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the design for Leo's bomber jacket form my fanfic

Asking the stars on a cold night to make you smile from the heart

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Ughhhhh Tumblr messed up the gradients on my animation :(((((

Also! THEY HAVE NAMES :DDD

Sorry this chapter took so long to come out. I was working on another project (will be out soon) and had Christmas stuff to do. Anyways! Hope you enjoyed it and thank you guys again for all the fan art, comments, and niceness you spread to me every day ^-^

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 Several hours into the afternoon, borderline evening, and the infirmary was blessedly quiet. Aside from the hum of machinery. But that never bothered Donnie considering he often fell asleep to the hummed lullaby of his computers. The difference this time was that instead of being tucked into bed on his own he could distinctly tell there were two warm bodies snuggled up with him. With the two sizes, and unique ways they were positioned, Donnie quickly figured out who they were without having to open his eyes. April’s poofed hair tickled his back slightly as she curled around him like a koala from behind, keeping his bare back safe. And Leon’s cheek smashed against his head with his arm and leg thrown over the top of them both. It was very comfortable, and if it weren’t for his regular bodily needs that had been ignored for the past stretch of time Donnie would have been content to stay where he was. Fortunately fourteen hours, as he would soon learn, seemed to have been long enough for his brain to stop feeling like a pressure cooker ready to pop.Though with the faint dizziness he felt Donnie also wondered if it had been a day or more. He’d faded in and out of semi consciousness a while ago with all the noise, but the lack of a sense of danger had made his mind refuse to fully wake up until now. And with his stomach protesting with hungry pain and nausea he was questioning his sense of time immensely.

Drawing a deep breath, Donnie reluctantly pulled his eyes open only to start patting around his head on the mattress after he was greeted with blurred colors. Whether it was sleepy sluggishness, or a lack of his glasses being there at all the empty air earned a slightly frustrated breath from him. “Hmmmmm… Nardo, where are my glasses?” Donnie mumbled, still slowly patting around the mattress near the pillow, switching sides when he didn’t feel anything and earning complaining grumbles from both his siblings.

“Mmmhhh, on the left,” Leon responded almost automatically, shifting to snuggle down deeper in protest at being disturbed.

Donnie’s hand found a case as Leon answered, but the soft texture quickly told him they were Leon’s glasses and not his own. Which led him to reaching back to the otherside, as Leon directed, stretching further and having to roll slightly to be able to do so. Which led to April letting out another irritated noise as she was slightly squished. It was enough movement that the other two gave in and started to stir as well, just as Donnie found a pair of glasses to pull to his face.

Nope. Those were April’s.

With a bit of a sigh Donnie passed the glasses into April’s searching hand as she sat up with a yawn. Then with her movement he caught sight of a purple blob uncovered from her hair and flopped his hand on it. There they were, that felt familiar. Popping the case open, Donnie slipped his own lenses finally over his nose bridge and let out a content breath. Now he just had to disentangle himself from his clingy brother.

“...Leo, if you don’t let me go I’m gonna pee on you,” Donnie commented bluntly.

Leon’s protest was immediate as he let out a disgruntled noise and started squirming, kicking and pushing Donnie away from him as Donnie and April snickered at the reaction. That always worked.

The silliness was interrupted however when Leon’s flailing ended up with his foot lightly kicking Donnie’s thigh, specifically where the bandage was covering the muscle deep cut. It caused Donnie to squeak a noise of both mild discomfort as well as surprise, which was enough to cause Leon to shoot upright in mild panic.

“Sorry!” Leon blurted, the rapidly shifting current in what he felt from Donnie causing his own anxiety to start bubbling up. He was afraid to say anything more, the excuse catching in his throat as he just watched his twin. Donnie had sat up as well, pushing himself upright as fingers gingerly touching the small bandage on the offended leg, the other bandaids catching his attention as well. His fingers moved to hover near his shoulder as the realization fully sank in that no, he hadn’t dreamed the whole event. This wasn’t home. This wasn’t even close to being home. A strange place full of strange people, who blessedly weren’t in sight at the moment.

Drawing a slightly shuddering breath as the reminder brought back a stone of heavy emotions, Donnie gradually returned his hand to his leg as he decidedly shoved everything internally aside to be dealt with later. Much, much later it would seem. “...I’m okay,” Donnie forced out quietly, ignoring the way Leon had flinched the moment he had closed down. He was physically feeling a lot better than before, but that didn’t mean all of the stress was just miraculously gone. They didn’t need to deal with him having a breakdown in the middle of everything though, so he returned his attention to his original pressing matter. “Where’s the….?” he voiced, looking up to scan the room they were in.

It was extremely well equipped, and Donnie realized with a mild strain of amusement that Leon must have gushed over it when he’d arrived. His gaze was stolen from the machines by April pointing nearby. “It’s that door,” she directed, noting how Donnie seemed reluctant to leave the bed once the bathroom had been pointed out. “I have to go too. C’mon,” she directed, offering him an excuse to not be alone at least for the short walk there. They were much too old to share the bathroom anymore, but she still ended up feeling like she was nine again when Donnie slipped his hand into her’s and followed her off the mattress. It was like they were kids all over again, and she was leading her little brother to the toilet in the middle of the night because he was too scared to go alone.

Leon just gave a brief grin as they waddled off, thankful April was there with him to help. He didn’t need to feel Donnie’s irritable stomach second hand to know Donnie needed food soon. It was the first thing on his mind for what to address next with his brother, but it was apparent that having their hosts attend to their needs wasn’t the best plan of action right then. Which meant Leon was slipping through a portal to the kitchen instead of using the entrance.

He wasn’t expecting the room to already be occupied. By a human nonetheless.

“OH SHOOT-!,” Mom April flinched with a startled yelp as Leon popped up near her, the mug she’d been picking up clunking back to the countertop as Leon froze. “You really can teleport,” Mom April laughed weakly, trying to settle her frazzled nerves. “Did you sleep well? Are you looking for some food?”

The interaction was not what Leon had been expecting at all, causing him to freeze in place. He didn’t know there would be any humans there. She didn’t seem out of place. In fact she seemed extremely comfortable there. So was she an ally? She seemed to know who he was. And she guessed right about the food, earning a hesitant nod from Leon as his still sleep hazed brain was whirring through explanations for all of this.

“Mikey still has some leftover stew in the fridge. But if you want something else I don’t mind making it,” Mom April directed, pointing to the rather large appliance and shifting out of the way. Master Splinter had warned her not to smother the newcomers, so she was trying her best not to crowd him.

Luckily for Leon he didn’t have to deal with being left alone with Mom April for long because a familiar figure came stumbling through the entrance as a huge yawn escaped him. “G’morning April- Oh- Hey Leon,” Don greeted, breaking off when he noticed Leon standing there like a skittish kitten ready to run. “It’s okay. This is our dimension’s April. She’s a long time family friend, just like your April,” Don explained quickly, hoping to reassure Leon and settle his nerves. “Did Donnie wake up yet? I was going to check on you three after…”

“Please don’t,” Leon blurted quickly, then mentally reeled himself back in. “Donnie doesn’t want to deal with strangers right now. I just came to get him something to eat, but I don’t know if I’ll get him to do so if someone unfamiliar is there.” At least it was enough to break him out of his motionless retreat into his mind, twitching forward towards the fridge where Mom April had said the stew was. It really would be perfect for Donnie, if Leon could get him to eat it. He’d just have to warm it up just enough that it wasn’t too hot or still cold in the middle.

Thankfully Don just chuckled softly, letting Leon fetch the stew on his own and switching sides to brew some coffee. “Yeah, your Mikey mentioned he didn’t do well with strangers. I’ll keep everyone out of the infirmary for a little while.”

“...Thanks,” Leon responded, a little delayed because of his surprise at Don being willing to not crowd Donnie. It really was surprising to see how much space the others were giving them despite being in their home. And honestly it was reassuring, and making Leon reluctantly like them more. Cracking open the container of stew, Leon noted the presence of carrots and remembered how they had been rather soft when he’d eaten them, causing him to frown.

“...Is something the matter?” Mom April asked, noting how Leon seemed displeased with the container of stew.

The question caused Leon to flinch slightly, a little reluctant to voice his concerns to strangers, but also because he wasn’t sure if there would be a problem or not. But then he realized he could just ask Donnie if it would be okay this time, and took a half a second to do so. A simple sensation of remembering the soft carrots in his mouth sent over their link, and an immediate response of revulsion being given made Leon mentally chuckle before answering Mom April. “Donnie isn’t going to eat this. Sometimes certain textures in food make him gag, and the carrots are too mushy for now,” he admitted, pressing the lid back on the container with a series of clicks.

“Oh… That’s interesting,” Don commented, ending up rather perplexed by the idea. He wasn’t used to dealing with anyone with a fussy eating preference, considering he and his family ate a lot of things that Mom April ended up wrinkling her nose at. And she wasn’t a picky eater at all, the boys just ended up combining foods in an unconventional way.

“Mikey is still asleep on the couch, but I don’t think he’ll mind if we cook something else. Do you know what he’d like?” Mom April offered, setting her mug of tea down. She already knew that it had been more than a day since Donnie had eaten something, considering when Raphael and Don had been sent the message from Augustine. It wasn’t like they could wait for him to feel like eating.

“Not really. He doesn’t tend to like what I cook. Where’s Mikey? My Mikey. He’s usually good at getting Donnie to eat something,” Leon declined, not wanting to waste food by trying to tell Mom April how to cook something for someone when neither of them really knew exactly what Donnie would be willing to eat.

“He and Raph are playing with Pepperjack in the living room. They both woke up a few hours ago and got bored,” Don responded, taking a sip of the fresh coffee.

“Pepperjack?” Leon repeated, immediately thinking of the cheese and wondering why on earth his brothers would be playing with the food in the living room.

“Mikey’s cat,” Don clarified with a grin. “She was hiding when you guys first got here, but apparently she’s gotten used to you while you were asleep. Onion Ring should be somewhere around here too, but she’s a lot more shy than Pep.”

The explanation earned a snicker from Leon considering the cat names. It made sense, they had a lot of cats that wandered around their home as well. Splinter just wouldn’t let them keep any pets, so the only way they could get away with keeping them around was to not name them. “Okay, I’ll go get him. Thanks,” Leon chuckled, slipping out the door this time so he didn’t startle anyone else. He’d already been caught up and around anyway, so there was no reason to remain stealthy.

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i had another vision. do you see. do you see. i’ve been losing my shit over these two things for the past few weeks.

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✨The Fashionista✨

Rise Ramblings #234

While watching “The Clothes Don’t Make The Turtle,” I noticed something.

I found it interesting that Raph, Mikey, and Leo were content with Raph’s outfit choice until Donnie stated that he wasn’t “in love with it, ya’ know.”

Suddenly, Raph declares “I’m a disaster!” Albeit ridiculously endearing, it was a little strange to see his sudden shift from moderately content to absolute dissatisfaction. Huh…

Then, the disaster twins decide to help him out.

Take a note of their outfit choices.

Raph tries on all of these fits and more.

Donnie’s first choice is a mild “no.” Leo’s choice is a hard “NO.” (Not surprising, lol.) But then, the overwhelming consensus lands on Raph’s fourth outfit, which ended up being Donatello’s other pick for his brother.

So, in summary, Raph tried on his personal choice for an outfit, of which they rejected. Then, ultimately, Donatello picked out an outfit for his brother, and that pick ended up being perfect. Hmm…

Then I noticed something else. In this episode, we never get a Donnie “curtain reveal” moment, to our disdain. I mean, Raph, Leo, and Mikey got to try on several different outfits in order to get their brothers' opinions before landing on that “perfect outfit, you know the one.” All of his brothers got to shine. Why not DonTron?

Then it hit me.

The try-ons were to get their brothers' opinions and approval. And, for his brothers' choices, he was a major contributor in assisting them in pulling their looks together.

What if, bear with me, Donnie didn’t need the "curtain scene" because he was so confident in his fashion sense that he didn’t need to ask his brothers for help to pick out a great look.

…or they figured out how to break Hypno’s spell before he could get a “curtain reveal.” BUT STILL-

Look at his outfit choices in this episode. Some of his wardrobe changes were off-screen, but all of them were fire.

(I added the baseball cap pic because it makes me happy. I wish we'd seen more of that fit.)

To me, he makes some really smart choices for himself, pushing the envelope of what is expected and taking chances: an open collar with no tie for a “black tie” event, a beanie and spiked wristbands for their “gansta look,” no socks with loafers (a viral fashion trend that actually began in Africa) with old man slacks in his reclined pose. *muah* Chef’s kiss!

But Don’s fashion sense don’t just shine in this episode.

In “Reparin’ the Baron” the boys go to Draxum’s apartment. Leo and Donnie show up in some extra nice “Sunday Dinner” twin drip.

The gold is in the details. Everything Leo is wearing, Donnie rocks its compliment: for Leo’s round collar, Donnie’s is angled, for Leo’s blue shirt, Donnie’s is white, For Leo’s light slacks, Donnie’s are dark. Blah blah blah. It’s so good!

Look at the winter fit in Snow Day.

Again, Donnie is Leo’s perfect compliment. As a pair? Fire.

Donnie has “the eye.” I can go on and on with examples, but I’ve said all of that to say this…

In the future, we see that Donatello’s technology had major pull in the resistance. He had drone ships patrolling the skies. He built and designed Leo’s arm, Casey’s chainsaw-hockey stick, and Casey's mask. The list goes on…

But, when Donatello from the past see’s Casey’s clothing from the future, he says this:

We know about the “Genius Built” brand. We’ve seen that logo on all of his tech up to this point. But, here he didn’t just say “Genius Built.” He said, “Genius Built Apparel.”

“Apparel” is not a tech brand. “Apparel” is a fashion brand. Of course, tech is incorporated into the clothing, but still.

This means that past Donatello secured this trademark with plans of creating a fashion brand, comparable to the likes of Gucci, Ralph Lauren, or any other modern clothing brand, as a subsidiary of “Genius Built,” the tech company.

And why not? The evidence has been in front of us this entire time. He has a sharp eye for style, fashion, and trends. It is easily canon that he can sew. Splinter sewed their ninja garbs in “Insane in the Mama Train,” and there is a sewing machine in the house.

They already learned Ninjutsu through basically osmosis, so learning to sew is not too far-fetched.

And here it is, right in front of us, Casey’s entire ensemble, from mask, to weapons, to clothing, was made by Donatello in the middle of the apocalypse under the brand name “Genius Built Apparel.”

And that was just in the bad future. Resources were limited, they didn’t have access to much of anything in that broken world as they were survivors of a devastating Krang invasion. Yet, he created all of this.

However, now that they’ve changed the future, his future as a fashion designer is limitless. Think of what Donatello could produce with unlimited resources, unlimited technology, and unlimited creative freedom.

Tech genius. Clothing designer. Fashionista. Future Genius Built Apparel Owner and CEO. I’m sorry, but I have to call it...

Donatello Hamato of the present, of the bad future, and of the good future is a fashion icon, the likes of which the world has never seen.

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These did inspire an Older Brother! Mikey thingy Which I shall present-

I put this thingy cause i liked the end credits Looney Toons feel

The three lil dudes here

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Draw rottmnt donnie and rottmnt leo fighting

The word “fight” can be interpreted a number of ways, so you get one drawing of the two of them doing some friendly sparring and one where they’re just having a stupid sibling fight

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Part 1!

I don’t even know how am I going to call this episode haha. Anyway. April is back:D

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Part 12!

It came out pretty chaotic haha. I don’t regret anything though~

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Donnie...what the fu-

[BOOM]

WE HEARD SHOUTING

P2

Wha-?

Hey, I just fixed that door!

Did Leo just....?

What did you do, Donnie?

SCOFF! I'm offended you correctly assume I did something

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[Note: Raph hit him]

I was just trying to get some measurements for a surprise gift! How is that wrong? I'm being a good brother!

You're still going to fix that door and watch the 24/7 Houdini channel until we're back with Leo

TORTURE!

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[Casey jr] ...

[Casey jr] Hey Leo

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P1

[Mumbling]

[Shuffle noises]

[Peeks]

Where?

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This...doesn't seem right

[Hissing]

THEY'RE HERE

[Clicking noises]

Who?

[More clicking and hissing noises]

This is-

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THIS IS NOT HOW IT HAPPENED

[Hissing]

Donnie?

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Right, right. I need some more titanium and figure out how to make it more skin like, maybe rubber? It needs heating too and I need to lengthen-

Donnie?

-the shoulder part. Oh and ask Mikey to- Huh?

[Screaming]

P5

[Clicking noises]

[Background screaming]

It's me! x2

Your brother!

[Louder clicking noises]

NARDO!

P6

What?

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felt like trying out negative space art with the 03 boiz

black n white alt versions under cut

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Thank you to @cosmocafe for coloring the first panel! Their art is always adorable! And thank you to cosmo and @truths33k3r4 for beta reading the comic before I posted it- without you, many many Leos would be without stripes.

Feel free to point out any other mistakes or if something is particularly hard to read- I would really appreciate the feedback!

Hope you enjoy this! I thiiiiink there will be one more part to this chapter, then we will move on to the next! >:D

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They are such idiots- I love them! ^-^

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Part 10!

…there’s….there’s some very showy scenes coming up…can you tell ahahah

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All of you guys have done such an amazing job with the DTIYS so far omg thank you- ;0;

Also! @angelosorangebandana pointed out something in my asks I have wanted someone to point out for a WHILE now, so be expecting a mini comic about that.... at... some... point...

Sorry this part is a bit short, but a next part should come out pretty soon! :DD