#tmnt 2003 same as it never was headcanons

[officiallyashley]

TMNT 2003 HEADCANONS— ‘Same As It Never Was’ headcanons

NOTES: this episode fucking killed me because it’s so damn tragic. However, this is one of my favorite Donnie-centric episodes, so I’m willing to suffer (lol) to write this set of headcanons. Rewatching this episode is nostalgic but also heart-wrenching. 

WARNINGS: mentions of major character deaths, mentions of a miscarriage, elements of mental health struggles, mentions of losing a child. 

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So the Daimyo’s son and Draco had merged together 

Which wasn’t good 

And they had Lord Simultaneous’ Time Scepter 

Which also was not good 

So yeah the turtles and the kunoichis and Splinter were kinda fucked 

What ended up happening was the turtles and the kunoichis were sent to different points in time 

Leo and Jackie had gotten sent to a different time, Raph and Alex were sent to some point in the future, Mikey and Shiphrah had gone to an alternate dimension and met their alternative counterparts, and Donnie and Ash were sent like thirty-something years into the future. 

And that future 

Oh shit it was not a bright one 

Donnie and Ash were trying to get a hold of their surroundings. They were in the lair, but it wasn’t like it had been before. 

The lair was disheveled and decrepit. It was completely destroyed, and there weren’t any signs of anyone being there. It was very eerie. 

As the two were getting a feel of their very unnerving surroundings, Donnie and Ash had been caught by people that weren’t proving to be very nice. They were attacked by the Foot Gestapo, and they weren’t going to back down from the fight. 

However, someone intervened and helped them out. It turned out to be this timeline’s version of Mikey. 

Mikey’s voice was noticeably deeper, and he was missing his left arm. That definitely didn’t sit well with neither Ash nor Donnie. 

“Where the shell have you been all of these years?” Future Mikey questioned, anger seeping into his voice. 

“What? All these years?” Donnie inquired, confused. 

“You’ve been gone for thirty years, Donatello!”

Holy shit. This was not good. This future wasn’t a bright one, that’s for sure, and it was clearly dystopian. 

“When you were gone, Donnie, everything fell apart. It just didn’t work. Guess we really needed that level head or yours.” Mikey stated. 

Ash really wanted to go home. She desperately wanted to go home to where her lover and her friends were, but she knew that she and Donnie had to help them in any way that they could. 

Mikey then took Ash and Donnie to Splinter. To Shiphrah, Jackie, and Master Splinter’s grave. 

This appalled Donnie and Ash. What had happened here? To Ash, and she assumed Donnie had some kind of idea as to what happened, as well, because of the look he gave Ash when Future Mikey wasn’t looking, this timeline was where some kind of uprising took place. If Ash and Donnie had to assume, they would place their bets on the Shredder. 

“What happened?” Donnie asked out of devastation and shock. Ash just remained quiet as she put her hand on his shoulder, a subtle way that she would comfort her loved ones around her. 

“A couple of years after you left, Master Splinter gave his life protecting our brothers and the kunoichis. It’s not very safe here, but it’s where he wanted to be buried. Karai had led Shiphrah into a trap, and she was ultimately killed by Karai. At the time, Carter, her and Leo’s son, was six years old. Jackie… she… she was… never found. We went on a mission, and she was never found. She’s most likely dead because we’ve never found her body and we haven’t heard from her in decades. Our son was around 9 when Jackie went missing.” Mikey explained roughly, trying not to choke up at the mention of his wife. 

Ash and Donnie’s blood went cold at the abundance of awful news. “That’s… that’s awful… I’m so sorry for your loss.” Ash sympathized, just staring at her sisters' and Sensei's graves. The more she looked at it, the more her eyes welled up with tears. She briefly turned away to wipe the tears from her eyes, hoping the others wouldn’t see. 

“What’s even sadder is that Master Splinter never got to meet his other grandkids. Harley was about to be four and Bella was a year old, and you were pregnant with the twins when Splinter died. Shiphrah and Jackie never got to see their children and nieces and nephews grow up.” Mikey elaborated further. 

After taking a moment, the three decided that they were going to take down the Shredder once and for all. However, they were going to need Leo and Raph for this. 

Mikey then took them to April, who was obviously aged dramatically. They also saw Steele, Tessa, Harley, and Whitney there, too. Judging by their reactions, it was clearly very emotional to see their mom. Carter and Hunter also saw their Uncle Donnie and Aunt Ashley, which was also incredibly emotional for them. However, the next generation of Hamatos didn’t have to time explain why they were feeling how they were feeling. 

April had been the main leader of the revolution with Tessa being the leader of the next generation of ninja turtles and Carter being her second-in-command. April was also the one who took part in raising the children. She would help out the turtles with their kids whenever they needed it. It was also mentioned that both April and Tessa were the main driving forces of the revolution against the Shredder. 

April hugged Donnie and Ash tightly. “God, I thought I would never see you two again!” April exclaimed. 

This made Ash wonder… did something happen to her?

This is where they learned that Casey had passed away, which only saddened them more. 

Now, they had to locate Raph and Leo, which they managed to do. 

The two brothers had gotten into a fight, but Donnie managed to disarm them and create some distance from them. 

Raph and Leo were frozen. They swore up and down that they were dreaming. 

“Donnie?!”

“Ashley?!”

“Leo! Raph! We need to talk!” Donnie stated seriously. 

Raph immediately hugged both his brother and Ash. Leo was grinning. 

“Ash, how? How the hell are you here right now…?” The older Raph asked as he hugged the brunette woman. His voice trembled, but he didn’t cry, even though it seemed like he really wanted to. 

“That, um, is a long story, Raph…” Ash muttered as she hugged the older version of her boyfriend in return. Raph was much taller, so he towered over her dramatically, and his right eye had a scar over it. Ash surmised that he had lost vision in his right eye. Also, there were scars on his plastron. It looked like Raph took some pretty nasty hits, that’s for sure. 

Leo, however, had lost his eyesight altogether. He was completely blind. “Ash, Donnie, it-it’s a miracle knowing you’re both here!” Leo exclaimed. 

“We know that Don left at some point, but, if it’s okay to ask, what happened to… me? Where’s Alex and the other kunoichis?” Ash inquired, looking at Raph. 

The older brothers fell silent. 

“I-I mean, if you don’t want to tell it, you don’t have—”

“You died in childbirth with our last kid, with Whitney,” Raph spoke up painfully. 

Everyone was inaudible. Ash was frozen in her spot. Her heart stopped. “I-I died…?” Ash murmured in shock. She looked to Donnie, who was very unnerved. Leo had a despondent look on his face. 

“Shiphrah was killed by Karai and Jacklyn was killed by the Shredder. We never found Jackie’s body. After losing Donnie, her sisters, Master Splinter, and her baby, Alex flew into a state of depression and her powers went out of control. There’s been no contact with her for over twenty years.” Leo explained heavily. 

“April and the kiddos have attempted to make contact with Alex, but they’ve never been successful in locatin’ her. We don’t even know if she’s dead or alive.” Raph added on to what his brother was saying. 

“Yeah… Mikey already told us about Splinter, Shiphrah, and Jackie…” Ashley muttered sadly.

Donnie and Ash were absolutely paralyzed. Even though Mikey had already notified them of the unfortunate news, the two of them were mortified. Nothing was said after that, and it was then that Mikey and April approached the group. This set the group back on track with their mission, albeit with an incredibly disturbed Ashley and Donatello. 

They were very reluctant to go up against the Shredder, but Donnie and Ash gave them a pep talk. 

“I don’t know what happened to you guys, but the turtles I knew never thought anything was hopeless!” Donnie said. 

Ash nodded. “Donnie’s right. Whatever happened to this world is awful and tragic, but we have a chance of getting back what is rightfully yours. Your freedom. Your chance to live out the rest of your lives peacefully and without fear. We have to do it for the ones we’ve lost, and for the ones that we have now.” Ash monologues vehemently. 

She was then pulled into a side hug by Raph. He had a secure hold on her frame. “I’ve missed seein’ the passion in yer eyes, Ash,” Raph stated in a low tone. Ash could hear the sad smile in his voice. It broke her heart immensely, and she knew that it broke Donnie’s heart, as well.

So they all decided to take on the Shredder one last time. Donnie and Ash had come up with a plan as their stay here in 2035 had gone on. So they put that plan in motion. The turtles and Ash had raided Shredder’s lair via the Tunneler. Donnie was wearing an exo-suit to challenge the Shredder. They were immediately jumping into action and they weren’t wasting any time. 

As the final battle was ensuing, everyone was trying their best. Giving it their all for the people that they loved. 

During the battle, Mikey had been buying Donnie and Ashley time for them to take down the Shredder, only for Mikey to get surrounded and slashed to death by many of the Karai Legions. Leo and Raph were killed by Karai later on in the fight. 

Seeing these versions of the turtles getting brutally murdered made Donnie and Ash even madder and more devastated. Ash remembers screaming at the sight of this timeline’s turtles, this timeline’s version of her lover, getting murdered in front of her. She wanted to go home. So so badly. 

Ash and Donnie saw the blood of Raph, Mikey, and Leo. There was so much blood. There was so much goddamn blood. 

Witnessing this turmoil caused Ash’s atmokinesis abilities to go out of control temporarily. As sad as it is, Ash going out of control like this gave Donnie the chance to make his move. This was what ultimately caused them to win the battle against the Shredder. 

Next thing Donnie and Ash knew, April had shot a missile at Karai, which killed Karai instantly. 

Ashley and Donnie and April collapsed to the ground. Leo, Mikey, Raph, April, Ash, and Donnie won. Unfortunately, it cost the lives of Raph, Leo, and Mikey. 

Ash just remembered crying and crying. She was hysterical. This was the most hysterical that she had ever been, the most upset that Donnie had ever seen Ash in. 

Donnie and Ash started to glitch out, the glitches getting more and more prominent. 

“No! This isn’t right! Splinter, Raph, Leo, Casey, Shiphrah, Jackie, and Mikey should be here! They need to be here!” Ash sobbed, rushing over to the dead bodies of her loved ones. “And I-I hate to leave you alone like this, April!”

April glanced over at Ash tearfully. “Ashley, you're right. They should be here with us. You guys gave us a chance to have our future back. You gave us a chance to let Harley, Steele, Tessa, Carter, Hunter, and Whitney live as normal of a life as they can. Just remember: no matter what happens, there is always hope!” April said with tears in her eyes, her voice breaking slightly. 

As Donnie and Ash faded away, the last thing they witnessed was devastation. The last thing Ash saw was the dead body of Raph laying in her arms. She thought of her children and her nephews. She thought of the turtles and her sisters. She could tell that Donnie was just as devastated as Ash was.

When Donnie and Ash returned to their time, Donnie and Ash hugged their loved ones. They hugged the turtles and the kunoichis as tightly as they could. They felt like if they let them go, then they would all fade away, and then their timeline would be just as bleak as the one they just visited.

The two ninjas weren’t the same for a long while. After everything with Draco and the Daimyo was settled, the turtles and the kunoichi were talking about their experiences. However, Ash and Donnie didn’t speak about anything. 

“What happened to the place where you went, Donnie and Ashley?” Mikey asked them. 

“Yeah, I was wondering that, too! Y’all two haven’t talked about it.” Raph mentioned. 

Ash bit her bottom lip, looking apprehensively at Donnie. Donnie looked at her with the same sadness and heartbreak. 

Donnie just shook his head silently. Ash got up from the couch and left the lair after that. She didn’t return to the lair, she didn’t answer any phone calls or texts from any of the turtles. 

It was very transparent that Ash and Donnie were traumatized by everything that they went through. Obviously, everyone else was incredibly confused and concerned for their loved ones. Only Donnie and Ashley knew what happened, and trying to obtain information from them was proving to be incredibly challenging. 

For a couple of weeks, actually, Donnie nor Ash spoke on the matter. It took them a while to even utter a word about it. They were both moodier and noticeably more depressed. Ash became self-destructive and reckless, and Donnie became more irritated. He began overworking himself, drowning himself in his inventions and other work. 

It eventually got to a point where Splinter called Ash and Donnie into the dojo for a serious conversation. He mentioned their behaviors and how they both haven’t been the same people they love since they returned to the present. 

That’s when they broke. Donnie and Ash both broke down and confessed everything. Little did the three of them know that the other turtles and kunoichis, along with April and Casey, had been eavesdropping on the discussion. 

When they heard everything, their jaws dropped. They were gobsmacked at the news of what their loved ones experienced. 

In the end, the healing process for Ash and Donnie was incredibly painful and challenging. Their family had helped them through a lot of it, and even though they both slowly began to get into a better headspace, Donnie and Ash still had trauma from the future they saw. 

Seeing what happened in that timeline, one thing was made very clear to Donnie and Ash: it made them feel eternally grateful for what they have now in their timeline.

𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 © 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. 𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚. 𝐢 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐭𝐜. 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥.

[phecdasolar]

Tumblr I need your help I am in dire need of feral/unhinged Disaster Twins fics pleaseeee (and maybe Mikey as a bonus) I’m just in love with the idea of Raph being the impulse control for once with this iteration, and just the second he’s out of commission the other three go insane.

Weapons of War, Bioengineered Killing Machines, Manufactured Supersoldiers Rottmnt turtles my BELOVEDS

And maybe just like,,, set Leo and Donnie loose on one of the other dimensions and have them absolutely horrifically annihilate their counterparts’ villains while they watch on in horror

(B.E.A.S.T. was SUCH a good fic you guys oh my GOSH go read it I’m begging you-)

I NEED to have it addressed in fic form that the Rise turtles are fundamentally different than all their other counterparts, because their counterparts? They were accidents. Just a couple of turtles splashed with mutagen and oh look now they’re people but Green. (Huge oversimplification I’m aware but hear me out okay-)

But the Rise boys were created. They were specifically designed to be weapons of mass destruction. They were built with the intent to cause harm which means they were bioengineered to be stronger, smarter(?), faster, to heal quicker, to have the capacity to take hard hits while dishing out even harder ones, they were literally forged with a purpose to kill.

Add on their mystic powers? Then their unlocked Ninpo? You can’t honestly tell me that these four aren’t the strongest and potentially deadliest version of themselves out there.

Yes they still had to learn things, as did the other iterations, they weren’t immediately good (that much is obvious, like c’mon it’s IN the name) but I don’t think the other iterations possess the same instincts as these guys do. They’re just so. Unhinged. They’ve all had their moments in the show I think where it’s obvious they’re not really,,, stable. I love them.

In a plain fists only, maybe weapons, no powers fight, I do think some of the other iterations would win, but purely because they have way more experience than these guys do. (If I did any crossovers I’d say 2003 and 2012 are definitely older than these guys, especially if we’re basing this at the end of their shows) But put them against each other when they’re still at the same level? Rise is whooping butt, I know where I’m placing my bets. It’s called RISE of the TMNT for a reasonnnnnn they’re not there yet but they WILL BE, and as of the end of s2 and the movie I say they’re finally THERE.

I have no idea how this turned into a headcanon rant this was just supposed to be me asking for fic recs hsgdjdjdk it’s almost 3 am tho so whatever sorry if none or only some of this is incoherent o7 o/

Editing this with a list of fics I have been graciously recommended below the cut:

Firefight by remrose [43/43 chapters 222k words] (edit: JUST FINISHED READING ch38-42 WATCH ME BAWL MY EYES OUT I was rotating them in my brain all morning at work) less on the feral side, more on the gut-wrenching angst side, still Disaster Twins and still super good

In Which Donnie and Leo Make Themselves Everyone Else's Problem in an NYC That Isn't Even Their Own by YukiSkyes [7/? chapters, 18k words] the CLASSIC “the Disaster Twins are unapologetically causing chaos” fic, always a delight to read

The Lemon Leak by TurtleSoupSwimmer [27/37 chapters, 143k words] I’m being told it’s very true to the theme here, and it’s very angsty, a suspenseful psychological thriller, and will make you scream at your phone. I for one am very intrigued

Eschatology by aenor_llelo, Alderous, ConcoctionsFromHell, izziel_galaxy, Jaybird314, Otakuforlife19, and Rocket999 [17/17 chapters, 344k words] “HEAVY on the boys being biologically engineered to destroy the world, it also delves into so much character building and worldbuilding that we never got in canon, and it gives even super minor characters the chance to shine” Sounds intriguing, AND it’s a BNHA crossover which I am a big fan of :D

The Hunter’s Bible also by TurtleSoupSwimmer [2/2 chapters, 15k words] Rated Mature, contains themes of SA and c@nnibalism so PLEASE keep that in mind!! Not a fic for the faint of heart this is a Dead Dove: Do Not Eat! The SA is only attempted, and never shown, only implied, and it’s only in ch 1, but the other stuff is fairly descriptive and takes place in ch 2. All that being said, flipping UNHINGED, just about lost my mind in ch 2, it was entertaining in a surreal kinda way if you get what I mean. Funky little feral creatures

[katanablue]

H! How are you? I hope you are doing good

I saw your requests re open so I hope you don’t mind this, but can you do an “first kiss” Headcanon / scenario with either 2007 or 2003 tmnt boys with a very friendly reader (she jokes w them, is super relaxed around them, etc etc) , but whenever someone flirts with her she short-circuits lol, blush, get flustered, clumsy… kinda doesn’t believe the flirting is for real (due to low self esteem) , until the kiss happens, and there’s a “switch” “oh. Oh.” Moment w then and then they become more affectionate/ passionate ?

Hopefully this makes sense! Please and thank you, hope you have a good day

I’m going with the 03 boys!! Sorry that this isn’t exactly what you wanted 😭😭 I changed it a lil bit. Thank you sm for requesting!!

. . . . . ╰──╮꒰💙꒱ ╭──╯ . . . . .

• Leo doesn’t know when it happened exactly but at some point during your friendship with him and his brothers, he could physically feel himself become about significantly calmer. Your laughter made his heart flutter, his lips curl upward into a smile without really realizing it, and he found himself always looking at you whenever he made a joke (a good one at least). It didn’t take him long to figure out that he has a crush on you and it seemed that you felt the same. Then again he wasn’t sure since you tended to be extremely friendly with his brothers as well.

He tries flirting with you, as subtly as he can, since he knows you don’t exactly take to flirting too well. Ever since he witnessed Mikey call you ‘babe’ that one time and saw just how much a stuttering mess you became, he’s taken it upon himself to be more cautious about it.

So he’ll do little things here and there; bring you tea, pull out your chair, take the invisible lint off your shoulder. You’re none the wiser, thinking Leo is just being a good friend, the respectful ninja turtle in blue. And he is! He just wants to let you know that it means something a little more than friendship.

One day Leo decides to kick it up a notch, wanting to compliment you directly on something. It’s when you laugh and smile with all your teeth that he seizes the opportunity.

“You have a beautiful smile.” He says calmly, warmth in his eyes as he watches you start to laugh out of nervousness.

“Oh uh, I uh, no— I don’t…” You try to dismiss his compliment, even going as far as to cover your mouth so he can’t look at it anymore. Leo reaches to gently take your hand in his, lowering them down and giving you a firm squeeze.

“Yes, you do. It’s beautiful. Just like you.”

You stare at him, trying to rack your brain for a response but finding absolutely nothing. Leo can’t help but chuckle, tilting his head a bit to the side.

“May I kiss you?”

If your brain wasn’t fried before, it’s definitely out of commission now. He waits for you to answer, accepting the very stiff tilt of your head as an okay. He leans in and brushes his lips against your cheek, interlacing your fingers with his and pulling back. Even as the seconds tick by you still feel that tingle from his mouth on your skin, your lips twitching up into a shy smile.

“I’d like to give you another kiss, after I take you out on a date. If you’ll let me?”

He gives you another peck on the cheek after you agree.

. . . . . ╰──╮꒰❤️꒱ ╭──╯ . . . . .

• You and Raph had a sort of… special relationship. Sure you joked with the other turtles but with him? It was a whole different ballgame. You teased each other to no end, poked and prodded, made jokes. He used your head as an arm rest even though you were both nearly the same height and you liked to push his buttons to near explosion but of course never saying anything out of hand. It was a fun relationship, one you both love and cherish.

Except for the times he flirts with you.

You never know if he’s serious or not, and you never really stick around to find out because once those compliments leave his mouth it’s like all logic leaves your brain. And oh how Raphael loves it when you’re reduced to a cute pile of mush. He totally 100% means it every single time, but since you’re not one to take his words to heart, he uses it as an opportunity to flirt with you with no restrictions.

His most recent flirtation, one you can’t even recall at the moment because it was just so ridiculous, has you spitting the first thing that comes to your mind.

“You wanna kiss me so bad, it makes you stupid!”

Raph chuckles and crosses his arms across his plastron, looking at you with a smirk and a raised eyeridge.

“Yeah I do.”

…What?

“What?” You sputter, looking back at him with an incredulous expression.

Even this was crazy bold for the red clad turtle, he could fully admit that. He takes a hold of your chin in between two of his fingers, keeping you in place as he gets closer.

“Yeah. I do.” He repeats and makes a very pointed glance at your lips. You blink several times at him, unsure how to respond.

“You don’t… mean that ahaha…” You try to write it off as another joke.

“Care to find out, sweetheart?” He teases and gets even closer, his breath fanning over your warm skin.

“S-sure.” You say quietly, hearing nothing except the hard thrumming of your heart in your ears.

Raph will make fun of you later for your response, but for now? He kisses you softly, still holding your chin and even placing his other hand on your back to keep you close. He pulls away after a few seconds, his smirk now a bit more tender.

“Still think I’m joking?” He mutters, stroking your jaw with his thumb.

No, you don’t think he is.

. . . . . ╰──╮꒰💜꒱ ╭──╯ . . . . .

• “Donnie!” You call out excitedly, making your way quickly but cautiously into his lab. He’s in the midst of working on something, protective goggles on as he uses a torch on some metal sheet. He doesn’t notice you until you’re in his line of sight, the terrapin perking up once he catches a glimpse of you.

“Hey!” He shouts in greeting as he turns off the torch, straightening his posture and lifting the goggles off his face. He beams at you with a wide grin, grabbing a rag and wiping his hands clean before making his way to you.

“Check out this new gloss I got.” You present to him a rectangular pink translucent tube, rose gold flakes decorating the inside with a clear gel. Donnie crosses his arms and smirks at you, amused at your actions.

“You came in here to show me your lipstick?” He laughs.

“First of all, it’s gloss, get it right. Second of all, yes! This one changes color based on your pH.” You mumble as you twist and turn the tube in between your fingers. “Kinda wanted you to explain how it works since you’re smart.” You roll the top off the gloss and apply a fresh coat on your lips, sliding and pressing them together to even out the application. Donnie watches with a tender smile, plucking the makeup from your fingers and reading over it.

“Well actually it’s all the same shade,” You can feel your mouth twitching into a smile, secretly always loving it whenever Donnie went into full explanation mode for something, even if you didn’t fully always understand it.

“The product formats that use the color-changing ingredients are usually anhydrous—“ He pauses when he sees you squint your eyes at him. “No water.” He adds, stepping closer and handing you back the tube. “So the pH shifts color due to the environment into a pink shade.”

You nod as you take back the lipgloss and put it back in your pocket, “Cool.” You respond and turn to glance at your reflection in a piece of metal. “Wonder how you’d look with it.” You comment offhandedly.

“Well it’s not exactly sanitary to share makeup products.” He chuckles. He can feel his heart start to pick up speed, the thought that came into his head suddenly making his palms sweat.

Donnie knows you have a crush on him, he may not be as perceptive as Raphael but he picks up on the signs you subtly try to hide away from him. Like how you falter for half a second whenever he says he saved you the last slice of pizza or how he wants you to be the first person to check out his latest invention because he loves your enthusiasm about them.

You try not to think too much on Donnie’s actions, not letting yourself believe that the smartest brother could possibly ever have feelings for you. No way. No how.

“So then what do you suggest we do?” You laugh, turning to look back at Donnie, being confused when you spot the sudden change in his demeanor. He’s twiddling his fingers in a circle, looking off to the side and rocking on the heels of his feet. He looks nervous? Hesitant also since it’s like he leans towards you but then backs up at the last second.

“Donnie?”

It’s now or never Einstein!

You barely have time to blink before Donnie has his mouth pressed to yours, gone before you can even register your shock and confusion. He smacks his lips together, tasting the gloss and spreading it to make it even.

“Wha… you— kissed? Me—?” You stammer, bringing a hand to your mouth as you stare wide eyed to your best friend. Donnie chuckles bashfully as his brain runs a mile a minute, finally looking back up and locking eyes with yours.

“Well, as I said, sharing products isn’t very sanitary, and I deemed this the best way for me to try your lipgloss. And if my calculations are correct, they usually are, you have a crush on me which is good because I also… have a crush on you.” He trails off quietly, anxiety ridden in his stomach as he watches you process his words.

“You… have a crush on me?” You whisper, frozen in your spot. He nods, trying to determine on whether or not he was actually wrong for the first time in his life.

“Can I kiss you again to prove it?” He suggests shyly. He has to hold in his laughter when you go to place your hand behind you on his workbench and end up pushing over some of his tools and papers. You let out a sound of surprise, quickly going to straighten it up but end up making more of a mess. Donnie lets a chuckle slip out and steps next to you to help out.

“Maybe we can start with a date first if that’s okay.” He suggests, smiling bright and blushing hard when you nod your head in agreement.

. . . . . ╰──╮꒰🧡꒱ ╭──╯ . . . . .

“Revive me, revive me!!”

“I’m trying!!” You squeal in laughter, pressing buttons and inputting combos into your controller to get your character to move and make their way to Mikey, whose character was currently knocked unconscious on the ground, a comical rotating circle of stars above their head. Mikey bounces in his seat, tapping his feet rapidly against the floor as he watches in anticipation, getting more and more nervous when enemies continue to make their way towards you.

“Use your shield!” He cries out.

“Mikey stop, you’re stressing me!” You yell back, nearly on the edge of your seat as you swiftly dodge and evade the enemy attacks. You have to get to Mikey’s character quick, nearly less than 30 seconds before he completely disappears from the game and can only come back one you complete the level.

“Save me oh save me, my knight in shining armor!” He makes his voice high pitched, causing you to laugh and get hit with an attack, losing a good chunk of your health.

“NO!” You both screech, standing up from the couch.

Focusing all your attention, you maneuver and kill only the necessary enemies until you’re standing right on top of Mikey’s body, pressing a button to begin the revival process. Mikey’s muttering repeatedly to himself, his hands clenched tightly around his controller when suddenly—

“Yes! Yes!” He shouts, immediately countering any oncoming enemies. Within a few minutes you successfully complete the level, giving each other a sharp high five once you were back in the home world.

“Oh my Prince Charming, how can I ever repay you?” He puts the girlish voice back on, clasping his hands together and holding them against his cheek while he bats his eyes at you. You laugh and put a finger to your chin in mock thought, humming loudly and looking around.

“What can my fair lady offer?” You ask, deepening your voice and posing your fists against your hips. Mikey looks at you mischievously, getting an inch closer to you.

“How about a kiss?” He puckers his lips at you, making obnoxious kissing noises. You laugh shyly, pushing your finger against his forehead to move him back.

“Haha, very funny.” You retort, fighting the heat that creeps upon your cheeks.

“Aw, come on. You don’t want a kiss from a beautiful princess like me?”

Your heart skips, brain going into overdrive as you attempt to conjure up a response but coming up with nothing. Did he know about your crush on him? Was he trying to do tell you that he feels the same? Did he—

“Hey cutie, I can practically see the steam coming out your ears.” He playfully pokes at your cheek.

“Shouldn’t joke about kissing people, Mikey.” You grumble under your breath, feeling the way your face just goes up in flames. Mikey pouts at you and takes a gentle hold of your arm.

“But I’m not joking, I do want to kiss you.”

“Huh??”

He nods and tugs you the barest bit closer.

“I like you, you like me. Why wouldn’t I want to kiss you?”

The controller slips from your hand and clatters onto ground. You know Mikey isn’t playing around when his eyes don’t even break from yours to look down. The silence feels like it stretches in for eons.

“You… want to actually kiss me?”

He nods.

“Genuinely? You like me?”

Two nods this time.

“I… uh,”

“Please let me kiss you. Or should I take you out on a date first? It’s obvious I haven’t done this before. Maybe—“

“Mikey!” You cut him off, placing your hand on top of his, finding your fingers curling around his.

“Let’s start off with that date.” He grins at you, unable to stop himself from pecking your cheek in gratitude.

“Sounds like a deal, dude.”

[tmnthellyeah]

TMNT: Cleanliness

Warnings: none

Genre: fluff (headcanons)

Iteration: bayverse/2003

Aged up, of course!

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Leo

Always organized!

His bed, his room, his toiletries, his clothes, EVERYTHING!

Don't. Move. Anything

He will know, and you will have a lecture

Definitely a type A personality

He always smells really nice, a very foresty/earthy scent

Showers after every match or after a long night of patrolling

Cannot go to bed without having washed before

Cleans the Lair religiously

If he's not training or patrolling, he will be picking up after his brothers

Raph

He's pretty clean

Not obsessive about it like Leo

He does have a collection of his wood carvings that he keeps in a specific order

Leaves clothes on the floor constantly

Will only do his laundry when everything is dirty

Typical boy behavior

He does shower after working out and stuff

Smells strongly of birch with a tinge of cinnamon

Just like Leo, he prides himself on his physique, and being clean is a must

Donnie

The most disorganized guy you will ever meet

However, he knows where everything is

Stuff literally EVERYWHERE

He can't help it. His brain is programmed for chaos

Leo tries to help him organize and clean up, but it's futile

He's clean and showers when he remembers

Smells of lavender and sometimes chamomile

Loves the flowery scents

All in all, he's not too bad, just a clutter bug

Mikey

The WORST when it comes to cleaning

Like Raph, he has clothes all over the floor

He doesn't really do the laundry. He will wear the same thing over and over again

Bed's never made, and there are pizza boxes on the floor

However, he has a trunk full of gifts his brothers have given him

Things that have sentimental value are well taken care of

Mikey doesn't really care about showering that much

When he does, he smells of citrus and other fruit type scents

He is chaos incarnate

(I don't own any of these images)

[writinandcrying]

TMNT HEADCANONS - Type of kisses

I love first hesitant kisses, cozy ones, hot, passionate, breath taking ones, so bare with me, Cuz god knows I need it

English is not my first language and I didn’t proof read this, if there is any gramatical erros pls don’t hesitate to tell me!

Type of kiss that leave you longing for more, wondering how you have survived this long without it. Both pulling each other close every time. He has to hold you some way, by your hips, back, shoulders, waist, cupping your jaw, grounding him that you are here and this is real. Accidentally kisses you longer than he intended, but can you blame him? You are simply addicting

IDW, 2003, 2012 Leo

Bayverse, IDW Donnie

Rottmnt, 2012 Raph

Last Ronin, IDW, Rottmnt Mikey

The type of kiss that at first are hesitant, nervous, mouth wandering close to yours, waiting for your soft press, then it shows it true colors, it becomes hungry, rapid, intense, selfish, passionate, devours you whole, leave you breathless and bothered. you want more and he will gladly give it to you.

2007, Bayverse, future!rottmnt Leo

2003, 2007, Bayverse Raph

Future! Rottmnt Donnie

Last ronin mikey (he can do both)

Type of kiss between soft murmurs, giggles or goodbyes, slow and tempting, fingers trailing down your back, you tracing his plastron, trailing soft pecks along your and his neck late at night, soft kisses on your shoulder, your forehead, the palm and back to your hand, a kiss that shows how much he treasures you and what you have, encapsulates his love, makes you blush and you have to hold yourself not to say I love you

2003, 2012 Donnie

Future! Rottmnt mikey

Future! Rottmnt Raph

Rottmnt Leo

Shy kisses, nuzzling your neck to hide his blush, liking pinkies (his second finger?), the excitement of exploring a new ground leaves you both slightly trembling, puppy love type of kiss, giggling between pecks, avoiding eye contact after, but still holding a smile nonetheless

MM Leo, Donnie and Mikey

Surprise kiss, you can feel a laugh bubbling inside of you, feels like roller coaster, never the same, always a thrill. Biting your lip, blowing wind at your mouth, slow or passionate, you never know what you will get, one thing is for sure, you never get tired of it

All Mikeys

Rottmnt leo

Kiss that cut your words short, to prove something, right or wrong, to tell you what words can’t. Restless, fingers digging into your skin, Goosebumps runs through both of you, a kiss that you have been waiting for so long and you can’t help but to moan over his mouth, and that lights up a fire inside he has been struggling to keep it tame

Rottmnt Donnie

All Raphs

2007, Bayverse Leo

2003 Mikey

The type of kiss that breaks for a while, a smile slowly stretching along your faces until you kiss back again, fingers gently combing your hair, holding the nape of your neck, lacing your fingers together, you both have wanted this for so long and now you finally have it

2003, 2007 Donnie

2012, 2007, Rottmnt Mikey

2012, Rottmnt Leo

2012, IDW Raph

There’s so many more I’d like to write but that’s what I have so far, let me know if you would like more of those *mic drop*

[mrabubu]

Heya! Ignore this if this is rude, sorry to just dump my opinions in your ask box like this!

About the Leosagi thing, it has a bit of a history in the tmnt fandom, that’s why it’s so popular now with the rise one. I’m not as knowledgeable as some older fans, but the Usagi comic book series and tmnt have been intertwined for a pretty long time. Crossovers and things have been happening almost every iteration, aside from rise. Each crossover tended to focus heavily on the friendship between Usagi and Leo, leading to a big chunk of the fandom shipping them in a bunch of the iterations.

The Usagi chronicles is widely regarded as a middle of the road show. It’s not amazing but it’s great to see the Usagi comic books get a show of their own! (in a, weird, several generations down the line way) The fact that it was released around the same time as rise, and that rise never got to have a Usagi crossover like most of the iterations before it, lead fans into taking the crossover into their own hands. It was tradition at that point, and those leading the charge happened to be the same ones who shipped Leosagi before rise, in 2003 and the like.

Leo being gay or trans has been a popular headcannon for a long time, probably because of the extremely queer fandom. Either way Leo in rise being more flamboyant than any Leo before him reinforced this I suppose. As someone who doesn’t mind the Leosagi ship (and is queer themself), I don’t think just because a guy is flamboyant or confident they’re gay. That’s a pretty small minded take and assuming that a guy can’t be flamboyant in any way without being “outside the norm” is a tale as old as time. But knowing this you can still have fun with flamboyant gay characters. I think some people can find comfort in head-cannoning a character as a confident, charismatic gay man!

But, aside from all of this, everyone should be allowed to do whatever they want with characters forever. People should not feel offended if anyone portrays a character as straight or gay, canon is fandoms personal playground and it doesn’t matter at the end of the day. I think your Y/N stuff is awesome and you should keep doing whatever you find joy in, because that’s what fandom is about. Try not to get too offended at the Leosagi shippers, tmnt has had this tradition long before rise, and it’s just the fandoms history moving forward with the newest iterations. Let the gay people go wild, doesn’t matter who they ship who with, if people are having fun and making art together.

I hope you don’t have to receive any kind of hate for the ship you prefer, you aren’t morally obligated to like anything, and this is your blog, you choose what happens here.

YOU are NOT being rude, anon, don't worry xd

Just in case, yeah, I know about history between TMNT and Usagi, and I know they had crossovers many times.

Again, I have no problems with people who enjoy their headcanons by themselves and don't touch anyone with it. You don't touch me, I don't touch you, simple as that. I'm not a fan of both these headcanons, so I just either keep scrolling or filter/hide them. I don't try to make people stop enjoying something they like because I have no right to do so.

About Leo, there was already a comment that I agree with, and I hope they don't mind if I quote them here:

"There's a difference between being flamboyant and being gay. Being flamboyant does not make you or someone gay. This is a common stereotype that can be harmful to the LGBTQ+ community. Being flamboyant is a way some people express themselves and their identity and trust me, it does not determine their sexual orientation or gender identity."

I have a little personal history with thing that is different, but has the same core, because I'm half-blood. One of my parents was from another country, and because of that some of my actions and personality have been judged based on my ethnicity.

Again, you headcanon Leo as gay? Okay, just please, don't try to make people believe it's canon. Because I've seen cases like this, and there's a whole video where a person basically says that Leo is gay and if you don't agree, "heck, you're wrong! And the fact that you don't agree only proves that it's canon" and a bunch of other "proves" that mostly made out of thin air. Like, wth...? Who gave you right to say something like that? You're not the creator of the show. And because of people like this there are a bunch of those who actually believe this headcanon to be canon.

For me it turns into a problem when people are crossing the line and start shoving their headcanons into your face, trying to prove/make you believe that it's canon, and simply being rude if you don't agree or just say that you don't like it. If a person didn't do anything to you personally, who said you have the right to being rude to them or even harass them?

If this behavior crosses the line of my interests, why do they have the right to be offended by my disagreement, but I have to ignore them if it hurts me?

Not to mention how bad I feel for RIse creators who are still being constantly pressured by people with all this which is NOT okay and shouldn't be okay.

Just in case, all this isn't directed personally to you, anon. I'm sorry for so much text again xd

[theyhavetakenovermylife]

Request Rules💚🐢

Main Masterlist💚🐢

My requests open again baby!!!!💚🐢

I write for (will be updated): - Mirage - 1987 - TMNT: Sewer Slasher - TMNT: Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour inspired - 2003 - 2003: Same As It Never Was - 2003: Fast Forward - 2003: Fast Forward - Dark Turtles - 2003: Back To The Sewers - 2003: Back To The Sewers - Foot Turtles - 2003: Unused Production Art - 2007 - IDW - 2012 - Bayverse - Injustice 2 - Rise Of The Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles - Batman Vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Last Ronin - Mutant Mayhem - Fortnite

Want to request one that’s not on the list? Don’t worry, that might just be because I haven’t thought about it yet. Your request might be what adds them to the list💚

If you don't specify what version you want, don't worry, I have the MIGHTY LUCKY WHEEL for that😂💚

Frequently asked questions (will be updated):

What genres do I write? - I write smut, fluff, angst and the occasional crack💚 Slight gore might make an appearance.

Fluff: I write fluff one shots, fluff headcanons, fluff series. So far, anything to do with fluff is okay.

Angst: I write anything from slight tension to straight, to straight up death in the family.

Smut: Boy oh boy. I write all kinds of smut. Vanilla to pretty hardcore. Two people and threesomes. Foursomes and fivesomes are not off the table.

How long does it take? - Anything from a few days to a few months. It very much depends on the amount of requests I have, and what is going on in my life.

How do I send a request? - It would help me out a lot, if you send in through my ask. It helps me keep track of everything, and lets me know when a new request is in.

IMPORTANT:

I have every right to reject a request. I will reject a request if:

I don't feel comfortable writing it.

I can't make the story work for whatever reason: - Don't feel bad if that's the case. Sometimes some writers just doesn't vibe with certain ideas, but there is nothing wrong with sending it. You can't read my mind in these cases, so I don't take it as a bad thing💚

The sender of the request is being rude.

The sender keeps spamming the idea.

Sender starts making depends through direct messages.

Sender keeps sending requests several times a day, several days in a row.

But other than that, I will happily take a look at your requests😘💚

[andromeda-galaxy2877]

Which TMNT Write Fight fics were your favorite to write/read?

Hi there!! Tysm for the ask!

My favorite work that I did is the only one I managed to finish, https://www.tumblr.com/andromeda-galaxy2877/760830618849492992/i-promiseill-do-better?source=share which was @untitled-tmnt-blog’s prompt "New dad Splinter (Rise), very unprepared, but doing the best he can" I absolutely adore Rise Splinter’s character. Parents who aren’t perfect and make many mistakes, but still love their kids SO MUCH is SUCH a good thing. God I love to see it.

As for my favorites other people have written…here you go!

Malady inside my Soul - c1rcu1t - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018) [Archive of Our Own] This was the only attack I got, and it satisfied everything I wanted! I have a headcanon that Leo suffered from hallucinations/psychosis after the Prison Dimension, and I wanted to see how people would interpret that- and my god did this deliver well! Thank you so much again, this was wonderful!!

Pressure Release - languajix - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003) [Archive of Our Own] I may have yet to actually watch 2003 in full, but I HAVE watched “Same As It Never Was” and holy shit did this deliver an aftermath to that episode that I desperately craved. 10/10 amazing fic!

The Seeping Cold - RealityBreakGirl - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003) [Archive of Our Own] again, have yet to watch 2003 (soon! Very soon!) but this one was also amazing! God I need to watch 2003 soon, amazing work!

Port in a Storm - Dandy - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018) [Archive of Our Own] THIS ONE!!! Dandy always has a way of amazing me with her writing, and this definitely was no different! I love the thought of “Draxum made the turtles to destroy humanity, then Leo almost did” so this fanfic was just. Perfect, amazing, great prompt and great work!

And Suddenly, it was Too Much - RealityBreakGirl - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003) [Archive of Our Own] once again 2003 and SAINW breaking my heart. Like Pressure Release, definitely satisfied the craving I had of seeing the aftermath of that DEVASTATING episode. ADORED this work so much

Get Used To It – @azucar-skull on Tumblr while I’ve never finished 2012, I do love the fanfics for it and WOW THIS WAS SO GOOD!! I love the concept, and the execution! 10/10, wonderful writing, and amazing job! 

The Shocking Truth - Morrigan (MorriganCOTK95) - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018) [Archive of Our Own] Okay last one because this is getting way too long, but I COULDN’T NOT INCLUDE A FUCKING DONNIE’S GIFTS FIC!! I LOVE DONNIE’S GIFTS FICS!! This was wonderful, such a great fanfic!

Aaaaand thats it! I do have others I enjoyed of course, but it would take me a very long time to go over them all. Thank you again for the ask, and if anyone who reads this hasn’t checked out these fanfics YOU TOTALLY SHOULD!! They’re all super well written!

[brightlotusmoon]

October 2023:

Might start up that story again soon.

For some more SAINW Mikey au angst, what if Klunk's spirit remains around Mikey after he returns visiting him in his dreams maybe scaring the monsters from the in between dimension away and/or maybe sometimes he sometimes catches a glimpse of him out of the corner of his eye?

Welp.

Okay.

You have killed me.

I am dead.

This is heartbreaking and adorable and magnificent and beautiful and I AM TOTALLY WRITING IT because the story deserves more Klunk.

Old Mikey will desperately need it, too. Even after he adopts at least one kitten from Old Raph’s cat sanctuary, Original Klunk never left him. Not when he first disappeared twenty years prior, not when he spent twenty years in a scary dimension. It makes sense that the cat he rescued from the snow years ago would stay with him for eternity.

Excuse me, I must hug all my cats.

[angelmichelangelo]

so based on… absolutely nothing but my own brain, the tmnt turts have at least ONE twin pairing in each version. and yes i know in some cases they’re quadruplets or not even technically related at all but that being said here is my take on which turtles are twins in each version.

so first of all we have the 1987 show, and personally i think raph and leo have the strongest twin vibes

they’re both a pair of goobers idk man. they’re just the Twins

next up we have the 2003 show! i think it’s pretty fandom accepted that donnie and raph are the twin duo in this version

they actually have some really strong moments throughout, have a lot of banter and tend to very subtly side with one another when teasing mikey or leo. it’s very cute and they’re just very much twin coded! brains and brawn duo wins my heart for this round!

then we have the tmnt 2007 movie ! loves of my life, criminally underutilised, i went with mikey and donnie here

they’re the Babies of the family that end up actually pulling most the weight. it’s clear that donnie is the older twin here but they’re over their big brothers bullshit lol - it’s criminal that we never got a second movie to witness more of them

next up is 2012! this is one i hold close to my heart only because ive remained loyal with this headcanon for so long but donnie and raph again, big twin energy

they needed more moments together but they were a solid team. fight in the comments who’s the older twin lol

then we have the bayverse turts. debated long and hard about this one but.. raph and mikey win it out agaisnt the others.

they’re both stupid boys, sharing the same braincell. mikey is the younger twin only because the universe abides by him always being the baby of the family :)

then lastly we have rottmnt. this one speaks for itself obviously. it’s in their namesake

they are the twins of all twins to ever have twinned

feel free to voice your own vote on who is the twin pairing of each group :) i’d love to see if anyone cares about this as much as i do haha

[imagionationstation]

You know, my biggest TMNT pet peeve is hilarious because it’s technically canon, but I’m over here always like Stop making Donnie the tallest turtle and Stop making Mikey the shortest. In fact, in my head, all Mikey’s end up the tallest in the future(because I think it’s be funny) but also this definitely has nothing to do with me being the shortest person in my entire family

I love how confused I am rn. 🤣

Are we talking all iterations?? Is Donnie normally the tallest in a majority of them?? Is this just a common thing I’ve never noticed??

I was under the impression that, in everything up to 2012, they were the same size. In Bayverse, Donnie might have been taller than his bros? Was Mikey smallest? Hmmm… May need to do some rewatching.

I know in 2018, the heights are pretty solid in Raph being huge, Leo&Donnie ranging around the same height, and Mikey being the small box turtle.

If we’re just talking 2012, then. I mean. I don’t know what to tell you. That boi is hecka tall and everyone knows it. Donnie straight ignored the fact he was amongst short brothers and decided to follow Splinter’s example instead. Rebellion!

Hey, it deleted some of Raph’s line upon upload >:0

Anyway. With the Mikey thing, I totally get it.

His sizes is always changing on the screen, but people seem to favor his small moments. There are times when he stands at Leo&Raph’s height, and times when he’s smaller. This pic is a pretty good reference for me bc it has a pretty descent overview of their heights. I usually just go with this when writing bc there are a million headcanons and trying to figure out which one is actually canon is my biggest peeve when it comes to sizes.

Ah, yes, I’m sure your righteous frustration has nothing to do with your familial short state of being. *nods wisely* Obviously.

I love a headcanon where Mikey ends up taller than Leo&Raph and ends up dangling it over their heads. 2003&2012 Mikey would have a field day. “Ha! Who’s the little brother now?!” Still you, Mikey.

Unfortunately, I’m biased so 2012 Donnie will always remain the awkward, lanky, tallest cretur in my mind. 💜

[vdragon-creations]

TMayNT Day 18: Human Version of The Turtles

Day 18 of @tmaynt Prompt: Human version of the turtles!

So these took a bit longer then i expected to, but most of that was due to trying to get the skin colors right! A lot of folks head canon the turtles as POC's, mostly in reference to RISE and MM. But I could really see that in about all of them honestly. So I hope this looks good!

(Side Note: Am whiter then sour cream guys, with the most color I have in my fam is Cherokee native on my sperm donor side. I'm using this as practice for more skin colors. Any tips and critique you might have would be nice.)

But, with that out of the way, I wanna talk a little about my thought process with these designs! I wanted to go with them being mixed race, mostly Asian with either a dash of African American or even Latino in there. And I was trying to lean more on the 2003 TMNT as my main inspiration for these guys! As well as a few headcanons younger me had when I was younger about what they would look like! So let's get into each one!

Leo: I knew that with him, I still wanted to give him a more obvious "Ninja" look to him! Especially since, they're humans in this AU and not Turtles, I don't think Splinter would be HAVING to teach his sons martial arts as they wouldn't really NEED to defend themselves. Still tho, seeing how much of a father's boy Leo is, I could see him wanting to learn from him anyway. Just out of principle. He's got dark bluish gray eyes, and keeps his long hair in a ponytail! I complete his look with a scar along his shoulder and cheek. (Perhaps a childhood accident. Rough housing too much with Raph.) I also sprinkle a few freckles on his shoulders too, cause...they cute! QvQ

Raph: Now, you know this kid is a little punk. He's defiantly the rebel of the family! I knew I wanted to give him a ripped vest from the beginning, and I added a scar on his face as well. (Probably from the same rough housing with Leo, idk.) Also, you will never convince me that this boy doesn't have a piercing, or maybe a tattoo somewhere hidden. (Splinter would kill him if he ever saw it, after all he nearly did after the piecing and died hair.) But, despite all the roughness, he's topped off with pretty green eyes, freckles, and a tiny little beauty mark right on his jaw.

Donnie: Oh my baby boy! He's defiantly the most plain looking out of his brothers. Plain purple sweater and glasses, he doesn't scream outrageous like Mikey! And why should he? He's too busy with building things in his spare time to give a shit about looks! Shown by the oil stains on his shirt, really messy hair he keeps in a low ponytail, and eyebags so big that if it weren't for his (Admittedly) pretty golden eyes, you'd think he only had dark sockets on his face. And of course, cute nerdy freckles pepper his face! (Cause I'm predictable!)

Mikey: By far the most colorful (and obvious) out of his brothers! Splinter wasn't too happy when he and Raph both decided to dye their hair and get piercings, but it sure didn't stop them! Mikey really wanted to embody the "Surfer Dude" look, and he sure pulled it off! Long Blonde hair? Check! Shark Tooth Neckless? Check! Rad Shades? Double Check! (Rarely actually worn tho, gotta make sure the Dudes & Dudettes see those beautiful bright blue eyes!) He also started carrying around a set of headphones that Donnie made personally for him!

Maybe I'll revisit these guys at a later date, cause I do really dig the designs! And I think they would make they're own neat little AU! (I may even toss my OC Sasha in there some day! Been wanting to make a few human versions of her anyway. Hell, in some versions she was a human starting out anyway. So tis very needed!)

[honey-minded-hivemind]

Hello! I have opened asks for anyone who has questions! Some AUs I am focused on right now include (but aren't limited to):

• 🐉WoF AUs (any of them!)

• 🧪Infected AU (my first ever au!)

• Dark X-Men Evolution AU (where the reader, Pietro, Kitty, and Kurt ended up dead in the past, but arrive a few years into the future only for their friends and family/groups to be platonic yanderes. Inspired by A Better World from Justice League and Same As It Never Was for TMNT 2003 edition)

• Regular AUs (where Reader is set in a reboot/reimagining of the shows/movies/media where they are there, and some characters, if not all, are platonic yamderes) (yes, I said yamderes. It's cute, isn't it?)

Bonus:

(Imagine the Reader just being the friendliest person ever, but their mutation is similar to Kurt's and Logan's. Like, can turn into a fluffy, feral angelic/demonic being. They could have horns, or extra limbs, maybe wings, or a tail or two. They could either look human but turn into that form due to emotional distress, or they just regularly look like that. Headcanons for them includes:

• Loves hot/questionable songs, but is explicitly asexual/possibly aromantic

• Collects coins, shiny bits of jewelry, keys, rocks, bones, even teeth and glass, because they are drawn to anything that gleams or shines or sparkles (like a raven)

• Actually tries to be friendly, even if someone is rude. Tries to do things the polite way first.. But if pushed too far, beware... they have claws for a reason...

• Enjoys hugs. Hugs with their arms (and any extra appendages, if they have them). Nuzzles and purrs when happy

• Can make pancakes. Their pancakes tastes heavenly...

[officiallyashley]

“Let us help you guys...” (. tmnt 2003 .)

SUMMARY: Ever since their encounter with Draco and the Daimyo’s son, Alex, Raph, and the others had realized how odd Donnie and Ash are acting.

NOTES: enjoy! This takes place weeks after the episode called Same As It Never Was. This is one of my favorite episodes in the TMNT 2003 series, so I thought that I would write a oneshot about it and how those events really messed with Ashley and Donatello. You may want to re-read the Same As It Never Was headcanons that I made a while back for some clarity. 

WARNINGS: depictions of self-destructive behaviors, elements of anxiety, elements of depression, mentions of multiple character deaths, implications of disordered eating patterns, depictions of clear mental health issues, arguments amongst couples. If there are any other warnings that a missed, then tell me and I’ll add them.

𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫: 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦. 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲!

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THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ASHLEY AND DONATELLO. 

The two ninjas have been fighting their inner demons and trauma alone for the past few weeks. It had been like this since Draco and the Daimyo’s son fused together, stole Lord Simultaneous’ Time Scepter, and sent the turtles and the kunoichis to different points in time. Once Ash and Donnie had gotten back from their point in time, they were vastly different from before. Everyone was extremely worried for Donnie and Ash. Their family desperately wanted to help the two of them with dealing with whatever they had to deal with, but it was so incredibly challenging to get anything out of them. Both Ash and Donnie became quieter and more reclusive. Ash’s irritation and self-destructive habits had started showing up again, and her patience and tolerance were practically nonexistent. Donnie was the same way in terms of irritability. His fuse was a lot shorter than normal, which was extremely unlike Donnie’s typically levelheaded demeanor. Donnie began to throw himself into old inventions and new projects, constantly keeping himself busy with something. 

Everyone knew that Donnie overworked himself to distract himself from the troubles he was experiencing. Their family knew exactly the reason why Ash was wearing long sweatshirts in the middle of the sweltering heat. Ashley and Donatello weren’t the same people as they were before the time-traveling incident happened. For the turtles, April, Casey, and Splinter, all that they felt was helplessness and worry for their two family members. These drastic personality changes in Donnie and Ash have caused rifts in their relationships with others. Donnie was more likely to get aggravated at Alex accidentally knocking something over as she brought her boyfriend his third cup of coffee in the morning, and that led to Donnie blowing up in her face. When Raph would say something sarcastic as a joke, Ash wouldn’t take it as what it was and explode like a bomb. 

It was like walking on eggshells when others were around Ash and Donnie. It was transparent that both Donnie and Ash needed some mental health help, but they both were constantly denying that they needed help. Leo and the others realized that their family members weren’t willing to talk about what they witnessed because they didn’t want to burden anyone. At first, Splinter had told everybody to just give Donnie and Ash some time to process everything themselves. For about two weeks, the Hamato family was patient with the purple-masked turtle and the brunette teenager. By the time the third week had rolled around, nothing was improving. Even now, coming up on the fifth week of no answers and pondering, it was clear to everyone that Donnie and Ash needed to talk about what they were going through. No one wanted to be the one to come off as invading or nosy, but it had become almost too much for the others to see Ash and Donnie deteriorate right in front of their eyes. Seeing how much their family members were suffering in silence was becoming frustrating for the rest of their friends and family because they didn’t know how to help them. Donnie and Ash weren’t giving anyone any sort of inkling as to how they could aid them because they both thought that they didn’t need and deserved the help that was right in front of them. 

Ashley’s stomach growled ferociously. She didn’t have to ponder why the hunger pains were so strong. The brunette hadn’t eaten that much over the past three days, which is something that she didn’t realize Leo and Mikey had picked up on. Ash decided that, fine, she would go and retrieve a little something from the kitchen. Walking into the kitchen area of the lair, Ash saw that her loyal boyfriend was sitting at the counter sipping on a glass of water. Judging by the fact that he was breathing slightly heavier than usual, Ash could surmise that he had been training harder. That was one of his ways of coping with stressful situations. 

“Hey, there, sweetheart. How are ya feeling?” Raph inquired. There was a genuineness to his tone of voice, along with a hint of concern. 

“I’m fine,” The brunette said in a clipped tone. 

It stayed silent for a brief moment. That was until Raph spoke up and broke the quietness. “Ya can’t just keep fighting in silence like this, Ashley. You and Don both can’t keep this up forever.” The red-banded ninja turtle commented on his lover’s and his younger brother’s unusual mannerisms. His tone was lowered and unsmiling. 

Ash grumbled in response. They annoyingly grabbed the cherry and chocolate-flavored Greek yogurt from the top shelf at the back of the fridge, and they slammed the door. They stayed inaudible as they walked to the other side of the kitchen and opened the silverware drawer, retrieving a spoon from its holder. Ash tore open the seal to the Greek yogurt, expecting to remove it cleanly. However, to their dismay, the cover didn’t even come close to ripping off easily. There was only roughly half of it that tore off. This made Ashley growl in anger. “RAH! UGH!” Ash exclaimed loudly with rage in her voice. The brunette threw the spoon across the stovetop, clashing noisily with the top of the stove. “Why didn’t it open right?! Goddammit!” Ash screamed, “You know what? What’s the fucking point? I wasn’t hungry anyway!” Ash then pushed the carton of yogurt to the back of the stovetop. 

Raph approached his girlfriend carefully. Ash had her head in her hands, her lavender-grey hues wide with so many different and complicated feelings that were locked inside of her. “Ashley, calm down,” Raph said softly, putting his hand on her shoulder in an effort to comfort her, “please, you need to talk to someone.” 

Ashley scooted away from her lover’s touch. This disheartened Raph, but he wasn’t going to give up on trying to comfort her. “Don’t touch me, Raph! I’m fine!” Ash protested harshly. 

Raph narrowed his eyes. “Really?! Are you really fine, Ashley?!” The ninja turtle’s voice was rising from its normal vocal volume. “Yer getting upset over a fucking yogurt not opening right! Ya don’t usually get so damn upset about small shit like this! This isn’t like ya!” Raph infuriatingly pointed this out to his significant other. 

Ash clenched their fists. Their demeanor was giving off vibes of irritation, depression, and reverence. All Raph wanted to was to help Ashley, and he wanted to know what had happened. What was going through their mind? “Raphael, for the last fucking time, I’m fine! I don’t need help!” Ash exclaimed arduously. 

Raph balled up his fist, closed his eyes tight, and he slammed it against the counter. This caused a loud BANG! to ring out across the rest of the lair. He opened his eyes, looking straight at his girlfriend, who had fallen silent from what the ninja turtle just did. The atmosphere was tense and thick. Still, she didn’t let the loud noise, no matter how scared she was of them, falter her cutting gaze toward Raph. “You are so goddamn stubborn, ya know that, Ashley?” Raph spoke tightly and lowly. He sighed out of annoyance. “Fuck, it’s like I’m talking to a brick wall! Every time I try something to help ya out, it doesn’t work! There’s always an obstacle that I have to overcome. It’s the same thing with Don! Hell, am I doing something wrong?!” Raph exclaimed stressfully. The volume of his voice was booming at the beginning, but as he continued to speak, his volume went back down to a normal level. “I wanna help ya both out, we all wanna help ya both out, but we just can’t! We can’t because you and Donnie won’t give us anything to go off of!” His emotions were finally erupting, and he was getting everything off of his plastron at last. 

Ash was thinking before they spoke. “Listen, I can’t speak for Donnie, but I’m okay. I don’t need help, so you and the others don’t have to worry about me.” The brunette declared in a low and calm manner. Their tone of voice was too steady for Raph. Far too even and collected to Raph to feel any sort of easement or reassurance from his lover. 

Raph could feel the irritation and rage cloud his thought process. He could sense the pain and agony bubbling up inside of him. Raph bit his lip. All he could do was stare at the love of his life, someone who he loves dearly and more than anyone else in the world, and think about how broken they are. Raph couldn’t even imagine how Ash and Donnie were feeling. They were both feeling and experiencing the same emotions, as they were together when everything took place. “Ashley, I love ya so much. I want ya to be happy in life, and I can’t stand to see ya wallow in the negativity yer feeling. I’m telling ya this now, and I plan on telling Don the same damn thing to hopefully get this through yer thick skulls: ya both need to come clean about what happened when the whole Daimyo-Draco shit went down. This is seriously fucking you two up, and no one here wants ya both to continually suffer in silence.” Raph sighed shakily. It was like he was about to burst out crying from frustration and anxiety. “Please, it doesn’t even have to be me, but at this point, ya need to talk to someone. I’m beggin’ ya, baby, just… help yourself live happily by going to someone that ya love…” The red-masked ninja turtle was practically begging and pleading with Ashley for them to take his advice. He held Ash’s hands gently, tenderly squeezing back. 

Ash just kept that same stone-cold expression on their face. They didn’t know what to say to Raph, so they made the decision to not comment on anything that was said. Ash averted their gaze from Raph’s gaze. Eyes are the windows to the soul, as some others would say, and the brunette teenager knew that Raph was trying to see the emotions carved out in her eyes. She didn’t want Raph to see into her trauma, just to spare him from having to hear everything. Ash doesn’t want that for Raph nor anyone else that they love, and neither would Donnie. 

Ash didn’t squeeze Raph’s hands back. Raph took the hint, so he let go of his partner’s hands. Discouraged by this conversation, he decided that he would leave and give the brunette woman some space to calm down. Before he left the kitchen, though, Raph leaned over and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. “I love ya, Ash,” Raph muttered, “Don’t forget that.” After that, Raph left the conversation. Ash was frozen in place. Now, they were left alone with only their thoughts, the mess they’d made, and the quietness they’d created. 

Meanwhile, with Donnie and Alex, things were going just about the same as they were with Raph and Ashley. Alex had come into her turtle boyfriend’s laboratory to check up on him. Alex still had that familiar anxious feeling in her gut. Nonetheless, the psychic woman was still very adamant about getting something out of the love of her life. Most every time Alex had dropped by Donnie’s laboratory, she would inquire about how he was feeling. That was her entryway into allowing Donnie an opportunity to voice how he was feeling and what he and her younger sister experienced together. To Alex’s disappointment, Donnie never took that chance to be vocal about his troubles. He would just brush it off like nothing, focus even harder on his work, and then ignore Alex for the rest of the time that she was in there with him. This was frustrating to Donnie’s girlfriend, but alas, Alex wasn’t deterred by his dismissive mannerisms. 

Typically, Alex wouldn’t pry too much when it came to other people dealing with emotionally challenging situations. She knew that people had the right to their emotional privacy, as did she have the right to that, as well. However, under these circumstances, the red-haired woman couldn’t be complicit in Donnie staying silent about his sufferings. She had to say something to Donnie. Even if she didn’t want to be perceived as persistent and nosy, Alex had to get Donnie to say something about what had happened to him and Ash. Alex tried discussing this critical matter with her younger sister, but that didn’t go well by any means. If anything, it made everything so much worse for both of the sisters. If she wasn’t able to reach Ashley, then Alexandria sure as hell was going to reach Donatello. Now, after wanting her boyfriend to communicate with her, Donnie was, unquestionably, antagonized by Alex’s concerns. 

“Alex, stop! I told you so many times already that nothing is wrong!” Donnie exclaimed with vexation, turning around in his swivel seat. 

Alex sighed. She tried not to lose her composure. “Listen, babe, I want to help you. If you just… tell me what happened, if you talk about what you and Ash went through, I can help! I want to comfort you!” Alex expressed vehemently, standing up from her seat. 

Donnie stood up from his seat. “I don’t need comfort, Alex, because I’m—”

“Okay? Okay?! You’re not okay, Donatello! You’re not!” The red-haired psychic exclaimed with a shattered voice. She almost let tears fall from her emerald green orbs, but, as of now, she successfully held them in. “I-It’s challenging enough to watch my baby sister deteriorate in front of me — I can’t lose you, too!” 

Everything went silent. The couple didn’t have the strength to speak up, as they both let Alex’s statements linger in the air for a minute. “Dove… I, um, I-I…” Donnie trailed off, lost. He was rendered speechless. 

“Don’t you fucking say it.” Alex stated darkly, glaring at him, “I mean it, Donatello! Don’t you say that you’re okay, or that you don’t need comfort! You do need those things now more than ever!” Her emerald gaze held tearfulness and worry. 

Donnie thought about what he was going to say next. He knew that what he was about to say was going to piss off his significant other, but he didn’t know what else to say to her. “I’m fine. Just let me work.” He stated simply. 

Even though his statement was barely audible, the redhead heard exactly what the purple-banded ninja turtle had just told her. With that response, she was pissed. Her eyes went wide, and she just went off on her boyfriend. “Donatello Hamato, I want to help you! We all want to help you! However, we can’t do that until you tell us how to do that! Talking to Ashley is fucking pointless because they won’t speak up, and trying to get anything out of you is a goddamn nightmare because you’re not giving anyone anything to work with!” Alexandria confessed with tears beginning to cascade down her face. She was beyond stressed out with her boyfriend, and she, along with the rest of Donnie’s family, was worried sick. This all showed in her voice as she ranted. 

“Dove—”

“We are all feeling so damn hopeless with both you and Ash! Do you know how worried sick we all are of both of you?!” Alex questioned her boyfriend harshly, but she wasn’t giving him any time to respond. “I want you to be able to enjoy your life while you have it! I want you to love yourself and the family that you have! No one wants to see you wallow in your own misery, Donnie. Especially me. I can’t see you fall down the rabbit hole of depression and wander aimlessly through a wonderland of confusion and hurt. Splinter is worried about you. Your brothers, Casey, and April don’t know how to aid you. I… I’ve run out of all of the ideas, as well. I feel so incredibly fucking helpless…! We… We all feel so helpless! We just want to help you two…” Alex sobbed, an arduous and broken tone in her voice. The red-haired teenager began to cry, and the sound of her hiccups filled the room. 

Donnie was stunned by her words. He could see how long Alex had been holding all of this inside of her, and he could only imagine what everyone else was feeling. Even though he wanted to inform his family of what he and his good friend had been through in the previous weeks, Donnie couldn’t bring himself to do it. He was frightened by what he had to go through, and he knew for certain that Ashley was just as haunted as he was. They were both extremely riddled with trauma. 

“I don’t want to talk about it at all, Dove…” Donnie voiced after a moment of silence. 

“Fine,” Alex muttered bitterly, “I’ll give you the space that you need to continue your work. I’m always open to talk if you need someone to rant to.” With that, the female psychic wiped the tears from her eyes and her cheeks. She silently put her hair up in a high ponytail, turning away from Donnie. Without another word, Alexandria Singh had walked out of Donnie’s laboratory. This left Donnie alone, reveling in the aftermath of this argument. He began to overthink everything that had just taken place, wondering what he could have done differently so this wouldn’t have happened. 

Alexandria and Raphael both stormed out of the rooms they were previously in. They both walked into the living room, sitting next to each other on the couch. In front of them sat Leo and Master Splinter on the couch across from them. Mikey resided on the floor in front of the tv where he was playing his video games. It was quiet for a brief moment, as no one knew what to say at first. Splinter was waiting to see if either his second oldest son or the psychic teen was going to speak up, but neither of them did. 

After a bit, Mikey paused his game. “Okay, someone has to say something. The silence is wayyyy too loud for my liking.” The orange-masked turtle commented as he broke the quietness. 

“I’m assuming that you guys got in another fight with Ash and Donnie respectively?” Leo surmised before taking a sip of his chamomile tea. Although, no one needed to guess what happened because everyone else in the lair could hear both altercations going on from where they were. It was even louder because both arguments were happening at the same time. 

“Yeah,” Alex sniffled quietly. She kept her voice low and her responses short. 

Raph just grunted in reply. 

Splinter hummed in thought. “Hmm… this is most troublesome…” He spoke with contemplation. 

“Master Splinter, we’ve tried everything with Donnie and Ashley! What are we supposed to do now?” Leo asked his teacher, searching for some guidance. 

“Fuck, I don’t know what to do! I already told Donnie that we want to help him, but we’re feeling incapable of doing so.” Alex chimed in with distress. 

“I told the exact same thing to Ash, and they didn’t listen to a goddamn thing I said!” Raphael voiced. 

“At least they both know how we all feel now…” Mikey piped up, trying to look on the bright side of things in this situation. 

However, no one else in the room could do that at the moment. “Yeah, but that doesn’t mean that they’re gonna come to us to speak about it, Mike,” Raphael replied to what his younger brother said. 

“Damn…” Mikey cursed under his breath. He was pondering something, but no one had pulled him up on it. 

Splinter carefully stood up from his seat on the couch. “Master Splinter?” Leo inquired. 

“Let me talk to them,” Master Splinter told the four teenagers. 

“Good luck with that, dad,” Raph murmured under his breath. 

Without another word and with no objections from any one of the four teens, Splinter retrieved both Ashley from the kitchen and Donnie from his laboratory. The three of them followed behind the elder inaudibly. Neither Ash nor Donnie even acknowledged Raph or Alex. The two of them couldn’t even look their lovers in the eyes after their respective arguments took place because of how guilty they felt. Ash and Donnie couldn’t even meet Leo and Mikey’s gaze. They wished that they could find the courage to finally tell their family the events that took place, but it was too hard for Ash and Donnie to do that. 

Donnie and Ash sat next to each other. They were sat on their knees facing Master Splinter. “What do you need us for, Master Splinter?” Donnie asked his Sensei. 

Master Splinter grabbed a tea kettle, and he poured the tea he prepared beforehand into three teacups. Calmly, he spoke. “My son, I brought you both into the dojo to discuss what has been bothering you.” Master Splinter stated simply. He handed Ashley and Donnie some tea, which they took with no objections. 

Donnie remained silent. This left the answering up to the brunette. Begrudgingly, she responded to her elder. “I’m okay, Sensei,” Ash whispered briefly. 

Splinter lifted his brow in question. “Ashley, Donatello, it has been quite evident that you are suffering in silence. Whatever it was that you went through, let us help you with processing it.” Master Splinter said calmly, attempting to ease the nerves of his son and his student. 

Ashley took a sip of her tea. Hmm… Earl grey… They thought to themselves. Donnie didn’t bother to take a sip of the tea that his father gave him. “Splinter, I can’t speak for Donnie, but I can assure you and everyone else that there isn’t anything that’s bothering me,” Ash said with a sigh. 

“If there is nothing wrong, then why are you trembling?” Master Splinter questioned with furrowed brows. 

Ash’s stoic expression on her face morphed into one of confusion. Then, into an expression of surprise. What? Trembling? That’s when the brunette teenager glanced down at the hand that held the glass teacup. Sure enough, the teacup was shaking along with their hand. Ash’s lip quivered. Still, she stayed quiet. Donnie glanced over to see that, yes, indeed, Ash’s hand was unsteady due to some sort of emotional distress. Her mental and emotional turmoil was finally showing through after all of this time. 

“You, my son,” Splinter began, making Donnie turn his attention to his father, “have been struggling. You and Ashley have been extremely traumatized by a specific incident. You know you can tell me anything that you desire.” The ninja master tried to appeal to the two young adults that he was a safe space for them to vent their mental and emotional wounds. 

To the Splinter and Ashley’s surprise, it was Donnie that broke first. “S-Sensei, what we saw was awful… It's been over a month now, and I still can’t get those images out of my head! I can’t even sleep at night because of how horrible my nightmares are!” Donnie finally broke, and there were tears pricking his eyes. Tears were threatening to fall, and it became evident in his tone of voice. 

“Don’s right, Splinter… Every time I close my eyes, I see all of the blood. I see all of the gore. I hear them take their last breaths, I hear their painful screams. They keep telling me that I could’ve done better, that—that I should have saved them!” Ashley just started to burst out in sobs. She was hysterically crying, tears falling continually down her cheeks. Her makeup had begun to smudge slightly. However, she didn’t give a care in the world at the moment. 

“Who are you referring to?” Splinter asked his student, intrigued by what they were saying. 

That’s when Donnie and Ash both started to explain everything that happened to them. How they were transported thirty years into the future in a dystopian future, and what happened in that timeline. How the Shredder took over New York City, how Donnie left and never returned, how Splinter died in front of his sons and the kunoichis, and how Casey had been murdered right in front of everyone’s eyes. They both commented on how broken the Hamato family had become in that timeline. Ash even mentioned how she died in childbirth with her and Raph’s fourth child, and how Alex ran away and never came back after losing her husband and their baby. They also mentioned the plan that Ash and Donnie came up with, and how they, with the help of that timeline’s version of Mikey, Leo, Raph, April, and Raph and Ash’s children, were finally able to bring peace to that timeline. However, this is where both Donnie and Ash choked up. 

Splinter took in everything that the teenagers were saying. They were very clearly distressed. Both of them were crying heavily, Ash more than Donnie. It wasn’t like either of them to just start crying like they currently were, and Splinter knew this. Ash was biting her thumb as a small toddler would, and Donnie kept his gaze averted from his father. “Take your time, my children,” Master Splinter told them steadily. He was shocked by the information that was already told to him, but he didn’t let it outwardly affect him. 

“Even though Donnie and I managed to defeat the Shredder and ensure peace in their timeline, so many lives were lost along the way. April has absolutely no other friends left, and me and Raph’s poor babies don’t have their mother nor their father around anymore!” Ash cried out, sniffling. “They don’t even have their Uncles or Aunts by their side to help them through this tough time…” 

“It’s horrendously dark, Master Splinter. It’s all just so… bleak and miserable…” Donnie muttered sadly, his voice breaking under the pressure of his emotions. 

“I am so sorry that you two had witnessed something as traumatic as that. Truly, I am.” Splinter said genuinely. He felt horrible that there was a timeline out there where his mortal enemy had won, his family became broken apart, and his loved ones ended up dead in one way or another. Splinter couldn’t imagine what it was like to see how it ended like Ashley and Donatello did. He paused for a minute, thinking of what else to say. “You both should be proud that you reunited the three brothers with each other. I would like to think that there was a sense of comfort for those three seeing you both there with them.” 

“There was. That version of Raph was just so… broken. Leo and Mikey were, too! Mikey wasn’t as boisterous and fun-loving as he once was, and…” Ash chimed in after they had calmed down from their sobbing, “… fuck! It’s all so tragic! I wish I could do something to rewrite their history! N-None of them deserves what they got!” 

Splinter silently stood up from where he was sitting. The great ninja master crouched down in front of his son and his son’s friend, and he hugged them tightly to comfort them. “You should be proud of what you two did. Even if you couldn’t save everyone, you, Ashley and Donatello, made such an impact on the people that were spared. Your bravery and leadership changed their course of time forever, and you should be fulfilled with what you two did. I know for certain that version of April and the others are beyond grateful for what you both did.” Splinter spoke to his two pupils gently.

Ash and Donnie immediately embraced their Sensei in response. Ashley sniffled a little more, but Donnie still continued to let the tears silently fall from his eyes. “Thank you, Master Splinter, for being there for us,” Ash expressed her and Donnie’s gratitude. 

“Of course. We are all family here, and we need to be there for each other when we need it the most.” Splinter voiced truthfully. 

As the three of them broke the hug, that’s when the rest of the Hamato family walked in. First, it was Mikey, then Leo, then Raph and Alex, and April and Casey. Donnie rushed over to Alex, who engulfed him in a big hug with a gentle smile present on her face. Ash walked quickly over to Raph, and she hugged him tightly. “I’m assuming that you all heard everything?” Ash asked softly. 

“We did, babe, we did,” Raph confirmed as Ash gave him a kiss on the cheek, “ya don’t have to re-explain everything again.” 

Both the couples dispersed from their hugs. Mikey offered his big brother a bright grin, and he pulled Donnie into a side hug. Leo approached Ashley, who was standing next to her boyfriend. “I-I’m sorry if I’ve been a dick over the last few weeks…” Ash trailed off. 

Leo put his hand up. “Ash, we understand. You and Donnie have been through a hell of a lot. You guys need to rest and mentally recoup from what you’ve been through.” The blue-masked leader expressed his comprehension of the situation. 

“Thanks for understanding, bro,” Ashley said with a smile and a thankful gleam in her lavender-grey eyes.

“Let us help you guys,” Leo started, “alright? We can’t have you and Don going through such an ordeal all by yourselves.” 

“Yeah, you’re right,” Ash said as she gave Leo a quick hug, “You’re a good friend, Leonardo. Don’t forget that.” 

Leo just grinned, giving his best friend a nod in response. 

Ashley and Donnie were far from recovered, and they both knew that what they saw that day will still continue to haunt them in a way. However, with their family by their side, Ash and Donnie knew that comfort was just one initiation away. They knew that help was just one call away. Ashley and Donatello knew that they had plenty of support around them, and they also knew that they didn’t have to suffer from their inner demons alone. 

𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 © 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. 𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚. 𝐢 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐭𝐜. 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥.

[hyperfixatinglove]

Hey Roe! How about 🌱, 🥀, 🧾 and 🔒 from the sleepover asks? (Choose any f/os you like!)

@noire-lover Love to see you on my dash again & screaming for the name usage ♥

🌱 Who was your first F/O?

My first ever was Michelangelo from TMNT 2003 :D I was like kindergarden age when I imagined myself w him on rooftops haha. He was in my F/O list for a while but I didn't like my s/i. She was like mutated cat since Mikey is mutated turtle. I still have soft spot for him. If I could find my native dub of 2003 TMNT more easily perhaps he would still be in the list. Mikey is the reason I tend to drift towards guys with humor (like Frank West). The first F/O on my official list was Ushio of course.

🥀 Talk about some of your fictional crushes and why they aren’t your F/O!

Mentioned Mikey above so perhaps I could discuss this. I have a lot of fleeting crushes, usually from random video games I watch on YT that never make it on my f/o list. Some aren't even crushes it's just romantic interest, possibility that never goes anywhere.

Some of these for example are Joel Miller from tlou game & John Bradford from xcom 2 who's below.

Hilariously I'm sorta haunted by Troy Baker & Brian Bloom as characters they voice is someone I often find myself having minicrushes on. Both Blazkowicz & Bradford are voiced by Brian Bloom for example, but only one is on my f/o list.

🧾 What’s your favorite headcanon someone else has made about your F/O?

I usually stay far away from general fandom & for my f/os don't even have big enough fandom for me to see headcanons. However someone had headcanon made into a fic of Ushio being reincarnated over all the YGO series since he makes cameo appearance in quite many of them (GX, Zexal, Arc V to name few) and him being aware of the fact he had lived multiply lifetimes, even vaguely remembering some details. And some details staying the same like him being an ass first and then changing and being aware that it had happened before. It just seemed fascinating to me.

🔒 What does your platonic F/O think about your F/O? Are they overprotective of you?

Hakon and Deacon are definitely overprotective of me! If I had f/o from Days Gone, Deek would be the overprotective grumpy big brother type.

But I have ton of platonic f/os I don't list like entire 5ds group from YGO 5ds or Alan Wake from the same named game. I think Alan would be on guard if I ever showed him a bf - he's keeping an eye on them, maybe talking about it with Alice who gently laughs it off and calls her husband paranoid.

Vergil would "warn" me about Jesse, how closed off and intimidating he is and asking if I'm sure and would be nervous while tinkering with his projects for Rentier Institute. He just wants me to be safe & he has nothing againt Jesse himself, but he can be off putting & appear like a brute.

T-Bone and Clara would be hilarious if I'd ever tell them I date Aiden. T-Bone would just laugh like I made the biggest joke and then say "I hope you know what you're doing" while Clara just cocks an eyebrow silently. Later T-Bone would call Aiden and kinda give him the threat call cause "She's damn civilian Aiden! What the fuck are you thinking?!". He would get fellow hacker as someone to date, but hates civilians getting involved since the incident with Blume & his own hacking in 2003

Jason Kolchek would hilarious. He and Eric aren't that close & Jason doesn't have the highest opinion of his ex-Colonel so he simply doesn't understand just what can I see in him. It's like him with women, do not compute (Jason's def gay ok) so sometimes he says something brutal and Salim will soften it and I'm just baffled.

[misteria247]

Since your current in a 2007 tmnt mood, got any headcanon?

Also isn’t the 2007 moive and the 2003 tv show in the same universe?

To answer your question I believe that the 07 movie is actually connected to 90s movies (don't quote me on this lol). Anyways yes I've got a couple let's go-!!

Leo is able to speak several languages that are native to Central America due to his stay there and his vigilante work that he did for some of the local villages. Whenever he gets annoyed at one of his brothers he'll often mutter some of his annoyances in one of the languages he'd learned leaving his brothers confused. He's also been known to sing little songs that he'd learned down there quietly to himself.

Raph after the whole incident with Leo getting abducted by the Stone Warriors and nearly thrown into a dimension full of monsters, has started to keep a closer eye on his older brother. It's more of a self reassurance thing so he can relax a bit more knowing that Leo's still with them and safe. After all the last thing he wants is for his older brother to disappear again like during his training trip for two years. Though he'd never admit this to anyone and would rather die than let his brothers especially Leo find out about it.

Donnie has at least a few times actually snapped at a customer whenever he'd been helping them with their tech support. And by snap I mean full out go off on them if they've been especially rude and insufferable. His bosses would have fired him a long time ago but he's the most well knowledgeable employee that they have. So it leaves them at a stalemate.

Mikey is completely freaked out by children now. After being the beat up dummy for several birthday parties with wild unhinged sugar high children Mikey has gained a very healthy fear of the smaller humans. He'll often times flinch if one screams too loudly or gets rowdy and it makes his fight or flight response kick in. Let's just say that after his experience with children and birthday parties Mikey wouldn't be giving Splinter any grandchildren for an extremely long time.