#little brother mikey

[catbowserauthor]

A small scene I jotted down today between Mikey and Raph that immediately made me think of my friend @brightlotusmoon

“Stay away!”

The voice was so sharp, so toxic that Raph didn’t even recognize it at first. That kind of tone never came out of his little brother.

“Mikey, it’s me.”

“I said stay back!” Mikey scrambled up, pressing himself against the wall. “I dunno what I can do. What I might do.”

“Okay, so how about I just hang out until you figure it out.” Raph kept his voice low, even keel. Not normally something he was good at but he knew all these signs: the clenched fists, the tight voice, the way any little noise made your eye twitch.

He’d just never seen it in his brother.

“Talk to me, Mikey.”

“Talk? About what? About the fact those animals didn’t deserve any of that? That what right did the Foot have to do that? That my head is gonna explode and I need…I need to…to…I dunno!”

“Hit something? Run? Break anything? Drive their skulls into the dirt?”

Tears in his eyes, Miley nodded. “All of it.”

“That’s anger. You’re angry, Mikey.”

“This is what you call your superpower? This is what makes you so strong?”

“I guess, in a way…”

“If this is that, I don’t want it. Make it go away. Make it stop! I don’t like what it’s doing to me! I don’t like the kind of person it’s making me!”

Raph took a breath. “Only you can get rid of it, Mikey.”

“Then help me!” His tears cracked then, streaming down his face and his voice broke, all kinds of fear coming out in soft whimpers. “Please…”

[onionninjasstuff]

carrying each other :з

[charcoaldustonmyfingers]

Some siblings get pestering privileges, others do not.

Based on how I used to surprise hug my siblings, earning me either a warm greeting back or an elbow in the stomach. Good times, lol

[ironinkpen]

The dynamic in Rise between the rest of the team and Leo is. so fucking funny. Because like you've got these three extremely talented individuals who all seem like perfectly reasonable people at first glance, right, but then if you squint hard enough you realize they're actually all batshit insane (affectionate) and the clown boy standing behind them is secretly their common sense.

Clown boy will occasionally put himself and the others in danger to Prove Himself or Prove Someone Wrong (see Minotaur Maze and the movie) but like otherwise... i think people forget Leo's overwhelmingly the voice of reason in most situations?

Raph, Mikey, and Donnie are all incredibly powerful boys with very specific skill sets. They are also, as a direct result of this, the WORST decision-makers on god's green earth lmao. When presented with a problem, Raph will smash, Donnie will blow shit up, and Mikey will razzmatazz. They will all run straight toward death with the same oblivious enthusiasm of a dog about to run straight into a screen door. None of them realize this and all of them think they are Extremely Good At Problem-Solving.

And the guy cursed with the common sense to realize this is literally the LAST person anyone would expect.

When you look closely, the entirety of Rise is actually a chronicle of Leo trying to find new and creative ways to keep this team of superpowered fools alive while simultaneously white-knuckling his Cool Fun Guy persona so the others don't realize he's secretly the Boring Responsible One. Haha, you know what would be Cool and Fun, guys? Not going after the Spine Breaking Bandit lol. Getting home before the sun goes up lol. Evacuating that civilian lol. Not telling the guy dangling me off a roof "you won't, no balls" lol.

The sacred struggle of every iteration of Leonardo is thanklessly wrangling the most trigger-happy siblings in the world, and Rise Leo has not escaped it. He just does an occasional shenanigan to avoid detection and his brothers fall for it every time.

[pezhead]

And that's when Raph realized he liked calling Mikey his little brother~

[cupcakeslushie]

My contribution to the baby saga over in the Separated Council Discord!

Everyone but Sprout is getting baby-fied, Red and One will as well, but before that, they’ll cause as much mischief as possible.

Labels for everyone below! 👇

EW is mine!

Annnd *deep breath*

Separated Leo AU @dianagj-art

Two Arms Left @intotheelliwoods

Red Rover AU @red-rover-au

Same as it never will be @heckitall

Gemini AU @tangledinink

The Little Prince @beannary

Tiz Sep AU @tizeline

Never Better @less-depresso-more-espresso

True Colors @v-albion

Even More Disaster @teaableu and @3lectricinsomnia

Tentative Devotee @s0fti3w1tch

The Night @y0unginhumans

Villain PB&J @onionninjasstuff

SnapDragon @bluesgras

Little Brother @sharkfinn

Mutant Manhunt @brainrottmnt

Life Mission @daedelweiss

Phew.

[dysfunctional-doodle]

Don’t you just hate it when your youngest brother lights himself on fire if he isn’t getting enough attention?

Based on a hc I have that Rise Mikey’s powers evolve to the point where he can summon fire. Sounds very cool, but he’s also the youngest sibling. He does shit like this. He absolutely abuses it.

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[soldrawss]

Actually because this isn't canon and just me having fun with @goodlucktai au, im gonna post this as well. Imagine that one ROTTMNT totified episode, except its with Gio, who becomes the most littlest guy ever!!!

[turrondeluxe]

always happy about the fact that in 2012, mikey often asked donnie questions if he didn't understand something and donnie always answered no matter what

this can be seen in a bunch of episodes but my favorite example of it it's the one in half shell heroes where mikey is extremely excited to be in the museums and is the one actively asking donnie questions about the exhibits they saw and also actively listening to donnie's explanation (before raph got silly lmao). he was very excited to learn!!!

And while it's true that mikey would lose interest quite fast if the explanation got too lengthy with too many technical terms, it doesn't change the fact that he does retain the info donnie is always rambling on about different things!!! (even if mikey himself doesn't notice he's doing it lol) and also i find it very sweet that no matter if donnie himself got annoyed, donnie would always answer the questions. no matter what. he would always try to explain if he didn't understand something

This is prob because mikey is the one brother who is often seeking out donnie to pass time around him Meaning that donnie might have used mikey as his rubber ducky whenever mikey hangs out with him while he's working (explained him a lot of his experiments and theories while trying to solve them himself and in this way mikey also learnt in the process WHILE spending time with his brother! win win!)

it also helps donnie because accompanies him while not letting him get lonely in his lab 24/7, sometimes explaining things to someone makes it better to understand it yourself AND it's shown in the comics that donnie is quite used to his brothers just Living as background noise and literally cannot function without it lmao

They are literally the two smart kids in the family even if none of them notice it and it's all because mikey looks up to his brother and is like an sponge with donnie around. donnie is actively teaching mikey and mikey is learning! even if they have no idea they are doing it

[forgetful-nerd]

I have an obvious preference on the type of tmnt crossover fanfictions I like. Mostly, it’s the ones that let 2012!Mikey be the little shit he is.

[phykoha]

Ghost giving Lone Survivor Mikey a little kiss on his forehead...........

*bonks other-universe brother with beak*

@amevello-blue

[leowleow]

when mikey is scared he seeks protection from his older brothers😭💞

[tblsomedoodles]

The Preferable Alternative- Part 5

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Sleepy Raph, my beloved : )

[the-lavender-clown]

Been wanting to draw @kaysdenofchaos’s TMMT Donnie with my iteration’s Donnie for ages and finally got around to it!!!

Gotta say I love how it turned out!!

[dandylovesturtles]

twin skepticism

twin amusement

[brightonstudios]

Guys this is absolutely not fair how was I supposed to choose between @allyheart707 little subjects and @sharkfinn Little brother for the Tmnt separated AU competition?!? They are both incredible artists and story tellers, it felt like a crime to choose.

I made this animation based off of this post, please all of these little boys deserve to be free!!