#rat sons splinter is a really really good dad

[scatterbrainedbot]

here have a wip of a rat sons comic that i keep tearing up about while writing

(feat. tortoise papa splinter and his rat baby leonardo)

[delulu-is-da-solulu]

𝓓𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓽.:｡+•

Pt. 2

2k12 Donnie! X fem!reader

Pt. 1

AN- In this chapter I was kinda just trying to establish your relationship with the turtles and April. So if you don’t like it I really am sorry. But hopefully part 3 will be better. Enjoy! <3

Word count - 1046

Well the whole mutant thing went down last month, and you’re still trying to process what happened. I mean to go on a walk and almost freeze to death, just to be saved by a girl you couldn’t even call a good acquaintance and her mutant friends! Turns out the whole rat thing happened because they made a crazy scientist guy mad, or they did something to piss him off… and their dad is a rat, he’s cool.

Because you don’t go to school you’re in the lair with the guys a lot, and you’ve gotten to know them better.

Leo is such a dork, not in a smart way like Donnie but in a funny way. He tries sooo hard to be a good leader so he copies the ones in cartoons, like spock from startrek, and robin from teen titans. And the reason this is so dorky is cuz it’s so obvious what he’s doing, and when his training exercises don’t go according to the plan, (aka if it doesn’t make him look super cool) he gets soo pissy (but his brothers can never know that). Nothing that a pizza can’t fix, ya’ know if Mikey doesn’t Finnish the whole thing within a millisecond, of it being in the lair.

Raph isn’t as angry as everybody says, his anger issues aren’t even that bad. Sure he’s aggressive, but that’s mainly during fights or whenever Mikey is a ten foot radius of him. For the most part he’s pretty chill, & keeps to himself, plus spike.

Everyone made sure to fill you in on the Donnie and April situation, and the weird way he was acting when the two of you first met, instantly make sense. After you informed him that you and April weren’t close, and telling her how great of a guy he was, wasn’t gonna help much, he was devastated. But other than his obsession with April, he’s a cool guy. most times when you’re in the lair, you and Donnie are hanging out in the lab. He helps you with your math and science homework, and you help around the lab in whatever ways possible. Working with Donnie is fun, and he trust you enough to let you in on his schemes to try and win over April. They’re incredibly weird and you doubt any of them will work, but! they’re interesting.

There’s never a dull moment with Donatello. he’s funny- if you get the joke, and the more time you spend with him, the harder it is to not get it. And then there are days when nothing happens, the two of you just hang out in the lab while Don works on blueprints while you’re reading.

And Mikey is kinda gross, but honestly the sweetest thing you’ve ever met. He gets bullied by his brothers a lot, but he’s so nice, the boys are soo mean. Sometimes you and Mikey watch romcoms, or action movies together.

You and April were never friends but she’s actually fun to be around, you, April, and Irma, go out out all the time. Shopping, movies, or just hanging out, it’s so fun being with those two.

And master Splinter doesn’t talk much, but for as much as you know, he’s just a dad making his Sons friends feel welcome in their home. And he taught you how to play shogi, you’ve gotten really good.

Ginger: “Irma had to go home, something with her cat. Wanna go to the lair instead?”

Damn this was disappointing, April and Irma were gassing this movie up sooo much. You made sure not to watch trailers or anything just so you’d be completely blind. But it’s just a movie.

Snow globe: “It’s fine. I’m omw to the hole rn, meet you there <3”

You went back upstairs to put on your old combat boots, then you started making your way to the lair. You love the boys and splinter, they’re great. But doing down into piss, and shit, with your knee high converse, that were around $100 was not! gonna happen.

You met up with April, and the two of you talked about whatever while walking to the lair. School, family, clothes, things weren’t weird until she brought up boys.

“So did you have a boyfriend, or a crush before shit hit the fan?”

“U-h well…” romance wasn’t exactly a topic you were comfortable in. I mean you’ve had crushes but none of them turned out good, and some didn’t even turn. “No, I have a problem with making friends with people I have crushes on. And when I do confess if I do, we’re usually too close of friends for them to reciprocate.” You let out a chuckle trying to make it look as if you don’t care much. “What about you?”

“Uhh… well you know the whole thing with Donnie. And ive gone on a couple dates in my time, but they never ended up anything. So I guess we’re in the same boat.”

“Yeah. I feel bad for you honestly. Donnie’s soo nice, and I love hanging out with him, and you’ll never see that side of him. But at least you have Raph, Leo, and Mikey.”

You look over at April and she’s giving you a somber look. oh fuck, was she offended by what you said about Donnie!? “I’m not saying that you and Donnie will never actually be friends, I’m just saying he’s always tense around you not trying to embarrass himself so he-“

“No, no I get it (Y/N), I’ve accepted it, for now. But he’s obviously gonna grow out of it, and it’ll be like it never happened. I give it the rest of the year.”

“Hah! Don’t you think you’re giving him a little too much grace? Donnie’s like a puppy waiting at the door for his owner to come back when he’s with you.”

The two of you start laughing as you approach the opening of the lair. “As if Donnie’s way too busy to be-“

“April!” Before she’s even two step into the lair Donnie grabs her and holds her in his arms.

“Hi Donnie.” She pats his shoulders obviously uncomfortable. You walk ahead, and you sit on the couch next to Mikey while he plays with ice cream kitty.

“Angela, sir ice cream kitty, how do you do?” You say in a forced posh accent and Mickey follows suit.

“Splendid, the hydrangeas are in full bloom, and they’re a sight to see if I do say so myself.” Ice cream kitty meows after him. A new show started running that takes place in the regency era, about bridges or something. You and Mickey started watching and, it’s quickly becoming one of your favorites.

As you and Mickey are talking, you see April walk over to the old arcade games where Raph and Leo are playing, and you get snatched by Donnie.

“(Y/N)! I need you now!” He whisks you off to his lab, and shuts the door behind him.

“Donnie! Why do you find it necessary to just pick people up!” you snatch his hands off your body, and he apologizes and leads you over to his clipboard.

“Okay hear me out.”

“Donnie I don’t need another 80 step plan on how to get April to text you.”

“It isn’t that. What if I ask her out?”

“No donnie that’s never gon- ASK HER OUT! Donnie that’s like the most normal idea you’ve had. Like EVER, and I’ve only known you for a month.”

“I was thinking a picnic on top a rooftop. Those are always super cute in movies, they have to work irl. Imagine us on a red gingham blanket, with lavender scented candles, a mp3 playing cheesy old love songs, and a whole pizza just for the two of us. How romantic would that be!”

Donnie’s enthusiasm for this was honestly adorable, and if he doesn’t say something weird, you think he might actually have a shot at making this work.

“I mean… it does sound nice. Give it a shot tomorrow night I’ll tell her i need her help with a secret mission… or something?”

“Then instead of you showing up I will, then I’ll lead her to our picnic and she’s sure to fall in love with me.” Donnie was basically bouncing off the walls, his cheeks turned red only at the thought of spending the night with April. You wanted to give him a reality check and say it’s probably not gonna work, but this is actually a good idea. Let’s just give it a shot.

It’s 8pm and the boys went out on patrol. The lair is calm and splinter made tea for you and April, while you’re talking April asks.

“Hey (Y/N) have you thought of training to be a kunoichi with me?”

You chuckled to yourself, “that’s funny” then you continued sipping tea. But when you put your cup down you saw the way April was looking at you and realized she was being serious. “Wait really?”

“Yeah! Don’t you wanna learn ninjutsu?”

“It’s better to learn alongside someone who can push you to do better. and sparing buddies are always fun.” Splinter giggles in whatever way an old rat man can while stroking his beard.

“Uh-“ I mean learning ninjutsu would be fun, but you don’t wanna be another target for the krang or Foot clan. However both foot clan mutants, and krang bots have seen you with the turtles. “I… Sure?”

April jumps on you and wraps her arms around your shoulders, and you held her back. “This is soo exciting! Now you’re really apart of the family.”

There’s a possibility that this is gonna back fire but as long as you have April and the turtles what’s the worst that could happen?

Right after you tell April that you don’t need help anymore, you grab your shell phone and call Donnie. “I just sent her off. Are you in position?”

“Yeah, I have everything ready. And it looks like something straight out of a fairytale! Do you wanna see?”

“Hell yeah, send me a picture.”

“Okay. I’ll do that right after I text April.”

“What are you telling her?” You roll your eyes and the disappointment in your voice is evident.

“I’m telling her I’m seeing suspicious activity from here. and I don’t trust my brothers, so I want her to come instead.”

“…” you stare at you phone with a sheer look of disgust on your face. In what world would that work, “Donnie are you fucking serious?”

“Y- yeah what about it?” He sounds confused from over the phone, and you can’t blame him. I mean the guy has only ever been with his brothers and dad his whole life, he can’t help being stupid.

“Donnie there’s no way that’s gonna-“

“She just replied. SHES ON HER WAY!” You can hear his phone thud on the ground, yet the squeal he let out still pierces your ears.

“I- I gotta go, before April gets here. Wish me luck.” He hangs up the phone.

You’re wishing him luck, but you know this will probably end in vain. It doesn’t matter how cute the fairy lights are, if she doesn’t like you she doesn’t like you.

But hopefully he doesn’t take this one too hard.

[the-cauldron-witch]

Boggle!

So I recently found out that rats do this thing called 'boggling' where they vibrate their eyes when they are happy/content and the thought of Master Splinter doing that hit me like a freight train so I wanted to write a headcannon list for it

Master Splinter

He had absolutely no idea this was something he did until he scared his kids half to death one day. Donnie had to do some research himself in order to figure out what was actually going on.

Drinking tea, meditating, having some calm family time, watching his sons with pride, all examples of his happy-boggling eyes even if he isn’t smiling or looking generally happy.

He will purposefully look one of his sons dead in the soul while doing it sometimes, just to mess with them. He knows it freaks them all out differently and finds it incredibly entertaining and funny.

Accidentally scared poor April with it once, having to quickly explain to her that no- nothing was wrong and it was not painful. Just something he does semi-unintentionally.

It honestly doesn’t happen as often with his age, but if you pay attention you can sometimes catch it for just a second.

Leonardo

Was thrown through several loops when he first witnessed Master Splinter's eyes bulging like that, like holy shit what is going on.

Poked Master Splinter straight in the eyeball to see if there was something wrong, not really thinking about it in hindsight being that he was six.

Because he meditates with Master Splinter the most, he notices it the most if he suddenly opens his eyes for some reason. Meditates harder to ignore it.

If Master Splinter is being a heel and doing it on purpose, Leo will think of a reason to leave and get away from him. It may be a happy sign, but it freaks him out a little for some reason.

He never comments on it, just tries to quietly and politely act as though he didn’t notice.

It may make him feel uneasy, but he takes it as a sign of affirmation and praise when attempting to do something to make him happy.

Raphael

Even though he says he’s freaked out by the weird eye thing all the time, it honestly doesn’t bother him too much now that he’s older. He just knows Master Splinter thinks it's funny when they banter back and forth.

It’s sort of a game between the two, Master Splinter acting as if he has no idea what Raphael is talking about while his eyes vibrate and Raph being vocally uneasy about it.

“Get outta here with ya bug eyes!” “What are you talking about, Raphael?” “You know what you’re doing!” “I do not-” “STAHPPIT”

Like Leo, sometimes he sees it as some sort of approval when doing something to impress his father. He doesn’t pursue it (as often) like Leo does, but if he does notice it he will quietly pat himself on the shell.

Thinks it’s hilarious how uneasy Leo and Mikey are about it, will point it out directly for them if they don’t notice just to see their reaction. Mikey especially.

Donatello

Often questions his father what has him so happy when he notices, the most unbothered out of all his brothers.

“What’s got you vibrating?” He’ll ask outright, swiveling in his office chair or stopping his work to have a quick chat with his dad.

He’s asked his dad numerous questions whenever he noticed it happening; does it have any effect on his vision? Can he control the frequency? Does he even notice himself doing it? Master Splinter has answered these questions so many times he won’t attempt to answer them anymore.

Think’s it’s a sweet action honestly, his father would get so happy simply watching them his body had no choice but to physically show it. It’s the little things.

Has explained it multiple times to Mikey that it was, in fact, a good thing. Isn’t sure if any of the information has actually stuck.

Michelangelo

Freaked. The. Hell. Out.

Will leave the lair entirely if he has to just so he doesn’t have to see it.

Doesn’t know why it makes him so freaked out, but it does and he feels his skin crawl every time Master Splinter does it and he notices.

Always apologizes for being freaked out by it, but just can’t look at it.

“Ah! Oh- sorry sorry sorry, dad, just...you’re doing that thing again” Cringing and trying to avoid eye contact.

He knows it’s a happy thing, he really does, but no amount of Donnie explaining or whatever makes him feel any less weirded out by it. It just isn’t in him.

[love-killed-the-superstar]

mikey ask game, 8 and 13!

(these answers will be about 2k3 mikey unless stated otherwise because he's ~my~ mikey. i apologise for the length of these answers, it seems i had a lot to say?! i also apologise for how much i bring up fast forward here, it seems that i'm fixated on it really hard right now.)

8. what’s your favorite dynamic of him and any other character? what makes it your favorite?

It's so hard to pick just one!!

i thought a lot about this, but i think splinter? he's exasperated that his son can be a bit lazy and distracted from ninja training, but still had him specialise in nunchaku, showing that he believes in his ability to master a difficult weapon. splinter surrendering in the battle nexus so that mikey could advance was so heartwarming and honestly makes me emotional to remember. in the first turtle titan episode even though he doesn't understand why mikey admires superheroes so much he acknowledges that his intentions are noble and he needs to follow the path truest to his heart. veering a little more into headcanon territory, i do think that being the most openly affectionate, baby mikey was a master manipulator in terms of melting his rat dad's heart. i can picture him climbing onto splinter's lap every time he sits down and being the most reluctant to go down for naps. and in a particular au i'm cultivating that delves more into mikey's potential romantic life, i think he would go to his father for advice. splinter may not be well versed in romance outside of his soap operas, but he will always be here for his kids when they need him.

(this, of course, makes me very bitter over the flanderisation of their relationship in fast forward. ff!splinter might as well walk around wearing a shirt that says "i hate my lazy video game addicted son" and it breaks my heart.)

honourable mentions for other characters i think he has a great dynamic with: leo, silver sentry, klunk, serling, angel, april, renet and turtle titan ii.

13. what’s something about mikey that nobody seems to talk about that should be talked about more?

tbh i think a lot of people love mikey and have analysed him in just about every way possible and what i end up saying is probably not the most groundbreaking take, but here is something that i've thought about a fair bit but haven't really seen from anyone else?

in fast forward, mikey is depressed. it is handled by the narrative about as delicately as a bull in a china shop, but it's there.

5 seasons of being bombarded with trauma-inducing storylines culminates in temporarily dying, going full dragon avatar mode to defeat the demon shredder and then finally they are able to relax, breathe easy, process some of these emotions - but noooo, instead they get ripped out of their timeline and dropped 100 years in the future with no way home and the studio execs wouldnt let them rightfully lose their shit at cody so instead we see the turtles bottle that rage and slowly descend into semi-flanderised madness. /lh

mikey in particular becomes very sensitive to rejection (see: losing his goddamn mind and going on an all out offensive against turtle titan ii, after being talked down the first time he raged out, because raph made One Comment about how his successor is better at heroism than he is), prone to emotional outbursts, especially anger (remember that iconic clip of him beating up cops and stealing their cars because they pissed him off?), loses interest in his ninja training, maintains very poor hygiene/living conditions, grows addicted to video games, and in rare moments of vulnerability (namely in graduation day of 2105) he expresses that he sees himself as lazy, unfocused, a 'goofball', and undeserving when it comes to being recognised for his ninja skills like his brothers. my man's self-esteem is in the toilet, he is craving normalcy after years of constantly fighting for his life, and his dopamine is clearly critically low because he is dependent on all the fancy material goods of 2105 to be happy. his method of coping with the difficult emotions being stranded in the future has brought up, while still maintaining the silly funny guy routine that his family expect from him, is to bury himself in VR. and why wouldn't he, when among the uptick in mikey roasts over the course of this season we literally hear splinter say the words "where did i go wrong with that boy?" THOSE WORDS STAY WITH YOU WHEN THEY COME FROM YOUR PARENTS. THEY HURT.

he's very empathetic to leo's own depression in season 4, being the voice of reason at the beginning of samurai tourist when raph is ready to fight him. we also see at several points in seasons 1-5 that his loud ego is a front and he is actually very aware of his shortcomings, especially seen in grudge match. in a different timeline where 2k3 wasn't neutered following insane in the membrane, i do wonder if the turtles would have been able to explore their turbulent feelings regarding the 2105 situation. since mikey and leo are often paired up for adventures in 2k3, it would be an interesting parallel to see leo recognising signs of depression in his brother and helping him, imparting some of ancient one's wisdom (and, in the great year of 2105 where mutants are equal citizens and cody has money to burn, finding him a good cognitive behavioural therapist).

i don't think the writers INTENDED to code mikey as depressed / struggling to cope in season 6 - i think it was a toxic combo of writing more 'mikey is lazy/immature/irresponsible and needs to be taught a lesson' episodes than the usual season average + thinking it was a funny social commentary gag to make him obsessive over video games. but i saw a lot of those traits in myself when i was deep in a depression hole. the show has already told us that the turtles' mental states have been impacted by the ridiculousness they have gone through. why would mikey be any different?

I DIDN'T MEAN TO WRITE AN ENTIRE THINKPIECE, BUT IF YOU REACHED THE END, THANK YOU FOR READING. AND THANK YOU FOR THE ASKS!

[twin-disaster-tutel-brainrot]

So I wanted to write a short post about Splinter's relationship with Donnie, but I realised I need to give it more context, so here we are. This is going to be an analysis on the similarities between Splinter and Donnie, and how those similarities affect their relationship.

Let's start with the easiest example, given to us in "Breaking purple":

(sorry for the bad quality gif)

Donnie, as we know, isn't good at understanding his own emotions and expressing them, and he's also not that good at understanding other's emotions. This video essay explains his low empathy really well.

Donnie doesn't know how to deal with emotions, so he does the next best thing - looks at adult example and copies it.

Splinter, while loving his sons and wanting the best for them, is objectively not the best father. He was thrown into fatherhood with no preparation after being imprisoned for over a decade and turning into a rat. He clearly has depression, has no friends, no support system, etc. And the only reference he has for parenting is his grandpa.

So similarity one, they're not good at dealing with emotions.

The second similarity is they're both bad at lying. And, more importantly, bad at noticing when they're being lied to:

(Arguably, you can say they were all too focused on trying to get away with their own lie, but I digress.)

Donnie needs to be said stuff directly. He's shown to not get sarcasm quite often:

And Splinter is shown multiple times to be quite unobservant:

Like, this gif is from when he grounds them, and he just accepts that those four flour sacks are his sons and moves on.

Which leads us to the third similarity, of them both missing obvious social cues. Donnie because of his social skills, and Splinter because he's unobservant.

There's more similarities, like their love of dancing for example, but the reason I gave those similarities is because I want to talk about their relationship.

Splinter, again, wasn't a very good father. He didn't know how to raise his children, but you can see he did make an effort. They all never hesitate to hug him, to call him Dad, and even when they find out Lou Jitsu is their biological father, they never doubt his role as their dad for a second. Which shows that even though he was neglectful, he did have a positive impact on their lives. They love him, and he loves them.

But, one line stood out to me the most, and that's this Donnie line:

Why? Because Splinter always looks extremely proud of his sons, and it sounds odd that he never told Donnie he's proud of him. And we know he desperately want to hear him say it:

So Splinter never told him he's proud of him, but he's also going to say it three times in this episode, only finishing the sentence once when Donnie isn't close enough to hear. Not only that, but the first instance is because Donnie made him a booster, which looks like a very minor thing, so he has no issue saying he's proud of them even because of the tiniest thing.

If so, then why is Donnie missing the verbal validation so much?

Splinter is not good with knowing when to express his feelings and how, and he's not really observant. Just like he never actually said he's proud of Donnie to Donnie's face in this episode, my guess he never said it to his face in the past too. Like, he tried, but he never actually finished the sentences when Donnie could hear, and he probably didn't even notice.

I'm also guessing he used acts to show how proud he is (for example, the fact he didn't hesitate to choose the Turtle Tank for the demolition derby shows how proud he is of Donnie's work), but because of Donnie's need to be told everything literally, he didn't feel the validation from him at all.

I feel like out of the four turtles, Donnie has the rockiest relationship with Splinter. He logs every interaction they have, doesn't immediately trust him when he offers to spend time together, gets mad at him the most often out of the four of them, etc. But you can also see he loves his dad, and he outright tells him this in "Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man":

Anyways, I'm just really passionate about showing Splinter isn't just an abusive uncaring father, and showing that the turtles know this.

(Just learned there's an "alt text" option for images so I just removed the image id and turned it into alt text instead.)

[angelmichelangelo]

took a hit of my cold medicine and now i’m thinking hard about how 2012 splinter and rise splinter have such similar traumas that they accidentally pass along to their eldest sons in different ways.

2012 leo feels expected of things by his father because of what splinter lets him in on about his past. rise raph feels that same urgency but from what splinter keeps from him. it’s such good story telling to say that both versions of the characters are pretty much doomed no matter how they approach it with their kids because at the end of the day, that trauma is always going to fall on their shoulders whether they intend for it or not. bottling it up or sharing it basically yields the same results and that’s just the Big Brother Ninja Turtle Curse for poor leo and raph in this instance.

it’s why i don’t really gel with splinter being a rat first in certain iterations because it draws so much away from his character in that sense because both 2012 + rise splinter have SO much to unpack and it makes them so much more of an interesting character than just a rat that got mutated by chance.

both kids love their dads. both kids want to do right by him and both of them feel so much pressure no matter how their dad tries to undo the generational hurt by either sharing it or shielding them from it… they’re fated to experience it either way.

[chil-aglia]

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 |ROTTMNT| (Leo X Male OC)

𝐉𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐀𝐡𝐨𝐲!

I’ll come back and edit this if I see any mistakes!

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Adriaen sat on his beanbag, bored but he was focusing on the movie that was playing, it was a Lou Jitsu movie that Splinter put on, the brothers were excited about watching said movie with their father.

In the movie footage, Lou Jitsu runs through an alleyway, but halts once his path is blocked by a barricade made of dozens of men.

“Lou Jitsu, you are finished! For we are fifty and you are just one!" One of the goons exclaimed, "Ah, that’s what you think. For Master Greenberg, before he was eaten by a horse, taught me...the Fifty-Man Punch! Hot...Sou—" Lou Jitsu began to shout, the scene of him was paused just before it could show the fight.

“Oh, oh! A fun trivia fact about this scene—" Splinter announces but was met with the chorus of his son’s displeasure of the pausing of the movie.

"No!"

“What are you doing? Play the punch!"

All four sons began to chant.

"Punch, punch, punch!"

Adriaen sweats at them and turns to Splinter who huffs and puts his arms on his hips. "I thought you’d enjoy some inside tidbit info from your movie hero: me."

He waits for his sons to applaud him or encourage him in some way. But he was met with the repeats of the word ‘punch’ over again.

Adriaen couldn’t help but snort, he expected this would happen. “Whoever said never meet your idols never met me. Am I right, boys?” The rat laughs, walking over and nudging Adriaen before walking back to the front.

”I can still remember every stuntman's name. Ryker, Chad, Wilder, the Brian twins, Kris with a K, Josh, Omar, Brandon, Ben, Kat, Andrea, Rob..."

Adriaen stood up from his beanbag, walking over to the others as Leo scoffs and begins whispering under his breath. "Is it just me or was Lou Jitsu a lot cooler before he was our dad?" He grumbled as Adriaen smiled awkwardly, “Give him a break. He’s just…uh…excited?” He reasons but Leo couldn’t help but deadpan at him.

“Good Galileo! The original Jupiter Jim is gonna be at Galaxy con!” Donnie suddenly shouted, surprising the others as Leo quickly brightened up at this information.

"Marcus Moncrief? He’s my all-time favorite actor slash role model slash father figure."

Adriaen slightly winced at Leo's comment, gazing at Splinter who looked briefly hurt by this. “I am standing right here. And really? Marcus Moncrief? That guy couldn't hold my lobster bib." He grumbled; jealousy clear in his tone but neither of the sons gave him any attention to it.

"Hey, we should get him to sign our special edition Jupiter Jim 1000." Raph suggested, earning a quick nod from Donatello, “To the comic book safe!" He announces, running off with his brothers not far behind. Splinter watches, his ears flattening as he sighs sadly.

Adriaen hung back, watching Splinter sympathetically. “They’re just…” He tried to think of anything comforting for Splinter, but his mind was coming up blank. ”It’s fine. I’ll just watch my movies.” Splinter smiled with a strained expression as he sat on his chair. Adriaen sighs, walking off to find the brothers who had just walked out of the safe that Donnie had built years ago to hoard their most prized possession. The Jupiter Jim comic.

“Quick! Get changed into your disguise Adri!” Mikey jumps over, shoving the turtle towards his bedroom. “What about Splinter?” He inquired only for Leo to roll his eyes. “What about him? Now come on, get dressed.” He rushes, closing the door on him when Mikey successfully pushes him into the bedroom.

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Night had settled, and the boys found themselves in the building of where the con was being held. They were in their alien disguises. Not that they needed much considering they look like aliens in general.

Adriaen walks with the boys, careful to not bump into humans that pass by them. He never liked going to these cons, too crowded for his tastes, plus he wasn't even that much of a fan for the Jupiter Jim franchise, he only comes along since the boys like to include him on these things.

"Galaxy con, the one place we fit right in." Mikey smiles, taking in a deep inhale, “Now, if the masses puncture the mylar, save the comic—leave me behind, but build statues to my sacrifice." Donnie dramatically told, shaking Adriaen by the shoulders as the latter had to push Donnie off him for space.

”Dude, relax.”

Before Donnie could retort, Leo gasps and starts frantically pointing over to a hallway. “Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys…it’s him." He informs, gesturing to the actor who looked rather bored. He was wearing a Hawaiian shirt and clearly had some gray hair.

One thing Adriaen noticed the most was the fact how nobody was even around his booth or in the room in general. But that didn’t stop them from walking over, Raphael speaking up first.

“Uh, Mr. Moncrief?"

The actor perks up and glances over to the turtles, grinning as he stands up. “Looks like I’m being invaded. Last warning, turtle alien scum, get off this planet!" He dramatically announces, acting out like he was in the movie. "He’s doing the movie!” Leo fanboyed, clearing his throat as he matched the energy of Moncrief. “Prepare to be blasted, human!" He smirks back, Adriaen groaning in the back.

"Jupiter Jim’s prime directive is to maintain interplanetary peace, and if you pose a threat to that I say, Jupiter Jim ahoy!'"

The boys and Moncrief start imitating that they were firing guns while making ‘pew pew’ sounds. Adriaen being the only one to not join in as he already found this to be embarrassing, especially when some people looked over at them in puzzlement and judgement.

Oh I hate this…

The group pretends to be dead after being shot at by Moncrief, all except for Adriaen as Leo nudged him to do something. “Come on, avenge us Adri.” He acts out like he was dying, gripping onto the belt of Adriaen who rolls his eyes.

Adriaen lifts up his hand, pointing it as a finger gun. “Pew.” He monotonously says towards Moncrief who faked being shot at and gripped his side. “Quite the aim there.” Moncrief grins but Adriaen shrugs his shoulders, crossing his arms over his plastron as Leo stands back up, standing next to his crush as he stammers over his words.

"Excuse me, um, Mr. Jampeter Jupe—I mean, Jampiter June. Ah! I mean, fans... we is—“

Adriaen raised an invisible brow at Leo. He was never one to stutter over his sentences, Adriaen knew he was quite the fan of JJ, but to see him actually be at loss for words was a bit concerning.

Adriaen clears his throat, helping Leo out. 

“What he’s trying to say is they’re your biggest fans, Mr. Moncrief." He explained, gesturing to the brothers while Donnie walked over, holding the comic tightly to his chest.

“We are so happy to meet you, oh..."

Leo grins, tapping under his chin, “But not happy to eat you, as they said in Jupiter Jim and Shark People of Planet Shark." He recited, earning an embarrassed groan from his crush while Moncrief looked rather impressed.

“Impressive. Say, how’d you reptilians like to see the harpoon ray I dispatch the shark people with, hm? I have it at my headquarters."

Both Raph and Adriaen raise their invisible brows at this. “Uh, like, come to your house?" Raph inquired, making Adriaen lightly scoff, “There’s no way.” He immediately denied but grunted when Leo shook his shoulders.

“Guys, when a single greatest actor in the history of low-budget sci-fi invites you to their headquarters you say yes!”

Leo looks at Moncrief, eyes beaming in excitement. “Yes!” He agrees, having his idol chuckle at him, “Okay, then. Shall we? Jupiter Jim..." He pauses as the turtles finish his catchphrase.

"Ahoy!"

Adriaen clicked his tongue, pulling on Leo's arm. “Leo, this is a bad idea. Remember the last time we were invited to someone’s home? Big Mama ringing any bells?” He hisses, but the slider just waved him off, “It’s fine. Big Mama is a crazy yokai. Marcus Moncrief is a human actor. What could he possibly do?” He smirks, seeing no danger in this as he whistles to catch up with the others.

Adriaen huffs, crossing his arms over his plastron, following them from behind.

-----

They took a taxi to the apartment of Moncrief who had no money to even pay for the ride, so Donnie covered it. Adriaen felt off about this whole thing, and he could tell Raph felt the same.

Following Moncrief to his home, the actor smiled widely, opening the door for them. “Welcome to my humble abode." He announces, shocking the others as his place looked like a complete replica of his spaceship.

“The SS Starbolt!”

“Wow...”

Adriaen curiously walks around, inspecting the props. It was both weird and impressive as to how the inside of the apartment looked like…this.

Everyone had a look around while Mikey puts on a helmet he discovered in the room.

“This place is so mint, I wish I could wrap it up in a mylar sleeve." Donnie comments, aweing at the sights, “Oh, it's beautiful. The only thing Splinter ever showed us was Lou Jitsu’s old chest wigs." Leo frowns at the memory of his father, Adriaen grimacing at his tone.

”Well…at least he showed you something right?” He tried to reason, as Mikey gags. “Ugh, those were lame. And itchy." He complains, making Adriaen watch the brothers in brief worry. He could understand the bitterness towards Splinter, he had neglected them for too long and had only recently tried to make up for his mistakes.

“Whoa, the captain's chair!" Donnie shouted, jumping slightly onto Adriaen’s shell which caused the mutant to stumble forward, almost falling face first if it weren’t for Leo catching him. Moncrief turns around in the chair, wearing his trademark suit that JJ would wear in the movies and comics. "Welcome aboard the Starbolt." He greets, Raph tilting his head at the sight of the actor.

"Wait a minute. Did he just change into a Jupiter Jim costume?"

Adriaen nods, crossing his arms over his plastron. “Weird right?” He utters, earning a nod of agreement from the older brother. "He’s giving us the ultimate fan experience. And this ultimate fan is loving every second of it!" Leo cheered happily, bouncing on the spot with admiration in his eyes.

"You rock, Mr. Moncrief." Mikey quips in, Moncrief chuckling at him. "Call me Jupiter Jim. Now, how about that harpoon ray?" He hums, clicking down on a button as a wall of weapons appear.

"Solar sabers, stygian thumb cuffs, deltaroid torture sticks! Oh-ho! Gentlemen, if you need me, I’ll be living inside this cabinet." Donnie pointed out all the weapons he saw, he went to jump in, but Raph caught him by the battle shell and held him back.

Adriaen inspects the weapon cabinet, narrowing his eyes at the props. He jumped when Moncrief came up behind him, startled he stepped back as Moncrief, for a brief second, seemed rather disgusted towards Adriaen before putting back on a mask of friendliness.

The actor picks up a laser gun from the cabinet.

"Here she is. Who wants a go?"

Leo quickly raised his hands, chanting, "Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me!" until he was handed the prop, he smiled widely when it was handed to him. But while Leo was happily inspecting it, the weapon suddenly fires a beam shooting the top of Mikey's helmet. Mikey had ducked down just in time as the flaming helmet flickered.

Raph and Adriaen gape at the sight, the two concerned at what they saw. "Mr. Jim, wasn’t that laser a little, uh, real?" Raph stated as Adriaen shook his head to snap back to reality as Mikey smiled and took a selfie.

"I was almost incinerated! Cool."

”No! Not cool Mikey.” Adriaen corrects, walking over and using a blanket he found to extinguish the flame on the helmet.

“Sorry. I’m not worthy to handle your surprisingly real space laser." Leo apologises, wincing briefly when the weapon was snatched out of his hands by Moncrief. “I’ll say. I should never give such a weapon to the scourge of the galaxy!” He growls before turning away and taking in deep breaths.

”Keep it together, Jim. Another misstep like that and you’re toast."

Raph, Donnie and Adriaen stare in judgemental silence before Raph clears his throat and gives a polite but forced smile.

“Well, thanks for the tour, but we should probably be going.”

Leo cuts in, scoffing. "No. I’m not going back to what’s-his-rat.” He argued, making Adriaen groan at Leo. “Leo, we can’t stay here. Did you forget we’re essentially in a strangers home?!” He hisses, but Leo was being stubborn, even towards his crush.

”So what? It’s not like Splinter is going to care about that.”

”Why are you being difficult right now? Splinter is your father!”

Leo huffs, glaring slightly down at Adriaen, “Yeah? Well, he sure as heck doesn’t act like one!” He snaps, silence stunning the air around them. Adriaen blinks, watching Leo who seemed rather shocked that he even said what he said. Noticing the awkwardness he clears his throat to quickly change the topic.

”Besides I wanna see his, um, his..." He looks around, before Mikey points out to another room on the side. “Hall of Victories!" He announces, grinning while Moncrief nods and gestured over to the door.

“Yeah. Can’t leave without seeing this, fellas."

“That, yes! Splinter’s only got a hall of dirty robes."

Donnie pulls out a contraption for the comic, sitting down comfortably on the floor. “You guys go ahead. I’ll initiate the comic signing protocol." He ushers, his mechanical arms coming out his battle shell with brushes. “Yeah, I’ll, uh, supervise." Raph added, turning to Adriaen who stood next to Donnie, looking away from Leo who avoided eye contact with him as well. “I’ll stay here.” Adriaen adds, hearing the footsteps of Mikey and Leo vanish into the room with Moncrief.

When they had left, Raph focused his attention on Adriaen. “What was that about? Between you and Leo?”

”I-I don’t know. I was just trying to make him like, ease up on the whole hating Splinter thing he had going on today.”

Donnie huffs, shaking his head. “He doesn’t hate Splinter. 'Nardo is just…uh…going through a phase?” He reasons but even he sounded unsure. Raph sighed loudly, rubbing his temple. ”Look, Leo…what he feels about Pops. It’s…it’s understandable right? We all love him, really, we do. But…dad hadn’t been around much; I had to step in and take over as a parental figure for all of us. So…” Raph pauses, finding it hard to use the correct words.

”I…I know. But Splinter is trying with you all now. I know he’s a bit late to that, but…I don’t know, I find it wrong to give him such a harsh time.”

Donnie gazed back to him, humming in thought. “Is it because he took you in?” He questioned, receiving no verbal response back as Adriaen shrugged his shoulders. No one said anything for the next couple minutes, instead they all kept to themselves until Raphael broke the silence.

"You know…something about this dude is creeping me out. Let’s just get the autograph and jet, all right?"

Adriaen nods. “Yeah, I’m getting the same vibes too.”

Donnie sips on his apple juice box while still doing the ‘signing protocol.’ He glared lightly at the two, “Do not rush me. Exposing interior pages to the elements could impact its ultra-mint condition." He scolded as Adriaen looked down at him, blank faced.

“It’s a comic book, Dee. Not some kind of radioactive chemical.”

Donnie childishly stuck his tongue out towards Adriaen. 

“He’s got some cool stuff, though. I mean, this statue really looks like his red panda sidekick, Red Fox." Raph spoke up once more, eyeing a glass case of a figure of Red Fox.

However, to both Adriaen and Donnie’s shock, the snapping turtle yells.

“Ahh! It blinked!”

This caused Donnie and Adriaen to walk over and observe the Red Fox figure. “I’m sure it's merely an optical illusion caused by—“ Donnie began to hypothesise until the Red Fox inside the case blinked a few more times. Donnie screamed, as Adriaen flinched back.

Donnie quickly hid behind Raph and Adriaen as Raph put his arm out to hide Adriaen behind him instinctively.

"Help me….”

It was a person dressed as Red Fox, stuck inside this glass case and stuck in a pose as they begged for help.

"She’s...she's alive!?” Adriaen exclaims, flabbergasted. The three tense and quickly run towards the Hall of Victories, gasping at the sight. Exhibits of people in costumes stuck in poses were seen in individual places of the Hall of Victories.

"They’re all alive! Moncrief thinks he’s the real Jupiter Jim and these poor fans are real villains!” Raph concluded, as Adriaen paled at the thought of Leo and Mikey being with Moncrief

”Leo and Mikey…” He gulps, running around the hallway before skidding to a halt at the exhibit of Planet Reptilia. Mikey and Leo are frozen in place. “Where’s Moncrief?” Raph asks them, he and Donnie had followed Adriaen. But before Leo or Mikey could respond, mechanical stomping is heard as Marcus Moncrief lunges at the three unfrozen turtles.

”What the?!” Adriaen shouted when he saw Moncrief operating inside the Crushasaurus Mech.

“Jupiter Jim ahoy!”

Raph glares, pointing his finger towards the madman. “Hand over my brothers, Moncrief!"

“Moncrief? That’s just an Earth name I use for lull villains such as you, into a false sense of security. Then, pow! Jupiter Jim neutralizes the threat and once again keeps the galaxy safe from evil!"

Donnie, Adriaen and Raph silently look at him, Adriaen tilting his head with a deadpan stare. “Have you been taking medication?” He sassed, Raph quickly turning to Donnie while Moncrief was distracted.

“Donnie, you go get Leo and Mikey. Adriaen and I will handle this space case."

Donnie nods determinedly and heads over to the exhibit of his brothers. Meanwhile, Adriaen and Raph both jump out of the way, dodging the incoming attacks.

Adriaen pulls out his kama’s, twisting them in his grip as he lunges towards the Mech. He dodged an incoming punch, slicing his blades against the metallic suit before jumping back when the free hand of the mech came slamming down towards him.

“—Yeah, right, uh-huh. You cannot possibly be suggesting I expose this mint condition Jupiter Jim 1000 to the elements." Donnie’s voice grabbed Raph and Adriaen’s attention for a moment, making the two that were fighting both shout out at the purple masked soft shell.

"Donnie!"

"Can’t we just get new brothers?"

All four then shouted at Donnie in unison.

”Donnie!" 

With a groan he turns back to face Leo and Mikey. “Okay, okay. Mint, gah! Near mint, dah! Fine, oh! Very good—no, I can’t look!" He complains, flipping through the comic pages that he finally took the book out of its sealed plastic.

"Jupiter Jim nerve pinch reverse technique!"

He climbed up and performed the pinch reverse on his brothers. They unfroze and fell to the ground, alive and well. "We’re free!" Mikey exclaims hands going up in the air excitedly before blinking towards Donnie who dramatically stared at the comic.

"But at what cost?"

A loud thump made the brothers flinch and look over to see that Raph had been knocked back, Adriaen clinging on top of the mech, banging the hilts of his kama’s onto the metallic armour.

“Um, little help over here!”

Raph is suddenly grabbed by Crushasaurus Mech, holding him tightly, “One down.” Moncrief smirks as he turns to Leo and the others who stare up at him. "You’ll never catch the rest of us, Moncrief. Come on, guys, let’s—" Leo began to declare out but paused when Donnie, Adriaen and Mikey were grabbed by Crushasaurus Mech in its other hand, leaving only Leo left.

"Take that, alien scum. I will protect this earth from all evil." Moncrief exclaims, the help on the captured turtles tightening as Adriaen winces at being crushed.

Leo sweats, quickly running his mind through a million of ideas before brightening up at one.

”If he thinks we’re real aliens, let’s be real aliens.” He grins before clearing his throat as he steps forward confidently, “Freeze, Jupiter Jim or I will blast you with the Invisible Blaster from Seti Alpha nine as seen in Jupiter Jim and the Invisible Blaster from Seta Alpha Nine." Leo voiced out his actions, aiming an invisible gun at Moncrief.

The Crushasaurus Mech releases Raph, Adriaen, Donnie, and Mikey. "Egad! Don’t shoot. I should’ve planned for your devious reptilian cunning." Moncrief raised the mech's arms up in surrender.

“Now, it doesn't have to be this way. For Centulons, our species have been at war, but the one thing I know Jupiter Jim values above all else is interplanetary peace." Leo began to monologue, making Adriaen roll his eyes at him, he could tell Leo was enjoying himself.

“That is my prime directive.”

"And peace begins with a hug. What do you say? Bring it in, bro." Leo opens his arms out wide, yelping in brief shock when Crushasaurus Mech hugs Leo as tight as he could.

"Peace ahoy."

Leo strains in the hug, twitching as he awkwardly smiles. “Little mustard on that hug, but all good." He says before he was finally released, stumbling back slightly but Adriaen grabbed his shoulders to keep him up.

"Now that our species have a tenuous alliance, I’ll be seeing you around the galaxy."

"I would love that."

“Peace wins the day. But I’ll be watching you.”

Leo and Moncrief share a little laugh together, as Raph quips in to interrupt. “Uh, guys, just want to point out that these villains are actually regular people in costumes! Just wanted to make it clear so we’re all on the same page moving forward." He shouted at them, as Donnie went ahead to unleash the poor humans by using the reverse pinch technique.

Once the cosplayers were free, they all immediately ran out of the apartment building. Donnie activated his rockets on his battle shell to carry away Raph, Leo, Adriaen and Mikey from Marcus' apartment window. 

"Until we meet again!"

-----

They all finally reach the comfort of their home, the lair. All equally tired but noticed how the projector in the living room was still on.

"How I miss my spandex onesies." Splinter comments out loud, before he flinched when Leo chuckled and leaned against the chair Splinter sat in, the others walking over.

"Ah, right where we left you."

“Oh, uh...hello, boys. How was your day hanging out with Jupiter Jerk?" Splinter grumbled but blinked when Leo shrugs his shoulders, “Eh, it had its ups and downs. But who needs that guy? As far as we’re concerned, we live with our hero. Our non-kidnap-y hero." Leo announces, smiling softly down at his father.

Leo gazed towards Adriaen, noticing how surprised he looked considering the little tense argument earlier tonight. He gave a wink towards his crush who couldn’t help but smile. “Yeah, tell us about that stuntman again." Mikey begs, leaning his head on the armrest as Splinter rubs under his chin.

"Oh, Chad! What a prankster."

Splinter began to tell the tales of his days as Lou Jitsu, his sons and Adriaen all gathered around him, listening as the Lou Jitsu movie scene that they paused on from early tonight starts playing.

-----

It had gotten late that everyone decided to head to bed, even Splinter. While the others bid everyone goodnight, Leo nervously grabs Adriaen's arm, stopping the mutant from leaving the living room.

”Adriaen…you have a second?”

”Sure. Everything…okay?” Adriaen turns his attention to the red eared slider who stared down at his feet in shame. “I just…want to apologise for snapping at you earlier.” He muttered, looking back up at Adriaen to see for his expression.

Adriaen hums, crossing his arms comfortably. “It’s fine. I’m not mad or anything. But I do have to ask…” He assured before getting curious about Leo’s behaviour. “The way you acted tonight…it was strange. Surely you saw the red flags of Moncrief, right?” He inquired, taking note on how Leo slightly jumped at this entire he hesitantly nodded.

”I…I did yeah.”

”So…why? You were mad at Splinter too, and I just…it was out of blue even for you.”

Leo frowns, crossing his own arms over his plastron as he inhales before exhaling out a breath of air. “I guess…I’ve always been mad at dad. He…he was never around for us. For me. And I don’t know…guess it just got all in my head tonight.” Leo admits, rubbing his palm behind his neck, feeling tense.

”Do you hate Splinter?”

Leo stiffens at the question before shaking his head. “Not…anymore. I don’t think so. While Mikey and I were captured by Marcus, I…had some time to think.”

”Dad was forced to take care of us. He was mutated into a rat. His whole life was just…turned upside down in a blink of an eye. His body had changed. His life had changed. So…I can see why he was a bit neglectful of us. I remember some moments where I would just find him sitting alone in front of the projector, staring at the movie scenes from his acting days…” Leo pauses, taking in a moment to recollect some memories.

”I’m not mad at him…not anymore. I get why he was the way he was. Even so…I still wished he acted like a father. And sometimes he did…but those were on his good days.”

Leo glanced up at Adriaen, giving a forced smile. “I’ll be okay. I think it'll take some time getting used to dad being…around more. But I can handle it.” He assured before he blinked and tilted his head when Adriaen placed a gentle hand on his shoulder.

”And if you can’t…I’m here for you to talk about your worries. Not just about Splinter but anything on your mind.”

Leo blushes but nods in appreciation as he hesitantly takes a step back, smiling softly. “I’ll see you tomorrow. Good night, Adri.” He says, walking as he hears Adriaen mumble a ‘goodnight’ back to him before he also turns away and leaves to his room.

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We’re finally getting close to the season 1 finale!

A/N: I APOLOGISE FOR ANY GRAMMAR MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE, I TYPE REALLY FAST AND OFTEN DON'T SEE THEM UNTIL I ACTUALLY PUBLISH THE CHAPTER.  

First Chapter here

Next Chapter here

[in1-nutshell]

Luca the Leatherback sea Turtle

Commissioned by @fireflyse

Description: Hi I hope you're doing well I would like to request leather back turtle buddy getting double mutated instead of donnie wich stresses out leatherhead to the point they get help from Bishop and stockman. Sorry if this promt isn't as detailed as my last ones

Thank you again for commissioning!

Luca sighed in his small inflatable pool, letting the cool towel drip slowly from his head. His front hand flippers were crossed under his chin and made a bit of a dip in the pools wall.

The occasional squeaking from the pool and water rubbed his sensitive side in an annoying way as the water gently rippled across the lower half of his body.

Groaning he turned himself on his back and stared half lidded up at the ceiling.

Everything had been quiet and achy since last week.

A week where Luca had no recollection of.

All he remembered was an ugly mutant roach thing and stopping by April and Casey’s place with Donnie. He remembered closing his eyes for a few seconds and the next thing the leatherback sea turtle knew, he was being hugged rather tightly by his adopted father, Leatherhead.

Luca had tried to ask what was going on but the rare look of agitation on his father’s face made him decide against it.

What had happened that made Leatherhead, the powerful and genius Croc mutant, so scared?

As far as he knew, the Croc had no fears at all!

The sound of the ‘garage’ door opening caught Luca’s attention.

Finally! The guys got back from patrol!

No offense to Splinter, but he really missed his ‘cousins’.

Luca sat up and waved at the turtles.

“Hey guys!”

The first one to meet him in the pool was Mikey. The orange banded turtle affectionately rubbed his head.

“Heya Loo! How’s it going?”

Donnie appeared on his side.

“Anything hurting or feeling weird?”

Luca yawned. “Nothing, just a bit more achy than usual. And guess what? No new scares opened up!”

Donnie smiled. “That is great news Luca. Very good news.”

Luca looked over at Leo. “Do you know when Dad’s gonna come back? He said he was gonna come back soon but its be like, forever!” He raised his arms up in emphasis.

Leo gave him a small smile.

“He’ll be back soon.”

Raph cut in. “Why you already bored of us?”

Luca smiled a bit at the playful tone the normally hot-headed turtle had given.

“In your dreams. I still need to beat your high score Raph!”

Raph smirked as he brought out a damp towel, wrapped it over the youngest body and lifted him up with ease.

“How’s about a couple of rounds then? Best 3 outta 5?”

Luca smiled at him. “You’re on!”

…

“Leatherhead, you need some sleep.”

“I do not need sleep right now.”

“But—”

“Not now Michealangelo.”

The larger mutant squinted again as the blurred numbers and equations on his screen, trying to make sense of it and trying to ignore the muffled roars and hits of the thick case casing behind him.

The orange turtle looked at two of his brothers with concerned faces.

Leo had an unreadable face while Raph just stood there stiffly, wincing every now and then at a hard bump in the glass.

Donnie was staring at the whiteboard of multicolored equations as the computer ran the rest of the numbers.

April, Casey and Splinter sat down not too far. The elder rat was finishing patching up a cut Casey had gotten when he was flung into a stack of wooden boards.

It had been a short couple of hours since the youngest member of the family had gotten double mutated and there seemed to be no sign of a cure.

Poor little Luca.

The small stary eyed Leatherback turtle mutant was now a vicious beast that had nearly squashed everyone in his fit of rage.

Luca, Leatherhead’s adopted son, his little boy was a monster.

 …

Luca closed his eyes as the cold water was dumped on his head.

“Sheesh kid, your brains gonna go dry if you keep yourself out of the pool for this long.” Raph chided as he wiped his hands against his pastron. In the heat of trying to win Raph, Luca hadn’t been putting water in all the necessary areas. Mainly on his head and neck, the two places where the cuts and scares were most pone to getting dry and crack. Leo had come to check in when he noticed the dry spots and promptly began to wet them again with a soaked towel.

“Raph’s right Luca.”

“Wow, say it again, I need it for my shell phone’s ringtone.”

“Not now Raph.”

Leo knelt and beside Luca. “You need to be a bit more mindful being away from the pool for too long.”

Luca pouted a bit before his face grew serious.

“Hey Leo? Raph? What happened last week?”

He noticed both brothers immediately tense up.

“And I don’t want a watered-down version of it. Tell me what really happened!”

Raph sighed. “It isn’t exactly a bedtime story Luca. What happened—”

Luca shook his head and stood up trying to prove his point. “Papa got scared! Really, really scared! If I have to beat up someone, I’ve just gotta know who!”

“It was you!”

…Oh no…

This was one thing that Leatherhead had told the turtles not to tell yet…

The one thing and Raph blew it!

Luca froze before slowly laying back into his pool with a confused and concerned look on his face.

“Me? But how can I—But—huh!? This is some sort of twist trick isn’t it!” Luca looked at the pair with anger. How was HE supposed to cause so much terror to his father. Shell, he couldn’t even fight anyone!

How was he the threat!?

“He’s right, Luca.”

Donnie’s voice broke the sudden bubble of anger.

The purple banded turtle was walking to them with Mikey following close behind. Now that the cat was out of the bag, might as well give him the highlights of the story.

Luca looked slightly distraught at the news. Raph saying mean things wasn’t new and a lot of them ended up being tricks.

But Donnie?

The turtle never lied to him a day in his life!

So, if he said it was true…

Mikey sat beside the pool, flashing a sympathetic smile and patted his head.

“B-but how? Why?! I don’t even remember anything!”

Donnie spoke up. “You don’t remember anything because of the double mutation process you went through. Think of it as a bug in your system that temporarily stopped memory until the cure was placed.”

Luca blinked several times.

Double mutation?

Bugs?

Cure?!

Mikey cleared his throat. “Remember when we took ya to see those roach mutants?”

The boy nodded.

“Yeah, they were all ugly looking and creepy.”

Mikey nodded. “Yeah, well one of the uglier ones spat on your hand. The spit got into one of your cuts and then you got a bit sick.”

…

Luca was sprawled on April’s couch with a wet towel on his head.

He was just supposed to stay in the house for a bit until the others got rid of those bugs.

The humans agreed to help Donnie look after him. Though it wouldn’t be long before the mutation started.

Before Leatherhead received the call.

The croc had been catching up on his latest research on the new mutation going around when his shell phone rang. A small gift given to him by the turtles for emergencies.

“Donatello? What seems—what? Slow down I can’t understand… Luca? What—Donatello? Donatello what is happening—was that a crash?1 Where is Luca!?”

The table smashed under his fist.

“HE’S WHAT!?”

…

Luca looked at Mikey nervously.

“I really through you guys into through walls?”

He fidgeted with his flicker hands a bit. He knew just how thick the sewer walls were, especially the ones near April and Casey’s place. It took several mouser bots to get through those walls the last time they got taken down.

But for him to practically launch the brothers at that speed and break the wall…

Luca was slowly regretting his decision to ask about what happened to him, but he stayed quiet.

It was Raph’s turn.

“Afta we got ya back to the lab, Leatherhead and Don put ya in a casing that was meant for those creepy bugs. Turns out it was perfect for ya not to break out. Though there were some complications…”

…

Leatherhead’s eyes furrowed at the dry patches of scales on his son’s body.

It had been too long since Luca had gotten some water onto his skin. The cuts and old scares were already ready to open up again.

If they reopened again, who knows what kind of infections could be lurking.

Leatherhead needed to get some water in that container quickly.

But how was the question.

Thankfully his ever-faithful lab partner Donnie was there to help.

Using a small hose, water seeped through and into the container. It even mellowed out Luca’s new form by a bit.

Leatherhead made sure to stop the water around Luca’s waist, after that he could be risking the containment barrier’s glass casing as well as Luca’s safety.

“Any luck with the cure Donatello?”

The purple turtle shook his head. “Sorry, no dice.”

…

Luca was now resting on Mikey’s shoulders while wrapping his head in a hug.

Donnie was changing the water and getting some of the good bath salts that April recommended he try.

“He was really like that?”

Leo nodded ready to explain the next part of the story to the boy.

“Time was running out. We needed to get you back to normal or your mind wouldn’t have made it. That’s when we made the call to get another party involved.

Luca was 110% sure that this one wasn’t like Mikey’s parties at all.

“Who?”

“Bishop and Baxter Stockman.”

…

“…Are you sure there is no other way Donatello?”

The purple turtle grimaced a bit beside the larger reptile.

“I wish there was, but right now, Stockman and Bishop are our only hope for.”

The bitter end of that sentence did not go lost by Leatherhead as he tensed up hearing the voice of the man that had tormented him all those years ago. The same man that appeared in his nightmares.

That man was now the only hope for his son to get better.

It made him sick to his stomach to even think about letting Luca anywhere near Bishop.

The familiar black sunglasses gleamed from the artificial lighting around him. A familiar smug look on his face was plastered on.

“Well, well, isn’t this a pleasant surprise.”

…

“But wait!” Luca squeezed Mikey a bit harder at the sudden realization. The orange banded turtle winced a bit at the sudden squeeze.

“Isn’t that the bad guy that Papa hates?! Why would he ever agree to go to them for help! He’s the enemy!”

Leo gave the younger turtle a sad smile.

“When it comes to your family, sometimes we do things we would have never thought of doing before. This was one of those times Luca, you have to understand that.”

The young turtle just sighed and nodded, not being able to get rid of the sinking feeling in his gut.

Leo paused for a second, already preparing himself for what was to come.

“And it was after we left for the Heart of Tengu when your dad and Master Splinter overheard something that Bishop and Stockman were keeping secret from us.”

…

‘No cure.’

Just two simple words.

‘No cure.’

Some little words that had just snapped the mind of a father mid equation.

Bishop had no cure.

There never was one to begin with.

All this precious time wasted; all this information he helped create with Stockman.

ALL OF THIS WAS FOR NOTHING?!

Leatherhead barely remembered much of his ‘red state’, a state where his mind would let his instincts take over. But he did remember Splinter pleading with him to stop, that there was still some time left to fix the equation and get Luca back to normal.

He did however remember throwing Baxter across the room.

The yelp of pain and fear satisfied him a bit more than he expected.

“You are lucky you still function Stockman. Because as soon as my son is cured, there is nothing in this universe that will stop me from making you feel my wrath.”

…

Luca was back in his little pool, faint smells of lavender and mint spread through the lair.

His eyes were wide and in a stat of suspense as he held his favorite rubber duck close ot his chest.

Then it turned into anger.

“Those good for nothing sons of—”

“Hey language Luca.” Leo chided.

Luca stuck his tongue out.

“Dad’s not here.”

Leo and Donnie sighed a bit as Raph and Mikey snickered and secretly passed along a high 3.

Finally, it was Donnie’s turn.

“Time to wrap things up, shall we?”

…

Tension.

Stress.

And a little bit of hope was all Leatherhead could feel when the synthesized cure was released into the containment in gas form.

His heart ached hearing the painful wails and slow patterns of thuds.

After a few seconds he opened the door, fully ready to face whatever the result was.

“…Papa?”

That little voice…

His little Luca was alive!

He was alive and back to normal!

The small voice was enough for Leatherhead to break down and scoop up his boy into his arms and hug him.

“My Luca, my sweet little boy your back…”

Luca looked at him with half lidded eyes and yawned. “What do you mean back? I’m right here?”

Leatherhead stood back up letting the others look at the tired boy.

“Yes, you are.”

He cleared his throat a bit, holding the smaller turtle closer. “Let’s go home.”

Sure, the moment would be ruined by the self-destruct sequence, but there was a small victory on Leatherhead’s end. A small pile of rubble and bolts were left in the after math of the explosion of area 51.

…

“Luca?”

The boy turned his head to the sound of that deep voice smiling. Leatherhead had finally come to the lair and was ready to pick Luca up. The Croc had been spending this time packing away most of the machinery used last week and didn’t want to scare him with the scratched container.

“Papa!”

He said waddling out of the pool and running up to the croc’s legs.

Leatherhead smiled and picked up the wet turtle.

“How was your day today?”

“It was good! And Donnie even fixed up my duck! See!”

The small quack earned a chuckle from the older Croc.

“Why don’t you tell me how Donatello fixed him up?”

“Sure! Oh, and bye guys!” Luca said while waving. The action was returned almost immediately.

Leatherhead placed Luca on his shoulder, waved goodbye at the slightly anxious turtles and left back home.

[arctic-space-penguin]

Third BTHB fic! - "You're Safe Now" - 3067 words

btw, this is a continuation of previous bc I wanted to make some of these prompts an ongoing story, so make sure to read that first, otherwise this might not make any sense

and this is the longest out of all three so far, just barely passing 3000 words by 67, so know it's not my fault, it's the turtles's fault for going all out in taking care of each other

little more than a few hours, but i got busy lol

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Leo watched Donnie's chest rise and fall. He had passed out for the third time in a row since coming home three hours earlier. Leo dragged both hands down his face and took a deep breath right as Splinter returned to the room with a cup of water and a box of crackers.

"You should try sleeping, my son," Splinter suggested.

"Not until I know Donnie can wake up without passing out again ten minutes later," Leo retorted.

Splinter sighed and put the water and box on the small table beside the cot. The slider blinked and watched his twin intently like the softshell would disappear the second he looked away.

"Were Raph and Mikey awake?" Leo asked suddenly.

"No," Splinter replied.

"Good,"

Leo pushed off from the chair he was on and got closer. Donnie's eyebrows knit together as he did and a whine escaped the purple-clad turtle's throat. Leo quickly glanced toward the heart-rate machine that was slowly beeping louder. Not Good™. Leo panicked and tried to calm Donnie down.

"It's okay, Dee! You're not there anymore! You're back home!" Leo gently shook Donnie.

Splinter, on the other hand, recognized the problem.

"Back up, Leonardo," he snapped.

Leo shook his head. "He needs to know he's safe."

"Back up, Blue," Splinter stressed. "He'll relax once you back up."

Leo hesitated a second longer before obeying. Sure enough, the beeping slowed and Donnie stilled. Leo couldn't help the flash of hurt through his chest. It was his fault this had happened, but it still stung a little. Splinter seemed to sense it though.

"This is not your fault," the rat whispered.

"But it is!" Leo exploded. "I didn't even notice he had lagged behind until it was too late!"

"This is still not your fault," Splinter got off his stool and went over to take Leo's hands. "Can we both agree that it was their fault?"

Leo wanted to crumble. Wanted to go through just as much pain as Donnie had. But he nodded anyway.

"Y-yeah, we can."

Splinter smiled and pat his hands. "Now will you go try to sleep? I will watch over Donatello and tell you if anything changes."

Leo relented, nodding again. "I will. Night, pops."

"Good night my son."

Leo glanced a final time at Donnie before vanishing around the corner to his room. He closed the curtain and fell backward onto his bed.

His phone buzzed before he could close his eyes. He removed it from his pocket and adjusted his eyes to the brightness before seeing who it was.

It was April.

[Apes:

Donnie won't answer his phone, what's going on]

Leo opened the chain and texted back.

[Leo:

What, he's normally up at this time? Why are you awake]

[Apes:

He's asleep? Could ask you the same thing]

Leo could practically hear the smirk in that comment. He twisted onto his side to make texting a little easier.

[Leo:

Yeah, he is, and I asked first]

[Apes:

Fine, it's just homework keeping me up, but what happened that made Dee fall asleep]

Leo sighed. His answer was prepared already.

[Leo:

You don't wanna know, but it was nothing that wasn't my fault]

[Apes:

I do want to know, otherwise I wouldn't have asked]

He walked into that one.

[Leo:

How about I tell you in the morning]

[Apes:

How about you tell me now]

[Leo:

fine, dad's in the medbay, come quietly and don't wake Raph or Mikey]

[Apes:

Sweet, be right over!]

Leo turned his phone off and put it to the side. He rolled back onto his back and stared up at the ceiling.

He really hoped Donnie would be able to wake up and stay up soon. Splinter's tail whisking past his room caught his eye. He heard muttering. His 'twin senses' went off even before he could get up and interrogate his father. He followed the rat to the kitchen.

"Dad, is Donnie okay?" Leo asked.

Splinter ignored him and looked under and into and above nearly everything within his reach. That could only mean one thing. Leo cleared his throat.

"Dad."

The rat startled big time. "Leonardo! You're going to give me a heart attack one day..."

"Where's Donnie?" Leo demanded.

Splinter looked away, almost shameful.

"Where?" Leo growled.

"Gone," Splinter admitted with a disappointed sigh. "I... I closed my eyes for five minutes, but by the time I opened them again, Purple was gone. He might've been--"

"Might've been what?" Leo interrupted. "From where I see it, you might've just let my injured twin to escape and go who knows where!"

"He wasn't really sleeping," Splinter continued, confident. "Purple was waiting for us to leave or take our eyes off him to leave."

Leo widened his eyes. "Why would he want to do that? He was home! He knew he was home and safe!"

Splinter tried to take Leo's hands, but the slider backed away. The rat sighed. "I do not know why, but I do know you must find your brother before he gets hurt again."

"... should I tell Raph and Mikey?" Leo questioned.

"If it would help to find Donatello faster, I recommend it," Splinter grunted.

Leo hummed and rushed off to Raph's room first. He put a hand on the snapper's shoulder and shook him. Raph mumbled something but Leo didn't wait for him to wake up.

"Raph, I'll explain everything later, but Donnie's gone, and we really need to find him before something bad happens."

Raph's eyes immediately opened all the way and he leapt from his bed. "What?"

Leo was already halfway to Mikey's room. The slider shook the box turtle awake much violently. Mikey squawked a protest, but got up.

"Mikey," Leo took in a deep breath. "Donnie'sgoneandhe'shurtandwehavetofindhimbeforehegetsevenmorehurtpleasetellmeyouaren'tfallingbackasleep!"

The orange-clad turtle didn't waste a second to get his attire together and sprint out of his room. He almost ran into April on the way.

"Watch where you're going!" April snapped.

Mikey apologized in a rush. "Sorry! Leo just said Donnie was gone!"

Leo held his hands up in surrender at the glare he got.

"You said he was asleep!" April pointed an accusatory finger at him.

"He was!" Leo defended. "Or we thought he was."

April pinched the bridge of her nose. "What are we still doing here, then?"

Raph hurried out of his room and joined them. Leo and Mikey exchanged a glance. April rolled her eyes and led the charge out of the lair and up to the surface.

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Donnie was so bored.

A fact.

Sleep was trying to pull him in, but he resisted it like it was one of his brothers trying to hug him.

He had woken up when Leo had gotten close to him not one minute ago and his mind told him he was in danger.

So what did he do?

Made a plan right then and there to get away, that's what.

He was home and safe, but not with Leo around. That left him with two options, one good and one bad.

Splinter sent Leo away to sleep.

One down, one to go.

Splinter started snoring.

Two down.

Donnie cracked open his right eye and made sure Dad was actually sleeping unlike him before slowly sitting up so the cot didn't creak. He shifted his leg to hang over the side, then moved the other one to do the same. He made sure one foot was on the ground so that he didn't wake Splinter before stepping away from the cot and scurrying out the door.

He made it to the lair exit and turned around. A minute later, Splinter was up and leaving the medbay for the kitchen to look for him.

Donnie vanished. He scaled the ladder and entered the alleyway, sliding the manhole cover back over the hole. He slipped out into the crowd, oblivious to the two who had just seen him and began following, one pulling his phone out.

The softshell pulled his hood up nervously. He felt like everyone was watching him and it helped a little. He, destination-less, wandered across streets, past people, through the park, anywhere his legs took him so that he could keep his head down and not look up. The two trailed him the whole time.

By the time Donnie forced himself to look up, he was in the alley where...

No no no no no No NO NO! Why would his legs take him here?

He spun around, but the exit was blocked. His breath came out faster. This was the worst possible place he could have gone. Why would his legs take him here?!

"P-please, I didn't mean to come b-back," he stammered.

They advanced a step. He whimpered, suddenly becoming hyper-aware of the bandages around his wounds from the last time he encountered these guys. They advanced another step threateningly.

"Stay back!" he cried. "I didn't mean to!"

"We get our orders," one of them started. "... from Tony. Wanna know what he said to do, freak?"

Donnie sprinted for the fire escape on the wall to his right. He scrambled up the ladder, but his legs were still healing and injured. He wasn't fast enough, in other words.

They both grabbed one of his legs and pulled as hard as they could. Donnie struggled to hang on to the third ladder he was on.

They were much stronger.

He lost his grip.

They got him back to the ground and shoved him against the wall, this time without his battleshell. He whined, whimpered, and struggled; all futilely. The one who had previously asked the question, on his right, leaned in close to his ear. He shivered uncomfortably when their breath hit his face.

"He said to bring you back to him," they sneered. "Unconscious."

The other laughed and pulled some cloth and small bottle from his pocket, confident enough to let go. Donnie widened his eyes in a panic and flinched at the same time. The bottle was opened and the liquid inside was dripped onto the cloth. A lot. The softshell caught the smell and it only spiked his panic even more. It smelt too sweet.

The cloth was shoved over his mouth in a blink. He held his breath. As long as he didn't breathe the stuff in, it wouldn't take effect. He just had to keep this up long enough for them to get tired or bored.

That didn't happen.

"Get away from him!"

Donnie and the two men looked up right as four figures leapt down from the roofs. Donnie recognized them. In his excitement, he forgot about what he was trying to prevent. He opened his mouth to call to them...

And accidentally breathed some in.

His eyelids fluttered immediately. He was too weak for this. Why did he leave the lair in the first place? He can't remember. Whatever it was, it was probably a really, really stupid reason. None of this would be happening if he had just stayed home and safe.

A glowing green bat flew into one of the men's heads, knocking him a few inches away. A glowing red fist and glowing orange chain attacked the second guy at the same time. Donnie sagged to the ground the second he was released and closed his eyes. Someone caught him and tossed the cloth away.

Leo adjusted his grip so that Donnie was in it bridal style, limp as a wet leaf. Raph, Mikey, and April battered the men as much as they could. Leo prepared his sword.

A loud gunshot and searing panic made it clatter to the ground. Leo held Donnie closer instinctively.

"You," the man who had fired, what was his name, Toby?, growled. "What is it with all these freaks in our city?"

Leo didn't give a response, but April sure did.

Her eyes were practically infernos when she launched her bat directly at his head the fastest any of the three brothers had ever seen her throw it. He blinked and it made contact with a sickening crunch. He crumpled to the ground and didn't move. Oh Sweet Pizza Supreme, please let him be dead.

"Let's get him home," Raph handed Leo his odachi.

"Let's," Leo agreed, breathy, accepting their ticket home.

He swiped it in the air as best he could and a portal thankfully opened. His brothers and sister allowed him through first. Leo got Donnie on the cot as the others came through and the portal closed. They crowded around him.

"What was even on that cloth?" Mikey asked.

Leo hesitated. "Chloroform. Makes people who breath it in or drink it fall unconscious for two hours or less depending on the amount taken in."

Mikey made a high pitched sound close to a whine in the back of his throat. Raph pulled him a little closer. Leo's hands tightened on the sheets under them.

"Since we don't know how long he'll be out, it's best to wait it out and take shifts watching. I'll be first," he said before anyone could interrupt. "April, go home."

"I'm not going home! One of my little brothers is hurt and homework can wait!" she protested.

Leo spun around. "April, go home. You can come back tomorrow when school lets out."

"Leo--" she started, tone warning.

"I'm not asking," Leo snapped.

The two glared at each other for a minute. Raph and Mikey exchanged a nervous glance. Then Splinter came in.

"Blue is right, April," the rat whispered. "Come back tomorrow when Purple is awake."

"But Splints, I--"

"No buts," Splinter said. "Red, Orange, back to your rooms."

They obeyed. April waited a minute or two before huffing discontent and leaving.

"He left because of me," Leo murmured when it was just him and Splinter.

"You don't know tha--"

"I do," Leo insisted. "There's no other explanation."

Splinter said nothing more on that topic. Leo spent the next twenty minutes in silence where he would have normally filled it with quips and jokes. Now he wasn't in the mood to say either. Then Donnie started waking up.

"Wha' h'ppened?" he slurred.

Leo watched his twin slowly open his eyes before gasping and shooting up. Leo reached his hands out and steadied him.

"Easy, Dee. You're home and safe again, promise," Leo rubbed slow, soft circles into Donnie's shell.

"But... but you're..." Donnie trailed off.

Leo blinked and Donnie shook his head.

"Never mind. I-I know... I'm safe."

Leo smiled. "You are."

Splinter left for his room with a proud glance back at his sons. Leo continued rubbing soothing circles and Donnie took slow deep breaths.

"Think you can get up now?" Leo asked after about five minutes. "Does a hot bath sound okay?"

Donnie considered. It didn't take long. He nodded. Leo held his hand out for Donnie to take.

The softshell used his shoulder instead. Leo stayed behind Donnie as they made their way to the bathroom just in case he fell or something. Donnie sank into the tub.

"Take the bandages off now or later?"

"Later."

Leo nodded and turned the water on to the right temperature.

"That good?"

"Hmmm..." Donnie hummed and sank farther into the water.

"I'll take that as a yes," Leo adjusted himself to be leaning against the wall by the faucet after turning it off.

They remained in silence for a few minutes. Donnie had never felt this amazing before. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the water as long as he could. Leo spiraled. He only thought about how he had failed. How he broke his promise to never leave Donnie's side again. Leo drowned in those thoughts, oblivious to what he was doing outside of them.

Donnie sat up in alarm when Leo started shivering violently. He, as quickly as he could, pushed himself up and over to Leo's side, still staying in the water. He poked his twin's face.

"Leo?"

No response. He moved Leo's head so that he was facing him. Eyes closed, still shivering a little, breath barely coming out... it all made Donnie scream.

Raph, Mikey, and Splinter all came rushing in at the same time. Donnie covered his face with his hands in embarrassment. Raph's larger ones moved them away gently.

"Donnie, what happened?" the snapper asked.

"I'm sorry..." Donnie whispered. "He... he just..."

"Blue is fine, Donatello," Splinter said.

Everyone got quiet. Leo coughed a few times and curled his legs close to his chest. Donnie allowed himself to watch and bask for a little longer. He knew exactly what Leo needed, even if he wasn't feeling up for it right now.

"Turtle pile," the softshell murmured.

Leo glanced up and the other three glanced his way. Donnie resisted shrinking away.

"Huh? What did you say, Dee?" Mikey asked.

"Turtle pile," Donnie repeated, louder. "Leo n-needs one."

Now Leo looked his way too. He looked ready to cry. Great, now he's got Donnie doing it too. Mikey pulls the plug in the tub and the water drains. Donnie dries himself and his eyes with the towel he's handed. Then Raph, ever the big brother, stands up and gathers the twins in his arms to carry to the living room. Mikey trails behind before darting off to grab pillows, blankets, and bandages requested by Leo since Donnie's were wet and coming off.

Donnie traced the scars carefully, mindful of the stitches. Leo sat close by on his own beanbag.

"You don't really want to do this do you?"

The question startled Donnie, but he answered anyway. "I know you need one, so I suggested it."

"That's not an answer," Leo guided his hand away from the scars. "You don't want to do this, you can't hide that from me."

That's true, he was a terrible liar. "Sigh. Yes, you're right, I don't want to. But I'll do it for you." he added quickly.

Mikey returned with the bandages and tossed them to Leo before hurrying away again to get everything else. Leo unrolled some, tore it off, and held Donnie's wrist up to re-wrap it. The softshell mindlessly watched him, wandering through memories and thoughts. Leo was done in what seemed to be a blink.

"There," he backed away with a proud look at his work. "You're safe now. For good this time."

"No," Donnie shook his head.

Leo raised a brow when Donnie pointed at himself then at his twin.

"We're safe now."

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Thoughts and Speculation on TMNT Mutant Mayhem/Tales Series

I enjoyed the movie and looking forward to the sequel.

Even though the turtles are all 15 year olds they don't seem as mature as other versions (2012. 2003, Mirage, all Movies ect).

I do like all the turtles especially Mikey and Donnie.

I do have a feeling that Splinter hasn't told the whole story because in the flashback he looked like a pet rat because he seemed more cleaner and other rats were aggressive towards him. it's possible that they could be doing the Mirage/2003 route with him being Yoshi's pet rat or could they do something different this time and do the IDW reincarnation route and I have a feeling it's the 2nd one.

It was also mentioned that Cynthia said in the movie that she had been searching the turtles for a long time, so the Turtles and possibly Splinter could of been in lab at TCRI but then how did the turtles escape. A lot of questions need to be answered which hopefully will be revealed in the 2nd movie.

It's said that Shredder will be more scary than Superfly so does this mean that this version of Shredder is going to be more dangerous than other versions. Eek!!!! i'm scared for the turtles

With the Tales series, I thought at first this show is to keep us occupied until the 2nd movie comes out but now I don't think so. It's certainly making us get to know the Turtles a lot more so when the 2nd movie comes out we are going to be hit with lots of feels.

It was good show, had some good fight scenes and love that each individual turtle had to figure things out, without there brothers being with them.

I've also noticed that there has been a few teasers too.

It seems that the 2 main stories didn't actually happen as they were told by Leo (writing a comic book) and Raph (telling the story himself as Splinter) but it's possible some of it did happen like Bishop robots and joining the EDF, the Purple Dragons stuff ect. I assume in Season 2, Mikey and Donnie will do something similar.

I do like Leatherhead and Wingnut in this, they are great.

Even though Bebop and Rocksteady weren't in the series, they were mentioned a couple of times. it seems that they have gone off and could be becoming bad guys, so maybe they will be main villains in the 2nd movie along with Shredder.

The Rat King was also teased even though Raph sees Splinter as the Rat King.

There were also things like Leo being flung through the window and trying to damage Donnie's shell. Please don't hurt either of them in the 2nd movie!!!!!

Kitsune, who was a witch and part of Pantheon in IDW, is in this version as the leader of the Purple Dragons, but it's possible she could be working for Shredder.

Ok so I noticed 2 moments in series that could tie in with Reincarnation angle.

The first moment I thought was weird. In the episode Donnie Hangs Tough, in the train station there was a photo of boy with candles underneath so it looks like some sort of vigil. You don't normally have that in train stations do you.

But then I realised if they are doing the Reincarnation story, then is that Leo in his past life!!!! and it's Leo's Story. If they are doing the Reincarnation story then they doing the deaths from over 15 years ago and not in Ancient Japan like in IDW.

The 2nd time was from Donnie Goes Deep, when the Dad and Son are getting rid of 3 baby alligators.

This is Raph's story, so could this be Raph and Splinter in there past lives. Raph is speaking as Master Splinter in this and this could be from Raph's memory but he doesn't realise it.

I also want to point out that the Dad is voiced by Eric Bauza who previously voiced Splinter in Rise and Tiger Claw in 2012. So that's 3 shows he's in involved in now.

If there's going to 2 more moments in season 2 involving Mikey and Donnie, i'm going to go crazy.

But wow!!! this could be really dark, especially if there deaths happened over 15 years ago and not in Ancient Japan.

I'm so looking forward to season 2 and the 2nd movie but i'm hoping it will continue on.

[tmnt-tychou]

Hello again!!

I have another character for you!! How about Splinter?? 😄

Thanks as always!! 😊

Sorry this took me a while to get to, it's been a busy week. But I am LOVING these and thank you to everyone who submitted asks. This is the most asks I've ever received and I have greatly enjoyed this. A Tier: 90's movie Splinter: This is a rat Splinter. He is a good dad and tries his best. This man loves his sons. Also, easily the most frail of all the Splinters, but still manages to toss Shredder off a building.

2003: Another rat Splinter. This man loves his sons and also loves his father, Hamato Yoshi. He is wise, caring, and very invested in in his sons' lives.

2012: A Hamato Yoshi Splinter. I love this Splinter so much. I think he is my favorite thing to come out of 2012. This man is Dad Vibes so much! He loves his kids and he wants them to have the best lives he can provide. I also love that we got this massive more human-sized Splinter. Just love him all around.

B Tier: 80's cartoon Splinter: A Hamato Yoshi Splinter, he has a great design and amazing voice actor. He is calm, he is zen and fatherly. He looses points because he never calls the turtles his sons. They are always "My turtles/pupils/students." The very first time I heard Splinter call the boys his sons was in the 90's movie and it blew my little mind. (Note, I'm not sure if maybe they changed it in the last seasons where they were trying to be more like the live action movies. It's been so long, I don't remember.)

2007 Splinter: I THINK this is a Hamato Yoshi Splinter? This is a hard one for me because everything in the movie is good. I love his design, I love his VA, I love his lines and how he interacts with the turtles. But there was just something OFF about the whole of the 2007 movie and I figured it out by reading the comics that take place before the movie. In which Splinter picks Leonardo ONLY to go on this world tour for vague reasons while the others are stuck at home. Raphael is immediately hurt and angry at the blatant favoritism. Don and Mikey look like they are so used to it, they don't even argue anymore. Leo is so much the golden child in this movie it hurts me in my soul. Splinter is a terrible father, but he was fine on screen if you take the movie at face value.

C Tier: Next Mutation Splinter: I don't recall if it was ever clear if he was a ran or Hamato Yoshi. He knew Venus' dad, so maybe Hamato Yoshi? He gives off these prancy, gay dad vibes which are kind of fun and fresh for a Splinter. (He plays chess out in the park late at night with his blind boyfriend.) He doesn't do too much to parent his extremely dumbass kids. Maybe since they're 18 he's decided they are their own problem now. And while the turtle suits are pretty nice for a TV production, the rat suit is BAAAAD.

Bayverse Splinter: This one makes no sense. Any Splinter that takes out Hamato Yoshi completely really throws off the universe. Why is he so Asian coded when he has no Asian influence in his life aside from finding a book on martial arts? It's weird. Other than that, he's fine in the movies.

Rise Splinter: A Hamato Yoshi Splinter. I like that we got a Splinter where you can really see the depression from being turned into a rat. And you can see how the turtles turned out to be different people: Leo and Raph especially, without Splinter there to be an influence on the group dynamic. But the characterization doesn't make sense. He says he loves his boys, but he doesn't always know their names? I know this was played for laughs, but the characterization wasn't there. Also minus points for the god-awful character design. Again, I know dad-bod Splinter was played for laughs, but...we had to look at it.

Mutant Mayhem Splinter: Again, another Splinter without Hamato Yoshi that makes no sense. However, he is a GOOD dad who loves his sons and does his best to keep his family together. I love this idea that he is a shut in because he is actually scared of the surface. I do have a hard time buying he is a martial arts master from merely watching kung fu movies. And also minus points for the god-awful character design.

[rolameny]

welcome to turtle hell

may or may not have watched both seasons and the tv movie of rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles in a possessed state the last couple of weeks

the two pillars of my enjoyment for this series are:

the writing and production quality are ridiculously polished for a y7 kids' show. like, huge swathes of the tv show are what i would call mathematically perfect. absolutely pristine structure. this is a masterclass in character-driven action/comedy pacing. i'm being so serious rn and speaking from a real critique perspective.

raph (red bandana turtle) is my sweetie angel perfect son and i love him. i'm speaking as the loving mother to a perfect sweetie angel son.

ROTTMNT is a show from 2018 that tries a new spin on the classic turts -- in a move i find really fun, each one of the teens is a different kind of turtle. my sweetie angel is a snapping turtle, donatello's a softshell turtle, etc.

the character dynamics are also flipped around a little bit: instead of raph being the angry one guided by his leader leonardo, here he's the leader, struggling really hard between parentified eldest brother overprotectiveness and being a rowdy teen who also would just like to smash shit and have a good time. this show's leonardo is a showman who would rather have fun and look cool than train -- this gets him into trouble when he refuses to take things seriously and when his brothers can't recognize the rare times he DOES take things seriously.

they're the heart of the show imo, with raph slowly learning that he doesn't have to take on every burden and that he can trust his brothers to have his back, and leo learning in the post-show movie to listen to his brothers in turn.

responsibility and duty -- what is yours, how much of a burden is it, how will you respond to it? -- are huge questions in this show. it's notable that this show's splinter is like, brutally depressed and therefore negligent as a parent, and doesn't tell his turtle kids about any of his past or their family duties until forced. this splinter started as the scion of a clan dedicated to repressing the demon shredder; he bailed on his responsibility in his youth, changed his name, and made a career as a hollywood action star. then he got mutated into a horrible little rat man and acquired four turtle sons. he loves his kids but spends most of his time watching tv, including a lot of reruns of his own movies from when he was a cool respected human action star and not a depressed single rat dad.

there's a conversation splinter has with michelangelo late in the game, about the yokai scientist who mutated them both:

mikey is a reasonably well-adjusted sewer teen who would like to know more about his past; splinter loves his kids but has never gotten over what was done to him.

splinter: WHY do you care about him?

mikey: he made me. he made us!

splinter: i know. he's a monster.

to get back to my sweetie angel, raph is both the oldest (i don't know how they decided turtle ages. genuinely.) and the biggest/toughest physically. he towers over his brothers. mikey climbs on him like a jungle gym. all the turts have magic abilities in this show. raph's is that he can surround himself in a glowing red projection of his own body, which he can scale up to godzilla size. raph uses this both to clobber guys and frequently as a shield to protect his allies. the first time he ever activates his power, it's to save leo after he got tossed off a roof. this is not subtle: he is the strong one, the oldest one, he shields his brothers from harm and carries them and leads them. in the season two finale, he breaks under the strain of having to lead his brothers against shredder with no weapons or backup. and he's taught a lesson by a family member he never knew he had: you are not alone. you can't lead and protect and fight and plan by yourself. your abilities rely on your family, and you have to trust that they will catch you when you fall just like you always catch them.

it's not subtle!! it doesn't have to be. it works.

also, raph internalizes this lesson and decides to teach it to his brothers by jumping off a cliff and trusting they'll catch him on the way down. he is still a dipshit teenager. and my perfect son--

pivoting:

this show has 12-minute episodes (two per 24-minute half-hour tv block), and a lot of them are adventure of the week. that is not a lot of time at all, especially considering there are plenty of extended action sequences. the show is SO quickly paced for it. you're tossed into a situation with maybe one line of setup; a couple times the show starts in media res and then has one character turn to another to ask, "why are we doing [X plot action]?" to get you situated.

when i talk about mathematical structure, this is what i mean. this show is doing so much with character work and worldbuilding layered on top of its adventure plots that its pacing has to absolutely run on rails. it's really effective, and that layering keeps you from feeling like you're only seeing the mechanics of the plot. every character is fun and weird and vivid and has an idiosyncratic voice, both in the writing and in the performing. april o'neil gets squawky and squeaky; raph and casey jones jump up and down in volume as they get worked up over the course of a sentence; ben schwartz is here.

the worst i can say about this show is that nickelodeon cut its second season order in half and canceled the third season and you can feel it. stuff starts getting rushed in the back half of s2 and in the tv movie. characters get dropped. problems are brought up and left unsolved. and yet things still mostly work. if "damn, nick fucked you over" is the worst i can say about a show that show is pretty good!!!!

the animation, the fx work, the background painting, the sound design [there's a tiger roar sfx that occasionally gets dropped in at dramatic/comedic moments that makes me laugh every time], they're all genuinely so good it makes me mad. it's so fucked up that this show is this good. i'm in turtle hell.

[fishsticksloser]

Can i request rottmnt HC of future mikey and future leo with their motger reader (human female reader)? (If you can, can you add future Donnie and future raph?)

Like the boys came from the future and after saving earth from invasion they miss their whole family and try to catch up with everything, what would reader react if she knew what happened to her precious babies in the future?

Like they ate rats, they didn't sleep on good beds or knowing she and splinter passed away when they were kids?

Destruction, Loss, & Death

F!RotTMNT + fem!reader

Warnings: angst, familial fluff, all the boys are from different points of the Kraang future for extra angst :), no tcest!!!, this is really long

A/N: haha... this isn't a hc... this is a fic because I can, hope you don't mind. :) I need some more angst, its my favorite genre. This took a while to write... :/

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Leo looked around. He saw Mikey, still intact, he raced over and hugged his younger brother tight. Mikey was a little confused, but he felt Leo shaking as he cried and squeezed him a little tighter. A much bigger set of arms wrapped around them. They both look up and see Raph. Leo let's go and hugs Raph even tighter, whispering apologizes. They let go of each other, Raph wipes stray tears from Leo's face telling him it's not his fault. There was just one turtle missing, Donnie. Leo looked around for his twin, missing his stupid face.

"Leo?" Leo spins around, hearing the purple turtle's voice. Their eyes meet and Leo pulls him into a hug. Donnie wrapped his arms around Leo, his own tears falling. This time, though, Donnie was the one apologizing. Raph and Mikey joined them, each talking about what happened before they got wherever they were.

"We were sending Casey back in time to stop the Kraang. Mikey opened the portal and-" Leo choked out. "It's all my fault..."

"Boys?" All 4 boys turn, hearing your voice. You had heard a commotion and told Splinter you'd investigate. You saw older versions of your sons, holding each other.

"Mom!" They all say together, hugging you. You felt your shirt wetting with the tears of your sons. You led them to sit, Splinter joining you.

"What's going on?" You ask. "Are you okay?"

"My sons..." Splinter places his hands on Raph and Leo's faces, before moving to do the same to the other 2.

"You... You were dead..." Mikey sniffs. "I don't understand..."

"It seems like we travelled back in time." Donnie said. "All of us are from different points in the apocalypse. Raph is from before he died, I'm from before I died... 4 years later. Mikey is after I die, before sending Casey back... Leo is right after Mikey dies..."

"You 2 died really early in the apocalypse." Leo states, his prosthetic hissed as he rolled it forward. "You've been dead for 20 years..."

"I can't imagine what you boys went through."

The boys told you about the apocalypse. Rats were a constant menu item, Splinter responded with "we are quite tasty." Your heart broke for your boys. But you couldn't comfort them all at once.

Leo seemed to have the most demons, living through everyone's deaths, feeling guilty for the apocalypse, having to lead everyone. You went to him first, the others sharing stories with Splinter.

"Leo..." You gently rub your hand over his head to the back of his neck, tears coming to his eyes as he looks as you. "None of this is your fault, please know that. No one blames you."

"How? How do you know that?" He grits, nonexistent eyebrows drawn down. "How can't they hate me? I'm the one and only cause. I'm the reason all of you died. It should've been me!"

"You didn't know what was at stake, you were 16. That never should've been on your shoulders."

"But I failed... I failed you, I failed Raph, Donnie, Mikey, April, Casey, Cassandra, Dad... I am the reason for all of this."

"You didn't know what the key was. The only people at fault were the ones meant to protect it and those reckless enough to use it. You are not at fault. You need to forgive yourself."

"How...?" His voice cracks as he leans forward burying his head in your chest, like he did when he was upset as a child. Your thumbs rub the back of his neck and shell. You lean down and kiss the crown of his head softly.

"By letting go..."

You stay and soothed Leo for over an hour. He let out everything. All of his grief, anger, anxiety. He sobbed until he ran out of tears, but continued to cry as he clung desperately to your shirt as if it was the only thing keeping him alive. Soon, though, he fell asleep, all the sobbing exhausting him.

So you were on to your next subject, Raph. It would've been Mikey, but he and Donnie were still talking to their father, Raph had moved away.

"Raphael." You hum, pulling him close. He held you tight, a sad smile on his face. You kiss his forehead, his eyes closed as you did so.

"I'm so sorry, Mom..." He sighs, relaxing in your grasp. "I should've been there to protect you and Dad... To protect them."

"Raphael, you have done that and so much more." You answer.

"You died... They died... I should've done better. Should've helped Leo more, he wasn't ready for all of this."

"Neither were you. You were 17. This shouldn't have ever be your boys' burden."

"I wish you were with us..."

"I'm here now."

Raph pulled you into his arms, his massive stature made you seem like a doll, you're practically the same size as his torso. His arms held you tight, like if he let go, you'd disappear. But he let you go, knowing you had 2 other turtles to attend to.

Mikey came to you. Hugging you once again. His was softer. He wasn't riddled with as much guilt as his older brothers. He understood what would come and what had already passed.

"I missed you, Mom." Mikey gasped, pulling away to look at you. "I wonder what you would've looked like as a grandma."

"Angelo, you look so much older." You hold his face in your hands, he leans into them. "So much wiser... So much wiser than Splinter." Mikey laughs, tears coming to his eyes.

"I wish you could've seen baby Casey. How we all raised him together. All the stupid things we got into with him."

"I will. I have my boys. I will make sure of it."

Mikey kissed your palms before heading off to see Raph. For some reason you had a feeling you had to get to Donnie quickly, like you were running out of time.

"Donato!" You call. Donnie runs to you, picking you up in a hug. He sets you down and you run your thumbs under his eyes. "Oh... You look so tired..."

"I am." He breathes, his eyes falling closed. "I've worked so hard, Mom... And it means nothing..."

"Donatello, you saved your brothers and thousands of others from the Kraang. I would call that nothing."

"They why do they die? Why did you die? I'm not good enough..."

"You are everything to me, to Splinter, to your brothers. Donnie, you are a gift. Just like the other 3. I wouldn't change my life for anything. I'm sure the me in your timeline would agree."

He doesn't answer, tears slipping down his cheeks. He wasn't a crier, really he wasn't. He hated crying, he felt weak. Now though, it felt like a weight lifted off his shoulders. He felt calm again.

Splinter and his brothers soon joined you. You all gathered together, clinging like they were your lifeline.

After who knows how long, it was just you and Splinter, in an empty house.

"Mom! Dad! Guess what!?" You hear your boys come to the living room. Your very alive, still young, sons.

[fabuloustrash05]

My Review of Mutant Mayhem

Warning: SPOILERS

The animation was AMAZING!! From the colors to the facial expressions to the fight choreography, it all looks so good!

It took me a while for me to get used to the Turtles designs and voices but after finally seeing the movie and watching them talk and move, I can say now that I do love them, though I'm still not crazy about Raph's design…

If you know me then you know I'm not too big of a fan of the idea of Splinter not being a human at all, but for this movie it makes sense as to why he was always a rat and never human. Him being a rat from the start and hating humans ties in with the movies message about being accepted and even has a little connection/parallel with the main villain Superfly. I am still kind of upset that Splinter has no connection to Hamato Yoshi (that we know of rn).

Another reason why I don’t like the idea of Splinter never being a human or Hamato Yoshi is because I feel like it takes away the ninja aspect of their story, but the way they explain why they’ve ninjas was actually hilarious. Splinter and the boys learned how to be ninjas through YouTube tutorials, which makes so much sense for this day and age with how many people claim they are experts at something simply because they read or watch something online. 

Leo was my favorite turtle in this movie, I loved his personality/character and how serious but dorky he was. He’s trying so hard, I love his hopeless romantic side, and how he wants to listen to his dad but also have fun with his brothers, so he’s stuck in a tug or war with himself. He was precious and I love him.

Leo having a crush on April actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. His crush on her was genuinely sweet and it wasn't shoved down our throats like in other versions *cough* 2012 & Bayverse *cough* I like that he asks her to prom, which I thought was very cute and a nice ending for Leo.

I'm surprised how quickly they killed off Baxter Stockman, but his "son" Superfly was a really cool villain to take his place. Ice Cube did an amazing job! But I’m not full convinced Stockman is dead. There’s no evidence that he’s still alive but knows. Maybe they’ll pull an 03 Stockman and make come back as a robot in the sequel.

The other mutants were also really fun, but I wish they had more screen time. And truth I felt like they added too many Mutants and I felt like a few of them could've been removed from the film but overall they were a fun cast!

Mondo Gecko and Mikey instantly becoming besties was nice. And I loved Bebop and Rocksteady's Bromance.

Mikey twerking was NOT needed in this film.

I like how the "milking" joke actually came full circle when the turtles were kidnapped by Cynthia.

Splinter vs the TCRI soldiers was my second favorite part of the movie, The animation was so well done in the choreography of the fight was amazing and had great detail.

My overall favorite part was the sequence of the Turtles confronting each one of Superfly’s leads. How the scene would sync up and cut back-and-forth to each brother fighting different gang members. The music during the scene was so well done and the animation with how it tied in with each brother was peak cinema. 

April’s little arc of getting over being camera shy was cool and actually helped save the Turtles and NYC. But the April puking joke went on for too long. The fact they showed it longer than I excepted felt wrong.

I’m happy that Splinter got a girlfriend by the end but please don’t ever show us him making out with Scumbug ever again. *flashbacks to 2012 Raph making out with an ant*

My favorite joke was when the Turtles were like “Eventually Superfly will run out of cars to throw at us, right??” *Superfly turns to see he’s right new to a parking garage* LMFAO XD

There was a lot of modern day references and slang in this movie and a lot of people say this movie is gonna be outdated in 5-10 years but I feel that’s gonna be part of the movies charm. We’ll have to see in 5-10 years…

Superfly’s mutant army (Mondo Gecko, Bebop, Rocksteady, Leatherhead etc) got redeemed way too quick. All it took was one heartfelt speech and suddenly they weren’t down to kill all humans. Like they seemed really excited about it during the bowling scene?? Gave me Shrek 3 vibes. I was confident that Mondo Gecko was gonna change but all of them was unexpected but I’m happy regardless by the end that the Turtles have a bigger family.

I loved the sequence of the people of New York helping the Turtles and their mutant friends stop Superfly. I feel we’ve never seen that done before and in truth, New Yorkers ramming their cars into a giant kaiju Superfly IS something New Yorkers would do! XD

The ending I did not expect, the Turtles actually being excepted by all of New York, and actually getting to go to high school. This was so new and fresh, and I absolutely loved it and I can't wait to see more of it in the TV show and the sequel.

Also there’s a mid credit scene.

It starts off very cute with the Turtles doing high school shenanigans: Mikey in joining improv, Donnie with his “people” (lol), Raph joining the wrestling team, Leo and April starting a conspiracy vlog, and finally them at prom, but then it cuts to Cynthia, who it’s revealed she is secretly watching them. She talks to her second in command about wanting to catch the Turtles and get revenge. She then basically says that she “knows a guy” that can help and it cuts to a shot of someone outside the city….

SHREDDER IS COMING

But sadly no Casey…

[angelmichelangelo]

Turtle tot prompt ideas/questions thingy to help your boredom:

One of my personal fave headcanons is that (broadly, aggregate), owing to the whole anxiety thing, Leo, as a baby/toddler, was the last to ditch the pacifier and sucked his thumb for a while.

I also remember reading about how kids with autism or ADHD are more likely to wet the bed, so I had something about Donnie and Mikey being the longest bedwetters of the four.

Do you have any 'normal baby/toddler milestone hcs' about the boys that you think are cute/funny?

ooh yes turtle tots headcanons! my favourite :D

i imagine toddler mikey absolutely was the kind of kid to wake splinter like. “dad!! i woke up and all my bed was wet!! but it wasn’t me!! i think a monster came in and wet it, to get me into trouble, i didn’t see it because i was asleep but it was definitely a monster and not me because i don’t wet the bed!” and splinter is all disheveled and exhausted and buying none of this like….. sigh. i’ll go run you a bath…

i always really love the idea of raph being a really clingy toddler. he’s very emotional, can’t really regulate his feelings a lot so he just kind of clambers onto splinter at any given moment and haaaates to be separated from him. he’s a real daddy’s boy at heart and splinter might just a little bit enable this because he loves being doted on by his children, especially after losing miwa so young when she couldn’t really do that, so it makes them very close :)

i’ve always liked the idea of mikey and donnie being the last to talk also, as a result of being neurodivergent. maybe splinter believes they were mutated differently to raph and leo, until he finds them one afternoon just baby talking to one another and he’s like :O because his kids can talk!! and maybe that kind of follows in through their teen years where when things get too big and loud and scary, they kind of go back to their own little turtle language together because it feels safe :(

them being more turtle-y as babies is also fun to think on! more chirping and yapping and all of them going into their shells when they’re spooked at the loud noises coming from above the sewers. it also means they have a brumation cycle in the winter, which kind of kickstarts their beloved turtle pile as they get older because they’re so used to kind of all being squished up together keeping close for warmth :’) and whilst they outgrow that need when they’re older, it wields the same results when they’re down or hurt.. very cute indeed

i can’t imagine they’re much of picky eaters given their circumstances but i imagine both leo and donnie get quite tearful at dinner times because autism be autism’ing and the texture of worms is just… not it. whatever treats splinter can get his hands on from time to time, he can only pray that it’s good enough for them to try because those boys are tiny!!! and raph + mikey will absolutely try and steal off their plates when they think nobody is looking.

i also like the idea of mikey being a big sleepwalker !! already a stressful habit for any parent but more so for a single rat dad or four that lives in a sewer. lucky he has amazing hearing, jolting awake when he can hear his little son unknowingly toddle towards the entrance giving him about fifty million heart attacks at once. maybe the habit comes back around in his teen years when he’s really stressed out, and it’s insomniac donnie that has to guide him back to bed :’)

they absolutely enable each other. whilst leo is a little ball of anxiety he’s still a kid with three unruly brothers, so when they’re able to get him to break the rules with him, it’s absolute chaos for poor splinter lmao he has no chance against those little rugrats :’)

turtle tots are the best :’) we absolutely need more of them always, so thank you for this ask :)

[feral-sock-boy]

TMNT

Info about my iteration tmnt:

Yoshi (Splinter) is from the hidden city, when he turned 25 he went to explore the world above. He gets himself into shit, finds a bunch of baby turtles with goop on them, and becomes a father (btw, bro comes from a pretty shitty household full of generational trauma).

He runs away to raise the turtles, and ends up finding a nice little space in the sewers, to which he builds them a home.

Donnie and Raph are twins both 16 with an hour age difference, Leo is the middle child at 15 and Mikey is the youngest at 14. Casey is a 16 year old transgender bitch and April is a 17 year old Girlflux KRAANG hybrid thing. O’neils mother really just banged a mushy alien thing that can shape-shift into anything in the universe.

Donnie:

Galapagos Tortoises

16 (oldest child, older than Raph by an hour)

Intersex, Biromantic, they/them

Has a dinosaur obsession, likes learning about the human body and other animals, like trains and machines, has probably had a couple lab rats and just didn't tell Yoshi (Splinter). Bro definitely knew.

Usually a bit too big for clothes, so he gets Raph to make most of them to make them bigger. Usually wears "baggy" pants (they ain't baggy on him), long sleeve thermals and flannels.

Raph:

Common Snapping Turtle

16 (second oldest, younger by an hour)

Bisexual, He/ Him

He likes sewing, knitting and painting. Has a massive collection of old magazines, comics, books and other random items because he has a hard to giving stuff up.

Has a little pet turtle named Slusher. He will fight you over food and will bite you if deserved.

Usually wears windbreaker pants, singlets and jackets.

Leo:

Painted Terrapin

15 (middle child)

Unlabelled, Trans Fem, She/Her She likes skating, finding cool bugs and watching si-fi movies. She's not really into horror movies, but can handle them. If you give her the chance she'll talk on and on about her interest in Galactic Heros (similar to space heros). She also really likes glitter.

She'll probably eat anything. Like. Anything.

Usually wears sweaters, leg warmers and tracksuit pants.

Mikey:

Spotted Turtle

14 (youngest)

Aromantic, Agender, usually just uses it/they

They're a very random person, and would probably eat anything and everything. They definitely collect hot wheels and all that stuff. Bro has a 2000s alt fashion mixed with little boy vibe to them, it think it's really cool. They like to express itself with bright colours.

Usually wears beanies, shorts, hand gloves, shirts and ties. Sometimes bracelets too.

Yoshi (Spliter):

Rat Yoki

41 (father of turtles)

Demisexual, He/Him

He's extremely new to parenting even now, has had no idea what he was doing from day one. He's not the best father but he tries. Watches soccer, dramas and soap operas. Gets all their from the thrift store or the bins. Has a bracelet that disguises him as human. Usually wears a band t-shirt and sweatpants or pyjama pants.

April O'Neil:

Part Indian, Part KRAANG

17 (friend of the turtles, has an older brother)

Sapphic, Girlflux (she/her, they/them, she/ they)

She can "shape-shift"into pretty anything as long as they can picture it. It's a defence mechanism of the KRAANG. It's basically camouflage. She's able to hide their ear tentacle things, which are usually used for hunting things down and connecting to other KRAANGs. She's a pretty good fighter, and usually uses a baseball bat. And she usually hides her KRAANG features.

They also play baseball. They moved from Michigan when she was 13. She's into filming, journalism and photography.

Usually wears long sleeves, jeans, converses, cardigans and her homemade necklaces and earrings.

Casey Jones:

Part Mexican, Part American.

16 (friend to turtles, oldest child of two)

Bisexual, Trans Masc (He/Him)

He's a bit of a trouble maker. Especially after he moved back in with his dad after his mother died. His dad had no idea he was trans, but didn't really care, cause he'd always wanted a son. He's a big hockey fan, watches and plays. Never misses practice or a game. He eventually becomes captain.

Born and raised in New York. He's lost a couple of teeth but he's all good. He's broken his nose twice, busted his lip, fractured he's knee, elbow and a couple of his fingers. Did get put on medical marijuana for a bit after he'd been bashed against the barrier, causing him to dislocate his shoulder. He's a pretty good skater, on and off the ice, and really enjoys it. Usually wears jeans, tops and/or singlets and boots.

Renet:

British

18 (friend and allie to the turtles)

Pansexual, Bigender (She/He)

She is a timestress trainee, and works part time at a clothing shop. He likes going to raves and concerts, and has a LOT of merch. She likes skating, surfing and road trips. Moved from Liverpool to New York to live with his grandparents. Very much in love with everyone she thinks is pretty and has an attractive personality. Usually wears tank tops, jackets, flared jeans and a gazelle indoor shoes.

Sunita:

Brazilian

17 (friends with the turtles)

Lesbian, she/her

She grew up with her dad and mother in brazil, until they got divorced, leading her to leave with her dad to live in New York with her dad's parents. Her dad meets Timothy's mother, and they hit it off, leading her to become step siblings with Timothy and his little brother. She's into swimming, sculpting and dancing. she goes to visit her mother every school holidays.

Usually wears lounge pants, shirts or tank tops, jackets, leg warmers and boots.

Timothy:

Korean

16 (friends with the turtles)

Omnisexual, he/him

He grew up with his mum and little brother in a farm house. They moved to New York when his mother gets a job. He's really into basketball, and is pretty good at it. He's kinda like Troy from High School Musical. But gayer and better. His mother met Sunita's dad, they hit it off and he and his little brother become step siblings with Sunita. He likes singing, basketball and books. He has nothing to do with his dad.

Usually wears cargo shorts, long sleeves, jackets and Nikes.