#wrong man alive raph

[agressivepelmen]

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Что ж, я закончил перевод глав, которые на данный момент вышли, так что дальше всё зависит от автора и я тут не при чём :Р

[katanablue]

This has been rotting in my brain (and notes) so I bring to you

Barbarian! Bayverse Raph

Barbarian!Raph who’s the biggest and most brutal of his brothers, proudly wears his title like a gold crown and wears a fur pelt from whatever latest animal he killed like it’s a prize.

Barbarian!Raph who makes weapons from teeth, bone, horns, really anything. He’s good with his fists but does need a spear or two to fight.

Barbarian!Raph who loves the thrill of a hunt and always volunteers to get rid of any sort of issue going around.

Barbarian!Raph who has no problem being violent. It’s in his nature and it’s all he’s ever known. Until he meets you.

Barbarian!Raph who first meets you covered in blood after fighting his latest victims in a village he had ambushed. He had been scouting around to make sure the coast was clear when he stumbled upon you hiding in an abandoned hut and pathetically holding a stick as poor weapon.

Barbarian!Raph who huffed through his nose and shoved aside broken furniture to get closer, scrutinizing at how small and fragile you look huddled up in the corner.

Barbarian!Raph who’s ready to just leave you there but something tugs at his heart and suddenly he finds himself hoisting you up by the back of your shirt and dragging you out the hut with him.

Barbarian! Raph who drags you along back to his brothers who are no doubt confused when their violent brother brings back someone alive. Raph simply says nothing and leaves you while he goes off back into the woods to get food.

Barbarian!Raph who brings back a boar and cooks it to perfection for you, sitting next to you by the fire while you munch quietly.

Barbarian!Raph who isn’t a man of many words but you’ve learned to read his mannerisms and habits, deciphering what a grunt means when it’s a certain pitch or when he has a specific look in his eye.

Barbarian!Raph who protects you so fiercely and would kill anyone for even looking at you the wrong way.

Barbarian!Raph who’s only known violence, bloodshed, and war. Thinking that it was all there was to life, happy and relieved that you are the one to prove him wrong.

Barbarian!Raph who comes home one day showered in blood, reminiscent of the first time you met and looks so unbelievably on edge that you worry he’s going to pop at any second. He needs to let out this tension and God does he want to unleash it on you but doesn’t want to scare you off.

Barbarian!Raph who has gotten so used to your gentle touches from cleaning his wounds and stitching him up, caring for him in such a delicate way, is completely and utterly taken aback when you tell him that he doesn’t have to gentle with you. Not in this moment.

Barbarian!Raph who sees red and completely and wholly ravishes you, fucking you hard and fast. It’s animalistic, raw carnal desire that’s been brewing inside him over the time he’s had you. He leaves marks all over your body, claiming his stake on you, leaving his scent everywhere he can because even though he knows they wouldn’t, he selfishly wants his brothers to know that you’re his.

Barbarian!Raph who’s not the best at aftercare but tries his best anyway. He rubs ointment that Donnie made all over you to soothe your aching and sore muscles, leaving apologetic kisses and churring quietly. He makes a silent vow to be more gentle next time, promising that he won’t be such a brute when he takes you.

Barbarian!Raph who clutches you tight to his chest as you lay on the fur bed, rubbing his hand up and down your back as you start to slumber off. He hooks his muscled leg over yours, afraid that you’ll slip away and this whole moment will be nothing but a dream.

Barbarian!Raph who thinks you’re asleep and takes the opportunity to whisper ‘I love you’ for the first time, not knowing that you were awake to hear it and tell him the same thing back the very next morning.

[beanieable]

Adding something to my ice skating AU.

I said Casey didn’t know Raph and Donnie were brothers. Here’s how he found out.

On the bleachers(?) in the ice rink:

Casey: He’s really cute! Why is he so cute?!

Teammate: Who is?

Casey: Donnie!

Teammate: The figure skater? Didn’t you have a crush on his skate partner?

Casey: Yeah- but he’s so much hotter. His face, his body, especially his ass-

*loud crack*

*everyone turns to Raph*

Casey: You okay, dude?

Raph: Donnie, as in Donatello? *he sounds angry*

Casey: What’s it to you?

Raph: *holding his now broken hockey stick at Casey’s face* Talk about him like that again and my fist meets your face.

Casey: Dude what’s wrong with you?!

Raph: Don’t talk like that about my little brother.

*as if on cue, Donnie walks in*

Donnie: Raph! You coming? Mom‘s here to pick us up.

Raph: Coming, Dee. *shots Casey a dirty look before he leaves*

Casey: I’m so dead.

Teammates: Good luck, man.

Or something like that. I like to think not many people put two and two together and know the four brothers are actually brothers, let alone quadruplets. Also, Tang Shen is their mom and alive. Having a second child after Miwa/Karai kind id escalated.

[teenage-mutant-ninja-freak]

Random Mob! boys headcannons (some NSFW)

Mob! Leo

Audio book listener like big time

always had his headphones in while running, cooking, doing just about anything

volunteers a lot, mainly to keep up appearances but part of him actually enjoys it esp if it's to do with kids

Super into pleasure dom stuff, like tying his partner up with a vibrator to their clit and a gag on and just leaving them there for a while while he watches

took self defence classes as a teen

was closest to Splinter which was a double edged sword in many ways- he got to lead his brothers in their organisation but he also feels the pressure of the legacy his father left behind and wants to achieve something of his own

Looks out for Mikey the most, he knows a little of what he's been through and feels responsible for him since he couldn't protect him from it

This guy is all about pleasing his woman, very selfless in bed and eats pussy like a champ

drink of choice is a martini with as many olives as the bartender will give him

Mob! Raph

The most selfish lover you'll ever meet but, still, somehow good in bed

loves to cook bbq but doesn't do much else, when they have a family get together you best bet he's man-ing the grill

kind of obsessed with how he looks, like super insecure so he makes up for it with fancy suits and colognes

more muscles than brains but always gets the job done

secretly very caring, like would do anything for his partner but doesn't want them to know how tight a grip they have on him

super into dominance through force and power, like size kink, rough sex type, brat taming type dom

loves to sit there and watch his partner do their makeup, like it's his fave part of going out just watching them getting dolled up

pretends to be a lone wolf but would be lost without his brothers

drinks too much

Mob! Mikey

Oh the most traumatised of the lot

and yet, kind of the sweetest in a way

absolutely insane, don't get me wrong, but sweet

wild card of a man, like you never know what you're going to get

boobs man 100% and it shows

all trauma stems back to childhood when they were trapped in an underground freakshow

good with a knife, better with a chainsaw. cutting people up for days with those things

body disposal is his part of this operation

has a sensitive side but you need to be fucking him for it to come out

genuinely looks up to his brothers and loves them so much

the type of lovers where you're tired the next morning because he wouldn't let you sleep at all

crazy sort of energy where he can just go for hours on end

Mob! Donnie

Our fave sociopath

believes in the arts very much and donates a lot to keep art programmes alive in schools

all about bondage and degradation and just putting his partner in their place when they fuck

trained, certified and registered doctor and surgeon

king of torture

never shows his emotions and is always 3 steps ahead

feels everything incredibly deeply, however. almost everything is taken as a personal slight against him. very sensitive.

very resentful, has such a chip on his shoulder from the arguments him and Splinter used to get in. feels like he has something to prove.

takes on jobs outside of his brother's organisation because he likes to get his hands dirty (and piss off Leo)

[dying-marshmallo]

the comic has my mind fucking buzzing and i am in pain

i'm trying to picture what comes next, how leo and mike react to leo also getting bitten,

how the hell they'd even break the news to donnie and raph-----

would they even have time to break the news? how long does it take to turn???

either way, *how do donnie and raph react*?

i mean- not *well*, obviously, but i can't decide how i think it would go

please, enlighten us, we are suffering /lh

☆ I was trying to write an entire fanfiction like response to this but then I realized two things, I cannot write and I am too embarrassed to respond that way in the first place. To answer tho!

☆ Mikey was in an almost catatonic state, just kept staring into the distance and replaying the scenario in his head over and over again. He's so used to trying to keep positive about the situation, but he keeps wondering how it all went so wrong. Is it his fault? Were they doomed because he admittedly got scared? Doomed because he ran from a zombie that chased him at a speed zombies shouldn't be able to run at, Doomed the moment he was cornered?

☆ I mean, he's supposed to be a ninja. A mystical warrior that fought a literal cursed demonic- creature! Thing! But a ZOMBIE is what ends up killing him!? He feels horrible. He felt worse when Leo got bit protecting him. Not once but TWICE in the same attempt.

☆ Leo stayed calm, while Mikey trembled and sobbed and apologized, Leo kept up the jokes and light heartedness. "You know when I tell someone to take a bite out of me, I didn't mean it like this."

☆ It just makes Mikey cry harder.

☆ And Leo is just trying his best to keep Mikey calm and convince him it wasn't his fault (Cause it's Leo's, he should have been protecting Mikey better. God, Donnie and Raph are going to be so mad at him. He really thought he could handle this.)

☆ To be honest, they consider just staying in this dirty alleyway, waiting to turn and die and hope that Donnie and Raph never find them and at worse just assume they abandoned them (they know they'd never think this), eventually though, Mikey and Leo both feel somewhat selfish because they want nothing more than to die in the comfort of someone dear to them.

☆ So they stumble their way back home, Leo using his portals to try lessening the load on their seizing limbs. Their head is swimming. Leo hardly notices when they apparently get home. He hears the sound of Donnie and Raph and feels himself being grabbed at. He sees Mikey hiding his face in Raph's plastron.

☆ Sorry, is all he manages to think before Donnie is talking to him and man. He's seen Donnie cry before but never like this.

☆ And Leo does what he does best, he tries to joke and keep it light hearted, "Looks like you're going to be the older one now hmm~?" Donnie hits him, Leo keeps smiling, Donnie hits him again and again and Leo hugs him while Donnie curses at him for doing the OPPOSITE of what he said he's do.

☆ "I mean, I came back alive didn't I? Still talking, and breathing...thinking..."

☆ Donnie is devastated.

☆ While this is happening, Raph is holding onto Mikey like he's about to crumble away, and maybe in a way, he is. His brother is melting in his arms, gripping onto him and whimpering that he's terrified, that he doesn't WANT to die. And Raph instinctively promises, "Raph won't let you. Don't worry, Raph won't let you die, neither of you."

☆ Leo ends up turning first, tied up to a post with Donnie shakingly standing in front of him with Leo's swords in his hands. He promised Leo he'd kill him when he turned, but he. He can't- do it. Not when Leo's eyes are still so full of mock life.

☆ Soon enough, Mikey turns too, tied beside Leo. Donnie and Raph stare. They know they should kill them. They can do it in a way that's quick and merciful.

☆ ...they'll. Do it. Tomorrow.

☆ Not right now, they can't do it right now.

☆ Tomorrow.

☆ Definitely.

[raphaelesbian]

I don't THINK I posted this yet?? idk though lmao. But, Splinter/Shredder swap. Doubt I'll ever write anything fr for it, but:

Saki fled to NY after Yoshi beat him, Yoshi stayed in Japan and rebuilt the Hamato clan.

Yoshi raised Miwa. Takes everything WAY more seriously than he used to, because he blames himself for what happened with Saki. Super open about his past, as he is in canon, but though he feels a lot of guilt about what went down, Miwa believes pretty strongly that it was all Saki's fault and she hates him and is glad he's dead.

Miwa is really close with her dad, pretty similar to canon.

Saki seethes in New York for a while, hating Yoshi, but after being alone with his thoughts for so long, without any yes-men, he starts realizing that his lies don't hold up under scrutiny.

Intensely guilty over it, because the whole reason he ever was so delulu is because he couldn’t handle the guilt of being WRONG. So now he has, and he’s really self-loathing about it.

Eventually gets 4 turtles (later than Yoshi did in canon, meaning they're 4-5 years younger than Miwa), because Shen loved turtles. Mutation happens, he flees to the sewers.

Starts going by Cinder, bc he is what the fire left behind of Oroku Saki.

Still names them the same as canon, to kind of honor Yoshi bc Yoshi loved Renaissance art (and I don't want to come up with new names hflkashdlgkskdlg)

He raises them to be REALLY non-competitive, bc he really really doesn't want them turning against each other. Gets along the worst with Raph as a result.

Very secretive about his past, mostly out of shame.

Just like canon, Yoshi learns that Saki is alive because of a news broadcast about ninjas in New York. He immediately goes to NY to find him, and Miwa chooses to come with.

Saki is SURE that Yoshi wants him dead, because he would if the roles were reversed fhkldaskgl. He'd probably let him, except he has his sons to take care of. Yoshi just really wants his brother back after all this time. Miwa DOES want Saki dead. Turtles have no clue what's going on, really, except that they can't tell this sad old man or this angry chick where they live.

[bbcreative-0]

Who Swears the Most

Now when you watch 2012 TMNT you’d think Raph would be the one swearing the most. Fair assumption. He would be the one to just says what he is thinking without really thinking about it.

But you are wrong. The turtle that swears the most is Leo. Donnie is VERY close right behind him.

Donnie I feel is a little self explanatory. That man is constantly the one sibling trying to keep everyone alive while shit keeps blowing up in his face. So yeah that’s oblivious.

Leo however was a sudden thing for his brothers. Now I know what you are thinking “Oh Leo is such a good kid!! He would never!!” WRONG!!

It’s BECAUSE he is such a good kid he swears the most. If you met anyone that use to be the “good kid” in school or at home, you’d know the minute they are even the SLIGHTEST inconvenienced they will be swearing like a sailor. I should know, I was considered the “good kid” at school.

Now maybe in the BEGINNING of the series Leo didn’t swear but after you see all THE BULLSHIT Leo goes through after like season 2, that man can’t help but swear.

He use to do it all internally but one day after being pushing by his fucking limit by literally everybody. One small thing finally pushed Leo over the edgy and that boy started swearing like no other. He was somehow inventing new swear words both in English and Japanese. Ever since that day he has never stop.

He’s unapologetic about it too as he gets older. So here is the order I think who swears the most.

1. Leo swears at the most of time seeing all the bullshit around them.

2. Donnie swears because he is tired of everyone and is ready to smack the next person pushing his buttons.

3. Raph, he use to swear the most but as he got older he matured a lot. Only swears now because it’s basically apart of vocabulary.

4. Mikey, it’s not because he doesn’t know how to. Oh he knows how to but you don’t want him to. Mikey will only swear when you have EXTREMELY pissed him off. Whatever reason for him swearing just know he is 100% justified and whatever happens isn’t his fault.

[reallyhatethiswebsite]

wip wednesday

thought i would do this since it's gonna be really hot again over the next few days and heat always makes me super sick (i wouldn't last 5 minutes in avernus lol)

for context it's part of a fic i thought to write since i felt like i didn't fully explore the Raphael-hunts-Tav request i got from a lovely person (and i also wanted to write something dark again since i am not good at it)

welcome to me writing mean and angry raph lol (tbh can't be sure if i will finish this)

thank you laura for labbing raph's dialogue with me ❤️

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“Why would a power-hungry magelet with a chip on his shoulder abandon decades of ambition for some little bint he found on the roadside, when he could have hundreds – thousands of warm and willing holes to wet his cock with if he becomes a so-called god? Do you think you’re worth that sacrifice? Does Gale think you are? I’m sure he says lots of sweet things when he’s inside you, just as I’m sure he said the same things to Mystra, and we all know how that worked out…”

“Stop,” Tav begged. Sobbed.

“No,” the devil sneered. Utterly merciless. “It’s high time you faced the reality of your actions. You have doomed a future for the githyanki free from tyranny, you have doomed your friends’ chance to escape the emperor’s machinations, and you have doomed yourself, sweet pet, to reap what you sow – all for the sake of a man who rolled over you because you were the first woman in years to say yes. You wanted to enter my house without permission? Then you’ll stay for eternity.”

“You can’t keep me here!”

“I think you’ll find I can, girl,” Raphael rasped, malicious, quiet. His gaze flayed her alive, peeled away layers of skin and muscle to stare at her very soul. “For in this house, in this pocket of Hell, I am the master, and that means I can do whatever I want.”

A sick, bitter pill to swallow: he was right.

“Fine!” Tav laughed maniacally, the futility of the situation driving her to anger. “Fine, you evil bastard! I suppose you’ll have a pet squid soon, then. Have you always wanted one of those? Was it a boyhood dream, if you were a boy once? I hear ink stains are a bitch to get out of silk rugs.” As soon as she said it, Tav wished she had kept her mouth shut. She’d done everything wrong since entering that portal. Everything. Raphael’s shrewd yellow eyes narrowed as he considered something. Tav watched him raise his fingers, ready to snap, with dawning horror; if he did this, she wouldn’t just be stuck with him forever. She would owe him forever. A fate so much worse. “No! Wait! You don’t – I’m sure I won’t transform! It’s different in Hell, right?!”

“I’d rather not take the chance,” Raphael murmured, enjoying this moment of despair. “I’m not too fond of tentacles, you see. And besides…I promised I could be your saviour, didn’t I? Even though you hardly deserve it, but I’m nothing if not magnanimous, after all.”

CLICK. Such a small sound heralding a monumental, irreversible change.

Agony. The likes of which Tav couldn’t comprehend. Her skull splitting apart, bursting from the inside, her brains chewed up and spat out, eyes and teeth and tongue destroyed, sinuses burning…it only lasted for a few brief seconds, maybe, but the next thing she knew she was on her hands and knees. Frothy blood and bile oozed from her nose and mouth. Her body shook violently. Her head felt like it was full of water. She wasn’t sure, but she might have pissed herself a little bit. She stared up at the devil through bleary wet eyes and saw him watching her. Savouring her suffering. Floating in his palm was her tadpole, sluggish and covered in gore. Covered in her brains.

“Hmmm…I suppose I could have used less force for the extraction,” Raphael mused, unapologetic. He squinted at the ugly cosmic horror larva with disdain. “I was lead to believe these things were near-impossible to remove. Clearly not. Such weak magic. That worthless boy still has a lot to learn.” He curled his fingers inward and the tadpole caught fire, writhing and screaming as it died. Rendered to ash. Then he smiled at Tav, placid, almost business-like, as if he hadn’t just up-ended her entire existence. Her suffering had greatly improved his mood. “There we are. Now you won’t have to worry about those lovely guts of yours dissolving any time soon. Not before I get to sample them, at least.”

“I’d rather be a mind flayer,” Tav slurred quietly. Tears streamed down her cheeks. She felt hollow. Without that tadpole – as awful as it had been – she couldn’t reach her friends or even the emperor to beg for help. She knew they were pragmatic. They’d realise something went wrong and cut their losses. They wouldn’t risk storming this infernal psycho’s little castle to rescue her, not when the elder brain was so unstable and they were so close to vanquishing the Absolute cult, but at least pretending it was an option would’ve given her something to hold onto. 

“And ruin that delightful complexion of yours? Perish the thought.” The devil reached to wrap one big paw around her forearm and tugged her upright. Tav was too weak to pull away. She barely stayed on her feet. The room and everything in it swayed. Until it was forced to stop by his hot clawed hand holding her jaw firm. Raphael’s image swam into focus. He gently turned her head this way and that. He was examining her; examining his new property. “Can’t fault the magelet’s taste. You are a pretty little thing. And now you’re my pretty little thing.”

He pushed his thumb into her mouth. She could taste the sulphur and hellish magic even over the copper sticking to her gums and teeth. She bit him, tried to, but Raphael wasn’t phased. He dug his thumb claw into her tongue instead, pressing until he pierced the muscle, until Tav cried out. Fresh blood welled from the small puncture wound.

“Behave,” the devil simply said, like he was talking to a naughty puppy. 

“Never,” Tav spat. Raphael seemed to like that answer, if the sparkle in his eyes and his rich chuckle were any indication. 

“Oh, you’ll learn, my little mouse. One way or the other.” He dragged his thumb out of her mouth, smearing blood and spit across her lips. His pupils expanded as he looked upon her. He found this arousing, Tav realised, more repulsed than she’d ever been in her life. 

“You make me sick,” she hissed. 

“You have no idea just how sick I could truly make you,” he purred around a sinister smile, “but we have all the time in the world for that, don’t we, pet? Thanks to you, I’ve got a lot more work to do now. Plans to tweak, contingencies to set up, that sort of thing. I don’t expect you to understand, but unfortunately it means I won’t be able to break you in quite yet. But fret not, you shan’t be alone. Haarlep can keep an eye on you until I return.”

[tapakah0]

I'll be honest, the existential dread of Future!Donnie's injuries/disabilities is freaking terrifying, it's a level of anxiety I had never expected to feel for an AU character. The way you describe it, he is unable to rely on his own senses (sight and hearing especially) because his mind tricks his eyes and ears to seeing something wrong? He can see something, legitimately, in front of him and it will just not be there?? He can see Raph, see his original robot arms and then only feel the stick-man arms. To be so completely unable to trust his own environment and sense of place... Jiminy cricket, I hope he or someone is able to help him recover??

Yes... exactly like this... He can't even understand if he's dreaming or it's the reality what's happening right now... (I'm sorry, I couldn't find other logical way to keep him alive and bring back and don't repeat)

Other things will be considered as spoilers?.. But it will be good...

[fabuloustrash05]

so I know you already have a headcanon that Mona’s parents died, but if they were alive what would they think of Raph and how do you think the first meeting with him would go?

I believe I have talked about the concept before but the post of mine has disappeared into the dark void of Tumblr. Don’t you just love it that Tumblr makes old posts of yours disappear and make it impossible to find them?? lol

Anyway, yes I do HC that Mona’s parent are dead, how they died in battle against the Triceratons when Mona was very young and Sal Commander took her in and raised her as his own because he was friends with her parents (and also guilt because he assigned them that mission).

BUT on a hypothetical of that HC…

If Mona’s parents were alive and met Raph it would be a rollercoaster. I think in the beginning her parents would be very against the idea of their daughter dating an “outworlder” from a lower level planet like Earth. We have to remember in the 2012 universe the other aliens see Earth as less than them. In one episode one alien refers to Earth as a “primitive mud ball”. So yeah, Mona’s parents already don’t like him cause of that. I’d imagine Sal would give Raph tips on what to say/do when meeting Mona’s parents, and even trying to talk Raph up around them but they’re not convinced this terrapin from a low level planet could possibly be worthy of their daughter.

When meeting Raph, Mona’s mom attempted to to be nice and give him a chance. She’s friendly and hospitable with but to an unsettling degree. Like occasionally she’ll say something rude or downplay Raph as if he’s just a phase her daughter is going through, then when Mona speaks up her mom would say she’s only joking.

Mona’s dad would be more direct with his feelings. Barely giving Raph a chance to chat and get to know him or make a good impression, only giving him glares and brushing him off. This would especially put Raph off when seeing how sweet and bubbly the man is around his wife and daughter, but to him Mona’s dad is cold and aggressive. He’d straight up tell Raph to his face that he is not and will never be good enough for his daughter.

Their attitude would infuriate Mona and she’d yell at her parents for their mistreatment towards Raph, saying she loves him and is dating him and there is nothing they can do about it, but as she and Raph are about to walk out something happens…

Raph would gain their favor and respect the only way you can with a Salamandrian, through combat. I’d imagine during the middle of this awkward aggressive Salamandria would suddenly be under attack by maybe Lord Dregg. The dude has a habit of invading that planet anyway. Raph would get involved in the battle, even saving Mona’s parents from danger and fighting by their side in combat. During the battle they would see how well Raph and Mona work as a team in battle, how much Raph loves and respects their daughter as a person and as a warrior. It would remind Mona’s parents of their own love, when they were young fighting side by side. Together Raph and Mona are able to defeat Dregg and have him leave the planet. Mona’s parents would thank then apologize to Raph for their certify towards him and realize that they were wrong about him. They give their blessing and tell Mona that they approve of her boyfriend, realizing he’s better than any Salamandrian man they’ve ever seen and how he’s perfect for their daughter. Raph would have a good relationship with Mona’s parents after that.

[hatterladz]

Ok now I am wondering I saw that post about Raph. I don’t know if I fee comfortable saying Raph is the one always putting his family in danger he does try to protect them. But never mind that. Overall what is your opinion on Raph how do you feel about him from besides rise that is.

First I wanna say that Raph and Mikey are tied as my favorites overall. So I do love his character, always have since I was 8. And that I absolutely love this ask I hope you're ready for a very. Very long post.

Next I wanna mention I feel like I might've came off a little wrong? I didn't mean he always puts them in danger, and I did mention he's extremely protective of his family, however he does put them more at risk, at least, especially in Splinter and Leo's point of view.

It goes back to the "caught between wanting to do the right thing, having a sense of duty due to his strong empathy and justice", which I'd say his desire to help people is actually more then Leo's. But I'll touch on the Leo v Raph thing later.

And also caught between wanting his family safe and alive. He gets angry when his family screws off, but he freaks out the moment they're hurt. As I mentioned before he deeply cares about the people around him, he's the kinda guy who you get close to and every single time you're invited to family dinner. [Seen usually with Casey Jones]

They're two very warring desires, you can't be on the battlefield and keep your family safe too. Not that I'm sure Raph fully ever realizes this. Raph is centered around protecting people. He's always been a protector. They're two very conflicting desires. And this is brought up repeatedly in the franchise.

You see snippets in 2012, recently it was mentioned in TOTTMNT, in the Rise movie the infamous "Hero moves are totally your style" scene is also a perfect depiction of this, and one other spot you see this is again the TMNT 2007 prologue comics of how Raph became the Nightwatcher.

Since I'm pretty sure most people don't know what I mean by the 2007 Prologue comic, all of them are walking through the sewers after a patrol. They hear a man being mugged on the surface and Raph insists on helping him, but Leo tells him to leave it that it's none of their business and risking revealing themselves is too dangerous. Raph sneaks out and saves the old man anyway.

That's what I mean about how he did it anyway, at the risk of his family. Because he has a desire to help and protect the people around him.

Which leads me to the Leo and Raph conflicts. Personally I love all of them, I think they're also needed. Leo and Raph balance each other out. Leo is by far the most different by iteration but also the most consistent; he's just like Splinter. Obviously there's differences but this is about Raph not Leo.

Leo often gets caught in his plans, or his responsibilities and obligations. At the end of the day Leo easily gets swept up in his own desires or following whatever kind of rules. This is where it's important Raph's character comes in.

Leo is spiralling? Raph grounds him. Leo is being too strict and bossy and even putting his own family's wellbeing in danger because Leo is too caught up in being a leader before being a brother? Raph is quick to try to shut it down. Leo trusts some sketchy person? Raph starts being Leo's biggest pain in the ass by refusing to work with him but staying around for his brother's safety. Leo tries to sacrifice himself [again]? Raph is quick to try to get him out of the situation if he can.

Raph in a way, is like a coleader, but more then that he reminds Leo that Leo is their brother first, leader second. Because although he cares about helping people more then Leo ever could hope to, Raph is also terrified of losing his family, which is all he has.

In 2012 when Leo starts struggling with his mental wellbeing and replicating Splinter's... Less then ideal habits of being a "sensei", it's actually Mikey who flags this up and is the most worried. And Raph is immediately the one who steps up to soothe him.

Which brings me to my next point, second to Mikey he's the most emotionally intelligent and empathetic. This is due to how emotional he is himself. And whereas for Mikey he shares Leo's habit of wanting to believe in the best of people, Raph is extremely perceptive and is the first to sniff out bullshit and if someone is dangerous to be around.

It's seen in some moments in TMNT 2012, and also in 2003. He's slow to trust, but quick to defend.

But back on the self-loathing Raph has, it will not never fuck me up over the implied fact that Raph, is suicidal. At the very least in 2012 but I believe we can see this in other iterations as well. In 2012 Raph says "I don't care if I get hurt for my actions, it's different when it's my family" [<-or something similar to those lines]. And honestly you can see this with every iteration with how reckless he is in battle, and his reaction to being injured himself vs his family being injured.

Anytime his family is in danger, he snaps and immediately goes in with the very changed intent to kill. He usually doesn't succeed, but it is a point emphasized in Last Ronin before he dies. When he's injured you don't really see him mention any response to it. Maybe a spiteful "I don't want to die in THIS place" but there's never any attention done on if he cares about being injured [maybe mentions in TOTTMNT where he's scared rightfully of being sold and tortured]

Because Raph doesn't see himself in good light. I'm going to emphasize in the newest soft reboot of IDW of some of his dialogue about himself while undercover in prison [btw HIGHLY recommend picking it up it is so insanely good it's the best version of "what will the turtles do if older and separated and can do anything"].

The way he talks about himself he compares himself with being just as awful as the prisoners he's with. He has no desire to leave [outside of being undercover] because he feels he deserves to be there. He explains it's because of how violent he's been, and even mentions how upset he is about not being around his family anymore, but in a way that it sounds like he's betrayed by that [granted so far all of them seem to feel that way but I'll mention his issues with being left in a second]

When he talks about himself he compares himself to the violent criminals around him, states that violence is all he knows, and it doesn't seem like he likes that either. It's not the first time we see Raph hating his violence and anger issues, playing up being a villain or being distraught over how he hurts the people he loves around him.

There's a moment in 2003, a few in 2012, and obviously ROTTMNT, and now this newer iteration. But you also see it in 2007 when Leo gets taken after their fight.

Despite how much he cares about everyone, how much he's willing to throw away to do the right thing, how much he's willing to throw himself in danger before anyone else, he sees himself as nothing but a violent monster.

Speaking of 2007 I'm going to touch on the last part of this post; Raph hates being separated from his family. In 2007 the worst Raph Leo conflict and actual fight I've seen in TMNT thus far, goes to when Raph is upset that Leo left for 3 years, when he was supposed by back after 1.

Whereas most of their conflicts is Raph being the one telling Leo he's being stupid [or vise versa], this is the one where it's about Raph holding a grudge and struggling to manage his feelings about Leo's absence. So in a flip of roles when Leo tells Raph that Raph's sense of obligation and justice has caused more turmoil for his family by him not being there for them, and that going out as the Nightwatcher alone puts them at risk, Raph doesn't respond well.

He says "You can't leave and come back in here to play leader again" [again not direct quote but it is something similar along those lines], but it translates to "You can't leave me and come back acting like my older brother again"

Obviously we also know in ROTTMNT that Raph struggles with separation anxiety. Raph hates being separated from the people he loves, because although he'll ALWAYS try to do the right thing, he can't stand to be without his family.

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Suffering In Silence

Title: Suffering in Silence Day: Febuwhump 2024, Day 7 Prompt: Suffering in Silence  Fandom:  TMNT 2003 Word Count: 1051  Author: aquietwritingcorner/realitybreakgirl Rating:  T Characters: Donatello Warning: Summary: The Ninja Tribunal’s vision was shocking to everyone—but perhaps more so to one turtle than the others. After all, for someone who has seen the death of his family once, seeing it again is more than a little traumatizing.    Notes:     ff.net || AO3

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Suffering in Silence

Don followed his brothers and father back to the quarters that the Ninja Tribunal had prepared for them in a daze. They were all uneasy and quiet after the vision that the Ninja Tribunal had put in their heads. A vision of death and destruction that they could do nothing about, no matter how hard they fought within it.

Don shivered, but he barely paid it any mind. He hadn’t paid attention to a lot as they walked back, most of it slipping right past him. He hadn’t noticed when the other acolytes broke off to go to their quarters. He hadn’t noticed when the Ancient One decided to come along with them. He hadn’t noticed when the decision had been made to return to their room. He hadn’t even noticed the conversation that happened after the vision had ended. He’d barely paid attention to anything. Even now, as they entered their room and settled down on their pallets, Don barely paid attention to what was going on, still in a daze.

All he could see was his family, dead.

And it wasn’t the first time he had seen that.

This was just like before, even if it was different.

Don shuddered again and pulled his blanket around him, pulling it up over his head. He stared at the floor, wide-eyed, the world around him fading out as the vision still pulsed in his mind’s eye.

Splinter, crushed beneath debris from the ceiling, and a grave marker in a park.

Mikey, crushed and buried beneath the falling columns, and lying in a pool of his own blood after being sliced to ribbons.

Raph, slammed into a crater in the ground, not moving, and collapsed beside Leo, blood leaking from the sword wound.

Leo, burned, smoking, lying on the ground, dying, and laying on his back, the blood from his shell spreading beneath him.

And himself, lying smashed and crushed beneath the monster’s tail, and standing, looking at the bodies of his family.

Dead. All over again. All of them dead. And he remembers. He remembers. He can see it, he knows what happened and he could have saved them, if he’d gotten the information about chi out to Leo faster, if he’d not insisted that they take the Shedder out—

“Hey! Hey, Purple One! Are you listening to me?”

Don blinked, focusing on the face in front of him, realizing that the little fat man—the Ancient One—was standing uncomfortably close to him, right up in his face.

“Hey, kumquat! I think this one is broken. You need to fix him.”

Don heard Raph choke on a drink, and Mikey’s “I’m sorry, what?” but it was as if they were distant. He heard Leo sigh, but the footsteps of his oldest brother coming closer.

“Don? What’s up? Are you—Oh, Don.”

Leo knelt in front of him, and then reached out, putting his hands on Don’s shoulders. Don slowly raised his head, staring at Leo. He could hear his other family approaching, but all he could do at the moment was stare at Leo.

“I’m sorry, Donnie,” Leo said, his eyes full of compassion. “I didn’t think about that.”

“Think about what?” Mikey said, also kneeling down next to Don and taking his hand. “What’s wrong with Donnie?”

“The Tribunal’s vision,” Leo said, his voice firm. “It showed all of us dying.”

“Aw, shell,” Raph said, also coming to rest beside Don. “No wonder he’s shaking like a leaf.”

“Well, I wonder!” the Ancient One said. “Why is he shaking? Why is he silent and not responding?”

No one said anything, but Splinter came up beside Don, and laid a paw on his head. Don leaned into it, into the reminder that his father was here and alive and whole. He shuddered, still not able to rid his mind of the other images, and let his gaze fall again.

“Two years ago,” Splinter said. “An enemy flung Donatello into a future where the Utrom Shredder had taken over, where I had died, and where his brothers had been injured and were no longer together. He made a plan to take down the Shredder, and they agreed to it. However, the plan cost those three brothers their lives, and he saw them killed and their bodies afterward. This vison has reminded him of that.”

The Ancient One made a startled noise. “And you did not send this kumquat to me?”

Splinter began rubbing Don’s head. “I was not aware. He hid it from us for several months. Or, rather, from what the Utroms told us, he was not able to tell us.” Don could feel Splinter cupping the back of his head, trying to bring comfort. “They called it a trauma response. He was not able to speak of it. His body went silent.”

“Could you help him with that?” Leo asked, even as he kept a steady pressure on Don’s shoulder. Don appreciated it. It helped to keep him grounded, as did Raph pressing close to him from behind, and Mikey massaging his hand with both of his.

Don could hear the Ancient One hum. “Perhaps. I will see. For the moment, I can see that he is in good hands.” There was little bit of shuffling, and then the Ancient One appeared in Don’s sight again. “You. I see you. I see what you would do. Let your family attend to you. Do not suffer in silence. That is foolish! Even if you can’t speak, they are there. Let them help you tonight, and tomorrow we will talk.”

Don’s eyes finally tracked over to land on the old man’s, and he felt a bit of the fog that was around his brain lift, just a bit. He nodded, just slightly. The Ancient One, seemingly satisfied with that, moved away, letting his family take up the space again.

Don shuddered and struggled with the memories and differentiating between reality and memory for the rest of the night. He never said a word, but his family understood nonetheless, gathering around him, his brothers sleeping piled with him. If he had to suffer in silence, then they weren’t going to leave him alone to do it.

And that meant more to Don than he could express, even when he could talk again.

[lykaios2]

Let You Down

my first rise fanfic to be released to the public!! hope you guys like it

cw: minor kidnapping, angst, hurt/comfort

word count: ~2660

Donnie sat in his lab, working away at yet another machine. Raph, however, had other plans.

"Donnie."

"Hm?" Donnie looked over his shoulder.

“Let’s go, bud. We’ve got training to do.”

What? Oh, right. Be there in a minute.”

“Sure Donnie, whatever you say.” One minute passed as Raph waited patiently for Donnie to come out of his lab. Then five minutes. Then fifteen minutes.

“Whenever you’re ready.”

“Yeah yeah, one more minute.” Raph waited one more minute. He sighed.

“You know what? Just… join us when you’re ready. I’m not going to sit here waiting for you any longer. Next time, I’m not going to wait at all.” Donnie turned to face Raph.

“I’m sorry, this is just very important-” He had a different expression on his face.

“You know what else is important? Training. What if something happens to one of us? Or all of us? We need to be prepared. Especially after what happened with the Kraang. We barely all made it out of there alive.” Donnie took a sharp breath as he recalled the events that had occurred not even a year ago. He let it out in a disappointed sigh as he turned back to his machine to finish it up.

“He’s…right. I do need to be prepared.”

Donnie sat on the couch in the main area of the living room, scrolling through his phone. He was bored, waiting for something interesting to happen.

“Oh, Donnie~” That was the wrong kind of interesting.

“Leo, what do you want now?” grumbled as Leo turned the corner.

“Well, it’s not what I want per se…”

“Just get to the point, Leo.” Leo rolled his eyes.

“Man, you’re so boring, but I guess if that’s what you want. Raph told me that we need to do night patrol.” Donnie was now really regretting wishing something interesting would happen.

“Did he say anything else?”

“Nope, just walked into my room and told me to come tell you.” Donnie was quiet for a minute before he spoke again.

“Whatever, I don’t think I have a choice anyway. Meet you at the entrance in five minutes.”

“Come on Donnie, turn that frown upside down! Just look at the beautiful night sky.”

“I would rather look at it without being haunted by the thought that it could be ruined at any moment by responsibilities.” Donnie lamented. While he did quite enjoy the night sky and its stars, both for science and their beauty, his attention had to be focused on other things.

“I suppose. But we can enjoy it for just a moment, can’t we?”

“...I don’t see why not.” They sat in silence, looking at the stars for a moment before Donnie spoke up.

“Well I suppose the time has come. Why don’t we do a little scan of the area?”

“Oh, I wish it would have lasted longer, such beauty is but a-”

“Shut it, Shakespeare, I’m trying to focus here.” Donnie typed something into his tech-gauntlet while Leo looked over the city skyline. However, they both failed to notice the Foot Clan henchmen that had snuck up behind them during their conversation.

“You know, Mikey told me the other day…hm? What?! Hey! Donnie! Help me!” Leo cried for help, but Donnie didn’t understand the severity of the situation.

“Hold on Leo, I think I’ve got something…ah! Here we go, there are some Foot Clan lackeys right over-” Donnie looked around for Leo, who was nowhere to be found. Donnie noticed Leo’s odachi on the ground.

“That’s strange, Leo’s never without his odachi when he’s on duty…” He turned back to his tech-gauntlet to run another scan.

“Leo was just here, but his tracker says…he’s on the other side of town?! And it looks like he’s been captured!” Donnie froze for a second, unsure of what to do, before calling Raph and Mikey.

“Raph! Mikey! Leo’s been captured by the Foot! Meet me outside the lair!”

“Right!”

“Got it!” Donnie hung his head before hurrying off, while saying under his breath,

“Maybe if I would have been paying more attention…”

The three of them hurried off to Leo’s last known location according to Donnie’s tracker. They burst into the abandoned building in which Leo was being held captive. Despite their many numbers, the Foot Clan henchmen were no match for the turtles. They were swiftly disarmed and defeated, and Leo was released.

After everyone had returned to the lair safe and sound, Donnie started to head back to his lab to recover from the eventful night. Before he could get far, a frustrated voice called his name from behind him.

“Hold it right there, Donnie.” Donnie turned to face Leo, who was visibly upset.

“Can you make it quick? I’m kinda tired-”

“No Donnie, you’re going to stay and listen for as long as I am going to talk.” Donnie was more awake now.

“Is something wrong?”

“Uh, yeah! Hello? Earlier tonight? You just let me get captured! That’s not like you.”

“I-I’m sorry, it was a mistake.”

“Just a mistake, huh? That could have been pretty costly. What would have happened if you were a little too late? I could have been GONE”

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Donnie’s mind was instantly filled with flashbacks to the invasion. To Leo’s sacrifice. That couldn’t happen. Not again. He couldn’t be gone.

“Look, Donnie, I’m sorry, we’re all tired. Just go get some rest and we can talk about this tomorrow.” Donnie snapped back to reality, trying to keep a straight face.

“Hm? Oh, yeah, okay. Good night Leo.” Donnie trudged back to his lab, all the while thinking to himself [You stupid idiot. It was all your fault. How could you let this happen? You better shape up, or else he might not make it back next time.]

“I-I’m sorry Leo…” He mumbled as a single tear streamed down his face.

“Mikey!”

“Donnie! Get Mikey! I'll cover you!” Mikey had taken a slash across the chest while fighting, and was starting to bleed.

“Hold on, I got this!” Donnie was holding off the enemy, but he couldn't make it to Mikey.

“Leo! Grab Mikey and run, we can't win this fight without him.” Leo nodded and ran over to help Mikey. He quickly removed his bandana and tied it around Mikey to stop the bleeding.

“Donnie!”

“Raph?”

“We need to retreat! Mikey’s been hurt, and we can't fight without him.” Donnie cursed himself yet again as he started to make his way away from the battle.

The scene kept playing over and over again is Donnie’s head as he sat in the med bay, watching over Mikey as he lay unconscious in the bed. All he could think about was how he had let down Mikey. He couldn’t make it in time. The constant self doubt was starting to truly set in. [They're all disappointed in you Donatello. They're starting to not believe in you anymore. All you do is let them down. You're failing them.] The tears rolled down his face as he looked at Mikey again. He tried to speak, to say something to him, but the sobs made it nearly impossible to say anything. Not like he would hear it anyway. But Donnie was taken aback when Mikey coughed himself awake, seeing Donnie in his emotional state.

“Hey, cough what’s wrong?”

“Oh, it’s uhm…nothing. You should be resting.” Donnie tried to compose himself, at least until Mikey fell back asleep.

“That’s a lie and cough you know it.”

“I’ll be fine. For now. But right now you need to get back to sleep.”

“Fine, only because I can’t do anything else anyway. But we’re talking about this later.” Donnie smiled.

“Okay, okay. Now, sleep.” Mikey smiled back and closed his eyes.

“Good night, Donnie.”

“Good night.”

Some time later, everyone sat in the main area lounging around, when Mikey appeared from the med bay, looking fully recovered.

“Wow Mikey, looking good!”

“Yeah bud, almost like nothing ever happened.” Mikey gave a big grin.

“Maybe, but I’m still a little stiff from being bedridden for so long. Where’s Donnie?” Mikey looked around.

“Back here, silly.” Donnie raised his hand to signal where he was seated behind Raph and Leo. Mikey ran over and gave him a hug.

“Thanks Mikey. Feeling better now?”

“Mhm. Also, I wanted to say that…I don’t blame you for this. And if you blame yourself, I want you to know that you shouldn’t.” Donnie stopped for a second to process what Mikey had said. It was a bit unprecedented, and certainly unexpected.

“Oh, uhm…thanks.” Mikey got up and started to stretch his sore muscles.

“You know what would do me some good right about now? A good fight.” Before anyone could respond, loud rumbling and many screams could be heard from the surface.

“Right on cue. C’mon guys, we got work to do!”

Upon reaching the surface, the four turtles looked around for the source of the problem. It didn’t take long for them to find it.

“The Purple Dragons? I thought we got rid of those guys.”

“Looks like we thought wrong.” Eventually, the leader of the pack stepped up to speak to them.

“Looks like our little plan worked. Hello everyone, so glad you could make it.”

“Kendra. What do you want this time?”

“Oh, nothing much, just here to make things right.” Kendra turned to Donnie.

“Von Ryan, I’m sure you remember that fateful day in which you stopped me from taking over the world.”

“Like I would ever forget it.”

“Well, that day, you took away something very important to me. So now, it’s my turn to take away the thing most important to you. Boys!” Donnie watched as the two other members of the group disarmed and captured his brothers he tried to fight back but Kendra stopped him before he could get anywhere.

“Now, if you ever want to see them again, come meet us at our headquarters. I’m sure we can work something out. Bye bye now~”

This couldn’t be happening. They were gone. The panic started to set in. Donnie was rarely without at least one of his brothers nearby. And this time they were in danger. This had never happened. He didn’t know what to do. The self doubt had really started to set in now. [They’ll never forgive you for this. It’s a lost cause. You probably couldn’t even rescue them anyway.] By some miracle, April happened to be nearby, also investigating the cause of the discord. She looked around and saw no one but Donnie.

“Hey Donnie, what was that? Donnie?” No response.

“Hello? Donnie? Snap out of it, what happened?” Donnie finally noticed April and immediately broke down.

“April, sob they’re gone and sob I don’t know what to do…” April brought Donnie into a hug, trying to calm him down.

“Hey hey hey, let’s calm down before we jump to any conclusions.” Donnie let himself go into April’s arms for a minute.

“Some deep breaths…okay, now what happened?”

“Well, we were trying to investigate what was happening out here, and then…next thing I knew, the Purple Dragons had taken Leo, Mikey, Raph…then it was all a blur from there.”

“The Purple Dragons? I thought we got rid of them.” Donnie just shrugged.

“Well, we gotta go get them back, right?” Donnie shook his head in response.

“Correction: I gotta go get them back.” April looked at him, confused.

“Alone? Really? I mean, not that I doubt your abilities, but they can be quite dangerous.”

“It’s…personal. And anyway, if I do end up, y’know…losing them…I still need someone around.” April thought for a moment, but eventually decided to let Donnie do it on his own.

“Just…be careful. Please. I don’t want to lose all four of you.” Donnie looked at her and let out a small smile.

“Wish me luck.” April nodded, and Donnie sped off to the headquarters. A short time later, Donnie arrived.

“Well, no time like the present.” Donnie carefully entered the headquarters.

“They don't seem to have much of a security system here.” Donnie said as he calmly strolled into the headquarters. He had to be on his guard though, this wasn't his territory. As he proceeded through the halls, he was unsure of how he was going to find his brothers. He didn't know where they were being held, let alone how to get there and any obstacles he might face along the way. He was thinking about what to do when he heard footsteps coming from down the hallway.

“Boys! Make sure you're watching for that stupid turtle, he's probably already here. I need to make sure he doesn't find the lab.” Now Donnie had something to work with. He quickly hid as he waited for Kendra to pass by, and made his way to the lab.

When Donnie got there, there was no immediate sign of his brothers. While he was disappointed, he figured there was a reason that Kendra didn't want him there. He began to look around for anything that might lead to his brothers. After what seemed like forever, he finally found a keycard, labeled “Chamber 2”.

“Well, it's better than nothing.” Thankfully he had passed a room also labeled “Chamber 2”, so he carefully backtracked until he finally made it. He put the keycard in the slot and…

“DONNIE!” There, in the center of the room, hanging high above the floor, were his brothers.

“Leo! Mikey! Raph! Hold on just a second, I’ll get you guys down from there!” Mikey pointed to the control panel, and Donnie rushed over to try to bring them down.

“Verification required? Hmm…I can probably use something from this keycard to bypass this.” Donnie started working to disassemble the keycard, looking for something that might be useful.

“Ah, here we go. Now I just need to…got it!” Donnie used the control panel to lower his brothers and disable the special cage they were trapped in. Donnie started running over to his brothers with tears in his eyes, when…

“Raph…”

[…You know what? Just… join us when you’re ready…What if something happens to one of us? Or all of us? We need to be prepared…]

[He was disappointed in you.]

“Leo…”

[…What?! Hey! Donnie! Help me!…That could have been pretty costly. What would have happened if you were a little too late?…]

[You weren’t there to save him.]

“Mikey…”

[…Donnie! Get Mikey! I'll cover you!…We need to retreat! Mikey’s been hurt, and we can't fight without him…]

[You couldn’t make it in time.]

The tears turned from joy to sorrow as Donnie looked at each of his brother’s faces, each time recalling what had happened, how he let them down, he thought. Before he could even make it to his brothers, he fell to his knees on the ground.

“Raph, Leo, Mikey…I’m sorry.” They all look confused.

“Sorry for what?”

“I’ve let you all down…I can’t do anything for you guys. You guys can go…I’ll just stay here and deal with the Purple Dragons.”

“Whoa whoa, hermano. Explain yourself.”

“Well, I never go to training when Raph asks me…when you got captured, Leo, I could have been there to save you, but I wasn’t…and Mikey, well, I couldn’t make it to help him in time.”

“Donnie, I told you not to blame yourself for that. And anyway, you came here and saved us! On your own! You may have made some mistakes, but we all know you would never truly let us down.”

“Yeah, I-I wouldn’t…”

“Come here, Donnie.” Donnie walked over to his brothers, where they all gathered around and hugged him.

“We love you no matter what, and we know you love us too.”

“He’s right.”

“You guys mean it?”

“Absolutely.” Donnie looked at his brothers for a second before letting out a smile.

“Haha, thank you guys…now, let’s get out of here before I do anything else stupid.”

[cabbt]

Adam update

Read Chapter 2B here!

“Did you hear what they said?” Mickey asked instantly. “They’re alive!”

“He’s hurt.” Don noted.

“What I meant was, he’s been keeping her alive.” Mickey explained.

“From what we heard, he’s been keeping her alive at the expense of his own life. That could get them both killed.” Leo replied.

“Woah woah! Ya can’t be serious, fearless.” Raph grumbled. “You? Yer complainin’ about somebody riskin’ their life for others? Ha!”

Leo gave him a dry look, though he knew he wasn’t exactly wrong there.

“So what now, chief?” Don asked him. “Do we try following him?”

“See if you can find out where that tunnel leads.” He replied with a nod.

“Aw man! I’m so tired, my legs feel like jelly!” Mickey whined. Leo promptly ignored him.

“Imagine how he feels.” Don simply said.

That shut him up.

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AUs

ROTTMNT AUs

Purple's Second Chance:

ON HIATUS

Several ideas come from @somerandomdudelmao's Cass Apocalyptic Series (I highly suggest checking it out, it's really good!)

While going to the store, Donnie falls through a time vortex and is sent to the future. He spends the next three years in the bad timeline, trying to find a safe way home. When Casey Jones Jr is sent to the past, Donnie joins him.

Growin' Up Wrong:

ON HIATUS

Splinter is only able to get away with Donnie, leaving Raph with Draxum. He does take Leo and Mikey away from Draxum, but he falls asleep outside of Big Mama's Hotel, the Grand Nexus. Mikey wanders inside while Leo wanders away. Mikey is taken to live with Big Mama while Leo goes to live part time with Hueso and the other time with Piel.

Experiments Gone Array:

ON HIATUS

Idea inspired by Swanatello by @tangledinink

Donnie discovers that he has some bad effects from being linked to the Technodrome. The ship was extremely radioactive and Donnie's body was not built for it. Because of him being linked to it then violent ripped out, Donnie grows ill. He takes it upon himself to fix this, so he begins to experiment on himself. Things go horribly wrong and now his memory is awful.

Twins of Chaos:

ON HIATUS

After an argument with Raph, Leo and Donnie run away. The two decide to become actors to help make some money as it has been Leo's dream to be an actor since he was a little kid.

The two leave the crime fighting life behind, leaving Raph and Mikey in the process.

(started with @ilovevirgilsanders4ever)

Lab Rat:

ON HIATUS

Donnie loved owning his very own research, development, and tech company. It was everything he's ever wanted in life. His employees respected him, well, most of them respected him.

He had one employee who constantly went behind his back. Recently, this employee found a Yokai and decided to take them back to the company's building. With Donnie gone, off on a business trip, he made a few changes and a special place to keep any other Yokai he finds.

Raised Separately:

ON HIATUS

Baron Draxum had mutated four turtles, but due to unexpected circumstances, he was only able to have two of them. He made those two into his soldiers, things he was willing to throw away if need be.

(started with @ilovevirgilsanders4ever)

MULTI-FANDOM AUs

Turtle in a Web:

ON HIATUS

ROTTMNT X TOM HOLLAND'S SPIDER-MAN

Before Iron Man was even in the process of being thought up, there was a group of turtle teens who protected New York. Flash forward fifteen years, and they had all gone on to do different things. They didn't even speak together, mostly because they were too busy to spend time together. Well, a new superhero came into town and the least busy turtle, Donnie, decided to take him under his wing.

MEMORIES ETCHED IN STONE:

ON HIATUS

MILO MURPHY'S LAW X TANGLED THE SERIES

Varian and Ruddiger had gotten cursed. It was a cruel curse that wouldn't ware off for over two hundred years years. It was a curse that turned him and Ruddiger into a statue. Everyone had looked for a cure, but found none. Once the curse had fully settled, Varian was kept in his lab, kept safe from the world. Varian and Ruddiger were in pain, aware of every little thing that touched them. During the time they were cursed, Corona fell. A museum opened up and Varian and Ruddiger's statue were put on display as "unnamed citizen and his raccoon". The museum was placed in a small town across the seas, in a small town named Danville. And then one day, the curse lifted...

DC AUs

EXPERIMENT 23-1-12:

ON HIATUS

Wally's parents sold him to some shady science company after he got his powers. Flash forward, and the TT take the company down years later.

Robin notices that the only experiment that was alive was deemed 'Experiment 23-1-12'. It's obvious that he hasn't been outside in a while as he's super pale. He's extremely malnourished and dehydrated because they didn't give him enough food with his superpowers in consideration

ROBIN THEM BLIND:

COMPLETED AU ON JAN 29 2024

Bruce Wayne was never at the circus. Dick Grayson lost his parents at nine years old, but he was never taken in by Bruce since Bruce didn't know about the loss. However, someone else decided to take him in. Someone who isn't afraid of using children for his own personal gain. In fact, he had been looking for a while for an apprentice. And someone as young and vulnerable as Dick was perfect for the taking. So, that's what Slade Wilson did. He took the small, impressionable boy as his own.

Later, Slade decides that he wants to learn more about the Teen Titans. So he sends in his best solider, his personal apprentice, out to spy on them. Dick Grayson. Now known mostly as Robin. Robin's perfect for this job.

NINJAGO AUS

The Memories Are Slipping Away:

COMPLETED ON 2/25/2024

Cole has been a ghost for two months. He wasn't so depressed over it, having gotten used to it. But, something else was going on with him.

Jay was still getting over Nya. It was hard when she was always there, training side by side with the rest of the ninjas.

Jay noticed Cole was acting strange. He seemed forgetful and less human. He floated around instead of walking around. He ate a lot more than he normally did and that was saying something.

Cole didn't know where he was or why he was there. He didn't know the people he was surrounded by, but he could tell the blue wearing ginger was cute.

ENCANTO AUS

Outside World

COMPLETED ON 1/26/2022

Mirabel leaves the Encanto, she climbs over those mountains, despite how tall they are, just to see what's out there. The best part: she doesn't tell anyone that she's leaving the Encanto. She isn't planning on leaving forever, she just wants to see what's out there.

Her cousins decide to go after her and find her while also exploring the outside world.

(Collab with @ilovevirgilsanders4ever)

MARVEL

Something More

COMPLETED ON 04/13/2023

Peter always knew there was something between him and Harry. He didn't know what it could be. Harry was his best friend. After becoming Spider-Man, Peter never wanted to be the reason Harry gets hurt.

Harry always knew he liked Peter in a romantic sense. He knew Peter felt something similar, but Peter was very oblivious to his feelings. Peter was brilliant, but he wasn't good at picking up romance.

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ROTTMNT SEASON 3 IDEAS!!!!!

(These are really messy cause I mostly just copy and pasted from my notes haha)

First of all, the main antagonist.

I think that the main antagonist for season 3 should definitely be the sister Kraang (I’ll be referring to her as Kraang 3 or just Three). Remember, she’s still alive. She’s only being contained. And considering how it only took 3 Kraangs to nearly take over all of New York, I think Three would be able to escape from any earthly containment. She also just has amazing potential to be a main villain. She’s definitely the most psychotic out of the 3 Krangs (Hell, the first thing she wanted to do when she was freed from the prison dimension was kill something) and loves to see people suffer. I could bring up many other times she’s acted like a psychopath but I don’t have time for that lol.

As for her motive, she didn’t seem hellbent on conquering Earth like her brother, she mainly just liked to cause pain. And with her brothers gone I don’t think she’d make it a priority to conquer Earth, at least not quite yet. I think all she wants is revenge. She’d want to torment anyone and everyone who messed up their invasion. And we all know who ruined the invasion…

Another thing is just how horrifying it would be for everyone to know Three is out there and wants revenge. They’ve all already been VERY traumatized by the Kraang and the invasion, and to have to go up against one AGAIN when they thought everything was okay and that they’d gotten rid of the Kraang for good would be insanely traumatizing. Basically I just want more trauma lmao.

I think it would be interesting if Three started becoming more present gradually throughout the season. Sort of like in Thanks To Them, how the entire time there was a build up toward Belos possessing Hunter at the end of the episode. I think it would be interesting if, as the episodes progressed, there would be more hints that Three is back. Maybe an episode about half way through the season it would finally be revealed to the turtles somehow (maybe they find her or it’s on a news report or smth idk)

Anyways moving on from the antagonist I want to see how everyone is doing after the invasion and how they’re each individually dealing with it. I want to see how Casey Jr is doing adapting to a normal life with the younger versions of his family and grieving the ones he knew. I want to see how Raph is handling being possessed and the guilt he more than likely has from hurting his family and helping the Kraang. I want to see how Leo is dealing with the trauma of being in the prison dimension and nearly (accidentally) causing an apocalypse. Obviously, I want to see how Mikey and Donnie are doing after the invasion as well, it would feel wrong if their trauma from the event was ignored, but I just can’t think of anything for them right now. My brain is tired haha.

The turtles’ issues and trauma, even from before the movie, just need to be addressed more. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like the writers did a bad job with their struggles. They did great, I just think more time was needed to talk about their issues more in depth. Another thing is that some of the turtles’ issues are talked about more than others. For example, we needed more time to see how Mikey feels like his brothers need to protect him because he’s the youngest and such. This part can mainly be summed up to me thinking we needed more time with each turtle.

Also I just want more of the side characters, man. Characters like Sunita needed much more episodes. I already enjoy the side characters, I just think getting to know them more would make me enjoy them more yk.

WE NEED MORE CASSANDRA. PLEASE. We didn’t get to see much at all of Cass being a good guy, and I’d just really like to see it. I would also LOVE to see her and Casey Jr interact and see what kind of dynamic they’d have.

Splinter’s neglect needs to be addressed more and he really needs to work on it more. I already now that throughout the series he gets better, but he still has so much making up to do. I want to see the turtles be really upset with him. To be hurt by the lack of attention he gave them. Raph in particular was arguably affected the worst by Splinter’s neglect (since he’s the oldest) and I’d love to see Raph talk to him about that.

Now, the most important part. WE NEED USAGI. We need rottmnt Leosagi I’m dying on this hill. Now that might just be me hoping since when it comes to gay relationships Nickelodeon usually doesn’t go farther than gay parents but hey, if The Owl House could do it, I’m sure if Rottmnt really tried they could too.

Anyways that’s all lmao thanks for reading all of this :] feel free to tell me your thoughts about it!