#The Neon Void TMNT

[sugarpasteltmnt]

Is it okay if we make fanfic of your fanfic

WHOA???? FANFIC-CEPTION???

Omg that’s so sweet!!! Sure! (Although it would fall outside of the ‘canon’ sphere of the AU, as i have more fun things planned (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧)

But the fact you’d want to makes me so so happy like gosh ( ´•̥̥̥ω•̥̥̥` )

[the-peak-tmnt]

Hey The Neon Void readers, quick update from the author's sister!

(art commission by @kaysdenofchaos)

Hi readers of The Neon Void fanfic. This is the author’s older sister. She’s been getting a lot of fan art and asks lately. She’s sent me screenshots of a few unanswered ones looking for advice on how to respond.

While all the love and support of TNV is genuinely appreciated, my sister @sugarpasteltmnt is not equipped to respond to a small handful of these asks/comments that are, quite frankly, inappropriate.

Sugarpastels is not a therapist, and she’s certainly not an internet stranger’s therapist.

She’s an adult with an extremely demanding and stressful job for a very large client. Some of you have already experienced and enjoyed her work IRL without knowing it. Her company is close to finishing another project that will bring a lot of joy to hundreds of thousands of people every year, but working on a project of that scale is extremely stressful.

She is writing this fanfic for fun. TNV is a way for her to decompress and put her creative energy towards something other than work.

What’s not fun is coming home to asks/comments from readers who are projecting their own struggles/mental health onto TNV, and even Sugarpastels herself, and demanding some sort of attention from her over it.

Let’s be real: it’s fun to watch our blorbos suffer! So much of fandom is just us putting our favorite characters in Situations because it’s fun. Simple as that. But I think another reason TNV has resonated so strongly with readers is because of the way Sugarpastels writes the internal struggles of these characters.

We are both aware that TNV deals with mental health topics. Since the early days of “modern” fandom, fanfiction has been a way for people to explore complicated, difficult and sometimes even taboo subjects. There’s no shortage of complex feelings being explored in TNV, which is why we’re all having so much fun reading it.

But that’s all it is; an exploration. Sugarpastels is not a mental health expert. I’ve read a handful of books on PTSD and mindfulness for research while writing my own fanfic, and I would never consider myself prepared to help someone else.

It’s okay if you relate to things from TNV. I know I do! Again, fanfic has always been a way to read about things rarely dealt with (or handled poorly) in published fiction/tv shows/movies. I will always argue one of the greatest things about fanfiction and other fanworks is being able to see ourselves and our own struggles through our favorite fictional characters.

But Sugarpastels is not a fictional character. She’s a real person. Most importantly (to me at least) she’s my little sister, and this big sister cannot handle watching some of her readers expect more of her than is appropriate.

So I’m asking you to please be mindful of what you ask/say to not just her, but literally everyone on the internet. Unless you’re chatting with someone regularly, they do not know you. Whether it’s friends, family, teachers, coaches, etc, there are people in your life who know you personally, and are therefore better equipped to help you than a stranger on the internet.

Sugarpastels is so full of empathy that it’s hard to not feel for you when you send things like this. But it just isn’t fair to put that kind of unnecessary pressure on someone who is, at the end of the day, just trying to have some fun writing about ninja turtles bein’ sad.

(That being said, PLEASE DON’T BE SCARED TO SEND HER ASKS AND FAN ART!!! They make her day every single time and are seriously so, so appreciated. She’s texting me about it constantly how much she loves all of TNV’s readers. This whole post is really directed at an extremely small percentage of her readers, but there have been enough I felt something needed to be said.)

[missmisnomer]

Vote for the "got stuck in places where they shouldn’t be" Disaster Twins(TM)!!

This is my contribution to the au propaganda

How can you say no to these faces?? Would they ever cause any mischief, ever??? Vote for The Neon Void and Wanderer in the Au competition so they can keep being complete disasters!!!

no u don't understand: they're going up against 2AL + SepLeo!! The sillies need all the help they can get to defeat the combined powers of Sprout, Poptart, AND One!!

@sugarpasteltmnt @vangh17a

(pssstt...you can and should read The Neon Void riiigght here)

[lokitheunicorn]

More silly doodles of a silly boi. He's just so neat to draw.

@sugarpasteltmnt

[robiinurheart33]

CHAPTER 22 SPOILERS FOR THE NEON VOID‼️‼️

Haha wdym no I didn’t read the chapter almost one month after it came out wdym that’s crazy haha

ANYWAYS NEON VOID BRAINROT ANYONE?? As usual a magnificent read what can I say @sugarpasteltmnt is SO SO talented after I read this chapter I stared off into space for like a solid minute before laughing hysterically like Leo because MY GOD the adrenaline rush is so real. What compliment can I say that hasn’t been said about this fic. It gives me such goosebumps and the action sequences are just. Muah. Breathtaking. I cannot wait to read the next chapter and keep up the good work!! /lh /all pos

[sp1n-dle]

This guy has a whole lil corner in my brain reserved for him alone istg. More doodles of Void, the lad ever

(fic/au is 'The Neon Void' and belongs to @sugarpasteltmnt :D )

I want to put him in a cup with water at the bottom and swirl it around in my hand /j

[little-escondite]

Inspirado en el fanfic de @sugarpasteltmnt

Realmente me encanta este fanfic y la personalidad de leon en el ❤️ 🫶 y quise hacerle un fanart, se que realmente no se viste así en el fanfic pero terminé tomando ciertas libertades.

[aquamarineghost06]

From Chapter 23 of The Neon Void by @sugarpasteltmnt , this took a while but I really really (that's two reallys) wanted to draw this scene

Raph couldn’t see the look on his face, but he could tell Leo was looking down below at something. Raph, Donnie, and Mikey realized that the parade crowds had gone quiet all of a sudden. Worried, they ran to the edge of the roof to look and see what caught Leo’s attention— Raph felt his heart drop. Oh no. The invasion day memorial.

[toulousifer]

Did some traditional art for The Neon Void by @sugarpasteltmnt

its really good

Go read it.

Like now :]

[cupcakeslushie]

When I read this scene from the newest chapter of Neon Void I could SEE it so clearly in my mind, that I immediately opened a new canvas and started drawing! @sugarpasteltmnt has created such an incredible and gripping story! I literally can’t gush enough about it.

[sugarpasteltmnt]

I had this exchange with my brother yesterday so naturally the next step was to procrastinate all other work to make a rough GIF for it. totally the next logical step. Hope you don't mind the boi abuse lol. Keep doing what you're doing! You're amazing :D

Have a great day/night :>

ASJDHDJAHDJAH BRO THIS ASK SHOWS ON THE APP BUT NOT DESKTOP WHAT????? BUT IM SO GLAD I CAUGHT IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! akskdhsk this is too funny he deserves a good flip-flop smack for his Crimes

also I’m obsessed with Him:

[the-peak-tmnt]

Yo I have tried, like, 3 times to start reading your fic but I get surprisingly ANXIOUS bc WHERE IS LEO AND WHY IS EVERYONE GASLIGHTING RAPH

Meanwhile reading The Neon Void, pure angst and depersonalization, body horror: ah yes much less horrifying.

Anyways I REALLY wanna make fanart of your fic but for that I need to read it. And I WANT to read the fics of the tumblr sisters ever. So wish me luck, I will once again venture myself innit

lol! I love that all the angst and trauma of The Neon Void is somehow less horrifying and stressful for you to read than Reciprocity 😂 I'm taking that as a huge compliment, though, because @sugarpasteltmnt has NOT been pulling punches!

the tumblr sisters ever

omg, I'm so bad at Tumblr so I'm totally flattered, and I'm sure Pastel will be too! Glad our sister shenanigans are entertaining!

I won't be offended if Reciprocity isn't for you, though! Angst in fanfiction is fun, but it comes in many forms. Pastel and I are delivering turtle angst in different ways, and its totally fine if the way I'm making these poor turtles suffer isn't what's fun for you!

Would it help if I give you some reassurances about how things will turn out in Reciprocity under the cut?

Reciprocity will have a happy ending.

Leo will eventually be rescued, and we will learn more about how he was taken, what's been happening to him, and why this has all happened. In fact, the "how" will be explained very soon in Chapter 17!

Raph will be vindicated for never giving up on Leo, and everyone will eventually realize he was right all along. Raph is owed a lot of apologies, and he's definitely gonna get them 😉

I hope that helps ease the anxiety and makes reading Reciprocity a little easier!

[missmisnomer]

Nose boop incoming, prepare yourself

@sugarpasteltmnt The latest chapter took my wig and flung it into fucking orbit. Still haven't recovered it yet. Maybe Void can go grab it for me real quick.

Follow this silly little fucker's misadventures on AO3

[lokitheunicorn]

@sugarpasteltmnt I love your fic and it has consumed every waking moment and every tidbit of sleep that I get. Had to throw in my drawings since I love looking at others designs and interpretations of Leo. I mainly post on Tiktok and such but I just had to leave this here.

[reagi-df]

The neon Void

⚠️eyestrain ⚠️

I'm annoyed that Tumblr ate the quality

But anyway! ive finally gotten around to actually doing some fanart! its not what I was going for but I like how it turned out.

This is for @sugarpasteltmnt The Neon Void, ive been obsessed with this fic for ages and have eagerly waited for each chap, it's an amazing fic and yoy really should read it.

[sp1n-dle]

The silly is ever consuming and who am I to deny it's call /j

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Chapter 21 of TNV is still rattling around in my head constantly, send help.

In the meantime I bring more Void because he's just a lil guy (what's an angst, never heard of it <3)

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Mans belongs to @sugarpasteltmnt , the author ever :D

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