#donatello is a precious geek

[brightlotusmoon]

Rob Paulsen: Mikey, are you pondering what I'm pondering?

Greg Cipes: Uh, I think so, Donnie, but this time you wear the tutu.

(on this episode of We Could Have Had This)

[jenuinely-speaking]

Re-reading the original comics for the first time since childhood and rediscovered something.

First page of the mirage issue #2, I forgot it was shown that Leonardo is a sci-fi fan. Considering the release of the new movie part two, this feels both nostalgic and apt upon the rediscovery.

Head canon below, if interested.

HC upon seeing this:

I bet Leonardo would have called on his brothers for a "mission" and surprised them with a showing of both movies in theaters -- Donnie, of course, would have absolutely known what was going on both times, but wouldn't say anything cause he, too loves Frank Herbert's astounding series. And, most likely loves seeing when his elder brother lets loose and shares his favorite things with the rest of them from time to time. He will not ruin Leo's "surprise" just because he knows his brother well and shares some level of understanding with him. Seeing the joy reflect in both eyes and smile of his elder brother is too precious to do that to him, especially when he planned and strategized these events all on his own, when he didn't need to include his brothers: this choice of continuously bringing his brothers in to enjoy his favorite things always shuts Donatello's break from spoiling the surprises.

But he will still leave notes out "accidently" or say something during conversation as if in unconscious passing to help Leonardo increase the difficulty from their other brother's cracking the surprises.

Leonardo may be an undercover nerd, but Donatello's expert geek is always there to lend a hand.

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Oh oh @remmushound now that we are doing a Bayverse version, I wanted to tell you that I keep accidentally picturing 2003. But that makes Donnie trying to keep Mikey from learning about the Medical Complications even funnier, because 2003 Mikey is persistent and rubbery as hell, while Bay Mikey is more emotionally aware of when to back down. And 2003 Donnie is King Of Subtle Snark where Bay Donnie likes to show off his ego.

@brightlotusmoon Mikey’s immediate reaction upon meeting leatherhead

[ray-jaykub]

hi I hope you are well uwu 💕 I wanted to ask you if you could do the reaction of the turtles with his S / O he says something like "you have to meet my baby" or "I have a baby" and BUM shows him an adorable dog (my baby is a huge german shepherd xd)

I want a sphinx cat and a pitbull so bad! So fucking bad!!! ( im running out of gifs) leo and raph have dogs but i gave don and mikey something different

Leonardo:

•As soon as he hears baby lee goes straight into dad mode

•He hasn't even gone through the process of first step father-hood and already he's down

•You can't blame him! Leo desperately wants children, even if it means being a step-dad, he will cherish and raise them like his own

•I guess all he can say is that he really appreciates his dad and wants to follow in his steps

•You planned bringing them down to the lair and fearless is suddenly fearful because what soon to be father wouldn't be?

•Cries of relief when he sees it's a giant german sheperd

•like he realized in the last three seconds before you got there he was not ready to father a child but he can handle a dog

•Teaches your boy all the tricks, like sitting and fetching and swimming and how to keep you safe! All the works, while still spoiling him like a baby

•Quite literally can't go a day without giving the baby something for his troubles

Raphael:

•Sared mode activated

•Most likey >heard< you talking about it and instead of confronting you, the big sap decides to hide away and have a few anxiety attacks

•If you don't go looking for Raph he will be out of sight for a long time, he will not come out until you come to his hiding space (the garage)

•He fucking freaks when he sees the blue-nosed pitbull skid across the smooth pavement to lap at his face, your turtle is in heaven

•Talks in a baby voice to the cutey even if Mikey teases him because he just can't help it they're so precious!

•let's the dog eat scraps, play in the tunnels, sit in his recliner with him, and if you hadn't had stopped, the baby wpuld've tooken a bath with you both too

•It's later that he talks about having a family with you. The idea of havin a few of his own to share with you and blue would be sweet(also, imagine this guy with kids and a dog, heart clenching)

Donatello:

•You quite literally can't get anything past Donatello

•He gathers evidence from his surroundings and the people he talks to so when you mention a baby he knows it can't really >be< an actual baby

•For starters, you spend far more time with work and him to have the time to care for an actual infant. You don't carry items in your bag or on your person resceptible to owning a baby, and quite frankly, don is pretty sure you would've said something by now

•But the huge ass bird was still a surprise

•A majestic falcoln that stays up on the roof in an industrial cage was something he'd never see you owning and he geeks out when you lend him a handmade glove to hold her

•He's going on and on about facts on your bird when she yanks his glasses off his face and swoops to settle on the balcony holding leo and dad's bonsai trees

•Constantly stealing stuff from him so please reassure Don that she does it because she likes him and no she isn't planning something against him

•"But falcolns are sma-" "Not smart enough to build a doomsday device!"

Michelangelo:

•The only one smart enough to ask more questions about your "baby" 

•Yet you give all these vauge ass answers on some naked thing that's constantly whining is when he panics

•Michelangelo is the youngest and, although very skilled and with normal common sense, quite childish in nature. In other words he's good for toddlers and kids but left empty handed with teens and babies

•Cries when he sees a bundled up thing in your arms and of course you freak out because why is he crying? It's just a cat

•Its just a cat? Cats can be naked??? Expect him to make fun of the cat. You treat her like a baby while he always treats her like a gremlin

•"She looks like a rotisserai(?) Chicken!" "Mike! Leave her alone! How would you feel if I called you names?"

•You are definitley the bad cop in this relationship because Michael will let her get away with everything if you weren't

•Teaches her to catch mice too, much to splinter's dismay

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Matchup for a friend of @geeksaurus30

i am American, my pronouns are she/her and i am bisexual. I am a scorpio but i dont act like one, the total opposite of how they are to act. I am 5' 1'' permanently. It is one of my major insecurities. I have grey blue eyes and breast length dirty blond hair. i am almost always introverted but if your a major fiend or i get to know you it will be none stop talking and book recommendations. i daydream and tend to zone out a lot. i have high prescription ADHD, diagnosed depression, and have cut my self my arm is still slightly fresh cut. i love to read and write, drawing anime girls and the turtles is a big hobbie of mine. i have a passion for art and love all kinds of music, the outdoors are pretty from a distance. i tend to doodle a lot because of ADHD. I also love to write stories. Mostly fanfiction based after our lovely boys but also some harry potter and twilight. I am a HUGE nerd and geek. all the harry potter books?memorized?twilight?yep?Lord of the rings and the hobbit?check. I like to talk to people about my interests that I love even if others hate it. I am the oldest of two siblings. My depression mostly comes from them and my family.# family problems/ are called awful things by them but other than my sisters my family is mostly fine i have no relationship with my birth mom me and my dad are. I would give the world to people. any person and people. also very trusting. my biggest weaknesses and power. i'm good at cooking but bad at baking i will hipper focus on one book series till its done and i am a coffee and tea addict. slight acne that people say isnt that bad but hey Insecurities. also i live in alaska.

🤔I think youd be paired mostly with... Donatello💜

Donnie would fall for you

When you first met him, he was quiet; he wasnt sure how to approach you

He wanted to get to know you so he started talking about random things untitl the subject of books came up

Since then, hes become best friends with you

And then he started thinking more about you than he should, and knew that he had a crush on you

When you both started dating, after he found out more about you and your problems, he wanted to be the man... er, turtle to take care of you

Even if theres no one to back you up, Donnie will

Theres nothing hed rather do than sit with you and drink coffee/tea and talk with you

He'll love your cooking, but will appreciate your baking as well

Practice makes perfect

This nerdy turtle is such a sweetheart

He will worry more about you than himself

He wants to put you before him and his needs

Donnie is nothing but a precious cinammon roll when he kisses you

Until he starts being more bold will he then show you how much he loves you

As stated above, he will put you above other things, so he will protect you at any cost

Even if it means giving his life for yours for you to be safe

Youre just like oxygen, I can't live without you, my dove💖💖💖💖💖

I love you, so so much🐢💜💕👩🏼

Hope this is alright and get who you wanted😁😅

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Trans-Dimensional Encounter (a Cold Fire Rising story) - Chapter 1 - BrightLotusMoon, RyochanWolfgirl - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003) [Archive of Our Own]

This is the author of Better Genes, by the way. Since this story takes place in my universe, Ryo made me co-author.

Ideas for Better Genes and the other stories are always appreciated.

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Two years later: IS IT CANON ALREADY?!

Hear me out though:

A TMNT movie….

that centers around Michelangelo and Donatello rather than Raphael and Leonardo

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I just got the sweetest review of one of my favorite pieces:

"this is maybe my most favorite thing i have *ever*, ever read. oh my god. oh my GOD they are all just sillies!!!!! big dorks!!!!! oh my god this entire thing is just so perfect. i don't think i've ever read such a realistic depiction of a laughing fit, like the pacing and cadence of it all was just so perfect. thank you so much for writing snd sharing this, i love them so terribly and this has really super just made my night so warm and lovely ❤️❤️❤️"

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Me, explaining Rise to a friend who only watched up to 2003: I TOLD YOU DONNIE IS THE FANDOM DARLING.

Friend: Is that part of why you love Mikey so hard?

Me: ...nooo? Maybe.

Friend: And that's why in all your fics you've started putting Don through psychological torment every time you torture and break Mike.

Me: sigh, yes. Fuck. Shut up.

Friend: OK, I'll watch 2012. I won't enjoy Apriltello however.

Me, almost gleefully: Never said you should! See you for the Rise premiere! BRING WINE, we're getting drunk!

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Less Pain Means Much More Fluff

Now that this epidural in my lower lumbar means far less pain for a couple of months, I might write more fluff than hurt/comfort in my fics.

*pause*

I MIGHT.

The pain clinic doctors are always fascinated by me, because of the cerebral palsy and my unique autistic neurobiophysiology. I really need to write a thank you note just for their amazing compassion, empathy, and willingness to listen to me and my infodumping.

I am feeling much much better. I just need to remember to keep using the ice pack. Also I'm sleepy. But good news, I feel good enough to concentrate on my fic writing.

Anyway, GIVE ME HEADCANONS.

I have decided that any further 2003 fic I write now will be combined with IDW. And 2012, though I tend to write the 2012 boys as soft and gentle the way 2018 turned out to be. It's like I knew, from a year ago. My Cold Fire Rising universe was always Soft Kind Gentle Family anyway. My Brightest Fire Family is the uncertain wary weary sad tragic trauma children with a cold tough father.

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LOL I love Pride Month (2019) - all my mutant humanoid favorites are queer.

Donnie have you ever been on a sofa?

It’s like looking at that sofa sitting positions meme with the stock photos.

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Re [Ducktales 2017]

Oh hey, Duckworth is back.

LOL, I love when cartoons make epic fun of Criss Angel.

PS, HI I'M WEBBY. (she's so an autistic why isn't it quietly canon already) No really, I'm WEBBY. Get 2018 and 2012 Mikey, throw in some 2012 and 2003 Donnie, add 2017 Webby, and you have me, though I'm like 400 percent shy introvert who pretends to be freakishly social when it's less than a dozen people because that's what people do to be social right? Chatter on about Special Interests until we run out of breath, right?

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Me, realizing that I stick out my tongue when concentrating or nervous or both. But I have to concentrate on normal things like walking and fine motor coordination so I guess I blep all the time. I had been embarrassed about it my whole life. And then Bayverse Donnie happened.

Now I blep on purpose. Because it looks adorable on him at least.

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Awww, perfect. Thank you! ❤

I'd like a match up for 2018, 2016, and 2003. I'm 4'10", small, wavy brown hair, brown eyes with gold flecks. I wear glasses with translucent blue or pink plastic frames. I'm very disabled, quiet unless you ask about a special interest, shy, very introverted. I love comics, cartoons, art, soft sciences like psychology. I love watching people be athletic since I can't be without pain. I am a writer with artist parents. Love hugs and nuzzles. I own several plushies. I love reading everything.

2003

LEO

He is very considerate of you disability. Always put you first and making sure your comfortable. Will let you watch him train and even try to get you to do activities that won’t put you in any pain. Will read anything you write. Will find you plushies to give you to add to your collection.

2014/2016

DONNIE

Your tiny compared to him and he loves it. Those cute glasses get him and will push them up for you when you don’t realize there falling down your nose. Will let you stay in his lab as long as he’s not doing anything dangerous. Will make things as comfy as can be for you. Will totally look up psychology things with you. Will nuzzle you all the time, any chance he gets.

2018

MIKEY

CUDDLES! Will read comics with you and even let you borrow some of his. Will introduce you to his favorite cartoons. Will want to see your plushies and he will show you his. Will make it a habit to get some more for you. 24/7 hugs.

Hope you like!!!

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Earth And Oxygen: The Underestimated - BrightLotusMoon - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012) [Archive of Our Own]

Not only did I forget that I wrote this forever ago, I forgot I used these quotes. Thank you anonymous commenter, for reminding me.

...

"Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is." - Jim Morrison

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." -Lao Tzu

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Dear TMNT Fandom,

Remind me, please, who here is autistic and writes Imagines and requests? I have a request for anyone who wants to try in their style.

"What if: Mikey has a nervous breakdown in front of Donnie, who figures out Mikey has had depression for a while. Not to mention ADHD RSD and autistic burnout. Autistic ADHD Reader can be involved in whatever capacity."