#mutagen bomb donnie

[minkschasijasi]

I just love how the poor guy isn’t even into his late 40s and we all collectively agreed he’s a peepaw

CHOOSE YOUR PEEPAW

Donatello is already awake and experiencing the cruelty of the narrative

please select another old man to be woken up from their tv nap

[deadtiredghost]

i liked mutant apocalypse actually

dont get me wrong it was rushed as hell, and the designs arent my absolute favourite, but it had so much potential (apart from donbot - donbot is perfect and i love him)

i know it's not popular but people should talk about it more i think.

Spoilers ahead of course!

the angst potential tho...

Leo (and Raph??) have memory issues

donnie put his consciousness in metalhead in case of his death???DOES DON HAVE A SOUL OR IS HE JUST AN IMPRINT OF WHO THE REAL DON ONCE WAS???

donnie is gonna outlive all of them as a robot - imprint or not he clearly has feelings (AI?)

Mikey probably lived off bugs, alge and ice cream kitty

Mikey managed to keep ICK alive this entire time in the middle of a desert

Mikey looks so frail omg, i want to pick him up, wrap him in a blanket and cook him some homemade pizza.

Mikey lived in near complete isolation for however many years with only two pets as company - is he sane? probably not.

Leo and Raph both have different bodies now - mutation bomb blast maybe the cause? do their weirdly mutated bodies hurt them? there is no advanced medical suff in the apocalypse - body horror and body dysmorphia potential

(especially if you like the trans-fem Leo headcannon - body dysmorphia angst go burrr)

Raph is a dad now.

Mira is such a good character - from traumatised orphan to a dad and three uncles in the span of a couple of days. good on her.

they all got ptsd of course - maybe some violent outbursts from Leo with his memory problems?

haha, Leo angst cause he is ashamed of what he did as an amnesiac - he became the new Shredder and deffo hurt and killed innocent ppl for his own gain.

cause of amnesia Leo never had time to mourn what he missed: the years without his bros, Karai, April and Casey are probs dead, etc.

do they lead the mass of ppl following them now? are they leaders?

Renet said that one day they would be accepted into society and famous and shit for saving the world. however it's likely that Renet's influence in their lives started the butterfly affect which caused this future to be so fucked. i dont believe that this was the future she was refering to.

renet angst - she can't do anything about it now. (or can she?)

they no longer have to live in the shadows... but at what cost?

[turrondeluxe]

Angry mikey so underrated tbh

fr. his anger was literally the biggest emotion he had on the trip to mikeys mind episode. and it seemed that it was pent up anger too, meaning he bottles that up probably because he doesn't let himself actually feel that anger.

All that bottled up anger would have definitely exploded sooner or later tho (more later than sooner tbh)

it would have been interesting to see. Maybe it would have shown more after all the shit they went through and when they were having a somewhat of a peaceful life

Mikey and his anger issues is honestly a very underrated fact but one that is very much possible to have escalated as they grew older.

[kakosbogey]

Imagine everybody mourning Donatello as Donbot watches.

[ryanthel0ser]

What? Me? Building up Don's life before the mutagen bomb went off to the point where I began designing what he looked like in his early 20s??? For several hours??? No wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[pyxaperson]

I have recently been getting back into TMNT lately and whilst I haven’t caught up with all of the iterations yet, one consistency that I have noticed that keeps fucking me up is that every storyline that depicts the future for the brothers - Donnie always dies.

The Last Ronin comics are a given, considering it’s focused on Mikey’s grief with the death of his whole family - not just Donnie. But this consistency also exists in both RotTMNT and the 2003 iteration.

RotTMNT’s film depicts only Leo and Mikey as the only surviving members of the original family unit - not long before they both pass as well.

Whilst I am not familiar with the 2003 series (plus I don’t want to spoil myself too much), I understand that while Donnie didn’t died in “Same as it Never Was” - the people around still grieve his absence. Him being sent to the future directly caused not only the events of that episode to take place, but the erasure of a future Donnie to begin with; thus leading his brother to believe he died (again, that’s what I am pretty sure is going on).

The only exception to this rule was the 2012 series, and even that is loosely stated. Donnie is the only one to die due to the mutagen bomb. The only reason he was able to survive was due to his mind being connected to Metalhead and even then, he is still technically dead. The Donnie that we watched throughout the series and Donbot are not the same people. Donbot is just Metalhead with a dead teenager’s consciousness uploaded into it.

His survival was due to a lucky alignment of circumstances and despite it, he doesn’t even get to live.

[angelmichelangelo]

i feel like we don’t talk about how horrendous the wasteland arc of 2012 was. like, yeah the designs for the future turtles were a lil goofy but think about it. donnie’s body obliterated he’s left with a brain damaged raphael who can’t remember anything, unwillingly burdening him with not only looking after him but keep on the memory of their brothers alive. and at some point after the mutagen bomb went off, after probably endlessly searching for leo and mikey they left new york. donnie probably had to make that decision with the heaviest heart. leo, out of his mind from his second mutation probably fled the city whenever he came to, lost and confused, unsure if he was the only survivor, if there was anything left of the old leo in his mind imagine the guilt he carried when he thought his sacrifice had been worthless. mikey who probably was still sound of mind probably crawled out of that wreckage and realised for the first time in his life was alone. those brothers, usually inseparable had to at some point just accept fate that their brothers were dead/not coming back for them and move on with their lives. wasteland arc is horrible. it’s great, but it’s horrible.

[cupcakeslushie]

Lita’s so cute! I’ve heard of lita from the idw comics, where did thw may part of her name come from? Or is that also from the idw comics? I haven’t gotten very far in them lol

The May part is 100% an homage to @star-sparkler and her baby girl August. But also the in-world reason is, it’s an apology to April. Donnie was so antagonistic towards her when they first met, and now she’s like one of his best friends. Also I love double names. Her full name is Lita May Draxum-Hamato and Donnie USES it when he’s mad. When he’s teasing her, and just being Dad™️, he calls her May-day!

I just figured (as far as I’m caught up, cause I am a little behind) but Lita in the comics does not have much backstory, and was just a random, unknown, homeless child who got caught in the mutagen bomb and then adopted by the Hamato Clan, so I figured I had a ton of room to play with the character!

[tmntforeverinmyheart]

I unironically love the mutant apocalypse, and really wish there was more content of it. I mean it paved the way for rises future that fans seem to worship. It’s unfortunate that the designs kinda sucked (looking at you leo) and how the bridge between the mutagen bomb and 50 years into the further is basically unknown. Like how did leo of all people become a cruel wasteland king? What tragic accident befell casey, april and karai for them to be nonexistent? What did raph and donnie do for 50 years? What happened to mikey to make him go crazy? So many questions left unanswered, so im gonna make content of my version of the mutant apocalypse for awhile cause i love them, it feeds my angsty soul lol

Leo retains bits and pieces of his past life. Unfortunately most of his memories have become disconnected from each other. He remembers a man or a mutant? Spikes of metal and skin, silver armour encasing his whole body, the man’s heart, pulsing with green. Green what? Leo didn’t know. He remembers colours, red, purple and orange. One radiating warmth and a fiery temper, one cold and calculating but with a softness, one filled with love and brightness. What do they mean? He thought back to the man (mutant?) how monstrous he looked. looking down at himself he could see the resemblance between the memory and his reality. The man felt most familiar, and unlike the colours was more in focus. He carried an air of superiority and held himself with pride. Leo wanted to be like him. A path has been chosen for him and he will follow it.

Note: Leo does not actually remember his name, I just wanted to make it obvious who the character was.

Tw blood

Donnie and Raph stayed together. Raph had to be his younger brothers protector, in this strange new world their ninja skills wouldn’t be enough, not in the state they were in. They wandered together, searching for their missing family members. Surviving on through the ever changing climate on scraps, raw meat, mutant flesh, it didn’t matter. The only thing that mattered was staying alive and finding their brothers.

Mikey was separated from his brothers in the aftermath of the mutagen bomb, Eventually finding his way back to the sewer. His home was in disarray. Luckily he still had one friend he could count on. Ice cream kitty practically hug-attacked mikey when he opened the freezer. Mikey stayed in his home, finishing off the food in the fridge and cupboard. There wasn’t much to do really. He played cards with kitty. Failed to meditate, and looked at old photos. 10 years passed by and eventually the fridge and freezer stopped working and he had to go searching for another safe haven to keep his friend from melting. He found a still working pizza place and hunkered down. This pattern continued for a number of years. He traveled all over New York to different grocery, ice cream and pizza stores to keep kitty alive. Mikey became sickly from eating so much outdated and even moldy food. Mikey had to resort to eating his infinite ice cream friend. He grew hair at some point, which was odd (he didn’t even know that was possible), it was curly and unkept. He would braid his hair into different shapes to pass the time. The world around him was crumbling, seeming more and more out of a sci-fi movie everyday. He stayed in his head a lot, imagining a whole new reality where he still had his family. But he couldn’t completely discount his reality, after all he had ice cream kitty.

Until he didn’t…

During his travels, Leo met many mutants. One in particular just wouldn’t leave him alone. Their first encounter was a battle over a rotten carcass. She attacked, wrapping her long body around his lower leg, cutting off his circulation. He attacked her back, swiping at her with his claws. He remembered the man with the spikes, and manipulated the skin of his arm, forming two hard spikes, he swiped at her again. She backed off with a haunted look in her eyes. “Shredder” she said quietly, before slithering away.

[probably-not-a-rutabaga]

Ok- so i don’t know if you have been asked this before and I apologize if you have and that I’m probably bothering you but-

I just re-watched the like “apocalypse” multi-episode of 2012 and saw chompy and I was wondering if (you’ve seen the episode), what would mutant chompy look like in that like “apocalypse” setting?

Would we stay with Mikey like he does in the show or like go try to find his dad? And what would he look like 🤩

(BTW - love your AU and art <3 please make sure you are drinking water!!)

i accidentally redesigned all of them 🤪

more ideas abt this under the cut

chompy was closest to mikey when the mutagen bomb went off, protects him from the blast (shell gets damaged due to that)

he was unable to find raph, donnie, or leo, so he gets mikey to safety (later returns for ice cream kitty)

since chompy can't get back to space and there's no reason for him to anyways, he just ends up getting huge

stays with mikey/ick because he wants to protect the only family he has left

raph doesn't remember chompy at first

donnie's mind was transferred to metalhead's body, and essentially replaces his son's mind (not his choice, but metalhead's)

the mutagen bomb not only permanently disfigured leo and altered his mind, but also caused her leg injury to act up... amputation 👍

[fabuloustrash05]

Things I Would Change/Add in TMNT 2012

A rewrite post, but it's a lightning round with quick explanations.

Leo never crushes on Karai, but he does hang out with her because it gives him a sense of freedom and rebellion. When with her he gets a strange feeling, like he already knows her from somewhere. The other Turtles feel the same when they meet her. This feeling turns out is their sibling bond.

Donnie and April are friends to lovers, basically Donnie doesn't start crushing on April until around the end of season 1 and it becomes a slow burn from there. (Edit: Full rewrite is HERE)

Hun would be introduced and established as the leader of the Purple Dragons earlier on. Also Fong would get a little redemption arc.

Leo wears a leg brace for the rest of the series after his fight with Shredder in the season 2 finale. He also has a slash scar across his plastrom.

Irma is not revealed to be Kraang Subprime in disguise, instead she escapes New York with April, Casey and the Turtles, and lives on the farmhouse with them.

Irma and Donnie bond and become good friends (irmatello maybe??)

April and Casey would officially date, but then break up mid season 3 (they stay good friends)

Leo x Casey

Timothy would come back in season 3 as a half mutant like Karai (think of his powers like Sunita from Rottmnt), he'd even continue his ninja training and become an official ninja of the Hamato Clan.

Brainwash Karai never happens, it's replaced with Timothy plots and other mutants trying to get Donnie's retro mutagen.

We would actually get to see how Slash and the others met and became the Mighty Mutanimals (there's actually a comic book covering it so that could've been an ep!!)

Irma and Rook are the same person, Rook went undercover as a human as a way to keep an eye on April and find the Turtles for the Utrom council. That's why she was so noisy about April's "secret friends" in season 2 (Edit: to hear more about this concept, I made a full post on it HERE)

Irma and Rook being the same person leads to Bishop being introduced earlier on as the one who give the Turtles and Mutanimals intel on the Kraang's mutagen bomb plans mid season 3 instead of Kurtzman. Bishop would also indirectly mention and foreshadow the Triceratons and hope the Kraang don't get their attention (planting earlier seeds for the season 4 finale)

Instead of blowing up the Earth with the Black Hole Generator, the Triceratons just to a hostile takeover on Earth, turning it into a prison for in inhabits, with secret plans to blow it up within a year. With the help of Fugitoid, the Turtles, April and Casey escape Earth on a mission to take down the Triceratons. Meanwhile on Earth, Splinter, Slash and Karai form a rebellion to fight against the Triceratons and give their friends time.

Mona and Sal would be in more episodes, specifically after their betrayal, they join the Turtles on their mission as a way to repay them for forgiving them.

Returning to Earth, Mona meets the Mutanimals and she decided to stay on Earth earlier instead in season 5, she also appears in more episodes such as Mutant Gangland and actually showing up in Insecta Trifecta. Her and Splinter also get to bond. (Edit: Full rewrite is HERE)

The burnt scar Karai gets in Broken Foot remains.

Shinigami is revealed to be a villain and a spy Shredder sent to keep an eye on Karai. She betrays Karai in the season 4 finale. (Edit: Cause people keep asking me YES she does get redeemed! Check out my full post on the this rewrite)

Splinter still dies in the season 4 finale, or another way I could do it is he gets badly injured and paralyzed from the waist down, being in a wheelchair for the rest of the series. Either way, Leo would still become the new sensai by the end of season 4.

Shinigami is the one to start the Shredder cult and know how to summon Kavaxas. Tiger Claw is just there for the ride.

Alopex returns to help the Turtles stop her brother.

Tiger Claw redemption??

Baxter Stockman returns as a season 5 villain, he's been using his smarts to turn himself into a cybernetic being, missing his mutant form and wanting to go back. He basically goes mad.

Fugitoid returns, but now works for Dregg and Newtrailzer, being found by Dregg and reprogrammed to think the Turtles are his enemies. Donnie ends up saving him.

Mona Lisa and Sal Commander backstory in When World Collide

Raph gets the electric powers, NOT Mikey

Slash is in When Worlds Collide instead of Karai

April and Casey meet Renet and join her and the Turtles on their Halloween time travel adventure. (Edit: full rewrite HERE)

Usagi becomes a mentor for Leo and helps him overcome his stress and insecurities of being a leader.

Mutant Apocalypse happens (kinda) but Renet gets involved and has present Turtles team up with MA!Turtles to save their futures and rewrite history (cause Renet claims the MA was not supposed to happen) The series and finale episode ends with the present day Turtles winning, saying goodbye to their future selves and wishing them luck in their new future. Renet sends the MA!Turtles to their corrected future. As they go through the timeportal, Leo is demutanted from being a monster, Donnie gets his body back, etc. In their true future, the Turtles find all their friends alive and well in the lair, greeting them as they are about to celebrate their 50th mutation day. Raph and Mona are happily married with kids, Donnie and April are married and he's a famous scientist, Leo is highly respected as a great leader and sensai of the Hamato clan with multiple students (one of them being Mira) and Mikey is a successful restaurant owner. The show ends with them all enjoying a slice of pizza, finally at peace and living out their happily ever after.

[butterfilledpockets]

I am endless amused that Leo got himself into the broom closet

But on a serious ask. How are Leo, Ronin, and Raph going to react when they learn that Donnie died 4 times (Blown up by his leo, the Za Naran crystal, The mutagen bomb, then the death that sent him here) and is permanently 19 years old because of his 3rd death while they're in their 40's

more importantly, how is donnie gonna react to the other guys being fucking noobs?

He plays the "i died four times for this shit" card way too often

I have other plans but won't say anything until my brain decides they are ready to be realsed into the wild

[nom-noms-things]

Okay so fic recommendations from me! Also absolutely no t*cst some of you are ew

Crossovers and 2012 fics

When the world crumbles - by Starryeyedace3/@tmnt-obsessed-ace (if you are uncomfortable with getting tagged then please tell me)

Quick explanation: 2012 and rise crossover which the 2012 kraang do another Invasion and the boys go through the portal to get to dimension x but they get to the rise dimension and leonardo is going through it

Sunshine of the woods - again by Starryeyedace3 or their tumblr name

Quick explanation: rise!mikey gets sent into the 2012 dimension in early season 3 and the boys will help him get back home when they get back to New York

Lost but never found - again by Starryeyedace3 or the same tumblr name

Quick explanation: 2012!Leonardo gets sent into the rise dimension and gets amnesia and rise leo quickly becomes his new friend and basically wants to protect him

They also have another au called same story different font in their blog check it out!

The algae is always greener on the other side - by ObsidianCreates on ao3/@obsidiancreates (if you are uncomfortable with getting tagged then please tell me)

Quick explanation: crossover between rise and 2012 and they watch their own shows that's basically it

The last ronin becomes a discord admin - by MelonPalooza/@melonpalooza (if you feel uncomfortable with getting tagged please tell me)

Quick explanation: ronin becomes a discord admin and 2012, 2003 and rise are there too its just a silly discord fic

Wedding bells and magic portals - again by MelonPalooza

Quick explanation: capriltello wedding and rapmona have babies that are gonna hatch, then a portal thing happens and they are in the rise dimension

We are infinite - by celestron_oOo on ao3!

Quick explanation: 2012!leo gets sent to the rise dimension and meets his counterpart but it's good! Also gram-gram training!

The question is violence and the answer is pizza - by anonymous on ao3!

Quick explanation: 2012!donnie makes a group chat with rise because he lost a bet and then he quickly realizes that making the group chat was a good thing, also 2012 crew are like parental figures for rise

Sunset linings - by @iamheretemporarly (if you are uncomfortable with being tagged please tell me)

Quick explanation: 2012 boys have to defuse the mutagen bomb but get sent into ronin's dimension

Shredder's Vendetta - by Cass_Phoenix on ao3!

Quick explanation: super shredder tries to posses leon and the 2012 boys help him and his brothers to get rid of super shredder

Two souls - by virgilisspidey on ao3! Also in tumblr

Quick explanation: 2012! Leo fucking dies in his own dimension and is now a parental/brother/mother figure and only rise!leo can see him, he renamed himself aoi, also they sometimes rewrite some of the rise episodes with aoi in them!

Now to the non crossover fics! 2012 time!

Fusions - by AmevelloBlue on ao3!

Quick explanation: after the episode of plan 10 a weird device appears and I just love this idea

What is wrong with me - by averie_sol on ao3!

Quick explanation: 2012!Leonardo has autism (just like me frrr) and is transfem, also aprilnardo!!!

Deadweight - by MorikoTheHalfAngel on ao3!

Quick explanation: 2012 season 3 fix it fic where Leo's healing is more realistic its good!

Breaks And Cracks In The Surface - by Deiohx on ao3!

Quick explanation: another season 3 fix-it-fic!

Fuse box - by alltheyears on ao3!

Quick explanation: leonardo centric but his brothers are worried about him

Terminator - by KawaiiNinja on ao3!

Quick explanation: mikey's T-phone gets accidentally mutated and sends the boys to the among us game, also this is after season 4 (also it has a lot of violence)

The shock of victory - by sailor_the_robot on ao3!

Quick explanation: they get back to the lair after beating super shredder, raph helps leo get the blood off

Ashes - by sklyully on ao3!

Quick explanation: timeline takes place at "follow the leader" but it's with leonardo almost dying, read it! It's good!

All that bends also breaks - by runen on ao3!

Quick explanation: leonardo with ptsd and trauma almost dies in the lair if he didn't call mikey, so basically leonardo tries to heal himself

Never love an anchor - by ILOVEDYOULIKETHESUN

Quick explanation: 2012 season 1 finale which leonardo almost drowns if the brothers didn't save her, also uses she/he Pronouns!

Blah Blah Blah - by WhaleSharkPrince on ao3!

Quick explanation: I know the name of the fic is missliding but the fic is very angsty and uh I cried yes, also leo uses she/her Pronouns! Uh hahah yeah..where's the tissues

Fearless leader - by Evesbese on ao3!

Quick explanation: after splinter passed away leo just suggest they go to the farmhouse and uh the others and him are not taking it very well

Where it all began - by @probably-not-a-rutabaga on tumblr and their ao3 is TinyPotato02

Quick explanation: I don't wanna explain the whole fic so I'll just say that splinter raised leo as a soldier instead of a son and told him to ignore his brothers

Late night conversations (In a Bathroom from the 1980s) - by hopefullysimple on ao3!

Quick explanation: the brothers are just chatting in the bathroom and share childhood memories

Drifting away - by fireworksinthenight on ao3!

Quick explanation: follow the leader episode fic!! A lot of self doubt, depression and wating to not lead anymore, leonardo just goes through a hard time

So yeah I'm a dad now - by RavagedRed on ao3!

Quick explanation: 2012!raph becomes a dad to a 4 year old girl who got mutated into a turtle tot and her name is Lita

New Stars (happy hearts) by Tirayed on ao3!

Quick explanation: transfem leo fic! She tells raph first and gets so scared to tell the others but they're just happy they have a sister, also!! Leo's knee injury!

Whoa this took so long and I just love those fics!

Now I'm gonna go and take a snack goodbye! <33

[imagionationstation]

You know what haunts me late at night?

This shot. Right here.

No— it's not because of the context behind the picture (though that's another thing), but the fact that Donnie is the only one who stood behind Master Splinter.

Sometimes, I interpreted it as a correlation for him having his robot body— a sentient, yet almost immortal being.

Like, his brothers are bound to die soon; the Mutant Apocalypse took place after like, what, 30 years after the Mutagen Bomb went off; meaning that they are old.

But Donnie? He doesn't age— meaning that at one point, he'll roam the Earth alone. L

I swear, my brain translated the “L” as the meaning for loser, and I stared at it for a moment like, “Bro, harsh.”

I mean, I wouldn’t call 48 (or so) years, yk, old, but I can pick up what you’re putting down. The immortal aspect of being robo Donnie is something that I dwell on a concerning amount, but in all honesty, I don’t think Donnie would wander the earth until his body is either destroyed or gives out on him. (Maybe this isn’t what you’re saying but it’s the rumors that I hear.)

Maybe I’m just morbidly optimistic, but….

In every fanfiction that I’ve read, Donnie sticks around for his brothers. He goes into Metalhead 2.0 because he fears his brothers’ fate, or he fears leaving Raphael alone. He forces himself to keep living without life for the sake of his family. It’s simply a truth the entire fandom seems to agree on.

So, when the last of his family is gone, Donnie really has no reason to keep going.

And, come on, he’s a genius. He knows that his body could technically go on forever if well-maintained. What makes you think he won’t create a self destruct switch for himself?

What makes you think, that after the last heartbeat has stopped and a last exhale has left their lungs, Donnie won’t flip a switch and join them? He won’t even feeling the pain of doing so. It would be as simple as shutting down a tablet or computer.

There’s a lot that haunts me late at night about this series.

This… Isn’t a part of it. Not necessarily.

I like to think that the fact that Donnie is in that picture at all is proof that he really did have a spirit intact under all that metal and hardware. That he really was clinging so tightly to the mortal plain that he forced himself into his own prison, but one day, managed to get released. Likely, he released himself.

Because what would be the point of a life without his brothers?

How can he cling to his semblance of life when the ones that know it’s spark have left him behind?

What is there to live for when his reason to fight abandons him?

There’s nothing left for him there. So he simply does the next logical step. The one that requires the last anguish possible.

And I love the proof that he returns to his family.

Does his stance behind Splinter mean more than him simply leaving room up front for his short brothers?

Maybe. But, I’m just glad that he’s there at all.

[misteria247]

03 Donnie chipper: Gee seeing other variants of me and my brothers sure is interesting!

03 Donnie sees 12 Leo being the leader of the Hamato clan cuz his father was murdered brutally by 12 Super Shredder leaving him solely responsible for his little brothers

03 Donnie nervous and uncomfortable: Oh wow that's uh......that's unnerving but it's fine! I can deal with this!

03 Donnie sees Ronin Mikey who's filled with nothing but bitterness and vengeance and wrath and who's the last surviving member of the Hamato clan who was killed off one by one by Ronin Shredder's descendant

03 Donnie sweating bullets and slightly panicking: Sweet science that's awful but again it's fine! I can handle this! No biggie!!

03 Donnie sees Future Rise Leo and Future Rise Mikey who are the only surviving members of the Hamato clan and the leaders of a resistance against the Rise Krang species and who've watched their family be killed off in a post apocalyptic world

03 Donnie wheezing and trying to keep his cool: THIS IS FINE, I AM FINE, WE ARE FINE I CAN HANDLE THIS NO BIGGIE-

03 Donnie sees Future 12 Donbot, Future 12 Raph, Future 12 Mikey and Future 12 Leo who'd been separated during a mutagen bomb attack by the 12 Kraang, ending up even more mutated than they were and half of them are somewhat out of their minds due to the trauma

03 Donnie letting out a painful wheezing sound as he finally freaks out: A R E Y O U S H I T T I N G M E????? I C A N N O T H A N D L E T H I S S T R E S S.

[junoinouterspace]

I'm sorry if I'm bothering you with all these questions and feel free to ignore these if you'd like

1) You mentioned that Donnie had been fostering Shelldon since he was about two years old (more accurately 3 years of fostering). Has Shelldon always called Donnie Dad? What was Donnie's reaction when Shelldon first called him Dad? Do any of the other turtles have kids of their own?

2) Were the turtles created the same way in the show or a different way? Why was there a mutagen bomb? How did it get there? Did Draxum have something to do with it?

Once again love your art and the whole concept of this au!!!

Please never feel like a bother! I enjoy answering these and getting to talk out the ideas in my mind !!

1. Shelldon did not always call Donnie "Dad", it took him about six months to get comfortable at the beginning of his foster. He probably didn't call him it until he was ~4 years old while being dropped off for preschool and he threw out a quick "Bye dad!!" while running off to class.

Fortunately Donnie didn't have any classes until 2nd period that day, because he spent the first hour of school wailing on the phone to April about it (/pos).

2. The turtles were mutated in a similar way as in the show, but if you've ever read time-woods' rise comic, our Splinter saves Draxum from the OG lab explosion and he gets a redemption arc. They end up raising the turtles together away from a like of crime-fighting, instead working towards better human-mutant-yokai relations.

The mutagen bomb was caused by an entirely separate group. Draxum had no active part in it, but the group that caused it had scavenged stuff to make it from Draxum's decrepit lab.