#same with the big TMNT AU contest

[zinzabee]

You guys have to do me a favor, you have to promise me, if there is EVER a Cannon x OC contest in the RotTMNT fandom y'all gotta let me know so I can enter Sharron and Raph in that, if for no other reason than to give the people QPR representation, please please

[britt-kageryuu]

Welp, I just put together in my mind an idea for a TMNT Pokémon AU... again.

In this one the Turtles and Splinter are mutant Pokémon that April has caught to help keep them safe.

April has a seperate team for battles, because that will still happen. She of course has a personal Rotom Camera so she doesn't have to deal with a camera guy.

April is a traveling reporter (maybe an intern if younger) who is unintentionally (kinda) following the Evil Foot Clan or TCRI who keeps causing trouble.

The Foot and TCRI might be the same group. (I can't remember if TCRI was good in one version or not.)

No one knows that the Heros that stop the Foot are April's Pokémon.

Splinter is almost never in battle because he was injured, and since April can't take them to a normal PokéCenter, and healing items can only do so much. But he's also like Max Lvl and seen as a Backup/Last Resort.

Splinter still helps train them though.

Casey is either like 87, 03, 12, or Cass. CJ would only show up for a specific plot line, then travel as April's assistant.

If Casey is like 03 or 12 then he's a delinquent who likes Apirl, and acts as her assistant/bodyguard/battle partner, as a cover to no be known as 'that crazy Vigilante with the hockey gear'

April has a slight reputation from almost always showing up close to where the big story is, and a few Conspiracy Theories as well.

The Foot Clan may or may not be behind the mutations, but they do round up and recruit mutants to make into their personal fighters.

The Kraang/Krang are an undiscovered alien Pokémon species that is Evil, or an offshoot of the Utrom an undiscovered alien Pokémon species.

The rest of the story and world building depends on which version of TMNT this is based on, and how much you want to mess with the idea.

That includes whatever relationship stuff you want to add.

And if all else, figure how to work this around them being in a Trainer School, with MM/TOTTMNT in mind!! (I kinda realized these aren't very Tales friendly.)

I am open to sharing this idea, because it started with focusing on one April, then I decided to add on possible routes for other versions of April.

Heck make April have a side gig in the league competition, contests, a Streamer.

Have Fun!

[wandering-ghost]

Atomic pets au propaganda!!

Writing propaganda for the @tmnt-crossover-polls in happy to have finished this, it was fun and I want to do more! \*^o^*/

The portal that opened under mikey was not the familiar blue he was used to, but a part of him still blamed Leo for being unceremoniously taken away from his spray paint and being plunged into an unknown location.

He landed on a soft plush chair with a small ‘oomph’ and a small letter slowly drifting down onto his lap. He picked it up and read through it.

‘Welcome to the tmnt-crossover-poll, you have been selected to be one of the lucky contestants to be in the competition! The theme will be musical based, so pick a song with your teammates and practice practice practice! Good luck, have fun, and enjoy the competition!’

“Teammates?” He mumbled, at that same moment his brothers landed in a chair of their own, some more gracefully than others. “LEO!!!!” Donnie screeched, glaring daggers at the red eared slider, “It wasn’t me this time I swear!!!” Leo squawked, flailing his arms as Donnie bolted towards him.

“Ok that’s enough!” Raph roared, grabbing Donnie by the shell as he hissed and tried to claw at Leo who was now hiding behind Raph and blowing raspberries at his twin. Mikey did his best to stifle his laughter as Raph threw his head back with a sigh, already tired of their shenanigans.

“Hey guys! Look at this!” Mikey quealed, holding out the letter for his brothers to read. They skimmed through the letter before finally taking in their surroundings.

They stood in the middle of rows filled with many seats, some oddly big and others more regularly sized. The walls were lined with lights that illuminated the area in a royal yellow. Across from them stood a giant theater with its curtain drawn open to reveal its participants.

They stood in silence for a few seconds, absorbing their current situation.

“WE’RE IN A THEATER?!?!?!?!”

“WE’RE IN ANOTHER COMPETITION?!?!?!”

“WHY THE FUCK IS THAT DUDE SO BIG?!?!”

“Hey, do you guys know where the plug is? my phone is about to die.”

The three looked at Donnie with a deadpan expression, he looked up at them from his phone with a shrug before going back to look at his phone, “my phone is about to die and it needs charging asap.” He simply said. Raph immediately dropped him, getting a startled yelp out of donnie before quickly returning his attention to his phone.

“Soooo… What do we do?” Raph asked, Mikey and Leo looked at each other before looking at Raph and shrugging. “I don’t know… we could…-” before Mikey continued he noticed a sticker on Raph’s shell and inspected it closely. “Atomic pets?” He mumbled, “but we don’t have any OH ME GOSH PICO!!!” Mikey screeched, flailing around the seats and hopping over some in hopes of finding his beloved pet lizard.

“PICOOOOO!!!!” Mikey screeched off the top of his lungs, Raph covered his mouth with his hand to shush him. “Leo help Mikey find pico, you guys check backstage and me and Donnie-” “but my phone-” “me and Donnie,” he gritted out, “will check the lobby, got it?” Leo nodded along with Mikey, Leo removed Raph’s hand from Mikey’s mouth and grabbed his hand, “come on Angelo, let’s go find your weird dog.” Leo said, pulling Mikey to the stage, “he’s not a dog.” Mikey mumbled, “well he sure acts like one.” Leo said, his voice fading with distance.

Raph sighed, “ok, let’s go check- what?” He looked around him, Donnie nowhere in sight. “What the-? Donnie?!” Raph checked around the chairs before finding his purple obsessed brother leaving to the halls. He sagged a bit before chasing after him.

This was going to be eventful.

[carl-unironic]

time for a bunch of Oc dumps 😈

1st, completed this one WIP I posted a while back, the ideas of this Oc are in that post if you wanna see it

name: Devil/commander Devil, lenerda

nicknames: dede, Lenny

Gender: non binary afab

sexuality: lesbian

occupation: rise: commander of guard unit in the hidden city, an ally of big mama, former battle nexus champion

other version of tmnt: back on their planet, there were tons of fighting rings, got accidentally trapped in one and got mutated, kraang later took them in and was then a commander unit of kraang army.

age: 21 (rise), 20 (2k12)

animal: thorny devil lizard

Backstory:

rise: while watching a battle nexus tournament with their parents at age 8 they got bit by an ooze-squito and got mutated into having super-strength. They then fell into the ring and beat all of the champions in a blind sense of battle instinct.

After the incident, their parents dropped them off at an orphanage run by a praying mantis yokai named Ms. Pandora. After spending 6 years in the orphanage, they snuck out to go fight in the battle nexus, after beating many contestants, they eventually got one shot’ed by a champion and woke up in a hospital.

Big mama was next to their bed and offered to train them in the nexus, they agreed very eagerly. After 4 years of being a battle nexus champion, at 18, they joined a guard unit in the hidden city, they quickly rose up the ranks over the years and at 21 is currently the commander of a unit.

personality: quite aggressive, actually has a lot of admiration for the people they respect, cocky, hot-headed, a little stupid but very cunning, and intimidating. Hates to not be the leader of anything, also quite competitive.

in other versions of tmnt: I already went through it somewhat earlier, so imma fast forward a little bit. For some context, this Oc also takes place in the Kraang sisters au. In those versions (manly 2012), they’re actually 20. After trying to invade earth, the kraang betrayed them and they then sided with the turtles, scaring an eye in the process. They don’t get along with Leo, and secretly trains with Mikey. Met the turtles after Dre was freed from a kraang laboratory. (Has some romantic intrest in Dre)

Same personality in rise, in rise tho, they are more of a comedic villain.

[midnightroseprincess]

Your fandom is... TMNT! :D

Woot woot! A peep has sent me what was probs my first and most enduring fandom. Answers down below.

Be warned that though I’ve read so many of the comics and seen a lot of all the different incarnations, a lot of these answers are gonna be answered with examples from the 2003 series, the 1990 movies, the classic comics, and the IDW comics, since those are the ones I grew up with (and thus more attached to) and in the comics’ cases, more familiar with/knowledgable of.

Also please forgive any typos.

Give me a fandom and I’ll tell you…

Favorite Male Character

Leonardo Hamato has been and always will be my favorite. Even when I was little, I could sympathize with Leo because we both had fears of failing and were burdened by the pressure to be perfect. Seeing Leo overcome these things inspired me to stick it out and overcome them to an extent, too. 

He’s also just such a good character. An encouraging older brother who would do anything (within reason and his principles) to protect and guide his family. A level-headed and strategic leader who is one of the best ninja of his generation. A humble, honorable warrior who gives opportunities to former enemies to redeem themselves and get out of abusive situations. A dork who can drop his serious brooding to goof off with his brothers and friends. His benign, deadpan sense of humor. His so-proud-of-you-even-if-you-worried-me-into-frustration pride in his little brothers. His trust in April and Usagi to the point that he allows himself to be vulnerable around them. On that note, his moments of weakness that are so realistic. He’s such a multi-layered, engaging character and I adore him. 

Also his character development helped me grow as a person… more details on that below, under Saddest Moment. 

I’ll add that my favorite version of him is the 2k3 version. 

Favorite Female Character

April O’Neil, no contest. April is a freaking delight. A professional technological programmer and hacker with knowledge of antiquities to boot. No matter what incarnation of her you pick, she’s such a likeable, reassuring presence in the TMNT universe. She grounds the turtles in a reality they were previously alienated from (aka the human world). She’s their family, and has fought tooth and nail for them (15/10 would do it again). 

I adore her relationship with the Hamato Clan. She’s this mature presence that can sit with Splinter and just say “Kids” together with him at the turtles’ antics. She’s this bird of a feather with Donatello, who has an equal in intelligence to talk to and work with. She’s this amazing older sister to Michelangelo, who answers all his questions on the human world and doesn’t expect him to keep optimistic all the time. She’s this amazing confidant to Leonardo, who can’t pull the big-brother-card on her and is so thankful that he can’t because it means he can talk to her about anything. She’s this strange mix of sister and mother to Raphael because she doesn’t shy away from his struggles with his inner demons and helps him through them. Her romance with Casey, though different in every incarnation, manages to be heartwarming and hilarious.

My favorite version of her is also from the 2k3 series, since it let her keep her technology skills. IDW April is super precious though. 

Least Favorite Character

Hm… Hard to say. The villains and secondary characters come and go, and even the most annoying villains can have a really good, terrifying episode or comic issue dedicated to them. 

All that comes to my mind are the Ninja Tribunal (who were freaking jerks) or Cousin Sid from the 2k3 series and Walker from the third live-action movie. When I think of the comic characters, all the villains and secondary characters had pretty amazing arcs at one point, so I’m cool with them. 

Favorite Ship

Capril (April O’Neil/Casey Jones) in any incarnation, pretty much. As for the others… I’d say I lowkey ship Raphael/Mona Lisa. Leonardo and Usagi go back and forth between a brotp and an otp for me. 

The love interests from the comics, I’m neutral on, because the classic TMNT writers weren’t actually all that interested in exploring the turtles’ sexuality and romance. The only one I can think of is Radical (Leo’s love interest) and her characterization was… slightly problematic. In the IDW series, they have a character named Alopex and I do like the ship tease between her and Raphael, but I’m waiting to see where it goes. 

Leorai (Leonardo/Karai) is the classic, star-crossed ship, considering one is the dutiful son of Splinter and the other is the daughter of The Shredder. I did ship them when I was growing up with the 2k3 series, but then, well, Karai tried to kill Leonardo’s entire family while he was out of the country and very nearly succeeded and destroyed their home. Talk about a ship sinker. She eventually sort of redeemed herself at the end of 2k3 but like had a romance going with Chaplin, a scientist of hers. So… I don’t know where I stand on it right now. On one hand, their dynamic is still incredibly interesting and on the other, a situation where they’d work in a healthy way would have to be an AU or the like. So I’m neutral on it a majority of the time.   

Favorite Friendship

Gosh, any of the turtles’ friendships with April, as detailed above. Otherwise, any of the kindred-spirit friendships the turtles make are all equal in my eyes. Mikey with Leatherhead, Donatello with Professor Honeycutt, Leonardo with Usagi, or Raphael with Casey. All are amazing. 

Favorite Quote

“In this life, we only have each other. If one of us goes down, we all go down. So focus.” – Leonardo. It sums up their family extremely well. 

Worst Character Death (if any)

Oh man.

SAINW. Same As It Never Was. From the 2k3 series. Just… SAINW. Everyone except April died or is presumed dead in that alternate universe by the end of that episode. On a minor note, Nano. Both times. Poor robot baby.

From the classic comics, Splinter’s death is up there, along with the death of Klunk, Mikey’s pet cat.

From the IDW series, the turtles’ death in their previous (human) lives – getting executed via beheading by The Shredder in front of Splinter (Yoshi Hamato). 

This made me so happy you have no idea Moment

The moment in the 2k3 series in Return to New York Part 1, where Donnie can’t hack into the Foot Clan’s HQ because Baxter Stockman designed the security and April just: “Too bad you don’t know anybody who used to work for Stockman,“ with that raised eyebrow of hers. Donnie just smiles back and allows her the chair to sit at the computer, she cracks her knuckles, and then hacks it in under 5 minutes. Not many of the Aprils get to keep her classic comic-self’s computer skills and that moment was SO. GOOD. The turtles even mention in following ‘previously-on’ segments that they’d have never been able to get through the building without April’s skills.

Any time Mikey shows he’s not JUST the goof but is actually the MOST interpersonally AWARE and INSIGHTFUL of all of them. An example from the 2k3 series in which he sticks up for Leo: “I think all of you should just lay off the poor guy. I mean, it can’t be fun, being the responsible one. And we’re the ones who really benefit. Raph’s free not to think ‘cause Leo does all the thinking for him. Don’s free to dream, and I’m free to take it easy, all because Leo’s busy being responsible enough for all of us.” 

The moment in the 1990 live action movie where Mikey and April team up to take down a Foot Clan ninja and it’s cemented that she’s family to the turtles. “You’re a natural, Sis!” “Thanks.” Also the turtles reactions post-battle to the Big Damn Kiss between April and Casey in the same movie. “All right April!” (Raph) / “All right Casey!” (Mikey) / “9.95!” (Donnie) / “Yeah, that’s the way to go!” (Leo). The turtles ship them so hard, you guys. 

Saddest Moment

Gosh… from the 2k3 series… the moment during his solo training where Leonardo just breaks down from the aftermath of the Exodus episodes. “I’m sorry. I’m… I - I did the best I could. I DID THE BEST I COULD! There wasn’t any more I could have done!!” and the Ancient One asks, “Then why do you blame yourself so?” And it… clicks for Leo. And at that same moment, it clicked for me too. And I started to work to get healthier coping methods for my own anxiety. Sometimes you have to realize how low you are to start building yourself up. I learned that as Leo did. It’s weird how the timing ended up working but… it did. 

In the classic comics when Raphael is turned into a normal turtle and just… everyone’s reactions to it. Especially when they go off to battle and hopefully find a way to return Raph to normal and he can’t go with them. 

In the IDW comics when the turtles realize that not only was Casey (who they’ve recently taken in out of an abusive home) nearly killed by a gunshot at the ambush at the docks, but that in the commotion of escaping, Leo was captured by their worst enemies. 

Favorite Location

Tough one. I love their second lair in the 2k3 series that has the cool cone shaped interior with cool tech makin it up that leads to the garage upstairs. They have purified water along with a working plumbing system, a sweet television set-up, enough room for everyone to live and hone their skills… it’s one of the sweeter set-ups for a layer they’ve ever had in any incarnation, which is why it was such a shame to see it destroyed. The following Reservoir Station Lair was okay but not as cool. 

That said, I still really love the underground, abandoned, and antique subway station from the second live-action movies. I adore the idea of Splinter taking the ticket station as his room and the turtles picking from the carriages. I imagine that that center carriage car is like a guest-room/sitting-room for their human peeps but the other cars are like walking into a different world based on which turtle’s room it is. The stain glass windows and antique tech lying around, the cool stairway…. the place, once free of cobwebs, is an awesome lair. 

This got REALLY long, whoops. Kind of to be expected though given how many versions of the TMNT there are. Thankies for sending it though.