#MAMNT Raph

[hamburgrr]

SHES DOOOONE

So I know you aren’t supposed to pick favorites but if I’m honest… Raph’s my favorite turtle we made for this au. She’s actually the starting point I went off LOL. Anyways, I don’t wanna give TOO much away because she’s half of the main focus of the mini comic me and @fowlaroundtown are currently making but let’s just say home girl has been through the RINGER!!

Oh and side note. Pronouns were TRICKY on this one. Cause this Raph is trans-femme but didn’t figure that out until she was in her 20s. So I just used He/him on the 14 year old side cause she hasn’t figured it out yet??? OH WELL!!

Anyways I love her, she’s such a grumpy old butch and if y’all have any questions on her PLEASE lemme know I could talk all day. Gnight!!!

[fowlaroundtown]

Happy pride from me and @hamburgrr!!!! Here’s our guys from our tmnt au (Middle Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles) on their way to a pride parade!!!! Fun!!!

T-CEST DNI

More details about each of the characters identities under the cut ^^

Happy pride!!!

From Left to right:

Mikey - Trans (any pronouns) and queer

Donnie - Gay

Leo: Gay

Raph: Trans Femme and a Lesbian

April: Lesbian

Casey Jones: Non-binary (they/them) and a Lesbian

[fowlaroundtown]

MIDDLE AGED MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MASTER POST!!!

Table of Contents:

Synopsis

Line Ups

Protagonists Bois

Other Major Characters

Mini comics (in chronological order)

Other Links

Okay cool now that that’s out of the way, I’m putting all of this under a cut lol.

Synopsis

Middle Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles (MAMNT) is a tmnt au created by @hamburgrr and myself! The premise is simple:

After a brutal attack from the Shredder, resulting in both his own and Splinter’s death, the Turtles drift apart. They go their own seperate ways— Mikey traveling the world, Donnie perusing academics, Raph retiring to a quiet life, and Leo moving in with (a happily married) Casey and April to continue to protect New York. However, nothing can last forever, and after nearly thee decades of silence, a new evil has begun to threaten the Hamato Clan yet again.

Can this family heal its broken relationships? Or will do many years of Turmoil prove to difficult to heal from? What have they even been doing this entire time? Find out in MAMNT!

Line Ups:

Time period: Mid 90s ish

Time Period: Late 90s ish

Time Period: Late 2010s - Early 2020s ish

Protagonist Bios (in order of Age):

April O’Neil

April O’Neil isn’t exactly what you’d call normal. She’s got four turtle brothers, a vigilante spouse, a genius of a daughter, and isn’t exactly human herself. April is an empath— able to feel other people’s emotions through touch. This, along with a few other psychic abilities (minor telekinesis and VERY minor mind reading abilities)— while useful— can be very overwhelming. As to why she has these abilities…. Honestly, she’s not sure. Just was born with them. April is charismatic, kind, and very rambunctious. When it comes to her family, there’s nothing she isn’t willing to do.

Check out April’s design notes here!

Casey Jones

By night Casey Jones patrols the street, taking down anyone that has the nerve to cause shit in their city. By day though? They’re a stay-at-home-Dad/building mechanic with a mean recipe for mac ‘n cheese and the most supped-up car on the block. Just the way they like it. They may be a little trigger happy, but at the end of the day they are a creative, scarily loyal, and fun-loving dude who’s maybe alittle too proud of the family they’ve found for themself. They’re a meathead with a left hook you do NOT wanna mess with, but a good person.

Check out Casey’s design notes here!

Hamato Michelangelo

Mikey is a little bit lost, to be honest. He’s been for most of his life— but usually pretty happy for it. He’s been traveling so long without direction that actually having a mission is a little bit….. scary. In general, Mikey is a very chill, level headed dude just looking for a good time, and even better company. He’s charismatic, maybe a little immature, but very brave when it matters.

Check out Mikey’s design notes here!

Hamato Donatello

Donnie does not have time for this. Between his job as a Biologist, raising his own unruly teenager, and hiding the fact that he is a giant mutant turtle from just about everybody in his life, saving the world isn’t that high on his list of priorities. That being said, if it involves his younger brothers… he’ll go along with it. Despite his cold disposition, Donnie is a genuinely kind, loyal, and deeply caring individual. He is very hard working (sometimes detrimentally so) individual, and enjoys gardening, good music, and minor biological warfare.

Check out Donnie’s design notes here!

Hamato Raphael

If there’s one thing Raph wants, it’s not to be here. Over the years she’s cooled from a spit-fire youngster to a tired, kind of grumpy lady. She has a life she’s made for herself that she genuinely enjoys, and being dragged away from it to save a city she doesn’t even live in anymore is…. Tough. But once you get past that wall she’s put up, you’ll find a deeply compassionate, laid back, and protective person. You’ve just gotta get there first.

Check out Raph’s design notes here!

Hamato Leonardo

Well…. He’s holding on. A lot of bad shit has happened in Leo’s life; but he’s made a point to get through it all with a smile and a shrug. Even if it has left him a touch lost in the past…. This is not to say that everything in Leo’s life is doom and gloom though! He’s got what remains of his family close, a job he loves, and a boyfriend who helps keep his head above the water. Despite it all he’s a genuinely optimistic, passionate, and clever dude who will do anything if it means keeping the people he loves safe.

Check out Leo’s design notes here!

Other Major Characters

Oroku Karai (the Shredder) - To put it simply: Oroku Karai is a vengeful bitch. She’s got a strong sense of fairness in the world, and once she feels she has been slighted she will deal it back tenfold. Unfortunately for her enemies she is also calculating, precise, patient, and incredibly loyal to those within her inner circle. All the makings of a very VERY dangerous woman.

Baxter Stockman - Stockman can be described simply as a bastard. As head of EPF (a position he wormed his way into and dumps the intense work off onto his personal assistant Dr. Chaplin) he is in an annoyingly decent position of Power. He is vain, cocky, and admittedly, very intelligent and determined.

The Kraang - The Kraang are a pretty massive threat, if not a slow one. Not much is known about them, as they are a very recent threat, other than that they are very, very dangerous. And they, for some reason, seem REALLY interested with April.

The Dark Turtles - The Dark Turtles a new threat. They are made of up of Four members: Venus De Milo, Jennika, Slash, and Tokka. Their exact motive is unknown, but for some reason they seem to really, really not like the Turtles.

Agent Bishop - Agent John Bishop is EPF’s local conspiracy nut. Despite their low ranking (their office is litterally in the basement), they will do ANYTHING to learn the truth of what happened to them. Even if thst means taking matters into their own hands….

Baron Draxum - Baron is just a formality really. Draxum these days is a stuffy old goat who wants nothing more than to sit in his library and catch up on some reading. Honestly the dude needs a break considering the heights of his career include ‘disgraced biologist’, ‘villian of the week’, and ‘owes a lot of child support’.

Casey Jones Jr - Casey Jones Jr has a lot to live up to. But!! She’s well on her way to becoming just as great a hero as her parents and uncle (even if they won’t let her go on big missions yet)! Right now she’s functionally the team’s ‘man in the chair’ thanks to her skill with computers and robotics!

Miyamoto Usagi - Miyamoto Usagi was once on the track to becoming his world’s greatest Samurai. Key word: once. These days he just does odd jobs and is working his way towards a degree in history. It’s ok though, he’s learned to be much happier than he once was here.

Splinter - Splinter was a loving father, and someone with a lot of secrets. He lived a hard life, and because of that was maybe a bit to over protective of his sons. While he certainly had his issues, over all Splinter was a very loving, kind, and funny guy. He was very loved.

Oroku Saki (also the Shredder) - Oroku Saki was a spiteful, cruel, ignorant man. He cared little for the tradition of his clan, ruling over his faction of the Foot Clan purely for the power it gave him. Little can good can be said of him, aside for that he was smart, resourceful, and genuinely loved his daughter.

Mini Comics (in chronological Order)

Mid to Late 90s ish

(Coming Soon!)

Post Splinter’s Death

(Coming Soon!)

The Lonely Years

(Coming Soon!)

Season One

A Beginning

Season Two

(Coming Soon!)

Season Three

(Coming Soon!)

Season Four

(Coming Soon!)

Season Five

(Coming Soon!)

Post Series

(Coming Soon!)

Other Links

Dark Turtles!

Happy Pride 2023

Collection of Head Shots

Get Recked

Donnie’s Completely Straight and Not Gay At All College Years. Totally.

Thanks for reading!!!!

[fowlaroundtown]

💉 Do any characters get mutated during the main story?

💵 How do your turtles make money? Or do they only scavenge?

🦹 Who is the main villain?

😍 Are there any romances in your au?

🐱 Do any of your characters have pets?

hi sorry if I just poof in your ask box

OH MY GOSH HI!!! Thank you for all the asks haha was not expecting this!!! This is probably going to to take two parts to answer haha so bear with me!

First off:

💉Do any Characters get mutated during the Main Story?

Yup!

Most of the mutations we have happen when the turtles were kids (Ex: Hob, Most of the villains, a few good guys, etc.) Most mutations in general happen then, as there’s lowkey a mutantagen outbreak thanks to a certain grumpy goat.

As for during the ACTUAL series (a couple decades later) we only really have one mutation:

Yea. Kinda sucks to be Tim. Our plans over how he got mutated changed since I first drew this a couple of months ago, but I still like these doodles and never posted them so. Yea.

Don’t worry he lives! It takes some getting used to, but he eventually finds stability in his goopy state and is able to have a decent quality of life 👍👍👍

💵 How do the turtles make money? Or do they only Scavenge?

That’s depends on the turtle really!!!

When they were kids, Mikey and Raph used to make counterfeit watches and sell them to unsuspecting tourists. They made a bit of money from that!

As adults on the other hand…

Raph and Donnie have actual jobs!

Raph ended up down in Florida, where she makes a decent living as a fisherman! Being a sea turtle really helps with all that haha. She also sells homemade art from stuff she’s collected around the beach— bottle cap coat hangers, drift wood carvings, anything and everything that can be made out of shells, that sort of stuff.

Donnie ends up as a scientist! He managed to get his hands on a cloaking broach when he was pretty young, and used that to go to college. He got a doctorate (and will not shut up about it) and managed to land a job as the head Biologist of a decently well known organization. There’s One big issue with all of that. The organization in question is EPF.

I don’t have doodles for Leo and Mikey because. I don’t. But neither of them have jobs lol.

Mikey just kind of scrounges around for what he needs and/or pickpockets. Only rich looking guys! He also sometimes sells paintings when he has the materials.

Leo lives with Casey and April (read: freeloader) so doesn’t really have to worry about that kind of stuff. He babysits for them, and therefore gets free groceries :D

To be continued in part two :D

[hamburgrr]

I hope y’all are ready for ❤️Her❤️

[fowlaroundtown]

A quick color test for Raph’s house on me and @hamburgrr’s tmnt au MAMNT!!! Gonna do interior soon too >:)

[fowlaroundtown]

Whoops here’s some more of me and @squarefriend’s MAMNT au

Misc. doodles under the cut

This is just April and Casey’s relationship

Song lyric doodles (featuring Raph, Mikey, and Donnie)

How Donnie’s Lab Assistant Timothy found out his boss is actually a giant turtle in disguise

And an edit of Mikey I refuse to give context for

(btws we’re both always open to questions about the au!!! If anyone ever has any UwU)

[hamburgrr]

Lil sneak preview because I just really fucking adore Casey

[fowlaroundtown]

Excuse me, amazing person.

How does one get motivated to make their own version of TMNT??

(you don't have to answer this if you don't want to-)

Omg okay hi!!!! Ngl was not expecting a question like this haha.

I’m not sure what @squarefriend (co-creator of this whole thing) thinks, but my biggest advice is just go for it! Have fun with it! Sky’s the limit baby!

Motivation wise, I’d say the easiest way to get the gears going is to find a person to scream about it. A buddy, a mutual, random people on the internet. As long as they’re okay with it, just talk to them, and work your ideas out that way. Honestly, that’s what helps me the most with pretty much everything creative I do haha.

You got this man!!!!