#it's so cool that April's a foot ninja! it's so different!

[saltynsassy31]

Because of a misunderstanding I had about @notsodailycake TMNT AU, there is now an AU out there where April is a Foot Ninja and the turtles don't even know

It wasn't even close to what the au was about, I don't even know how I got that conclusion

[imababblekat]

Chase

Anon Request, “Funny ask here! An expert free runner (jumping from building to building) catches the turtles on camera. The boys planned to do the same intimidation act like with April but are shocked when they jet off managing to keep a good distance. Then once they think they have them cornered on a construction site the boys fall through the building roof landing in waist high wet concrete. Looking down at them the runner blows them a kiss before taking off. (P.S. their cool though and just keep the photo as a momento)How do the 4 react to seeing them again when they literally bump into each other on the rooftops?”

 ◌ Part Two ◌

~xXx~

You hadn’t intentionally meant to take a picture of the turtles. If anything it was their fault they ended up in your shot. After finishing a course you’d been aiming at for over a week, you thought it’d be a great moment to capture, but hadn’t expected to catch anyone else in the background of your roof top photo. Much less those anyone’s being four mutant ninja turtles. It was the squak of surprise at the sudden flash of your mini Polaroid that alerted you to them.

Seeing the turtles left you somewhere between an intriguing shock and confused fear, even if seeing one of them rapidly rub at their flashed eyes while over exaggerate about how they burned did indeed give you a little giggle. There wasn’t much time to process the whiplash of emotions however, as one of them, clad in red and quite burly out of the bunch, came marching your way. Not a word had a chance of making its way from their lips, as your body did what it was trained so hard to do, making a mad dash across the old market roof top. Just like that, the four brothers found themselves in a sudden grand chase. “Great job, Raph!”, Leo snapped at said aggravated terrapin, making easy work of hopping over a fenced roof. “I ain’t even do anythin’! It’s your fault!”, Raph retaliated, vaulting over some exterior vents. “Oh, and how is that exactly?!” “You’re the one who gave us the all clear!” Bouncing from wall to wall as the group followed you down into an old parking garage Donnie interjected between the two argumentative brothers. “Guy’s is now really the time?! We kind of have something urgent on our hands.” “Yeah! Like how I can’t see their sick moves because my eyes are still having a disco party!”, Mikey continued to blink rapidly, nearly missing the open edge if not for Donnie giving him aid with his staff. Rolling his own eyes, Leo brushed off the youngest, keeping track of your movements as you scaled your way into a construction building across the way. “Come on, let’s get this over with. There’s no where to go past that building, we’ll catch them there.” All the years of free running across New York, you’d never felt as thrilled as you did now. Sure, it was still terrifying in a way being chased by four giant creatures who were quite nimble despite their enormous size, but you had to be honest in the way their pursuit brought on an adrenaline like no other. They put your skills to the test in a way you could never personally do yourself, and as you swung from a bar into another construction building, you felt elation rush through your body. At least, till you found yourself caught in between a rock and a hard place, staring at a concrete solid wall with no where to escape. Hearing the collective sounds of heavy foot falls, you quickly turned around to find the four beings surrounding the only path you’d have of escape. Seeing the glares upon their faces, your racing heart now beat rapidly for a different reason. Taking a moment to even his breathing, Leonardo stepped forward, watching your reactions carefully. “We’re not going to hurt you. Just. . .don’t scream.”, he spoke as calmly as he could, hands raised to show he had no misleading intentions. You said nothing, just continued to take control of your own breathing as your eyes shifted between him and his brothers. “I’m Leonardo, and these are-“ “I’m Michelangelo, but you can just call me Mikey!”, the orange banded turtle cut in, shoving past his brother and winking at you. “The guy in purple is Donatello, and the one in red who mean mugged you is Raphael! What’s your name angel? I say angel, because there’s no way you could have crossed those alleyways so eloquently without a pair of wings~.” “Mikey!”, all three other brothers shouted in unison. “What?!” With a light groan, Donnie reminded him of their current objective. “We’re here to get the photo. Not you a love interest.” “Oooooh right, the photo!” Your eyes shifted from Raphael, back to Mikey as he moved closer, three fingered hand reaching out. Sifting into your pocket it didn’t take long to pull out the small square picture. Despite it being exposed and grainy in some parts, the tangibility of the photo and the story it now held caused a surprising sorrow in your heart to have to depart with it. Yet, gazing back up to the four mutants before you, you understood why they’d want it. With the way you reacted, who could imagine how others might to their discovery. You met Mikey half way, extending your own hand to give him the small photo, fingers lightly brushing the other. All of a sudden, a loud crack was heard, and all five of you stood frozen. Before anyone could blink, the floor caved in, the four brothers descending down into dust and debris, and you with quick reflexes pressing tight back against the concrete wall. Once the clouded air had settled, you quickly peaked over into the newly established hole, a surge of worry for the ninja quartet. Relief washed through as you caught sight of the brothers who had landed in a mucky puddle, most likely sore from the fall but seemingly fine otherwise. As the boys groaned and started another round of arguing with one another, you suddenly remembered the photo and quickly checked your closed fist to find it still there. Carefully bringing the picture before you to look at once more, a thought had emerged. This was the most fun you had in long time, the most alive you’ve felt in a while. Recalling the kind smile Mikey had given you and Leo’s mindful approach as to not frighten you, you considered the growing idea in your mind even more. Making up your mind, you gently tucked the photo back into your pocket with a gleeful grin. You swore to yourself that night to never show anyone that picture, but as long as you held on to it, you knew you’d eventually wind up seeing the turtles again. With that, you skipped from the tiny ledge along the wall, and whistled to catch the turtles’ attention. “Bye boys! It was nice meeting you!” Loud shouts and scrambling could be heard as each one clambered over the other, slipping back and forth into the deep puddle in an effort to get up and to you, but by the time they’d get themselves straightened out, you’d be long gone with anticipating hope of the next chase.

~xXx~

[teetlezhere]

RISE OF THE TMNT: Homecoming GAME REVIEW SO FAR:

The more I play the Rise of the TMNT game from china (for those who ask: I found it as an APK TMNT: Homecoming), the more I realize this is the game Nickelodeon should have given us from the very start.

The first picture reads Beta, but it's an old pic and they've made some upgrades as the newer version (or at least, the one I currently play) features Mikey.

It's kinda of a long review so, if you're interested, read under the cut:

Brief resume: China got to be a lucky bastard on Rise because not only they had the movie stream in cinemas, they also developed a game around it! I'm sad this game has been pretty much left obscure to the general public. I've only found out by accident on twitter months ago. So I've decided to try and play it to see if it's worth it.

In my opinion. Yes. It is worth it!

Sure, it took me a while to get this working, mostly because China put game restrictions of some kind and region-locked it, but today I've finally made it work correctly and it was all worth it!

The game has sooo much more than what Nickelodeon's games ever gave us! The amount of content and show references and Backgrounds for this game is insane!

It features different modes: Story, Player vs Player and Online Team play vs Boss fights.

Main Story mode follows season 1 and 2, with fights against baddies like Draxum, Big Mama, the Foot Brute and Foot lieutenant and minor villains like Hypno, Warren, Ghostbear, Meat Sweats, Repo Mantis, etc.

Beside story mode, the game features a PvP with it's own league rank system (I played a round as Leonardo against another Leonardo player and I won, lmao). There's also a feature to play as a team vs bosses. Basically, here you can team up with other players (again, I played as Leonardo and was paired with 2 Raph players vs the Purple Dragons. It was fun!).

April and Splinter are heavily featured as secondary characters and don't seem to be playable, but there are plenty of illustrations of them in-game.

Great news? We have Cassandra as a boss fight!

I've not spotted Casey II or Krangs so far, but I'm still on the first few levels and I'll keep an eye out.

All the turtles seem to be playable, with Leo being the first you get to play, followed by Raph. I've unlocked Mikey, though I can't read chinese for the life of me and I hope he'll stick around as playable in the future and not just momentarily. Donnie for now is still locked for me, and I've yet to understand if He's unlocked as a daily reward or not...

All turtle come with their own special slots for upgrades, and at least one for special cosmetics (Leo got some sick tech gauntlets, and Mikey gets a cool nifty cape like his future self for now).

There's also options for skin change and Outfits that include the Hamato Ninjas outfits from Insane in the Mama Train, Big busters suits and a few other like Pirate Leo's outfit and Red Reign Raph from Shell in a Cell.

For the rest, it's pretty much like the other games that include daily rewards and missions, objectives to clear, etc. It also features a three-option gacha system to obtain resources useful to upgrade gear, obtain rare items (blue, purple and gold usually rank from common to rare) and make the turtles stronger.

So yeah. Downloading and playing this is a bit of a hassle, but after cracking the code, it's a really cool game and I absolutely love it!

[decoy1]

Had a dream I was watching season 3 of Rottmnt, it was so vivid and now I’m sad that it isn’t real. So I’m writing some highlights from the dream before I forget.

Draxum and Casey focused episodes on what they were doing during the movie. There were really cool action sequences with original music and everything. It was so cool. There was one scene where the screen divided in half to show both battles.

Music during action scenes. There was a lot of it. I suspect it might have been because I watching Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur before going to sleep tho.

An episode premise: April finally had a good stable job. She was going steady for a whole 2 weeks setting a new record. The turtles got a little suspicious since April can never keep a job for long. Cue investigation, it turns out the job is a front. A front for a cult. April accidentally joined a cult. By the end of the episode April accidentally destroyed the cult in the same way she usually ends up losing her jobs. Alas the curse of April losing her job was too strong.

Another Episode Premise: Splinter and Draxum go undercover for an intel mission at a fancy club. The cover story being that they’re two friends who are trying to reconnect. They’re kinda bad at it since both argue like a married couple. This actually works in their favor tho as the person they’re trying to spy on to get info on is a huge romantic who is super invested in trying to get the two to “reconnect”. Both are forced by the turtles to play along for the sake of the mission. By the end of the episode Draxum and Splinter have performed a proposal, a wedding, a divorce, another re proposal, alongside with a remarriage, but not another divorce because they have to book it away because the turtles got captured. Which meant by the end of the episode Draxum and Splinter were still married.

Over Arching Story: Bishop was hunting down the remaining Foot Clan members. Which included trying to find former Foot Clan members for any information. Of course leading Bishop to Casey. Casey sends him on a wild goose chase as she goes on her own mission to find her former bosses. Being the B plot for a lot of the episodes. In one instance she teams up with Piebald in a gambling ring to win some info.

Running Gag: Casey Jr tries going into the dating world but has trouble since most people who are his age now, were adults during the apocalypse. So if he does find someone to date who he doesn’t recognize they usually end up being some form of “not real”. Highlight examples being: an alien who assumed a human persona to lure specimen to experiment on their ship, a demon with similar motives to the alien except it wanted to eat Casey Jr’s soul, an ai made by Bishop made to find potential Foot Clan members. What was funny was how obvious a lot of them were, like the alien wore a “I believe” shirt but with sharpie added “don’t”, changing it to “I don’t believe” (real master of disguise right here). The demon’s “flirting” was something along the lines of “if souls were edible and had taste, I bet yours would be a delicious meal that would amplify my demonic powers. If I had demonic powers, which I don’t because I’m a perfectly normal human. But in the hypothetical where I do-”. The ai when asked it’s favorite hobby responded with “breathing and being human”.

Bishop had an entire episode where he beat up different clans in his attempt to find the Foot Clan. Making some leave their old clans to join Bishop since he bested them in battle. But Bishop didn’t want a bunch of ninja (idk why not, that sounds incredibly useful) so he sent them on a wild goose chase but every time he did they came back having accomplished the goal. (Again I don’t understand why he kept acting like they were an annoyance when they were getting him things like THE GOD DAMN ELIXER OF EVERLASTING LIFE)

That’s all I have the energy to write. If I remember anything worth adding I will but I think these were all the highlights.

[improv-master-mikey]

masterpost thingy!

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Heyyy! Names michelangelo, but everyone calls me mikey! :)

big fan of pizza, improv, and many, many, many, mannyyyy more!

______________________________________ the fam!!

the simp: @ieatdanger4breakfast

Lover of anime & kpop: @donnie-the-weeb

the ragerr: @the-rager-ever

dad!!: @dojoratdad

EVIL. BAD. JUST EVIL. @superflyyyy

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Very colourful version of me and my brothers??? Whaaaaaat?

he’s kinda fruity: @leontheluxuriousone

WOAHHH, HES TALL!!!: @raph-reign17

Why does he have eyebrows??: @geniusbuiltblogtm

another me!? Cool!! : @mikey-the-mischevious

another dad, but shorter: @rat-jitsu

so tiny! :0 @riseleon

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More serious fellos, woah

This Leo seems less a teachers pet, at least: @captain-ryans-no1-fan-2

shorter & more spooky: @im-a-turtle-with-anger-issues

He seems less nerdy, at least!: @donniepedia-the-encyclopedia

sillier version of me!!: @the-party-dude

who’s this guy??: @goongala-hockey-puck

She’s giving some vibes..: @karaiirl

An april?? She’s looks so different :0 : @apriloneilcicierega

hah, he looks like a cheese grater: @leader-of-the-foot

walking tiger..guy?? rip-off hello kitty more like: @tigerclaw-takeshi

WOAH, NOW THATS A TALL DAD- @a-wise-rat

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Sad looking dudes. I think they need hugs :(

wha..what happened to me? @last-ronin

Is he ok? @0r0ku-k1ller

yikes..@nightmaresoftheabyss

they definitely need therapy. @brainstimesbrawn

______________________________________ colourful us 2.0?? But a lot more wrinkly

He gives off dad vibes Fr @ninjas-greatest-weapon

HE HAS HAIR…?: @marvelousmichelangelo

WOAH. @b1g-raph1e

He looks similar to that random dude!! @hugzfromcaseyjr

______________________________________ woahh..they look really serious. Kinda scary-

“Fearless leader”: @leos-katanas

even angrier, wowie- @raphaelsplinterson2003

silly guy: @turtl3-t1t4n

Bob the builder vibes: @the-tech-turtle

Getting bad vibes from this dude: @johnbishop03

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buddies!! :D

Vivi (cool name btw!): @mikey-rottmnt

Stella, like stellar jay? The bird?: @stella-kessho-2nd-account

white rabbit? Like, the candy?: @yokai-nerd

another rabbit!?: @rabbit-samurai

pax to the max!: @pax-man2010

rosemary (pretty name! :0): @rosewater-n-rosemary

luna “eclipse” (heh): @the-multiverse-jumper

short Raphs girlfriend?!: @rokkarokkawaii

Cat lady!!: @valkyriefae1

woah, Edgy much?: @n1ghtsh4de-nyx

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Would you look at that, more spooky people. Except they’re trying to..kill us?

spooky spider lady: @bigmama10ffical

Another edgy person..:@@rena-hoshimi-at-duty

ANOTHER BUG-: @repo-maniac

tadpole, lol.: @the-frog-assassin

[daylightcommand3]

Legofying TMNT (2012)

TMNT 2012 is the first (and only) TMNT product to receive LEGO sets based on the events and designs of the show. I can and plan to gush on and on about these sets. However, thanks to a recent event, I realized a grievance I now contain.

Ok, so. This starts with the good news that I finally "completed" my ShellRaiser Lego Set!

I'm missing the cannon and wheel pieces, so I had to improvise. And obviously, I couldn't find the perfect colors. Regardless, I'm still proud. It's still pretty cool. (Though I still definitely want those wheels).

Once it was completed, i wanted to decorate it with some characters. Sadly, most of my TMNT characters are at home. (At least they are safe.) Fortunately, I still have a few here: Dogpound, a KraangDroid, some "good-enough" Foot Ninja, a shell-less Mikey, and a scuba Leo with bleached legs.

While examining my Foot, my eyes glanced over to my other miscellaneous Lego figures. And I had the epiphany that is I shifted around a few body parts, I could make my own April! (Tragically, I never got the Baxter Stockman set with the MOUSER.) I started to worry as I wasn't sure I had a yellow body for her. But then I realized that the Wyldstyle body could perhaps pass as a Kunoichi April! Which is especially cool since they never made one!

Wait. Damn. That's right. The TMNT LEGO sets stopped in like very early season two. And as my mutual @purplekoop so accurately put it:

Now that is an injustice! It would have been so easy! Normal mini-fig body. Black hood. Two-sided head: gap-tooth and skull mask. Done.

Shinigami would be just as easy. So would Irma. Kraang-Subprime would be incredibly difficult. (Not to mention Kraang-Prime) Rahzaar could have multiple different angles you could approach him from. Newtralizer? Hun? Renet? Bishop would be easy. The entire Utrom Council would be a cinch. The Mighty Mutanimals could pose some challenges. Fugitoid. How would we do the Ulixes? Dracodroid set? Kraang-Walker set? The possibilities are endless.

So, I've decided to start a concurrent series with TMNT to Me: Legofying TMNT. I'm going to make a series of posts detailing how to convert iconic TMNT 2012 characters into Lego form, as well as sets that they could feature in.

[iztarshi]

Febuwhump - Soft Words

Fandom: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003

Raph has a lot of questions about their guest. Since stewing on them in his own head isn’t doing any good he is, once again, recounting them to Leo.

“Are you absolutely sure he isn’t a Mikey?”

“Look, he says his name’s Leo. He’s wearing a blue mask. What more do you want?” Leo answers.

“Maybe for him not to be doing that?”

Raph gestures to where Mikey and ‘Leo’ are fighting over Mikey’s rocket powered hoverboard, ‘Leo’ licking Mikey’s hand where it’s flat over his face trying to push him off. This isn’t working because ‘Leo’ has all four limbs wrapped around the hoverboard. Mikey shrugs, puts one foot on ‘Leo’s’ shell and starts the hoverboard. It nearly crashes into Donnie’s workplace, rockets over Master Splinter’s head and finally tips upside-down from the weight depositing both turtles in the pool. They help each other climb out.

Leo shrugs. “He’s from a very different dimension?” he tries. “At least he’s not an evil duplicate.”

“Yeah, just a silly one.”

Leo grins and doesn’t deny it.

Raph returns to his second question. “And why is he my problem?”

“No one forced you to let him share your bedroom,” Leo says.

‘Leo’ comes up behind Raph and throws an arm over his shell. “Hey, Raphala, talking about me?”

“Yeah, I was wondering why I put up with you,” Raph grumbles, and it really is like talking to Mikey because ‘Leo’ just leans on him harder.

“My natural charm,” he chirps, flicking his mask tails.

“Yeah, right,” Raph says. “You finished terrorising the lair for today?”

Mikey thows his arm around Raph’s other side and says, “Never,” before sharing a high-three with ‘Leo’ over Raph’s head.

Donnie looks up and calls, “New Leo?”

‘Leo’ tenses up slightly and doesn’t stop leaning on Raph. “Hey, Donnie,” he calls. “You got an idea of how to return me to sender yet?”

“I might,” Donnie says. He holds up one of the two swords he was examining. “These have a similar signature to the transmatter device. I’ve put together an amplifier based on what I was able to glean from that.”

“Cool, cool, so you’re saying you turn your ampifier on and I just have to open a portal?” ‘Leo’ says, bounding over to inspect his swords. They’re wired up to what looks concerningly like a loudspeaker. “And that will boost me up to eleven?”

“Well, hopefully,” Donnie says. “Here.” He hands the swords to ‘Leo’, who takes them easily into his hands like they’re a part of him. That, at least, is familiar.

“We’re rooting for you, dude,” Mikey says.

‘Leo’ flashes him a grin. “Watch the master at work.”

It is really cool to watch ‘Leo’s’ sword cut a hole in reality. He’s used it to show off or steal snacks from Mikey multiple times, whenever Donnie doesn’t have the swords for study, and it’s still unfortunately cool. This time, though, ‘Leo’s’ face falls and the portal fizzles out before it’s formed.

“That wasn’t it, wasn’t far enough,” he mutters. He shakes his swords like he thinks they might have a connection loose. “Come on, come on, home, Raph, Donnie, Mikey, Dad, April. Come on.”

The next portal barely gets to more than a sliver of blue even as the amplifier starts to glow. Leo shakes his swords again, viciously.

“Don’t shake them,” Donnie says. “You’re going to break something in the amplifier.”

“I think I know how to make portals,” ‘Leo’ snaps. His next slash is wild, almost like he’s attacking the air in front of him, teeth bared in a snarl. “Just. Make. A. Portal.”

The last slash lights the whole lair up blue. For a moment Raph thinks it’s going to work, that the jagged tear in reality might hold, and then the amplifier makes a small popping sound and goes dull. After that the light fades from ‘Leo’s’ swords and lastly from his markings.

He drops the swords and takes two steps towards the wall, leaning his arm on it and pressing his face against that. Hiding from the concerned gazes of the turtles watching.

“Why am I so useless?” he says. “I’ve failed.”

The pose. The words. Suddenly Raph finds himself thinking, oh, this is Leo. He pictures Leo in space, thinking they’d lost Professor Honeycutt and their one chance to get home, saying they’d failed themselves and failed Master Splinter, the way he’d stood like this.

Raph does what he did then and walks over to put a hand on ‘Leo’s’ shell. “Hey, it’s not over yet. You can try again.”

“But it’s been so long already,” ‘Leo’ says. “I have to get back before Mikey does something stupid.”

“Yeah, well if he’s anything like our Mikey…”

“Not that kind of stupid! He can do portals too, but they… if he actually reaches me here he’s going to die. And I’ve just been playing around, trying not to think about it, because there’s nothing I can do except rely on Donnie.”

Raph looks back over his shoulder to Leo, hoping for some kind of help, but Leo’s just staring at his counterpart like it hurts to see this reflection of himself at his lowest.

“Me ’n’ Donnie are still there,” Raph tries. “We wouldn’t let Mikey kill himself.”

“Yeah, Raph’ll take care of him,” ‘Leo’ says. Then, just when Raph’s expecting him to relax and move on, find something practical to focus on, he throws his arms around Raph’s neck and buries his head against the top of Raph’s. Raph sighs and hugs him back. He feels so thin compared to Raph’s brothers, all long limbs and streamlined shell. “Thanks, big brother,” ‘Leo’ whispers. And only then does he turn away to pick up the swords, shaky smile back on his face.

“What were the readings like, Donnie?” he asks. “Did we get close?”

“Close enough I think we’re on the right lines,” Donnie says, taking the swords back. “I’ll have a new amplifier ready as soon as possible.”

Raph looks over at his own Leo, gaze fixed on the floor, and goes over to pat him on the shell too. “He’s not so bad,” he says. ”Guess he’s you after all.”

[tailsrevane]

[tv review] rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles (2018-20)

okay, well, hi the best interpretation of the teenage mutant ninja turtles ever!!! and a very warm hello to all of the good guy human characters being black.

it took me a minute to adjust to this approach but now whenever i watch a different version of my turtle boys, i find that i really miss this one! wild, right? like, i think this has largely surpassed all the other versions of the ninja turtles as the ur version that i subconsciously compare all the others to.

all four turtles have very distinct personalities, quirks, and relationships with each other. and in a first for the series, they also all have drastically different designs that suit their personalities and make them easy to differentiate from each other. (yes, this has been done in a more limited way before, but this is the first time i’ve seen it be really effectively employed.)

this series has the best version of basically every character, aside from shredder and splinter who already have pretty great fully-realized versions elsewhere. but this series' version of both characters is perfect for the rest of the series around them.

but maybe most noteworthy, this series has by far the best version of april. no other version of her comes even remotely close.

the only reason that this next character reimagining isn't as big of a deal as april is because you don't find out who they are until literally the last episode. but it's one of the most genuinely delightful twists i've ever seen in a television show, and the amount of patience required to pull it off is just ridiculous, like i genuinely cannot believe they did this. it's also very genuinely fulfilling to me because i usually do not care about this character in most versions, but i actually love them here.

now. i don't usually worry a ton about spoilers, but i consider this next to be probably the most major spoiler of anything that can possibly be spoiled in the entire show. despite not usually caring even a little about spoilers i am extremely glad i didn't know this until it happened, like i basically shrieked in delight when it happened. so for once i do genuinely recommend not reading these next few paragraphs if you think you're likely to check out this show anytime soon. if you don't think you're gonna watch the show, though, please read them because i want to gush about it.

(begin spoilers.)

still there? cool. so there's this super hyperactive tomboyish foot clan ninja who kicks all kinds of ass throughout the show. and the show is super cagey about their identity throughout, but in a way that either doesn't register, or feels very wink-wink, nudge-nudge. and (and i think this is exactly what they intended), from the character's very first appearance, i was like, "oh, okay, hi karai." and spent the rest of the series wondering why the show was being so cagey about karai's identity. like, this was obviously karai! a much different version of her, sure, but it couldn't be more obvious, right?

i was actually super smug about it, every time the character showed up i was like "hi, karai." my boyfriend had to be laughing at me the whole time. because here's the thing.

it's not karai.

literally in the last episode of the series, you find out the character is cassandra jones, but prefers to go by casey.

AAAAAAAA.

look, guys, i'm pretty sure the last time i thought casey jones was cool, i was twelve, but this casey fucking rules, and i cannot believe they kept their secret until the end of the damn show. just. damn, guys!!

and that's before you even factor in the gender stuff! because whether this is the first female version of the character, or if you want to headcanon them as a trans guy for bonus points, either way they're just amazing, guys. i love them so much.

(end spoilers.)

this show as a whole is just so good. it balances action and comedy so well. it can be serious when it needs to be. and every single character is so good, it makes you care about them so much and the turtles (and a lot of the side characters) are just the best boys, and you end up so invested in their happiness.

i love this show so much, you guys. CANNOT recommend highly enough.

[kudosmyhero]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW) Micro: Villains #7: Bebop & Rocksteady

Read Date: April 10, 2023 Cover Date: October 2013 ● Writer: Ben Bates ◦ Dustin Weaver ● Art: Ben Bates ● Colorist: {uncredited} ● Letterer: Shawn Lee ● Editor: Bobby Curnow ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● I'm here for these two idiots!

● they haven't quite mastered their new strength yet ● damn they can take some hits though! they've been shot and now have multiple swords sticking out of them, and they barely notice ● 👏👏👏👏

Synopsis: Bebop is being punched in the face. Rocksteady is kneed in the gut and the two of them are left writhing on the ground. They have been kicked out of yet another gang for being bumbling fools. Back at their dingy apartment, the two vent their frustrations at having no gang, no power, and no food. Rocksteady is spitballing ideas for making some quick cash but Bebop in a fit of rage punches a hole in the wall and says they can't keep doing the same thing; they've got to do things differently, start being a new Bebop and Rocksteady.

Bebop and Rocksteady are at a bar talking to a guy who works for a guy who works for the Foot Clan. He tells them how great it is working for the Foot, how they're taking over the city, and how the leader, the Shredder, is a force to be reckoned with. He tells the pair that he'll bring them along on the next job he's given.

After working as low-level goons in the Foot for some time, the two are given an opportunity to improve their standing in the form of an offer to try out for a "special unit", under the leadership of Oroku Karai. Bebop and Rocksteady undergo a thorough training regimen, lasting quite a while. Their final test is an all-out group brawl, where the last two standing win the chance to become mutants. Bebop and Rocksteady pick the animals they want their DNA combined with (a warthog and a rhinoceros, respectively). After their transformation, Karai tells them that they are now ready for a final test, to see how they perform in an uncontrolled environment.

Bebop and Rocksteady accompany Karai and some Foot Ninja to a meeting with Xiang Fei Tong, the leader of the Ghost Boys, a Triad gang based in Chinatown. (Xiang previously made an unnamed cameo at the meeting of crime bosses seen in City Fall, part 4.) Karai explicitly tells the two that their only job is to be present, to demonstrate the power of the Foot Clan. Karai leaves to go oversee that the other parts of the plan are ready, and Bebop and Rocksteady talk excitedly about how cool it is to be part of the Foot Clan. They are enthusiastically talking about how great the Foot is, how powerful the Shredder is becoming, and how they're going to be Shredder's new best friends. The two are being so annoying that they cause a Foot Ninja who is sitting near them to stand up and slap Rocksteady, proclaiming, "The Master is no one's friend!"

At the meeting, Xiang is impressed by the Foot Clan's ability to create mutants, as she had previously only been aware of one, Alopex. Karai and Xiang leave their underlings while they discuss business over tea. Bebop and Rocksteady, unable to stand quietly for more than a few minutes, engage some of the Ghost Boys in conversation. They comment on how cool it is to be the muscle in a gang as powerful as the Foot, and how scared the Ghost Boys likely are as they've never seen a mutant before. Bebop approaches a member of the Ghost Boys and pulls the old "you've got something on your shirt" bit, inadvertently breaking the man's nose in the process. One of the other Ghost Boys tells him he'll pay for that; Rocksteady tells him he needs to learn to take a joke and punches him clear across the room and out a window. Rocksteady is surprised by his own strength. As the remaining Ghost Boys draw their weapons and surround them, Bebop and Rocksteady tell them to calm down and not start any trouble.

Inside Xiang's office, Karai has just convinced her to not let her pride cloud her judgment and to submit to the Foot Clan. They hear a commotion outside and are shocked to see all the Ghost Boys laid out on the floor, Bebop and Rocksteady standing over them. Karai is outraged by the pair's disobedience. Xiang thinks that it was all part of Karai's plan, and orders a Ghost Boy to kill them. Rocksteady charges into a Ghost Boy who was about to shoot, plowing straight through a wall. Bebop and Rocksteady chase after Xiang while Karai fights off members of the Ghost Boys. The two take a shortcut through several more walls and get the drop on Xiang. However, the two get in each other's way and bicker amongst themselves, allowing more Ghost Boys to arrive and start shooting them. Bebop and Rocksteady aren't injured at all, merely annoyed, and proceed to take them out. Xiang, having successfully slipped away, makes it out the front door, only to find the building surrounded by the police. Inside, Bebop and Rocksteady hear the police and contemplate what their next move should be. Luckily for them, they don't have to think for long before the building collapses, as a result of all the walls the two knocked down. The two flee, worrying that they've screwed everything up and probably killed Karai.

Bebop and Rocksteady recoup at a rail yard. The two attempt to blame the whole situation on the Ghost Boys, and worry that they're going to get kicked out of the Foot, or worse. They decide to simply go back and tell Shredder that the Ghost Boys started a fight and Karai ran away to join them, when suddenly a group of Foot Ninja lead by Karai show up and attack them. Karai tells them that they have dishonored the Foot Clan and shamed her as well, and she is cutting her losses. The Foot ninjas attack, at first appearing to have the upper hand out of sheer numbers. However, Bebop and Rocksteady's might is too much, and they slay all of their attackers. Bebop and Rocksteady plead with Karai, asking her not to kick them out of the gang and promising to do better. Karai is surprised by their eagerness to remain in the Clan even after an attempt to kill them. In a flash of movement, Karai removes the ammo clip from a gun, throws it into Rocksteady's mouth, and positions her sword against it, one move away from killing him. She tells them that now she knows that they are not good with finesse, only violence and destruction. She tells them they will be allowed to stay, but their lives now belong to the Foot.

Bebop and Rocksteady are at their old apartment celebrating their first "victory" as mutants and the fact that they've been allowed to remain in the Foot Clan. They're drinking and singing and thinking about how far they've come. Bebop wonders why they even came back to their old place, with all the bad memories it holds for them. Bebop looks at the hole he punched in the wall, and the two decide to finish the job. The building collapses and the two laugh.

(https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Bebop_%26_Rocksteady_(IDW_issue))

Fan Art: Bebop and Rocksteady by delmecha

Accompanying Podcast: ● Shellheads - episode 46

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OCs for 03 that will be reused in Rise and IMPORTANT Rise OCs

Hazel: Old widow who lives alone, she has four grandkids from an arranged marriage. She owns a pistol and considered a back alley doctor. (That's how she met Raph). She had recently lost her wife Rosa, and was making Mac and Cheese when she hear a crash and there lay a turtle in a red bandana. Oh cool, new grandchild.

Age:64

Favorite color:green

Favorite Turtle: She loves them all equally Raphie

Favorite food: Mac and cheese but starting to like pizza

Living relatives not mutant: Four grandkids, two kids all live too far away (different country) and her ex husband who is her best friend Marcus, older brother who is actually in a nursing home.

Cristina: A young dance instructor with a dream to fly, the goggles on her head belonged to her father when he was young. While she did live alone, she also likes to go to the bar once and a while. She knows Casey Jones, no she didn't date him, since the two were young. She actually meets Donatello while he was avoiding Purple Dragons, the two somehow became close friends for the longest time without his brothers knowing.

Age: 22

Favorite color: Blue but wears mostly red

Favorite Turtle: Donnie (maybe Mikey)

Favorite food: Stuffed Peppers (she has managed to make pizza stuffed peppers)

Living relatives: Mom and Aunt whom she cut from her life

Hamato Amakuni: One of the best blacksmiths in Japan, know for the reliability and beauty of his weapons. He wasn't interested in marriage or women, but he delightfully chatted with an unknown Samurai despite the tense between ninja and them. He is the third tallest Hamato at 8ft and a jolly personality. His main weapon of choice is Kakute.

AOD: 30

Favorite color: Pink (or a yellow like a certain Yokai samurai's eyes)

Favorite Turtle: Even though Raph spoke to him first, Leo has similarities to him

Favorite food: tempura and soba

(Image is not complete(ly) accurate, he has a tattoo on his chest of a deer with Sakura on its antlers.)

Hamato Hana: Is the toughest ghost kid in the Hamato clan, she was the last kid to die. She was the first kid to interact with the brothers, which she absolutely adores. She often dances around Raph and Donnie the most, the two act just like her own parents.(Whom of which are humored by it)

AOD: 6

Favorite color: all colors

Favorite Turtle: Raph and Donnie

Favorite Food: Dango

Adrienna "Crumb" [redacted]: She was born on a rainy night, her mother being hunted down by a man named Bishop. She's a human Yokai hybrid, her father being a Yokai and killed during the invasion. Her mother captured for "science" by a misguided Bishop. Leonardo delivered her and Raphael tended to her. Her mother was recaptured after forcing the boys to run, and Bishop is finally doubting his Superiors.

Age: newborn

Favorite color: she has a liking to orange so far

Favorite Turtle: she loves them all so far

Favorite food: N/A

Hamato Himari: Is a trained assassin and one of the few Kunoichi that died directly to Saki, she is bitter about that and doesn't really like the turtles (she warms up to them) and one of the few who didn't accept Draxum or April to the clan. She allows Cassandra only because she was raised with the foot and technically Saki's responsibility. (She'll come around and even train Mikey how to be an assassin) though for now she doesn't interact with the family unless it's necessary.

AOD: 29

Favorite color: grey

Favorite Turtle: None (Mikey)

Favorite food: Oyakodon

Miranda [Redacted]: She is "Crumb's" mom and had been taken by EPF for questioning due to her husband's revealed nature. Once they found out she was pregnant, they attempted to experiment on her. Thanks to Agent Bishop (Dr. Bishop's daughter) she was able to escape but ended up in a extremely early labor. Raph found her.

Age: 30

Favorite color: Midnight Blue

Favorite Turtle: she's only met Leo and Raph

Favorite Food: Burritos

Adrian [Redacted]: Crumb's dad, he's a lizard Yokai that had been Kraangafide. Luckily he didn't have a cloaking brooch but he did have his wallet with his and his wife's pictures in it. He is still Kraangafide but aware of his surroundings.

Age: 32 in human years

Favourite Color: Black

Favorite Turtle: Has not met any turtle

Favorite food: Deep fried rat rice

[shadow-lag]

Oh boy,, welp. Time for another long post of rambles. This time I'm watching the '03 tmnt B)

I'm on episode 4 and while I wasn't gonna do another one of these I've already had to put my phone down and walk around my room so here we are.

Fair warning: this will ofc contain spoilers. Everything I say will be random with limited context. (I dont expect anyone to even find this so-) And I'm a massive dork B) let's do this

I remember literally 80 seconds in I couldn't take a damn thing seriously- this is gonna be veryyy fun to watch

I can now see so many references rise (18) made and I'm going insane /pos New iterations make references to its past media! Who knew!

I think April is missing a rib or two /hj girl is absolutely snatched. I love her pants, I want those irl. (Classic big pants little shirt combo (why am I so gay))

Oh look! The boys are bonding over their anger issues! Why are they even fighting rn o(-( rise Casey is so small. Why is this Casey jacked- "for a little green dude, you are totally nuts" WHY IS HE SO SHORT YOURE RIGHT. he tough but smol. Lmfao. "Well isn't this romantic" HELLO??!??? guess I wasn't the only one getting enemies to lovers vibes over here, but you didn't need to point it out- damn. (Am I getting baited? In the ripe time of 2003?) Should Mikey have a personality outside of just being the funny guy? Yes. Do I appreciate all the jokes still? Yes. Yayy validate his cool new kick (I hate how Leo and Raph always beef. I need more happy brotherly bonding)

For brothers who aren't meant to be on the surface, they sure do make quick besties with the "surface dwellers" (as splinter would call them lol). Man any hope we had is gone fellas. The hets are here /lh? Casey within seconds has flustered April. This a lost cause smh. Casey you are on thin ice,, And in today's new. Local alley man parents a robot built in front of his very eyes (for money ofc). Mans is getting real emotional over this robot son rn. Wow this episode is actually pretty telling about parenting if you look at it too long. Yeah! Tell it to him straight April! Misogynistic characters don't belong in our silly little shows /srs

Bro just compacted his bike. Interesting to see them all have different sets of wheels and not just skate boards. Would have been cool to see that return. Or at least the roller blades (yes I'm 100% biased) I'm sorry if I've terribly read that. But did he just call the big blonde dude "hun"? What? (/neu) HE FLIES!! jet pack is much cooler but this is fun. WHY ARE THEY TAKING A BODY SHAPED THING FROM THE WATER? WJAT IS THAT. Is that a krang husk? The krang is in 03 isn't it? (Unfortunately (I hate the krang)) OH NO THATS DEFINITELY THE KRANG NOOO

Why IS Raph and Casey so buddy-buddy. I just feel like raph isn't the type to open up to someone so quickly o(-( Oh boy the foot is advertising turtle skewers all over the city. I don't think they're all too fond of raph little friend lmao. Casey why are you so ignorant- God yeah they reallyyy don't like casey rn lmfao BRO THEY STOLE RAPH AND THE DRAGONS ARE GONNA BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF CASEY? DUDE that's a little fucked up ngl. Ah I see. Smart moves case now go save your boyfriend. "This is some nice steel. How about telling me who gave them to you?" "Your mama" DAMN!! FOR REAL? WOW (I didn't think that clip was real ngl-) ah yes ofc he escaped he had plot armor my bad. Oh they're gonna drop Casey in the infinite water swirl. YOOO let's go Mikey!! Yippee the day is saved once more! Lmfao they really don't like when casey visits. I'm confused. I know this other ninja guy is most probably the shredder but who is his enemy is this? Does he work with the krang or like?? Maybe just a case of them connecting the wrong dots ig. Now who the fuck are the three monotone council members o(-(

Ooh boy fallen angel. Quite the title. Geez what did Casey get into now- hm I feel like fleeing the city would solve several problems but is a completely overlooked solution /hj man they look so goofy is normal clothes. Skivvies? What is that supposed to mean Raphael 🧐 I'm starting to think big guy isn't even human- nahh I think a wee bit of murder here would in fact be justified.

Ah yes vehicular manslaughter for this episode /j omg they've befriended the homeless and they are so sweet what the heck :(((( I'm crying /pos (no bc this is actually how it'd play out realistically. Outcasts stick together and I'm just- it says so much about our society but it's just a silly turtle show:( no wonder it attracted so many queer/trans folk with rise) don't you laugh at that sweet old man>:( help him get his friends back. Just got a very blunt lesson on capitalism. Based. Oh shit and now we are getting into slave labor. Uh- this episode is really touching up on reality huh. Oh god who the hell is this ugly dude gross. Please make him stop talking. What a veil thing. Yes good fall to your doom. NO WHY SAVE HIM? HES A HORRIBLE PERSON

Wait do they actually have tails? Mikey don't lie to me like this o(-( I wish with the design overhauls in rise they would have gotten tails. I know like it's easier to not animate them though so. I guess I can't complain too much. Oh the swords are important you say? Bad choice to say that out loud you're definitely going to lose them now. For plot ofc. And character development. NO YOU IDIOT DONT GO ANYWHERE ALONE. someone wack him with some rolled up newspaper and tell him you're proud of him please. Not funny-haha, funny weird. -Mikey, probably. I need tone tags on this guy /hj. Is he pulling my leg rn? What are you going against? No way he's not the shredder with the foot clan. Dude is definitely lying. Leo needs to leave. No don't accept the sword. No way it's real. Sincerity my ass o(-( dude. Council? Of krang right? God this show- so I'm assuming the krang and the foot doesn't like each other then? At least it's not mutual at least. Oh geez leo throw your brother off the building why don't you- Okay yes he is the shredder then. Ninja rat moment! Gotta throw in the tragic backstory. Bro got straight electrocuted to death /hsrs. Dang. Poor rat man. Wow Leo really did get played. L. Oooo fight scene in the storm! Come on give this big doofus another scar. God these council people are weird. Oop- here comes the shredder.

Oh okay so Hun is that dudes real name- I'm just dumb-

[a break in the rambles. Notes? Idk. This is gonna be extremely long huh- barely even through the first season and it's already an essay. Maybe I should tone it down a bit. I mean surely tumblr has a character limit]

"Whats the one thing I told them not to do? Face the shredder. Surely that's what they're doing then" (paraphrased) ofc. Like most rebellious children lmao. (My siblings for example lmao) welp they just broke into someone's apartment- lmao that poor kid. Raph is going to kill Mikey for that one if the foot doesn't first lmfao. Noo you can't leave the old (rat) man to figure out technology come on donnie. Bro is that the sword light saber thing from the mando? Wait so are they allies with the potentially the krang guys now? Master splinter had the look tm. Hmmmm I feel like the shredder will somehow survive that. Yep. He'll be back. L.

Bro there's super heros in this too- they'd accept super heros but not our favorite turtle bros? Not very cool new york. Don't make fun of his art :( damn poor mikey. Yes! April support!! Oh no who's this guy. THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS? Oh. Super hero. Lmao in their faces.

"Meep"

There is literally so much lore in this series holy cow

I saw something something "kirby" on screen and damn near exploded. They are nothing alike at all. But man does my brain like to play me like a fool. Man this series was written by a bunch of crystal girls (/neu) oh my god donnie took kirby (the tmnt version) to dreamland /j holy shit kirby fucking died (please know my main coping mechanism is humor) (it's actually kinda sweet to think he's in a land of his imagination!)

[Okay this is so much longer than what my rise one was already omg- I should just close tumblr and give it a rest lmao. Honestly if Casey and Raph first interactions didn't seem so enemies to lovers this would have never happen /hj]

"Of the four of us leo is the one turtle you never have to worry about" *cut to leo fighting like 20 dudes by himself in the rain* Whats with Leo and getting thrown off buildings??

No it's not a great loss they're not dead just like walk through the fire and save them or something o(-( m a n

Wow calling the next one tales of Leo makes it sounds like he's actually dead damn- omg we get turtle tots in this one too this is amazing. The sillies<3 Raph. Buddy. Goofball. ITS OKAY TO SHOW EMOTION (that isn't just anger) COME ON

I was gonna say we need more light hearted goofy episodes like monster hunter but was completely cut off from, and I quote, "Someone once said, "The only difference between men and boys is there size of their toys." " and I am literally jaw dropped to the floor bc I did not take that line well- I am fighting demons rn (trying not to laugh in the middle of the night) I am so thrown off by that line-

Bro why did Leo call Baxter Stockmen a fruitcake💀 I'm sorry- did he just cut shredders head clean off??😭 sorry shredder but there's absolutely no coming back from that one lmao. EXCUSE ME?? well damn I guess there IS coming back from that one. So, not human?

If it weren't for like ninja honor and morals and all that Raph would 100% have these goons dead. Raph goes blind (real) Raph making friends with literally every "hothead" he meets in alley ways (part 2)

Oh these guys are absolutely wack job krang. EWWW NO THEY ARE KRANG D: oh man the boys are in trouble now. Just like give them their dad back and we can allll go home. Why is splinter in the orange juice. They really have no reason to fight. Like. Listen, crazy idea now. Just communicate. OMG THEYRE FUCKING GONE. THEY'VE BEEN DISINTEGRATED.

Okay wowza that's only season 1. 6 more seasons to go- this is going to be one wild ride huh. This show really knows how to keep ya on your feet. All this is doing though is making me wish we got more Rise o(-( how come this wack iterations (/pos) got so many episodes, but rottmnt barely got 2 seasons and a movie?

Starting season 2 same day ofc. I have to binge this show as quickly as humanly possible /hj perhaps I'll try to write less, maybe I'll write even more who knows. Eventually I'm sure I'll hit some sort of limit. This singular post is about to be more words than any fanfic I've ever wrote lmao.

Bros just got reconstructed in space. Mmm the star wars tmnt crossover all us nerds wanted. The guys are always getting into so much trouble 😭 I like how Mikey is more worried about how the colors of the dress clash with his bandana more than the fact its a dress. Based and real. Oh god the blue dude is hitting on Mikey o(-( yeah yeah kick his ass! Oh noo don't get caught. :0 It's chewy but blue! Girlboss Mikey!! Girlboss Mikey!! "You go girl!" Bro I'm dead lmfao. Finally they all have,, GUNS

"The big house" oh man they're going to jail. Oh wow yeah they're in jail. And now they are going to bust out of jail. Wonderful. Damn it Raph. Well dang guess spoons are a weapon. Welp off to the games they go then. Oh boy they've taken a hostage of a dictator. THE ROBOT IS GOING TO KILL HIMSELF?? Okay no he doesn't die (yet?. Hopefully not) Wow they all have horrible aim. It is truly bizarre all the shit the turtle bros get themselves into to. (How many times am I gonna have to say that before I can have a silly goofy episode o(-( ) Also can I say those tube things they have in their mouth for oxygen make no sense- like I can understand how that would actually work properly- I can only imagine it was just the easiest solution (to draw) They look so silly in the space suits /pos. Just makes me wish they would have been given tails in the rise redesign hauls </3 Oop the krang is bringing them back it seems. HOW MANY PARTS ARE IN THIS ONE?? ITS LIKE A WHOLE MOVIE AT THIS POINT LOL. Okay well it's to be continued, but this one is a different part 1, 2, ect. Oooo and now the new yorkers are suspicious. SPLINTS!! HES BACK!! YIPPEE. Ooo wait what they're buddies? Utroms. So um. Not krang? But like. Sorta similar? Do the krang and utroms have like a civil war or something I'm so confused o(-( Oh. My. God. Baxter is a fucking spider. I agree with Mikey I would not go in the pod. Okay okay. So this criminal utrom is gonna be the krang then, right? OMG THE SHREDDER IS THE EVIL UTROM DUDE. BRO. NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE. BAXTER YOU MOTHER FUCKER. WHY CANT YOU JUST DIE ALREADY. I genuinely can but believe there's 7 seasons. Like. What on earth (or within the rest of the universe for that matter-) could they possible get into after this?? The shredder is literally a roach, how does he keep coming back o(-( at least stockmen is free from his control? Even know he has like just a head left- YIPPEE!! THE BOYS ARE GOING HOME!!

Splinter I have like 27 IQ what's with all the riddles. It's so odd seeing them without their bandana on lol. Raph you don't have to be a jerk all the time smh smh. Leo just happens to be better than all of you half of the time. No big deal- (kinda feel bad for raph and mikey. Mikey mostly. It feels like they don't have anything special:( I mean hell donnie is extremely smart, he's probably the most special. But leo has that edge in combat) Yep family B) *distant punches and screaming*

Oh boy quite the intro. Leo just dies. Right off the bat. /j what. Why does he seek leo o(-( icecream!! Raph seems to like mint chocolate chip! Win! Oh right this guy. Wonder what his deal is- DITTO!! Huh- this is so dumb >:( agreed very over dramatic. Also didn't shredder kinda like,, defeat himself. It was his bomb thing after all. Omg did this dude just portal away in his cape. Metaknight?? Is that you?? /s literally stole mks moves smh. Haha take the L random ninja dude. Now he's the real greatest warrior in the galaxy. Wow this episode is so random lmao I love it. Can the time be right like now- I'm so confused o(-(

The little intro things are so silly. They're like interviews at the beginning. No Casey it's not a date or anything at all nooooo. (I wish it wasn't a date smh get your romance out of my goofy ninja turtles show) dude I kinda feel bad for this robot kid thing. If only the nanobots ended up in better hands. LMAO "and when will you have her home young man?" AS IF YOU ALL ARENT FRIENDS IM CRACKLING. Thank you donnie finally someone wants to help it. NO NO KISSING>:( GO BACK TO BEING SILLY AND GOOFY

Yes you are absolutely always getting into wack ass situation Mikey great observation. Finally someone said it. Noo Mikey is about to be eaten by a giant gator- bros just trying to live and they're messing with him lmao. HUH? Are those like magic glasses o(-( oh no he just talks normally. Just a normal everyday fellow mutant. Swear to God if he's working on a new body suit for shredder- who *somehow* is still alive. SEE RISE RAPH COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH COOLER WITH A BIG TAIL. YO cool he's a mutant dude too. Wait was he there when the building exploded and all that? Yes. You the one it just scanned fight it first. YEAH GATOR GUY KICK HIS ASS!! Bro,, :( thats so sad what the hell.

This show was absolutely written by a bunch of crystal girls. (/neu (I have a bunch of crystals myself lol)) These guys are insane. Where do they get the funds for all this stuff anyways- damn right you're proud of him. Dude is insane intelligent-

Ooo starting this one with a song huh. The foot? And the wacky tie guy? Oh shit right it's the gang wars episode isn't it- TURF WAR (my brain is impeccably small) [splatoon reference]

Ya know I wonder if these sorts of shows have like idk psychological affects on kids? Like do they leave any sort of impression on them? Are kids who watch these "crime fighting or hero" shows more likely to be "good-do'ers" and have better morals bc they are given an example of the hero and see how the bad guys always lose, have bad endings, and inflict so much pain (and property damage lol). Are these kids more likely to take up jobs like police officers? What even makes a person want to be a cop anyways lol. Idk. Food for thought I guess. All coherent thoughts must go to the mega-post after all.

BAXTER? IS BACK?? AGAIN??? I shouldn't even be surprised anymore.

Honking

Have I mentioned how much I envy their voices sometimes. Bc damn o(-( it's just occasional lines. Here and there. Lmao transmasc things ig.

Bro. Raph. Leo. Stop fighting you dingdongs. Ofc Hun is back. BROS GOING TO BLOW. Karai? Haven't I heard that name before. YOU CANT JUST COME IN HERE AND KILL OFF LEO LIKE THAT LADY. genuinely how do they make this last 7 whole seasons lol

Why are those two dudes like super yellow- I can only imagine this is sorta racist..

I'm sorry is that the shredder?? Broooo. Oh- yeah yeah that makes sense. That's what I was thinking lmao. This is just- dude o(-( would have been cooler if the plan worked. RAPH!! SPLINTER!!!!! God damn it he is actually back. Where is your honor!?

I'm so sorry, Baxter? Uhh that's a bit too far now. Please just kill him off. This is getting ridiculous 💀

Woah the plot twists in this one is crazy fr ZOG NO!! he killed a man in cold blood,, the turtles would have been toast without you Zog. Rip <//3

Uhh I think I skipped one but WOAH TINY ROBOTS ROBBING THE COMIC STORE! They've got the tiny guy. Ofc Don is tracking the old men lmao. Plot twist, the two super heros had,,,, SEX. Win day for Mikey tho let's goooooo.

THE BATTLE NEXUS USED TO BE HONORABLE? Wow splinter is even more of a nut than the boys. BUNNY BOY??? REAL?? I remember absolutely nothing anyone told me about usagi? (I forgor his name) aww splints:( the boys are all grown up. Uh oh. Traximus sounds so close to Draximus which is my dogs name lmao. BUNNY BOY-O IS BACK OMG. omg he's so dumb looking lol. Ooo toffas! The shredder?? Well his helmet anyways. So uh. When do they kiss? (Joke) wait what if splinter and like leo both make it to the very top? Do they just fight each other? Aww donnie:( poor dude he will never live this down lmao. Woah the ninja dude is just as bad as the shredder. L. This guy is so lame. Kill him off! LMAO ofc. Quite the match ups. Mikey sorry you're out lol. Aw splinter you're so cool. Okay that makes more sense tbh- dude is about to get clapped by his son. (Uh killed that is) Oh? Kinda surprised Raph won that. Okay. Ohhh noo. I am so normal about this show (lie) Okay I'm not quite down with this one but I don't see how the ship stands as of now- unless the fandom is literally just clinging on anything we can get lol [boy this is making me what to do a video essay just rambling about this show. Just overall. And some of its themes and topics it discusses. I have my gripes, but I'm overjoyed to watch it still] anywaysss. Uh oh leo! Donnie to the rescue! (Wrong target tho don!) You stupid red haired jerk. Welp big powerful dude is dead. Oop. Wait until raph and mikey finds out what happened. YOU SCUM DONT FRAME THE RAT >:( Usagi the doctor bunny! Mikey! Stop running your mouth! Eep! You red haired mf>:((( stop>:(( ofccc it's the dragon. Uh oh. Uh oh. They don't even get to see what happened to Leo. Lmfao now it's raph and mikey that's hilarious. Oh my God mikey being annoying is a genuine strategy lmfao. This is hilarious. Crackling rn. Raph that's absolutely stupid?! Let's go!!! (Love this trax guy) uh hating this stupid shadow creatures tho. Yippee! Donnie and Usagi saving the day! I can certainly see why everyone loves Usagi. He's such a little critter /pos /aff. Brave Usagi!! Yippee!! NO DONT SKEWER THE RABBIT. Oooo leo! Mikey for the win!! It would absolutely be the most funny outcome. Yeah good! The staff should fight back! Too bad it didn't fight back hard enough. Oh boy a dimensional rift huh? Is kirby coming to eat a car? (Sorry) ((lie)) bye bye red losers! Fall to your own evil plans. WOOOOOOO LETS GO MIKEY!! That's it with Usagi? A bit surprised. The sillies<3 once again mikey is technically the most powerful lol. No- not the dinos coming to invade earth- God that was a long one. See ya in the next!

Hm perhaps it is in fact the end of the world. Donnie D: looks like we're going back to space boys

Raise the stacks? Who is this guy? Wait I thought the justice league knock offs were all old and stuff. This show is so confusing o(-( oh boy they're bringing out the nukes. Oh- do they actually survive nukes? Yes ofc they do. I agree with Mikey. Hand over my happy ending. Damn poor donnie- BRO JUST NINJA-ED HIS WAY OUT OF THAT?? Wow this is going to kill the economy fr. Come on donnie your brothers can totally kick ass (plus they're like not even on earth rn-) oh god they're gonna get shot. Yippee!! Another rebellion dude! Double ship theft. Poor mikey. He just wants credit for all their hard work lol. Did he- did he just come back to earth?- this little bot is a funny guy. Uh oh I think that's the other space nerds isn't is? The,, government? Makes sense. Raphy is such a cute nickname. It's hilarious how he's the one with that kind of nickname since he's the 'hothead' ughhh the American government is here. Leave the space stuff to the mutants please. Oh they're just goons o(-( Uh nvm government? No it is the military? I'm so confused. Why do they have laser guns. Yeah Don that's what I'm saying. Heyyy splints time to go. Yes take them with you and go. Now we fight the US military. WHO IS THIS FREAKY GUY???? ew stop. Bishop. Yeah. More like bitch hop out of here right now. Stop speaking like that. I hate this show. Where is the justice. Well hopefully honeycutt actually like wiped his memory or whatever. This is why you can't trust the government kids. No leatherhead D: stuck in a drawer.. gross. Holy shit I hate this bishop guy. Yall better hurry before they look their DNA and shit (and their lives-) GO SPLINTER JUST LIKE KILL SOMEONE FOR ONCE. (sure it goes against the ninja honor whatever but this guy deserves it!!) HE IS ONE SCUM BAG MAN WHY THE HELL IS HE WINNING??????? Hate this. Someone give raph a gun and permission to kill. Oh boy he IS the system. Rare good side win. Still hate bishop an insane amount. Let's keep in mind these guys are like what 16? The trauma is off the charts o(-( another honorable hero lost o7. This show is so wacky and weird. At least they won? I mean obviously some things are foreshadowed but things are still so unpredictable- I wonder what trouble the boys will get into next. I mean bitch bishop will be back, so will the shredder and the foot. And I guess baxter is to some degree alive??

Oh god who's this guy. A true ultimate power bump? I suppose? Raph this is why we don't cheat in racing. He's a good guy you goons o(-( yay! Old lady to the rescue! Finally a cat that likes Raph. Rise!raph wishes. Um? The train can't really get them right? Plot armor and ninja quickness and all- If anything happens to this old lady I'm coming after everyone myself. Ah yes thinking. A brave new world for mikey. Awww he gave the money to the old lady:D yippee!! Literally the best part of the whole show calling it now. Finding out one of them isn't dead? Cool. Helping this wonderful old lady? Absolutely awesome! I hope raph gets another tea party with her honestly-

And this episode, trauma response, nightmares! Poor LH:( oo the evil turtles are scary. Oh no. Mikey is out- aw:( dudes got landmines fr. I love how they look after each other and joke around <3 the sillies <3 okay back to the saddness- what the fuck why is everyone in this place absolutely wackjobs with no heart and morals??? o(-( YAY!! Can't handle another sacrifice. :) family

Oh boy this one is titled hate. Can only wonder what this is about. They always get into the wackiest situations- lmao never alone april and casey. Bro I thought that was Casey and he got shot- damn- lmfao bro got pants. LMAO I have a solution hate crimers to kick the aliens out of New York we are gonna,,,BLOW UP THE ENTIREY OF NEW YORK. Quite the plan. Uh oh mommy's home casey. Aw Ma likes April. Lmao she found about splinter and the turtles too that's amazing. Ma is another character we must protect at all costs.

BATMAN? nobody?? Huh. Mikey be like mom said it's my turn with the video games >:( lmao. Dudes covered in true black paint lmao. Wow they touch and go guys are back. L. Broooo why are there so many villains in New York. What does the rest of the world do? Do they have villains? Who fights there weird crimes? Villains across the globe be like. Ya know what'd be cool? If we went to new york permanently. Hell yeah he's a someone now. I think Hun is gonna be fired lmao. I think a certain group of everyone's favorite green boys accidently pulled an all nighter lmao.

Uh guys maybe you shouldn't leave casey out at night. MORE TURTLE TOTS!! omg they're so cute. Young casey? Why doesn't anyone remember this? They're so silly. Lmfao they are horrible liars. They're so adorable. They're so goofy omg. This is so silly that's why casey scream goongala or whatever all the time- lmfao theyre all confusing him. It seems like leo and donnie were the first to take any sort of training to heart. They are all still horrible liars tho lmao. Busted~ oh well I guess casey was just sorta a natural in street fighting-

Ooo Christmas episode? Please tell me mikey gets to keep the cat pleaseeee (I'm sure he'll like give em to the kids or something but man it would have been nice) how does clunk say in his coat through all that- oo raph? I didn't think he was the type to be into interfering with people's romantic relationships (trying to make casey and april kiss with mistletoe lmao) I guess it makes sense. Cj and him are the closest. USAGI!!!! what did he say o(-( aww they got swords for each other lmao. I wonder if he will actually use it. Lmao L casey. I too love cookies. Aw:( where's mikey? Just in hot pursuit with the cops no big deal. He's literally causing more harm than good o(-( lmao beautiful. PLEASE LET HIM KEEP THE CAT. Aww. rat santa. Wait does this mean he keeps the cat?????:D

Did she just break his neck- dude stop fighting each other lmao. I wonder who keeps calling donnie? This is the second time now. Dang did they actually train the foot clan this round? Bro:/ stop hitting on the foot lady. B o o m. Karai? Good. That's right. Eventually she'll be on the good side. Confused,, always.

Excuse me. Did master splinter just fucking die as the intro o(-( THE CAT IS HERE!! uh oh. What. Why does Don just know Italian lol. Welp time to fight the dead. Okay so this isn't real. I wonder what this all means? What they fear most? IVE SEEN THIS CLIP WITH RAPH AS SHREDDER BEFORE? HUH? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN. IM SO CONFUSED HELP. Hmm so Leo's is about not like being independent enough? A good enough leader to not need help. A good enough ninja to not get his own father killed for coming to his aid. He fears being a disappointment and a failure. Oh o(-( Uh. Donnies? Maybe afraid of losing those he's meant to protect ig? Having people not listen to his own orders and paying the price.? I'm not really sure on that one. It's a bit confusing and probably could be interpreted more than the others. Mikeys seems tied back to that one deal leo almost made with the shredder. But also a fear with losing his brothers in whole. Raph is clearly afraid of hurting those he loves whether it's directly or indirectly. Probably due to his consistent rash course of action. Those are just my quick theories though! I did drop out of psychology after all lol. What happened to the staff? Ah there it is. What would leo even do with all kinds of power anyways lol. Oh my that must be spooky to watch- oh. Welllll guess it's not dead:/

Oop new guy is finally killing off baxter. Ohh the calls were from her. Damn he doesn't get squashed. Or the calls are from honeycutt. I'm not paying attention enough lmao. Omg they've been shoved into a crate haven't they? Rude. Can't just drop them like that. Let's go professor!! Welp wrong direction oh well at least it's not in the air. Kinda feel bad for karai.

Wow that's a lot of lore. Just out of basically no where lmao. Woah these filler episodes are getting out of hand- bizarre.

Okay. And I thought last episode was crazy. Dude just tried to attack time. Okay,, so that all happened. Wack. How do you think they tell these to splinter? Do..they even tell him? Is it worth trying to explain-

Bro can't bishop just die please. Poor raph is bike is gone. Surely baxter doesn't make it out of this one.

Bro donnie just appeared- oh wow. He's back. They are back? Ohh wait so they do actually tell splinter of all the shenanigans they get into lol. Or some of them at least. Omg so I guess that one time when donnie said during the second nanobots episode that if splinter were evil they would also likely be evil. I guess he was wrong. At least in this universe. The turtles are always the good guys. Omg that's absolutely hilarious mikey really knows how to leave his mark huh?

Good morning all beings and forms huh? I think that one. Wayy better than ladies and gentlemen.

Okay I was gonna comment on raphs more (speaking of the other two, I wonder what these mean? The others so far seemed less harmless than this one, if anything they were enjoyable (sure mikey had to save the world but he loves superheros so) I can only assume donnie will be saving this world, or trying to anyways, or teach someone(s) a valuable lesson (like raph did) I'm just confused as to what part of this could be possibly enjoyable for donnie. I've actually heard a good overview of this episode. Guess I'll actually have to watch the full thing before I come back huh lol. Oop- it's crazy to think in a similar reality they would split up. You would think leo would stay, but it makes senses it's actually mikey. Oh- hes dead. Holy moly they've merged. It kinda makes sense after all that hun and baxter would form a (probably forced) alliance and join the rebellion. Oh. Nvm. They still hate each other lol. Damn donnie better watch his back now- oh my they look worst for wear too. Oop straight to the room it seems. Damn he's huge. Finally! April has a gun! Oh- guess hun is a goner- Mikey? MIKEYYY. AIM FOR THE HEAD DAMN IT. How does leo fight so well blind? Oh damb there goes leo- holy shit this uh doesn't end well does it. Uh? Are they not really dead then? Um. Yay! They did it? Guess he saved this world. Woah. Quite the episode. I wonder why his was so,, bad? He too saved people and taught a lesson. It'll be interesting to see Leo's now.

So leo goes to usagi land it seems (idk where that dudes from sorry-) oh wait so we don't see Leo's part in that one? Just usagi somehow contacting leo and taking him to the battle nexus area. Okay still going with this plot line. Very confused. Oh- what-? Is this for real? o(-( it's so funny to think so one realizes they're ya know green and such when they have clothes on. Uh oh- this isn't good. Why even is Usagi so like loyal to Leo? Maybe it is just some honor thing and this is how a friendship would work. I mean Raph has Casey. Oh dang so he gets all of them at once. Crazy. I guess he would have the most focus. Dang poor donnie- looks like they're a but more powerful than what they thought. Oop- quite the few episodes.

Icky sound I hate it. When can bishop just like idkkk pass away maybe? Please? Hate this guy. Wow he really does get around for an earthling. Uh maybe that's where he got the tech. Evolution? That thing is half robot. Aw he pushed mikey out of the way:( oh god he's ugly. Ew he just disappeared. Let's go honeycutt! Well there is 4 more seasons I'd say they do something right you freaky jerk. Dang conceded much? Can it truly be over with bishop. I really hate this dude. Oh- wish came true? Guess they really hung this guys career to dry then. I'm surely not complaining. Damn. I never win smh.

Oh? Interesting. Ooo he actually got a shot in? Wait isn't donnie and LH in the tunnels?? Oh dang. Brawling moment. How the hell is this bishop dude so good at combat. Huh? He didn't know? I would have thought he knew. Dumb blob. Looks like the end for you. Damn you karai stop being a dumbass. Oh shit donnie. Jump jump jump! Let's not forget this is only the half way point of all this-

Welp to space we go then. Oh god he's got an even uglier body. Does splinter like make it to the finale of all this? WHAT HELLO EXCUSE ME HUH DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN IS LEO OKAY HE MAKES IT RIGHT SURELY THIS IS LIKE TOTALLY FINE RIGHT. Oh man. I am just. I'm gonna need to pace around the room. Wow Karai finally using your brain here. Leo? Man:( honor to the end huh. I just want to know how they actually survive all this. Bc if they do surely the shredder does too. YES UTROM!! THANK YOU. Too bad bishop didn't magically end up on the ship. Wish he would die too lol. Wow this dude has caused so much harm. Finally. Dude is gone. Too bad Karai. You could have stopped this yourself. Woah this is great. Rare turtles win:) really should have just totally killed that evil blob tho. Would have been easier and for the better- lol they're gonna need a new intro now.

Well shit they can just never catch a damn break- oh sweet yeah new intro. I guess shredder is really gone then? Who is this weirdo. Ofc wack job has a gun. Oh my God they've put Raph in the closet. Lmfao. That's perfect. Uh oh mikey. Hard to fight with no legs. Finally some good luck lol. Hell yeah you are all that and a bag of chips mikey B) lmfao. I need to see donnie with more winning one liners. Nightie night dragon boy bam! (I don't mention enough how much I love 03 donnie. Hes just a funky lil guy.) Lmfao the little doodle. I haven't been keeping proper track of my favorite episodes but I'd say this is one of them. S4E1. Let's go ninja April!! Raph you're such a butthead lmao. Aw that's cool. What would they do with a bunch of money anyways?

There's no such thing as boring around here mike. Omg I just noticed. Usagi is in Leo's little intro thing. Perhaps I can see where the fandom is coming from with these two. Damn. Leo:( omg casey you dork. Uh oh- can't even watch the stars around here smh smh. Woah raph stopping leo from hitting something? The universe has shifted lmao. Why so many flowers o(-( (does he stink? Eh probably) Dude just got picked up like bird food. Amazing burnt pancakes. The sub plot love story is really coming together. Dude mikeys legs will never heal at this rate- oop into the bubble you go weird crazy blue lady. What? Interesting gift ig? But a gift nonetheless?

Man leo:( always so hard on yourself. He's definitely got that leader syndrome. Uh fish lady? Oh more of those ancient people. "Where we could spawn" excuse me- how do they stay under water that long. Leo's shell :( I didn't notice the slice until now. Oh god I didn't know those things were called "dikes" it sounded like donnie was calling me a slur 😭 "Um, just a little guy in-" nope cut. Stop right there. You are in fact just a little guy. End of sentence /aff yeah idiot. The turtles are good do-ers! Lil fish people live!

Hm?. Leo going out without the bros. But bringing casey? This is a bit confusing. I agree with case he's definitely be eating out of raphs bowl a little too much. No one thinking for you blue one. What has gotten into him anyways:/ Leo's lost his mind. Was that the sound of bones breaking? I'm sorry has he actually gone nuts? Oh boy whats in the ice crate. Agreed what on (totally not) earth? Oh creepy demon thing. Why does the military have that beast anyways- damn I'd just leave if I were Leo. Looks like they've got their hands full anyway. Ew- oh. He's in two pieces. Leo actually goes insane (real) oh. That thing is a test subject ain't it. Oh god that's nasty. What is this show rated- they don't show much blood violence but uh body gore is in the table- do you think Leo's shell ever heals all the way? Ouch- Bishop you whore. Well damn looks like everyone knows the boys are back in town. Aw:( that's so sad dude. Everytime I see bishop I hate him even more.

Is that the clone thing guy? That the turtles took out? Yeah I'd say so. Mikey is so goofy /pos. That's a lot of rats- oh no mike- this ain't good. It's the damn rat king. How does this guy control the dang rats anyways o(-( the boys are going home with a million and a half diseases tonight- that whole building is going down. Leo stop trying to take things by yourself it's not going to redeem yourself. I agree with raph. Something has definitely gotten into leo. Oh my God that's so many rats. Gone to the rats. The like one million rats. Why didn't the rats eat him. I'm so confused. What does he even have to do with rats??

Oh boy mikeys gotta do a rematch. Huh? Are they training or actually fighting leo?? Oh okay training. Lmfao mikey. Aw even all the shit he talks about mikey he's still the first to jump in and save him. Sore loser much? LMFAO poor mikey. Okay so like really what's with leo. Doesn't he technically still have a match in the battle nexus? Sureee "play". Dude might actually kill mikey. Nope I think he is in fact talking about himself. Mikey o(-( you have to be serious. Damn- very VERY sore losers. Dude is speaking in key board smashes. Holy moly what a jerk. Mikey is going to have rights to gloat after this one. (So will leo honestly) LETS!! GO!! MIKEY!! Lmfaooo yeah they are never hearing the end of this. This is hilarious.

What just happened to splinter? What's with the water o(-( OH NO KLUNK! You are not about to tell me that poor little cat drowns:( no klunk:((( that was so uncalled for:( ew people. BISHOP YOU BASTARD YOU KILLED KLUNK. YOU WILL KNOW PAIN. yeah maybe a bit of a show off- DUDE- what the fuck is wrong with this damn bishop guy. Dude. Casey and April are basically dead without their plot armor. Shredder,,,,,, no way. He can't be real. This must be a trap. They've made mock robots before. Down to damn soup cans. This is not my silly little turtle show. Perhaps this is a vision. Oh wow he is good. The element ninja things? I've seen faint things about an early version of the mystic powers in 03. Is this how they get it? Klunk is okay:D Karai you bitch why are you like this.

Have I mentioned how much I absolutely hate bishop? That creep isn't fully human is he. No wonder bitch boy is so good at combat. Oh no that goop is not going to be good for the sewers.

Lmfao splinter. Read em and weep boys. Aw klunk. Raph is really rubbing off on Leo huh.

Uhhh idk where I left off here or if what I had saved. Uhh anyways! Yippee casey you actually used your thinking skills! Oh shit it sounds like hun broke raphs arm- uh oh. Have I mentioned how funny it is they replace cuss words with "shell" it's hilarious (to me). Lmfao donnie with the missiles! Casey. Remember what raph taught you. Your honor. Or what your dad said ig. Oh boy. Gotta have some wicked on the fly driving skills huh donnie- yes you are amateurs. You're like 16- damn leo is going off- aw he's gonna visit his dad:( wait did they just leave leo? Awww dude:(

Oh it's that nobody guy again? Oop- lmao poor mikey. Always getting slapped upside the head lol. Dude looks wack in the shadows lmao looks like xray might be in trouble- lmfao mikey in the dress again /pos. This isn't good for xray. Yeah everyone needs to packing! (But as transmasc reference) the gang shit in 03 goes insane fr o(-( it's so funny how absurd everyone's aim is. Let's go xray. Uh. Doesnt jencko still have a gun? Who let all these thugs have such high tech weapons- uh oh- he's nobody>:) success! Lmfao he's still in the dress. Ugh hun. Oh wait wasn't she supposed to go to jail?? Wonder what they're hiding in that statue. Karai can't you just like turn to the good side. Where's your honor? (Or morals for that matter-)

Halloween episode!! Shell yeah!! (Lol) I also love Halloween:D but uh for different reasons lmao. Ofc they ruin Halloween too- lmfao raph just stabs his pumpkin. Ofc donnie uses the laser. Uh oh werewolf. And a witch and uh pumpkin king? Uh- what if it wasn't a costume. How could he be so sure before he sliced at his face o(-( couldn't he have just paid for it? Like- agreed. Carmel apples are yummy. Lmfao. Looks like raph and mikey sorta get their way? Leo stop being such a downer smh. Aw:( that's so cute. Ooo-kay. Lol. So silly how they always managed to get involved in all this. Was the door too good for them o(-( ooo fun fact. Good pearl necklaces actually have knots between each bead to protect the pearls while wearing and in the case of a weak string snap very little pearls will fall off. So a good quality pearl necklaces should not snap and go everywhere like that:) little creepers. Aw don. How powerful are their kicks? Oh dudes made of stone. Yeah:) they are nice kids:) little nicer than what you'd like officer-

Wow good quote actually. Looks like we get more usagi! Excited to see what he does this time. Agreed. Leo is losing it. Geez mikey really laying it down hard huh? Saying it as it is- raph should totally train his temper lol. Miyamoto? Haven't I heard that name before? Lmfao. Why does he have shades on? Maybe they just can't handle the light of the city. Why is leo separate from the group:l bounty hunter? Why is everyone after leo- damn. You would think more people would be after mikey. Champ of the battle nexus and all. Damn how does bunny boy read him like an open book- time to trauma dump. Maybe this is why people think he's gay /lhj. Man rabbit got some trauma of his own. HA even got big guy scared. Usagi is not impressed lmao. Casey to save crazy rhino. Raphs gonna slap him for that lmao. Uh oh. Lmao they're just in the window. Oh no. Ooh Leo's got the look in his eyes fr. Leo o(-( oo little spin move there. God Leo stop being such a hard ass o(-( move on. Crazy. Even splinter sees Usagi has a special bond with Leo. Hope I get to see him in more future episodes. Aw damn mikey lost all his comics- guess he'll have to train now lmao.

Answers to what you fool o(-( damn Leo. Maybe you should listen to your family dingdong. And your closest friend. Raph:( Leonardo dude.. guess he's getting shipped off- man the bros looks so concerned for him. Lmfao they called him a poopy face ha- Yeah he is a bit cranky. Think about the proper response. See! Think dumbass! Crazy to think he goes off on his own like this. Wow this little dude is uh? Something else lol. Did this dude really train yoshi? I have a feeling that's the plot twist. Why does this guy fart so much lmao. This is gonna be some journey for leo huh? Oh? Interesting. Finally all that just to comes to terms with something- well now I can only wonder if Leo will be back in time for the next event in new york. By the looks of it he's got a few episodes away first.

Oh. Yikes- Guess they aren't taking too easy to that. TWO MONTHS?? HELLO? That's so long:( what does kumquat mean?- shredder? No no wait karai. Dumb bitch. Oh shit. What are you doing in my house? What are you doing in my house???? /ref. Ugh foot scum. It's Karai bc she's dumb and a jerk. God damn you Karai. How is this honorable? HMMM? Damn all their stuff is totally gone after this:( how could you>:( damn you. Oh damn oh damn oh damn. Man o(-( honestly they probably should have stuck together. How were they preped underwater too- that more kitty:( it's so adorable how much mikey cares for klunk<3 damn- a bit much don't you think?- I love klunk a normal amount (lie) drilling out of here- damn can just never catch a break. Wow. Woooowwww. Great honor KARAI you asshat. >:( why is everyone so mean- um- what- what the fuck- WHAT. you know what I'm honestly surprised that she let april go. Honestly.

KICK HER ASS LEO. Ughhhhh I want to scream and pace around the rooommmm. Poor guys man:( just let them live in peace. I want my happily ever after please- aw leo found them all:) ughh leo leoooo why couldn't you just make this a supply run:/ wow leo a lot more noble than what I could have been- personally she didn't deserve mercy. I can only hope she uses this last chance for good. Though I can only have my doubts. Aw a gift :) how sweet.

I knew it. Bitch shop is part alien tech. Which is why he's even good at fighting in the first place. Oh god- Yeah I honestly for the worst for donnie everytime something gets destroyed. He puts so much time and effort into his work. Poor guy:( ewww what is that. Nasty. Agreed I too hate bugs- vile. Ewww. I might skip this one- ew didn't think I'd be getting nightmare fuel from tmnt but here we are ig- and I thought the krang stuff in rise was bad. Ain't seen nothing yet huh- Bug bite?? That can not be good. Isn't that alien language? I bet bishop has no issue hacking into any computer,, oh? April's uncle huh. Wow these people are fantastic. Is this real- in my 2003 tmnt? Peace? I see. Ofc it was too good to be true. How did she just remember all that- gross the bugs are back.

If baxter wasn't so absolutely insane I'd almost feel bad for him. Something bad happens to his mom doesn't it. Gross- ewww his finger. Dude you're like melting rn and you go to revenge?? Dude is deranged. You can't let your traumas define you stockman. So uh who's maning the helicopter? Man. *almost* feel bad. I love how donnie just steals stuff from the enemy every few mission's lmfao. Love that guy.

Omg donnie is a dinosaur guy. Woah they look so goofy. Okay he's been "under the weather" a couple times now. Holy shit what is this foreshadowing- nothing good I'm sure and probably something to do with that bug bite. Lmao they got scared. Wha- even splinter is fed up with their bull shit lmfao. Saved by a sneeze lmao. Also imagine if mikey actually changed history with the potato chips- think we scared it off? Nope. Think something really horrible is coming now? Yep. DUDE. LMAO. poor bros literally can't catch a break. Wow donnie! You've saved humanity! Again! (Except your brothers didn't die this time) ((man same as it never was goes insane-)) what. They just. They're just gone for 3 whole months. Damn- lmfao. They just be wildin ig.

Oh? Yoshi seeking revenge? Not exactly the honorable thing to do. Mikey lmfao. Raphs in trouble with splinter lmao. Story time story time!! Gender? Doesn't matter. Can you kick ass? -raph, probably. Yoshi is a natural so it seems. I wonder what happens to his friend in this. Aw. They are brothers now. Aw she cared for the rats. Tang<3 oop. Why does love have to get in the way of good relationships. They take the girl don't they. Mortu! Guardians hm? They are so going to take up the position anyways- more jealousy between the boys. Not gonna be good- Wouldn't they kinda be sister and brothers tho? Uh. He doesn't actually kill her over this right- Wooooww. Okay. That's lame dude. Shredder is just everywhere. Dude. All this over a girl. L. I wonder how old the ancient one is. Wow splinter is a reminder of failure- odd name. Interesting. Oh? What's he doing? What is this thing? Things? Huh o(-( oh boy. Sounds like trouble is nothing else.

What. What happened to donnie? Donnie and that massive brain of his. Saving the whole world and shit. Where Don then- Is that donnie? wow casey actually cleans up? Ah he's still sick. Hopefully this isn't some sort of horrible plot point. Surely he'll be totally fine. Damn poor Casey and April. They wanted to go out lmao. Never a break in new york city. They really do relentlessly bully mikey lmao. Ew god no. Tmnt is not immune to some light body horror huh. Oh boy they in area 51 fr. Did they save stockmen? Oh- bad idea dude- go get the guys o(-( why does he look like that? Ooo I wonder if that's where they got the idea for rise raphs plastron. Damn now they gotta fix donnie. I knew this cold was so much more than just a cold. Lmfao guess mikey isn't the biggest fan of case. Leo's just like. For fuck sake. Lmao. Raph deserves an F word pass from nick. Damn:( Leatherhead is so sweet dude. Geez. What do they do now? Wow. Bishop I to am going to ram my foot so far up your ass for this.

Damn bro. I mean plot armor and all ofc they get him back. INVISIBLE FLOOR TILES? (DR/UT reference) I kinda thought this was gonna be a call from the boys. So uh. Who's this bastard? Karai why are you so annoying. It's funny to see area 51 talked about outside of that one 2019? 2020? 'Storming' of area 51 lol. Hell yeah "convince" this bitch. (I hate him with a passion). Wait did the cloaked thing have to do with the basement things from ancient one? At least see what the hell is wants first o(-( how do we know he will actually help donnie? Ughhhh. DONT YOU DARE. God I hate bishop. Man this has got to be rough for leo. And the rest of them ofc. They can't just leave donnie with these monsters:( bishop really is making a deal with the devil. He is so evil. Ofc he lied. What an asshole. They're busting in to foot hq (again) uh oh. The things they're about to do for donnie- I wish people cared about me to even a faction of that degree lmao. Oh? Did the element dudes send the message? God bishop is so fucking annoying. Raphs gonna have fun with this one. "Crud" please just let them say fuck. Lmao. Man can they really handle this alone? And without that one sword. Interesting. This whole thing is one big confusion. BOOM. What does it do? Fucking communicate maybe 💀 are the elite magic? Oh? Interesting. LMAO RAPH. Uh oh. This ain't good. Dude. Talk maybe? Tell him what it is even?? Say how horrible bishop is perhaps??? Ofc they fulfilled their side. Anything for their brother. I hate this guy so much. At least explain what it does. Let's fucking go leatherhead!! Brilliant!! What a fantastic character LH is. Totally not much trouble at all. Certainly. If it were not for LH and donnie getting mutated (again) none of that containing the outbreak would have been possible. Wait? So what did that do then? Set the elements free? Yeah. Welp they're smart I'll give them that. Omg they're gonna bring that blob back?? Oh shitttt.

Magic tree man? Self healing magic tree man? With honor?? Uh? Maybe? "You tried to eat my leg" lmfao mikey is so offended by that. Even with all the angsty chaos I'm glad there's still lots of humor in this show. (Probably the only thing that keeps me coming back lmao. I couldn't handle pure angst. 2003 mikey I'm convinced absolutely enjoys wearing dresses. Or at the least flowy clothing. OOP- raph just tackles him off the building- ooo. It's interesting what they are able to build (and then build again-) down under new york. Oh? Ancient one? Again? What has begun again? Aww. They are brothers your honor. Oop. Doesn't feel too good anymore. Hm. Lmao mikey is just goofing off. It's hilarious how they play back. I can only assume these are those elemental guys? I wonder why they're doing this? Did they just want to beat them up? Oh? Where are they gonna take them? Interesting? Sounds a little odd too pin them against each other though if you need warriors you would think you'd want them all alive. Aw. We love good dad splinter. So confused. Hm. Where are these other four from then? I am beyond confused. OOOO WAIT will the brothers get their mystic powers (or 03s equivalent anyways) through this? Why does splinter need to save them? What do they know that the bros don't? Why is this show so bat shit crazy and confusing o(-(

One more season down. Honestly. I'm not sure what my favorite episodes are. I certainly like some more than others though. And I definitely and not looking forward to this being all over.

Oh I see. So they've gotten like save the entire universe again I see. Honestly I'd say, even as weird as they are, they're like the utroms and possible on the good side. Wait why exactly do they look like the shredder then? Or how would the shredder know of them then? Where's the fifth? Looks like there should be a fifth? And the underside down foot symbol? OMG DONNIE you nerd /affectionate. I can definitely see some reference taken from here for rise. This show wildin. Fr. They really just go head first into any fight huh. Bro joi is gone- Um. Okay. Um. Uh.. alrighty then! Wow this show is a lot!

Starting to look like being a skilled ninja is not all that cool anymore lmao. Donnie is a man of science and does not understand this dude lmao. Damn it mikey o(-( "oops" DUDE this show omg. Anri for raph. Inazuma for Mikey. Byakko for donnie. Banrai for raph actually? Wait what happened to Leo's? Wait what about leo D: mike. I swear. BRO IS A FUCKING BEYBLADE?! Don is a tornado. So Leo can just use others weapons? Orrr not- My oh my does this just like. Wow.

I am blinking rapidly. Alright so saki was a good guy at one point? Is this the like same blob we are talking about here?? Wow. Well. I think this is enough confusion for one night I'll pick this back up in the morning. I viewed the thumbnails for the upcoming seasons. It seems season 7 sees an art style change? And we are left on a cliff hanger. I'm honestly not sure if it's worth continuing. So the odd look humans are now god like fantastic. Wait he just becomes a dragon? How does he recover from this to go to new york?- dragon fight! (I- I guess) so I'm guessing the boys will have to learn to form laser beams out of their hands too.

So are we gonna ever get am explanation as to why Leo never got his weapon? Come on raph I've seen you become a beyblade you've got this. It makes sense how donnie got it so easily but Leo? Not getting it? Aw they really needed that support. Damn. Poor splinter:( aw donnie is just talking about his projects back home. Mikey is just sonic now. I wonder what they all will become. Leo? Also a dragon! I knew it. This still doesn't explain why he doesn't get a weapon lmao. Woah. Just the projector image of Leo's dragon melts them- It seems they wanted them to take all the pieces. In all fairness it does seem kinda dumb to keep them all together.

Dude what happened to being immortal? And like. Shouldn't they have some form of communication to tell the others to stop? Devour of dreams? Sounds like a kirby boss. So the sword was meant for leo? This is so strange. Did he know he was going to die this whole time? What. How did that just happen? Damn. They really can't have shit huh?😭 the five gumbas lmao. So they just totally killed that quiet "immortal" guy. Why did they get the most annoying voices lmao. Bro :'0 dude. What the fuck man o(-( kinda lame how these all powerful ninjas were taken out so quickly. Oh? 03 leo has portal powers too? (Sorta)

I'm gonna be honest. Despite a few small things (and how hard leo is on himself) I absolutely adore the 03 gang. I'm disappointed it's all serious shit all the time though. Sure there's a bit of goofing around and such. But not at the same level I was under the impression I'd get. I suppose this is a different iteration. Some people actually prefer the silliness to stay very limited. I don't know. I guess litte mx. doesn't like violence should stay out of cartoons with lots of action hm?

Lmfao mikey was so ready for this day. God why don't they just say sparring or training or just like roaming around idk- I've read one too many fanfics to take "blowing off steam with _" seriously o(-( man last thing we need is nanobots in stockmens hands. See silly little episodes<3 limited fighting for their lives at least-

Ah. Terrifying. Karai? Right what is she doing here? Feels like a bit of a time skip- right a dream. I've always known Karai had good in her. See this is the kind of shit that happens when chaos wins the splatfest. Smh. Damn it Karai. Welp. Guess you die now. Damn well. Looks like saving donnie is the end of the world but him dying is also the apocalypse. Interesting. Don't. Don't mercy this thing. Don't. No. Ugh. She fell for it. Damn starting to hate this things more than bishop. How are they gonna banish the shredder again tho? After all of this is finished? If the ninja tribunal had to watch over his body forever won't they suffer the same fate? But how? Dude was dead o(-( how does that work?

[zanrelley]

Adrift 3

ROTTMNT Fanfic Summary:

 Leonardo isn’t rescued from the Krang Prison Dimension by his brothers, forced to flee from his cellmate in the void. The greatest ninja warrior of all time has to learn how to adapt to his new home, traversing low gravity, discovering the usefulness of spaceship corpses from worlds far beyond his own, and finding ways to survive such a harsh abandoned world.

Chapters: 1, 2

AO3 Chapter 3

Chapter Three: Oh, Purple and Blue, What Will You Do?

Word Count: 4.3k

Warnings: Yep, they're still burned, mentions of blood

 April and Casey each had a few cups of water bundled in their arms, placing them on the table with everything else. Donnie immediately seized one and went over to Mikey. Raph loosened his hug so he could take the meds, Donnie slipping one into his brother’s mouth so he wouldn’t have to use his hands.

 He carefully poured some water in right after and waited for Mikey to swallow the first pill before repeating the process. Once he was done, Raphael returned to tightly hugging his dad and brother again. Don placed the cup back on the table, looking up at Casey and April who were looking right back at him, expectantly. He eyed them for a second, trying to think of anything he might need or just something to tell them to do so they stopped looking at him like that.

 “Do you guys need anything?” He asked awkwardly, finding himself unable to hold eye contact, his eyes sliding over to the bandages he needed to start patching up Raph with while waiting for the pain meds to kick in for Mikey. They both seemed surprised by his question, which confused him, but he didn’t want to think about it too hard. He grabbed and tore free the bandages from their crinkly plastic wrapping, looking up again to make sure they weren’t going to ask him about something.

 “I have no serious injuries. A cut or two, but I’ll be fine.” Casey said like he was giving a military report. Donnie almost expected him to salute after as he stiffly stood there, only seeming to loosen up when April playfully jabbed him in the arm with her elbow.

 “Yeah, I’m cool, I’m good.” April said in bright contrast to Casey as she offered a strained smile. Donnie watched her for a second, a small part of him worried she wasn't cool or good but he offered a small nod before heading back over to Raph and sitting down next to him. He tapped his arm to get his attention and put out his hand for Raph to put his in so he could begin. The red terrapin did so, watching as Donnie skillfully wrapped up his burnt hand with a wide white non-adhesive bandage.

 “Keep this on until it is healed. It will be gone in a few days. You are not to do anything with this hand that could be deemed physically taxing until then." Donnie said in his matter-of-fact tone, returning to his script-reading persona. Raph gave him a conflicted smile, muttering a quiet ‘Thanks Dee’, before returning to squishing Splinter and Mikey in a hug. Donnie went to remove his own gloves to wash his hands but not to apply his own bandages, he would have to change them right away anyway, he still needed to take care of Mikey.

 Casey was standing at the foot of the tub while April had joined the hugging group, doing her best to hug Raph the way he was hugging everyone else. Donnie ignored the pain in his hand as he scrubbed a little too hard, his mind wandering over what to do next. He needed to remove Mikey’s gloves, clean his wounds, then dry him off and bandage his arms.

 They needed to get the gurney ready for him so Donnie could set up an I.V. for meds to help him endure the night and get some sleep. Then and only then would he need to bandage his own hand. He quietly sighed as the list grew in his mind, thinking of ideas to start working on a plan for Leo’s rescue.

 He knew he wasn’t the one to make plans, but he made blueprints, it was the same thing in a different language. Donnie shut off the faucet as he paused, thinking about Leo’s sword. It was different from his old portal sword, anyone could use that one, but without Leo to activate his ninpo could this one even be used for the same purpose?

 He turned to look at Casey as he walked over, eyeing him for just a second too long before putting his attention back on Mikey. The pain meds seemed to have kicked in, Mikey was doing his best to add to the hugging group, one of his hands half resting and half floating on Raph’s arm. Donnie did not approve of it being out of the water, but he was not about to cause everyone to glare at him for wanting to do his treatment right.

 “I have to remove your gloves now, Mikey.” Donnie informed him, sitting down next to him as everyone retreated their hugs. April put a hand on Mikey's shoulder again as Splinter walked off to find a chair to sit in. Raph stayed kneeling behind him, his hands on the edges of the basin behind his brother's shell.

 “This will hurt, I will go slow, but you should refrain from moving while I work.” Donnie instructed his little brother as he opened another bar of soap and deposited it in the water for later, taking a firm but gentle hold of Mikey’s bicep. Mikey flinched a little but did his best to stay still as Donnie began slowly taking off his gloves. They started coming off easy enough, but he noticed the change in resistance as he got closer to his hands, going even slower as he had to literally peel off some parts.

Mikey was desperately trying to not squirm, but he couldn’t stop himself from whimpering a few times. Raph put his large hands on both his shoulders as he and April began whispering some encouraging words as Donatello worked.

 The water had precisely done as predicted, moistening the material made it easier to remove from the parts that had partially fused with his brother. He got the first glove off and moved to the other side to do the same, dumping both into the bucket by the tub, a little blood staining them.

 He wasn’t too concerned about the blood loss, it wasn’t a lot and it was expected from these injuries. Donnie reached in and grabbed the soap, doing his best to gently clean his brother's hands and up his arms. Mikey asked to take over and Donnie allowed it, supervising from then on.

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 Donatello practically collapsed into his swivel chair that Casey had brought into the med bay for him, his hands coming up to cradle his forehead as he leaned back. His freshly bandaged hand throbbed in protest, but he couldn’t care less about that pain right now.

Raph and Casey had dragged Splinter’s recliner into the med bay as well, the oldest brother dead asleep in it and snoring not too far from Mikey’s gurney, twitching every so often. Casey had accepted the offer to sleep in Raph’s room, and April had gone home to check on her parents and Mayhem. Donnie assumed Splinter was probably going to bed as well, checking his wrist panel to see the time. Three in the morning. Perfect.

He didn’t know what he should be thinking about right now as he returned his hand to his head. Should he be worrying about Mikey, worrying about Leo, worrying about the rest of his family? He hoped he was showing Mikey mercy by giving him so much pain medicine, keeping him sedated so that his arms wouldn’t hurt so he could get some sleep. He would have to lower the amount by tomorrow or side effects would start to rear their ugly heads.

He sighed heavily, doing his best to stay quiet, but his nerves were now at their limit. Now that the necessity of having to take control of the situation and treating injuries due to being the one who knew how was over with, he felt so incredibly drained. He inhaled deeply as he dropped his hands from his head, taking a moment to close his eyes and lean further back into his chair.

 It would’ve been effortless if Nardo was here to assist him in taking care of everyone. Donnie had taught himself everything he knew, but Leo had always pestered him about wanting to learn, leaning over Donnie’s shoulder whenever he caught him watching anything medical-related. He recalled all the times he pointed out to his dear brother that he could go look them up on his own, but he had insisted on continuing to encroach on Donnie's personal space and prop his head on his shoulder to watch.

The two of them even practiced putting I.V.s in each other. Long story short it was a mixed memory for Donnie, but one he could only ever look back on fondly.

He missed his annoying face, his annoying jokes, his annoying antics, and his annoying voice. He missed his annoying brother.

 His chest swelled with a sting he was upsettingly becoming more familiar with, choking back a shaky breath as he stubbornly refused to cry again. Crying wasn’t going to help him think, it wasn’t going to inspire his brain with ideas for how to make interdimensional gateways.

He felt the familiar urge in his fingertips and allowed himself to flutter his hands and fingers a few times, it helped him feel just a little better as he turned his head to pop his neck. He didn’t let his eyes stay closed, he didn’t want to remember how tired he was. He had to start thinking of ideas to get Leo back, maybe look into using his sword as a way to target his location. But how would he do that?

He took long breaths through his nose as he let his mind wander away, the thoughts that plagued his heart as well as his mind drifting off to crush his soul later.

 Mystical science, as ridiculous as it sounded, was obvious the path this was going to go down if he was insistent on using the sword. That sounded like a Baron Draxum problem, he would need to hunt him down and get him in on the project. Would the sword even be able to be used as a compass, a link, to find Leo? Would Leo need to have the other sword on him?

 Could Leo teleport out on his own? They did make their weapons from gardening tools, maybe he could make a new one in the prison dimension, or find a replacement? If Leo could even think that far, which he hoped he did since Donnie could only imagine how he would be fending off Krang without a weapon, without a team.

 He was alone. Alone in another dimension. Without them, no one is there to watch his back.

He jolted forward in his chair when he heard the med bay doors slide open with a clean hiss, disturbing the uncharacteristic quiet of the lair. He let his muscles relax when he saw who it was, not even realizing how tense he had gotten.

It was his dad standing in the doorway, holding a few brightly colored blankets in his arms. Donnie knew they were for Mikey and Raph, rising from his chair to help him. Splinter seemed to be inspecting him as they both approached each other, and he felt himself shrink for the first time under his father’s gaze.

“Donatello.” Splinter gently called him, stopping his son in his tracks as he met him the rest of the way. Donnie looked down at him, not sure how he was expected to respond, his mind failing him as he eyed the rat before him. Splints waved a hand in the air as he spoke again.

“Take off that battle shell. You will not be needing it in your sleep.” Splinter demanded, his voice sounding stern, but his eyes were soft. Donnie felt a small fire ignite in him, he wanted to argue with him that number one: He was NOT going to sleep tonight, and number two: There was a plethora of things he needed to do before he could even begin to think about sleeping, and then number three: He-

“I’m not ready to take it off.” Donnie whispered, surprising himself that it had even slipped out. He nervously rubbed at his forearm with his good hand, looking away from his dad, the fire in his chest forgotten after his accidental confession. He felt Splinter's hand reach out to gently cover his, stopping his movement.

“You need to rest, just like your brothers. Let me take care of you, all of you, for right now. Just tonight.” Splinter seemed to regret the way he had to say those words. Donnie didn’t think it was a normal thing for a parent to say to their child, but they weren’t an entirely normal family. He knew what Splinter meant, even if it sounded odd.

“Tomorrow you can go crazy with your plans and your doo-hickeys. You need rest and to heal. You are not meant to take the burden of fixing everything, invention or otherwise, on your shoulders.” Splinter said with the sharp wisdom he rarely displayed coming out at full force. Donnie didn’t feel convinced, his dad knew how to do a lot of treatments for injuries, but he knew everything for the bigger problems, he needed to be ready to step into those roles whenever necessary.

It didn't matter how tired he was.

Before he could voice any of those opinions with a raised finger, Splinter shushed him, pushing him toward Mikey’s gurney. He rolled his eyes as he was escorted, crossing his arms as he walked over. When they got closer he looked over Mikey again, his arms were wrapped in matching bandages to Raph and Donnie's. Don had even wrapped them a little higher over the elbows just to be certain everything was covered.

 He was peacefully curled up and asleep under a matching thick white blanket, an I.V. tube leading off the bed and to a saline bag hanging on a pole next to it. He allowed some relief to wash over his shoulders as he watched him sleep for a moment before he felt Splinter probe him in the side with his thin finger.

“Off.” Splinter aggressively whispered as he tapped impatiently at the black artificial shell on his son’s back. Donnie blew a quiet raspberry as he reached up to release the locks of his shell, hooking his hand into it and lifting it off of his back. He laid it next to the gurney, just in case.

Splinter allowed it, but motioned for Donnie to climb up next to Mikey, starting to toss a few of the smaller and much softer blankets onto both of them as he got situated. Mikey didn’t stir, not a big surprise, he was going to be in and out of sleep until roughly noon tomorrow.

Donnie laid on his back, pulling Mikey up next to him so he could stretch out his arm and legs easier. He laid his head back on the pillow, not startled in the slightest when Mikey snuggled up into him. Even under heavy sedation, Mikey found a way to cling to his brothers.

What did startle him was Splinter reaching up and grabbing his goggles off of his head, placing them on top of his battle shell as Donnie looked over to protest. He shut his mouth when he saw them within reach, letting his head fully rest against the pillow, watching as Splinter reached over and began patting his arm.

It felt nice.

“It has not been a good day for us." Donnie's eyes went wide at the small smile on his father’s face, Splinter's eyes getting misty. He had never seen that expression on his father's face before, it stunned him into silence as he continued to listen.

“I am proud of you, my son. You take good care of your brothers." Splinter broke eye contact as his patting turned to a soothing rub on Donnie's arm.

"Sleep. Rest will be needed for the challenges tomorrow." Splinter said, almost sounding like he was fighting back tears. Donnie remained stunned by the sight, watching as his father gave him a gentle squeeze on the arm, turned to toss the last blanket on Raph, and left the room. As the shock slowly wore off, Donnie felt his heart flutter, blooming with a soothing and confusing warmth as he fully relaxed against the mattress.

Tears that rivaled the warmth in his chest slowly found their way into his eyes, silently sliding down his cheeks and onto the pillow as he blinked against them, closing his eyes as he accepted their presence. The tears don’t last very long and he doesn’t know how he feels right now, but he knows he feels better, even if just a little bit.

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 Leo was disappointed to find out that the whole Krang fiasco was not a bad dream, hoping the dream he had of watching TV with his brothers in the old lair was the reality he was actually in. His body felt dull and heavy like his muscles were replaced with cement. How long was he asleep? 

 He knew he was never going to figure out that answer, or the others that came with it. He wasn’t going to know how long he was going to be here, didn’t know if he got a full eight hours, and didn’t know if his brothers were still trying to save him. His sword lit up as he remembered he was still holding the picture of them. 

 He took a long moment to stare at each of their faces. He already knew them by heart, but he just wanted to make sure he wouldn’t forget. Leo sighed, it was time to test the waters with his body and then his portal magic mojo. He was relieved that the rest did him good, as gross as he felt, his body aching in protest when he moved but not nearly as much as before as he got to his knees with his sword supporting him. 

 He slowly rose to his feet, glad to feel the least amount of soreness in his legs. It was a lot easier to balance than it was before he fell asleep, but he hunched a bit at the pain in his back. He tested the tightness of his shell’s sling. It still felt pretty secure, so he didn’t bother trying to adjust it. 

 He had his sword light up fully, a lot easier now that he had some energy stored up from his nap, and closed his eyes to imagine home. He swung his arm and sliced the blade through the air, peeking his eyes open to see that nothing had happened. Okay, he could make portals, but not portals to home. 

 Leo tried again, imagining somewhere else, maybe Hueso’s. That’d be a surprise visit and a half, but he had to try at least one more time before he gave up. He swung the sword and got the same result. 

 He bit his lip as he tried to think of what to do now, cursing past him for giving him a problem to solve. Leonardo knew he could still make portals, being in this dingy hallway was proof of it. Mikey’s magic seemed to have gotten through yesterday (yes, he was going to assume a day has passed), maybe it was a matter of how their mystic mojo was going in and going out of the prison dimension? 

 Leo swung the sword again, with no destination in mind, just to prove he could still make a portal. It worked like yesterday, coming to life just like usual. He closed it immediately, not wanting to risk Krang’s claws coming out towards him if it happened to appear near wherever he was brooding. 

 That was also a setback for him. Leo reflected on the thought as he started to walk down the hallway. He didn’t think he could trust his portals here unless it was an emergency escape like before. He didn’t know any landmarks or where Krang could be, walking through a portal could get him delivered straight to him if he wasn’t careful. 

 He needed to start thinking in long term now anyway, trying to recall what to do when you were lost and alone in unknown territory. His mind immediately went to Todd, back when he and his brothers were forced to do off-brand boy scouting. He remembered most of the lessons, the first step of survival is finding a food source. 

 Fat chance at that Leo thought grimly as he continued to shuffle down the hall, having to stop a few times to catch his breath. He has never felt so old in his life, resorting to using his sword as a cane as he forced himself onward. Is this what it felt like to be dad's age? 

 Leo smirked to himself as the thought crossed his mind, but fell away right after. He hoped they were all doing okay, he hoped Raph’s eye was doing better. He could only hope everyone was safe and taking care of each other, maybe hanging out in the lair and watching movies and TV like in his dream. 

 He knew they weren’t, he could predict his family as easily as reciting the script of Jupiter Jim Sails the Seven Galaxies. They were probably all worrying themselves over him, over each other. He hoped Donnie was okay, he knew his brother was probably under a lot of pressure to “fix” everything after Leo jumped into the prison dimension, patching everyone up before even beginning to worry about himself. 

 Mikey might be painting some pictures or making stickers to cheer everyone up, and Raph would be hovering around and acting like a mother hen. April was probably trying to reel them all in alongside Splinter. He allowed himself a small smile as he imagined the chaos, all of them stumbling over each other to get things figured out. 

 Poor Casey, the future boy was probably used to it in his timeline but he wondered if he was drowning trying to navigate his way through the family. He hoped they were worried about him, as guilty as it made him feel to want for them to have as gross of a feeling in their chests as he had in his. He was sure they were going to hunt through all of New York, to the Hidden City and back, to find a way to get him out of here. 

 Leonardo let his mind drift back to reality as he came upon a dead end, looking around with his sword like a glow stick as he tried to find a way out. He didn’t want to bother going the other way, he was sure with how dark it was he was probably in a compacted part of a crumpled ship. He decided to try to bust his way through one of the walls and if he couldn’t find a way out he would risk making a portal to who knows where. 

 He tried to avoid the doubt in his mind that he would find a source of food, but he couldn’t sit around in this place, he had to get out and start exploring. His sword didn’t seem to struggle with the metal of the walls, but it wasn’t like cutting through butter. He had made a few slashes and found it in him to kick at the weaker areas he made a few times, but it didn’t budge. 

 He wasn’t surprised, just disappointed. He gave a weak and unconvincing smile towards his sword, feeling a light sweat build on the back of his neck. Leo had to risk a jump through a portal and hope he didn’t end up in the same situation, or an even worse one. 

 It took clenching and unclenching his hands a few times before he took the katana into both and slashed at the air, a bright swirling portal in his signature color sparking to life in front of him. Leo stared at it for a moment, not wanting to trust it, but the situation forced him to. 

 He reached back into his bag to take his picture back out, looking over his brother’s faces one more time. He stabbed his sword into the ground and reached up to where his bandana was tied, rolling up the picture and tying it into the knot behind his head. 

 “They’ll watch my back if this goes wrong.” Leo muttered to himself, picking his sword back up. He took a deep breath and stepped through. 

 His head breached through the other side and he had to suppress a yelp of surprise as he came face to face with a giant robot that looked way too much like Krang’s. The portal disappeared before he could fall back into it as he spun a bit from his reaction, now realizing he was back in low gravity as he flipped upside down without a surface to keep him upright. He winced and curled in on himself after forgetting about his shell when trying to twist his body to right himself. 

 The not-the-Krang-he-had-in-mind robot was powered off, long forgotten like everything else here. The lights serving as its eyes were empty and void of any light, staring off at nothing in particular as Leo finally took the chance to look at it. He glanced down to its abdomen, looking to see if there was a dead Krang in it, but only saw a hollow opening in the stomach portion. Something about not seeing a body disturbed him more than if he did see one, it left too much room for his mind to try and figure out what happens to Krangs when they’ve been here too long. 

 He covered his mouth and shook his head, he needed to focus on his own survival right now. Step one of Todd Scouts: Identify Food. 

 Leo stuck his tongue out as he floated away from the robot, he could only imagine the gross things he was probably going to be forced to eat if he found anything at all. Would he have to hunt for food? Ugh, he hoped not, he doubted he could sneak up on anything with a cracked shell in near zero gravity.

 It didn’t take long for him to softly collide with another abandoned structure, but this one looked sickeningly familiar. It set Leo’s mind on edge as he realized these parts looked freshly blown up, the structure still emanating heat. This was from the Technodrome.

Krang could be nearby. 

 He immediately changed his approach, doing his best to stick to heavy shadows and only moving from cover to cover. Sometimes he would pause just to listen, holding up in the deepest reaches of his hiding spots, hoping that the swish of air here and there wasn’t a warning of his jailor approaching. He was not in a condition to fight and he really didn’t want to make another portal, he needed to make progress on finding something to sustain himself. 

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Endo of Chpt 3!

[chiliiscereal]

Too tall part 2

Raph x tall! Fem! Reader

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So here we are again lol I liked writing it so here’s part two!

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“Yeah he was a douchebag.” You agreed, tapping the seat nervously. Sure you were glad to have conversation but it didn’t need to be any info dumping. Quickly, you turned the conversation back around to him. “You kept calling yourself a monster earlier. Do you guys get called that a lot?”

You could easily see the nervous expression on his face shift to something more... bitter.

“You could say that.” He grunted.

Immediately you felt bad. It makes sense that he’s get called that. To be honest, the word ran through your head when he and his brother fell from the roof. But to call someone that to their face? That’s cold.

You straightened up, desperate to fix what you’d said. “I personally don’t see it. Well, other than you guys breaking my phone that is.”

He looked up at you with a glare, only for it to melt slightly when he noticed the grin on your face.

“Who knows, maybe that perv was on his way back with a few friends and you guys dropping down was exactly what I needed to get rid of him.” You shrugged, watching his golden eyes intently. Sure you just met him but you needed him to have the right impression, even if you might not see him again.

“Maybe.” Was all he offered.

Well, maybe sitting in the quiet was better. Running your mouth might have the wrong effect.

“Got a pretty good punch.” He commented after a moment of silence. He wasn’t sure what else he should say but he didn’t exactly want the conversation to die... purely because it would be awkward. “You...uh... you box at all?”

You examined the hand he’d previously wrapped, grateful you weren’t the only one talking. “No just had to learn to beat up guys when they messed with my friends. I’d like to in the future though.” You cleared your throat nervously. “Do you? Do you box?”

He nodded. “Yeah, a bit.”

You nodded as well. “Very cool.”

The conversation began to dwindle again so he picked it back up.

“If ya’d like... I could show ya a few moves.” He immediately regretted offering the moment he spoke. He.... he couldn’t help it! What was wrong with him? You’d said a few words he’d never heard before! That was it! And... well, you also cracked a few jokes with him... denied him being a monster... hell you even apologized to him. Apologies weren’t things he got often. “If ya ever in need ‘a course.” He covered himself quickly. “Got lots a spare time an’ a punchin’ bag.”

You blinked in surprise. A giant, mutant, teenage turtle... was offering you boxing lessons?

Raph mentally kicked himself for saying that. “Neva’ mind ya probably got other places to be-.”

“I’d like that.” You sat up a bit. “It’s not everyday that I get offered a boxing lesson by a mutant hero.”

The term ‘mutant hero’ threw him off. He was used to ‘monster’ or simply being referred to as ‘giant turtle’. But ‘mutant hero’? That was a title he could get behind.

“Can’t have ya goin’ around breakin’ the skin on your knuckles again.” He clarified quickly, gaining a bit of confidence back. “An’ I noticed that ya had your thumb in your fist when ya hit the guy. Coulda broken it.”

You snorted. “Yeah I wasn’t exactly thinking about that when he attacked me.”

“Impressive though.” He commented. “Thought we’d have to jump in an’ save ya.”

“Instead you jumped in after I did all the hard work and broke my phone.” You raised an eyebrow jokingly.

He looked down in embarrassment. “Yeah you can blame Mikey for that. Dumbass wanted to make bets about how long it would take for you to take the guy down.”

You flushed a bit at the thought of them watching you take your rage out on the creep. “I don’t really know what to say to that.”

He nodded, not really knowing what to say either. He was new to the whole conversation thing. Usually Mikey or Leo carried the conversations.

“Well looks like you’re all good.” He leaned back once he finished wrapping your hands. “Guess you can get your phone and we’ll get outta your hair.”

You stood up, backing up a bit when he did to. Man he really towered over people. “Well, except when I come back for that boxing lesson.”

He was surprised to be honest. You really wanted to come back?

You pointed your finger at him jokingly. “I’m holding you to it. You offered and there’s no backing out now.”

“Yeah... sounds like a plan.”

——

It was a plan indeed.

In fact, it became the plan for almost every afternoon.

You brought over your homework to finish up (with Donnie insisting he could help), chatted a bit with Splinter (he loved having new company), finally got to the boxing lesson (your favorite part), and then played video games with Mikey to cool down.

You had to admit, you were nervous the first few times you came over. They were to. You, of course, cracked many nervous jokes and accidentally made far too many cookies on your first trip back. You were excited and scared! Food was then way to peoples hearts right? They seemed nice and this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to make out of the ordinary friends.

They’d definitely been surprised when you showed up with about 3 tons of chocolate chip cookies but they were teenagers; it was eaten within the hour.

In your opinion it helped you break the ice. It was hard enough to find things in common when they’re completely different species! Cookies had become the common ground.

Being different species wasn’t the only thing. They were HUGE! For once you were the shortest out of everyone in the room.

Well, until you met April.

She’d been talked up so much that you couldn’t wait to meet the girl that helped them save New York.

She barely went to your shoulder.

But you two got along. Sure she was an adult and it was a bit awkward that she was smaller than you, but you managed. In fact you even liked having someone smaller than you around when you were with them. It made you feel more... normal.

“I was a bit awkward the first time I came here to.” She admitted as you two sat on the couch. You two were supposed to be trying to figure out calculus but it was fruitless. “They’re just so... huge!”

You nodded as you erased your work. “Yeah, I’m used to being the tall one. But now it’s like I’m gonna get stepped on!”

“Well you’re pretty tall yourself.” She waved it off. “Does that ever give you any trouble?”

You set down you pencil with a sigh. “A bit. It’s... hard to find a guy that will like all 6 feet and 4 inches of me.”

April shook her head. “Psh. Men. What do they know.”

“Absolutely Nothing.” You grinned. “The only thing they know is that they like small girls.”

“Eh, I can think of a few guys that like tall girls.” She hinted slightly, disappointed when you didn’t seem to notice. “You’d just have to... branch out.”

You shrugged and leaned back on the couch. “I’ve tried that.”

“Maybe you just need a different... angle.” She held up her hands to fully frame your face. “Maybe there’s a reaaaaally tall guy out there for you. Someone who won’t care that you’re 6 foot 4 inches.”

You snorted, wrinkling your nose at her. “Yeah, let me know when a seven foot guy shows up in New York. Preferably, he has to be my age, and my type.”

Just then, Raph walked into the room. “Done chattin’ it up or are ya gonna go for another hour?”

You jumped. “What in the hot tater tots, dude!” You put your hand over your beating chest as if that would calm your heart down. “I get that you’re a ninja but come on! You’re gonna give me a heart attack showing up out of nowhere like that!

“Ya gonna box or what?” He rolled his eyes, mentally facepalming himself.

You weren’t like his brothers.

You weren’t even like him.

He had to be more careful. But he wouldn’t make it obvious of course. Stealth was clearly his thing.

You rolled your eyes right back at him, grateful that he was at a point where he felt he could joke with you. “Can you let my soul return to my body first?”

He frowned, unsure of what that meant. “Uhh... you okay?”

You jumped up off the couch, breath finally caught. “Alright I’m good. I’d rather get another lesson in then have to deal with calculus anymore.” You kicked your notebook a bit.

“You could... I don’t know... get Donnie to help ya with it?” He offered half heartedly.

You shook your head. “Nah, I’d rather do boxing with you.” You patted his arm as you passed him on your way to the training area. “Let’s go!”

His face flushed immediately.

Shit.

April raised an eyebrow from the couch. “Damn. You got it bad don’t you?”

Double shit.

He glared at her as the blush on his face grew hotter. “Shut up. Don’t know what the hell youre talkin’ about.”

She pursed her lips and tried not to laugh. “Of course. Just can’t help but notice that you never offered me any boxing lessons. Strange.”

He turned before he could get anymore embarrassed. “I don’t know what you’re on but you’re dead wrong.” And with that, he left.

———

“So these are your katanas?” You asked leo curiously, holding the weapons as gentle as possible. He’d let you look at them while you waited for Raph to show up. Never did you think he’d let you actually touch the blades.

He did, however, stand cautiously next to you. “Yeah, Master splinter gave them to me. Wanna see a few moves?”

You nodded eagerly. “Maybe when I’m actually good at boxing you can teach me some as well.”

You watched as he swing the blades with ease, talking you through each move and it’s purpose.

“Mikey, I’m NOT using my tech to fit every cheese and meat in the world into one pizza!” Donnie stated firmly, walking in with his younger brother right on his tail.

“Why not?” He begged. “It would be genius! We could offer it to the world! Give it our blessing!”

“The world wouldn’t take it from us.” Donnie rolled his eyes.

“Then we give it to Y/n in our honor!” He gestured to you. “She could give our gift to the world.”

“The world don’t want no gift of ours.” Raph commented, finally walking in.

You perked up immediately, altho you were unsure why.

“That’s why we label it as y/n’s” Mikey protested.

“I’m not gonna argue with you about this!” Donnie brushes past him and you.

“Then just say yes!” Mikey exclaimed, accidentally shouldering you.

Now these guys are pretty big. When they shoulder someone, they really move them out of the way.

And unfortunately, out of the way was closer to where Leo was practicing with his katanas.

“Shit!” You hissed quickly when you realized how close you were.

You’d have been chopped up into finely slice pieces if not for the arms that wrapped around you and moved you away quickly. Your feet left the floor before you could even realize what was going on. All you could feel was your back pressed against something solid and hands at your waist.

“Mikey watch where you’re goin’!” Raph shouted, setting you down gently.

“Sorry bro!” He called over his shoulder.

You took a deep breath and squeezed your eyes shut, trying not to stumble when your feet touched the floor. “Wow, that was a little too close for my liking.”

“Ya good there, short stuff?

At this, your eyes flew open. “Short stuff? Excuse me?”

He saw absolutely no problem with the name. “What?”

You placed your hands at your hips. “Never, in all my years, have I been called short stuff.”

He snorted. “Get used to it. Around here, you ARE short stuff.”

You narrowed your eyes at him as he prepared the boxing gloves. How was he so casual about this?? You were never talked to like that! “If I were in the human world, I’d be treated with respect because I tower over all the underlings.” You attempted to joke to cover up your surprise.

He found your reaction... amusing. You reacted better than he thought you would actually. “Well you’re the only underling here, SHORT STUFF.”

You tensed, so very very VERY unused to nicknames. “Come on, you can’t make an exception for human standards of height?”

You didn’t hate it, you just hated that it caught you off guard. Being off guard was the last thing you wanted.

“Nope.” He tossed you a pair of boxing gloves. “Now let’s get to it.”

———-

Why did that name make you feel so... giddy? You couldn’t help but play that scene over and over in your head as you sat at the lunch table with your friends. Was this how all your friends felt when they got called stuff like that? Was this what you’d been missing out on?

And you’d never been picked up before. Not like all the other girls in your grade had.

It was strange... and you liked it.

“Hey, again, I’m sorry about what happened.” Your friend apologized. “I know it’s been a month already but it’s clearly eating you up!” She took your hand understandingly. “I know that whenever this happens you lock yourself away but I’m here for you.”

You snapped back to the land of the living. “Oh! Actually... I’ve been fine!” It was almost like you hadn’t had time to be sad about what happened when that guy stood you up. Like other stuff took his place in your head.

She frowned at you. “Are you sure?”

You nodded, a smile creeping on to your face. “Positive.”

She gasped suddenly. “Oh my goodness. You met someone didn’t you?!” She shook your arm before you could answer. “Don’t deny it! Who are they? What’s their name??”

You shook her off. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” But your blushing face said otherwise.

“I don’t believe you.” She pursed her lips. “Can I just have a name? Does he go to our school?”

You snorted. “Dude, I don’t like him. He’s just a friend I’ve been talking to lately. He’s been giving me boxing lessons-.”

“Oh my goodness you two are basically married now.”

“Wait what?”

“Personal lessons? Girl he’s got it bad!”

Her words stuck with you the whole day. Even when you walked into the lair that afternoon. They spun in circles like a loop, playing over and over.

Psh you didn’t have feelings for Raph!

No way.

And he had a bad for you? No. No, your friend just misread the whole situation.

Just friends, as you’d been for the past month or so.

But the moment you walked in and saw him... you weren’t too sure.

He glanced up at you and then back at his phone. “Hey, you’re here early.”

You shrugged, setting your bag down. “Didn’t feel like heading home right away.”

“Donnies in his lab area if you’re gonna do more a’ that math shit.” He offered, eyes not leaving his phone screen.

“Actually I don’t have any homework today.” You started slowly. “And if you’re not busy...” you waited to see if he would catch on. You continued when he didn’t, “then could we skip ahead to the boxing?”

Now he looked up. “Really?”

“Yeah.”

He attempted to cover his reaction. “I mean, yeah I got time I guess.”

“Alright, then let’s get some water and get started?”

“Sounds good to me.”

Mikey, Leo, and master splinter were all in the kitchen.

“Hey didn’t hear ya come in!” Mikey grinned, patting your shoulder.

You jolted at the strength he put behind it, unready.

“Ay watch it.” Raph ordered, guiding you slightly away from Mikey.

It was just that he didn’t want Mikey to hit you too hard. Because... then you’d give up boxing too soon for the day. And then he’d have nothing else to do.

“It’s fine.” You waved him off, flushing a bit as you uncapped your water bottle. “Can I get through guys?”

Unfortunately Leo and Raph had started an arguement about the way Raph handled Mikeys action and now no one was really letting you get to the sink.

“Fine I’ll do it myself.” You tried to go around Raph, and succeeded. He backed away immediately when he saw that you had moved. But getting around Leo and Mikey? Not so successful.

With Leo’s strictness turned to Mikey, the two began arguing.

You tried to dodge them but Mikey took a step back.

“Oh my goodness your brothers aren’t making this easy.” You complained to Raph.

“Tell me about it.” He rolled his eyes. Suddenly.. he got an idea. “C’mon short stuff.” He grabbed you and set you on his shoulders so you wouldn’t get squished by one of his idiot brothers.

“Holy shit!” You squeaked suddenly. Now it was you that towered above everyone else. “Should I get used to you grabbing me randomly or is this only a temporary thing?” You held onto his shell as he shouldered past his brothers.

“Possibly.” He shrugged, “but it’s funnier if ya don’t.”

You hit his shoulder. “So you’re doing this for FUN??”

“That, and you gettin’ hit by Leo or Mikey would be an inconvenience.”

Wow where was all this joking coming from?

“Then I guess I gotta stop reacting.”

————

From then on it was a contest.

He would move you randomly out of the way and you’d do your best not to react.

You never did get used to it but he didn’t need to know that.

He never gave you any warnings either, which didn’t help.

You’d be standing in the tv area and he’d pick you up and move you out of his way, smirking while he walked by if he got a reaction.

You had fun with it though. It was fun... and you enjoyed having something like that in your friendship.

You flopped down on your couch after your hard day at school. Today you had no boxing lesson planned and only a few chapters to read. You WERE planning on relaxing by yourself but...

Mikey sent you a message.

Shreks_love_child: hey are you planning on coming over?

You frowned at it. Didn’t he know you had the day off?

You: I’m just going to relax at home today

Shreks_love_child: could you do that another day and come over? Raph’s in a mood

You: why would me coming over help anything? And why is he in a mood?

Shreks_love_child: no reason. He just doesn’t yell as much when you’re around

That wasn’t true... was it?

With a bit of thought, you responded back.

You: fine I’ll be there in a bit. But you better give me a better explanation when I get there. AND you owe me

“Mom I’m headed to my friends house!” You shouted, slipping on your shoes and heading out there door before she could make you do something like doing the dishes before you left.

You walked down the street, enjoying the scenery.

Why would Raph be in a mood?

And why would you being there make it better?

Well Mikey better have a good reason.

Just as you were about to come upon the sewer lid that lead you to their home, you recognized a person walking your way...

...the same guy that had stood you up.

His eyes widened when he seemed to recognize you to. “Hey, Y/n!” He shouted.

Nope.

Nope nope nope.

You began walking faster, turning the corner and heading towards the lid quickly. You had to act fast. You absolutely did NOT want to get caught face to face with him.

You lowered yourself and placed to too heavy lid over yourself as fast as possible, moments before he turned the corner.

You let out a sigh of relief.

Dumbass. Why has he wanted to talk? He made it clear how he felt and what he thought.

Whatever. You didn’t need to think about him now.

You could already hear the sound of shouting.

“Mikey I told ya not to touch it! It’s not finished and ya coulda broken it!”

You made your way down the ladder and through the tunnels quickly. From the sounds of it, Mikey was close to being murdered.

“I’m sorry! You left it on the counter dude! I didn’t know what it was!”

You rounded the next corner, coming face to face with two defensive turtle boys. Raph held a small object protectively in his hands and his brother backed away.

“That don’t mean ya gotta mess with it!”

“I already apologized bro!”

“Apologies are shit! Ya got pizza sauce all over it!”

You cleared your throat, letting yourself be known.

Both of them turned to you immediately.

Relief washed over mikeys face. “Hey! It’s y/n! Whatcha doin’ here angel cakes?” He rushed over quickly, practically standing behind you to protect himself from his older brother. “Today was your day off! Huh. Well now you’re here, right?”

You rolled your eyes at him, moving your attention to Raph.

His whole demeanor had changed. He no longer looked ready to kill. Instead he stood up straighter and held whatever the object was behind his back. “Why ya here?” He asked with a frown. “Today was the day off.”

You decided to not give Mikey an even harder time than he was having and not rat him out. “Thought maybe I’d just hang out with you guys if that’s okay?”

He nodded. “Yeah I’m cool with it.” He narrowed his eyes at Mikey as if he suspected what he’d done. Unfortunately he couldn’t hurt him in front of you so he turned his attention away from his younger brother.

“Cool cool.” You nodded as well. “Wanna watch a movie or something?” You leaned closer a bit to see what he had in his hands.

“Yeah, just let me go get my... my phone from my room.” He closed his fist over the object and moved aside.

“Whatcha hiding?” You raised a brow at him. “Candy?”

“Not hiding anything.”

You followed him to his room with a smirk. “If it’s candy you gotta share.”

“Nope. Not candy.” His face darkened as he grew embarrassed about the possibility of being caught before it was ready. “Just go wait on the couch.”

You rolled your eyes and held up your hands in surrender. “Fine. But I hope the shame of candy hoarding follows you forever.” You turned on your heel and walked to the couch.

Just as you sat down, your phone buzzed.

Hey, I just wanted to apologize for what happened. Are we good?

The absolute audacity. That guy ignored you for practically five months! And now he was apologizing? And he wasn’t even giving you a good reason??

You wrinkled your nose at the screen as if it were his face.

It was a stupid idea I just wasn’t ready for anything serious

You shut your phone off and tried to swallow the temptation of throwing it at the wall.

You know it’s rude to ignore people right?

The phone hit the brick wall with a thud.

It had an otter box case it was fine.

You took a deep breath and held your face in your hands, elbows resting on your knees.

“You good, short stuff?”

You groaned into your hands. “Just let me die.”

Raph frowned, unsure of what to say. One moment you were excited and bugging him. Now you looked like someone stole your dog.

“Somethin’ wrong?”

You sat up furiously. “Yeah this dipshit guy keeps texting me!” You paced the room, snatching up your phone as you went. “He stood me up the night I first met you guys and now he wants to talk?? And he’s calling me rude for not responding!” You shook your phone angrily. “Either I’m gonna die or he is!”

“The douchebag?” Raph attempted to clarify. “Ya still got his number?”

“I didn’t have time to delete it.” You admitted. “I got so caught up with you guys! And then he tried to talk to me on the way here!” You sat down beside him with a huff. “Fighting crime is your thing right? You think it’s justified if I run to his house and kill him? Would you stop me?”

“Wouldn’t try very hard.” He huffed. “He’s a dipshit. Don’t see what’s right in front a’ him.”

Crap out of room. To be continued!

@sophiedoodles-blog @fanlovedlt

[remmushound]

Beyond the Bay chapter 1: Omen in the Lights

Authors note: I know I said this was only going to be posted on A03, but I have decided against that and made the choice to expand it to my regular postings on Tumblr; there will be three posts a week; Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

It was late September, the heat of summer waning to give way to the autumn chill that had started to sweep its way through the city. The first snowfall had yet to arrive, but with the cold settling over New York, it wouldn’t be long before the city was blanketed in white. The moon reached its peak in the night sky and was beginning its downward descent into the west; if anyone had been looking up at that moment, they would have seen something miraculous. A falling star, illuminated brightly in the inky purple sky. Falling to earth on a mission from the stars and crashing into the Hudson river, sinking below the surface, a blinking white light pulsating all the way down

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Deep in the undersewers of New York, in the old tunnels that even the most experience sewer workers didn't dare to enter, was a world forgotten by all but the rats and the creatures unseen. The steady drip drip drip of distant, decaying pipes were to this world like bird calls were to the surface. A constant, steady drumming that ceased not night nor day. Sometimes, the soothing drips would be jarred by the rumble of something old, far beyond its best days, giving a groaning complaint of its age. Rarer still would be a crash that told of one of those ancient structures living its last moments before succumbing to the fate of collapse.

Other than that was the pitter-patter of tiny rodent feet as rats, this worlds most plentiful residents, went about their days searching for scraps on which to feast upon. Sometimes they’d come in swarms, all seeking to indulge in the same noxious smell that invaded their senses. Other times they came alone. But they were always there, mostly unseen, some were bolder than others. 

This day there was a noise other than the drip and scuttle and groan of everyday sewer life. There was the sound of motion, the steady echo of rubber bouncing off stone. The powerful strike of muscle against muscle, shell against shell. The sound of the biggest creatures to call the undersewers home, crashing against each other as they all fought over the basketball. Leo and Mikey vs Donnie and Raph.

The game went on for hours. Longer than any human game. Longer than any crash of giants on any continent. It went on for nearly eight hours before the self-set timer ran out and named Leo and Mikey the winners. The win, of course, was taken with very little modesty by the youngest brother. Leo was glad that, in his twenty-two official years of life, he had learned to tune out the incessant bickering of his two youngest brothers as Mikey boasted of his glory and Raph simmered in his defeat.

Still, even someone with as much patience as Leo Splinterson could only let the bickering go so far until he decided to intervene.

“Okay, okay, you both did well.” Leo got between his brothers, pushing Raph back just slightly. Mikey was more than happy to start hanging over Leo’s shoulders, still running that motormouth of his.

“Don’t feel bad, Raphie!” Mikey put extra emphasis on the childish nickname, “You may be a foot taller, but I gots an extra foot in the game brother!”

“Extra foot in the— that don’t even make sense!” Raph almost snarled.

“You don’t make sense!”

“That don’t make sense either!”

“Cool it.” Leo said finally, “The game was a good warm up for tonight's patrol.”

Those few words made the three younger Splinterson brothers melt into groans.

“What?” Donnie complained.

“No way!” Mikey groaned.

“Seriously?” Raph threw his arms out and then slapped them back down against his thighs.

“What?” Leo said, and then again louder, “What? We go on patrol every night!”

“But Leo, it’s our mutation day!” Donnie groaned. “And we’re exhausted! Plus, April made us that cake—“

“Which we can pick up after patrol.” Leo said simply. 

“But what about dad?” Donnie frowned. “You know he likes us to spend our mutation day together.”

“It’s just three hours.” Leo said. “We’re ninja first, always. You know that. Dad will understand.”

Leo turned to leave, the frustrated mutterings of ‘no fair’ and ‘just had to ruin a good thing’ falling on his deaf ears. He didn't turn around; he already knew his brothers were following him, no matter how they dragged their feet or complained. This was their duty, mutation day or not. He couldn’t stand the thought of missing even the smallest occurrence that could cost them greatly in the long run. Shredder hadn’t been seen since Krang’s very temporary control over the city, but that didn't mean the Foot Clan wasn’t still active and preparing to strike. They had to be ready.

The patrol went by with little difficulty. Everything they saw were the same, normal things they’d seen in the weeks before. Men and women stumbling drunkenly home after a night out; the brothers, of course, would follow the latter to ensure she got home without trouble before going on with the patrol. Other than the women they escorted home, they also witnessed the average amount of drug deals taking place and teens sneaking out of their bedroom windows, and homeless trying to keep warm as they prepared for another long, hard winter; Donnie made sure to slip every single one of them a twenty. Whether they would use it for drugs or food was up to their discretion. Donnie didn't care either way. Who was he to judge?

Raph’s whistle stopped the brothers. Two sets of blue eyes and one set of green turned to him as the team fell to still silhouettes. Raph jerked his head toward an alleyway across the street, and four silent shadows passed over the lamp-lit road. Leo’s eyes scanned the area in its entirety searching for anything that could tell of trouble. Anything out of order. He heard three sets of breaths, not counting his own. No voices. No scuffling that didn't come from his brothers. Still he took in all the tiny details that tied together like an intricate spider web. 

Down in the alley, he saw, was a woman, her hair grayed and wearing a sleeping gown. There were no shoes on her feet and no caregiver in sight, and every step of the elder was slow and shaky. Her voice came through the alley in a language he couldn’t understand, so he turned to Donnie for further confirmation of what he was sure he already knew. Donnie listened to the words carefully.

“Guys, I think she’s lost.” Donnie said, flicking his goggles down over his glasses, “Her vitals are stable, but its freezing.”

“What’s she saying?” Leo asked.

“Uh… she’s asking for help.” Donnie said. 

“Should we go down there?” Mikey asked innocently, looking up to Raph.

“What, and scare her outta her skin?”  Raph asked, showing his canines.

“We can’t just leave her!”

“We ain’t gonna, doofus!”

“Donnie—“ Leo started.

Donnie held up his finger for silence as he started to pace the length of the rooftop, speaking into his headset. “Hi, yes, this is Donatello. You know, giant turtle, four eyes. There’s this old lady here…” He went on to relay their location and explain the situation further. His conversation with the authorities lasted only a few minutes before he ended the call. “Police are on their way.”

Leo nodded. His eyes had never left the alley or the wandering lady as she continued to call out. They stayed there waiting, watching her until the police arrived and even after that, making sure the old lady was safe in the police car being driven home. Only then, sure of the lost woman’s safety, did they continue with their patrol. They didn't get very far however before Mikey stopped and gawked at something.

“Woah!”

“What is it?” Leo asked. He followed Mikey’s gaze into the night sky and felt his jaw drop. 


Donnie looked up next, and then Raph; the former took a long, wheezing gasp while the latter remained silent in his awe.

“What in the fabric of time is that?” Donnie asked.

“It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen!” Mikey beamed, “And I’ve seen April!”

“Glad we came out now, aren’t ya?” Leo smirked, elbowing Mikey in the side.

“Yeah…” Was all Raph was able to say.

It was like all the painters in the world had gotten together, pallets in hand, to pain the sky in streaks of gold and pink and cerulean. Colors bright and bold, melting into each other like a mixing bowl of everything beautiful in the world. A field of flowers woven into the heavens. The lights over the sky rivaled the brightness of the city itself, and in beauty, New York could never compare.

After their night of patrol and a quick stop at April’s to indulge in delicious, homemade cake, the brothers returned to the lair. Long strides carried Donnie past his father, Splinter’s words of welcome met with a mutter and quick departure. The rat only laughed and shook his head, for of course the first thing his second oldest would want to do after a night of work was to head immediately to his lab for more work. After all, when Donnie’s thoughts hardly let him sleep, it was always good to get some extra studying in. He had to keep up to date with all the latest news, even if it had only been a few hours since he had last checked. Raph stayed around just long enough to give his father a half-hearted hug before hurrying off to his room, and Mikey jumped over the old rat like he were an obstacle on the way to the kitchen. Leo was the only one to return Splinter’s welcome home greeting with a greeting of his own, immediately sitting lotus-style before his master to give a report on the night's events.

Pulling up articles to scan for anything interesting, Donnie was immediately flooded with several dozen headlines on the same subject: the beautiful light-show currently swallowing the New York City sky. Some of them were calling the lights a second Aurora Borealis, while other papers said that rockets or satellites were to blame. In fact, most every paper had a different story! A different theory of origin for the sudden glow. When the turtles had witnessed it on their patrol, it had taken such a long time for them to pry their eyes away from the beautiful canvas; even Leo had fallen victim to the painting in the sky! Along with the headlines, Donnie pulled up an influx of videos and pictures documenting the strange occurrence from all angles of the city, some even joined with reports of a meteor crashing into the harbor. Donnie had seen no meteor, but that didn't mean there wasn’t one!

“Hey.” Mikey, as air-headed as he could be, never failed to somehow always sneak up without Donnie hearing him. The box turtle leaned his full weight on his brother's chair, shoving handfuls of Cheetos into his mouth and crunching loudly in Donnie’s ear. Crumbs fell from his open maw as he chewed enthusiastically. “S’mething cool happen?”

Donnie growled and yanked his chair out from under Mikey, snickering as the youngest brother was just barely able to catch and right himself. 

“You know there is Mikey; we saw it!” Donnie said, scooting his chair back in while dusting it free of crumbs. “Every article here is talking about those lights we saw! No one knows what they are!”

“They’re cool is what they are.” Mikey said, nodding his head and swallowing his mouthful before saying, “Do they have a cool name yet? Bet they have a cool name.” He pointed at the screen with his pinkie finger as he cracked open an orange energy drink and started to chug it.

“Everyone’s calling it something different.” Donnie reported, “But whatever they end up calling it, it’s beautiful. Something like this is a once in a life time experience!”

“Isn’t everything in our lives?” Mikey asked, followed by a burp.

“I guess.” Donnie snickered, “But there’s no telling if these lights will be there tomorrow night! I… I really wish I’d documented it, but I was just… too busy thinking of all the possibilities!”

“I know what that’s like.” Mikey nodded.

“It could be a solar event, or a chemical reaction, or a whole new phenomenon—” Donnie whined as his fingers worked quickly to pull up the most recent reports. “According to these, the lights are still there… and it’s just barely four-thirty.” He pressed his lips tightly together and tapped a pattern on his desk, “M...maybe if we hustle, we could still get some decent pictures before day breaks.”

Mikey nodded and smiled. “We totally could, dude.”

“Yes!” Donnie stood up, rushing past Mikey and started to reassemble his gear, pulling cameras and recordings and notepads— he brought three, just in case— and his goggles too. He could never leave home without his goggles! “We could and we are!”

He grabbed his good camera, a big bulk of a thing the size of his head, and pushed his way past Mikey.

“Are we going somewhere?” Mikey asked.

~~~

They were cutting it close. Very close. But Donnie couldn't pass up the opportunity to get at least a few decent pictures. The ones already posted to the internet by awed humans were one thing, but to get the pictures on his own, from the vantage of the highest buildings, was something else entirely. Donnie could only hope that the solar event would take well to the filters of his camera.

“Just a few more pictures.” Donnie promised Mikey as he set up his camera for another great angle. “Then we can head home.”

“Okay.” Mikey’s response was automatic, the words little more than jargon to the younger brother. No doubt Donnie thought the other turtle bored out of his mind, but it was the exact opposite really. Mikey was so focused on the lights in the sky that his mind wouldn’t let him think of anything else. 

They were so beautiful, flashing and blipping in and out of reality with a mind of their own! Mikey rubbed his eyes. He wanted the lights to stay but they kept leaving. He was desperate to reach a hand out, believing he could touch them the little blips he tried, but his arm refused to listen.

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” Donnie asked. He snapped another picture of the lights, glad they hadn’t left yet; even with the brightening sky they were just as vibrant and visible as ever. Mikey didn't respond, but that went unnoticed by Donnie being too focused on his current task. “Wonder what it looks like from space!”

Mikey laughed. He laughed but he felt tears on his cheeks. The shinobi whined and lifted his left hand to rub his opposite arm as he felt goosebumps start to dance up the length of his body; at least the left one still listened, he figured, unlike the right one that was like dead weight. But the lights were too beautiful to care, and they were getting brighter too! Closer it seemed. Mikey forgot about his goosebumps as he reached up to touch the colors that started to dance all around him. They felt solid and hot, like burning metal— like he was touching the same stars that started to dance in his head!

Mikey’s lack of response was finally noticed by Donnie. The mutant peeked up from his work to glance at Mikey, groaning with the belief that the turtle had wandered off after a cat or another pizza pigeon. The belief was unfounded and replaced with confusion when he found his younger brother still there, right where he had been when Donnie last checked, still staring. His eyes seemed glassy and that made Donnie tilt his head. The technician’s eyes trailed downward to Mikey’s arm, which looked uncomfortably stiff, muscles bulging and veins defined as if he were under great strain.

“Mikey?” Donnie asked, setting his camera down to take a step closer to his brother. “Are you alright?”

Mikey smacked his lips together as pure heat flooded his mouth, like he had just swallowed a handful of peppers. Shadows were around him, speaking words he couldn’t hear, but they were so familiar to him that he tried to respond.

“Fer… repub… not… don’t like....” Mikey tried. His words came out wrong— that wasn’t what he wanted to say! He tried it again. “Great...er...ggg…”

“Mikey!” Donnie ran forward, wrapping strong arms around the ninja’s shell when Mikey began to slump forward, almost enough to fall off the edge he was standing on. Donnie yanked him back, pulling Mikey to fall back onto the roof instead; Donnie’s body worked to soften the fall for the other turtle as they both went down, the older cradling the younger.

The lights were still there, still overhead, and still blinking their toxic song.

[technofantasia]

A little thing I really appreciate about Rise of the TMNT is just how subtle the writing can be at worldbuilding and characterization!

Like... a very common problem in all kinds of fiction, let alone kids' shows which tend to think their audience is too stupid to put 1 and 1 together, is telling over showing. How do you let your audience know how your world works, what characters' names are, how they know each other, all that kind of stuff? Usually, the answer is to find some way to shove in exposition. Have the characters introduce themselves to someone new so the audience can be introduced to them, or have the information come up in (hopefully) natural conversation, or find some other way to tell the audience exactly what they need to know. While writers can get creative in how they deliver that exposition so it isn't outright immersion breaking, depending on how much they need the audience to know, a little bit of immersion breakage can seem like kind of a necessary evil. Exposition is still exposition, no matter how you dress it up; it's always going to be the writer telling the audience what they need to know through the characters' mouths instead of showing it gradually through their actions.

...If you notice, despite being ostensibly a kids' show, Rise doesn't really have any exposition!

The first episode drops you right into the turtles’ life, without any foreknowledge or expectations or anything really, and proceeds to not really try to explain anything. You can clearly see they are not human, and can assume that they are turtles by the title of the show and the shells on their backs; at no point is it actually explicitly said they are turtles (at least, at no point is the audience told they are turtles. it comes up sometimes, but more as flavor than exposition). The same way, at no point in the first episode do they really say the characters’ names; it comes up in conversation sometimes, as names often do, but there’s no “these are the character’s names!” part of the conversation where they all consecutively say each others’ names or anything like usually happens in first episodes. You just have to pay, like, minimal attention to figure it out, which the entire audience can easily do.

Actually, a thing I REALLY like is that, throughout the series, they almost never say their full names? Which makes sense, because why would they ever say their full names, they’re long and unwieldy. It makes them seem a lot more realistic. But that’s particularly noteworthy because the audience is never explicitly clued into the fact that they even have full names at all! If you legitimately knew nothing about TMNT going into the show, you’d need to figure out through context clues that “Mikey, Donnie, Raph, and Leo” are nicknames at all, let alone what they’re nicknames for. Then again, it’s not exactly impossible to find out through context because they have multiple nicknames for each other (which is a thing you’d only do if someone has a particularly long, nicknamable name)! Just in the first episode, Leo is called both Leo and Leon, which clues you in that Leo is probably short for something. Combined with later episodes where Donnie calls him “Nardo”, it then would become pretty clear that his full name is Leonardo even without having to hear it spoken out loud! The same thing holds true with the other characters; sometimes their full names come up, but when they do, it always feels completely natural and like it only so happens to be revealing information to the viewer. It trusts the viewer to understand and put together the subtle context clues it lays down so it can just tell a story without stopping to explain everything, which feels just fantastic!

And that’s only one example of the writers doing this. They do it for everything. Like, just going back to the first episode again, first scene. What happens? The turtles zipline over some shady crime stuff to canonball into a pool which April got them access to, They come across Mayhem, they fight some jogger guys who turn into magic horsemen or whatever, they lose and the bad guys get away with Mayhem and April. Cool. Now, what does this scene let the viewer know about without ever explicitly saying anything?

They’re ninjas (they’re in the shadows, doing cool flips and stuff)

They’re not very good at being ninjas, presumably because they’re teenagers and not fully fledged heroes (They ignored the shady deal going on on the roof, they completely failed the fight and showed very little skill, they act like teenagers who care about things like jumping in pools)

They’ve known April for a long time (dialogue shows them being very close, close enough that she doesn’t really need to ask anything or say anything in order to be understood)

The basic personalities of all the characters, just through dialogue

Donnie has some kind of high tech stick that has lots of cool features, but they aren’t very well implemented, presumably because he was hasty in adding them (nice little nugget of characterization there, showing he’s more of a scatterbrained scientist type than an exhaustively-pedantic one)

Donnie also has some kind of a backpack thing that can let him fly!

Mikey can pop into his shell, but none of the others do that, leading to the conclusion that he might be the only one who can (which is kind of up in the air anyway, but at least for the most part hes the only one who DOES)

...plus a bunch more. But all that is expressed more through stuff just happening and you getting to see it than any kind of easy to digest exposition. If you really aren’t paying attention, you could miss all of that! It’s surprisingly subtle.

Then there’s stuff like how none of the turtles’ weapons are ever really explicitly named in series (again, as anything more than an aside), Donnie’s battleshell is never officially named OR introduced, the fact that Donnie has multiple battleshells with different functions is never really explicitly brought up, what exactly it is that any of his inventions do AND how they work AND that they’re controlled by his wrist doohickey are all left up to the audience to notice, a good number of important side characters (Hueso, Hugninn and Muninn, the foot guys, FOOT RECRUIT,,,,) are never really explicitly introduced, like, with names and everything, the fact that Raph is the oldest and Mikey is the youngest and Leo + Donnie are the middle children only comes up in passing... so much of the show’s details and lore is never brought up in exposition form, and as a result needs to be just. Noticed, and put together.

It even does this with major plot stuff! Like, you learn that the Battle Nexus is 1) controlled by Big Mama, 2) in the Hidden City, 3) incredibly popular and basically a cornerstone of the city, and 4) Big Mama as a result basically controls the city, all through context clues without ever needing to be told. Or, most of Splinter’s backstory, the biggest continuing mystery of the show, is NEVER actually talked about at any point! It’s only shown to you, never told except in the most sideways fashion (like in Goyles, where, despite being ostensibly an origin episode, Splinter and the turtles aren’t even the focus!)

Heck, thinking about it, most of the show’s mysteries are only mysteries because the writers decided to put some context clues in that hint to there being more to the situation, even if not everyone would realize that! The viewers are TRAINED to take every bit of information given by the text and try to work it into their internal sense of the world and characters, because that’s just how the show works. The writing is consistently INCREDIBLY subtle like that.

And in a way, it makes sense that it would be written like that, even if TMNT isn’t usually known for its subtlety, This is a show all about teens being teens and doing stuff that teens would do, if they were ninjas and also had magic and enemies and stuff. Despite being a very wacky premise, the show relies on a certain amount of realism and groundedness in the characters in order to ground all of the crazy circumstances they get into. Even if they’re being forced into eternal 80s makeover montages by a magician hippo, the characters still act like people, and more importantly, like relatable, semi-realistic people, with realistic reactions and realistic interests and realistic insecurities. The characters are supposed to feel, in a sense, like real people.

How much do you know about any real people other than yourself?

The writers just dropping you into these characters’ lives and not explaining them to you is a way to make them feel more real, I think. It forces you to try to understand them and what they’re all about like you’re meeting them for the first time, getting to know them through their actions more than anything else. It makes the show and especially the characters feel a LOT more personal and, in a sense, real, which is a feeling the show absolutely benefits from and uses to its full extent.

But anyway, this has gotten really long, soooo... Rise is a show that always treats its audience with respect, and it’s just so nice to realize that respect even extends to trusting us to figure out lore as basic as the characters’ names. That kind of subtle writing really makes the show stand out!

[baby-turtlefan]

RISE cross over 2012TMNT (2/3)

In this part, when I say the fill name of the turtle, it means the 2012 version and not the Rise. Hope you’ll enjoys it.

Everyone looks at you with wide eye. Well everyone, but Mickey who had star in is eye. You finally stood up and look around.

-          How is it even possible! How can someone can go to another dimension!

-          Well I don’t know Donatello, I think Leo’s had another portal jacked incident. Although last time, they boys was send to Tahiti not ANOTHER DIMENSION.

-          Wait your Leo can create portal! Wow he is way cooler than you. Said Raph with a smirk on his face. Looking at Leonardo.

-          Not really, it is because of the mystique sword the ōdachi sword.

-          Did you just said mystique? Ask Donatello

Well everyone decides to sit down and listen to the conversation. You had to explain that your world had no Kraang but there was Yokai that seem to have taken their place. Also, that the foot was not made of paper but they were robot. You were confused but exited, why isn’t the foot a robot, it would be so cool! You could see Donnie working in is lab on the robot scrap and Mickey freak out when he sees one moving in the lair.

You’ve notice that this dimension of Donatello was quite different from yours, he was more relaxe and social. He was also less sarcastic and confident about his intelligence and machine. It surprises you quite a bit. They were similar but also so different. Here is an exemple:

You walk into his lab and saw that it look more like a garage then a scientific lab. There was a weird green goo that you assume to be there world mutagen and he was siting at his table working on is computer.

-          Hi Donatello

-          Hey what’s up?

-          Just came to visit your lab. May I see your invention?

-          He… sure give me a sec.

He got up and open the garage door. Behind them there was some king of subway wagon with wheels. Your mouth open.

-          Wow that’s cool. Well not as much as the turtle tank but cool.

-          The turtle tank?

-          Yeah the vehicle my Donnie build from the moon buggy and a taxi. Your invention is way more stealth then the tank that for sure. When you look from above it, it look like a giant turtle.

-          Didn’t you said they are ninja’s?

-          I never said they were good ninja. Well they are not bad, but they need training on being stealth and stick to the shadows.

You giggle and he did too. His a nice guys and you enjoys his compagnie as much as your Donnie.

Now Rapheal, he is the most different of them all. If he didn’t wear a red mask, you wouldn’t have believe it was him. He was more angry and less protective and carring.

-          How can he lead a team with such a temper? You ask Leo.

Leo look at you with confused eye then he chuckle.

-          Well he doesn’t I am the leader.

-          WAIT WHAT!

-          Yeah I am the leader.

-          Does that mean that you are the oldest?

-          Yes I am.

You didn’t know at that moment, but Raph was listening to the all conversation in the background.

-          Then Raph is in what place?

-          He is the second oldest. How is your turtle, I gess Raph is the oldest by your reaction.

-          Well yes he is the oldest, Leo and Donnie are twins also called the disaster twins and then there is Mickey who is the youngest. I believe Raph and Mickey have 2 year in difference…

-          WHAT!

You were interrupted by Raphael. He decided to join the conversation:

-          How is that even possible! Your version of me is the leader and the oldest by that much! They weren’t mutated at the same time or what!?

-          I don’t know Raph, they didn’t tell me why he is the oldest. Altho knowing my splinter, probably because he was the biggest.

-          What does that even mean!!

He push the wall and walk away. He didn’t like to hear about him from your dimension like he was the perfect version of himself. But you never said that. You could find point where he was “better” then yours. He was a better fighter and he was more focus, when he wasn’t angry. He also looks more relaxed. Although you still didn’t like how much more violent he was especially toward Mickey. Every time you saw him hit his brother, you would get angry at him and even hit him in return with a pillow since you didn’t want to hurt them. Witch didn’t help you create a good relationship with the red turtle. He was also a bit intimidating to you, but you didn’t tell anyone and it seem like anyone notice.

You know who you weren’t scared at all: Mickey. He was pretty much like yours but he was less sensitive and he did a LOT of bad prank to his brother and at you. He looks kind of similar to your Leo. You were sure they would get along pretty well. You also notice that he was also clumsier and lonelier than your friend. It broke your heart. How can this little sunshine look so lonely half the time! He became your best friend from this place very quickly.

A little later, you met April and Casey. When they were told you where from another dimension they both look excited.

-          That cool! If there is other version of the boys, is there other version of us? Ask April will sending a look to Casey.

-          Well yes.

-          Can you tell me more about my other self? Ask April as she sits on the coach and inviting you to join her.

-          Alright where do I begin? Well she is African American…

-          What really? Said Donatello from his lab.

-          Yeah and she well she is awesome, she infiltrated the foot more then once, she can fight in comparation of me and she super smart. My Donatello and April are best friend for quite a long time. I don’t know the detail. She is a big fan of Jupiter Jim like the boys and I and she wear glass.

-          Wow she is a kinoichi like me.

-          Well no, she uses a baseball bat to fight and her instinct.

-          How about me? How do I look in your universe?

-          It I a dimension and I don’t know any Casey.

Casey was hurt, you and April couldn’t resist but laugh at this. You also notice at that moment that Donatello had a crush on April. You thought it was cute at first, but got a bit angry by the way she treated him.

You didn’t like Casey that much ether, he reminded you a lot about the recruit in the foot clan and of Raphael so it didn’t make a good mix in your book. You didn’t hate him obviously but well you would ratter be with Mickey and Ice cream kitty then being with him and April.

Let’s talk about Leonardo, he is so different then yours! He is calm, respectful, look like he is good at everything but cooking and serious. It was off putting, the fact he was so… so different. He was the most different of his brother. he was a good leader, probably better than Raph, but it seems like he was most of the time, just the leader not the big brother. He needed to learn how to relaxed and have fun, you tried but failed. The only time you see your Leo in him was when he was arguing with Raph and when he was watching space heroes.

You were also quite surprise by there splinter, he was so tall and in good chape! He didn’t lay down all day watching tv and eating hot soup. He was also a human once but he never was a acter witch made everyone laugh and Raph even said:

-          That explain why your turtle are so mediocre

Master Splinter did something to him and he apologise. It looks painful but he had it coming. Never make fun of your friend. You also notice that he really was more a sensei to the boys then a father. Even the ways he acts seem a little cold in your eye sometime. They never called him father. You field sadness growing in your chest knowing that they mite not have had a father figure but a sensei figure instead. At least, your Splinter was a father and a sensei figure to them. You also notice they ate a lot of pizza, for the past three days, you always ate pizza for diner would it be home made or from some restaurant.

It is on the 3e day that another blue cercle appeared in the leaving room.

To be continued…