#older donnie truther

[tangledinink]

Sorry for the anon I’m new to the fandom and I’m pretty shy, but I have to say that your work is amazing, so beautiful illustrated, you make me emotional reading your comics, 🥲, you have such emotion to them. I hope your have a nice day/night and are feeling well.

I’m not sure if you asked this, I’ve looked and I couldn’t see anything. But with the twins, do you have a presence for who’s older or younger or do you just leave it vague? Excited to see more of your content 🤗

ahhh thank you ; w ; im so glad you like it, that's really sweet...!

also i DO. my donnie is the older twin u w u

[daedelweiss]

hello, tumblr! welcome to my version of a rottmnt separated AU ✨ "life mission: save my brothers" ✨ where splinter managed to rescue only leo after the turtles have been mutated. raph was taken to big mama and was raised to become a battle nexus champion, mikey was taken by draxum and was trained to be a warrior to protect yokai and fight against humans, and donnie was thought to be dead but was actually taken by a tech mob and ran away when he was 7 only to meet big mama, who used his talent with tech to her advantage.

there will be a comic about this . 3 . it’s quite long help-

btw, donnie doesn’t know that other turtle mutants exist. big mama gave him goggles that prevented him to see them and was told to cover up his turtle-yness which is how he got to meet raph sometimes before they found out they were brothers. leo rescues them over the course of the story: first raph, then mikey, then donnie (after they found out he’s still alive).

there will be more about them! and feel free to ask 😄 i’m really happy with the feedback i have about my AU so hope y’all like it too 👉👈

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( 🌿 do NOT repost, edit, trace, use, and/or sell 🌿 )

[yujateaandpi]

Little humans have it rough.

[luxtoony]

YOU.

@dandylovesturtles YOU. (grabs you by the shoulders and shakes like a maniac) How do you dare make me feel so much?!(should I tag this as spoilers?)

I've read "I may be invisible but I still look good" in one sitting, taking breaks to scream into oblivion about my pain, about how casual and natural the dialogue is, how pacing goes smoothly between the softer and harsher events, and so so so much more.

And so here I am bc I had to make something

This moment was so rough, I keep thinking about it all the time.

It may not be THE favourite moment exactly (that one will be made later) but it is from the disaster twins arc, which I adored and cried through the most (as well as the first two/three chapters) bc I am very very weak (and all the other arcs were made equally as great) . I love the story, the villains,the jokes, the character development and characterization and so so so much! I was so happy with many solutions and ideas because they matched my line of thought and didn't leave any annoying holes in the logic ✧⁠\⁠(⁠>⁠o⁠<⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠✧

So. Can't wait for the next part and in the meantime I humbly ofer this lil comic-y fanart

I will be back and I will ramble more, I'm sorry

[koolaidashley]

Is Donnie younger in the purple burger comic?

Naw they’re still twinning it up

[qoldenskies]

I literally read that kitten post and was like “Raph” then I scrolled down and saw you had thought the exact same thing LMAO

the way i saw that final rb to it and immediately hit the reblog button because RAPH!!!!!!!!! ITS LITERALLY HIM

[sunsetsandsunshine]

~ Ticklish Twins ~

HIII! SORRY FOR THE DELAY YOU GUYS! I HAD TO CATCH UP ON SOME LATE ASSIGNMENTS- BUT IT’S ALL GOOD NOW!

Ler’s: Donnie🐢💜, Leo🐢💙

Lee’s: Donnie🐢💜, Leo🐢💙

Warnings: None :) 

Summary: Ever since Leo and Donnie were little, they always argued over who was the older twin, which caused lots of fights throughout the years. But now Leo, being the smartest of the two (obviously), has a solution on how they could settle this once and for all…

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“Nardo! Give me back my book!” 

“Oh what? You mean this book?” Leo grinned, examining the book he “stole” from Donnie, who was desperately trying to get it back. It was around evening and the two twins were sitting on the couch in the living room, earlier making a deal with each other that they wouldn’t bother one another unless it was important. Which Leo definitely did not keep. But what did Donnie expect? 

The two were wearing they’re signature sweatshirts, Donnie’s purple while Leo’s was blue. Now, originally, Donnie was going to get back into reading more advanced books, after the Invasion, lots of places were closed including the library. And if you knew Donatello you knew that he absolutely despised novels online. Sure, it makes the book you’re looking for easier to find, but it eliminates the whole purpose of getting a book itself, like actually in your hands. 

So now with stores finally opening up again, Donnie was able to purchase a book! But he didn’t even make it through the first chapter- let alone the first page as Leo swiped it from his hands. 

“Oh, come on, little bro. I was just poking fun!” Leo smiled, giving Donnie back his book that the softshell snatched out of his hands, glaring. Leo relaxed on the couch and pulled out his phone from his pocket; starting to watch YouTube videos on it. “I’m older than you, dipsit.” Donnie said, putting his book to the side and straightening his posture, which he only did when he was going to go really in depth with something…eugh boy.

“Pfft- since when?” Leo asked before Donnie could go into a 39 hour rant on how much he was right and how much Leo was wrong (he’s speaking from experience). “Since always! Were you not listening to Draxum’s 3 hour long summary on how he found us?” Donnie asked. Leo rolled his eyes, putting his phone on the arm of the couch. “Nope!” Leo said, making an exaggerated pop noise at the end of it. 

“Wait! I have an idea!” Leo beamed, clapping his hands together and turning to Donnie completely. “You…have an idea?” Donnie repeated, examining the person in front of him to make sure his twin didn’t get abducted by some aliens or something like that. Because when Leo has ideas, which is rare, they never turn out good- like…ever. 

Donnie sighed, pinching the space between his eyes and nose before looking back up at Leo, face. “Enlighten me, brother.” Leo grinned, tightening his mask on his head, while turning to Donnie fully. 

“Let’s compete! We’ll have a tickle fight on it. Winner is the older twin.” Leo smiled, grinning at the absolute genius idea and grinned only wider as he saw the evident nervousness on his soon-to-be-already-is-younger brothers’ face.

“I am not doing that.” Donnie said, crossing his arms; trying his absolute best not to sound nervous as he did so. Leo’s grin only widened at the softshell’s response, slowly inching closer to Donnie wiggling his fingers. “Aw~! But why? Is it because you're too ticklish for it? Is that it, Dee?” He teased, poking Donnie’s sides causing his purple-loving twin to squirm in his seat. “Is the Great Donatello Von Ryan too ticklish for this~?” Leo said, chuckling when he saw his brother’s cheeks flush a bit. 

“Oho gi- gihive me a break. Everyone knohows that you're the mohohost ticklish out of all of us.” Donnie said, wanting to punch himself in the face for laughing at Leo’s wiggling fingers. Speaking of Leo’s fingers, they were scaringly inching closer and closer to his sides…

“Well you’re gonna have to prove me wrong on that one, Tello!” Leo laughed, practically launching himself onto Donnie as he scattered and scratched along his sides. The softshell put both his hands over his mouth, determined to not laugh at. all. Because, has this tactic worked? Covering his mouth so he doesn’t erupt into laughter? No. No, it hasn’t. But oh well- Donnie was desperate and desperate times called for desperate measures.

“Oho my gOHOD stAhAh- PFFT- STAHA! GeHet OOHOFF!” Donnie cackled, his laughter sounding muffled against his hand as he kicked his feet. “Nope! None of that, you know better, Tickle-Tello!” Leo teased, removing Donnie’s hands from over his mouth as he kneaded his upper thighs.  

“NAHAHA! LEEHEEHEEO! NAHAHAHAT THEHEHERE!” Donnie squealed, hugging his middles and trying to squirm away from his sibling, Leo absolutely beamed at the reaction. “No can do, Don! Just admit it! I’m the older twin!” Leo grinned, now doing a whole spider maneuver with his fingers on Donnie’s neck, which caused his purple loving sibling to crunch up his shoulders and do a high pitched squeal, almost like a 6 year-old girl, or worse…Mikey. 

The sound startled Leo- who drawed his hands back and after a couple seconds descended into small snickers. “Woah, I’ve never heard that noise before~!” Leo laughed, going back to gently tickling Donnie’s neck where he squealed; gleeful at the reaction he just received and wanted more. 

“SHUHUT IHIT. YOHOU HEHEHEARD NOHOHOTHING!” Donnie yelled, pushing at Leo’s arms but the red eared slider did not budge even an inch. Leo went to the extra ticklish spot on Donnie’s neck earning another high pitched squeal from his scientist brother. “Oho, really? That cute little shriek of yours doesn’t sound like ‘nothing’ to me, Don-Don~!” Leo smiled, not only because he was 100% sure he’s got this in the barn but he was also smiling because he was spending some quality tickle time with his favorite twin (his only twin- but still), win-win!

“Just say I’m the older twin and I’ll stop, Tello~!” Leo said, now gently tracing the sides of Donnie’s shell. And if you weren’t in the room at this exact moment, you probably would have thought the soft shell got stabbed- or even killed! Donnie absolutely screamed as Leo started poking and prodding his sensitive softshell. Leo really wanted this “Older Twin” title huh? Going for his shell?! Oh this man is playing straight up fucking dirty. 

“NOHOHO! NOHO *hic* NAHAT THEHE SHEHELL! LEEHEEHEEO PLEHEHEASE!” Donnie cried, trying to kick Leo off of him but the blue banded turtle stayed on Donnie’s waist, making sure the two didn’t fall off of the couch but also making sure to tickle the absolute hell out of Donnie so he can claim the Older Twin title. 

“Awh! There’s a little design of your shell that has a heart! That’s so cute! You don’t mind me taking a closer look at it, do you?” Leo smiled, not even waiting for Donnie to answer as he traced over the heart design on Donnie, as the softshell descended into more squeaky cackles. “NAHAHA! NAHARDO *hic* DOHOHON’T! IHIT’S SOHO *hic* BAHAD THEHERE!” Donnie cried, still trying to squirm away. Now Donnie is really really starting to regret leaving his battle-shell in his room.  

“You’re not even fully fighting back like you normally do, Don. You must reaaaaally like this, huh?” Leo teased, going back to poking different parts of the side of Donnie’s shell. Donnie didn’t respond but just wheezed with laughter as he twisted and turned trying to get Leo off of him. 

“MIHIHICHAEL! RAHAPH! REEHEEHEE! HEHEHEHEHELP!” Donnie yelled, trying to be as loud as he could to get saved or something. Which… probably won’t happen because it’s just him and Leo in the lair as of right now. The others were running errands around the city. Worth a shot…

“Uh uh! This is a fight between you and me, mi hermano~!” Leo smiled, blowing a raspberry on the softshell turtles’ neck while still tickling the sides of his shell. Donnie gasped at the new sudden unexpected sensation at his neck, his laughter starting to sound hiccupy.  Donnie pushed on Leo’s plastron trying to break free from his grasp.

“NAHAHAH! NAHA- *hic* NAHARDO!” Donnie squealed. “Dooonnniiieeee~” Leo teased, mimicking his twins cry, sitting up but now hovering his hands over Donnie’s stomach, wiggling his fingers. 

“Hmm…I feel like TummyTello is feeling a tad bit left out from all this tickling, don’t you?” Leo asked, not to Donnie in particular though, the softshell knew he didn’t really have a say in this matter anymore. But Donnie couldn’t take anymore and completely PANICKED.  

Donnie suddenly kicked Leo in the foot, causing both of the twins to fall off of the couch, but Donnie, being quick on his feet, was able to take the upper hand as he went on top of Leo. He pinned Leo’s arms above his head as he straddled his waist, the slider squirmed under Donnie, not liking how quickly the tables had turned.

“Ahahany lahast words, Nardo?” Donnie smiled, still giggling from the attack from Leo but happy he was able to get the upper hand as of right now. And seeing how quickly his brothers’ cockiness and smugness faded made Donnie feel even more victorious. 

Donnie didn’t waste any time and immediately started kneading Leo’s knees, a well-known death spot for him. Donnie smiled as the slider threw his head back letting out squeaky cackles, snorting every now and again as his legs stomped on the floor. “DEEHEEHEE! NOHO WAHAHAIT! PLEHEHEASE *snort* IHIT TIHIHICKLES!” 

“Ohmigosh…really? I didn’t notice.” Donnie said sarcastically, suddenly stopping to give his brother a breather. Leo groaned throughout his laughs, glaring at his twin who just smiled innocently at him. “So~! Ready to admit the inevitable?”

Leo narrowed his eyes at his twin, oh he thinks he’s so smart. Well Leo’s not giving up that easily. “I already did! I’m older than you, remember?” Leo grinned as Donnie only chuckled, not saying anything. 

Donnie started scribbling his fingers on Leo's side, causing the slider to giggle a bit and lightly kick his feet. “Ahare yohou even trying to tickle me?” Leo asked, knowing that was probably the wrong thing to ask and couldn't help himself. Donnie sighed, now scribbling his fingers in Leo’s belly. “Oh Nardo, Nardo, Nardo…my dearest and dumb twin…” 

“I know something you don’t and the position you're in right now makes that extremely unfortunate for you.” Donnie smiled as if he wasn’t being absolutely evil. Leo swears- Donnie is scary just being himself but once your at the mercy of his tickly hands he’s terrifying. “Whahahat ahare yohou tahalking about…?” Leo asked. But as soon as he did Donnie started nibbling his stomach, making hilarious noises that had Leo in stitches. 

“AHAHA *snort* AHAHAHA WAHAHAIT!” Leo screamed, because if anything, Leo thought Donnie was going to abuse his knees again- not start nibbling at his stomach. He wasn’t prepared for this whole new ticklish sensation on his belly! This was completely unbearable…and the little “nom-ing” noises Donnie was making did not help. Guess Donnie took notes on where Leo was ticklish and how to tickle him there.

Or he just asked Raph, since he gives ticklish nibbles to him all of the time. 

“TEHEHELLOHOHO! NAHAHAT *snort* THOHOSE!” Leo cried, he tried to kick Donnie off of him which only caused the softshell turtle to nibble at his tummy more softly. Obviously causing his brothers' laughter to increase. “Donnie said no, no, no~” Donnie playfully said, holding Leo’s arms up higher and holding on tighter, laughing as Leo’s laughter increased in volume. 

“Oh, I bet that tickles, doesn’t it Lee?” Donnie chuckled, and only laughed harder when he saw Leo shake his head and stomped his feet on the floor. Leo couldn’t take it anymore. 

It tickled too much. Leo can’t even defend himself, which automatically makes this extremely unfair! So much for being the older twin, I guess…

“OKAHAHAY! OKAHAY! *snort* YOHOHU’RE OHOHOLDER! *snort*  YOHOU’RE OHOHOLDER!!!” Leo screamed. Oh dear pizza supreme in the sky, he was never gonna live this down. But to be fair, admitting being the younger twin is WAY better than dying by Donnie’s tickling hands, that’s for sure…even if Leo’s pride would be a tiny bit damaged after this.

“Sorry, what was that? I couldn’t quite hear you…” Donnie smiled, still nibbling at Leo’s stomach; which some might call mean- or even evil considering the slider already practically screamed bloody murder about freaking FINALLY admitting Donnie was older than him. But the scientist needs to make sure his little ticklish brother understands 

“YOHOU’RE THEHE *snort* OHOHOLDER TWIHIHIN!”

“Nardo, you’re gonna have to speak up~! I can’t hear you.”

“DOHOHONNIE *snort* IHI SWEHEHEAR!” 

“Alright, alright! No need to scream!” Donnie chuckled, getting off of Leo and crossing his arms triumphantly. Leo glared at him, puffing his cheeks out, pouting. “That was so unfair…” Leo whined, sitting up and sitting next to Donnie on the floor. Donnie looked at Leo and chuckled, raising his left eyebrow in amusement. “You’re the one that wanted it to be a tickle fight, idiot.” 

“Yeah! I know that! But I thought I would win!” Leo whined more loudly, slumping his entire body on Donnie’s lap. Donnie only chuckled, pulling Leo in closer, hugging them. “It’s not my fault you're a walking tickle spot.” Donnie argued.

Leo got up from his lap and crossed his arms, copying Donnie. “I am SO not! YOU PINNED MY ARMS UP! I COULDN’T DEFEND MYSELF!” Leo yelled which only caused the older of the two to snicker at the complaint. “Sounds like a walking tickle spot to me, still…” Leo rolled his eyes, sitting next to Donnie and resting his head on his shoulder as the two held hands, enjoying each other's company. 

“You…do know that if you won I’d still be older, right?” Donnie said, looking back to Leo who only wetly chuckled. “Pfft- I know that, Dee…” The slider said, because it was true, Donnie was older than Leo- by a month. After Draxum got accepted into the family, he had told them the WHOLE story on how he got them, including they’re exact ages. 

“But it’s just that…” 

“It’s just what?” 

“I just…missed this…messing around with you and stuff. After the Invasion, it hasn’t been the same, y’know?” Leo said, rubbing his fingers together trying to figure out the right words to say. “And I dunno, this might sound stupid but these moments with you are really fun…”

Donnie looked at Leo before smiling softly, giving him a hug and resting his chin on the top of Leo’s head as he melted into the embrace. “As it is true, you and I will not live on this Earth forever…knowing that, it is important to enjoy our time here while it lasts. And I’d not have anyone else other than you and our family and close friends spending that time with.” Donnie smiled, now both of them hugging each other and enjoying one another’s company.

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THE DISASTER TWINS!!!

THE MIDNIGHT DUO!!!

THEY HAVE MY HEARRRRT I LOVE THEM 💜💙

Also, yes I’m an Older Donnie Twin Truther fight me 🤪😤 /j /lh

[snugglecat453]

FINALLY AN OLDER TWIN LEO TRUTHER 😭 SO TIRED OF ALL THESE OLDER TWIN DONNIE PEOPLE

HELLP NOOO IM NOT TIRED OF IT I PROMMY!!! Like yeah.. older twin Leo is so real to me.. But My partner and I used to have a headcanon that they would just switch out on who’s the older one and that’s the headcanon I prefer over anything..

Sometimes they decide who’s older with a game of rock paper scissors, or just by general feeling.. sometimes one wants to be babied just a little more…. OUGH.. so cute.. it’s still my personal headcanon if anything. I just love it when they’re willing to put that argument aside because sometimes Donnie wants to feel a bit older and more assertive or if Leo treats Donnie like a little brother for comfort reasons….

[pasteilian]

apparently leo is canonically like a few months older than donnie 😭 how we feelin about this development (i personally was an older twin leo truther but i know most of the fandom hc'ed donnie as older) i personally think it's kinda funny bc i KNOW leo would rub it in lol

Pretty sure it was already canon he was older in the show??? Idk I haven’t watched Rottmnt in so long But I stick with older Donnie cuz i like older Donnie i don’t care what other people enjoy do what you want 💪💌

[asummersday]

Share some more ROTTMNT headcanons?

the hamatos have movie nights and board game nights. there’s no schedule for them, sometimes someone will go “movie night tonight?” or will text the gc “board games? i’m feeling some murder mystery tonight” and that’s how it goes. everyone participates. even splinter, and he complains but only to put on a show. he enjoys it. they play uno, clue, game of life, they play new and old games, play the ones they like more often, and throw out ones that suck. donnie has a spreadsheet for it (of course he does). mikey and splinter, surprisingly, are fucking RUTHLESS during monopoly. the wins are always tied between the two and that one time leo won by complete accident (thats what he says. donnie doesn't believe him ONE BIT because his twin is a lying liar who lies). everyone loves monopoly just because the chaos and the backstabbing is the most entertaining part.

mikey had a “copy everything donnie does/eat/likes” phase and leo had a “copy everything raph does/eat/likes” phase. (i am a firm ‘leo is the younger twin’ truther)

april an leo are face mask and skin care routine besties. she’s the reason he even KNOWS what both of these things are. she’s also the reason he even makes his dumb puns, because SHE makes them (and 9y/r leo was smack in the middle of his ‘copying his big bro’ phase. it extended to april, who basically became his big sister). donnie constantly tells her he still has not forgiven her for that (jokingly)

Lou Jitsu was ABSOLUTELY Sexiest Man Alive at one point i'll tell you that

donnie’s eye starts twitching when he’s annoyed (mostly when leo annoys him). it happens so often that it starts twitching when leo isn't even in the same room and donnie will go “leo's doing something stupid again”

leo doesn't fall asleep easily but when hes a sleep my mans ASLEEP. nothing can wake him up. hes usually a light sleeper but when he hasn't slept in 3+ days and passes out at 12:30pm on the couch? he's literally dead to the world. his brothers take FULL advantage of this. stacking food/objects? yes. drawing on his face/arms/legs etc? for sure. mikey paints his shell sometimes. he once painted all of starry night without leo waking up once.

raph is wary of cass when she first joins, but when they find how many interests they share, they become almost instant best friends. they're inseparable and hang out all the time its amazing. everyone is terrified of them because they've seen how violent their sparring sessions get.

mikey watched lilo and stitch when he was like 5 and instantly zeroed in on the whole ‘voodoo spoon’ thing and tries to do the same thing. his dad and raph are extremely concerned (and slightly off-put. mikey was a weird child)

when he was younger, he had a terrible case of separation anxiety. it gets better as he grows older, and then comes slamming back full force after the krang. if his brothers aren’t in his immediate sights, he will just. panic. it takes… too long for him to stop having panic attacks when he wakes up and one or two of his brothers aren’t present (especially leo. he latches onto leo the longest after. it takes nearly as long as leo’s recovery does for mikey to be able to sleep without leo in the same room)

splinter, the old sap, actually has hundreds of pictures of his boys growing up. so much that he has dozens of photo albums spanning the years. you can tell exactly when april shows up in their lives because one day she’s not there at all and the next its like he got a fifth kid. he loves leafing through them on occasion, reminiscing and definitely not crying. not all the albums survived the shredder, but enough did to still recount the years. after the invasion, splinter moves the albums from his room and into a shelf in the living room. (hes caught his kids more than once poring over the books, either alone or huddled together on the floor. he always leaves, allowing them this moment alone.)

[hapfish]

I love how raph says "your little brothers" as if its ok to blame HIM. As if hes the eldest and its HIS fault donnie got possessed and its HIS fault donnie hurt their brothers and got hurt because he should have known better, should have been watching, should have made donnie feel like he could come to him about hiding the key, ect ect ect. Theyre all hurting about this. Not a single person went unharmed when all is said and done.

i wonder how guilty donnie will feel when he remembers attacking his brothers…..

he was going to. but then he decided against it.

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[ceruleanterrapin]

I'm an older twin Rottmnt Donnie truther and Stray hates it so much he writhes in agony every time he's reminded

[octolingkiera]

Name: kiera !

i've joined the @tmnt-write-fight! can't wait to get write some Cool Fics with some of these prompts >:3c

~●○°●○°●○~ Likes: family fluff, hurt/comfort (emphasis on the COMFORT), humor, genfics (no shipping), happy endings, leo and donnie twin stuff <3 (they're my favorites your honor) Squicks/dislikes: romance/shipping, major character death, leosagi/leoichi (or usagi in general, sorry :( ), heavy angst with no release (humor, comfort. etc). hurt/no comfort, bad dad splinter, bad future timeline. if you have any specific concerns, feel free to message me!! Favorite Iteration(s): rise!!! 1987 is nice too :3

~●○°●○°●○~ Prompt #1 - Rise: When Leo and Donnie decide to put their heads together, they make a great team. Great for them (and whatever they're doing/planning) that is. For everyone else, it's a disaster in the making. (Prompter bonus: I'm an older twin Donnie truther lol) Prompt #2 - Rise: Leo needs glasses because he's near-sighted, but he hasn't worn his glasses since he was a kid, and unlike Donnie, he doesn't (usually) bother to wear his contacts. (Optional: his basketball goggles are prescription.) Prompt #3 - Rise: Following their recovery from the Krang invasion, Splinter has allowed the boys to get a pet. The only problem is they can't decide between a dog or a cat. (Optional: Raph and Mikey want a dog, Leo and Donnie want a cat.) Prompt #4 - Rise: The turtles play a four (or five, with April) person multiplayer co-op game. It goes great, for the most part--until it doesn't. Prompt #5 - Multiple iteration crossover. During a meeting of the turtleverse (dealer's choice how it ends up happening), the Rise turtles (who are the newcomers here) end up meeting the 1987 turtles, and they get along like a house on fire--that is to say, they're now best friends. One of the other sets of turtles that have previously met the 1987 turtles (such as 2003 or 2012--or maybe both) are watching this all go down. What do they think about this? ~●○°●○°●○~

[koolaidashley]

Hullo older Donnie truther I am also a older Donnie truther

Me n u rn

[bluepeachstudios]

Hi! I love all your stories, they’re all interesting and diverse 😊 my favorites are the 2012 fusions and the co-created Mystic Forest (a thanks for Wondrous as well!), any new chapter is enough to brighten my day

Feel free to not answer but do you have any favorite duo sibling portrayal from the animated series?

For example, in my case, my favorite Leo and Raph dynamic is the 2012 series because they feel the most like best friends, brothers and rivals.

For Raph and Donnie is from the 2003, nothing says more “I love you, brother” than gifting a motorcycle xD and because in this one Raph seems the most patient/nice with Donnie.

Mikey and Donnie is a difficult one because all series have good moments for them. It’s certainly a well-used duo dynamic, but I may go with Rise, I blame the movie hahaha

For Raph and Mikey the 2003 or 2012 are the best for me, and maybe I will enjoy more the one from the 2012 series just because is my favorite TMNT animated series. In Rise the two-year gap was its downfall as I think Raph babies Mikey a little too much.

Leo and Donnie feels like a wasted potential in the 2003 and 2012 series. They are the planners of the team, it’s been shown that Leo depends a lot on Donnie’s ideas/knowledge and listens to him probably the most, and Donnie looks up to Leo to always have a plan and get them out of trouble, so in terms of “team” the dynamic is excellent, but we are missing some wholesome brotherly moments with just the two of them. I wouldn’t say Rise follows the same “formula” as the other two series, Leo and Donnie feel more competitive in this portrayal, but they are still the smartest/thinkers of the brothers, and they just make me laugh when they are together so a point for them!  

Finally, Leo and Mikey… is a tie xD hahahaha the Battle Nexus rematch, missions with just the two of them (Baxter Stockboy, capture a brain worm, Nobody, etc.), older sibling-younger sibling dynamic, how Mikey lightens up Leo’s mood and Mikey looks up to Leo is just so… wholesome.

This became a little bit longer from what I wanted hehe I would love to hear/read your thoughts if you have any 😊 (Sidenote, no 87 series as I still haven’t seen it complete yet, is a work in progress)

Have a nice day!

Oh god I love all of them so much that I could go off on every single iteration with every single iteration's matchups.

I am a 2003 Don and Raph twins truther. They needed more stuff together. In Rise as well, honestly, they needed more episodes together.

Mkey and Leo are always so good. Mikey always looking up to Leo like he's a hero and Leo always wanting to keep Mikey his happy lil self while still pushing him to do his best and more. I could do a whole essay on Leo and Mikey's relationship in 2003 honestly.

I need to tell you guys about my brother-role-switching headcanon for 2003...

[qoldenskies]

out of curiosity- you mentioned in your idea of the bad future, leo+raph never reconciled and donnie died first (which are both stunning, logical, and horribly heartbreaking how dare you), but i found myself thinking of how mikey would react to that. i mean judging from the movie donnie and mikey probably got closer to deal with their older brothers fighting all the time and its prbly likely they kept seeking comfort as the stress worsened. and yeah mikey wants to keep his family tgether and tries to stay cheery and pacifying but i cant help but picture him lashing out at his brothers after donnies death, maybe even blaming them for it, cause its not really their fault but he selfishly wonders if donnie would still be alive if their brothers hadnt kept fighting

just...ive always wondered on mikeys reaction to losing /donnie/, and if donnie dies first in a world where leo and raph never recovered their relationship, its not gonna be pretty on his end

honestly i could absolutely see him lashing out at them!!! especially because contrary to fanon mikey can be a very abrasive/outspoken person who wouldnt take that bullshit if it got too far, and i could see both donnie's death and raph and leo's breaking (or actively broken) relationship being the final nail in the coffin for him. i could really see it kicking up a lot of rage he's been actively repressing, both to keep things peaceful and because of the whole apocalypse thing and the conflict being so serious. they cant really afford division right now AND YET LMFAO

we dont really get a good glimpse of f!mikey, and its hard to really say if him and f!leo's dynamic is all that positive, beyond the fact that they were willing to put it all aside for the problem in front of them (leo is so calm and resigned when mikey dies, but that doesn't really mean much. they've been soldiers for years and they've lost so much). i could honestly see losing donnie being something that fucks them up for a while, and losing raph being the thing that brings them back together; especially because i kind of like the idea of raph's death being the catalyst for leo putting everything aside and really putting his all into leadership. im both a truther of giving mikey more anger and also making f!leo such a complicated fucked up person that casey (and a lot of the rebellion by extension) dont really see the messiness of. fucked up if he was a symbol right... and raph couldnt take leadership back because they wouldnt listen to him like they would to leo right......

honestly part of the appeal of a doomed future/bad timeline is making it the worst case scenario yessir