#turtle doesnt know how to human

[turtlelikestodraw]

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Chic em

woaw

very chic em

I shall turn it into a chic em nugget >:3

[up-the-anti]

the 4 oddly specific potential rasey dynamics i am praying for mm2:

1. casey is starstruck by raph the hero:

to casey, raphael ninja turtle is (for now) a distant superhuman figure that can actually fight!!! with real life weapons!!! and jump across buildings!!!!! and flipped a car once!!!! so obviously he HAS to get to know him and get acquainted with these mysterious ridiculously intriguing 4 brothers especially the most violent and intimidating one because his life has been tooooo boring thus far

when they first meet casey will probably be “just another fan”, and in a very 2012 way raph will grow lowkey irritated by this weird ass hockey player that he cannot seem to escape because he insists on following the gang everywhere and oh shit is that an ambush/fight scene where casey proves his capability as a proficient fighter and/or rescues raph in a moment of need and damn maybe you are not so annoying after all i’ll let you stick around.

this characterizes casey as an almost april-like figure in the sense that he is already an “exclude” that sees himself in the turtles (the core reasoning behind why he resonates with and latches on to their group), so this would be a solid continuation of the “ragtag outcasts banding together” solidarity theme that was prevalent in the 1st movie

2. raph is starstruck by casey the star player:

raph views casey as a beacon of exemplary normalcy– top of his team and stellar athlete that knows how to have fun in this picturesque nyc high school setting, THIS is who he needs to spend time with in order to get as far away from ostracization as he can because hes already a literal turtle, oh what he wouldn’t give to feel like he belongs (not to brush his brothers aside he understands he has his place with them but yk its just different)

this casey then would likely lean towards the “golden boy that is definitely hiding something” trope because one cannot be the charismatic eastman hockey center with 1 billion friends that everyone loves without a few issues, tragic past™, or skeletons in his closet (and if chosen to read as romantic, then yeahhh that closet). he’d be more hesitant to be too close with raph, not necessarily because he doesn’t like him but because god forbid he drop his guard and slip up even once especially now that a world famous mutant hero is in his inner circle.

they meet, they bond, friendship montage idk but whoa whoa whoa plot twist in a dramatic emotional moment its revealed that casey is nottt the ideal symbol raph perceives him to be!! KABOOM they work through it and come to terms with their desire to fit in in their own respective ways be it the sphere of eastman high or human society as a whole because everyone is more alike than they think and yes we are all different and weird regardless of what we show to the world (freeze frame end credits roll)

this is a pretty different take on casey’s character from others but i see it working especially in this coming-of-age-identity-focused iteration

3. both are starstruck by each other

particularly cute and less complex combo of the first two!!

caseys like oh my god YOU’RE the crazy strong powerhouse mutant look at your sick ass red mask and shiny weapons i cant believe you’re going to my school wdym u wanna be MY friend and raph is like who doesnt wanna be your friend you are the best player of one of the most aggressive sports this school offers!!!! i taste the mundanity of ordinary life and it is sweet!!!!!!

because all their interactions will be exaggerated fan behavior HIGH potential to make mm2 contain the funniest rasey dynamic of all time where each fight scene is just spliced with them gushing over the other do you see the vision

makes for a very lighthearted sequel that does not go very in depth of their relationship?? not that those 2 attributes are inherently linked but u know what im saying

4. neither are starstruck. frankly, they are very unimpressed by the other, which kicks off an insane rivalry arc

idk how casey would be acquainted with the turtles, maybe mr social butterfly mikey hits it up with him and is like “i know this one guy who you would really be friends with” and when he is introduced to raph all hell breaks loose, they look at each other and r like “THIS is [eastman’s star hockey player that everyone talks about]/[the guy that saved new york]? you are not all that lmaoooo”

they both have the issues and insecurities i opted for in the previous dynamics i mentioned, and they can so easily see through the other how similar they are in character (headstrong, aggressive, community/family oriented, NOT stable) but you best believe you’ll never catch them admitting this (not till the Big Dramatic Emotional scene where shit gets resolved anyway)

their interactions eventually evolve into a genuine, relaxed bond where they just get each other more than anyone else, they don’t feel pressured by any expectations and begin to view the other as a place where they can just be raph and casey instead of mutant hero or eastman’s #1 which i think would be neat

also this is the peak smug casey/petty raph dynamic i long for especially in that early rivalry stage where they just make snarky digs at the other and argue while beating up a horde of bad guys and not realizing how well they fight together blah blah bla

[lostsyren]

i saw someone say that rafe respects kiara more than sofia because he kicked sofia out of his home, but forgave kiara for pushing him off the boat😭💀 mind you the only reason he bothered to talk with kiara nicely was because he wanted to see and make up with his little sister after sofia got mad at him for being entertained as his kook friends attacked the pogues and their turtles. that man talks about kiara as if she’s a piece of meat like “kiara looks pretty hot for a pogue”, made multiple classist comments towards her, strangled her, tossed her on the ground as if she’s just an object and tried to murder her. that man legit doesnt see her as a human being. the obx book even stated that he creeped on her during karah sleepovers and the way he constantly invades her personal space is icky like she’s literally just a sex fantasy to him. i feel like riara is just a self-insert ship for rafe fangirls to live out their enemies to lovers fantasies, which would be fine…if kiara damaged him as much as he did her, but the most she did to him was slap him in self-defense and push him off the boat. rafe legit tried to murder every single character in the show except for wheezie, sofia and barry. i’d say there are three people whom he respects enough to not harm them and none of them are kiara!

Overly critical takes that might dampen your shipping fun ahead! :)

THANK YOU!! You’ve said what I’ve been thinking. I HATE when someone brings up that point because it’s literally so nonsensical and ridiculous. Like it’s such a “gotcha!”, logical fallacy of an argument.

Idk if it’s a joke or if people genuinely believe that Rafe ending things with Sofia, and “forgiving” Kie is indicative of how he respects/cares/values Kie more. As if Rafe Cameron’s WORDS actually mean something. That whole scene in the surf shop didn’t convey to me he actually believed what he said. And tbh any scene with them post s2 feels like fan service to me (but I won’t say too much on that cuz the whole show is like some choppy mess they don’t know what they’re doing with [yes rafia is also included in this, I am self aware, but with them at least there’s a tangible arc. Riara just feels like a ship on fanon steroids, which there’s nothing wrong with— I just think it’s odd when people try and use canon to believably justify it?? Like it’s a glorified crack ship, let’s be for real.])

Like guys think about it. If someone you barely care for, betrays you, you wouldn’t be surprised. You wouldn’t hold it against them/feel any type of way about it because they were never that important or consequential to your life it the first place, right? There may be a very surface level, betrayal and indignation felt towards them. But that’s all it is…surface level.

On the other hand, if someone you love and trusted betrayed you, it’d cut deep, right? It would hurt. And you’d wanna hurt them back. It’s human nature. Forgiveness is hard. Especially for Rafe…he wouldn’t just do it on a whim unless that person didn’t really hurt him any more than a surface level scratch.

And we see that in his reactions to Sofia and Kie’s betrayals. I’m not saying him ousting Sofia shows how he 💕loves her so much💕…I’m just saying she clearly meant something to Rafe for him to react like that. Contrastingly, his nonchalance and snarky attitude toward Kie doesn’t really convey that same depth of feeling. Body language is important too. He may be saying he forgives her and they’re on the same side and whatever else he goes on about…but his demeanour reeked of arrogance and superiority and derision. People are always like oh my gosh the tension!…like yeah, any scene without context can convey tension. It’s not necessarily the good kind yall are basing the ship on😭. Apply the context onto the scene and then you can deduce he’s tryna make fun of her and Kie can clearly pick up on the subtext…

“that man talks about kiara as if she's a piece of meat like "kiara looks pretty hot for a pogue", made multiple classist comments towards her, strangled her, tossed her on the ground as if she's just an object and tried to murder her. that man legit doesnt see her as a human being. the obx book even stated that he creeped on her during karah sleepovers and the way he constantly invades her personal space is icky like she's literally just a sex fantasy to him.”

Clock it!! Look, idk if that’s what people like about the ship, if they find it “hot” or whatever. But this is literally their dynamic. I can’t take the “he cares about her, he’s secretly in love with her, he’s obsessed with her” takes seriously when his ACTIONS continuously disprove that. There’s probably some anomalies when he’s going through his imma be a better person phase, but that wasn’t because of Kie— it was because of his own self-righteous bullshit of needing control over his life and actions. I’d argue him being with Sofia was because of that too, but I def think there’s a difference…he cares about Sofia. I don’t think he’d willingly hurt her or put her in danger (might be wrong…we’ll see in s5 ig).

More on the sex fantasy bit…I genuinely think it’s just because she’s a girl, yk? He’s sick like that. Kie’s the only girl in the group so his antagonising of her has this weird sexual, subjugating undertone with the comments and perv-ing. ‘Rafe respects Kie’…. No he doesn’t?? He doesn’t respect anyone, I don’t think. Not truly. But with Kie specifically, he actively objectifies and reduces her to just her sex, oftentimes. (Also, I see a lot of things where Kie is the one dominating Rafe, but that also feels wildly out of character😭[as if her being a dom is a liberating and empowering thing that negates all the disparity and shit he’s done to her…don’t vibe with the femdom=empowerment take…it CAN be empowering, but in general it isn’t, it’s just a sexual preference]. I don’t think Rafe would go for that, or even enjoy it/want it from someone who he genuinely looks down upon/ridicules. I def think he needs to be coaxed into submission for him to want/enjoy it [syren’s first rafia smut fic?? {JOKE} ]— but enough Rafe sex talk…I have too many thoughts to go into detail rn [if ever])

And the way he treats Kie is all dependent on the situation they’re/he’s in. She doesn’t elicit a reaction out of him, it’s the circumstance Rafe is dealing with that informs how he’ll treat her (further conveying how inconsequential she is to him). Whether it be trying to find the gun which she’s in the way of, so obviously he’ll drown her (clock how his main concern was the gun not Kie…enemies to lovers where?? She’s just a “rat” to him), or trying to get out of Singh’s mansion alive, so he’ll obviously try and placate and manipulate her so she can help him escape (clock how his main objective was his safety not hers). She’s just a pawn to him. She isn’t the king who he’s tryna checkmate in a grand enemies to lovers esque game. She’s just a means to an end.

“i feel like riara is just a self-insert ship for rafe fangirls to live out their enemies to lovers fantasies, which would be fine...if kiara damaged him as much as he did her, but the most she did to him was slap him in self-defense and push him off the boat.”

Hmn…I’m not sure if it is a self-insert ship, at least from what I’ve read/interacted with. But I def see that, especially on TikTok lowkey😭idk I’m hesitant to say any Rafe ship is self-inserty, because this fandom is so reader centric, so why go through the ordeal of projecting onto a character when you have countless of fics catering to that process?? So rarry, riara, rafia (recently jafe??) feel like they’re their own entities. But heavily agree on the “enemies to lovers fantasy”!!! You make such a great point! I’ve talked before about how they don’t really feel like enemies, as there needs to be genuine enmity between them. Rafe doesn’t gaf, and Kie’s just tryna survive😭. There needs to be a back and forth pull where they both undermine the other ig. And you’re right, Kie’s only ever reacted to his actions. And as aforementioned, Kie just feels inconsequential to Rafe. Idk, it’s a pretty weak argument on my end, but it’s subjective at the end of the day, if they’re “enemies” or not. Personally Rafe vs John B/Pope feels like the only true enmity in the Rafe vs pogue dynamic, and they all have “tension” in their scenes too so…🤷🏽‍♀️

“rafe legit tried to murder every single character in the show except for wheezie, sofia and barry. I'd say there are three people whom he respects enough to not harm them and none of them are kiara!”

Wait😭you’re right!!! No because I’m tryna think about it and like why is this true?? Rafe is actually unhinged I swear. All of the pogues, Ward, Sarah, Rose (I’m counting that scene with the knife in s2). Okay maybe not Topper. Or Cleo I think. But that’s about it right?? Honestly that’s probably because they’re all side characters and are just used as crutches for the more main characters, but I def think you’re right. “Respects enough not to harm them” is so true…like that’s the most you’re gonna get out of Rafe😭

I have thoughts about rafe and Barry that deviate from what most the fandom has, I think, which slots into my points about how Rafe reacts to his betrayals and how they’re reflective of his relationship with that character. Because I think Barry is def an anomaly, for a lot of reasons. But I cba to go into it rn😭but I appreciate this sm anon!! Finally someone said it!!!

[cimmerian1275]

Okay, okay. So...birds need to keep their wings and stuff in tip top shape right? And now that Donnie has bird wings he'd have to do the same, obviously. And since he is still partly a turtle he still loves like water and all that jazz but I wanna know how he would take a bath with his giant, beautiful, breathtaking, humongous, and fluffy wings.

For sure he can't just shower or take a bath in the lair. Would he make a huge bird bath perhaps? 🤔😂 I can literally just see Donnie cleaning his wings in a giant, ornate, and over the top bird bath for some reason and I can't get it out of my head like—

HALP

PFFF. Ive been a little stuck on how he cares for bird wings, since they require some things that only birds have, and Donnie doesnt. They require natural oils to stay in good condition (which birds have a specific way of producing), but im thinking- he probably creates his own brand of oil to tend to his feathers— OR, like human skin, the human dna he has might mean his skin produces oils, and if so that solves the problem. Idk which idea to go with though.

How hed take a bath? Hed splash around allot xD have you SEEN birds take baths?!?! They splash the water with their wings to get it over their backs, and Donnie would probably attempt something similar.

Showers? WAY easier, he can absolutely take one no problem in the lair! His wings may look massive, but thats just all of the floofy feathers making them seem bigger than they really are, again he fits no probbles :D

He probably would want to unnecessarily upgrade the bathroom just to make things nicer for himself though xD

[qoldenskies]

It’s pretty common to interpret the turtles having chirped and hissed a lot more when they were children, but I’m imagining if vDonnie just not having the socialization to grow out of it. I’m picturing one of their first meetings involving Donnie doing a (performative, yes) evil laugh, but it’s overlaid with these little chirps, and he doesn’t really think about it until Leo points it out and makes fun of it "What are you? Three?" Donnie practices holding those in for his evil laugh after that

And later, once he’s accepted into the family, Leo will notice when Donnie catches himself chirping out of genuine joy and covering it up with fake coughing

OUGGHH yeah he probably spent a long time exclusively making those kind of noises before he started to pick up speech too.... i tend to imagine donnie in general as more vocal than his brothers (its a somewhat common hc in the fandom, ive noticed... the urge to make him a Creature lmfao) but i think v!don especially would do it a lot. its one of those things he'd recognize as different from humans, but wouldnt think to suppress around his brothers until its pointed out. and it will probably be in the form of leo making fun of it. as much as he fumes and insists that he cant control it shut UUUPPPP >:( in the moment, he'll definitely go home and try to figure out how to control himself after.

he wasnt aware it made him seem... young. he certainly doesnt see himself as young. he's fourteen, that's practically an adult, right? he doesn't want them to see him like a stupid kid, he's pretty much grown up. so he goes forward suppressing it and feeling embarrassed when he cant. it's worse when he does start to feel more happy and comfortable and he'll start making little noises he didn't even know he could make, like that thing that i drew with the purring. initially his response is "am i DYING" and then it's "that's so stupid and embarrassing, pretend it never happened" followed by him fleeing lmfao

[aprilohneil]

my plural!raph (rottmnt) headcanons

Alters who have shown up in the show:

Raph - he/him. host. You know him. Is aware that he has different "versions" of himself but doesnt know he's a system/what a system is. "Yeah I just get in weird moods or mindsets sometimes haha sorry about that". Wasn't always host, formed when he and his brothers started acting more like a "team" rather than " just brothers", when they started taking their lou jitsu roleplay more seriously and identifying with it. His self image is slightly more human adjacent, not a lot but sometimes when he looks at himself in the mirror its a little jarring.

"Mind raph" - he/him. Mutated turtle, looks like the body, more comfortable with his body. Doesnt quite realise he's seperate from raph. Mr helpful. Sooths and gives advice. He and raph are quite connected, he is the more "responsible and logical" one, while raph feels more like a kid and has more heightened emotions. Likes to cook.

"Feral" raph - it/its. doesnt have a name it associates with itself. animalistic turtle/non mutated turtle. Holds isolation trauma, both from general "im a mutant" isolation and a specific event from when they were very young, where they got seperated from their family for a few days. Lashes out at anything it is scared of or doesnt understand. Constantly feels cornered.

"Mean/harsh raph" - they/them. Very angry and distrustful - only trusts themself to do things right. Annoyed at everyone else's incompetence and how they don't seem to care enough, and is sick of having to carry everything themself. Feels as if this is the only way to protect both themselves and others. Holds a lot of anger and resentment towards splinter and his failures as a father and everyone else for openly loving him. After the show ends, doesn't like that Leo is now "leader"

Others:

Red - she/they. little kid, ~5-9. Old host, doesnt front a lot anymore, only during more quiet, low stress times, like meals or movie nights. She's half rat and half turtle, because she's very family oriented. Skittish around april and very wary of anyone who isnt immediate family. Clingy. Likes action figures and is very good with badic electronics, like figuring out how to plug things into the tv and stuff. Very happy she can now reach things that are high up.

Lee jitsu - they/she. 12-13ish. Human. Was originally a self insert character from Red daydreaming about if she was in the lou jitsu cinematic universe, and if lou jitsu became her master/mentor. High energy, loves action, The Biggest Lou Jitsu Fan. Isnt really aware of the rest of the system.

[theworldofkree]

Are there any other places in the world of kree? Or is it just that one landmass and the southern cities?

This map is the human's known world at the time Clara is alive. They know that they are in the northern hemisphere and there is land beneath the equator (where the dense forests are) in the southern hemisphere, but its pretty much completely unexplored by humans so far, so they dont know how it is shaped or what its like down there. Expiditions that go down there rarely make it back.

The oceans on either side of the continent also are so large and perilous that no expidition has returned with any land findings, but that doesnt mean there aren't any. They've never made it all the way around to the other coast either so...

There are humans who live on the far east coast whose culture/spoken history say they came to that area by living on and riding gigantic turtles, but, if that did happen, no one has seen a turtle of that size in living memory. Perhaps they're extinct or never existed...

So essentially, their world is definitely bigger than the humans have figured out, but I like to keep things like that vague since its fun to only know what the characters themselves know about their world. :)

It's funny though cuz almost none of this matters for the main romance story. It's all just fun extra stuff that will hold no real weight in the comic, lol.

[ghostlychaosfoil]

QUESTIONS FOR VENUS! (don't have to answer them all!)

does venus cook? If so whats her favorite meal?

will you ever recreate her room?

whats her favorite colors!

her go to music artist??

any particular hobbies she likes doing? / special interests

does she like horror movies?

would she prefer reading or gaming?

how would she describe herself in three words?

common phrase?

any special traditions she does or used to do with big mama?

is she allergic to anything?

weakness/flaws?

who does she like the least?

favorite place to hangout?

and lastly her favorite season!

haven omg thank yoy I live you thank you omg i live you thank you

she does not cook, the hotel staff would always cook for her. THOUGH! she does bake on occasion, if she can get the kitchen to herself. she sometimes will leave cookies or whatever she bakes on big mamas desk as a gift.

WILL I ever recreate her room.. maybe. im nkt a biig environment drawer if I was I would. If I were to, I would js take most components from her (theorized) room in the show and js make a train car version of it.

She fw old like 60s-80s music, fleetwood mac, beatles, purple rain are some of her favorites. mostly because her main source of listening to music is witha record player (by choice)

shes a big nascar or js car racing fan, which stemmed from her OBSESSION witht the cars movies when she was younger (she still lives them, comfort movies). Said car interest you could say is not encouraged by big mama, she wants venus to be more feminine. Though big mama still funds her desires (ex: race car bed, EXTENSIVE hot wheels collection, and nascar card collection) As for hobbies, she likes swimming and surfing and really anything water related. she goes down to the hidden city to do that.

she does like horror movies, like a moderate amount. she doesnt really get scared at all so she doesnt see the grand appeal

she prefers gaming!! but shes not really allowed to game so its pretty special when she gets to

she would describe herself as devoted, cool, and LIT ASFF!!

human slurs, no yokai knows what shes talking about

big mama always tucks venus into sleep no matter hold old. it does later become a device for BM to plant the mystic spell in her bed evey night. BM believes shes doing whats right for venus. other than taht. big mama will go to the pool with venus sometimes. venus usually hangs out in big mamas office with BM when venus isnt on a mission. and unlike other employees of big mama venus is allowed to js do whatveer she wants most of the time, unless theres someone around thats like not an employee, then she gotta lock in. Venus mostly doesnt goof off too much because she tries to emulate big mamas composure.

shes EXTREMELY lactose intolarant

weakness? big mama is her weakness if that counts. her weakness used to be her hesitance to be violent to settle disputes but that got conditioned out of her. Her flaws are that now shes too quick to violence, she doesnt take serious thibgs very seriously so shes also kinda tone deaf.

Hmmmm by who im assumeing you mean out of the turtles. She doesnt like raph very much, and shes lowk annoyed by leo sometimes but they are fine.

her favorite place to hang out is probably bug mamas office, her room or the pool

favorite season hmmm. I mean she doenst reallyyy expirience seasons because she either in the hotel or in the hidden city. she inly goes out in human world when shes on missions. so she doesn have a favorite but her least favortie season is summer because a bunch more people come in the hotel during that time.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING!!

IF ANYONE EOSE GAS WUESTIONS ABOUT MY OCS OR MY AU PLEASE ASK!!!

here have a venus for a wip (tosses you a treat)

[remthegremlin]

show us your ocs! yap about your ocs! i love seeing peoples ocs, and your art styles really cool so i just know the designs eat

MY LITTLE GUYSSSSSS!!!!!!! this is the only updated drawing i have of all of them its just a doodle but theyre here!!! i very quickly colored this so you could properly see them lol

yapping session under cut

from left to right we have ilan, rankis, talx, turtle, jakach (jah-ka-kuh), nicholas, quack, selene, vera, and aaron

ilan ilan ilan!!!! you cant see her pink eyelashes very well here so have this old doodle

rankis my beloved. hes so stupid <3 he’s the best actually, he hates cops and wears white pants into battle cause hes so extra

talx!!! he’s mute and uses sign language btw! he’s a TALL BOY, 6’5! hes the silliest <3 i only have this doodle bc i updated his design and everything else is outdated ₍₍ (̨̡ ‾᷄ᗣ‾᷅ )̧̢ ₎₎

unfortunately for turtle her art is too old for me to want to share. im sorry turtle. shes cool as fuck too, she fights with sound and carries a boombox purse. i need to draw her once hermit may is over.

jakach is a little impy guy <3 he’s very electric, like an eel. hes very proud of his outfit. hes a proper little gentleman with that suit vest. he very despeeately does not want people to be scared of him. hes best friends with selene and quack. i think about my ocs more than i draw them i also need to draw him more (i keep tweaking his design its my fault lol)

NICHOLAS STRATT. nich for short, spelled n-i-c-h at his insistence. hes a bastard. i love him. his morals are terribly compromised but its not completely his fault so he can be fixed. quack is determined to get him to fix himself. speaking of quack i will go on forever about their relationship (its platonic for clarity lol, nich is 20 years older than her) if asked to. they are THE rivals/friends of all time. he occupies so much of my brain space its embarrassing

QUACK MY BELOVED. she was the first, shes been bouncing in my head since i was twelve. quack is but a simple human trying to fight authoritarianism in a world of magic. shes doing better than most actually. she is very devoted to her craft of bullying nich until he changes his ways. its going. she is in every single one of my notebooks somewhere

like any good artist i have too many aus for my characters so theres mostly tma au doodles in here cause theyre the most recent lmao. archivist quack <3

SELENEEEEEEE SHES SO PRETTY IM SCARED TO DRAW HER. same with ilan actually. anyways selene is a special kinda mage she gets her spells from a book rather than naturally like rankis or talx. she manipulates gravity and casts spells with her voice <3 i love her

vera!! i also just redesigned her shes very fun. shes a fae, shes also a monster like jakach. unlike him tho she doesnt care that people find her scary. she enjoys watching the chaos of her friends/teammates while poor selene and aaron have to do damage control

and finally aaron. hes so tired. so sick of his employees shit. how is he supposed to fight in a war when the dumb fucks he employed keep blowing up cities? hes trying his best. and is also on the run for breaking necromancy law. its a whole thing. he’s got prosthetic legs that he likes to take off and joke that hes skipping leg day. quack will not stop bothering him but unfortunately hes too fond to do anything about it. hes totally not fond of his employees why would you say that

thats themmmm!!!! sorry this is so long lol but if you like them yay!!! if you ask me about them again i will implode with happiness and yap forever and ever. tumblr please dont break

[starscream-is-my-wife]

Answering some general asks because I didn't notice how much there are whoops

Ref

Anon you practically read my mind on this one lmao, damn you guys are clocking me recently, Ratchet cant outrun their shenanigans (bro has a strength stat and speed stat of 4 that's so funny) so Prime has to step in with a fly swatter

It would be funny if one day Starscream was like 'psshh Ratchet can't handle both of us' and Ratchet the party ambulance was like 'ight bet'

Thanks anon!! I'm glad that there's people enjoying the au, even if I am slow to update haha 😅

Thundercracker might not tell him because pssh Megatron doesnt need to know hes a busy guy, also he wants to keep the humans alive and doesnt want to risk it so they finish the fanfic, Skywarp would not hesitate to show it to him if he finds it entertaining enough though

Decepticons hearing them argue: please just fuck so we can get energon

Decepticons hearing them fuck: please we're fucking starving

My fav hc about pretty poison is that it's either his drag persona or his stripper name

I dont know much about TMNT but I have seen that clip where he's got pizza and the turtles are like "its shredder!" And I know Krang is that little brain guy right? I gotta look them up rq

OK damn Shredder is like, the only human there, megastar is probably like "smh look at these organics trying to be us"

Ahh the 80s and your homoerotic cartoon villians, I love your problematic ways

(Cursed transformer family tree asks I'll get to you guys in a bit)

[djpachipikachu]

What are some of your favorite character relationships/dynamics in TMNT, and why? Is there anything that you particularly like seeing explored with them in fan works (art, writing, comics, etc)?

ooh ! hmm thats a good question

a bit basic but raph and leo’s dynamics in any iteration are among my top ones … not typically the conflict of it but more of just their friendlier interactions like the two oldest brothers dynamic in official iterations is always fun and most of the time they really do know each other much better/more accurately than they do with donnie or mikey

taking rottmnt as an example just bc its the one i main and understand best, despite the age order swapping from typical tmnt , the dynamic of an older raph trying to coach leo on responsibility is like!!! raph Knows what it is to be a leader and he Knows that leo is capable of it and he Knows leo is avoiding it by being reckless and he knows this isnt how leo usually is ! and with leo . he’s good at reading people in general ! but he respects raph on a deep level despite being a little shithead because thats his big brother !!! and he soon learns and Truly understands the weight of what raph’s dealt with bc of the events of the movie

and then just like . idk . the eldest half of the turtles being the closest in that kinda deep understsnding of their roles and the struggles that come with them . makes me emotional

id love to see more works about raph and leo just being brothers in the same vein as mikey and donnie just being a chaotic duo,,, like leo knowing when raph needs a minute to calm down or raph understanding how leo wants a plan to go without having to elaborate , etc

and my favorite underrated dynamics are the ones with splinter and the humans👍bc oh man oh man !!!!

again rottmnt specifically but splinter’s dynamic with april is Such a gem to me like she is literally the favorite child and she isnt even his THATS HIS FAVORITE KID!!!! in 2012 also i like april and splinter’s mentoring kinda relationship!!!!! its fire!!!!!

and God . casey and splinter in rise . Christ dawg . oh my god!!!!! splinter sees himself in casey so so much . Splinter Broke Casey Out Of The Hold The Foot Had On Her !!!! they make me crazy emotional and rarely any fanwork explores it !!!! i want more of that!!!!!! he saved her !!!!!! and she doesnt know what to even do about that!!!!!!! casey is also his favorite child rise splinter has a thing about all his favorite kids being none of the turtles and i stand by that /j

rise splinter sees his own younger self’s fiery passion and intense Want to be something great in april, and he sees his younger self’s struggle with being a part of a locked destiny that he was never given a choice to decide if he wanted it or not in casey </3

more rise casey jones and splinter fanworks🙏🙏PLEASE!!!!🙏🙏🙏casey learning how to be a person on her own🙏🙏🙏splinter supporting her like a father bc her own guardian figures never saw her potential🙏🙏🙏

other honorable mentions:

leo and usagi . self explanatory . love them . platonic or romantic idc i love seeing any content about them i love the different dynamics for them in any iteration

casey and april 2003 mt beloveds they make me so uehehehe theyre Silly theyre so silly and i wish we couldve explored rottmnt casey and april’s dynamic more

idw jennika and her relationship with the hamato clan !!! shes so similar to rise casey in that sense but then also just how shes such an older sister to them already is like . augh . i love asshole older sisters . i love her doubting her place in the family . i love her imagining what itd be like if she was with them during their worst moments and how she wouldve taken the hits for them . Idw jennika you will always be famous

im a huge yapper sorry but yeah thats my answer me thinks

[turtlelikestodraw]

Silly Game Time: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you like camping? This could be either actually doing it or the idea of it.

zero

actually no negative

BUGS

and COLD

and no Wi-Fi 😔

[gold-rhine]

for ask games, which genshin characters are most or least likely to get pets, and which animals/ creatures/ monsters would they get (or be unable to get rid of)?

mmmm interesting. non-exhausting list, just first that came to my head:

i will die on the kaeya horsegirl hill. like he has a horse bc of knights job, but he treats it like a spoiled pet

diluc canonically loves animals, he has a bird, he had pet turtle he gently cut leaves for, he was cavalry captain, he loves taking care of pets. he really should just be farmwife tbh.

i love the idea of hu tao, zhongli and xiao found family getting a pet monster. like idk mb xiao was fighting it, but he feels bad about killing it bc its not evil, it was just spooked or smth, but he can't just let it roam and terrorize humans. and hu tao is like oh its cute lets adopt it, zhongli its now in your work schedule to take it to walkies

xingque gets tired of chongyun fainting bc he forgot his icecream and gets him a pet cryo slime

ayato has a voice line about how he likes dogs, but its very clear he's talking about pet play with thoma. in fact ayato should not get pets

thoma tho canonically loves pets, always cuddling a dog and making sweaters for kittens. he and yoimiya should open a pet shelter with ayato's money and have ayaka come in and help

itto already has a pet technically, with his lil bull, but he should also get like idk. a prime geovishap who just likes him and follows him around and gives kuki heart attacks

furina canonically likes cats, now that shes free and living by herself, i think she should get a cat, like shes petting her on the street and gets attached. its a random stray but furina treats her like royalty

if we're talking about pets again your will, i think its kaveh. like thats literally what happened in the event with desert foxes. kaveh is like a disney princess, but as a victim. like you know how kaeya is a disney princess in that he's always talking to random animals, birds braiding his hair, making deals with cats, etc, and its cute and quirky. kaveh is like that, but animals are bullying him. they are taking his food and money and he cant stop them

rizzley canonically would love to get a pet, but he doesnt bc he thinks living underwater without sunshine would be cruel to pets. so he should really adopt some kind of underwater monster and then like pretend its for protection or smth

[deadtiredghost]

oh sorry I meant your opinion on the character.

I love all the turtles but have differing opinions of them across itterations.

Raphael is such a great character with so much potential and I think that this potential isnt explored enough in any of the series really - though I think the same about all the characters really. I know there is only so much you can include in a kids series etc. which is why we have fanfiction!

Obviously everyone associates Raph with anger issues, but I really dont; I think the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Raph is protectiveness and sensitivity. Raphael definately has issues with regulating his emotions but not much more than any of the other turtles tbh. The main issue with his 'anger' is that he resorts to violence first while others like Leo or 2012 Donnie resort to shouting first. ya know? Siblings argue and are competitive, especially when you live in the sewers with no one but your father and brothers for company. They're teenagers who only really have each other, so of course they're gonna act kinda odd and sometimes innapropriate to us - humans who have grown up in normal society.

When it comes to the canon relationships, I can't see Raph with a human. full stop, I personally dont see him attracted romantically to humans. I enjoyed 12!RaphMona, I like the fact that Raph crushes on a woman who can beat him up, its cute and their relationship is cute puppylove which is refreshing, but I enjoyed it more as an idea than the actual episodes that were shown, sorry I cant get over the betrayal (he deserves to be happy tho). Would have loved more episodes about Mona adjusting to earth - or Raph trying to learn her language and adorably mispronouncing her actual name. On the other hand 03!Raph aromantic anyone? anyone? just me? okay.

favourite itteration of Raph: I love them all equally!(lie) I would love to say I love them all equally but my favourite always will be: 'Don vs. Raph' by Jhonen Vasquez from SDCC (check it out)

In a brief few words I'll include my thoughts across the cartoon series:

(in retrospect: this is not brief. I wrote much more than I intended rip.)

(tldr: I like the Raphs and want more content about them.)

1987 - uses sarcasm and insults as a defense mechanism because they have lived in a world that continuously rejects them despite saving it over and over. When they meet the other itterations in crossovers they are delegated to 'comedic relief' and no one takes them seriously. So of course they're annoyed about everything half the time. Despite this they are probably the only 'passive' Raphael and can take an insult but doesnt enjoy fighting physically - though this doesnt mean they are incapable of it, they're still a ninja. the 1987 slander is large and unjustified, it's great. There is also not a day goes by that I remember that Raph chose to spend their 'last moments' playing superhero for humans who will never accept them - i think this reflects all the Raph's really. they dont want to be monsters they want to be accepted by humans deep down, even if part of them resents humans for all that they have put them through

2003 - his accent and whole demenour is 'cause he enjoyed movies with characters similar to how he presents himself growing up - obvi. I think he would be that judgemental and protective wine aunt over Casey and April's kids. We know he has a soft spot for kids across all the itterations and he would be every kid's favourite babysitter. He is a wine drinker not a beer drinker and no one can convince me otherwise. Casey thought he was an adult for like at least a year because of the way he sounds and talks, and Casey only realised he was a teenager because Raph rejected a beer etc. Raph was a stickler for 'health' as a teenager - like paranoid about junk food, smoking and drinking fucking up his health and ability to fight etc. As an adult he might drink recreationally but I still see him and Leo as the paranoid ones about 'drinking too much' and getting caught unawares by their enemies. or something.

Honestly though on the first watchthrough of 2003 I was happy that they made Raph progressively get more mellow and all that, becuase 2012 Raph's 'anger issues' were handled so badly. But now as an adult I was like... he deserves to be more angry if anything. Like with everything they go through all the turtles realistically should get more and more emotional as they react to the trauma of everything going on in their lives. So I would like to see more fanfic of Raph in 2003 dealing with his emotions which are too strong to control after the series is over, and how he deals with controlling his emotions. He is impulsive and nearly gets himself or everyone else killed quite a few times - I think this is key. We know his greatest fear is himself becoming the person who hurts his family, so I think this self-loathing is a part of how he deals with his anger issues. His main driving force for everything he does is how he wants to protect his family. But is self-loathing a stable and sustainable way to deal with your emotional issues? You decide!

2007 - following on from that, I see 07!Raph as very similar, especially if 07 follows on from the 1990 movies. Raph is depressed and in denail and becoming a vigilante is just as much out of some obligation he feels to justify his existence (to prove he isn't a monster,) and a way to vent his frustrated emotions at everyone and everything. He is angry with Splinter for sending Leo away but Splinter is his father who (is a bit of a shit dad in the movie lets be honest) demands perfection and respect, he is angry with Leo for leaving and never taking their emotions into account (all four of them have been together their entire life, they have never spent a significant amount of time away from each other and something bad could happen to Leo without Raph knowing or being there to protect them), he is angry at Donnie for being gifted the 'leader role' when Raph barely just adjusted to listening to everything Leo said and hates being told what to do by anyone; his dad, his older brother let alone his younger brother/twin (however you want to see their relationship). He is resentful of his brothers for 'making' him be a vigilante alone and he is angry with himself the most for being unable to adjust to this change and for feeling like if Nightwatcher is taken away from him he might have a breakdown -(he will have no outlet for his emotions). Raph = Angry Angsty Emo Boi. But he is still Raph and he is still soft on the inside, he is just a little traumatised from everything and needs therapy. Unfortunately therapy doesn't work if you dont actively want to change.

2012 - the audhd is strong with this one. Unfortunately when I see 12!Raph I just see myself *sob*. This entire family is so traumatised and have no adults in their life that they can rely on. I said his 'anger issues' were handled the worst: I stedfast believe that his 'anger issues' were simply undiagnosed neurodivergence and that the majority of his emotional outbursts were ENTIRELY JUSTIFIED. His entire family call him the 'angry one' and tread on egg shells around him a lot of the time waiting for him to blow up or just expecting him to and having really irritating (to me) reactions to his emotions. for example, when Mikey ruins his stuff on purpose and Leo just tells Raph that 'posessions are fleeting' or whatever. Like sometimes Mikey is just teasing and riling Raph up to get a reaction, normal sibling behaviour, but sometimes they just go overboard - case en point, Leo's comics being used as toilet paper which he then proceeds to beat Mikey up for. All his brothers piss him off sometimes (on purpose I might add) but there is a big difference between a snide comment and ruining someone's possession methinks. I wouldn't do that to my bro and he wouldn't do that to me - but I understand that the turtles grew up with no one but each other and that Mikey tries to joke around for a laugh and/or attention sometimes. But Splinter singles out Raph in training and nothing that anyone says or does actually helps Raph in his attempts to control his emotions. Not out of maliciousness or anything, just that they dont understand him or incorrectly assume where the anger is coming from (in Splinter's case I think he sees himself and all his own flaws in Raph, clouding his judgement). But ya, Raph's emotional crutch was venting to Spike who was his only friend and his beloved pet... and we all know how that turned out. But also he probably doesn't do the same with Chompy because of how Slash turned out. I think he consciously realises that he only talked shit about his family to Spike and thats why Spike incorrectly assumed he hated his family and was better without them, so now, he consciously choses not to do that. I like to think that after everything the entire family get better coping mechanisms becuase April's dad is a therapist, please by god let him be useful for once. 12!Raph is incredibly protective and incredibly paranoid and rightly so with how their lives have gone, but it isnt a sustainable mindset and he will run himself dry with that if he continutes - much like his brothers.

2018 - this is such a fun take on what things might be like if Raph was the eldest! I like to think that biologically Leo and Donnie are older than Raph but Splinter just aged them based on how big they were and how their development went (Raph talked first or something). Raph is more responsible but still the headstrong idiot that we know and love. I think the protectiveness is inherent to all Raph's and all that, but that deffo stems from an accident in his childhood. I'm thinking he got angry or overstimulated and hurt one of his brothers because he is so much bigger and spikier, which leads Splinter to giving him a few books on anger issues or child psychology - this could also be a fun source of Mikey's interest in psychology. Donnie is canonically ASD and Mikey is canonically ADHD, I think Splinter got some parenting books on neurodivergent kids and helped Raph with his own emotional issues better than in the other itterations. Either that or Raph is repressing, repressing repressing - both ideas are fun to write! But then Raph's whole 'Savage' thing, which stems from getting lost in the tunnels as a kid - we have seen before that mutants can go feral when left alone over time like 12!Splinter. etc. ALSO! never forget that Draxum created them as super soldiers which might imply that they have some propensity for violence ingrained in their DNA and all that - possibly why he used animals instead of humans at first.

Raph also probably had no strict education along with the rest of his siblings, and they all definately grew up on more modern tv which I think separates them from their counterparts a bit - more chaotic than uniform. They get that from their father of course. 18 makes jokes that are self aware and this leads me to believe that Raph is very aware of his issues "tire, laceface - my emotional crutches" he has plushies and physical affection that he relies on to help his self-esteem issues (the clothing episode "i'm a disaster" as soon as he faces a tiny amount of criticism). It's all reading really nerodivergent to me - wouldn't supprise me is every single one of the 18!turtles had issues with rejection sensitive dysphoria.

Raph has eldest dughter syndrome of course but I firmly reject the idea that Splinter was neglectful as a father when they were kids and Raph was parentified, because it's canon that Splinter was involved in his kids lives and did a lot of things with them, including lemonade stands which would have to be playing protend as they were in the sewers, and the Lair Games. But Raph is shown to not really know how to deal with his bros (such as using a baby voice with Donnie and trying to baby Mikey etc). I do not think that my beloved Red raised these chaotic motherfuckers.That being said when they got into their teens they become more independent etc. sneaking around as to not worry their dad (same as 2003 where they go against their dad's orders to stay home multiple times) and there is clear evidence for emotional neglect, especially with the twins. (personal info here: I have an anxious attachment style, but both my parents were present and doting my entire life, they were just not exactly what I needed etc. and worked 24/7 throughout my childhood - I see Splinter to my dad, down to the depressed infront of the TV 24/7 as I got older.) Splinter clearly loves his sons, but with Leo being so similar to Splinter personality wise (similar to 12!Raph I think that Splinter has a hard time connecting because he sees everything he hates about himself but of course he loves it in his son and conflicting emotions etc.) and Donnie having a very independent and headstrong personality, I think Splinter misstepped and needs to fix it properly, but wasnt entire shit.

MM - mutant mayhem Raph looks fucking hillarious and I'm so excited to see him in the series. Easily knew I would love him from the trailer and after watching the movie he looks like he has a great relationship with his bros, even if he can be critical of Leo - which is just teenager behaviour. I loved that in MM the turtles acted like kids, because they are kids and thats how kids act. I also anticipate that Raph might be a bit insensitive while getting absorbed in his own things, which I was thinking would be a fun conflict to write of course. He just wants to beat people up and I love that.

Mikey: you have a violence problem

Raph: it's not a problem; its a solution!

[lucigoo]

Weekly Roundup: 2nd Decmeber - 8th Decmeber

Once again late, but hey ho, here it is anyway. I have absolutly no organisational skills lol.

But anyway, recs <3

Wild Wings - DomesticGoddess - The Hobbit @domesticgoddesswriter, (Bilbo/Thorin, another amazing fic by DG, and its a WING FIC< and one of my favs!)

Summary: Wounded and stranded in a strange forest, Thorin finds himself in the care of a lovebird, a reclusive and mysterious race. He’s not impressed. His host appears backward and primitive. But Bilbo seems content enough to play caretaker while Thorin heals, and that is a mercy. Isolated with the halfling, Thorin has little to do besides navigate the barriers between them and learn more about his host. The more he learns, the more he finds himself drawn to the selfless, hardworking hobbit.

But how can he be sure that this growing attraction between them is anything more than an intimacy brought on by isolation? Besides, Thorin’s a king. He’ll have to return to his kingdom, and Bilbo has never left the forest.

old cat, new tricks - Shy_Urban_Hobbit - The Witcher (Aiden/Lambert, a cute look at the differences in cat and wolf schools)

Summary: Aiden witnesses his first 'fight' between the Wolves and is beyond confused. It's never too late to learn how to play though, right?

Married at first sight - TracingPatterns - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, this was such a fin read, and for someone who doesnt watch relaity shows, reading about them is much more fun for me personally)

Summary: Usually, a romance story ends when the couple say I do, but in this case, that is where it starts. Can you marry a total stranger and still make it work? Can a group of experts really find your perfect match? And how do you stay true to yourself when your every move is caught on camera?

The Kitchen Thief - mordelle - The Hobbit (Bilbo/Thorin, different first meeting by the amazing @mordellestories, seriously, everyone check it out!)

Summary: There are pests. At first, Thorin thought one of his assistants was stealing from him. And that may have been why he was a bit harsher on them than what was deemed necessary. But one by one, the workers were replaced only for the goods to keep vanishing into thin air. It was driving him to madness. And when Thorin wasn’t at peace, everyone knew it. So, it had to be pests, right? Pixies, brownies, rats, something was pilfering his hard work and it was happening more often as time went by.

Not So Small a Thing - HerdingFlowers - Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All (Geralt/Jaskier, I adore deaging fics and little Jaskier is precious asf)

Summary: What is a witcher to do when he finds himself with a baby bard on his hands?

Take him to Kaer Morhen, of course.

An Infinte Ocean - orphan_account - Harry Potter (Sirius/Remus, muggle au, I hope whoever wrote this one day sees that this is my ultimute HP comfort fic. I adore everyhting about it and iM so grateful tey wrote it!)

Simmary: Remus Lupin knows two things--working and caring for his son, Teddy. When his babysitter sets up crowdfunding so Teddy can go swim with the sea turtles at the local animal rescue, Remus doesn't realise how completely their life is going to change. Especially when he meets Sirius Black, the weekend merman in the aquatic show, and someone who might convince him of love at first sight.

So, I hope you had a good week, and see you sometime tomorrow (or after lol)

So, I only wrote two fics last week, but thats alright, everyone slows downa t some point right?

Seven goats and a cow (Geralt/Jaskier, written from this amazing prompt from @odde11eth)

Summary: Jaskier is excited to spend winter at Kear Morhen and to ask Vesemir for Geralt's hand in marriage.

Vesemir does not aprove and sets Jaskier 3 all but impossible for mostly-human bards to complete.

Will Jaskier succeed?

And finally Our ghostly hearts reach for one another - Lucigoo89 - The Hobbit (Bilbo/Thorin, written for @flashfictionfridayofficial, Prompt #281 - Ripple effect)

Summry: Bilbo is old, and fells so alone. If only he could see Thorin again. Hold him one last time.

Maybe in his dreams.

Take care all <3

[shreddeddescent]

thinking about the turtles sexuality / gender question.

i keep saying raph is trans and thats true, but its more like it was a physical thing that happened to him where his whole world flipped around, and he still identifies with boy he doesnt see himself as a girl. but it could be way more fluid than that. he latches onto the 'trans' label cuz it makes sense, its probably something casey had to tell him existed. ive only ever called him trans masc. his brothers dont see him different, they always had a brother named raphael. they know human gender standards and they know as a whole they dont fit them.

maybe none of them feel like proper men but SHREDDER would have talked about them that way. twins are pretty young to discuss such things, but donnie specifically feels like nothing in particular. leo's only now fighting back against those norms his dad would have put on him. i think hes questioning. and mikey is baby. mikeys not thinking about it.

raph knows being around yokai that everyone suddenly can TELL hes female, and that makes everything worse. cuz they can spot that kind of thing better there. he didnt realize how much he liked human gender standards cuz if you dont look like a girl you're assumed guy. usually how that works, gender as performance of women and all that stuff. yokai are different, they know what non human sexes look like.

sexuality wise raph is fucked. he likes women for sure. but like he also uh doesnt wanna act on anything cuz everything feels bad. so like he turns his brain off a bit when it comes to sex most of the time. he twists the feeling of attraction with the feeling of being used, why his situationship w casey is so weird.

i wanna say leos probably had partners but i cant justify explaining how. raph has casey who the hell does leo have as even a friend? hrmmmmmm. but like if i could justify it i would say leos experimented with people. but. i have no idea who.

and the twins! are 13! so who knows! donnie probably thinks hes ace but also theyre babies! theyre still growing! i wouldnt wanna speculate abt it heavily yet.