#leo and donnie

[phoebepheebsphibs]

I made a ROTTMNT Turtle Tots comic for Twitter about the Disaster Twins accidentally switching outfits!

MOVIE SPOILER WARNING and ANGST JUMPSCARE BTW

[circusinarun]

Colored disaster twins :]

Staaars <3 i like stars... Stars pretty

Lol, only after some time i realized that Dee and Leo have some kind of the tv girl palette :O

[blue-tailed-artist]

The twins be out here judging people

[tastybluesprite]

No matter how many times I watch the movie, Donnie’s reaction to Leo getting stuck in the prison dimension will forever haunt me. Like throughout the show he seems to have the closest bond with Leo out of the whole group, due to them being the same age (basically twins but paternal), so I can’t even imagine how Donnie felt, thinking he’ll probably never see Leo again. Like I can’t imagine how painful that was for him particularly.

Also I want to mention how when the screen went to his reaction, the music kinda slowed down, putting more emphasis on the fact that this is likely his first time showing genuine emotion like that (I mean, we’ve seen him get emotional a few rare times in the series, but either it was more watered down and held back or played off for laughs. This was real and completely genuine.)

[dynsay]

…😔

[torturedblue]

Part 2 of endless Disaster Twin parallels, the not so fun version

Part 1, the fun version

Considering the series shows Donnie coming off as autistic, he’s portrayed that way much more in fan art and fanfics, etc. We often see it in fan portrayals through an aversion to touch or his senses getting overwhelmed, etc. In the show I noticed Leo actually has a consistent aversion to anything with a gross texture too: like in the first episode when they’re all sliding down Draxum’s vines and he’s tripping over himself, the only one bothered by them “I hate this!”

He also starts flailing in a panic after a worm jumps on his face (and do I even need to bring up how the texture of worms ain’t all that enjoyable let alone on your face), recoils when that evil Hidden City massage guy pours hair serum all over his head, and he’s the most visibly repulsed when Raph gets trash all over them in the beginning of Battle Nexus: New York. So on multiple occasions he comes off as pretty texture or germ averse as well

Both also have insecurity issues about their role to the team: “If mystics can do everything I can but better then why would you guys even need me?” “I’m nothing without them!”

Ironically, in Many Unhappy Returns, Splinter thinks Leo doesn’t know what he’s doing and isn’t taking the mission seriously, saying he should’ve brought Purple. But in the same episode during fights with Shredder Donnie’s seen texting on his phone half of the time. Which is also very parallel to Leo making quips in the beginning instead of helping fight like Donnie and the others

In that same fashion, Donnie’s also goofiest when everyone’s acting serious in Insane in the Mama Train, while Leo’s the unserious one in the following episodes. Another role reversal from their norm

The show also portrays these two as feeling the most affected by Splinter’s history of emotionally distant parenting. Donnie constantly talks about his unmet need for parent-aged-adult approval/validation, and Leo shows his struggle in a more Leo-like way, constantly finding father figure connections in other people like Jupiter Jim and The Dunk. He also rejects/roasts Splinter a lot too, which seems more like a form of overcompensation; acting like he doesn’t totally need or crave Splinter’s attention. The exact opposite of Donnie’s methods. “No! I’m not going back to what’s-his-rat.”

“He’s my all-time favorite actor/role model/father figure!”

“That eccentric billionaire, who was kind of a surrogate father figure to me, has shown me a version of myself I don’t like.”

Leo acts like he doesn’t pine for his affection. I’m sure he sees the way Donnie openly, desperately goes after it when it’s offered and then gets crushed even harder with disappointment (ahem Turtle-dega Nights). No way Leo’s opening himself up to that. I mean come on how sad is the moment when Splinter says they should do something together and Mikey is so eager to jump on the opportunity before it gets taken away, only for Donnie to have to pull him aside and remind him it’s usually some kind of trick or he’s likely possessed? Just for Mikey to immediately respond, “You’re right, I always fall for this!” Ouch. Honestly considering Mikey’s empathy and emotional maturity in mind, the reason both he and Raph seem to handle Splinter’s lack of attention so well is probably also because in addition Raph became a second parent himself, and taking on that role like Splinter, he knows from his own experience that even though their dad doesn’t show it in the ways they wish he would, of course he loves them and what he does do to take care of them as a parent proves that

I think the parallels and direct contrasts between how Leo and Donnie show their dissatisfaction in their relationship with Splinter is probably the most developed and interesting one to me 💔

I mean Leo’s the only one who would actually say something like this to Splinter and you can’t tell me there’s not some deep-seated resentment in the way he looks and the way he says it…

So yeah. There’s the sad edition of Disaster Twins parallels. Let’s all cry together 😃

[tangledinink]

here's to being half of a pair

[sloppy-syrup]

What would happen if the rise turtles never saved Leo from the prison dimension, and to cope Donnie built a robot of Leo?

This would happen :))

AGGGH THIS TOOK ME TOO LONG TO MAKE

SO HAPPY I CAN FINALLY POST IT YAYAYYAY

THE DISASTER TWINS MEAN SO MUCH TO ME AAAUGGHHH

[justurandomgurl]

Raphs power: force fields

Mikeys power: infante chains

Leo's power: teleportation

Donnies power: the entire US arsenal

[ryemiffie]

More of me and my own twin as disaster twins incorrect quotes:

Donnie: Okay so you know that joke we have about you being gay?

Leo: it was a joke?

Donnie: ..what?

Leo: What?! Who said that?!

[turtlevariabilis]

rottmnt season 1 episode 18a Operation: Normal (special Leo and Donnie)

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extra:

[phoebepheebsphibs]

Someone had requested a sketch of Leo teething and I was absolutely inspired

[circusinarun]

Comforting his terrapin twin... He's just doing it how he can

[knightish-angel]

[tastybluesprite]

IS THIS WHERE THE HEADCANON CAME FROM THAT DONNIE SOMETIMES LETS LEO USE HIS SHELL AS A PILLOW???

[ultimateduoswagshowdown]