all know, it doesn’t all go according to plan; the mutation chambers break and Draxum’s lab begins to fall apart! Lou Jitsu goes to save all of the little animals and bring them back to the surface to give them a home when he realizes there are only four animals instead of eight! The turtles and wolf pups have fused together to make a wolf-turtle mutant with the mix of human DNA, leaving the poor things unable to lead a normal life with their fellow canines.

Lou Jitsu scoops them up and runs back to where he knows the surface is safe whilst battling against the clock of his own mutation into a rat. He takes cover in the sewers of New York City, finding them a relatively clean area to call home for however long they must. The pups start to wake up and climb all over the now rat-turned Lou, who struggles with setting them down in time to make sure they don’t hurt themselves.

Years go on, and the pups aren’t growing at the natural rate regular wolves would. Lou only knows this from his memories of his own childhood dogs who would be twice their size by the time they were a year old! These pups were still small, only having grown an inch or so when they should be fully grown at 3 years old, and they still acted like puppies playing around with their siblings. Only then does it strike him that his own DNA that had mixed with them must have slowed down their aging cycle, leading them to have more of a human lifespan than that of a regular canine’s. His own DNA isn’t the only thing that has caused changes; the turtle DNA has caused a change in their physiology. Their backs and stomachs are harder with courser fur compared to the softness when they were still regular wolf pups. This led to less physical stomach and back injuries for everyone due to this resistance!

He also takes note of how the four interact vocally. Michelangelo and Leonardo both lean to higher pitched chirp-like yips and barks, while Donatello and Raphael lean more to chestier huffs and grunts. It only made sense that the order of birth had gone Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo, then Michelangelo when their mother had them in the wild. To differentiate the four (and to make them easier to grab when they inevitably got into something), Lou had found some cloth of four varying colors and tied them into small bandanas for the brothers.

As they grew up, the boys started learning how to speak from listening to Lou talk to himself and from the old movies he watched. The rat was very surprised when he heard a yelp, then saw little Leonardo hobble over to him with his paw held in the air. “Spl…Splinter!” He had cried, holding up the hurting paw. Ever since then, the boys all started to call the rat “Splinter”, even though Leo had only said it because he had gotten hurt by one (Splinter wasn’t going to look too deep into that).

When it came to milestones, the order goes as follows: Leo learned how to talk first, Raph learned how to walk on his hind legs first, Donnie learned how to read first, and Mikey was the first one to open his eyes and his ears. Splinter has many photos of them all growing up that he never hesitates to break out during birthdays, holidays, the first time April came over, everything!

Some more fun facts about how this changes the boys in little ways:

Leo is hard of hearing. Red Eared Sliders, and turtles in general, are known for having horrible hearing but great eyesight. That was a trait that passed to Leo. He doesn’t mind it, but when they are teens and after the invasion (hehe ASL au), Donnie makes him hearing aids to help him.

All of the boys are allergic to chocolate! Much like regular dogs, chocolate can be lethal for them if eaten in large quantities, and can make them sick if eaten just a little bit.

The boys LOVE fruit. It’s a mix of their turtle and canine sides, and they love it as a little treat. Leo and Mikey love peanut butter as well, but they have it extremely rarely due to Raph’s allergy and Donnie never buys any since he doesn’t like it.

I hope you guys find this informative and like it!!! There were some things that had been knocking around in my brain that I wanted to get out, so here it is!! Feel free to hop into my ask box if you have any more questions about this!

This post is subject to additions and editing as well! I’m still coming up with a lot of stuff for this and I’m so excited to tell y’all about it!!

[xxbritishrosexx]

Little warm up doodles from the au I'm working on, it's going on about 2003 x 2012 when 2003 Don and Raph got into alternative universe where they met the other turtles and their Splinter. This is just some shenanigans I imagined they'll do together.

Like in example adult Don and little Donnie share the same interests and read a lot together about science and math. With little Raph.. it's more complicated, they boy stick like a glue at the genius from the first moment, whenever Don is staying up late or had so many late nights in his lab, lil Raph will come and crave attention from him, they have common ground on that Don will stop things whenever they boy visits. With Mike.. Don loves that boy and lets him do whatever he wants, even tie a bow in his mask tails. I'm not sure about the relationship between Don and little Leo though, need to work that one.

Like on the other hand adult Raph had rocky start with little Mike but in the end he'll protect that little boy with his whole life. With Leo he'll watch anything what the boy wants even Space heroes. With little Don I'm not sure yet. Little Raph sees the adult version more as a mentor on how to control the anger and seek guidance on it, though when he is grown up I'm sure they'll have those brawling matches.

If you have any ideas what they would do, please tell, I'm open to ideas as there are some things in the open that I've not thought of yet.

And still haven't got an idea for the name of the au, oh well need to think about it too.

[soursugxr]

I went slightly insane during my history class

Separated AU? Kinda? Except all of them are completely different from their actual ROTTMNT iterations💀

I’m gonna be honest I’ve never loved drawing Donnie for whatever reason so of course I had to make him pretty so I would actually want to draw him.

Storyline below!!!

Essentially this entire AU is: would if Draxum’s lab exploded and it messed up the turts?

So the story I’ve formulated in my head is like:

Basically the same until like. The whole “Lou Jitsu destroys Draxum’s lab bc fuck that guy” thing. The lab very much explodes.

Raph, being the biggest, shields his siblings (specifically his twin) from the blast to the best of his ability, which absolutely massacres his shell. Leo is the only one who got away without any serious injuries, Donnie straight up lost his arm, and Mikey’s legs are permanently messed up.

Splinter (understandably) thinks Raph is just straight up dead after that (he is not), and takes the other three turts so he can get them help, gets mutated in the process.

Raph is (somehow) not dead, and (somehow) manages to survive on the streets of the Hidden City on his own. His shell is absolutely fucked, but thanks to growing up around magic, he can use it pretty well. He ends up meeting Sunita, who teaches him how to talk, and her family takes him in for a while, but he’s so used to being on his own that he doesn’t really adjust well to being part of a family.

Meanwhile, the other tots are (mostly) safe with Splinter.

Because of the whole “twintuition” thing, Leo has grown up being super anxious all the time. He barely has any memory of having a third sibling, but there is A Feeling that he can’t shake. They’re constantly feeling super guilty about not being injured in the lab explosion since her siblings were so badly injured and it effects them every single day, so he becomes the leader to protect them. She’s super serious about all the ninja stuff, simply because he doesn’t want his little siblings getting hurt again, and this entire time they’ve been holding on to a tiny piece of red fabric that he’s had since the Incident. They don’t know why, but they’re very attached to it.

Donnie, being the absolute genius he is, managed to build himself an entire high-tech prosthetic arm. Because of course he did, he’s Donnie. He doesn’t come out of the messy ass garage often, usually only for missions or when Splinter tells him to. He’s been working on something to help Mikey with his whole leg situation for the past god knows how long. He hates getting dirty until it’s his garage/lab, then he’ll go crazy and get covered in oil and grime.

Mikey’s situation is a lil unique. He can walk around on his own most of the time, but sometimes his legs Do The Thing (his words. it just means they feel weird and hurt a lot), so he’ll need a knee brace or crutches or something for a little while. He loves graffiti, which is how he met April, and he’s also the one who goes out on his own most often, despite Leo constantly worrying about him. He’s the one who found Raph :)

Sunita is honestly just The Best. She’s been Raph’s best friend since they met, and has tried to help him at every opportunity. When he left the hidden city after finding out about that Draxum is on the hunt for him, she was worried sick, and ended up sending Mayhem after him, just to make sure he was okay.

April has been The Red One for a long ass time, because she thought green was lame since “all of the turtles are green” (ignoring the fact that Donnie is a painted river terrapin and therefore not green) and she wanted to be cool. Leo never really liked that whole thing because of the Hey I’m Super Attached to This Red Fabric thing, but they got over it eventually. She’s very much a big sister to the turtles, even though she was slightly weirded out when she first came across Mikey.

Cassandra is the other reason April wanted to be The Red One, she just wanted to match her girlfriend. Casey’s honestly just The Gayest person on earth, and does she care? No. She can kick ass and kiss girls and that’s what matters. She’s aware of the turtles but doesn’t hang out with them super often, so most of what The Guys know about her is just from April gushing about her favorite person.

Splinter has been trying to dad this entire time :,) he’s riddled with guilt and severe trauma, but he’s trying and that’s what matters. Every so often he thinks about the fact that he just left Raph in the destroyed lab and he cries a little bit (a lot actually) because his train of thought is “I could have at least buried him.” Being a rat isn’t the greatest either, but again, he manages. He doesn’t have any “visible” injuries from the Incident, but mentally he’s absolutely fucked.

Draxum is a bastard piece of shit (in this au) and I hate him (in this au). He went into hiding for a lil while, but then came back with a whole “I want my creations back” thing going on, which drove Raph out of the Hidden City. Raph remembers the most about the Incident, oddly enough, and the mere thought of being put back in a test tube makes him physically ill. Drax kinda gets his redemption arc but it’s in that really awkward “why the hell would I ever forgive you?” sense, like an abusive parent who realized they fucked up and tried to apologize, but you’re never going to forgive them because of what they did.

Raph actually got a cloaking brooch so he could blend in on the surface, but kinda hated it because he felt out of place anyway (because people are judgmental of people with scars/visible disabilities). When Mikey found him, he was alone in the sewer with the brooch off, shenanigans ensue.

And by shenanigans I mean Donnie and April now owe Mikey so much money because they were betting on whether or not Leo’s whole “guys we have another sibling somewhere I swear” thing was true or not.

Raph is very unwilling to talk at first, but eventually he’s like “I mean this is my brother so I may as well talk to him yk?” But also doesn’t want to be found just yet.

Sibling bonding time :)

Raph is very concerned about Mikey’s legs giving out and tries to heal it with magic (it doesn’t work). Mikey is very concerned about Raph’s shell, but it’s healed now, just weakened and misshapen.

At some point Draxum’s bounty hunters find Raph, but unfortunately Mikey is there, so Raph’s first instinct is to protect him. Raph gets very injured, Mikey manages to escape the bounty hunters and drag Raph along with him.

Everyone is now freaking out

That’s all I got for now. So here’s some lil notes n stuff about The Guys

Raph

Alligator snapping turtle

The tallest and (technically) oldest

Leo’s (slightly older) twin. They’re from the same clutch of eggs

Doesn’t really care to define his gender identity or sexuality. Truthfully he doesn’t even care about what pronouns people use for him, but he just tells people he/him to keep it simple

Instead of sais or tonfas, he uses improvised brass knuckles

The team medic! He’s good at improvising if need be, and is very no-nonsense when it comes to his brothers’ taking care of themselves. This man singlehandedly improved Donnie’s abysmal sleep schedule

Still talks in third person sometimes, mostly when he’s having a bad day, a panic attack, or dissociating

Fight or flight is almost always on, he has a problem with hoarding food because of how he grew up

Never really learned any proper fighting techniques, he just goes for whatever opening he sees

Very quiet. He still has pretty bad anger issues, but he bottles it up until it’s too late and he gets a little silly in fights (Leo has called an ambulance for a Foot Clan soldier at least twice now)

Leo

Alligator snapping turtle

The second shortest, but also second oldest

Raph’s twin

He/they/she. They spent so long worrying about her siblings that he never stopped to figure out her gender. They don’t know what to call himself, but defaults to “man liker” because that’s the closest thing he can come up with

Classic two katanas(?) I don’t actually know what kind of swords Leo has outside of the odachi in Rise

So incredibly the leader. She takes it very seriously, since his siblings getting hurt is his biggest nightmare

Insanely anxious, constantly. If they hadn’t gone through so much meditation training they would be having nightly panic attacks

The last time they had a meltdown it was because Mikey’s chronic pain acted up so bad that he couldn’t walk for about a week, and Leo was terrified that he would never walk again

Makes the shittiest dad jokes to try and cope, but it doesn’t work. Humor is Mikey’s thing. Tries to distract herself with projects instead. Doesn’t work either, that’s Donnie’s thing. Meditating for hours and hours doesn’t work very well either. That’s Splinter’s thing. He can’t figure out what his coping mechanism is, and that just adds more stress to their life

Freaks out over the tiniest stuff

Hates eating mushrooms because of the texture

Donnie

Painted river terrapin

Second tallest, only a few inches shorter than Raph

The middle child

He/him, much like Raph though, he doesn’t really care. Sometimes he calls himself “triple A” because he’s agender, asexual, and aromantic. He doesn’t care about relationships but thinks it’s kinda cute how happy April is when she talks about Cassandra.

High tech bo staph and his tech, specifically his prosthetic left arm

The smart one. He hoards bits of knowledge that are probably useless, but also ones that are very useful. His toolbox looks like a nightmare mess, but it’s actually perfectly organized in his mind

Very quiet and slightly antisocial

He’ll obsess over the tiniest detail of a project and then never finish it

His prosthetic arm actually has five fingers so he can better work with tinier objects. It also has an added bonus of any handprint-activated things made by/for him only working for him, so it keeps his siblings out of his stuff

Ambidextrous

Mikey

Western painted turtle

Shortest. Tiny lil baby

Youngest and acts like it. His siblings know no peace

He/they. Turns out being stuck in bed because your legs hurt so much gives you a lot of time to think about your gender, and this lil fella figured out he was transmasc.

Still has his nunchucks, but now they’re bedazzled

Tries to walk even when his legs Do The Thing because “it only hurts after like 5 minutes guys I’m fine”

Sews patches onto the fabric parts of his knee braces, doodles on the plastic/metal parts

Tries to be super agile and do cool tricks while fighting, but leg pain is unfortunately a bitch

Very serious about safety when it comes to graffiti. He gets upset when April doesn’t wear a respirator mask when working with spray paint

I wanna get this writing right someone please tell me how chronic pain affects people I crave knowledge

That’s basically all I have so far. I’ll make lil notes like this for the non-turtle characters at some point

More stuff:

Ref sheets

[apollothesunrat]

It occured to me that I should probably post a picture of the goobers I entered in the goober comp. So have my babies, the siblings ever. The are in the same au btw, I just don't have an official name for it so they're labeled by their defining factors.

Raised by the Foot Casey Jones:

Casey has been in the Foot as long as he can remember, training along side the Master's daughter. Raised as Cassandra, he trained at the same time as Oroku Karai due them being similar ages though he only saw her occasionally as he was in the New York lair and Karai lived in Japan with her Father. As he grew up, he realized he just wanted to be Casey, but no one accepted that. The Lieutenant told him he was confused, he was girl and that's what he'd always be. At 15 he had grown to hate it, the Foot's motives, the way he was forced to wear the female uniform, all of it. So he started leaving, seeking time away. He finds an empty watertower on a roof miles away from the Foot's lair After about year of doing he starts hearing whispers throughout the Foot of strange men in suits roaming the streets. One day in the midst of April he goes out, and meets a girl, shorter than him but close to his age none the less. She introduces her in broken English as "Experiment A". Finding this "name" horrible Casey offers to give her a better one amd be her friend. She agrees.

Raised by the Kraang April O'Neil:

Experiment A doesn't remember the horrible day when the Kraang took her and killed her parents but she remembers everything afterwards. She was taken to the head, Kraang Prime, he was so cruel. The Kraang never respected her, always sticking needles in her and making her use her powers to the point she was pass out. At one point, after being trained for many years, they took her to a facility on Earth. It was apparently her home planet. She didn't like what her superiors were planning, so she started escaping. The Kraang scientists in the lab never paid her any attention so snuck out and watched the humans. They didn't have a pink tinge to their akin of tendrils on their head like she did. Nor did they have teeth or nails as sharp as her. Experiment A didn't understand them, everytime she tried to say hello they screamed, called her a freak. So she stayed away, just watching and learning. Then one particularly chilly day, she met a human boy. He didn't scream at her, or call her a freak. He offered to take care of her, and give her a real name like his. His name was Casey, she thought it suited him.

~~

After their meeting both began meeting up on the same rooftop they met. Casey found a new name for Experiment A. "April", after the month he met her and it started with an A, so it wasn't too much of an adjustment for her.

They've only known eachother for about five months now. Casey gives April all his old feminine clothes to wear(she insists his are better than new clothes, they smell like him apparently and scent is important to her) and April helps him steal masculine clothes. Casey teaches April English, though getting her to spell correctly is difficult, and he showed her around New York City and gave her anything he could afford. April was never needed at the lab(Kraang Prime would make it known if he needed her) so she was always at the water tower, filling it with old blankets and pillows, stolen clothes and books. She makes it feel like home.

They have yet to officially meet their version of the turtles so the Hamatos aren't important right now. But they meet them soon.

Thanks for reading! I appreciate reblogs and thoughts on this!

(I'll go ahead and tag the comp since I posted this cause of it. @goobersforlife)

[jasontoddisbest]

I NEED VOTES

I’ve decided to make an AU!!!but I need to cancel it down to just one so I need opinions :]

Ok sooooooo we got the classic pixie AU we’re they’re tiny itty bitty fairies who befriend april.

Then we have the ghost AU we’re they haunt April’s school. And April being April, shed try to go all ghostbuster and find out who was haunting it, only to find the boys (maybe only one or two at first. So basically she befriend them, and later the other mad dogs find out and blah blah blah more plot to come soon. 

Then we have the human au. Which is basically when they were first being mutated, instead of turtle dna and Lu jitu’s, it’s his and another humans. So they were babies being grown in draxums lab for about three years, and the I’m gonna figuire out who takes them away from the lab and how they escape later. 

[wtf-a-psychoanalysis]

Once the Shredder Au

Angsty Au Idea. I created this while processing my trauma. And it's really fucked up. Enjoy

Tw: Abuse, emotional trauma, body horror, de-aging.

The turtles are part of a secret organization of spies and were chosen by the handler known as Splinter. Hand picked for a top secret experiment but why is the boss' kid's here? They didn't know what they were signed up for untill they saw the corpses of lab turtles in each of there experimentation chambers. Now they are mutated and de-aged into the Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles. Too bad their minds didn't change with them. "But that's a secret between you and me" Splinter said to each of the turtles separately.

Leo:37 chronologically 16 biologically.

Red eared slider (as Splinter said to him "You are a well known pet and invasive like them. The perfect fit. Don't you think so.")

The leader and former right hand to Splinter. He was picked up by the organization in his twenties and had a period of time under the alias of "the Shredder for his brutal execution and disposal style. Now de-aged and having everything he built up held over his head by his handler, he is forced to keep his mouth shut on topics such as his past. He's been controlled by others his whole life, made to do things and feel things he when he didn't want to, so this isn't so hard, is it? Just do the job and no time he gets to see his "daughter" again.

Raph: 18 chronologically and biologically.

Painted Turtle (My son you are like this creature, beautiful, yet get ill in captive environments like your school. I'll make sure that you can thrive in your more natural environment)

Splinters biological son. Self proclaimed oldest. A small time delinquent that was the leader of his former group, now fights Leo any chance he gets in order to take his position. Sees himself as the favorite and will beat everyone up who says otherwise. Thinks the other turtles are "Lab Grown" so he doesn't tell them about his past

Donnie 27 chronologically 16 biologically

Logger head sea turtle (I don't know if flippers are a good fit for you but don't you want your arms back?")

The tech guy and the best hacker in the whole organization, before he got his arms blown off, close to Leo because he was the only one there besides Splinter after the accident, it's a shame that Splinter was grooming him for loyalty just as he did with Leo. He thinks of Leo like the perfect big brother, as his own brother who works for the organization abandoned him after the accident. A touch starved codependent nerd and a touch repulsed leader is not a good combo but Leo deals with it as Donnie hasn't given hugs in 3 years. Knows what Leo knows but keeps it a secret because he doesn't want the two others to have a crisis

Mikey 23 chronologically 15 biologically

Diamond Back terrapin (ironic considering how much your father has killed due to polluting the rivers)

The poisons expert. Former Trust fund kid. Cut off because he wanted to be an artist. Was tricked into joining to the organization by his parents thru Chris Bradford. Feels like he was given a new lease on life, tho with less pampering. Embraces his new age and acts like it and wants nothing of his past. Looks up to Raph. Was the eldest in his family, now is the self proclaimed youngest.

[donutbroski]

Hit an art block, so send some questions about my creature tmnt au. Please.

[chiscribbs]

As promised, to show my thanks for getting Grown Apart AU through to the next @tmntaucompetition round - here's a little bonus treat:

A visual chart detailing all the major character relationships in the AU's first act! Enjoy!

(Click "keep reading" for some additional information on a few of the dynamics shown above.)

Splinter & Mikey - When the boys were still very small, Splinter used to take them with him on his excursions out of the sewers (either to get supplies or to search for the two missing turtles). During one of these trips, Mikey got separated from his dad and brother - they eventually found him, mostly unharmed, but the traumatic experience left a lasting mark on Splinter and he has worried about his youngest son ever since.

Leo & Raph - Leo and Raph are the first of the estranged brothers to meet, face-to-face. Raph finds Leo snooping around Draxum's lab and attacks him. Leo manages to escape, with his newly acquired portal sword, but the lab is destroyed in the clash. The two proceed to fight each other on multiple occasions after this, forming a sort of battlefield rivalry.

Donnie & Mikey - By complete and total coincidence, Donnie ends up saving Mikey's life after Draxum drops him off the roof of a building. Mikey takes this as evidence that Donnie is a good person and decides to trust him (despite Leo's protests). Realizing this, Donnie uses Mikey's "misplaced" trust in him as a ticket into the Hamato residence so that he can hide out there until he's apprehended the oozesquitos.

Raph & BM's Assistant - Although Big Mama and Draxum don't work together often, their business does tend to intersect on occasion. Because of this, Raph has had the odd encounter with Big Mama's masked companion. They've never spoken, though (not that BMA would speak even if they had gotten the chance).

Donnie & Raph - They're aware of each other's existence, thanks to their parents' occasional dealings, but haven't actually seen or spoken with each other. Big Mama largely limits Donnie's interaction with anyone outside of herself and hotel staff, and she's especially reluctant to let him meet other mutants (once she learns of their existence) or Draxum. This hasn't stopped him from listening in on some of her business chats via his surveillance tech and finding things out that way, though. Raph only knows Donnie as Big Mama's mechanic and the one responsible for her criminal empire's recent upgrade in technological advancements.

Splinter & Leo - Because of the incident that occurred when they were younger, Splinter has always had a soft spot for Mikey. Leo doesn't exactly resent this fact, but he does often feel like he gets short-changed on all accounts - when Splinter isn't around, Leo is responsible for keeping them both safe and out of trouble. When Splinter IS around, a majority of his limited attention generally gets directed towards Mikey. Thanks to this, Leo is left feeling both a little attention-starved and desperate for some independence. He's too proud to admit to his dad that he feels unseen, though, so he instead opts for causing a little mischief to get the desired attention.

Raph & Mikey - After learning that Raph is not only a mutant, like himself and Leo, but that they were created by the same person - Mikey becomes determined to befriend him and change his mind about humanity. He considers Raph part of the family - even before finding out that Lou Jitsu is their real father, thus making him their real brother. Raph doesn't quite share the sentiment, though - as far as he's concerned, Mikey's the one who's on the wrong side of the fight and no amount of niceness is going to convince him otherwise. (It does, however, make it a lot harder to hate him...)

Donnie & BM's Assistant - These two have a history that goes back several years and has soured with time...on Donnie's end, at least. He used to be close to BMA, considered them a friend for a little while, then something happened to change his opinion of them and caused him to see them as a rival. But what about BMA? What effect, if any, did the loss of Donnie's trust and friendship have on them? As with all things surrounding this character, it's a mystery...

[lame-o-nardo-swagg]

Operation Find My Brothers AU

(Btw y'all are stuck w colored font til I know why it's black)

Okay this is kinda like a background for my AU I guess but anyway-

So this AU will kinda entered on Mikey

Mikey is the only one who got away with Splinters. Ralph was left behind in the flames and Donnie and Leon were dropped when the three were escaping Draxum.

Mikey had grown up with a pretty normal childhood, but missed his brothers. He knew he had them he just didn't know what they looked like or where they were. He was a highly trained martial artist and swore one day he'd find them.

When Baron Draxum came back to his lab to see what was salvageable he found the alligator snapping turtle. Raph was raised a warrior/general but still had a good relationship with Baron ( thank you Munnin and Lunnin ). Raph also knew he had siblings and his mission was to find them and bring them “home”.

Leo and Donnie grew up with Big Mama in the Nexus Hotel/Battle Nexus. When Splinter and they were escaping Draxum Leo and Donnie got dripped by the Nexus Hotel and Big Mama’s bellhops had found them. Big Mama raised them as her own. At a very young age they started watching Nexus fights. When they came of age (12) they started fighting in the Nexus (so proud TT)

Growing up in the Nexus Hotel Leo learned manners and stuff like that but oh boy is he a prankster! It used to embarrass Big Mama but the guest were quite amused so she allowed it.

Don is still the tech wiz we all know and love but is also a fashionista, he designed all the workers outfits

Mikey is a bit more serious due to the separation and can be pretty emotional on the subject

April normally helps Mikey sneak out of the lair. They have gone on many to find his brothers and so far they haven’t found anything.

Raph trains with Baron and is a very skilled fighter. Though he grew up as a fighter he is a gentle giant and I love him

I’m trying not to give spoilers TT

[butthead7]

all right, basic plot for the tmnt Musical! AU. There will be some spelling mistakes. Its pretty long too. Of course, none of this is set on stone. Its inspired mostly by Rottmnt, tmnt 2012, and Mutant Mayhem.

The basic idea is that they discover that the Kraang are trying to make the perfect warrior, which will make taking over other planets easier. What with earths diverse planet and ecosystem, they decided to use us. Mixing the DNA of animals and strong humans, the Kraang managed to make some rather good 'weapons' however, they made a mistake in using Hamato Yoshi's DNA. He managed to escape, although not before he was mutated, taking with him some of the expiraments he was put with. 5 baby turtle mutants. He managed to get back to New York city, where he hid in the sewer when people had fearful reactions to them. He took in the turtles, namd them, and startdd a life with one. One turtle passed away, however, due to reasones i javwnt decided yet. Only 4 were left. Splinter now is very strict with his new sons, in the fear that he will lose them to.

At the age of 15, the boys are let above ground, and they put their training to use. They find the Foot Clan, led by the Shredder and his (biological) daughter.

However, the Foot Clan is the least of their worries. They find an Alligator mutant near their home, who tells them how je escaped the Kraang, and how the expiraments have grown in quantity. The boys know they have to help.

they find the way into the Kraang lab by followinf them as they kidnapped a girl. However, they wernet able to save her before she was mitated. (It was Mona Lisa)

Theh befriend Apr and Casey somewhere early on, before leatherhead. The group works together to release as many mutants as possible from TCRI, the Kraang labs, and they find three baby turtle mutants. Three girls. They adopt these, and the other adult mutants work together to live in the sewers. Wethear they were an animal or a human before they were mutated, they mostly all stick together.

In the end, the boys need to save the city from a big attack from the Kraang, which all of New York, and the rest of the world sees.

Obviously, theee are a bunch of scenes about them being cute, awkward littlw teensgers, but i want to focus a lot on the hardships to.

There will be plenty of angsty songs. Im also not sure how to, like, get the song to you. I have a couple written, but i cant write music, and i dont have anything to mske music with. If you have suggestions, i would be grateful. If you have questions, always ask!

[raisans-art]

Some Lab Grown Turtles AU doodles.

Lou breaking the turtles out of the lab, some cross-tube interactions, grown up turtles, and Raph and Leo being the only cold blooded siblings and getting heat lamp privileges

Enjoy!