#but the /2012/ turtles. oh those are CREATURES

[ilovebeingaturtle]

I love the 2012 turtles and their designs they’re so fucking adorable but also it’s very important to establish they’re adorable because they’re like weird bugs to me. They’re like goofy little fucking aliens I look at Leo and expect him to go “boink bink” or some shit and spin his head around 180 degrees

[obsidiancreates]

I meant to ask about the Rise turtles themselves reactions to 2012 turtles murderous instincts? I'm sorry for sending the same ask twice.

Complete disbelief as they process it. Sure, these alternate versions of themselves have a lot of differences, but there were a lot of similarities too, right? They're the same person at their cores, in all the ways that matter, so-so they can't be capable of just deciding someone is going to die and going through with it, right? They can't, because The Rise Boys can't imagine that, can't imagine looking at another living, breathing being, as vile as it may be, and choosing to be the reason it stop existing, in any way, forever.

"H-hey." Leon grabs Leo's arm. "What was that?" And Leo is confused. And casual. What does Leon mean? Oh, that failed defensive maneuver halfway through? Yeah he landed on his ankle funny- no? Oh, the kill shot? The bad guy went for a shot at Mikey's head. It's them or Leo's family, he knows what that comes down to. What it always comes down to. He knows it too well. And whenever it comes down to that, Leo also knows what he's not just willing to do, but in order to not lose anyone else, what he has to do. Leo walks away, and Leon is left speechless.

"Listen little me," Raphie starts, "I know you're still working on those anger issues and urges, so you probably just got a little lost in them during the fight, right? I can-" But no, Raph says. He doesn't let that happen anymore, not in serious fights. He loses control then, and gets sloppy, and how can he make sure the thing trying to kill his brothers dies first if he can't even aim right through the rage? Yeah, of course he had that in mind, he doesn't start fights with intent to kill but he always knows it could get to that point. He'd do anything to protect his family, and as long as the day ends with Mikey being annoying and Donnie being irritating and Leo being overbearing, he'll sleep on the battle decisions he makes like nothing went wrong.

"So you... don't mind close-quarters lethality," Donald starts off with, "It's interesting, I um, have never actually been allowed to go through with it myself-" And Donnie looks at him like he's the one who tried to drive a blade through someone/thing's skull, looking the villain right in the eyes as he went for the kill. And he says he's done it plenty of times now, not always to a truly self-aware creature granted, he's not sure if Creepweed was aware while he killed it with that weed killer- sorry, he's rambling again. You can't be sure they're actually dead if you're not right there, close up, watching the life leave. And then what? It'll come back, because you failed to get rid of it, and it'll hurt people again? It'll hurt your family again? They learned that lesson already, more than once. Sometimes the dead thing even gets back up. You just have to keep at it until it doesn't anymore.

"You can't just kill people," Angelo says, staring, trying to analyze how his counterpart is feeling, but the casual walk and the happy humming don't make sense with what he just saw. "You don't just kill the bad guys, right?" And Mikey shrugs and says well, sometimes. He once ate a pizza-man from the inside to save his family, though that may or may not have been a dream. He'd do it again, though. And when Angelo asks him how he can live with that, Mikey says that the first time he decided, not in a panic, to go for the kill, it was because his terrible ex-friend Bradford had knocked Donnie out and was about to kill him. And Mikey just decided, without hesitation, that he'd live with whatever came after if Bradford had to die for Donnie to be okay, and he'd tried to drive a blade through the top of Bradford's skull. And he says it the same way he'd describe playing poker with Ice Cream Kitty, or anything else that wasn't a kid having to choose murder to protect his brother. And then he says sometimes it's the only way to make things stop. Leo doesn't want them killing anyone, Mikey says, after he had to kill Shredder he tries his best to jump for the kill before nay of them have to. Mikey thinks it haunts him, and he wishes Leo would let one of them do it instead so he doesn't have to carry another burden like that.

And Leon thinks about if they could have physically defeated The Krang, about what they did to Raphie, what they tried to do to the rest of them, and he realizes with a pit of dread and horror that he understands what Leo means.

And Raphie thinks a lot about what Raph said, and how easily he took the idea of killing as long as it meant his families safety, and he feels a squirmy feeling in his stomach at the idea and he feels sick just entertaining it, but he also thinks... he could be pushed to that. He doesn't know if he'd be able to sleep easy after, like Raph said he would, but he knows he can't lose his little brothers. Ever.

Donald looks at some of his blueprints, his missiles and guns and weaponry. He thinks about his ninpo. He's never been afraid of lethality, not as a concept. But Donnie said he needs to be close. To watch. To make sure. And Donald imagine looking one of the villains they know in the eyes, and watching the life leave their eyes as they die, being close enough to see the actual killing wound... his whole body shudders, and he turns the blueprints over so he can't see them anymore. It's suddenly a lot less of a game, a shine. It's suddenly a lot more real. Something that once was, now nothing, at his hand, as he waited there to ensure it will never be again. And the concept has lost it's luster.

Angelo watches his weapon crackle with fire. It's warm, and inviting, casting a cozy and playful glow around the room. That's how he's always seen himself, even when he's angry or when he's hurt. But he realizes fire also burns, and destroys, and turns things to ashes that crumble in the wind and leave no trace but a black smudge against whatever manages to survive. That's what Mikey is capable of. Playful and warm glows, and easy-going obliteration, if someone starts playing with the fire like it's all Fun and no Fury. He tries to dig down and find something like that in himself. Could he make a split-second decision like that and not be left reeling after? Could he make the choice "I'm going to kill someone," and actually do it, or at least seriously try to, and not be left panicking about his own identity and morality and who he is? He doesn't know, it's impossible to know unless it actually happens, and he wipes his eyes at the very idea. He hadn't had time to consider killing The Krang when it all happened, he'd just had to focus on getting through the next event. It was Find Raph, then it was Get Donnie To The Controls, then it was-

He doesn't know what exactly that sky-fight with The Krang was. He didn't think about killing it, but he didn't think about how to fight without killing it either. They were all just running on Get It Gone and Make It Out.

And when that didn't work he just focused on Get Leo Back. He saw The Krang coming for the portal and didn't think "He needs to die for what he did." He just thought "I can't let him make it through," and winked and closed the portal. Would it have been different if The Krang had been closer? Would he have been willing to close it when the Krang was partway through, portal-chopping a real being into halves? He feels ill thinking about it, and he doesn't know what he would have chosen in that moment. He has no idea.

The 2012 Boys pull back a little when they realize how much it impacted their younger counterparts. But they also, in a silent group agreement none of them even know they made, decide that means the younger turtles should never have to learn if they share this capacity for killing. If that means throwing themselves into a little more danger, if that means being overprotective, if that means risking losing the trust or respect of the others... so be it.

Kids shouldn't have to know what they're willing to kill over. Kids shouldn't have to know how they handle the aftermath of ending someone's life. Kids shouldn't be in that situation in the first place.

They've already had to find out.

Maybe their counterparts don't.

[urplepurplegurgleturgle]

(FYI: ALL OF THIS IS OOC THIS IS MY OWN IRL EXPERIENCE PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS AS MM!DONNIE TALKING CAUSE HE'S NOT AND THAT WOULD JUST BE. EW.)

(Also TW: slurs used jokingly, please don't take it seriously. Homophobia is gross and disgusting and it makes me wanna [REDACTED] all homophobes.)

So I've been watching the 2012 version of TMNT lately (it my first time watching btw) and.

Um.

I swear I'm not gay but. Um.

L. LEO. HE. THE GOOBER. UM. WELL- HE'S. UH.

He'skindacuteidkhe'ssillyandagoofyandsofuckingpathetichegivesmesomuchcutenessaggressionohmygod

OKOKOK SO. BEFORE YOU REBLOG THIS AND CALL ME A FAG HERE ME OUT-

I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT LIKE. I'VE ALWAYS HAD A THING FOR DORKS. YES I'M INTO TALL HOT SEXY GIRLBOSS WOMEN WHO CAN AND WILL STEP ON ME WITH THEIR LONG AND THICK LEGS BUT LIKE. SILLY PEOPLE. THE ONES WHO TRY AND ACT ALL RESPONSIBLE AND KEEP THE GANG TOGETHER AND SHIT BUT ALSO HAVE THE SQUISHIEST FACE AND A GEEKY-ASS SMILE. THOSE ONES GET ME.

I have a SERIOUS case of cuteness aggression. Like, my best friend once showed me a picture of the two new kittens they fostered and I promptly stated "they're so fucking cute I wanna violently throw them at the wall". It's a disease. So imagine how I feel whenever the gooberiest (is that a word??) characters appear on screen. I wanna grab them by the cheeks and squish them so hard their eyes pop out like those dumb plastic toys you squeeze and they make that silly noise.

And 2012 Leo Is The Goober Ever™. He tries so hard to act all cool and assertive, but when it comes down to the things he likes (*cough cough* Space Heroes *cough cough*) he becomes the most adorable thing on the planet like seriousLY WHO GAVE HIM THE RIGHT TO BE THAT FUCKING CUTE-

AND IT'S NOT ONLY WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT SPACE HEROES. THAT SCENE WHEN HE'S WITH THE LITTLE GIRL AND IS HAVING A TEA PARTY WITH. AND IN DIMENSION X WHERE HE SAW THAT LITTLE SPOTTED GLOB OF A CREATURE AND WENT "MOP MOP HEHE :DDD". HE'S SO FUCKING ADORABLE I CAN'T I WANNA REACH THROUGH THE SCREEN AND GRAB HIM BY THE NECK AND SHAKE HIM AROUND LIKE A BABY RATTLE AND-

Ahem. As I was saying. I swear I'm not gay but... Leo. He's something else. I physically CANNOT stop myself from smiling whenever he's on screen I am THAT obsessed with him.

(This is even funnier because Rise!Leo is actually my LEAST favorite, not because I hate him or anything I love Rise!Leo he just doesn't rank as high as the others sorry Leo fam)

I'M NOT GAY THOUGH I SWEAR I'M NOT DOWN BAD FOR 2012 LEO I JUST FIND HIM CUTE AND NICE AND SILLY AND SQUISHY AND I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM OH MY GOD WHY CAN'T I STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM HE'S A LITERAL FICTIONAL MAN TURTLE-

WAITWAITWAIT You know how some people headcanon that 2012 Leo is transfemme?? You know what, I'm adopting that idea. Leo is now a girl now you can suck my dick about it but he's she's female now shut up.

Huzzah now I can simp for the boy girl teenage mutant ninja turtle. HAH I'M NOT GAY YOU CAN GO LICK MY BALLLS YOU CAN'T CALL ME NO FAG WOOOOOOOOOOOO

I mean I guess I still wouldn't mind if boy Leo asked me out but I doubt he has the guts to do that

I MEAN WHAT??? HAHAHA WHO SAID THAT WASN'T ME WHAT.

[ananaslices]

'You'll see! I am going to tell my brothers!' The young girl shook her arms out of the boy's grip.

'Your brothers? Ha!' he said. His high-pitched voice emitted a little sort-of-evil laugh. She remembered that boys her age do not change their voices until they grow older. 'You're gonna go get your brothers, baby girl?'

In an attempt to escape from him, the girl had walked into an alley, which was getting dark at this time of the day when the sun began to hide. She now regretted not having ran or brought any sort of weapon. She should have listened to the turtles.

'You'll see!' she said. Just in time, a shadow landed behind the boy and its frame grew larger. She recognized that shape. 'Guys!' her voice was getting higher in excitement. 'You're here, finally! This boy's been following me since school!'

The boy had turned around just when another shadow landed next to the first. He flinched when one spoke:

'What's the matter?' The voice, low and rough. 'Is there something wrong?'

'Hope there isn't,' said a third shadow, and the sound of chains echoed in the alley. 'Maybe the boy's just a little lost. Right, buddy?'

'Yeah,' another voice. The smile of its speaker was obvious. 'Maybe we could take him back home...'

A fourth shadow came into view. Their features were indistinguishable with the dusk sky behind, but the shapes, so inhuman, were enough to make the boy shudder.

'I... I was just going,' he said. He tried to run out of the alley, but one of the creatures stopped him.

'Yes, yes you were.' Then he moved to let him run away. He would not dare to mess with that April O'Neil ever again.

***

Oh, hi! Hope you're doing ok. I had this idea in mind after saving this pin on Pinterest (credits to the artist, Inked-Alpha on DeviantArt), and seeing this concept art by @ohnoshespostingthis, and decided to give it a go. What if 2012 April was well-written? What if April had a sibling-like relationship with the turtles, like 2018 April? What if April was younger? Those are the questions I had in mind. This might be, like, a whole different incarnation of April and the turtles, or just another WIP I don't finish, but anyways~

[theweirdhybrid]

Kid anon here; yes!!!! I would love the full kids list (plus their ninpo if you can)

Also???? The kids adopting Baxter???? Tears. Crying. Oh my gosh would his parents meet little kid Baxter and hug him or something????

Also are shelldon and metalhead like “alive” like logic I know their robots but like do they become like human? Or as human as a robot can get? Cyborg…

Wait I just revised that the series is called children at war so my hypothesis is that after this fic we’re is either going to be oneshot of said kids in said war, or like happy good ending stuff….

(Imagine the peepaw multiverse reacting to the jotel family’s kids)

Sorry for being overexcited! I haven’t seen future Hamato family bad timeline au have kids besides Jutaro or Venus, so this is really cool and fun to see

I’ll list the kids at the bottom of this ask under a “keep reading” thing, bc it is a long list!

If you mean if Cydon and his husband would hug present Baxter if they meet him again, yes yes they would. Tho since Cydon’s husband is dead, he’d only do it spiritually rn lol. His husband is named Timothy, btw, for those curious. (Yes, Timothy from the 2012 series) Tho Baxter would very much protest at this development, considering he and the turtles are still enemies at this point. Tho, after the whole Shredder incident and Big Mama taking New York hostage they had a truce since Baxter couldn’t deny the turtles had saved everyone even if they were also the reason the whole thing happened in the first place. The whole reason Cydon adopted Baxter in the first place was bc Baxter’s parents died in the initial invasion and Cydon kinda… saw it happen.

Shelldon and Metalhead are true Artificial Intelligence, so they’re very much sentient/sapient creatures that can think and feel for themselves. They did not get organic bodies, if that’s what you’re wondering. Tho, at their request Donnie did give them the ability to process organic matter and scrap metal for fuel.

Good catch! There is going to be a sequel following the aftermath and the little Hamato’s slowly discovering the family the older versions of themselves lost, as in they meet their timelines versions over time. The ones that haven’t been born yet will also be found again, though that’ll take years… good thing this is a fic and not real life ;] (There might also be a prequel of the og kids, tho I’ll have to hold a poll for that once JTOEL is finished)

And don’t apologize! I’m excited someone finally noticed, or at least said that they noticed X]

Edit: forgor the list i’ll make a new post for it

[heyimspade]

Hey have you ever heard of Jennifer Murphy?

Watch this video before going any further

Let's figure out her background.

Okay, so back in 2004, she held the title of Miss Oregon. She won that title in 2003 and proceeded to try her disgusting fucking luck to place

Top fucking 10 in the Miss America 2004 pageant

Good for her, I guess? I fucking hate beauty pageants. Not because they're demasculating or anything.

They are just

So

Fecking

BORING

Okay now shit takes a quick left turn, or actually a right turn? You'll see what I mean.

In the Apprentice Season 4, she was one of the "contestants"?

She was fired on week 6, she had lost week 1, won week 2, and lost weeks 3-5.

She wasn't a beauty pageant person at the time. The show said she was an ad sales manager.

You're supposed to be smart for those kinds of jobs right? Like I'm pretty sure there's a law about keeping stupid people out of sales?

Regardless, that whole thing was gobshite. Back in the Miss USA Pageant, she asked Trump (Who owns part of Miss Universe) if she could be on his show.

Oh and apparently Trump kissed her on the mouth.

Okay, okay, put away your pitchforks and torches. You should have known as soon as I said "Trump" and "Beauty Pageant" in the same sentence you're gonna hear about SEXUAL HARRASMENT

It's the same as if I were to use "Obama" and "Hospital" in the same sentence, you're gonna hear about [REDACTED]

She still voted for Trump in 2016 btw.

She went on to become an "esteemed"* and "talented"* actress. In 2007 she was starring as Dream girl in CSI.

And Lauren in a short film called Someone to love.

Oh but wait! She starred as MRS. FALLS IN 2008s KILLER MOVIE.

And in 2012 she played in another short film that I don't know because I've never watched any of this shit and never heard of any of it except CSI because everybody and their fucking grandmother knows what CSI is.

So in 2016 she released her own line of beds and thought of a generously STUPID PLAN.

Here is her exact thought process because she has the IQ of a... idk what fucking creature could be as stupid as her... hmmm.

Anyway here's what she was (probably) thinking.

"Oh dear me, how am I to sell these gloriously made beds that I have made so I can sell them.

Well maybe I can sell them by telling people they are gloriously made? And that I made them? Then I can sell them?

But why would people care?

Oh Ninja Turtles 2 is coming out! I like Ninja Turtles, People like me! People like Ninja Turtles! I'll sing a song about Ninjas!!!"

Dumb fucking bitch did it too! She threw a whole ass private gathering JUST TO HEAR HER SING THIS FUCKING NINJA SONG SO THE PEOPLE INVITED COULD HELP SELL HER DUMBASS BEDS!

Then she uploaded it to YouTube in spring of 2016 (My deepest apologies to Persephone). She then removed the video in July of the same year.

THEN RE-RELEASED THE VIDEO 2 YEARS AGO!

Rule of life is, some bitches are just plain stupid.

Go ahead and fact check me, my OCD KICKED IN, YOU AIN'T GONNA FIND A SINGLE INNACURACY and if you do pretend you didn't or else I'll look stupid thanks.

[alastorswifee]

Can I make a request based on the 2012 tmnt Leo x reader based on this

And of course when their in the woods Leo and the reader are together like a couple

Alright I gotchu hun!<3 @kimm4710

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• upon seeing Bigfoot, let’s be honest..everyone were in shock

• you didn’t think Bigfoot actually existed and here he..she..it is!

• you would shake your head and just let it be, after all Donnie and the others brought it in only for it to get medical treatment

• once Bigfoot isn’t getting in your way then you have no reason to get mad

• okay you found out she’s a girl…oops

• something to slightly ease the nerves of her being around is her crush on donnie

• you do feel a bit bad for the turtle upon seeing how uncomfortable he looks but it can be funny at times

• you and April even gave her a makeover, you really haven’t done anything like this before

• hanging out with other girls made you feel a sense of security and relaxation

• it wasn’t yours and April’s best work but it was a fun process to go through plus Bigfoot was a sweetheart through it all

• upon hearing the way leo spoke of the creature tho..you didn’t appreciate that

• is that how he really thinks when it comes to other creatures?

• what asshole acts so judgy??

• what did he think of you when he saw you in your mutant form?

• did he have the same reaction?

• these thoughts bottled up in your head and you felt so overwhelmed

• you were in the middle of doing some chores with April until the thought crossed your mind once more

• it has been circling your mind a lot and making you feel more insecure each time it makes an appearance in your head

• your grip on the sponge of soap tightly, causing the soapy suds to get squeezed out

• your body started slightly shaking as your gaze was focused on the sink below you

• tears were spilling at a rapid rate as you tried to quietly let it out, not wanting to alarm april

• unfortunately you couldn’t hold in your heavy breathing and whimpers

• suddenly a sob got let out and April whipped around

“Hey are you alri- oh my god hey hey..” April would quickly rush over to you upon seeing you cry, she would carefully take the sponge out of your hand and place it in the soap tray. She would wash the suds off your hands and dry them before holding them in hers and turning your body to face her “what’s wrong?..” she whispered in a soft tone.

You would slowly look up at her and blink a few times causing more tears to overflow in your eyes and cascade down your cheeks. April frowned a bit and slowly pulled you into a gentle embrace “if you don’t want to talk about it I understand but I’m always here for you..” she whispered in a soft tone to which you nodded slowly and hugged her back tightly.

“Let it out..” upon hearing those words it didn’t take long for you to let out slightly loud sobs. The boys who were either watching tv or doing chores in the living room all piped up upon hearing the sobs. Leo carefully stood up and grabbed his crutch, slowly making his way to the doorway to the kitchen “hey-“ he froze upon the sight in front of his sapphire eyes.

April would look up and mouth to Leo ‘I don’t know..’ she sighed a little and rubbed your back gently, Leo growing concerned for his lover. Upon lifting your head and spotting Leo, your heart sank.

• no no no he wasn’t supposed to see you like this!

• You don’t even want to look at him right now..

• what do you do..

• there was only one thing that crossed your mind so you simply complied..

Your legs suddenly took action as you made your way out of the kitchen and to your bedroom. Leo calling after you as he tried to limp upstairs after you, his crutches and well the stairs slowly him down. April would put her hand on his shoulder and sigh “give her a bit of time before going to her..” she would say before walking back to the kitchen, worried about you.

Leo let out a deep sigh and slowly sat on the couch, everyone awkwardly going back to what they were doing as they didn’t want to pry.

• it’s been how long?..

• you’ve been crying so much you passed out from exhaustion..

• after a bit of shuffling you managed to sit your body up and look around

• you would glance at the window and realize it’s almost night time as the sun was in the middle of setting

• you should head down for dinner..but what if April and Leo question you..

You shook your head and stood up after getting yourself in check(glasses, hair, whatever it is you do). You let out a small yawn as you stretched a bit more, running your fingers through your hair. As you opened the bedroom door, the smell of dinner hit your nose making you let out a dreamy sigh. All that crying did make you hungry as hell so dinner should hit the spot.

As you walked into the doorway, everyone stopped and looked at you causing you to awkwardly wave “uh..hey..” you let out, Mikey beaming “April made dinner, you gotta try it!”

• god bless Mikey for lightening the mood

You simply smile softly at the youngest turtle brother and take a seat between him and your boyfriend, Leonardo(much to your demise). April served you the meal and you smile thankfully “thank you” you started eating.

As you were eating tho you felt eyes on you constantly, you couldn’t take it anymore and looked up to scan the room. Your eyes suddenly turned to the side and locked with deep blue eyes..Leo. You give him a ‘what is it?’ Look and he gave you a mix of a worried and stern look in return which only means..he wants to talk to you.

You simply sigh before nodding at him in response, turning back to your food and finishing it up. As you were finished, you were about to get up and help april with dishes until Leo grabbed your arm gently “meet me outside..” he simply says and takes his leave to the front porch. You let out a sigh and April walked by, taking the dishes from you and giving you a reassuring look.

You took a deep breath of encouragement before making your way to the front porch. As you opened the door, you were met with the sight of your boyfriend sitting on the stairs and staring at the moon. You quietly closed the door and took a few steps towards his figure, Leo would slowly turn his head and pat the area next to where he was sitting. You comply and slowly sit next to him, the silence was loud, you knew that he wanted to talk to you but you didn’t want to break the tension.

“Y/n..”

Shit..

“Yes?..”

“What..happened earlier?”

You sighed quietly and looked up at the starry night sky “I..exploded..” Leo’s gaze would be on you as he gave you a questioning look. “I hate holding in my thoughts and feelings because it would constantly pop into my mind and one day I would explode and cry it all out..” you explained to which he simply nodded, wanting you to continue.

“Why..why do you have feelings for me Leo?” Now it was your turn to look at him, he was a little taken back by the question. He stared into your eyes, they looked like they were filled with sadness and..fear.

“Well..Even though you weren’t on the side of good, I had a feeling you were way better than you let on. You’re a beautiful girl and way out of my league, but getting to know you was amazing..I got to know how astonishing you really are as a person. Even tho you aren’t perfect that doesn’t stop me from feeling the way I do for you but that’s okay because nobody’s perfect, we all have our flaws and imperfections and that’s what makes us unique..”

You were slowly softening up at the sound of his words, he’s such a lovely guy..

“The adoration I have for you is phenomenal, I may not know what made you cry but I’m here to support and help you through anything that happens, I care about you so so much. I’ve fallen so badly for you, I didn’t think i would actually find love you know..”

“Leo..” “yes hana?..”

“The..the reason I exploded earlier was because I was insecure..” Leo raises an eyebrow bone “insecure?..about what?” “My mutation..you call me beautiful but sometimes I don’t feel beautiful, yes I have my human form but then there’s my mutant form..the way you made comments on Bigfoot’s appearance made me think if that’s how you thought of me upon seeing my mutant form..I’m still getting used to this change..”

• Leo couldn’t believe what he was hearing, his beautiful, breathtakingly gorgeous girlfriend thinks she’s not attractive?

Leo slowly but gently took your much smaller hands into his “that’s not true at all, I only said what I said because Bigfoot..well..” you let out a soft giggle as you listen to the turtle struggle to not sound rude but also be honest “Bigfoot’s not..easy on the eyes?” Leo cringed at his words, you blink away some tears and let out a dry laugh. “Don’t be rude she’s trying..” you gently nudge him causing him to smile softly and let out a soft laugh “I was trying my best missy”

“But back to my point..just because I made those comments on Bigfoot doesn’t mean I thought of you the same way, I think you’re absolutely beautiful mutant or human..”

Your heart melted at his words..

“And I would go through hell and back if it means I’ll get to be with you and get to love you the way I do now..and I’ll never stop loving you the way I do now.”

“Le-“ your words were cut off upon feeling Leo’s lips pressed against your own, you slowly closed your eyes and moved your lips with his.

As you two slowly pulled away from each other, Leo gently pressed his forehead against yours. A content smile was on both of your faces but the comfortable silence soon broke upon you suddenly speaking up “please think before you make comments..” you had a slight warning tone to your voice. Leo laughed nervously “of course hana..” he whispers and pressed a soft kiss to your forehead.

[remmushound]

Maybe have the Rise guys find out about Raph's bug phobia and traumas and 2012 Leo actually acts like ghe big brother he is after Rise Raph givez him some advice. Or is that too much for you?

@brightlotusmoon

“Hey Raph~”

Raph turned around to see what Mikey wanted and almost jumped out of his shell when he saw the cockroach perched on the freckled brother’s finger.

“I think someone looooves you~”

“Get that thing out of here, Mikey!” Raph swatted blindly, trying to hit the cockroach out of Mikey’s hand without actually touching the creature.

Mikey laughed and easily dodged. “Ooo! It’s coming to get youuu~”

“Cut it out Mikey!” Raph was near tears out of rage while Mikey just kept bringing the creature closer to his face.

“Oooo~ kissy kissy kissy!”

Mikey almost brought the cockroach to touch Raph’s cheek, but before the contact could be made, the box turtle felt strong hands grab him around his shell and lift him away from the cowering strength of the team. Mikey craned his head up and beamed when he saw the snapper Raphael looking down at him with concerned eyes.

“Hi dude!” Mikey laughed, “Wanna help me make this bug kiss Raph? He’s super scared of them!”

Raphael frowned. He looked from Mikey down to the upset Raph wiping his eyes, then quickly carried Mikey a short distance away before setting him down gently. Raphael took the cockroach from Mikey’s hands and cupped it in his own while Mikey watched him curiously.

“This isn’t a toy, little Mike— this is a creature. You don’t play with anything living like it’s a toy, alright?”

Mikey didn't respond. He simple watched as Raphael took the roach a safe distance away from his smaller self and sat the bug on a high pipe so it could skitter away. He returned to Mikey, tweaking the concerned turtles nose to urge a smile and giggle out of him.

“You’re not in any trouble little man.” Raphael smiled and pet Mikey’s head once the box turtle had cheered up, “But it’s not nice to tease your brother like that either.”

“But we always play with Raph like that…”

Raphael hummed. “Are you scared of anything, little dude? Probably not, huh? You’re big and brave aren’t you?”

Raphael put his hand under Mikey’s chin to make the turtle look at him.

“Ha! I am brave! But… I am kinda scared of squirrelanoids.”

Raphael tilted his head. “Tell me about them.”

“They’re these weird, mutant squirrel things that jump into your mouth and have a baby in your stomach!”

Raphael flinched at the thought of it. “Well! That is nasty! No wonder you’re so afraid of them. I’d be terrified and I’m twice your size! Now… say one of your brothers somehow got a hold of one of them and, when you weren’t expecting it, suddenly shoved one in your face?”

Mikey flinched and covered his face at the thought. “That’s super scary, dude! I’d be like, so scared and stuff!”

“And you would have every right to be.” Raphael nodded, “Here— come here a second.”

Raphael wrapped an arm around Mikey’s shell and pulled him forward, pointing over at Raph.

“Now, don’t you think he feels like that every time you shove a cockroach in his face? Don’t you think he’d be just as scared as you would be if it were a squirrlanoid?”

Mikey looked away and rubbed his arm.

“Hey, that’s okay little buddy.” Raphael gave him a final pat before urging him toward Raph. “Here, why don’t you go apologize to him, then? I’m sure he’d appreciate it.”

“What are you gonna do?”

“Don’t worry, I ain’t going nowhere far. Just gonna have a talk with your big brother is all.”

~~~

“Hey!” Raphael called to Leo with a wide smile and wave.

Leo opened one eye from his meditation. “Oh. Hello.”

“Mind if I sit?”

Leo made a welcoming motion to invite Raphael to sit beside him. Raphael obliged. Leo closed his eyes once more, but opened them again when he felt Raphael staring at him. He looked up at the comically large mutant and didn't give any indication of an emotion other than sheer disinterest.

“I’m guessing you wanna talk about something?”

“That would be great.” Raphael wagged his tail and slouched to try and look less threatening to the little mutant.

Leo said nothing in response. Raphael took the silence as his opening to talk and, after giving it a few more seconds to make sure the other wasn’t simply thinking about a response, he finally spoke up.

“I uh. Saw your Mikey with a cockroach earlier.”

“Lotta those in the sewer.” Leo answered calmly.

“Yes, well uh… he was uh. Teasing your Raph with it. Chasing him around and scaring him with it. Guess your Raph has a kinda phobia or something?”

Leo didn't respond. At first, Raphael only cleared his throat, but when the silence became too much, he spoke again.

“Well uh, anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I had a talk with him about it and he won’t be doing it again—“

“What do you mean?”

Raphael has Leo’s full attention now and intended to take advantage of it. He slouched a little more so that he was as level to Leo as he could comfortably get.

“I sat him down and had a little chat with him about why that wasn’t nice, and I had him apologize to your Raph for antagonizing him.”

“He… listened to you?” Baby blue eyes went wide and Leo gave a soft hum of surprise.

“Yeah. Just had to you know, get down on his level, give him an example he could relate to, and tell him why it was wrong. He did really good with it.”

“Well, thank you.” Leo gave a nervous laugh, “I can’t believe he actually listened…”

“Wanna come have a look?” Raphael smiled excitedly.

“Oh uh. Sure.”

Raphael was to his feet first and offered a hand to help Leo stand, which Leo happily accepted.

“You know, you don’t have to slouch when you talk to me.” Leo said as they walked, “I’m not scared of you.”

“Oh—no, I didn't do it cause—it’s more just force of habit for me. You know, I want people to be comfortable around me, and it can be kinda difficult with this ugly mug.” He motioned to his features

Leo laughed. “Tell me about it. I’ve more than my fair share of humans run from me. Can’t imagine it’d be much easier with someone your size.”

“It’s not, really…” Raphael rubbed his neck, “I haven’t had much experience with humans, but a lot of creatures just take one look at me and think I’m mean and scary…”

Raphael looked down as a gentle hand was laid on his shell in condolence. “I’m sorry— I admit I was one of them. I’m just so used to my Raph that the idea of a bigger Raph…”

“It was just a little hard to imagine me being anything other than mean?” Raphael offered.

“Yeah, exactly. But you’re pretty cool, and from what I’ve seen you’re a good leader.” Leo smirked devilishly and gave Raphael a gentle punch, “But you’re no Leo.”

They came into the living room and Raphael beamed when he saw Raph and Mikey, pointing out the scene to Leo. The brothers were sitting close enough to where their arms touched, both engaged in a video game together and laughing, chatting incoherently and shouting at random intervals when their character or controls did something stupid. Raphael and Leo just sat there watching them for the longest time, Leo smiling just as much as Raphael at the sight of his brothers getting along.

[divine-motion]

my rewrite of tmnt 2012 is turning more into “my fan iteration within the story of 2012 which i change a bit to suit my self-indulgence” (which it pretty much was from the start but hey) so i’m just gonna write down some General Stuff abt it like arcs and stuff

Tang Shen is alive but did get sliced by Shredder like when she dies in canon, so she has scars and Shredder believes her to be dead. Tang Shen also believes that Yoshi went and disappeared on her when he went to buy those turtles so, you know, rough couple of years for her w/ regards to thinking her infant daughter is dead, moving away from japan w/ her husband, and then her husband mutates into a rat and doesn’t tell her abt it. now she works as a robotics engineer at Stockman labs and while she’s still depressed she’s getting better, she likes her work, and she’s working on a certain nanobot project which is going good

(Nano is in this version but they instead are in an arcade cabinet that the turtles then bring to the Lair so that Nano has a family and they get to play with the turtles often. Happy end for Nano!)

Raph is the one who first meets Shen and Shen starts signing the adoption papers for the turtles

Splinter is pretty much the same as in 2012 but like, he gets confronted abt his shit instead of just being Flawless Wise Mentor, mainly by Michelangelo and then Shen when she meets him again. think he’s still gonna die but only once instead of. what. three times?

the turtles have known April for about three years since they went to the surface in secret and met a curious human girl. April quickly decided she has four brothers now and they agreed whole-heartedly

April’s parents are both alive btw and very good parents, though since “the Kraang want to kidnap April” isn’t a thing here they are both unaware of her mutant friends

April isn’t trained as a kunoichi and instead relies on her telepathic powers, which would grow at the same rate as the turtles become better fighters. i have a whole list of her powers and their limits - for example, tinfoil hats do work to keep your head protected from telepathy, much to everyone’s surprise. a metal pot also works, or a metal helmet. Shredder is unknowingly immune to it with his helmet always being on...

the brain worms serve a slightly bigger role, but they are instead creatures from Dimension X, a weak, telepathic parasite that crawls into people’s brains and controls them to keep the worm safe while it feeds on the person. they are what Kraang Prime mutated himself with to create the Kraang hivemind. they are also called “mind maggots” in Dimension X, “brain worms” is just what Stockman and Donnie started calling them when first discovered. removing a brain worm from a person without using telepathic powers can result in the person’s death or severe brain damage

also the Kraang are a more literal hivemind. if one of them sees you, they all see you. the turtles have to use all their ninja stealth to deal with them, and it’s always a risk because the Kraang can easily overwhelm them with how many of them there are

Kraang Prime is probably gonna be offed at the end of the “season 1 finale”, probably by Leatherhead. he deserves it. offing Prime also frees the Kraang hivemind from his control and the Utrom have their autonomy back. either that, or they manage to release the hivemind from his control another way, and it leaves Prime like weak and useless somehow. maybe by plucking off those weird crystals on his head, i dunno, still thinking abt it

oh Leatherhead! Leatherhead is a doctor for mutants, being a bit of a mix between his 2003 and 2012 self. he wants to help other mutants since he knows they’re victims of the Kraang too, however indirectly, and that they can’t exactly get medical help. mutants do have greater regenerative properties, but that’s only going to help you so far, and your bones might grow back wrong quicker. so, Leatherhead spent his years of freedom studying medicine and mutant biology, using stuff he stole from the Kraang during his first escape.

it would be a lot more focused on helping mutants in general. like, there would still be mutant villains that would be fought when needed, but Mikey and Donnie would put their feet down and try to offer the mutants help in settling into their new life. the turtles would also not be disgusted with mutants like they are in 2012 like jeez, dumbdotcomm really put it into words

anyways the Kraang would cease being a threat after “season 1″ and the truce Karai suggests between Foot and Hamato does happen. Splinter hates it and doesn’t trust it at all

Baxter Stockman has his own lab which is pretty successful, and he is an incredibly smart and eccentric guy with a bubbly personality - until you threaten him or talk down to him, at which point he shows himself to be calculating and ruthless, still with a smile on his face. he doesn’t pick up on sarcasm very well, though, and if you ask him to explain something, he will happily do so in great detail, whether you’re friend or foe. also, he doesn’t get mutated into a fly, and he doesn’t get turned into just a brain, either. he’s just a funky regular human guy

Timothy becomes The Badger in this version. he’s also treated better by the turtles, especially Mikey who takes it upon himself to train Timothy, partially bc Mikey wants to be a superhero but knows he can’t show his face. in fact, Timothy was inspired by Mikey specifically as he saw Mikey trying to be a costumed superhero at one point. when Timothy mutates, he becomes a human mutant like Hun and Ravenwood from IDW, so he can become like an actual superhero with powers

more female characters. like just in general more girls please. i beg of you.

Angel is Casey’s older sister who’s off at college as a STEM student, and she is also Nobody here bc i absolutely love that for her, IDW was galaxy brained when they did that. Alopex is her partner here too same as in IDW, and they jokingly call themselves “Batteries, the Double-A Crime Fighting Duo”. Angel is very much against Casey being a vigilante despite being one herself, but she’s an adult so it’s different, obviously

the turtles ask Alopex to be their teacher, too, especially since Raph notices that she fights using anger in a controlled way, and she is a bit surprised and slightly awkward about it but she accepts. Alopex is an arctic fox instead of a red fox here btw, though she has a summer coat most of the time and only gets white fur during winter.

April would also have an arc where she strives to understand her mutant side and powers better, so she would venture into Dimension X alone to find the Utrom, and learns about their society before and after Kraang. Rook and Queen (named Quin here bc Bishop isn’t a Utrom in this version, and Utrom don’t have a concept of queens and kings) would have bigger roles, as they would help April out with her powers and figuring out what being part Utrom/Kraang means for her identity.

Rook is also an alchemist/scientist who created mutagen in the first place, and Kraang was her assistant. this isn’t super important to April’s arc but i just thought it’d throw it out there

the brain worms/mind maggots would result in a City Fall arc i’ve decided. but it would be the only time mind control/brainwashing becomes a plot point in this series bc i think 2012 really overused that trope. like it was there with Splinter and the Rat King, with the parasite wasp mutant episode, and then again with the brain worms but like, several times over.

this also means that Karai doesn’t get the brain worms pumped into her brain. remember that scene where she’s hooked up to the machine and Shredder’s like “damn that shit sucks i’m sorry Hamato Yoshi’s doing this to you”?? that scene was pretty fucked up. anyways Karai has like. agency in her own arc this time

in the City Fall arc Splinter would die and at the end Karai kills Shredder, and Leo and Karai as new leaders of the clans would be like “alright this stupid fucking ancestral cycle of vengeance” ends here

Northampton time after that because it would be a Lot

after that i think it would be space arc time? it would start with the turtles being separated across dimensions and planets a bit like when SAINW happened, but without SAINW. like, Donnie would get to Neutrino (elves with crazy hair version), Leo would get to Usagi’s dimension, etc. etc.

also in case it wasn’t obvious Tang Shen will play a big role as the turtles’ Better parent and she’d have her own stuff to work through, like meeting her daughter she thought was dead and finding out her boss, Stockman, is evil, that her husband got turned into a rat, and that her new kids get into all kinds of dangerous trouble constantly

anyways that’s um. already quite the wall of text so i’ll shut up now ‘til i have more art to post, digital art this time so you can like. actually see what things look like.

[brightlotusmoon]

Dear TMNT Fandom,

I am a panromantic demisexual demigirl in my forties who 1) didn't even know those terms until recently, calling myself a bisexual who didn't want casual sex for a decade, and 2) found some memories from the late 90s of conversations with folks with ties to Mirage Studios, and I need to say this:

I cannot believe we as a fandom have to explain that the Ninja Turtles, fantasy creatures, can be headcanoned as Asexual not just because it is a real thing and not weird like some are saying, but because specifically the original Mirage Turtles were asexual, not attracted to humans, and as the series went on and they grew up, more concerned with their own unique bond as the only members of their kind over romantic relationships.

For example: Mike's fling with the Styracodon princess Seri was a manipulation, and Future Leonardo being with Raven Shadowheart was a choice. They're still asexual, even maybe gray or demi. We never got to know if Seri's eggs were Mikey's but we know he didn't have feelings for her.

In all the cartoon versions, we see various relationships happen which reflect some of the era and audience. Great example is 2012.

Actually, since Peter hated romance and Kevin was the one to sign off on the Next Mutation which was the straw that broke the camel's back for their split, we know Kevin is supportive of a lot of headcanons, even the actually weird ones, and thanks to my brain suddenly yelping "holy shell I remember that" I know how a lot of TMNT franchise crew members support inclusive headcanons even if they might not be canon. So someone saying "why are fan writers and artists making the turtles ace [or trans or NB], I think it's so weird" is absolutely one of the more bizarre things to come from the fandom. Because... they're turtles. They're mutants. Hell, to get super technical they're essentially genetically aliens, since the mutagen was created by aliens and fused with their DNA. They have more turtle in them than human. They're not human, the actual entire point of the characters, so the other entire point is how they learn to become psychologically and socially human, which rules to follow, which morals to have that don't need to be human. Thus, it extends to fans who create Alternate Universes and Canon Divergent worlds. And asexuality, the ace spectrum, is a real world thing that has always existed even if we didn't always know the words. To try to insist that these not-real fantasy creatures - ones that don't exist, have no bearing on real life except our imaginations, and should't be so restricted - cannot represent orientations and identities for fans who share with fans is, at the very least, disingenuous, controlling, upsetting, and exasperating.

I didn't spend nearly thirty years fighting oppression as both LGBTQIA and disabled to see my my favorite fandom pushed against by aphobia, transphobia, and bullying in general.

Although, really, I am a fool, I should have seen all this. I know Tumblr is completely different than other platforms, completely different from my Olde Fann favorites like Livejournal and the old Geocities forums, and online social communities are now faster than, say, my ADHD thoughts in a hyperfocus, but I still want to be Old Man Yells At Cloud and Get Off My Lawn You Kids when it comes to this very specific fandom thing and I totally see how weird that is on its face. I've been studying neuropsychology a lot, I usually notice my own weirds and faults more than usual.

Anyway. Aaanyway. Uh. So. *exhales*

Haa, panic attacks are the worst, aren't they? Also, I gotta stop believing the depression and anxiety monsters in my head, they take up too much real estate and I'm tired and getting too old for this weird AAAAAA-ness.

(One of my inner voices is like, "Woman, you are talking about ninja mutant turtle creatures that were created as a parody of gritty superheroes, who are you calling weird and AAAA?" and all I can do is shrug with a "you got me smile" and a long sigh. But I try, oh my god do I try, all the time, in this institution - *pause to break into song I said hey hey hey* - and I keep learning from my fictional sunshine child as I go so I can keep up with all the So Which Of My Identities Is Being Threatened In Society This Time discourse and especially the memes. All the memes.

I am a cautious optimist, after all. Nihilistic Optimist maybe? All I know is my entire life is multiple piles of junk cluttering a small room and everything is shiny even when it's hidden in shadows. Just smile until it feels better.

[arandomsewer]

Reacting to Batman vs TMNT

Part 1:

-cool intro

-we... Start with April. And she looks like she's based in the one from 2003 TMNT, nice

-also NICE style...

-OH SHIT. OH SHIT!! She's got mooves!!

That's mah girl! She learned something from the turtles and...

-...and she doesn't know them?

-ooooh OH SHIT that's not April. Oh, ok

Sorry my bad... They kind of looked the same ...(in more than one version)

-oh, I get it they think theyr the bad guys, of course.

-this is gonna be fun. Theyr both ninjas.

-wait, he recognices they are non-human humanoid creatures from the blurry pictures? Come on! Thats a waste of such a chance!

It would be so cool to have Batman react to theyr looks!

-though, fair enough, hes seen some shit

-(insert spongebob meme) je je. Superan mug

-I will not name the page in witch Im catching it, but I will BURN it with all its piblicity and the issues with the mouse, and laught and dance on the ashes

-that is, after the movie

-aaaw, Alfred and Batbuddy have a sense of humor... And playful banter... I already love this movie

-shit. Mikey, seriously, pizza?

Oh and cool car, and manhole shot...

Just a cool montage alltogether

-are they designed after the 2012 ones? But... Olde...

-NOOH!!! THE PAGE SHITS ON ME AGAIN!!! NOT TRHOUH THE MONTAGE!!!

-ok, that was an ologram, but that foot soldier was stabbing someone. We don't see that every day. Kudos!

-pff. Dances ballet in a cape and looks cool while doing it. Its BATMAN!!

-why rainbow guns? Why?

-"do I look like a freaking bat to you? "

-ok, I see Raph has a scar, but its not the same... So yeah, it could be a bit inspired in the 2012 version

-...oh, he is BIG too

-you know, the 2003 version was a bit of a mix of the comic and the first animation, kind of like the movies.

-I think every version is new but they do work with concepts from past designs, like them being big or Raph's scar...

-and also the raster egs. Those are fun!

-I hope we see Splinter here. Tha Fat Rat is fun too, but I miss wise sensei dad

-Donnie is the only one with cute round eyes. Aaw.

-reminds me of AU concepts in wich they are not teached to be warriors. What could this guy be?

-oh the guns are supposed to look like the umbrella uh.

-ah, Raph is enjo- SHIT!!

THERE'S BLOOD IN THIS

-TMNT DRAWING BLOOD

- +200 kudos!

-"dude, we're out of dudes"

-did he say "do I have to kill everything myself!?"

+10 points for Slythering

-Im going into the digi world, just to take a shit on this page

-Raph hiding from the shots

-Mikey and the gunbrella!

-I don't know how the gunbrella works, but I don't think the star would work like that

-still cool thoug

-the penguin challenges Leo with a sword. He has no dices enough to make that roll!! Pff Leo's not even trying!!

-Im getting one of this umbrella thingys for Mikey's birthday

-in fact! the fact that he's interested on it like this is not just classic Mikey, its also brad new Mikey-likes-cool-weapons stuff. I LOVE creative new character aspects!

-(sees the thing can fly toó)

Oh Mikey's gonna faint

-Mikey does faint

CALLED IT!!

-how long should I make this posts?

-ok, this thing is 1 hour and 27 minutes

60+27 = 87, now: 87÷4 = 21'75

So, I'll make 4 posts, with 20 min. Of movie in each.

...or should I make more? Is this too long already?

-...it kind of is.

-someone message me. Do you preffer longer posts, or more posts? Hurry up!

(To be continued in the next post)

[romantinkerbell1709]

If it's not too much to ask, can you please write a crossover between tmnt 2012 and rottmnt?

Sorry it took a while, but here it is finally. I hope you all enjoy.

Request               -              Cross Over          -              Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 x Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesNo Warnings.

They’d never seen anywhere quiet socolourful…or so neon. It was rather bright and fit inducing, despite being inthe shadows.At least it was to them. After all, they’d lived in dimly lit sewers they’rewhole life so far.

As to how they’d ended up in thispredicament, well, it had to do with a Kraang Portable Portal and Mikey beingMikey.

The fifteen-year-old mutant turtles had found refuge in the only place theyknew might shelter them, the sewers, but now it just made them home sick.They did occasionally leave the confinements of their temporary hideout, to getfood and what not, but they’d not run into anything that looked even remotelylike them or someone they knew, and so could only assume that this was not a mutantturtle friendly world.

Through all of Michelangelo’s complaining,Raphael’s mumbling about Mona and his missing April, the young Donatello hadfinally been able to piece together the once broken KPP…but he couldn’t helpthe brain itching nag tickling his skull, telling him something was stillwrong.He could only pray that he hadn’t missed something.

“Alright, I think I’ve finally got it” hestated with a smile, putting down the…borrowed…screwdriver.He flipped away holding the device away up high as the orange clad turtle madea grab for it.

“No way Mikey! I’m not letting you touchthis thing again until we finally get home!”

Mikey whined sadly but was silenced by thepalm of Raph’s three fingered hand connecting with the back of his head loudly.

“Well, fire up that portal and get us homeDon” the leader, Leonardo, stated happily with a smile.The purple wearing turtle mirrored his brothers smile, showing off the gapbetween his teeth, all too happy with himself.But that quickly diminished when he tried to activate it.

The four watched sadly as the devicesparked, sputtered and a thin tendril of grey smoke rose into the air.

“Nice goin’ Don” Raph grumbled angrily, watchingthe smoke disappear above their heads. Donnie could only deadpan in response.

It seemed their only hope now was to goabove ground again and find more of the necessary materials…if any.

“We’ll all go” the blue clad leader stated“We need more food, and maybe the fresh air will help fire up those grey-cellsof yours Don”

Donnie grunted, mainly with annoyance, butdecided not to argue with his brother…he might be right, and the intelligent onecouldn’t have that…

The night air was cool in their lungs, anindicator of the approaching winter change.Above them, the sky was dark save for a few bright stars, making blending intothe shadows all the easier.Below them, the sprawl of late-night suburbia hummed with the occasional carand drunken partiers on their way home.

The turtles kept an eye out for any passingfood delivery vehicles that may have been easy to take something from. In theircurrent predicament, it was simpler to take food scraps from either the garbageor hunt for worms and things in the sewers…neither of which was very appealing,but they made do…as long as Mikey wasn’t cooking.

Their aim tonight was the local dump, onthe search for scrap parts that may aid in either their temporary livingfacilities or Donnie’s quest to fix the KPP.But upon passing through a construction site, the floor unexpectedly gave waybeneath their feet.

Mikey had just enough time to use hisKusarigama to halt their plummeting descent towards earth by catching Raph bythe wrist, who in turn caught Leo who then caught Donnie by the ankle.From his upside-down perspective, the purple bandanna wearing turtle noticedsomething interesting.

“Uh, guys, you may wanna see this”

In a tight bunched group underneath, notfive meters from where he was hanging, were small creatures which he vaguelyrecognized as insects.

They were silver-grey in colour, maybe shy of a meter, six limbs in total andantenna – solidifying their arthropod status – and were intently observing whatappeared to be a battle…like it was a tennis match.

Whilst doing so, they passed back and forth between them pieces of theconstruction site that they obviously deemed edible, like it were popcorn.

And that was why Donnie’s blood was nowquickly rushing to his head.

Though, the sizable insects hadn’t been whatDonnie was referring to. He’d been referring to that ongoing battle, and thethree mutant turtles that were obviously the Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael ofthis world.He briefly wondered where their Mikey was…until he felt a jerk.

Looking up with his brothers, he saw that thechosen saving limb of metal was buckling under their combined weight.

“Not a very sturdy frame” Mikey quippedobviously, the dread of shocking anticipation for the fall hinted in his tone.

“Donnie! How far up are we?!” Leo yelled asthe chain jerked again and began to slip.

Said turtle did some quick calculations.“Exactly? I’d say we’re 49.215 feet from the ground!”

“And how high it that?!” Mikey questioned,squealing as his Kusarigama slipped again.

“Approximately fifteen meters!”

“Well, we’ve fallen from worse” Raph statedfactually.

“Well, I would prefer not to fall at all,especially since I’ll land on my head!” Donnie screamed back angrily.

The chain finally gave way, and theyhovered momentarily before gravity decided to come back into play. It would’vebeen comedic if they hadn’t been plummeting downwards.The boys screamed in harmony, before maneuvering to land on their feet withease.

“Someone remind me why we were so worried?”Raph stated before screaming like a child as he saw the silver-grey creaturesscuttling towards them like cockroaches, having heard their screams from above.

The red bandanna wearing turtle ran for theclosest high ledge to climb while his brothers kicked into ninja gear…butquickly realized they were doing something wrong as the creatures began tomultiply with every crucial blow the turtles landed.

As one of the creatures jumped at Raph, ahigh pitched, evil sounding cackle whizzed by his ear, wreathed in a hot orangeblaze. The creature didn’t split, instead it was knocked back into the fray.Looking above in the direction the laughing flame ball came from, Raph was andwas not surprised to see a bright green, mutated turtle…wearing an orangebandanna.

“And yet another thing Mikey will never letme live down” he grumbled

“You okay?” the other Mikey asked.

Raph was still a little strung up about thecreatures that were currently trying to devour his family, and so could onlyreply with a fearful “Those things tried to eat me!”

“Yeah, those Silverfish will do that” theother Mikey returned casually, looking on. “Oh, no, wait, they won’t eat you, but they do bite. Theyactually prefer underwear”

Raph pulled a face and blinked, as Leoscreamed for his help. Other Mikey pointed out to him that he should probablyhelp.

The red wearing turtle ‘err’d in thought,not wanting to get involved, only ceasing when he heard a shout of “Booyakasha!” and three silver fishsplattered against the steel frame work the other Mikey was perched on.

“Hey! I’m standing here!” he shouted at hisother form. To which of course Raph’s Mikey, being Mikey, answered with a quick“Sorry dude!” and then realized whoit was he was actually talking to.

“Woah!” Mikey ducked as a Silverfish wasbatted in his direction by Donnie “That’s me! Well, this me anyway”

“Fantastic to know Mikey. Now can we focuson the situation at hand, please?” Donnie berated as he knocked out a couple ofthe silver insectsThe leader in blue yelled as one jumped on his head and Donnie was made to playT-Ball.

The insect traveled into the other battle,which was still raging on, and landed in the face of the other Leo who yelledand fell over his own feet.Donnie apologized loudly and looked over to his brother, who was scowling hisway. Donnie apologized again and laughed nervously until they were having toinvolve themselves with the remaining Silverfish.

The original fight with their other selves,fell into silence as the others observed the smaller versions of themselvesfighting off the Silverfish…well, everyone aside from Leo who was currently inthe process of trying to pull a shocked and terrified Silverfish from his face.

The pair from the Foot Clan blinked backand forth between those that were standing in front of them and the others thatwere engaged in battle beside them…and decided to book it. No vendetta wasworth having to deal with eight of the annoying mutant turtles.

Raph and Donnie blinked and watched thepair as they disappeared down a dark backstreet.

“D’you think we should we go after them?” Raph questioned.

Donnie shook his head “I don’t doubt they’veteleported away by now”

Raph shrugged “I was getting tired anyways”

Leo screamed again from the ground next tothem, but neither of them made any move to help him.

I realise it’s short...ish, and maybe somewhat confusing and cliffhanger-ish towards the end, but it’s all a bit of fun and was very fun to write so I hope you all enjoyed reading it anyway.

[vivalatoons]

My Talk: TMNT 2012

Today, 6 years ago, a new TMNT series came into our lives again. Grab a slice of pizza and take a walk down memory lane in a TMNT 2012 reflection. Booyakasha!

During this time, I had finished watching all TMNT series (not including the live action one) and movies. There was one more series that I had to watch.

I admit, I was one of those people when I saw TMNT 2012. Yes, I complain that there was another TMNT reboot. I trashed and bashed it and stated this reboot is going to bomb hard. Understand this. I didn’t hear anything about TMNT 2012 till the year 2015. During that time, I saw bad reboots and Nickelodeon’s “great” cartoons. Seeing that this is a reboot on Nick, this was a recipe for disaster. People were saying that this reboot is better than Teen Titans Go, so I knew this version of TMNT wasn’t going to be horrible. What made me begin to watch the show was the cast of the Turtles and my Turtle nostalgia. I’ll get to that later, but I start to watch the CGI 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

January 11, 2016. I tried not to get attract to the show. I was excited to see these new Turtles, yet I had my doubts. After watching The Rise of the Turtles Part 1 and 2, I was instantly hook on these turtles. I hated myself for being against the reboot. These episodes were brilliant, and my Ninja Turtles love grow three sizes that day.

Flaws. Not every show is perfect, but there were some things that I didn’t enjoy in TMNT 2012. I didn’t like that some of the characters didn’t get their moment to shine at times. Some episodes were a waste of time, and could have been used to answer things TMNT hasn’t address. I also hate how the shippers would go full crazy when they see littlest of things when the ship does something. It got pretty annoying. My leader in blue would fall to the cliché of self sacrifice and going on crazy one man missions. I hated how Nickelodeon kept making random scheduling changes in season 5. This was a bad move in Nickelodeon, because fans missed something because of those random schedule changes and it was a marketing plan for PlayMates to sell those damn toys. Half of the season was pointless and the other half was awesome. Those flaws didn’t stop me from enjoying the series.

Characters. I don’t need to mention characters, but I’ll repeat myself again. Each TMNT series has the basic set of characters. There’s the Turtles, April, Casey, Splinter, Shredder, etc. Some characters are brought back from past TMNT series like Karai, Rocksteady, Bebop, Bishop, etc. In this series, there are some new characters like Tiger Claw, Fishface, Shinigami, and more. I love how the 2012 series have the Turtles be more like teenagers from other TMNT series. Some of the characters I find to be the best in this show.

Animation. 2012 TMNT uses CGI and a bit of 2D animation when it comes to flashbacks and storytelling. It’s weird at first. After awhile, it’s interesting to see. The CGI is incredible when the characters show emotions and action sequences. I’m impressed with the crew and their talents.

Voice cast. Oh yeah, my favorite part of this show. I said the voice cast is what made me decide to watch the show, and here’s why. The voice cast is outstanding and their voice director is Andrea Romano. This woman was a voice director for Batman: TAS, Teen Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Voltron: Legendary Defender, etc. She’s a legend! Jason Biggs voiced Leo till season 2 episode 19, then Dominic Catrambone voiced Leo till the finale. Seth Green voiced Leonardo from season 3 till the end. Rob Paulsen, Sean Astin, and Greg Cipes voiced Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Hoon Lee voiced Splinter. Kevin Michael Richardson voiced Shredder. Mae Whitman and Josh Peck voiced April and Casey. Kelly Hu and Gwendoline Yeo voiced Karai and Shinigami. There’s a ton of great voice actors including Eric Bauza, Nolan North, Clancy Brown, Phil LaMarr, Fred Tatasciore, J.B Smoove, David Tennant, Keith David, Corey Feldman, Tom Kenny, Roger Smith Craig, Charlie Murphy, Ashely Johnson, Minae Noji, Mark Hamill, Zelda Williams, and the list goes on and on. I adore the voice cast so much. All of them did a spectacular job.

How is it different from other TMNT series. The CGI is what tells them apart. Hamato Yoshi once lived in Japan with his wife and daughter. Tragedy stuck, and Yoshi goes to New York. One day, he gets four baby turtles. He bumped into someone, following him. Yoshi witness the men meeting, and decided to attack him. Yoshi defeats them, but a canister of mutagen splashes on Yoshi and the Turtles. Yoshi become a rat, and the turtles grew into little turtle tots. April, Casey, and Karai are teenagers in this reboot. The Kraang are a species of talking brain like creatures. Some references from the 1987 and 2003 series show up in this show from characters to arcs. It manages to be silly and dark at times, it’s a nice blend.

Ciro Nieli, Joshua Sternin, and J. R. Ventimilia. These wonderful people helped developed this remake. I thank them for being the right people to be in charge of this project. With great people running a reboot, it leads to the following.

TMNT 2012 is a great remake and best example of doing a reboot right. People can argue all they want about this version of TMNT, but you have to admit this…there was a lot effort put into this show. This show proves to that not all reboots are terrible. This series didn’t dumb down for kids. It manages to be a show for all ages to enjoy. Animation isn’t lazy, same for voice acting and writing. Ok, the writing had dip down at times, but most of the time it’s good. There is some heavy stuff in the show like violence, death, and more death. I enjoy how this show broke some boundaries at times, that makes the show more interesting and groundbreaking.

I’m always impressed about how this series turned out. It has a unique spin in animation, wonderful voice cast, and a perfect example of a good reboot. It really makes me happy that this series will be a part of TMNT universe. I praise the 2012 Turtles for making a few changes and still holds. It’s still the Turtles we all know and love. I still miss TMNT 2012. What I will remember about this version of Turtles is the character growth that the Turtles have. I saw Leonardo from being a nervous leader who doesn’t want to let his team down. He would make decisions and be the best leader ever. Donatello would have fail at times from his creations or inventions. He improves to himself and it helps others. Raphael is still our hothead turtle, but he learns not to his anger consumes him. Michelangelo was seen as a dumb turtle who cared about pizza and made jokes. In the end, he shows the bad guys what’s he made of and he’s not a turtle you don’t want to mess with. These turtles has wowed me and they are the best ninjas in the city of New York.

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Callie Reviews: TMNT 2012 Season 2 (Part Two)

Continuing from Part One

The Shift (Episodes 15-18)

After a silly filler episodes that you LARP-ers will probably enjoy, the plot continues in I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman. Finally fed up with Stockman’s incompetence, Shredder triggers the mutagen collar and Stockman is turned into a fly mutant. But he gets the idea to mutate himself with... I really don’t fully understand the plan. To put it simply, he plans to kidnap April due to her unique DNA and have them mutated together to restore his humanity. Such a sound and totally not insane plan!

So part of the season has had Donnie trying to develop a retro-mutagen, a mutagen antidote that will revert the person back into a human. He finally succeeds and has two batches, one for April’s dad and the other or Splinter. The gang goes to get April’s dad, leading to Stockman finding them and kidnapping April. Although April tries to escape, even whacking Stockman with her tessen, she ultimately tied over the mutagen. One of the vials got broken, so Splinter tells Donnie to use the one that’s left to cure Kirby. As Leo, Donnie, and Casey go to save April, Raph and Mikey are sent to find and capture Kirby.

While April does get dunked into the mutagen, as it turns out due to her DNA she is immune to the effects. So since that plan failed, and really? Did we expect Stockman’s B-rated horror movie plan to work? But yeah, Stockman tries to steal the retro-mutagen with Rhazar soon joining the party! They all escape and meet up with Raph and Mikey, April calming down her father. But Stockman manages to steal the mutagen, forcing a huge aerial chase to get it. Which let me just say that April is awesome this episode. When the vial gets stolen, she rounds up her dad and Casey and goes after it. The vial ends up broken, but like Hell April is going to give up the chance of saving her dad after all the shit form before. She manages to get her dad below it as it drips and he reverts back to normal. Also once she gets freed after being mutagen dunked, she kicks Stockman’s ass hard. Seriously, this episode did a MUCH better job at presenting April as a badass who deserves to fight alongside the Turtles ten times better than The Kraang Conspiracy did.

So yeah, Kirby is unmutated, yay! But Donnie’s now fresh out of retromutagen. He feels guilty as now he can’t restore Splinter’s humanity, but Splinter makes it clear that he has come to terms with his mutant status and is happy as long as he has his sons. Stockman is brought before Shredder, who has decided to give him one last chance. There is a certain mutant that he wants, and tasks Stockman with creating it for him.

Speaking of the Foot, we return to the Karai story in The Wrath of Tiger Claw where the kunoichi is having doubts about everything. We also have Tiger Claw return... so what was the point of having the worm swallow him? Anyways, Shredder has him and Karai make a move against the Turtles. After beating intel out of their friend Murakami, Tiger Claw attacks Casey while Karai confronts April. She claims that she doesn’t want to fight, even thinking of turning on Shredder. When Leo and Donnie show up, Leo decides to do what is by no means a bad decision: take Karai to the Lair without questioning if this could be a trap at all! Our fearless leader everyone! Yeah, this is all a ploy by Karai to find the location and she has a tracker so that Tiger Claw will follow suit.

However with Karai there, Splinter brings her into the dojo and shows her a photo of himself and Tang-Shen. A photo that Karai herself has. When she sees the family portrait, it hammers the revelation in further. She cant believe it, which confuses Leo, so she reveals that it was a trap. But yeah, now Karai has physical evidence, so she now knows the truth. She and the Turtles get out of the sewers and to a butcher shop to lead Tiger Claw away and proceed to fight. Mikey end sup pretty badly beaten up as Karai cements her turn of alligence. Agreed, Tiger Claw knocks her out and takes her back to face Shredder. With Mikey’s injuries, the Turtles can't follow and Raph makes it clear that despite all of this, he still doesn’t trust Karai. Leo is angered by all of this, but ultimately there’s nothing that he can do.

Karai is brought before Shredder, Tiger Claw revealing her aiding the Turtles. Angered, Karai asks Shredder to tell ehr the truth. So Shredder does just that, revealing that yes, Splinter is her real father. This murders the last bit of lingering doubt in Karai’s mind. So what does Shredder do now that all of his lies are out on the table? He has Tiger Claw throw his so-called ‘daughter’ in the dungeon below! Father of the Year everyone! Oh, but you think all of this is bad! HA! Oh just wait. JUST WAIT.

The Revelations (Episodes 19-24)

We get three filler episodes after that. The first one is stupid and not worth mentioning other than that I hate it. One involving an arms dealer named Ivan Steranko (who we saw last season in Enemy of My Enemy) and a Tron-esque thief named Anton Zeck. They try to steal Shredder’s helmet, the Turtles get invovled, and Leo tries to use this to bargain for Karai. It fails. Remember those guys names though, it’ll be important next season. The other one is a Kraang plot where Raph gets his mind switched with a Kraang. A fun episode, especially since we get to hear Sean Astin have to talk Kraang-like and it is hilarious. But the episode ends with Raph revealing that the Kraang are about to start another invasion and Donnie revealing a plan for something he’s making to fight back: a mecha!

We return to the Karai plot with her trying to escape, but she sadly gets re-captured. Shredder, in both this and the previously menitoned episode abotu his helmet, has tried to tell Karai thing slike he was trying to do what was best for her or that how she’s acting is hurting him. You know... like an abuser would talk to someone. The Turtles have mad ea plan, but Splinter has forbidden it as he refuses to lose any of his other kids. Leo goes through with it anyways and it does work. They’re able to break Karai out, fight through the Foot, and get back to the Lair safely. Shredder... takes this surprisingly well. Why? Because he knwos that Karai is going to come back of her own volition to get payback. Of course you would you sick fuck, you raised her to be that way. God I hate Shredder...

Anyways, Splinter reveals to Karai the full story of what actually happened, including his relationship with Shredder. As it turns out, the Hamato Clan had wiped out the Oroku Clan, but Splinter’s father took pity on young Saki and adopted him into the clan. So Splinter and Shredder were raised as brothers, but things got tense when Splinter got together with Tang-Shen, who Shredder has been with previously, and when Shredder discovered his true heritage. Angered and fulled by vengeance, he and Splinter fought, but Tang-Shen sacrificed herself and took a lethal blow to save her lover. Shredder came out of it disfigured and during the chaos, stole the baby away, lying to her the ame way that the Hamato’s did.

Learning this on top of everything else, Karai decides to go back and personally finish Shredder. Leo finds out... and asks to go with her, also wanting to put an end to it. Wow Leo, so responsible there... Karai responds by knocking him out. She goes back and she and Shredder have one heck of a brawl, but ultimately Karai gets pinned and Shredder has her taken to Stockman’s lab. Why? Well remember that mutant that he asked Stockman to make Well it involves using Snake DNA in Stockman’s large vat to lure the Turtles in and mutate them into snakes. What do snakes like to eat? Why rats of course! Yeah, Shredder plans to mutate Splinter’s sons and have them devour him. Wow... wow. Does this man have ANY limit to how sick he can be?! Of course not because he ties Karai over it to serve as bait! There is NO WAY that THAT could go wrong in ANY WAY possible!

The Turtles and Splinter arrive and all but Leo get caught. He reaches Karai... but Shredder attacks him and severs the link. Karai is sent into the vat, turning into a snake mutant. Oh and on top of all of that, a fire gets ignited! So Shredder had kidnapped, lied to, and emotionally abused a young girl, threatened her with violence if she didn’t obey, locked her up when the truth came out, tried to paint himself as the victim when she was understandably pissed off, he used her as bait, and because of his own blind arrogance he got her mutated. SO who’s to blame for this? Why Splinter of course! OF COURSE! Shredder swears to avenge his daughter and I just want to break things. Splinter is able to break through to Karai and she flees. As Stockman’s building burns down, Leo apologizes to Splinter... but all Splinter says is that they should go.

One small note I have to make. When Stockman was preparing the DNA, he split something and it got mixed in. Thus creating a rather unique mutation. One that allows Karai to shift back into her human form, huh...

The penultimate episode, Into Dimension X, has the Turtles receive a message from someone we haven't heard from in over 20 episodes. My friends, Leatherhead is back! He tries to contact the Turtles via communication orb to warn them of the Kraang’s plans... but Mikey gets upset and breaks the orb. They also get a working portal for Dimension X and desperate to save his friend, Mikey stupidly goes in alone. It forces the other three to go in to find him, and kudos to the animation team. Dimension X both looks and feels totally alien. Most of the environment is crystallized and there are these strange little alien creatures. Add in the pink sky and it feels like a place the Kraang would come from.

So as it turns out, Mikey had become... very adapt to how Dimension X works due to his bizarre train of logic. TO out it simply, he understands Kraang logic mroe than regular logic. The Turtles get into the Kraang’s base, rescue Leatherhead, and discover that the Kraang, after nearly two seasons of trying, have perfected the mutagen. Thy can now use it to turn the Earth into a second Dimension X. While the guys cause some damage before getting back home, it is more clear than ever that the invasion is near. But it’s okay! Our boys are ready to face whatever comes at them! They can handle this, right?

Ha... haha... HAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I’LL LET THAT SPEAK FOR ITSELF.

But yeah, we now enter the Season Two finale. This is actually both my favorite episode of the season and my favorite in the entire series. It’s one of the best-written, but... also the most depressing. Like this episode left me numb by the end. Why? Well let us go into...

The Invasion (Episodes 25-26)

Desperate to get Karai back, Shredder once more makes a deal with the Kraang. They help him get what he wants, and he helps them get what they want. So once again, Shredder decides to leave humanity to suffer all for his own needs. You see why I hate this monster?!

April and Irma get attacked by Foot Bots and unable to evade them, April is forced to take Irma to the sewers with her. Raph and Casey are on the lookout for Karai, but that gets cut short when the cops show up and try to arrest Casey. As it turns out, these are Kraang posing as humans. Worst? Raph sees Kraang portals opening and the Kraang dishing out everything that they have. UFO’s, robotic fleets, giant walker-things straight out of Star Wars. Casey is able to get free and overwhelmed, he and Raph are forced to try and find cover.

Down in the sewers, Donnie and Leo are arguing over the best course of action to take. Donnie wants to put his faith in the Turtle Mech, confident that it’ll dot he job despite still having kinks to work out. Leo however is concerned about if things could go wrong and wants to establish a second base outside New York. April arrives with Irma, who is taken back... before her body changes and reveals that she is a robot... UMM... so yeah, Irma was actually Kraang Sub-Prime, who was trying to work form within to weasel out the location of the Lair. Now that he has it, the Kraang open portals and attack. The gang gets quickly over-whelmed so Splinter orders the Turtles and April to flee. They head into the tunnels with Leo choosing to stay behind and fend off the Kraang droids chasing them while Donnie, Mikey, and April escape back to the surface.

Everything has devolved into chaos quickly. Raph and Casey are trying to evade the Kraang’s forces. Donnie, Mikey, and April flee to the O’Neil’s apartment where they watch the chaos unfold and poor Kirby has essentially a panic attack. Poor April feels guilty for it all due to bringing Irma to the Lair, even offering to go out and bring the boys to safety herself. Leo gets to the surface, but the Foot have spotted him and Shredder sends all of his forces after him. Splinter is able to defeat SUb-Prime, but the Lair is in utter ruins. But he has little time to grieve as he still has his sons to find. To make things worst, Kraang Prime emerges and launches mutagen all over the city, mutating everything and everyone hit with it. So yeah... things are NOT looking good.

Leo eventually ends up at a construction site where Shredder is waiting. Leo tries to make him fight him, but Shredder refuses as Leo is ‘beneath him’. Instead, he sends more Foot Bots and poor Leo is just getting pushed to his limits here. He’s under a lot of stress and pressure at this moment, and the constant attacks are not helping. He bests the Foot Bots in a... pretty brutal fashion that makes you really glad that he’s dicing and stabbing Foot Bots and not actual soldiers. Shredder has Rhazar, Fishface, and Tiger Claw attack him, provoking Leo to devolve to blind fury and kick their asses. But at this point, the leader in blue is exhausted, worn down, and not thinking clearly which leaves him vulnerable to Shredder, who casts the final, and most lethal, blow.

Shredder has his men take Leo away as he finds Splinter, who is NOT happy with the evidence that something happened to his son. Shredder responds by saying that he took Leo just like he took Karai all those years ago. This pisses Splinter off for VERY understandable reasons and they fight. Meanwhile, Raph and Casey finally make it to the apartment, but the relief is short-lived. Leo gets tossed through the window, knocked out and brutally beaten up. The Foot attack, forcing the group to escape. Kirby leads them to his old van they they try to escape in, but Kirby get shit with mutagen before he can tag along. Kraang Prime totally did that just to spite April. Asshole. The group flees in the van. Splinter and Shredder continue to brawl, but Splinter eventually gets trapped under some graters. Fortunately he earlier met up with Leatherhead, who jumps into the fray to save him. Unfortunately, while t works, Shredder gets the upper hand and knocks him into the icy waters. Splinter gets so pissed that he, by sheer force of will, knocks the grates away and tackles Shredder back into the sewers. All while trying to essentially bite his face off. DAMN.

Donnie, Raph, Mikey, and April go back to the Lair to find Splinter as they leave Leo with Casey, who goes to find his family. Spoiler alert: he sadly fails. The Lair is an utter wreck and realizing that they can't stay, Donnie has the guys round up supplies and anything significant before going to find Splinter and get out of the city. It’s a... really somber scene. The Lair is where we have spent the past two years. It wasn't just the Turtles home, it was ours in a way too. I Bremen seeing it trashed for the first time and I was just... crying. Mind you they make the bad choice of having them fix it u next season, which I think was dumb because it negates the emotional significance played up in this moment and potential growth for the cast. But for this moment? It was... hard. Really hard.

April soon senses that Splinter is in trouble and the four venture into the tunnels, discovering that Splinter is still fighting Shredder. The tunnel is caged off however, so they can’t reach him. Splinter gives it his all, even using the same airbending-like maneuver that he used in I. Monster on Shredder. But unfortunately, it fails. Shredder get sup, knocks Splinter out form behind, and literally flushes Splinter away. All while three of his sons and his surrogate daughter are forced to watch helplessly. Raph is enraged, angrily pulling and bating at the bars as Shredder walks away. Mikey eventually hugs Raph to calm him down, assuring him that somehow Splinter will be okay. April, enraged, tells Donnie that they can't run. They need to stay and end this here and now.

Their decision made, the four get the Turtle Mech and fight through the Kraang to reach the Foot. But they never get the chance to face Shredder again as Kraang Prime takes them on. They give it their best, even using the city’s power to use a powerful electrical attack n Prime that knocks out the city power grid. But even that proves futile and even fries the systems as Kraang Prime simply exits his robot suit and attacks personally. The only thing that saves them is April using her powers and Casey arriving to ram Prime back. They all flee formt he city, Donnie apologizing to the still comatose Leo for not listening. April hs a place where they can go, a farmhouse in North Hampton, but it does little to raise anyone’s spirits. The Turtles, for the first time, have completely and utterly lost.

As for Splinter, he is left in the city. But fortunately he is saved form drowning by, of all people, Karai. She doesn't stick around, but Thank God that we have something good happen cause Dear God did we need it! YEAH THIS EPISODE STILL HURTS EVEN FOUR YEARS LATER! 

TBC in Part Three...

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Get to know each other tag!

Rules: Answer these questions and tag 20 blogs you’d like to know better.

I was tagged by @thedeeplyaffected, thanks!

1. Nickname: Well I’m Natalia so people sometimes shorten it to Talia or Tali or Tal, I don’t mind any of those. I used to have some friends who called me turtle, and then my mom calls me all sorts of things (e.g. peanut, biscuit, pumpkin... all the ones that come to mind are food related I guess lmao)

2. Zodiac: Virgo hah

3. Height: somewhere between 5′7″ and 5′8″

4. Age: 20 (birthday is three months from yesterday though wooo)

5. Time: 10:43

6. Fav bands/artists: Idk this is hard, I go on a song by song basis more often than thinking about the particular artist so there’s a lot of songs I love that I only have one song by the artist. Some I like though would be Imagine Dragons, Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Kishi Bashi, BTS, The Rose ( I really like some other kpop ones too but I don’t know them well enough to decide my favorites yet), uhhhh Earth, Wind and Fire is pretty cool (we payed a show of their music in my marching band it was so fun), I feel like I’m not properly representing my music taste here and missing important people but idk who to say

7. Song stuck in my head: Daydream from J-Hope’s mixtape

8. Last movie I saw: I haven’t watched a movie in a while hmm.... It might have been the Greatest Showman when I went to see it in the theater for my friend’s birthday but that was back in February and I feel like I must have watched another movie since then??

9. Last thing I googled: according to google the last thing I searched was “color editor” (It was for that thing I made yesterday but I didn’t even end up using one I used something I already had)

10. Other blogs: Not counting the ones I’ve never posted on I have an old blog I used to post fics on, and @haikcuute is where the anime etc. goes lmao (also some stuff I drew)

11. Do I get asks: very rarely but I do enjoy them when I do

12. Why I chose my username: Oh jeez it was old back when I didn’t really know what a good username sounded like and I was like “Uhhhhhh what are things I like? I like band that’s cool. And I just got back from space camp where my team’s thing they yelled sometimes was ‘hoorah’ so I guess I’ll tack that on the end” and bandhoorah was born. At least it wasn’t a mile long like my first Ao3 name but if I can think of a name I like better I’ll probably end up finally changing this one.

13. Following: 155

14. Avg amount of sleep: Usually not much more than 7, I can get through the day as long as i get like, 4 or so. I think the longest I slept was about 12 hours and the first time it happened it was so unusual I scared my friend

15. Lucky number: I don’t think I have one really but I like 3, 12, and 27

16. What am I wearing: School track suit pants that I got for free from marching band last season, and a black t-shirt that says “2012 DANCE NATIONALS” In big colorful letters from the time we went to Vegas for a dance competition

17. Dream job: Not a specific job, something I enjoy and am comfortable doing

18. Dream trip: Not the biggest fan of travel but maybe going to France again would be cool? Or to see my friends on the other side of the country

19. Favorite food: I don’t have an absolute favorite but I always just say pasta for this question lmao

20. Play any instruments: I’ve played flute for over 11 years now, so i can also play piccolo. I’m not good enough to read sheet music for saxophone or clarinet but I know most of the fingerings and can get a decent sound out. (Slightly off track for the question but I really want to play some of the larger flutes some day, like if I got to play an alto or bass flute I might melt on the spot)

21. Favorite song: Again I’m bad at picking favorites, I love too many for various different reasons, so I’ll just say one that recently made it on my list of favorites which would be “Tomorrow” by BTS because yeah

22. Play(ed) any sports: I used to play soccer forever ago but I never really got the hang of it. (if your definition of sports is pretty loose I also used to do karate, I did competitive dance, and next year is probably my last year of marching band)

23. Hair color: Kind of a standard medium light brown. I’ve never dyed it but the idea has appealed to me occasionally.

24. Eye color: Brown (root beer colored, my mom says)

25. Most iconic song: Ahhhhh Idk what to answer this

26. Languages you speak/learning: I took 3 years of french in high school and I’ve retained a lot of words but I can’t really form sentences well anymore.

27. Random fact: I’m currently a double major in physics and chemistry and have 4.0 GPA yeet I graduate in a year barring disaster

28. Describe yourself as aesthetics/things: I don’t know if this is really me but more things/aesthetics I like... my flute, books (used and brand new, the whole range), a really warm and soft blanket, you know the park in the afternoon but when nobody else is there? , that feeling when you’re listening to music and you can physically feel it in your chest (either cause of the vibrations or emotions both are good) (These are probably too specific but oh well)

This is only 5 but I feel bad tagging no one so I’ll tag @crackandcanonships @soft-cheek @so-ver-saucy @readers-and-other-creatures @cute-spaceboy since you’re the people in my notifications no pressure though

[trotcon]

Huge Roundup of News! Guests! Merchants! Musicians! A Freakin' War! Wait, what?!

Finally managed to punch a hole through those scramblers. Nice try mates, but you can’t stop the signal! So let’s get a run down of what’s going on with those crazy pones setting up that TrotCon thing next month!

First off, another VIP guest announcement. Where do they find them?

Announcing an oldie but a goodie: Heather Breckel is back at TrotCon!

Breckel is of course best known on our end as the colorist for the IDW Publishing comic series for My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic that’s been a perfect complement to the TV show through its existence. You read one of the comics? Chances are you laid your eyes on some of her work. And loved it. Duh.

Beyond that, Breckel (a Columbus, Ohio native too! Imagine that!) has worked in similar capacities across other titles, including IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and Godzilla: Half Century War, Image Comics’ Peter Panzerfaust, Dark Horse Comics’ Number 13, plus some of her personal projects, like Angie Ruins Fire Emblem.

She’ll be back for panels this year as well as spending time in our vendor hall.

Wait, vendor hall. We gotta announce who’s in that still, right?

OK, let’s.

We’ve got 56 tables of TrotCon-y goodness this year, same pony place, same pony time. Both the vendor listing AND map is now available on our website, with further additions and subtractions possible depending on… eh, y’know, the usual.

Point is, chances are about 95 percent of this is going to stay exactly the same by the time TrotCon rolls around this July.

In addition to Heather Breckel and a few of our community guests (along with some fellow conventions! Hi, fellow conventions!), you’ll find many of the awesome vendors that usually adorn TrotCon’s vendor hall (some of whom have been around since we started up in 2012), along with new faces.

Go on. Check it out. Figure out what you’re gonna buy this year. You know you wanna.

Dig. It.

Next up, this signal has been looping endlessly for weeks:

Announcing: the Battle for Bottlecap Canyon!

The truck driver pressed his hoof down on the gas pedal sending more nuclear power to the wheels. “I’ve gotta get all these caps to the bottling plant” he said to himself “If they can’t meet the quota for the new Peanut Bucker Cola release, my head will roll.”

As the truck approached the bridge spanning a canyon, a bright light flashed in the distance, growing brighter than the sun within a millisecond! The driver covered his eyes as he was blinded by the mushrooming explosion, causing the truck to swerve over the bridge railing and fall into the canyon. “AAAAAAAAAAH, Buck me!” the driver exclaimed.

Had anyone been around, onlookers would have observed a smaller explosion in the base of the canyon… as the truck full of bottle caps burns in its own nuclear fire, sending the cargo all over the canyon floor.

Countless years later, tales about a canyon of riches came out of the wasteland, from the dying words of an old scavenger. No one has ever found it…Until now!

Three factions descend upon the canyon, all aiming to claim the hoard of caps. So grab your Nerf blaster, pony up with your team, and fight for the glory of Bottlecap Canyon!

That’s right everypony! It’s a Nerf war!

Scavenge the wasteland for bottle caps to support your faction, but watch out, the other factions will try to stop you and claim the caps for themselves. Each team will have a base to keep their caps at, and the wasteland between bases will have containers hiding precious caps and more Nerf ammo.

The event has a $5 entry fee, but if you bring your own blaster, there is a discount! Ammunition is provided (standard darts only; no rival, disc, mega, or missile are available).

The event runs several times during the convention, including a sponsors only “free session” on Friday! That’s right, if you are a sponsor, you get in for free!

Did we mention that ALL sponsor tiers also get a Nerf Blaster with their loot box? Well, they do: The higher the tier, the better the blaster! What better way to try out your new Nerf blaster than hunting the wasteland for bottle caps? Sponsor badges help the convention and come with all kinds of goodies, registration for sponsors ends on June the 14th, so you better hurry up!

Sounds like a great stash of free caps. And you know what they say, trade will save the wastes. Or something like that. If any of you listening plan on staking a claim, be careful out there. You’re certainly not the only one.

And finally, this broadcast just came through:

Each year, TrotCon is chock full of some killer community guests who are doing some really cool things in the fandom, and 2017 is no different.

After all, we’ve already announced our share of special guests who you’ll be able to meet at TrotCon 2017, including Harmony Studios, ChocoPony, TheBronyCritic, TJ Carson, and the folks of Pony 411. Business as usual, ya know?

Y’all ready to double that list, though?

Cool, because that’s exactly what’s about to happen.

With our final major community guest announcement push for 2017, we’d like to announce the following:

–Fire Team Harmony! Y’all’ve seen them around TrotCon for a bit now as well as other pony conventions across the country, and this year we’re vaulting them up a notch to VIP status. Righteous, yeah? Check out these fandom-beloved cosplayers around the convention, say hi, even check ’em out at their own panels!

–DaThings1! We’ve had Luke/DaThing1, purveyor of some of the best YouTube Poops this side of the Mississippi (or west of it… just anywhere, really). Well, he’s back again, and this time he’s got the third installment of the “Wow! It’s Made” series to show off, along with how-tos and other demonstrations. Get ready to laugh.

–Joe Dyer! Ya boy is known as volrathxp on FIMfiction, where he wrote the popular fic ‘Fallout Equestria: Starlight’ (and since our theme is post-apocalyptic… well, ya know), among others. He’ll be on hand to discuss fan fiction, side fiction, and much more. Writers, you’re gonna want to get in on his stuff.

–Hobbes Maxwell! A longtime member of our vendor hall (where he’ll be again this year, naturally), Hobbes is on hand (hoof? Ugh, this horse pun stuff gets tiring after six years, y’all) for multiple panels and events, including some of our after-dark content in the wee hours of the morning. C’mon, ingest a Red Bull or two and stay up late. Worth. It.

–WeimTime! A last-minute addition to our panel programming last year (so late, he wasn’t even in the conbook or online schedule), we’ve got WeimTime back this year and part of our community guest roster this time around. Learn from the owner of the highly successful YouTube channel and business of the same name, which is known for its animation as well as the Synthesia and WeimTime Plays online series, and take a trip down memory line with his Nostalgia Time panel.

–Robin from My Little Robin! You know the dude from the My Little Robin: Reviewing Is Magic series? Yeah, we got the heck outta him for TrotCon 2017. He’ll be doing a live episode of the show as well as throwing a bit of a party commemorating four years of reviewing ponies on the internet. Aspiring reviewer? Good guy to check out.

We’re also excited to welcome back the Traveling Pony Museum, who’s been at every TrotCon since the beginning. Catch ’em in the vendor hall or in their own room with an assortment of awesome pony-related wares from the beginning of the fandom’s lifetime to now!

Whole lotta exclamation points up there. Hope y’all got that.

We’re also officially announcing our musician lineup for 2017! How about that?

If you follow us on Twitter, you’ve already seen this, but for those of you who don’t (ya should! @TrotCon), let’s get ya a list:

We’ve got Chang31ing and Goggles for the fifth (FIFTH!) year! MogulDash for a fourth! They’re all alongside multiple other performers who’ve been with us in the past, including PonyFireStone, IvoryBrony, end_of_file, R3CTIFIER and JESUSKIDZ. And then we’ve got our rookies: Luck Rock, Versal, DJ Rod, Fennec Faux, and Iggy the Kidd.

13 musicians, folks. How can we contain ’em all? Oh, that’s right: by expanding to TWO NIGHTS of performances this year! We’ll be hosting a short, later-hours set on Friday to get you warmed up for the big event Saturday.

And then, y’know, the musician panel on Sunday, like usual. We are nothing if not creatures of habit.

Let’s see. One last thing.

Oh, right: our pre-registration for 2017 closes soon! In fact, sponsor badges for 2017 are over and done with on June 14, followed by weekend badges on June 20. After that point, you won’t be able to purchase a badge for 2017 until the con itself, at the door and for a larger price.

You really aren’t gonna want to miss out. This is important.

That’s right folks. Today is your LAST DAY to get a sponsor badge. And they come with sweet perks. Like your own Nerf gun. Something no wasteland wanderer can live without. So act soon, time is running out!