#the other ninja taught him most his stuff

[chaotic-average-child]

Reminding myself why I don't really care for lloyd because of how the writers put him at the forefront even when it doesn't make sense...

[chestnut-b]

Iruka Mentions in the Kakashi Retsuden Novel

"The sleep chakra point, a technique he had learned directly from Iruka, the principal of the ninja academy. When Kakashi mentioned in conversation that he had trouble sleeping sometimes, Iruka had taught him a secret jutsu for inducing restful sleep. The sticking point, through, was that it was hard to hit the spot on yourself, given the chakra point was on the back of the neck."

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Kakashi confides in Iruka, and Iruka is more than willing to conduct some private lessons for the Rokudaime.

"Before he became Hokage, Kakashi had only known how to kill people. He had methods of capturing people without killing them, but they all invovled pain and torture. But as time wore on and the country grew stable, the shinobi principle of capture without killing had taken favor. And it was none other than the Sixth Hokage himself who struggled with how to write the guidelines for this new no-kill capture policy. He'd discussed it with Iruka, the principal of the academy at the time, and he had laughed. Kakashi remembered every single word of what he said.

(Iruka) "It's ok. It might not look it, but we do more than just teach students at the academy. We've saved jutsu to make an enemy fall asleep instantly or freeze them on the spot. Everything from old to new is right here."

Distracted by the memory of Iruka's proud face, Kakashi accidentally allowed a bit of fabric to rustle while strangling the ninth shinobi."

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What can I say? Kakashi certainly doesn't need the Sharingan to remember Iruka's every word, his laugh and his proud (most definitely smiling) face. In fact it's so distracting he blows his cover on a dangerous infiltration mission remembering it. Yeeeesss.

Iruka is also the last major mention at the end of Kakashi's novel:

(Sarada) "I'm heading out. I got a present for Master Iruka," Sarada said, holding up a cherry pink paper bag. Strawberry Daifuku from Tami Traditional Sweets in the old city. They were widely known to be extraordinary and quickly sold out, so they were hard to get ahold of, a rare treat.

"Oh right, you're doing a homestay at Master Iruka's, right?" Kakashi said.

"Yeah!" Sarada nodded happily. "Cuz Mom and Dad are away on a long mission. Master Iruka's an amazing cook. He's teaching me all kinds of stuff. It's loads of fun."

"Ohh. He is pretty skilled."

Iruka was a longtime bachelor like Kakashi, but unlike Kakashi, who paid little attention to his personal life to start with, Iruka kept a neat home. In contrast with the desk of the Sixth Hokage, which was always covered with scattered papers and documents, the principal's office at the academy was famously neat and tidy.

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Kakashi knows Iruka's a skilled cook. He knows Iruka keeps a neat home. (I wonder why) Kakashi's also recently developed a bit of an onsen interest. (Iruka's official data book entry lists onsens as his hobby.) They are both confirmed bachelors. Nice.

[darkleysgarden]

Push and Pull

Characters: Lloyd

Ship: Greenflower (Lloyd x Brad)

Type: Angst, hurt no comfort

Summary: The thing is, Lloyd never knows how to feel in his relationship with Brad.

(I'm aware this might be ooc and stuff. I wrote this to vent. I do think they are healthier than this and enjoy the ship a lot.)

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Having a relationship as the green ninja with a regular civilian was hard.

Lloyd had known Brad for... forever really. They were friends before Lloyd even knew he was the green ninja. About a year ago they decided to reconnect and had started dating.

Lloyd loves Brad so much. And Brad loves Lloyd. Everything was so perfect at first. But everything always has to go rocky.

Brad focused solely on Lloyd for a good while. Everything was great.

He had always had issues with love. People came and went. He taught himself that love was temporary. He had fans who loved him. But they didn't know him. And the people who knew him were often surface level. Or they unintentionally belittled him. They never saw him as more than a kid.

He had been isolated for so long. Stuck in a school full of kids who left him out and disliked him. The ninja wouldn't let him see other kids. Friends betrayed or didn't stay. Nobody was consistent. And most saw him for little more than the green ninja. If any more at all.

But, not Brad. Brad knew him before that. Brad always stuck with him. He saw him for more than anyone else. They had this mutual love and understanding. Lloyd had never met anyone like Brad.

Lloyd had admittedly bombarded Brad with love when they first started dating. And he was content to keep that going. Maybe even forever if Brad would let him. And Brad always enjoyed that. He was happy and felt very loved. Loved in a way he hadn't received before.

And Lloyd would receive the love he required back. And they were happy.

But things went slower and Lloyd wasn't ready. He freaked out. He knew relationships had slow spots. He'd seen Jay and Nya before. He knew how things worked.

Yet, he couldn't help but be worried.

What if Brad misunderstood his feelings and just thought of them as friends? What if he fell out of love? What if he realized Lloyd was nothing like what he wanted?

All these questions popped into Lloyd's mind and threatened to make him burst.

He didn't want to say anything. He would make slight hints to Brad. Brad was always so kind and he'd make an effort to do more but then it would slow back down. And then Brad would ask him for space and say he wanted Lloyd to do less and be less.

This was even worse for him. Brad made him feel authentic. Like he could truthfully be himself. It was crushing everytime he tried to show he loved Brad and would be met with some kind of dismay.

It was rough. Lloyd felt horrible day after day. And it was even worse because with missions he was often kept physically away from Brad. The ninja would ask what was wrong and he'd say it was nothing.

It piled up into fights. So many fights.

They came out with Brad trying to do better. And things were so much better for a long time. Until they'd get worse again.

Lloyd never wants to fight like that again. He hates going in circles. He hates fighting. He doesn't want the issues.

He hangs out with Brad and there are times he feels upset and knows Brad can't tell. He does the most trying to prompt Brad to do something and gets met with nothing. He tries to be happy with the minimal effort. Lloyd notices Brad always putting him on the back burner. Brad wants everything before him. Lloyd would stop in the middle of a mission to call Brad, threatening his life. And Brad would reject the idea of talking for anything. Everything goes before him.

Sometimes Lloyd feels like Brad just knows he will stay and doesn't care to put in the effort. He's stopped putting in the effort and acts like everything is fine when it's not. Why is Lloyd always his last focus when Brad is Lloyd's only focus?

He hears phrases get passed around so often. They stick in his mind like glue and make him feel even worse.

The busiest person will make time for you. Because if he wanted to ge would. You shouldn't have to change the way you behave at your core for someone else. You aren't too clingy they just love you less than you love them.

All these stupid words swarm his head. Making him land on one single thought so often.

Am I not good enough?

Is he just not worth the effort or love? Does Brad really just not love him as much as he loved Brad?

Will Lloyd ever become the priority Brad says he is?

Because it feels like a chore to Brad. A chore to talk to him and a chore to deal with him.

And in the end Lloyd can only blame himself and try and change for Brad.

Because Lloyd can only picture the future with him in it. There's no future without Brad. Lloyd wouldn't be able to live without Brad by his side. It sounds like dumb love. It's not. Lloyd cannot physically live without him. His entire life would be ruined.

If Brad really wanted to leave, Lloyd would let him. He wouldn't despise him. He wouldn't cause drama and make everything horrible between them.

But, he never wants to live that life.

Because in truth, most days are good days. Wonderful even. He loves Brad more than he loves himself. And Brad is more than worthy of that love. He loves Brad like he's the breath in his body.

Their relationship is so strong and healthy. It's great.

Even if Lloyd feels useless sometimes. In the end Brad just doesn't know how to love Lloyd in the way he wants to be loved. And Lloyd doesn't want to force him to change.

Brad likes to disconnect and be his own person and do whatever he wants and live his life day to day. He doesn't want to have his relationship as his main focus.

But that's just not how Lloyd is. And it really hurts to be the one always yearning. The one doing the most and receiving little back.

It isn't Brad's fault he is this way. He's been doomed. His father gave him love as a weakness and his mother showed him the toxicity of love.

He has been doomed as someone who loves far too strongly. So strongly it hurts him and others. So strongly he feels suffocated.

And it's nobodies fault, really.

Lloyd just requires so much.

And Brad didn't need to give him that. Even if it hurt sometimes.

Because one day they'd live peacefully together and everything will be perfect. And Lloyd would laugh about how insecure he was that first year. It would all be a ghost of the past.

They will grow.

But for now, Lloyd just has to stay and hope.

Because he doesn't want to say anything. Even if asked.

He'd be with Brad forever. And he would love as strongly as possible that entire time. Even if Brad forgets to say 'I love you'. Even if he never wants to spend time with Lloyd.

Because he loves him. Brad loves him so much. They are so happy together.

Lloyd can just only hope things get better.

[the-ninjago-historian]

I'm feeling sad today, so FLUFFY COLE X VANIA HEADCANONS TIME!

FEAST YOUR EYES UPON MY HALFBAKED SHIPPING IDEAS!!!🤣🤣🤣 Lol. I need something to cheer me up. These or Pixane usually does the trick. Also, I wrote most of these well past my bedtime. So you KNOW it's gonna be fun! Lol! And I have a little post-series stuff thrown in too. So these headcanons aren't canon to Dragons Rising. Just wanted to make that clear. Anyhoo, let's go!

1: Vania fell first. Cole fell harder.

2: They like to go hiking and spelunking ALL the time. They're the cutest little adventure duo ever! They've discovered all sorts of secret places in Shintaro's mountains. And even some ancient artifacts and cave paintings from Shintaro's past!

3: Whenever Cole visits Shintaro, Vania just lights up. She's happiest when she has her bestie with her.❤️

4: Vania once tried to teach Cole how to use the Shintarians Flight Packs. He was absolutely terrified at first. (Falling off of stuff trauma.😭) But Vania told him to focus on something nice so he wouldn't look down too much. He ended up looking at her. Cue mutual blushing and shy downward glances.🤣

5: Cole taught her some new dance moves. (She had been brought up on more refined forms of dance. Like waltz and such.) She wanted to try something different.

6: At first, they are both quite shy around each other. Not quite sure how close to get. But eventually once they got comfortable around each other, they became very snuggly and affectionate. Especially Cole.😊🧡🧡🧡

7: Everyone in the Ninja fam were super happy when Cole finally admitted to liking Vania. He'd always been so supportive of their own relationships. So they were happy he'd finally have a partner of his own to love.

8: Vise versa, the Geckle and Munce were very excited that the Skyfolk Queen was interested in the Son of Gilly/Milly.

9: Vania loves to chatter about her interests and Cole is always happy to listen. (Chatty Extrovert x Good Listener!😁) Vania sometimes secretly worries she's talking his ear off. She doesn't know that Cole loves just hearing her voice.🥹❤️

10: Vania is very protective of Cole. She loves him dearly. Even before they started their relationship. She wasn't kidding when she said she would bring her entire army to his aid. (As seen in Crystalized.) That being said, I think she would do anything in her power to help keep him safe.

Okay, post series ones now!

11: Cole had this perfect plan for proposing to her. Except he wasn't expecting one thing. When it finally came time to propose, Vania proposed at the same time. 🤣 They laughed about it more a good ten minutes before exchanging rings.

12: Cole ends up becoming King Consort of Shintaro. At first, the Shintarian people are a bit apprehensive to the idea of having some who isn't a Shintarian on the throne. But this changes quickly after seeing what a good ruler he is. And he quickly becomes popular with the people.

13: They have three kids. Their names are Valkyrie, Zephyr, and Collette. AKA Cole Jr.✨ More on that later.

14: Val and Zephie here are twins. But, they're aren't identical twins. Val looks more human and is the spitting image of Lilly. Except with streaks of gold in her black hair. Meanwhile, Zephyr looks more like a Shintarian. And he has the opposite. Gold hair with black streaks.

15: Cole was unbelievably excited about finally becoming a father. He'd always wanted kids of his own. When Val and Zephyr were born, he actually cried when he got to hold them. He couldn't believe him and Vania could make something so beautiful.

16: Collette is the baby of the family. She's adorable and definitely a daddy's girl. Also, this happened;👉

Jay: Hey Cole! I guess you missed out on naming one of your kids Cole Jr again, huh?

Cole: *smirks* Oh? Meet your niece, Collette.

Jay: A- *Jay EXE. has stopped*

Cole: *Dabs in victory*

Kai: Son of a gun. He did it.

And FINALLY, this funky quick doodle I did of them. It's kinda "Meh" but I tried.😅 (Vania is a nightmare for me to draw. Lol.)

On a side note, I'll probably do something like this for each of my favorite Ninjago ships. That should be fun!

(Tagging @only-lonely-stars because I know she like these two. Hope you don't mind!)

[barid-bel-medar]

How do you expel an entire class? Did Aizawa simply tell you’re all expelled, walks away and wait for another teacher to make damage control?

That movement must make him:

1 Disliked by other fellow teachers (minus his friends i guess).

2 A PR nightmare for Nedzu and UA. Since there’s at least two recommended students.

3. Widely hated or feared for an entire promotion.

4. What about 1-B. Did they just assume the worst of them is better than the best 1-A?

5. How does the rivalry with Vlad King surge? Since there’s no competition at all.

6. What’s the true lesson behind all that? That an entire class needs to improve? That the worst batch goes into 1-A? That Aizawa is the most strict teacher and therefore the best?

Looking at that from all angles and just doesn’t work. How does Aizawa keep his job for more than a year. Did someone immediately re-enrrol the kids, apologize and swears them to silence? And, did all that shit show happens more than once?

I’ll never get how the Dadzawa wave started since before the very retcon!

Yeah the expulsion stuff causes a huge amount of problems when you start thinking about it. There should have been at minimum a huge surge of controversy long ago that resulted in Aizawa getting fired especially with the sheer number of students he's apparently expelled.

The biggest problem comes down to something I've noted before that Hori very clearly decided to make a bunch of Kakashi references with Aizawa, but also as clearly missed major reasons of why Kakashi can pull the shit he did with Team Seven and his earlier teams (namely the 'fail them back to the Academy' thing).

For one thing, things like the bell test? Were something all the genin teachers did; we see Team Gai's version in a flashback at one point. It's referenced as a thing all versions of Team Seven have done, meaning Kakashi isn't even the one who originally came up with it or the point of the lesson it taught. For another, these kids are literally about to start an active career in a field that will easily kill them. If they aren't ready for it, they're going to die, full stop and do need the additional Academy time. The 1-A kids are just about to start training to get to their careers in heroics. The expulsion thing isn't something a single other teacher does. Another big issue with Aizawa?

He's not someone that the vast, vast majority would give two shits about being trained by.

At the end of the day, Aizawa is just some random underground hero. He's not a famous pro that the kids are super excited to be being taught by. He's basically just some guy who happens to have a hero license when it comes down to it. Izuku, noted hero fanboy, didn't recognize Aizawa even, just his Quirk. Like if he was someone that people badly wanted to be taught by or was widely admired as a hero, then you could get away with people being more willing to brush aside the expulsion shit, but he's not. Kakashi over in Naruto is one of the most elite ninja in the village. He's someone people would love to have teach them and pass on that level of skill. Eliteness is something that makes a lot of people much more willing to look away from your bullshit.

(As bad as All Might is at teaching, you're still going to want to be taught by him just to say you were)

Even if you want to make the argument of 'well UA would want to have Aizawa at UA because Erasure is helpful to have if a student's quirk gets out of control while training', that only works if he's one of the practical lesson teachers, not a homeroom teacher. We're given no sign he's even around while 1-A is having practical lessons, aka a very reasonable time for him to be around to prevent an accident from happening.

The expulsion thing I think was definitely one of the things Hori's referencing when he talks about how he wishes he had made different writing choices for some characters at the start of the series.

[backatitagainatichirakus]

Honestly Kakashi did his best with what he had lmao.

For starters, he DID teach team 7 useful jutsu, he taught them chakra control, every single genjutsu Sakura knew before she went to Tsunade was taught by Kakashi. Who do you think taught Naruto how to hide underground, a jutsu that was crucial when fighting Neji, Jiraiya? PLEASE. No need to mention Sasuke's Chidori.

He also taught them the fundamentals of teamwork, to never leave someone behind. That they were not expendable, and that they needed to rely on people. (What a fucking hypocrite. But isn't hypocrisy an important part of parenting/mentoring/big brothering or whatever the hell Minato was trying to do when he got saddled with Kakashi ?)

He never wanted to be a teacher, it was imposed onto him, he had zero experience, and he'd never had to try too hard to understand anything, so he definitely would not know what to do if someone didn't get things on the first try.

He did what he could while he could. The damn Plot was working against him.

He was a traumatized, depressed 26 year old man who probably never believed would live past 17, but there he was! In charge of the two most traumatized orphans in the entirety of Traumatized Orphans Village, and a girl who was NOT taking this shit seriously.

Ah, but they had time. There was no war brewing, no need to torture these kids to forge them into dead-eyed deadly weapons. They could go at their own pace! Also apparently the academy curriculum had changed to MAXIMIZE the child mortality rate! Why teach them tree walking when, truly, flower arrangement was a far more important skill? That's a girls only class though! Let the boys run around meanwhile they don't need to learn flower stuff. Ah, the blond one can't pronounce Chakra? fuck that kid srsly, his vibes are TOO rancid... demonic even (WHO SAID THAT?!)

And then? Their first C-rank mission? Turned into an A rank and left him out of commission for a week! But it was okay, it was fine, he could handle it. If he didn't die when he tried to kill himself in his ANBU days then it was unlikely he would now! Though he had to depend on three newly minted genin to protect themselves and their lying bastard of a client haha, but he was being so chill about it Kakashi was such a chill man haha. When was the last time someone he cared about died? Years! He was definetly not cursed or anything.

And then at the end of that week he had to fight the assassin of Assassin Village that had put him out of commission on the first place, and he also had to push through at least two of his triggers and afterwards explain the literal embodiment of two other triggers how Shinobi actually work! It's not about saving princesses, boy! It's about dying :).

They go back, and he decides that the kids handled themselves well enough, and the chunnin exams are being hosted by Orphans Village this year! What a great opportunity for the children to learn about Shinobi life in a controlled environment! Even back during Ninja War III they went through the chunnin exams and nobody even died. They're gonna be just fine!

Unfortunately, turns out The Banished Local Crazy Scientist of Traumatized Orphans Village had his eyes on one of his students (the one that he unwittingly projects on) and now! Triggering Orphan #2 is cursed!

AND THEN. The village gets attacked! The president/major dies! Kakashi gets sent into a torture coma in which he gets the Pincushion Jesus treatment for what literally feels like months! Hosted by the utmost expert on genjutsu torture to ever come out of their beloved Orphans Village!

Then he wakes up, turns out he wasn't tortured non stop for three months! It was just a dream, silly. And! since the Village is short staffed he immediately gets sent on mission after mission! Sorry Kakashi, we don't believe in convalescence periods when the only thing injured was your mind. And then, when he comes back from his many missions, their new alcoholic major/president tells him Orphan #2 defected. But don't worry! she sent Orphan #1 after him accompanied by a group of meddling kids and a dog!

So, Kakashi goes after them. Finds and picks up an unconscious Orphan #1, Orphan #2 is long gone. He goes back to the village, thankfully some meddling sand kids helped the meddling leaf kids. Then, Orphan #1 announces he's going out of the village on a road trip with The World's Worst Godfather to train! He's so lucky he can turn into a hot lady so that old man will train him if he just let's him look a little.

Then unserious girl turns serious, ditches him for their newly crowned (hatted?) president/mayor/president who despite being an alcoholic with a crippling gambling addiction is leagues better than their old president/mayor, who had a crippling addiction to Danzo's pussy and a penchant for letting pre-teens lead assassin squads just because they were such a delight to have in class!

Kakashi did his fucking best and, like ALWAYS, it was not enough.

At least he got to rekindle his old flame with Maito Gai.

[lorkonsghost]

Here's a sneak peek into April dating a Wayne kid au I'm writing. Title work in progress

The Red Hood, The Red Head, and The Big Green Turtles

He just wants to be Jason again

Jason has no idea why he’s fighting alien robots with almost 6ft tall turtles, or why the girl he started dating a month ago dating is also fighting said alien robots but he wasn’t really going to question it. He was fighting alien robots makes a lot of things easier if you don’t question them wait are those fucking ninjas and why did the turtle in red say their name like it’s a bad thing. Jason really rethinking coming to New York to go drinking by himself was a bad idea maybe if he at least brought Roy he wouldn't be in this mess.

 

1 month ago, and 2 weeks after Jason’s 21 birthday

 

Jason was getting sick of always having someone tag along everytime he went drinking, for his 21st birthday wasn’t the problem, but the 4 times he tried after that doing it solo was the first time he tried it Dick showed up not 10 seconds after his first shot the next tine he did it was in star city and Roy showed up before even his first shot. The third time it had to be a joke because why did Rose fucking Wilson show up at the bar he was drinking at in central city she normally never even visit central city. The fourth time he knew it was joke because he went to the most swear rat bar in Gotham and for fuck sake why was Bruce their wearing a fucking fake mustache. Jason wasn’t really annoyed at not drinking alone if he actually wanted to do that he would just stay home and buy a few beers with Bruce’s credit card but it was the fact that he kept running into people he new he just wanted to get drunk and make a few mistakes but no now somebody he new was their and he can’t go embarrassing himself in front of them he had reputation to up hold. So that’s why he’s in New York he knows almost no hero’s who even touch New York so he thought no problems.

 

Jason was a few drinks in when he first saw her it looked like the first time she ever been in bar by herself and Jason thought why would she choose such a warn down bar like this. Jason took a shot for confidence and approached her thinking the most he could do is keep her company.

 

“Hello their beautiful looking kinda lonely mind if I join.” Jason say with his buzzed confidence

 “Hmph ha ha ha are you serious my ex had better pick up lines.” the red headed girl says

“Sorry I never been the kind of guy to try pick up a girl this way.” Jason says with a slightly bruised pride

“Oh so how you do it mister aren’t you look lonely miss.” Her blue eyes smiled behind her glass

“honestly most of the time we just start dating or they fall for bad boy charm” Jason with a cocky smile

“Sorry dated one bad boy don’t know if I need another” her red hair drops a bit but she says with a cheer in her voice

Jason doesn’t know actually why he tried flirting with her Jason knew it wasn’t good to get involved with a civilian Isabel taught him that he missed the flight attendant. But maybe it was the alcohol In his system, or it was the fact he wanted to ignore the hero stuff that’s also probably why he wanted to drink  without anyone he new he just wanted a night where he’s okay to be somebody other than Jason Todd the red hood son of Batman in somebody’s eye just Jason.

 

“I never introduced myself I’m Jason I’m not just a bad boy I also happen to read pride and prejudice.” Jason says in half cocky smile with another swig of his drink

“Okay mister Jason tell me your favorite quote and I’ll tell you my name” Her smile softens

“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. I know the original quote is about falling in love but it’s like I lived my life by it”  Jason says trying to hide the emotions he feels when he says it

“My names April so you where telling the truth about reading it” April say with a reassuring smile

Jason collects himself for a moment he’s kinda surprised how far he’s come along in this conversation. Jason really was only Jason right now no baggage to unravel yet and he’s okay with that right now it only him, April, his slowly blurring vision, and the hope maybe he could get a date out of this.

“So miss April tell me something other than your name please”. Jason say with a half smile

“Well currently I’m trying to be a journalist but get the last 5 credits of my degree I need to intern under another journalist for a year.” April says with a slight annoyed frown on her face

“so what’s the problem can’t find respectable enough journalist or something else” Jason says trying to offer A chance to vent

“It’s not that it’s just any intern ship I apply for needs me full time and my home life just doesn't allow that right now* April says with happier expression

Jason wants to call in a favor from Clark or Lois so bad right know he really could solve this girls problems with a phone call. But Jason was taught by Bruce, Ras, Dick, and Talia you can’t solve all the problems even if two them he would stab and not regret it and Bruce and Dick have been off his shit list for a good minute. But all of them where right he can’t just solve her problem for no reason but Jason wanted to do he makes a compromise.

“Okay that’s problem I could possibly help with” Jason says with cockiest smile yet

“Oh how so” April says with curiosity

“So a family friend is a journalist I could put in a word for and give you a chance at something buuut with it would be uup to you to convince them to agree to whatever youuu propose” Jason say with seriousness but with slurring

“Are you serious why would you do that for me” April says questionably

“Well I could ask you for a date as compensation but instead here’s what in going to do I give them a word if they give you a chance you go on date with me as celebration if they don’t drop my number we never talk again” Jason says with a smile

“Well mister Jason you got a deal and if don’t get I might stillll give you a chaaaasnccce for at least not being a creeeep” April tries to say a little flirty

Jason grabs a napkin and calls the waiter over to closes his tab and ask to borrow a pen and writes his number down

“call me in the morning I’ll set up an interview” Jason say as gets and walks over to April

Jason kisses the back of April hand and says as looks into her eyes once more ”Did you admire me for my impertinence?”

April laughs “yeah I did.”

Jason offers to pay for April’s tab as well but she’s says it’s okay and as Jason leaves he wonders if he’s doing the smart thing involving April in his life.

[nerves-nebula]

Raphael’s Amputation Saga:

Warning, I had absolutely no idea how to end this one

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He shouldn’t have been playing alone. He knew that, in the back of his mind. If any of the others tried to do what he was doing he would chase them down and drag them back home.

But Raph was different. He was bigger and smarter and stronger. He could find his way back because he was older and he knew how to not get lost. Plus, Leo had gotten Mikey and Donnie to play a game of knights and dragons with him and Raph hated that game. Leo always made him be the dragon. He didn’t like being the dragon. The dragon was the *bad guy*.

He also knew which sewer grate usually dropped all the coolest toys. From above he could hear human kids yelling and laughing, but he knew not to look. Looking meant someone could see him.

So he waited, holding onto his tail as he splashed in the water. It was getting really long, just like Dad’s. He liked using his tail to copy what Dad’s did, practicing to make it move the way Dad moved his when he taught them their ninja stuff.

He could swear he was getting better with it every day. He didn’t trip on it as much and he was good about making sure it wasn’t dragging where Mikey could step on it (even if Mikey thought it was funny). He could move it around easier, too! Donnie and Leo played a game to see who could jump over his tail longest while he was wagging it and it was the funnest most greatest game ever.

But now he was waiting.

He held his tail in his mouth as he bounced in the water of the drain pipe, giggling as he went. Maybe no one would drop a toy today. That would be sad, but at least he had some time to play by himself!

If he didn’t get any new toys today maybe he could come back and sneak up when it was dark. Sometimes kids forgot toys on the playground itself and he could take them to share with his brothers. Donnie was really good at fixing anything broken, too, so he could just grab anything!

Maybe he could convince them to play superheroes again and they could-

Something terribly loud happened up top. It was sharp and painful, banging multiple times. Something smashed against the grate of the drain and Raph froze, terrified.

He bit down.

He didn’t know why he bit down, but he did.

Raph knew he had sharp teeth. He’d bit Leo once when he was mad and Dad had had to give him stitches. Leo had been angry and scared for days after.

He didn’t realize just how much his bite hurt.

He kept his teeth clenched, though. Why wasn’t he letting go? Why couldn’t he let go?

His teeth sunk deeper into his own flesh.

The noises up top were still loud. He could hear some people screaming. He couldn’t understand their words but they were loud and there were so many and everything smelled like blood- so much blood.

—

He didn’t remember getting home. He must’ve let go of his tail at some point, but his mouth still tasted like blood.

He looked down at his tail. He must’ve dragged it through the water because it was less gross than he thought it would be, but it was still bleeding.

He had to hide it. Dad hated when they got hurt. He’d been in big trouble when he bit Leo and Dad would be so mad that he’d hurt himself. How could he do that? Why did he do that? Why didn’t he just *let go*?

He ran to the bathroom and tore into the first aid kit. They had to keep lots of stuff in it because Mikey was really good at getting scraped up and Donnie got sick a lot, so it wasn’t hard to find some bandaids to cover the bites.

He whimpered as he stuck the first bandage, the fabric soaking through with blood almost immediately.

He was gonna need a lot of bandages.

—

His tail wasn’t getting better. The bleeding had stopped but now it was turning gross colors and it was turning black. It hurt really bad, too.

Thankfully, Dad hadn’t noticed yet. He had been a lot more cagey lately, determined they didn’t leave the lair. Apparently whatever that loud thing was the other day was actually really bad and dangerous. He pretended to be scared to hide in his room but his tail hurt so bad he couldn’t help but cry.

The gross colored bit was spreading too. At first it was just in the scab, but by now it was spread almost halfway up his tail, making it hard to move it at all without hurting really bad. Worst of all, the bite started smelling bad and was oozing some gross stuff that he knew was bad.

He cried, hating himself for running away. He should’ve just listened to Leo and played the dragon. If he was a dragon he wouldn’t be hurting. He wouldn’t be hiding from everyone under his bed, sobbing, wishing he could curl his tail around him for comfort.

Donnie had already come in to check on him, but Raph had been able to get him to go away. Mikey and Leo wouldn’t be as easy to convince, and if Mikey or Leo found out he was hurt then they’d tell Dad and Dad would yell at him.

He was already in pain, he didn’t want to be yelled at.

He clutched his teddy bear close, burying his beak it its matted fur, staining it with more tears.

—

“Red! Why didn’t you say anything?”

Raph wailed, clinging to Draxum’s neck hard enough to start choking him.

“Why the hell did you let it get this bad?” Draxum hissed, trying to pull Raph’s arms looser around his neck while not dropping the already injured child, “This is terribly infected! Spirits alive, the end of it is practically already dead.”

In the end, Mikey or Leo didn’t have to find him. Draxum stopped by for a random visit and came looking for him. Now Mikey was crying and Leo and Donnie were holding him, looking at him like he was dying.

“What the hell do we do?”

“Well first we need to clean it and see how bad it is. Fuck, this is *not* what I meant when I said I had a doctorate, rat.”

The tub’s water was cold. He cried as the water touched his burning hot tail, painful and so shocking his vision went white.

Dad and Draxum continued to argue.

One of them grabbed his tail and pain laced through his body, ripping up through his spine, and he passed out.

—

When he woke up he was cold. He had a blanket placed over him and he was laid on the couch. He carefully moved to look at his tail.

It wasn’t better.

Someone had wrapped it in some white bandages, but he could see the gross ooze seeping through, and it still hurt.

He whimpered, pulling the blanket over his head, trying to hide.

“You have to consider that it will have to be removed.”

That was Draxum. He was using the voice he used just before him and Dad started yelling.

“Removed? And who will do that, Draxum? You?”

Dad was also using his going-to-yell-soon voice.

“Would you prefer the infection spread?” Draxum snapped, “It’s no wonder that it got infected in the first place, you’ve made your home in a den of filth.”

“Yes, let’s change the subject from you wanting to mutilate my child to the state of the home I’ve struggled to build for said children.” Dad hissed and something smacked against the stone.

“They are my children too!” Draxum finally yelled, “You think I want to remove his tail? I’m not the one who let him play in disgusting waters!”

Raph sobbed, quiet and muffled beneath the blanket.

They wanted to cut his tail off?

He wrapped the blanket tighter around himself, sliding off the couch, whimpering when his tail slid down onto the floor.

It hurt, but he didn’t want to lose his tail.

He could fix it.

He always fixed it.

Whenever Mikey got infections they cleaned them with cold water.

He knew where to get really cold water.

He could fix his tail and come back and show Dad and Draxum and they’d stop yelling and be so proud of him for fixing the problem all alone.

Maybe they’d even give him a reward for being brave and smart.

He stumbled across the lair, heading towards the east, where the coldest water was.

He could fix this.

—

Raphael was gone.

Splinter had lost the kids before, usually while they were playing, and he’d had his fair share of heart attacks from searching for the missing turtle.

This was different.

Raphael was ill. Not like Donnie, who got sick practically every other week, but actually ill. His tail was severely infected and the fever resulting from it had him delirious. He talked in his sleep and cried more in the past day than he ever had in his little life. The sound was both grating and heartbreaking.

He didn’t understand how this happened. Or, even worse, when. As much as he was loathe to admit, Draxum’s words stung and he was overly aware of all the unclean spaces of their lair. He would have to have the boys help him clean from now on. Their little hands would be able to clean the harder to reach spaces easier.

“This way.”

Draxum held some mystic compass in his hand. They’d had to dig one of the filthy bandages out of the trash for the magic to connect to Raphael, guiding them through the sewer tunnels to find where the boy had wandered off.

He couldn’t quite tell if he was furious at his son for wandering or terrified that perhaps he was having another delirious episode induced by the fever. Perhaps it was both.

Draxum lead them down a tunnel, his leggings pulled up and cinched tight around his thighs so they wouldn’t get soaked in the frigid autumn waters. They moved as quickly as they could, only communication through directions and an occasional grab of the hand.

(He did not enjoy holding Draxum’s hand through this. It was not comforting and did not help him through his panic.)

He swore they would never find him. They had been running through the sewers for what felt like hours. Would Raphael even be alive at this point? Would they be able to revive him? Would he lose one of his children? Would he have to explain to the others why they would never see Raphael again?

“He’s here.”

Splinter’s breath stuck in his throat and he dropped Draxum’s hand, hurrying forward into the tunnel. He could smell his boy, his nose twitching as he hurried forward, almost falling onto his hands as he forced himself to keep moving, to find his baby, his little boy-

Raphael was curled in on himself, half submerged in the frigid water. His face was under the water, oh fuck, what if he’d drowned?

He grabbed him, dragging him out of the water and off to the side of the tunnel, unable to hear anything but the blood in his ears and the frantic pounding of his own heart. He checked for a pulse, for signs of life, anything to tell him that his child was alive.

Raphael coughed.

Splinter nearly sobbed.

—

Raph wasn’t allowed to play for a long time.

Dad tried to explain to the boys as best be could, but Mikey didn’t understand. Donnie got sick all the time and he was able to keep playing after a few days. Leo got hurt constantly and he never had to stop playing. Why couldn’t Raph play with them?

“Raphael is very hurt and needs to heal. Playing could make it worse. Leave him alone.”

Playing never made anything worse, though! And Raph was the best to play with because he was so big and his shell was super easy to climb and his tail was the best jump rope ever.

Leo listened to Dad, but he clearly wasn’t happy about it. Mikey had found him sitting in front of Raph’s door a few times, claiming to be “guarding” him. Mikey knew he was just waiting for an excuse to go in.

Donnie locked himself in his room. Whenever Mikey snuck in he found Donnie on his computer, looking at things with way too many words for him to care. A few times he managed to get Donnie to take a break and play with him, but that usually didn’t last long.

Mikey missed Raph.

So obviously the only logical conclusion was that he had to go see Raph.

From an outside perspective, it wasn’t actually that hard. But to Mikey it was a super dangerous stealth and infiltration mission with probably dire consequences. His obstacles: Leo and Dad. He’d have to distract them both if he wanted to get into Raph’s room.

He hurried to the kitchen, digging through the pantry until he pulled out Leo’s favorite cereal. With a mischievous giggle, he upended the box, dumping it onto the floor in a big mess, leaving the box aside before running off again to hide.

Sure enough, eventually, Mikey heard Splinter shout for Leo, sounding very upset. Leo hurried off from his spot in front of Raph’s door. Mikey dashed over, sliding in without a sound. He flapped his hands, grinning as he tiptoed over to Raph’s bed.

“Raphie?”

Raph didn’t respond.

He circled around so he could see his brother’s face, and frowned when he found he was asleep. It was the middle of the day!

“Raphie.” He pushed his hand against Raph’s nose, “Raphie, wake up.”

He grinned when his brother’s eyes finally slid open and landed on him. His pupils were HUGE, but he looked at Mikey with familiarity. He trilled, soft and sad, his hands moving slow to reach out for Mikey’s.

“What’s wrong?” Mikey climbed up onto the bed, laying down next to him, “Are you hurt?”

Raph chirped an affirmative. He wrapped his arms around Mikey, resting his head against Mikey’s plastron, churring sleepily.

“You can’t play?”

Raph shook his head.

“Oh. Can I stay and nap with you?”

He nodded.

“Okay lemme get comfy.”

They adjusted a bit, laying down together so Raph could hold onto Mikey like a big teddy bear, and Raph quickly fell back asleep.

Mikey didn’t. His mind was going way too fast, so instead he imagined cars racing on the back of Raph’s shell, humming their engine sounds as Raph snored on his chest.

He didn’t understand why Raph couldn’t play, but it was easier to accept after seeing him himself.

Mission successful!

Draxum watched Michelangelo sneak into Raphael’s room from his spot in the corner. He went completely unnoticed, glancing up from his book as the children spoke for just a moment before curling up together. Splinter would want him to chase Michelangelo off, to let Raphael rest after his amputation, but it seemed the usually overly-excited child was willing to be calm and so he saw no harm.

Plus he really didn’t want to deal with any crying.

Later he would chide Michelangelo for breaking the rules, but for now he supposed it was okay.

——

I loved writing Splinter being scared for Raph’s well-being. Dude’s just trying to keep four kids he never asked for alive and now one of them is sick and missing???? Shit fuck fuck shit oh fuck oh shit

Featuring half-decent Dad(?) Draxum.

-Monster Anon

FUCK I FORGOT TO POST THIS when i first read it SOBB

no but i fuckin !!! LOVE THIS!!! I love the way Mikey's little kid brain doesnt really understand until he sees raph SSOBBBb Raph leaving to try to fix it and cause he's scared of draxum & splinter shoutinggg, guhhhghasgdhsdf

and LEOOOO keeping GUARDDD aUAGHAUDG

[percyaugod]

The first time the turtles eat pizza is when they visit Donnie at his house. It's hard to cook enough for two growing teenage boys, especially when one is a mutant. Trying to cook for six teenagers, five of which are boys, and four of which are mutants? No. We're ordering pizza. A lot of pizza. The turtles seem hesitant at first but give it a try when they see Donnie seeming to enjoy it.

After their first bites, they start eating like they've never been fed. When asked what they usually eat they reply with worms and algae Donnie hugs his family tightly thanking them for finding him. Casey notices the turtles giving them jealous looks. He smirks back, starting the Brotherly Love Triangle.

When the turtles first take Donnie back to the lair he starts sobbing. They hope he's remembering something but no. This place is just that awful. How do you guys live like this? The only stuff there is old furniture, krank lanterns, and comics splinter scavenged for them.

No Donnie growing up in the lair means no lights, running water, appliances, etc. Donnie doesn't even want to know what they do about the bathroom. He spends the next two weeks completely redoing the lair. Mr Jones even gave them some old videos he watched as a child that Casey never wanted. Maybe one of these boys would like Space heroes.

After renovating the lair Donnie starts hanging out there more often. He put the work in, he should get to enjoy it. Besides. It is kind of nice to have a place to go to when the rest of the family is at school and work. Nice having other people to talk to as well. Even if they're all somehow more socially inept than he is.

When Donnie first sees Splinter he says he knows New York has a rat problem, but this is ridiculous. While also making fun of a very terrified Casey.

He accidentally helps them. They talk to him, he gives genuine thought and advice that makes them realize things and start working through their problems on their own.

Makes them play board games and sits back and laughs watching them go at each other's throats. You have no strength here Splinter. No one fears a man with only one railroad. Next time he'll bring Uno. A surprise when they say "Nothing is worse than monopoly."

Donnie accidentally helps the brothers understand Raph a little more when they realize how hard it is to control their anger while playing a simple board game. 'Raph feels like this all the time? This sucks!'

Since he wasn't raised by splinter Donnie isn't much of a ninja but Mr Jones has taught him how to box and he is still a very strong and fast mutant that carries around a metal pipe.

Now that Donnie is spending the day at the lair Splinter starts giving him lessons. Donnie agrees mostly because the more ways he knows how to fight the better he can protect Casey from his vigilante bullshit.

Since Donnie didn't get out too much when living with the Jones he was usually leaning over his desk a lot. This leads to him being hunched over most of the time even after meeting the other turtles. After starting his training and working out years worth of sore and tense muscles he can stand straight for the very first time since meeting the turtles. Raph thanks it's hilarious that Leo isn't the tallest anymore.

Donnie makes a lab in the turtle's lair for his more. . . unstable projects that he's not allowed to do at home.

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Chris Bradford Backstory-Top Dog

It’s a bummer we never got Chris’ backstory. We saw Xever’s and a lot of the other Foot’s but sadly nothing on him. I always wondered who he used to be before becoming the famous Martial Arts star to loyal ninja warrior mutant for the Foot and Shredder. What if he wasn’t always the Top Dog?

What if the episode about Chris wanting his humanity back was expanded, along with Xever and when presented with a chance to become human again like getting a certain ingredient or formula where only one can use it to turn back to human, they fight over who should get the chance.

Xever-It’s all your fault we’re freaks to begin with! You’re the reason I’m stuck in all this! Chris-I’m sorry, was I the one who made you steal from Master Shredder and got you thrown into prison to be bailed out into working for the Foot!? Cause I’m pretty sure you stuck yourself in that corner! Not me!

Xever-My life was already hard as it was but you practically go out of your way to make it worse and enjoy doing so! For crying out loud I lost my own legs!

Chris-Hey you got new ones! And they can crush stuff way better and you love crushing things! Usually other people’s legs! Xever-Ugh, I don’t even know why I’m trying to get you to understand my situation, you’d never understand what having it hard is like at all!

Chris-Excuse me?

Xever-Oh don’t act dumb, you don’t need to for that! People like you have had everything handed to them their whole lives! You didn’t have to work to get where you are, from being some pretty rich boy to some rich martial arts movie star and now to Shredder’s lap dog! You’ve made it very clear that all you’ll ever see me as is just some lowly bottom-feeder so can’t you at least let me be human-

Chris-SHUT UP! YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME!

Xever stunned by his reaction.

Chris-You seriously think that I just didn’t have to earn my place into the Foot, to once have earned HIS respect!? You think just a bunch of money and fame got me into here!? In fact it’s the other way around. It’s because of the Foot, I ever became somebody that mattered…flashback

Way back, I grew up as a foster kid, going from new home to home but always end up being returned back. I felt like some weak little runt in the pound, a total underdog. The kind where all the bigger kids would pick on, the kind where teachers thought I was too stupid to be taught anything and as I got older it got worse. Pretty soon, nobody wanted me. The only thing that brought me some comfort where all those cool Martial Art films and shows. The heroes looked so cool fighting all those bad guys and getting through any kind of obstacle and everyone else thought so too. I wanted to be just like that! To be the seen the way everyone else saw them, to be respected, to be adored…to be loved. And I thought it would only ever be just some silly dream until…I met him. Xever-Shredder?

Chris- At that time, he was looking for new potential recruits and I got lucky enough for him to check for fosters like me who were starting to get too old for most to consider fostering. He was the first person who ever looked at me and not just pass by me like everyone else would, like he saw something in me that no one, including me could see at the time, I felt…hopeful. So when he asked if I was open to become one of his new students, I took the offer and never looked back. I did everything I could to show Shredder he wouldn’t regret giving me a shot! I endured everything he put me through, sometimes I wonder how I even survived but I did! And I used what he taught me to finally show the rest of the world what Chris Bradford could do and become the same kind of hero I watched on tv, some other little kid like me could look up to! I was finally the top dog!

Xever-Wow. Guess you really did earn your place at the top.

Chris-I did, but now? I’m a giant hideous mutant dog man, I’m constantly beaten by teenage turtle mutants and worst of all Shredder’s pretty much lost all care for me and it’s only a matter of time Karai kicks me to the curb to be just a nobody again! And to top it all off, I’m forced to work with some guy, 10 years younger than me who got where I had to go through so much more to be, by attempting to steal from my Master! Being Chris Bradford’s all I really have left at this point and I know that windows closing soon enough, in show business! YOU know how to survive on your own without needing conditional love. I don’t!…I can’t💔

Xever-…

What do u think? I’d love to know💖

[missmilkie]

Ninja From Another Land

Part Two

Words: 1046

You proudly stared at your reflection. Your outfit was perfect, and you were sure to make a good impression at the academy. You trained before you began attending the academy. You actually were getting the hang of jutsus. You know the Cloak of Invisibility Jutsu, Clone Jutsu, Substitution Jutsu, and Transformation Jutsu. You could basically graduate right away ninjutsu-wise. Your taijutsu would need work though as well as your genjutsu.

Leaving your new apartment, you walked to school alone. You didn’t get as many stares as you fit in better now. Konoha was beautiful and at this point you didn’t know how, but there was no way this was just a dream. You were in Naruto and could be a ninja.

When you arrived, all eyes were on you. Some of the characters you’d come to love were staring you down. Your face burned at the attention.

“This is our new student, (Y/n) (L/n).” Iruka introduced you and had you sit down next to Sakura. Maybe you could influence her character development while you’re there.

“Hey, I’m Sakura Haruno.” She smiled at you.

“Nice to meet you, I love your hair.”

“Thank youu!” Sakura blushed and twirled her hair with her fingers.

At lunch you were invited to sit with Sakura and Hinata. Sakura told you all about how great she thought Sasuke was, and Hinata was quiet for the most part.

“You’re so naturally strong, Sakura. Have you ever thought of getting really good at taijutsu?” You questioned, eating the bento you had packed for yourself.

“No, not really.”

“I bet the skill would impress a certain someone. Who doesn’t like strong women?”

Sakura thought it over for a moment.

“You’re right! I’ll train in taijutsu and impress Sasuke with my hand to hand combat skills.”

“Be careful with using a boy as your motivation. You should really learn taijutsu for your ninja career, but a little extra incentive helps.” You added.

Sasuke ate alone and away from everyone else. He really was such an emo. Maybe you’d show him some songs some time.

At this point and time, Sasuke has not treated the people in his life terribly. He was still innocent and open to friendship as long as he could kill Itachi. You knew he would have to get bit by Orochimaru. It was a major part of his story and made him who he was. You just hoped that maybe he would change a bit. Maybe you could save him.

In class you were overwhelmed by the amount of technical things you would have to know as a ninja. Sitting next to Sakura really helped, so you were sure to pass. She explained things well enough for you to understand all the stuff you had missed.

On the other hand, you were gifted in using jutsus. Your chakra control was really good, so you had no problem performing whatever jutsus Iruka taught the class. Because of that, every now and again you would catch Sasuke staring at you. It was intimidating to say the least. There was no way he would realize that you didn’t belong though.

You had to walk home by yourself. Sakura offered to walk with you, but you lived in different directions. So you kicked rocks as you made your way back to your apartment.

“(Y/n) (L/n).” You whipped around to see Sasuke.

“Can I help you, Sasuke Uchiha?”

“You should train with me.” He removed one hand from his pocket to gesture toward himself.

“Sure.”

You followed Sasuke to the training grounds, a bit nervous as to the results of it. Maybe his intentions were innocent. Or maybe he brought you there to beat you up. You hoped for the former.

“So what are we doing for training?” You asked, trying not to let your nerves show.

“Just some taijutsu, nothing terrible.” He shrugged it off as if he wasn’t the best in your class at literally everything.

“Okay, well, don’t go too hard on me, I’m new after all.”

“Don’t worry about it.”

You took a basic defensive stance that you had seen in animes. Thank god actual fighters would go on the internet and rate anime fighting techniques. Sasuke settled into his own stance, and you felt your pulse skyrocket.

Absolutely terrified, you let him make the first move. He came at you so fast you barely registered him. Your arms came up just in time to block his hit. And the next. You couldn’t keep taking this.

You went for a low kick to sweep his feet out from under him. He jumped up, so you only caught one leg. Sasuke quickly regained composure and pushed you down with one hand. When you hit the ground, the air was knocked out of your lungs. He hovered above you, keeping you pinned to the grass. You greedily sucked in air as he stared you in the eyes intensely.

“You’re not very good at this.” He stated, not even panting.

“Thanks.” You rolled your eyes as you tried to catch your breath.

For a moment, Sasuke held you there. He just stared and you stared back for some wild reason you didn’t know. Middle school you would’ve killed for this opportunity. You were getting to the point where you were starting to notice the patterns in his dark gray irises. One day those eyes would become crimson and bring pain upon him and those he cared about.

“Your eyes look really pretty like this. Like the ocean before a storm. Deep and gray.”

Sasuke’s eyes widened and his pupils expanded. It was as if he had to take in every aspect of this moment.

“Hn. Don’t say weird things, new girl.”

“Sorry.” Sasuke got up, allowing you to get off the ground and fix your clothes.

“Let me help you. I can’t stand seeing someone be so pathetic.”

Sasuke taught you simple taijutsu techniques until the sun was setting low on the horizon. He provided demonstrations and helped you adjust your body to the right positions. You let his hands guide your body in the right movements. Before you went home, Sasuke had you spar with him using what you had just learned. You were one step closer to becoming a ninja.

[escapism-from-the-real-world]

Part 3

Dustin Brooks (THE BOY)

Background/story

Has two amazing parents that he loves very much

His dad taught him all about dirt bikes and they bond over it

Grew up on motocross and loved it from the start. It is his life

His dad got him the bike he has now at the beginning of freshman year and he’s had it ever since

He gets his Adhd from his mom, who is an absolute sweetheart

She is also friends with Shane’s mom and they have family dinner together (Tori also joins once she gets adopted into the family)

Has an older sister who is much older than him so they aren’t incredibly close, but she’s a badass and he respects the hell out of her

She’s a lawyer and kicks legal butt, it’s great

Also has two younger siblings (one boy, one girl, twins, they are 7)

Can, have, and will kick Dustin’s butt when the urge arises

Very feisty but also protective of their favorite brother (he’s a fun bro who plays with them and rides a motorcycle)

He is the coolest and the dorkiest in their eyes. They love their big brother

His aunts and uncles live nearby and they visit pretty often

Has so many cousins

His house is constantly full of people

Just a very big family

He loves the chaos and has a hard time adjusting outside of it sometimes

They do those cheek kisses and Shane and Tori were very surprised when he first did it with them

It’s chill tho, they get it now

They have a game called ‘guess their relation to Dustin’ when a family member they don't know comes over

It’s a lot of fun

Shane and Tori were also his first real friends

While very friendly and sociable, he has a hard time getting close to people since he can come on a bit strong

People tried to bully him verbally, but it went right over his head so a lot of them resorted to physical violence to get their point across

He was a crier when he was little (no shame)

Shane and Tori were the first people that let him in and he was ecstatic

They are basically his pseudo siblings and they tease and banter a lot

Usually plays mediator for actual fights, but is also known to stand to the side and watch with popcorn (no one knows where he gets the popcorn from)

He doesn’t understand half of what Cam says most of the time, but he likes how passionate he gets about tech

Sometimes he’ll just sit with Cam at Ninja Ops and have him talk as he does other stuff (usually homework)

Went off about power rangers with Cam after that first mission

Knows a lot about zords and morphers

When he does know what is going on that other half of the time, they have very complicated tech talk (Dustin can fix up motor bikes, he knows quite a bit of mechanics, thank you)

Dustin is Cam’s favorite (Shh don’t tell)

Was very excited when he started hanging around Blake and Hunter because Biking Buddies!!

Blue screens when he meets Blake and Hunter (they are very pretty) (Bisexual disaster)

They like bikes!!!! I like bikes!!! We should be friends!!!!

Oblivious to the sus at first, just excited to info dump about motocross

Picks up on it after a couple of weird encounters (Said they didn’t live with their parents then told Tori that they had parents to get back to)

Is kind of heartbroken when they turn out to be evil because he put a lot of his heart into that friendship

Is not following with what is happening in that cave with the crystal, just knows their parents are dead (sad)

And then they left (sad)

And then they’re back!

But they’re evil again (sad and confused)

Deviance from canon! Dustin comes up with the idea to wash the toxic chemicals off Hunter’s face

So they do (Tori blasts him with water)

And it helps Hunter break out of the brainwashing spell after one last good hit over the head from Blake

Tackles Blake and Hunter into a hug after that whole debacle (much to the confusion of Blake and Hunter and to the delight and amusement of Shane and Tori)

Loves having Dirt Biking Buddies once they are officially good

They teach him a lot of tricks for going really fast

Blake is chill and Dustin sees him as a bro, but not like Shane and Tori

Him, Blake, and Hunter are pretty competitive for motocross, but they’re all good sports

Hunter is Dustin’s favorite because they’ll info dump on dirt bikes with each other and go on and on and on

Blake can too, but he usually bails to let them talk alone *wink wink*

They hang out a lot

Dustin’s family adore Blake and Hunter, especially the kids cause they’ll play with them

Kelly is also like a sister to him and he thinks she and his oldest sister would get along really well

She helps a lot with his motocross endeavors, encouraged him to keep improving, always taking him to tournaments across the country when she can and thinks Dustin is one of the best motocross riders she’s ever seen

Dustin hates letting her down and is very protective of her and the shop

It’s his safe space and he loves it in there

Personality/headcanon/arcs

What do you mean it isn’t canon that he has Adhd, have you seen him? 

Has Adhd, 100%

Has time blindness, selective memory, can’t sit still, impulsiveness, blunt, easily distracted, has a hard time with eye contact, special interest is dirt bikes, loves loud noise (he’s a punk/metal fan), and has a hard time with social cues so things fly over his head a lot

Also hyposensitive to most shit including pain (can take a lot of hits and often doesn’t realize he’s hurt)

Can also be spacey and gets into his head a lot so you have to keep his attention or he’ll get distracted and stop listening

He went undiagnosed for most of his life

Cam brought it up once and then he went to get diagnosed

Cam: With regards to your Adhd-, Dustin: I have Adhd?, Cam: ... We’re taking you to the doctor.

Things make a lot more sense now for everybody

He’s just a happy to be here

While he can be competitive, he’s the most mellow-headed out of everyone

I guess you could say he’s grounded (Aha. Aha. Aha)

Is terrifying when mad

Him being upset is one thing (he’s like a sad puppy dog and no one can deny Dustin when he’s genuinely upset) But he’s never, ever mad, so when he is you know shit’s about to go down

Shane and Tori have only ever seen him truly mad once and it was the scariest thing they have ever seen

Dustin being nice is a choice, not a result of naivety 

Is very affectionate with his buddies (hugs, pats, friendly punches, fistbumps, high fives, anything and everything) (cheek kisses only when he’s comfortable with them and if they are comfortable with it) (Shane, Tori and Hunter are fine with them while Cam and Blake don’t really like them) 

Is the most physically affectionate with Hunter for reasons (Many of them romantic)

Eats a lot

Like, a lot a lot

The first time Blake and Hunter were with the crew for a food run, they were gobsmacked by the amount of food he got

Dustin, after ordering half the menu: You guys getting anything? Blake and Hunter: That was all for you???

He’s a hungry boi (his powers are very energy consuming so he has to eat a lot to make up for it)

Speaking of powers

Is SUPER strong (he can lift 100 tons)

Has to be careful with his super strength and often hits things too soft in fear of hitting things too hard

Can sense the earth beneath his bike and uses it to find the smoothest/quickest path

Doesn’t know that’s what that is and just thinks everyone else is just being silly when they chose the worst paths to ride through

Blake and Hunter are the ones to tell him about what he’s doing when they accuse him of cheating and he gets very confused

very quick to pick up on stuff but also quick to forget (Has used his duplication technique like twice)

Specialized in the warhammer, but can also use a mace and axe

Is actually very smart thank you very much. He just has a funny way of showing it (Adhd). Often comes out more like common sense

“What’s more powerful than 5 rangers?” “6 rangers!” “...Fair enough, let’s give it a shot.”

Everyone always forgets just how smart he is (expect Cam and Hunter, because Dustin can semi keep up with Cam’s rants and Hunter and Dustin rant about dirt bike mechanics all the time)

Just knows? The most random facts? And can do the most random things? (Adhd, bitch)

“Oh yeah, I play the sax.” “...What?”

“I can do a perfect, very complicated gymnastics routine.” “Why?” “I had a phase.”

“I know how to jumpstart and rewire almost every vehicle in existence including a fighter jet.” “Do I want to know?” “I had to hotwire my old bike once and it devolved from there.”

Has the best relationship with himself 

That one episode where sensei has them “fight” themselves, Dustin is literally just playing with himself and is very excited to have another him

He’s having a blast

(Tori is just smart and figures out what’s going on and Shane is always ready to fight something)

Goes into Freestyling with Kelly as his sponsor after the show

Eventually does Freestyling and Motocross racing because he’s just built different

He and Blake race all the time and get very competitive (It’s all good fun tho)

Everyone tries to make it to as many competitions as they can

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[xherry7816]

i wasnt gonna post this bc i think i sound like wn idiot but then i remember that literally doesnt matter.

no sad skecth of a ninja today for i bringforth FIGHTING HEADCANONS.

in no way am i versed in knowledge about fightimg so im just gonna try and explain as best as i can.

JAY - i hc that JAY is one of the lightest members in the team, he doesnt have a lot of muscle so to counter that id imageine he'd fight in a way that he can use his whole body weight rather than a punch or a kick. i think hed be quite fluid in his motion, lots of flips and cool dodging maneuvers over his opponents to be able to bring his weight down upon them. so yeah in a simpler way id say dodging around and then countering is kinda his stuff, he moves around a lot basically. hes the kinda guy to use his power and physically strength as equally as possible and sometimes boosts phys strength with his elemental.

KAI - at the start KAI can kinda be described as lacking in aspects from the other three bc he didnt get to train together as longer so id imagine he goes for a very defeat as fast as possible approach. lots of strong powerful movements because he knows once an enemy finds a weakness he'll have a hard time. of couse once hes trained and all that jazz i think hed still go along with the same approach since hes been doing it for so long but i picture more flashy, confident movements hes definitely more into the risky moves as long as it gets the jobs done and makes him look cool. he'd be a fan of big movements which would show off his flames.

ZANE - most likely the type to act once he knows enough about his enemy, his moves are calculated and concise and hes most likely never to make a move unless necessary. hes the type of person to study an art closely so he fights in set forms but is adaptable and is most likely versed in several different forms. i think weapons/elements would depend on the sort of enemy theyre fighting, element against element and weapon against weapon unless its a difficult fight.

NYA - though being the last ninja, because of his perfectionist nature i think she would kinda grind until she perfected a fighting style that best fit him. much like her element her movements are fluid and confident, i think he'd kinda have like attack combos constantly berating an enemy with powerful attacks with little openings for retaliation. she likes to think ahead in terms of element use and thinks how his current moves would benefit the fight going forward intsead of swinging some water and hoping for the best.

LLOYD - probably the most elemental oriented out of them all due to the nature of his element being ljkr the best one and stuff. hes the type to use larger scale attacks or multi attacks to hit multiple enemies at once rather than focusing on one and maybe hitting a few others if theyre in the way. hes not confident in the defense and thus focuses more on his powerful offense making sure he always has the upperhand. with a weapon hes a bit more wary and calculating of his opponent and much like KAI (who i hc taught him the sword) tries to take them down asap.

COLE - i kinda think COLE would have an accidentally flashy fightstyle. like i think hes very elementally oriented but in a way that he channels earth through his weapons and body, he does large earth punches and throws literal mountains of rock. his moves are strong and steady and probably most fond of using his hands over anything else. rather than specifically aiming for one i think hes more to hit many at once to help speed up the process of taking them down if that makes sense.

the quality of these was bad at JAY and then just keeped getting worse as i went down LOL

hope those made sense and were idk cool or smth ???

EXCITED 4 UNITED WHOO !! (still hasnt watched CRYSTALLIZED help !l

[purpledisastertwin900]

Hol’ up!

I feel like usually when we talk about these guys we think of them as being members of the clan from, like, the early days right? Like cmon you dont get that high up in a clan, lookin like this

By only being in ur clan for a few years right?

WRONG!

In Hot Soup, the Game when they send Cassandra in to retrieve the “artifact”, they start fangirling over Lou Jitsu and his movies-specifically Jitsu For Justice, and Foot Brute says “It’s the movie that got me into crime!” Which means at least 5 things:

1. He’s only been in the Foot Clan for at most, 30-35 years or so. (This is my “educated” guess-bc take away 15 years of Splinter being a rat, 10 years of the Big Mama debacle, and that leaves around 5-10 years for Lou’s actual film career-it could be shorter tho, bc we have no idea how long it took him to join the Foot Clan)

2. He had a normal life before joining, lived in modern times, and is no stranger to modern customs and how the world works, (see also: “we really must stop finding recruits in ninja Chatrooms-“) so it’s safe to assume then whenever he and Foot Lieutenant were walkin around in all their yellow-eyed footfaced pink skin sharp teeth glory without cloaking brooches on, they did that on purpose simply bc they did not care. And pop off honestly

3. The Foot Clan Must actually be in shambles for someone who’s been in the clan for less than 50 years is so close to the top

4. Splinter inadvertently created his own enemy-which I find ironic and kinda funny tbh

5. To me, it kind of explains why they were so eager to release the Shredder/Krang and why they were so desperate to be led-they’d probably been taught ab the clan’s glory days, which, compared to where the clan was at, makes the Foot Clan look pathetic. So it just makes sense to start scrabbling for a higher leader/power to make the Clan great and honorable again.

So yeah, just some thoughts I had at 10:30 pm on a Tuesday-I also never see stuff ab Foot Brute which is a total cowabummer bc he is awesome

If anyone has any other theories add em’ in the notes!! I wanna hear em!!! (N if you already knew this and it’s old news to u plz be nice to me sometimes I’m not that smart T-T)

[hypocriticaltypwriter]

I AM HERE BBY GORL✨

🥺 - What does your F/O think is the cutest thing ever? (Other than you, of course!)

☹️ - When was the last time your F/O cried and why?

👌 - Does your F/O like creating art? If so, what do they create?

😉 - How does your F/O flirt?

((F/Os of your choice hun💖))

MJ IS MY BBGIRL MY WIFE YALL DONT UNDERSTAND IM GONNA KISS AND HER LOVE HER FOREVER SHE GOT ME🫰🏻🫰🏻💜💜

Im gonna do both my TLB Boys and Donnie!

🥺 - What does your F/O think is the cutest thing ever? (Other than you, of course!)

Donnie adores his kids. This man is prideful in the fact he and his wife can make such cute kids. He'll literally hold up Maggie as a baby and show her off to people with the smuggest grin saying stuff like: "See this? I helped make this. Yeah, no big deal, she's just the greatest Ninja in the making just like her siblings. 😏"

☹️ - When was the last time your F/O cried and why?

If we're talking about the AU where Tamsin passes, the last time he ever cried was probably after he and David got into a nasty argument and David ran away to join Big Mama's battle Nexus.

Now, Donnie has shed a few tears or his eyes water after the years if being a dad had softened him up... But after David left he was in hysterical sobs, so bad it scared Karai. 🥲

👌 - Does your F/O like creating art? If so, what do they create?

I think most of the boys collectively have their own creations of art. Dwayne makes beaded jewelry or braids them into Chrystas hair, Marko can embroider or stick pretty patters into and tears or holes in her clothes, Paul (while he isn't the best at it) likes making up little jingles or songs on an old guitar for Chrysta, and David teaches her about fixing up some stuff on motorcycles or quizzes her on stuff he's taught her!

😉 - How does your F/O flirt?

Surprising as it is, I think David's flirting technique/love language is touch. Not it anything supper suggestive, just cupping the side of Chrysta's face, grabbing her by the chin to turn her head either to him or to show her something he was to see, his hand on the back of her neck leading her through crowds or wherever he pleases. Stuff like that makes me WEAK

Markos the same I believe with physical tough except his is... erm.... A little more touchy.

Either he has his arms around her and his head perched in her curls or she has to do the same on the back of his bike. If he walks by her or around he he gives her a friendly little pat to her rear or if he wants her attention he'll pinch her arm or thigh.

Paul definetly has AWFUL pick up lines. I'm convinced that poor cahsier at the Video Store in the movie has a routine of which pickup line he is going to use.

And Chrysta isn't safe from the flirting either- and he gets her when she's least suspecting just to watch her choke on her milkshake or spit her water all over David's lap.

Oh, and Dwayne, my brooding, moody boy 🤤 this man flirts in the way he does best. It's usually reserved only for Chrysta. When she's sitting on his bike or next to him, he leans in behind her and whisper sly comments or things to make her giggle and get all flustered. BRO THIS THOUGHT GIVES ME BUTTERLFIES I-

[rottmntliberation]

Van please talk about your tmnt au

OH MY GODDD YOU WANNA HEAR ABOUT MY AU,,,

AUGH OKAY

OKAY OKAY IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING

SO

SO

ehem sorry this is gonna be real long

My 2012 AU (which I like to call Kintsugi or K!) is basically a glorified rewrite surrounded familial trauma and a sprinkle of Rise. It follows the brothers as they attempt to fix their broken relationships with each other and their father, all while having to save the world from the Kraang and the Shredder.

YES there are mystic powers but it leans in more towards the 2012 spiritual plane

YES Venus is in this one, but maybe I'll talk about her another time

It basically follows the same general plotline as 2012 BUT the character dynamics are different and I shifted some ships around!

K!Leo, AKA Lee, 'Nard, Narc, fearless leader, weeb: - He/Him - 16 - Southern River Terrapin - Gay - 5'6" K!Leo is the oldest of his brothers, and was actually found by Splinter in Japan right after the fight with Oroku Saki. Because of this, and also because Leo is the most interested in traditional Japanese culture, Splinter granted him favoritism his entire life, leading to the resentment of the other boys. Of course it was never Leo's fault, but as he began to get iced out by the others (who are his entire world btw) he develops a serious case of imposter syndrome especially because he's been trained since childhood to be their leader. He thinks they hate him (they don't) and struggles with his words, so he's more of a loner, but not by choice. This genuinely SUCKS because his love language is quality time and the poor child has been DEPRIVED His worst relationship by far is with Raph, his best is with Mikey, and Donnie's a neutral party.

Likes: Meditation, tea, sparring, jogging, romcoms, Girl Talk (with April), 80's anime and manga (especially shounen and magical girls), knitting, and being painted on by Mikey and Raph

Dislikes: Fighting with his family, failure, coffee, being ignored

Specializes in stealth

K!Raph AKA Robin, fuego, hot stuff, hot-head, meathead): -He/They (interchangeably) - 15 - Red-Bellied Cooter - Unlabeled, but queer with a male lean - 5'4"

K!Raph is the broodiest and edgiest of his brothers. He struggles with his anger and undiagnosed ADHD, as he was never validated or properly taught to live with it as a child. He and Leo used to be the closest, but as the years went by, he noticed Splinter's slight favor, and, wanting to be a "great ninja" like Leo, began to train as hard as he could. However, he never could quite match up to his brother, leading to misplaced resentment and angry outbursts. He knows deep inside that it isn't Leo's fault, but he can't help but pin the blame on the person he wants to be like the most, because in reality, he couldn't be further from him. While yes, Raph is angry, he never hits his brothers unless it's consented roughhousing or well within appropriate boundaries. Instead of taking his aggression out on people, as one of the two artists in the families, Raph will paint his frustrations and tear the canvases apart. He learns to eventually channel his anger into music, as well, and he enjoys rock. Raph's love language is acts of service and he'll silently do things for his family! He gets embarrassed if it's pointed out though :) He also hates physical touch. Hugging's not his thing. ALSO ALSO he has a tattoo for each family member :D He's closest with his (age) twin, Donnie, because Donatello is the medic and Raph gets hurt the most often.

Likes: Working out (specifically bulking), training, sparring, 90's rap (Tupac's his favorite), heavy metal, drumming, spray painting, calligraphy, sumi-e (Japanese ink painting), tattoo art, sketching, video games, spicy foods, dark chocolate

Dislikes: Hugs, sugary sweets, snack foods (pizza is the exception), being alone/cut communication, his height, feeling weak

The protector!! Hits hard and hits fast

K!Donnie AKA Don-Don, D, D-bag, Douche-atello, D-man, Einstein): - He/Him - 15 - Common Box turtle - Bisexual with a female lean - 6'2"

Donnie is definitely a computer engineering genius. He found his first broken laptop at the ripe age of seven, and with unauthorized access to the world wide web, he became a Gamer TM and a very educated individual. Growing up he was generally the neutral party, but he tended to take Raph's side because Raph often hurt himself on accident, and Donnie also felt the effects of that favoritism. He never hated or disliked Leo for it, but he has trouble expressing his feelings appropriately and doesn't like to talk about it. While he specializes in engineering, robots, and chemistry, he's terrible at biology, but forces himself to learn it anyways to be a better medic for his mutant brothers. He's also a hopeless romantic to a fault, and secretly believes in "love at first sight" and "destiny." His score so far? Chronically single. That is, unless you count vtuber oshis and Genshin worshipping. He also loves to dance, and enjoys 80's synth as well as techno! He's too embarrassed to share with his family, but he'll occasionally hit some karaoke with April and Casey up topside. Speaking of April, yes, he has a massive crush on her, but they're best friends and their friendship will always come first. His love language is gift giving and he often tries to give gadgets to his fam

Likes: Math, robotics, chemistry, romcoms, romance, the Hallmark channel, Disney musicals, scifi anime, 80's-90's synth, dating sims, open-world RPG's (cough cough Genshin), online gaming, vtubers (Hololive stan), vocaloid

Dislikes: Puzzle games (Wordle, sudoku, etc), biology, being rushed, chronic singleness, salads, pressure, interruption, having his things messed with, being woken up (mans sleeps till 3PM)

He specializes in artillery and medicine!! Yeah his staff may be a stupid 6 foot stick but he's got mouser bombs and modified kraang guns AS WELL as two AI robot half-children to level the playing field

K!Mikey AKA Mickey, Mick-ster, Mick-Angelo, Mike, Angie): - He/Him - 14 - Spotted turtle - Aromantic/Asexual - 5'3"

Mikey's... certainly a character. He's the heart of the family, the glue that (eventually) holds them together, and he's kept a close relationship with each of his brothers despite their issues and differences. He LOVES to dance and often tries to encourage Donnie to dance with him, but he's more a lover of hip-hop, rap, and breakdancing. On that note, he'll don a human disguise and alias (Mickey) to go topside and dance battle with a group of human teens. He desperately wants to make friends and live up top, but mutants are hated by the general population, so rather than sit and wait in the shadows, he's a mutant rights activist behind the scenes, helping organize the new movement without revealing his image to the public. He's the second artist! Rather than be traditional and to-the-books like Raph, Mikey experiments with his art and prefers graffiti. He and Raph often fight for wall space in the sewers and will sometimes paint over the other's work. Mikey's the baby, but he's not stupid. That being said, as the baby, he definitely plays dumb sometimes just for kicks and for special treatment from Leo and April. He's REALLY good at cooking. Insanely good. He considers it his favorite form of art and is constantly experimenting with recipes Mikey's love language is touch!!! He is Clingy

Likes: Dancing, hip-hop, 90's RnB, Blink-182, Gorillaz, baking, cooking, EATING, comic books (idolizes Spiderman), vintage horror films, skateboarding, rollerskating, hanging out topside, expressive art, cats, new gen anime

Dislikes: Burnt food, being ignored, underestimation, mutant discrimination, being left out, ranch on pizza, messy spaces (ya boi is CLEAN) omg I wrote a lot

uhhhhhh if you have any questions feel free to ask? I have more info on my Insta

- Mod April 🍑