#tmnt serling

[tmntkiseki]

Some moments from Fast Forward that I think Rise fans will appreciate

[sweeneydino]

Yknow, I think he just hates teenagers who aren't Cody, guys.

Experimenting with different art styles cause I'm inconsistent ✨️✨️✨️ plus I was inspired but you already knew that

I was gonna make this more show accurate but I don't think my hand can take it.

I love Serling and I love torturing him.

Might add metalhead in a possible follow up..

[yellowhollyhock]

okay fine I'll tell you. I fall asleep at night thinking about future Donny and Angel, enjoying a quiet evening at home, chatting about the weather, planning for their niece Cassandra's eleventh birthday party, eating burnt dinner because they've both become better cooks but mostly they've become desensitized to each other's cooking. Looking for a show to watch together. and then

There's a knock at the door.

And there stands Cody Jones. He's gotten a little taller, starting to get some whiskers, but he's still a young teenager.

And he's still spending his life in the past.

His clothes are dirty. His hair's a mess. He's clearly exhausted and needs help. First priority is feed this insane teenager and get him a warm place to sleep.

Donny's second priority, though, is to get some answers. 'What are you doing here? Where is Serling? Do you have any idea how risky this is? Your grandmother is coming over tomorrow for help with her math homework.'

'Uncle Donny, O'Neil Tech is in trouble. I didn't know who else to come to.'

Listen. Of course O'Neil Tech is in trouble. Darius has had his hands in it selling weapons to criminals for years before Cody found out and the turtles intervened. And now? This unsocialized kid is trying to keep the company running by himself, his only financial advice from Serling, who's been programmed as a caretaker, not a business manager. Of course they're in trouble.

Now the big question is, how are they supposed to help? Do they risk going to the future with him so they can het their hands on the problem? Then do they leave him alone again once it's resolved? Are they sure they can get back? For now they're pouring over legal documents from 2107, trying to teach Cody how to read people and helping him with finances and keeping him a secret from April and Casey. Do they tell the other turtles? I'm not sure yet, they probably should, but is more people knowing he's there a bigger strain on the timestream?

Donny is stressed out of his mind. Angel and Cody are having the time of their lives. She shows him the sights, supposedly as part of his Very Important Social Training, just to help him get some real-world character-building experience. (They are going to trampoline parks, hole in the wall restaurants, all kinds of museums because Cody is a history nerd and she definitely notices how he treats every place they go like a museum). And the more she's getting to know Cody, and the more he's reminding her of Donny, the less she's on board with ever sending him back to the future, where he has no one.

Of course the others are going to find out eventually. The turtles and Splinter at least, haven't decided about April and Casey. I definitely think even if Cassandra meets Cody they're going to avoid revealing that he's her grandson. At any rate having to avoid Cassandra while Cody is living with them is definitely going to put some strain on everyone involved.

Leo and Mikey want to go to the future and find the Dark Turtles. Maybe they could have Cody's back. To which Raph and Don reply aren't they also teenagers? And severely traumatized? And have tried to kill us and Cody before? Leo tentatively suggests maybe Cody could appeal to Bishop for help. Now Raph is furious. 'Don't you guys care about the kid? Wasn't one egocentric deceitful backstabbing guardian enough? Even if it's in Bishop's best interests to take care of Cody, he'll never really care for him. Doesn't he deserve at least that much?"

Donny speaks up on Serling's behalf. 'He has a guardian. He just needs legal advice.'

Angel is not pleased with this read on the situation. 'You've been so obsessed with solving his problems for him you haven't even been spending time with him. You don't understand the situation at all. Who cares if he loses the company? He came here because he needed you. Don't you guys remember what it was like to be sixteen and alone?'

Raph and Angel are both all for him staying in the past with them. Leo and Donny are worried about what that means for the timestream--when Cody is born, will it be his inevitable fate to be adopted into his ancestors' family outside of his proper time? Or are they creating a new branch where the future they've been working to secure for Cody isn't certain, maybe Darius kills him, maybe there is no interplanetary peace. And what about Serling? Cody is his whole world, they can't just keep him here.

I don't know where Mikey and Splinter fall in this debate. Probably both sort of accidentally egging on both sides. Mikey is a father of three (I've thought a lot about this but haven't decided on his soulmate or whom he has adopted but he gots three kiddos okay) and this does make it hard for him to think clearly about the issue at all. Splinter wants to solve the whole thing with meditation, and he's got a point. The rat knows how to reach across time and space when needed, and if Cody can learn, they can be there for him. But that's still going to be difficult to keep secret from April, Donny points out, and at that point why wouldn't they just keep him here in the flesh where they can give him a proper hug when he needs it, Raph grumps.

I lied I don't fall asleep thinking about it. There is no sleep. I stare towards the ceiling in the dark trying to decide how the dark turtles are going to fit in the story because I want them, what Bishop's going to do to solidify not trusting him in spite of everything, whether Karai and Chapman's descendants get mixed up in O'Neil Tech's legal troubles. And I need to watch Fast Forward again because I barely remember any plots. I just want Angel and Cody to meet and for the turtles to struggle with the concept of time travel and how much it complicates possible consequences to their actions. Especially Leo, because of the position he took in the City at War arc, and Donny, who usually seems to enjoy time travel and expressed in the journal episode how he 'already knows he did one good thing.' What if that one good thing were compromised? What if they (feel like they) have to choose between the wellbeing of those dearest to them and the possibility of interplanetary peace?

Also I want middle-aged Dongel

And also what if Professor Honeycutt goes to the future with Cody and adopts him. What if Serling hates him at first and then falls in love with him. Okay that was a two am thought but listen. It could be very funny and possibly even cute.

[teenagemutantninjatrauma]

Got a little too ill about Serling and Cody and the episode Turtle X-Tinction in which Cody almost dies, Starlee almost dies, and Serling does in fact freakin die. I kept thinking about what Fast Forward tells us about robots in society, and about how much Serling cares for this poor kid, how much he does to keep Cody safe, including sacrificing his own life. I kept thinking about how this episode happens on Cody’s birthday.

So I wrote almost three thousand words about it last night!

Warnings: angst due to temporary character death (but he gets better dw!), Cody experiencing some terrible terrible emotions, the author rambling about the world-building of Fast Forward.

Summary: For a horrible, infinitely long moment, Serling is dead.

[gloomaparty]

How I imagined Serling’s return to the future went down... 

DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUN!!! What are these guys doing here~

happy endings for all!

[violetvulpini]

My contribution to the B-Team zine!! It's pwyw, and 100% of profits will be donated to CARE, a humanitarian organization that does work in Palestine/Gaza. Still available until Aug 15th, check it out!

[art-killed-the-superstar]

happy pride month from the year 2105!

[lycankeyy]

Small collection while I procrastinate making lunch for some reason

[dailytmntscreenshots]

[bisexualmultifandommess]

I love how in the normal show Donnie and Leo are usually the most calm and level headed but in fast forward they’re causing chaos along side Raph and Mikey

[shinigami-striker]

Michael Sinterniklaas | Tuesday, 08.13.24

Same voice actor - featuring Michael Sinterniklaas. Happy birthday! 🎂

2003

Leonardo/Leonardo Splinterson - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series/Fast Forward (Season 6)/Back to the Sewer (Season 7) & video games; 2003-2010)

2006

Mikey Simon - Kappa Mikey (TV series; 2006-2008)

2014

Eiji - Patema Inverted (anime movie; English dub)

2017

Taki Tachibana - Your Name. (anime movie; English dub)

[tmntkiseki]

Official desktop wallpapers galore! All images are 4:3 ratio (1024 x 768px), so please keep that in mind if you plan on using them!

...Mikey. Plz. I promise I'll get you your pizza, just stop it with the awkward Valentine's day hearts and the "draw me like one of your French turtles" pose.

[megahorous]

We finished the Turtles Fast Forward season!

I was thinking--Fast Forward, Mutant Mayhem, Coming Out of Their Shells--I suppose a future where the Turts can just go around amongst people is sort of the Good Ending to their arc. But, who knows if they make it to the Fast Forward future; like how long it took for that to happen...

[teenagemutantninjatrauma]

rewatching DNA is thicker than water again (as one does) and OUHHHHHHH THEY ARE SO FATHER AND SON……. SOBS…..

[microsuedemouse]

they really made some Choices with Back To The Sewer, huh