#Ninja Turtles and representation

[brightlotusmoon]

The saddest boy in the world.

[brightlotusmoon]

And that's how I met them, your honor.

[trochaic-mutant-ninja-tetrameter]

🎶Mine was 'cause of Bowie! What about y'all?🎵

[thesillyguyy]

Transness and allegory in media

"There has never been a time without unicorns. We live forever. We're as old as the sky, old as the moon. We can be hunted, trapped, we can even be killed if we leave our forests. But we do not.. vanish."

- The Last Unicorn

"Honestly? I feel worse when I don't do it. Like my insides are itchy. You know, like that second right before you sneeze? That's close to it. Then I shape shift, and I'm free."

".. what if you held it in? If you didn't shape shift?"

"... I'd die."

- Nimona

"And you don't even notice the box that you're in. Until someone comes along and lets you out."

- The Umbrella Academy

"This happens to trolls, Benjamin. Sometimes, our friendships with other species don't survive because of the change."

"It won't be that way with us. It's just uh, a little uncomfortable right now."

"I suggest that you allow yourself to feel comfortable with your discomfort."

- Star trek

"I will not be shackled by the failures of your God. The only blasphemy for me is to follow insignificance. I have taken refuge of your God's failures. And I have triumphed."

- Re-animator

"Do you think I'm an athlete?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, you know, I think I'm an athlete. And sometimes I feel like you guys don't see me that way."

- Fantastic Mr. Fox

"We're just.. scared."

"It will be alright, my son. People fear what they do not understand."

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Inspired by an edit I saw elsewhere :]

[canonicallyplural]

Raph from ROTTMNT is canonically plural.

In the episode “Man vs Sewer” his is shown to have a trigger related to being alone. When he is left alone in the episode he becomes “Savage”. He cannot recognize his brothers until the main Raph is triggered into front.

In another episode he speaks to “Mind Raph”. They are shown to have different personalities and constantly argue over how to help their brothers.

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[brightlotusmoon]

Apparently, some folks hate that. The rest of us ignore them. Diversity is vital in this franchise.

I love how none of these look remotely the same

[themidnightsunset]

my design for human donnie

might color it later, but im busy with finals rn so we’ll see

[twelveyearoldfortyyearold]

Donnie (Rise of the TMNT) | Autism Representation in Media

[brightlotusmoon]

Awwwww. I bet I'm going to sleep really well now. Thank you!

The initial post just shows how I've grown over the years.

[its-wabby-stuff]

Her 🩵 A headcanon of gear-less look and ninpo presentation. I think she’s a false map turtle, so I gave her a scalloped shell, also to represent Raph. Their shell’s are also a lil’ spiky but in a flexible way. Her plastron is a little bit of a mix but mostly Leo and Raph inspired. I added little line marks just for my own interpretation and to add a little more umph. I think she’s real pretty.

Let me know any of your headcanons regarding personality, what you think her ninpo power would be focused on and/or her weapon of choice.

[brightlotusmoon]

*runs screaming at the 03 fandom, throws this at them*

*runs away screaming*

(I UPDATED)

[mymindimpaired]

The tmnt being so happy to see a sculpture of a turtle holding up the world :)

[purplepixel]

Reanimated speed racer meme but its 2012 donnie to himself.

[gonetoforks]

I havent formally introduced her yet but, fun fact; my version of jennika as big mama's assistant is bi (like canon) and fa'afafine!

A samoan queer identity which she represents by being a trans woman. (though note they are not always the same) She/Her prns.

Being a queer samoan, I wanted to give her something meaningful to me, and since her character in rise was almost named "frida" i wanted to give the name more justification than just "she's a female painter."

Frida Khalo was famous for her flower motifs in her self portraits to represent fertility, but fa'afafine are often compared to flowers because of how they are considered special. They give the world variety, and flowers appear over and over again in logos and iconography for fa'afafine communities like SOFIAS & the pride flag.

She works under "Fr1da" as a codename (for big mama) and pen name (as a painter) because she's in the process of growing into her identity, like a flower.

Sheena also works at a local flower shop when she’s not fighting part-time in the Battle Nexus.

Happy Pride month and late AAPI heritage month!!

[zeze-mp3]

im here to talk about how my tmnt au's turtles and ppl and rats express their gender cuz i can

donnie is like so super nonbinary agender and he genuinely doesn't care what pronouns you use for him, but usually they put their pronouns as he/they/she. theyre also autistic and that's relevant because she doesn't really prioritize the way her clothes look so much as the way they feel. their wardrobe is pretty much just joggers and biking shorts, a few jackets, a few comfy skirts, and a few threadbare shirts that casey just so happened to lose 🧐🏳️‍🌈⁉️

leo is transfem, she still goes by leonardo and she tends to be pretty androgynous in casual settings, although she does tie her mask in a bow and she does dress up sometimes- casey and april LOVE to do her makeup although usually it's just eyeliner lol

raph is genderfluid and bigender but in general is the most stereotypically masculine- he doesn't wear a lot of feminine stuff, it's just not his thing, but sometimes she will tie her mask tails up into a bow as a little way to signal that shes feeling feminine. he wears shirts more than any of the other turtles, and it's usually some niche rock/metal band tee that gets all ripped up in the back because of his little snapper spikes

mikey is the resident he/they, but he secretly (and eventually not so secretly) like being referred to by neopronouns (which i may or may not list later) and donnie is the og neopronouner in the household (ze/zir) mikeys clothes are too colourful to be sifted into masculine and feminine stuff and they usually have neon joggers on. they also like to make kandi btw tehehehe

april is the only cisgender person here, but she's not feminine by any standards, and her peak gender expression is androgynous blob

casey jones is intersex transmasc because i never see enough intersex rep and his parents were very supportive of his transition and he's able to get her yayayyay!! he dresses like a slutty gay boy greaser but don't we all? imagine a teenage boy wearing what 87 casey wears lol. he has little a cups and literally never wears a bra or a binder he's like peak free the nipple and we love him for that- he basically just challenges the patriarchy's idea of gender and i love him he's so me

[canonicallyplural]

Mikey from tmnt 2012 is canonically plural.

In the episode “Journey to the center of Mikey’s mind” we follow his brothers as they get sent into Mikey’s mind.

The very first thing by we see is a memory playing out who co feels very plural coded.

They we meet the “angry Mikey” (who is noticeably a giant), “hungry Mikey” (I have a lot of qualms with this… writing choice actually), “funny/annoying/buzz buzz Mikey” (who is noticeably small and based off a certain way Mikey acted and dressed once earlier in the series), and “cryptic Mikey” (who borders between being cryptic and being just… it’s hard to explain in a nice way).

Then we journey into Mikey’s imagination (which we view as his proper headspace) inside our both fictive and factives (he seems to actually be really introject heavy). And the “one, true Mikey” who’s around 5. This also sort of implies he’s the host or at least core and I have… thoughts about that.

And at the very end of the episode, once they’re all outside Mikey’s mind it’s established that 1. He remembers the whole adventure and 2. “Angry Mikey” can front.

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