#lou o'neill jr

[musicmags]

[crescent-usagi]

I kinda forgot to post here so here’s all the turtles I’ve drawn since my last post

[goodlucktai]

15. "This is going to hurt, okay?" with leo for your zombie apocalypse au (maybe leo losing his arm??)

dialogue prompts

15. “This is going to hurt, okay?”

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When the initial outbreak hit New York City like a bomb, Splinter was adamant that they bunker down in the Hidden City until the world was safe again. One almost-apocalypse was enough for him, thank you. This second one could be someone else’s problem.

Frankly, Donatello could see the merit in that. For those initial frightening forty-eight hours he was all but glued to the TV. A handful of staff and one anchor had remained barricaded in the Channel 6 news room, broadcasting what information they could until the station ultimately went dark like all the others. And what they had to share was grim. 

Whistleblowers had been quick to throw CEO Theo Audrey’s pharmaceutical subsidiary under the bus as the catalyst, claiming the corporation was in the business of bioweapons. Whether or not that was true, it gave the world a name for the violently aggressive infected: Auds. 

Raphael argued that they had the ability to help people, which meant they had the responsibility to. He was more careful with the word ‘hero’ than he used to be, careful in general with what he said around impressionable little brothers who wanted to live up to whatever idea he had in his head that they should be. But it was obvious to all of them what he thought was the right thing to do. 

They had all looked at Leo then, their fearless leader. He was still growing into the role, but he had always been the voice of common sense that kept their heads above water.

Leo didn’t say anything right away, his mind racing ahead as he chased the thread of each argument to its end. He could account for inevitabilities and pitfalls and curveballs as easily as if it was all one big game of chess. 

And finally he came to the decision he could live with, and said, “Raph’s right. We have to help who we can. But we’ll be safe, papa.”

That was three months ago. The world is still ending, and no cure is in sight, and Donatello doesn’t want to think about how those without portal magic are surviving when they have no choice but to venture out for food or water or medicine.

Sometimes he thinks Splinter was right. Other times he thinks about all the people who are still alive only because of his brothers’ inherent goodness and he can’t imagine having done anything else. 

Today, the portal that brings the patrol team home is orange, not blue. Donnie’s heart is in his throat even before he processes the screaming. 

“POPS!” Raph’s voice tears through the lair. He hasn’t sounded that frightened since those seconds before the Technodrome exploded in the sky. “Donnie, April—somebody!” 

Donnie bursts out of the tunnel into the terminal that makes up their living room and all the air leaves his lungs at once. 

Raph’s hands are bloody, and Mikey is crying, and Leo is writhing in their big brother’s hold. The once-bright yellow hoodie Mikey had been wearing that morning is stained an ugly rust color and pressed hard against Leo’s right arm.

“Shh, hey, it’s okay, we’re home,” Raph murmurs, none of the panic on his face making it into his trembling voice. “Raph’s gotta show Don. This is gonna hurt, okay?” He peels away the hoodie, fighting Leo’s grip on his own arm to do it. Leo chirps in distress, and it’s horrible, and Raph all but trips over himself to soothe, “I know, baby, hold on. Hold on.” 

He finally reveals a gruesome, gaping tear in the flesh above Leo’s elbow. The edges are shaped like teeth.

“No,” Donnie says. 

“We found a few families trapped in an apartment building. One of them had a little girl and she—” Mikey manages to choke out. “She started crying. It was so loud. The Odds swarmed the level we were on in seconds.”

No, is all he can think. No no no.

What apocalypse? The world is ending right here. The world is in Raph’s arms, bleeding and gasping and dying. 

“Move,” Draxum says, as good as appearing out of thin air. Donnie’s situational awareness is apparently nonexistent right now but he still hears it when Splinter dashes into the room a second later, if only because of the wounded sound his father makes. 

Draxum places his hands on Leo’s wounded arm just above the bite and they begin to glow. Donnie loses the strength in his legs before he completes the last couple steps between himself and his brothers, so he just crawls the rest of the way. He takes his twin’s hand and pretends there is nothing that could force him to ever let go. 

“From what we have seen, the infection turns a new host in a manner of minutes,” Draxum says, expression fierce with focus. “How long did it take you to get him home?”

“Um,” Mikey says, scrambling to grab hold of something other than grief and fear the way he would rifle chaotically through the mess of sticker paper and sketchbooks on his desk for the right color copic or drawing pen. Blinking hard and rubbing away fresh tears on his sleeve, their youngest finds the courage to do anything besides just wail and scream the way they all would like to and says, “It wasn’t right away. My portals aren’t instant like L—like Lee’s are. I have to, um, draw the sigils in my mind the way you taught me.”

“Four minutes,” Raph offers. “And twenty-one seconds,” he adds a beat later. “Raph was counting.”

He leans down and presses his cheek to Leo’s forehead. He isn’t saying goodbye, but he’s holding close just in case. He’s giving Leo something sweet to go out on if he has to go. He’s crying, too, a steady, silent drip.

Splinter strokes Leo’s cheek with the backs of his fingers. Donnie isn’t brave enough to look at him. He can’t look at anyone. 

There is no other way for this to end. There isn’t a cure. Any bite or scratch is an instant death sentence. Then Donnie’s twin would become something else, a violent, hungry shell of someone once good and loved, and they would have to deal with that. They would have to see it, the ugly wretchedness of it, and never make peace with it for as long as they lived. 

And yet— 

“He should have turned by now,” April says from just behind Donnie. Her voice is shaking, and she looks like she wants to collapse where she’s standing, but she still manages to claw something shaped like hope out of the worst moment of their lives. “That’s what you’re saying.”

“That’s what I’m saying. This virus is human in nature—mortal. There is a reason the Hidden City is unaffected. Yokai are creatures of magic. In much the same way I could not catch the flu from you, O’Neil, we cannot be infected by Odds. You Hamato call yourselves mutants, but you are yokai. At least in part.”

“And you wouldn’t have thought to mention something like this sooner?” Splinter hisses, something close to hate in his voice. 

“How would you have liked me to test it, Lou?” Draxum bites back. 

“Shut up,” April says. “What does that mean, Barry?”

“It means the virus has been isolated at the site of the infection,” Draxum says. “It will not remain that way for long. It will spread, very slowly, and eventually take him. This pain that he is in will not wane until he is gone. We must act before it is too late.”

Donatello’s mind is as quick as Leonardo’s, even though they are constantly racing down different avenues. He understands what Draxum has not yet said. What exactly he’s proposing. 

They have to remove the site of the infection.

“I can’t do that,” he blurts, too loud.

“Someone must,” Draxum replies, not pulling any punches. “If you want it to be me, then it will be me.”

“What are you talking about?” Mikey says. “Dee?”

Donnie can’t speak. He presses his forehead to the corner of Leo’s that isn’t crammed fitfully against Raph’s shoulder. 

It’s a terrible risk. Amateur amputations are the stuff of nightmares. And it might not even work. There’s no precedent. There’s just a one in a million chance and a family desperate enough to take it.

“Leo,” he whispers. “Hey. Nardo. Please. I can’t just. I need you to—I need you to tell me it’s okay. Lee. I need you to tell me what to do.” 

He feels it almost instantly, the click and connect of a mind meld. Leo’s mind flows into Donnie’s as effortlessly as it has every time they’ve done this before, the mischievous wind of his ninpo breezing through Donnie’s lightning storm like the skies they belong to are one and the same. 

There isn’t a conversation. Leo’s thoughts are muddled, fever-bright and confused, not at all like the shape they take when the wickedly clever slider is feeling like himself. But Donnie hears him anyway. 

He understands just from this instant of togetherness that Leo doesn’t want to leave them. He wants to stay where they are. He would do anything to stay. 

Donnie parts from him with a gasp. His siblings watch him avidly, tears streaming down their faces unchecked. Leo looks tiny in Raph’s arms. There’s already so little of him, and now they are going to whittle him down even more. 

But the helpless screaming fear is no longer the loudest thing in Donnie’s head. It’s drowned out by the deafening rumble of a storm, that faraway sky that flashes with purple lightning and playful gales of blue. Nothing could be louder than the two of them when they have something to prove. 

“You’re not going anywhere,” he says, one hand on his twin’s plastron over the spot where that fearless, unyielding heart beats for them. “Hear me? I’m taking this arm, but I’ll give you back a better one.” 

The air goes out of the room as all of his siblings and his father suck in a breath and hold it. Raph’s grip on Leo tightens, as if he needs just one more second in a world where this doesn’t have to happen, where there’s another way. 

Then he lifts his mismatched eyes and there’s only trust there when he looks at Donnie. Mikey’s hand grips the wrist of the one Donnie has on Leo. April puts her arm around Mikey.

They’re all here. They’re all going to stay right here.  

[tedious-waffle]

*sigh* to be a fan of a queer character (often played by a queer man) that disturbs the Big Fandom MLM Ship by being romantically/sexually involved with one of the characters in said ship, and some Big Ship fans get weird and homophobic @ the character that you just really Like (especially by calling them predatory) and attacking the actor for some reason

<but fr why is this happening in 3 Separate fandoms rn can i plz just have my lil guys>

My loves:

Tommy Kinard from 9-1-1

The Cat King from Dead Boy Detectives

Izzy Hands from Our Flag Means Death

[rantingisalifestyle]

My therapy after last nights episode of The Rookie is going back and looking at GIFs of canon Bi Evan Buckley in the gay firefighter show. Because wtf The Rookie. Don’t break up the main couple wtf.

[marvelousbuckley]

there is a "first responder" convention in Paris next year and they just asked if the fan wanted to see Lou Ferrigno Jr and i've never been this excited for a convention like???? i've only been to one ten years ago but i might spend a lot of money bC LOU MIGHT BE THERE???? FREAKING TOMMY KINARD ?????

also Kenneth Choi is already on the guest list which is soooo cool like, Chim and Tommy together????

AND SO ARE MELISSA O'NEIL AND ERIC WINTER BTW

SO YEAH, I'M GONNA NEED MONEY

[jazzymarie1006]

I'd absolutely LOVE to see how April met the turtles!

Given how close they actually are, it must have been friendship at first sight!

[pageofheartdj]

*trying to make sense of the mystics*

So each Hamato clan member has the basic ninpo power ups and something personal to them. The mystic weapons the turtles had found helped them reach their hidden power. Plus they help them use it, sort of imprinting the power of the owner on the weapon. That's why Splinter was able to make a portal with Leo's sword.

Later their weapons are destroyed, but the turtles were already used to their powers so they have no problem using any other weapon with their power. Donnie could have unlocked his power earlier if he grabbed the weapon but ended up unlocking it by himself with the family.

Wonder if Splinter can use their weapons now and if he still can(but maybe harder) it's because he is Hamato. Also. He didn't show his power, didn't he. Probably because he was disconnected for so long. April is a part of the clan now too, wonder if the magicy bat is her personal power now. (wonder if Drax and Cass will eventually join. wonder if Casey is a part of the clan)

[ivoryrisuet]

Rise April Challehge..again :')

the challenge 

week 2

week 1

Day 16. Mask

You can't hide anything in this family. Don't even try

Day 17. Cosplay

I have a headcanon that Mikey starts growing hair when he's 19, so nobody is underage here :D

Also, I am 100% sure they shadowcast the show every year. Fight me if u disagree

Day 18. Sleep

Maybe on the "good days" they even wore wedding rings

Day 19.Baby

Splinter didn't have tiktok to learn how to jold snapping turtles properly. Also, he didn't know how to take care of kids. But he still did his best.

And this is a story about Raph's another weird phobia

Day 20. Chaos

I was tired af and found out this video existed.no context.no reason.

21. Laugh

I mean Donnie probably could pause the apocalypse just to send a rickroll

Day 22 is here

Day 23 is missed

Day 24 is here

[mischiefb]

Leonardo denies having any lasting trauma from being in the Prison Dimension, his family helps him through it.

[spectralsleuth]

What are any rise fanfic recs that you have?

I got so excited for this ask. Okay so, I'm not going to recommend things with over 1k kudos on Ao3, because they're easy to find. 'Tale of Spirits', 'Sorry, Teenage Mutant What Now', 'Ronin Discord Admin', etc. (I would also LOVE to rec things besides RoTTMNT if anyone is interested...) But here's one's I've reread MULTIPLE times.

tried to grow up good by @sroloc--elbisivni Absolutely banger of a Casey Jones fic. The pinnacle of Casey Jones fics. It's the second in the series, and the first one is very good as well, but this one reads just fine as a stand-alone. Casey Jones Jr. stealing cars is just very near and dear to me.

The Whispering Forest and Other Tales ALSO by @sroloc--elbisivni, as well as Waywayrdwitchcat. (If they have a tumblr someone let me know please.) I NEED EVERYONE TO READ THIS FIC SERIES. it's probably my favorite ROTTMNT fic series of all time. (I'm going to say that a lot in this list but it's all true.) The whole series is absolutely wonderful, spooky, romantic, and set in feudal era Japan in a world similar to the Usagi Yojimbo comics. If you're worried about not knowing Usagi Yojimbo comics, don't be. I didn't and had no trouble following along; it provides all the context you need, and blends it with the ROTTMNT universe anyway.

BuzzfeedUnsolved: The Strange Disappearance of Lou Jitsu Self explanatory, a fic in a Buzzfeed Unsolved True Crime episode format. Hilarious, and the author did a FANTASTIC job of capturing what I love about cheesy crime youtube. Lighthearted and short!

Things That Ought To Crawl by @thisonesforturtles Sep!Donnie AU, wonderful Draxum adjusting to rehabilitating effectively completely feral and very young Donnie who doesn't remember much, and a lot of very cool and incredibly smart mystical head canons. Hugin and Munin are absolutely wonderful in this as well. It actually takes the idea of what a feral child growing alone would result in, and digs into it. (Not completed)

No Rest For The Weary by @plothooksinc POST MOVIE FIC probably my all time favorite post movie fic actually. THIS HAS EVERYTHING. I won't say anything about it because most of the twists and turns are so interesting I don't want to ruin them. Mind the tags though! (Not completed)

And LASTLY Empathy is Learned by @alicat54c If you enjoyed LSoW, you'd enjoy this but in a different way I think! I don't want to spoil too much, but it has a lot of cute fluff, turtley nonsense, and little April O'Neil. (Not completed, locked to AO3 users)

If anyone every wants any fic recs, please feel free to ask. I have PLENTY, and not just for ROTTMNT.

[musicmags]

[my-name-is-bunnyfoxy]

TOP 10 FAVORITE ROTTMNT CHARACTERS

10) Big Mama

9) Baron Draxum

8) Kendra

7) Splinter/Hamato Yoshi/Lou Jitsu

6) Cassandra Jones

5) Casey Jones Jr.

4) Oroku/Hamato Karai

3) Raphael Hamato

2) April O'Neil

1)Leonardo Hamato

Happy 5th Anniversary Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! I'll always appreciate you for being the thing that brought my love for TMNT back and got me all obsessed over it again. Plus it helped me a lot since I got back to TMNT in 2022.

While it is most likely you will probably not return, I will still hold you close to my heart and love you with every inch of my body. Even if it's cancelled or nah I don't care. I love you a lot.

Thank you and shout out to the creators for bringing such an amazing series. It's sad to know that it lasted really short but hey. Whether it will come back or won't, we can still love it all we want.

So thank you ROTTMNT.

[sketchnskribbles]

TMNT Masterpost

My 🐢 AUs:

Komorebi AU  | [ AO3 ]

[ Komorebi Art ] [ Komorebi Memes ]

Summary:

Casey Jones Jr. struggles to deal with the aftermath of his Masters’ decision. Struggling to deal with post war trauma and how to live in a time of peace. At least he has his family with him, even if he doesn’t quite see these new versions as his quite yet.

Kintsukuroi AU (A Separated Universe)  | [ AO3 ]

[ The Foot Apprentice ] 

Summary:

The universe in which, the great Lou Jitsu was only able to save one turtle. His precious Orange Sunshine. The other three are lost and, presumably, dead.

It was his duty and privilege as a father to be there for the one child he managed to save. The only one that escaped the literal and metaphorical fire that swallowed up his past. The only thing that made it worth it to keep living.

DP x ROTTMNT 👻

Summary: Leo finds himself a new friend.

[ A Curious Encounter ] [ You’re Not From Around Here ] [ Ghosts? ]

[ Crossover ] [ A Reunion ]

Rise August 2023

[ 1. Mad Dogs ] [ 2. Disaster Twins ] [ 3. Dr. Delicate Touch ] [ 4. Yokai ]

[ 5. Mayhem ] [ 6. Todd ] [ 7. Jupiter Jim ] [ 8. Crossover ]

[ 9. Piedbald ] [ 10. Casey Jones ] [ 11. Senior Hueso ]

[ 12. Big Mama ] [ 13. Kimono ] [ 14. Pizza ] [ 15. Mud Dogs ]

[ 16. April O'Neil ] [ 17. Casey Jones Jr. ] [ 18. Cannonball ]

[ 19. Purple Dragons ] [ 20. Fashion ] [21. Invention] [22. Hidden City] [23. Warren Stone] [24. Lou Jitsu] [25. Snow Day] [27-31. Last Week]

OPLA x ROTTMNT

Summary: A little orphan turtle heads out toward the Grand Line, in search of his separated family and... The One Piece!

[Donnie Zorro] [Mikey D Luffy] [Captain Raph Usopp] [Character Lineup]

Multiverse of Michelangelo fanart

[ A Dance I Forgot the Steps To ] [ Master Psychoangelo ]

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

A Heart Of Sunflower

by Knight_Of_Breath

“A likely story,” Robin says, taking a few tense steps towards the bed Mikey is on. Oh, wow. He sounds like a posh ten year old. “It fell directly into the batcave, it’s a little too convenient.” Mikey’s thoughts pause. Mikey was portaled into the batcave? Leo, what the shit?

Also, two months after the invasion, Batman wants to know about the things that took down the Aliens. The turtles want a small mission to get back into hero-ing. When neither of those things go right, and Mikey is the only one who made it out, and he must work with the Batfam to get his brothers, and their father, back.

Words: 1882, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Characters: Michelangelo (TMNT), Damian Wayne, Leonardo (TMNT), Jason Todd, Donatello (TMNT), Dick Grayson, Raphael (TMNT), Tim Drake, April O'Neil (TMNT), Bruce Wayne, Cassandra Jones | Foot Recruit, Cassandra Cain, Casey Jones (TMNT), Stephanie Brown, Splinter | Lou Jitsu, Barbara Gordon, Hamato Yoshi | Splinter, Duke Thomas, Baron Draxum (TMNT), Casey Jones Jr. (TMNT), Batcow, Lex Luthor

Relationships: Donatello & Leonardo & Michelangelo & Raphael (TMNT), Batfamily Members & Other(s), Damian Wayne & Damian Wayne's Pets, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown & Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Barbara Gordon & Dick Grayson & Jason T. & Damian W., Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Duke Thomas & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Donatello & Leonardo & Michelangelo & April O'Neil & Raphael (TMNT), Casey Jones & Cassandra Jones | Foot Recruit & April O'Neil & The Turtles (TMNT)

Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Good Sibling Michelangelo (TMNT), How Do I Tag, Coming of Age, Post ROTTMNT Movie (2022), Damian Wayne is Robin, Hurt Michelangelo (TMNT), Protective Michelangelo (TMNT), Michelangelo-centric (TMNT), BAMF Michelangelo (TMNT), Autistic Michelangelo (TMNT), Michelangelo Has ADHD (TMNT), Nonbinary Michelangelo (TMNT), Genderfluid Michelangelo (TMNT), Damian Wayne Needs a Hug, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Kidnapping, Experimentation, No Beta We Die Like Jason Todd Damien Wayne ect, no beta we die like gramgram, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/45354259

[untitled-tmnt-blog]

Rise August 2023 Masterpost

Collection of drawings done for the Rise August Art Challenge (2023).

Day 1: Mad Dogs

Day 2: Disaster Twins

Day 3: Dr. Delicate Touch

Day 4: Yokai

Day 5: Mayhem

Day 6: Todd

Day 7: Jupiter Jim

Day 8: Crossover

Day 9: Piebald

Day 10/17: Cassandra Jones + Casey Jr

Day 11: Señor Hueso

Day 12: Big Mama

Day 13/20: Kimono + Fashion (+ WIP GIF)

Day 14: Pizza

Day 15: Mud Dogs

Day 16: April O'Neil

Day 18: Cannonball

Day 19: Purple Dragons

Day 21/30: Invention + Turtle Tots

Day 22: Hidden City

Day 23/29: Warren Stone + Hypno

Day 24: Lou Jitsu (+ scrapped sketch)

Day 25: Snow Day

Day 26: Albearto

Day 27: Sleepover

Day 28: Mrs. Cuddles

Day 31: Rise (+ partial GIF)