Was once again fooling around with clips from Adventures in Turtlesitting and Good Genes Part 1 (basically, I was seeking all the major "Leo being protective of his double mutated brother" moments) and just
After the turtles show up at April's apartment, Raph attacks Don, who ends up attacking him in retaliation; Leo kicks Don, causing him to drop Raph. At that point, Donatello turns around to his brothers and spends a good couple of seconds just...standing around and growling at them before he notices the hole in the wall and runs away.
Then later when the turtles are searching for Don, April calls Leo and alerts him that not only did the motion tracker on the Battle Shell pick up something large enough to be Don, but that he appears to be making his way back to the new lair in Central Park.
so I got a toa oc based off of a fanmade kanohi of mine: the kanohi ardukua: mask of animation. Basically what it does is it brings inanimate objects to life. So for the toa I was thinking he'd be a po toa, and the last of his team. So he uses his kanohi to make golems with the parts of his teammates he salvaged (the ardukua can't animate corpses, but if parts are incorporated into some other material it works) he probably did this as some twisted way of honoring their memory but eventually started genuinely believing they were his teammates (like their spirits were in them or something)
hi this is carrion, a headmate (alter) in my system. carrion resides in flesh room, however was triggered to front and is making the most of it by talking and being friendly. the one on the left is carrion. theyre very tall, and can look rather intimidating, but theyre quite friendly.
carrion likes weirdcore stuff, especially our weirdcore OC world i told them about. they wanted to have a self insert for it, so i made them one per their request and watchful eyes. that would be the one on the right, which they named vris (short for vrisne).
"If a pig catches both a human influenza A virus and an avian influenza A virus at the same time, it can spark a process known as viral reassortment — a genetic exchange in which flu viruses swap gene segments."
"Those swaps can introduce dramatic changes, producing a new virus with certain properties of a non-human strain coupled with the capacity to infect and spread between people."
"The death rate in humans may be upwards of 50 per cent, World Health Organization data suggests, though it's possible that milder infections are getting missed, skewing the case fatality ratio. Still, in a population that's never been exposed, the global impacts could be dire."
"More human cases could also be happening under the radar among farm workers who've moved to the U.S. from abroad, don't speak English as their first language, and may be hesitant to seek medical help, he added."
"So I think there's probably underreporting on both sides," Armstrong said."
"If [H5N1] gets into a population where there's constantly animals going in and out … it might not ever leave."
I've been watching this develop for the past several days, and apart from being terrified most people will not take this seriously (I've seen a handful of people already shout conspiracy on social media and it's alarming to see, as always). What I wanted to point out is that pandemics are going to continue to be our 'normal.' I watched a great video on YouTube a while ago (I believe it was by Vice?) that touched base on how this is going to become our new reality because of multiple factors (such as our proximity to animals, and environments/etc). It was when Covid hit and they did a piece debunking some of the misinformation floating on the internet. If I can find it I will post it here because it was informative and relevant to pretty much any world crisis we will see around any virus that spreads among a human population.
This post isn't trying to fear monger anyone, I just hope more people are aware of what is happening because this is important to talk about. There are already cases (of cows getting this bird flu) in the US, and I won't be surprised if there will be instances in more countries around the world. As usual, keep washing your hands/keeping good hygiene practices, masking up (and if you aren't I hope you consider it), and taking precautions if you do happen to visit/work or go near a pig or poultry farm too:
I'll keep track of this here of course, but please stay informed folks. And also FU to any governments who will try to minimize this or try to diminish the severity until it's too late and community spread happens like Covid because their actions are influenced by capitalistic interests.
Update (April 7th, 2024, 9:32pm EST): to anyone wondering where some of the source information originates from -here is a link to the CDC. They are tracking documented avian virus outbreaks in the US and the public can access it here: