#mikey and leatherhead are so sweet

[shadowhunters4life-me-blog]

Anyone else love this relationship? Their friendship is so pure i canNOT. 🥺

Mikey wants to protect Leatherhead and baby him and be his bestie and Leatherhead holds Mikey like he’s super fragile and precious to him and appreciates that he respects him and wants to help him and doesn’t immediately get terrified of him and knows he’s been through sum shit.

[yandereforme]

Yan! TMNT w/ healing/hurt! Reader

(Reminder that healing/hurt reader means reader has the power to heal people by taking on a portion of their injury, i.e. they heal a broken arm and get a bruised/sprained wrist. Also reader is a child in this one)

Raph is going to freak out the most out of all of them. What if other people find out? What if the kraang, or god forbid Shredder, found out about you? You won’t leave the sewer unless it’s an emergency or you somehow convince all of them to let you, and even then you are never going anywhere alone.

Leo won’t be as protective as Raph, but he is definitely as overbearing, and he will be even worse about it with your ability. There are only a few people who he will trust to meet you, namely Casey, April, and maybe leatherhead. No one else is allowed around you, and you can kiss your right to privacy goodbye.

Donnie will be very interested in your ability, and definitely will run some tests on your dna and your abilities. This will be a major part of his obsession. You are completely unique and have powers he doesn’t understand. He will solve this, using science! (And if a part of him constantly wars with him about the ethics of taking your powers away, as soon as he can? Then that’s his business)

You being able to heal just further proved Mikey’s theory that you are an angel. You are his sweet little sibling, the angel who his family was blessed with. He will freak out about the hurting part though, and never wants you to heal him. If someone is hurt, he will do anything to make sure you don’t heal them, even if it’s just a paper cut. He will sit on you to make sure you can’t move, though he prefers to carry you.

However, if you heal any of the boys, they’re obsession with you will only grow, especially with Donnie and Leo. Ralph’s whole thing is about providing and protecting you, so you healing him won’t be great for that (though a part of him is grateful for that love) and Mikey will just focus on the fact he was blessed again by you.

But Leo and Donnie? They both have issues with not being seen as strong/smart enough, but you taking care of them? Especially if you couple it with something about your big brothers needing to take care of themselves? They will be goners and more soft than they have ever been.

That incident will justify their extremes. Leo will feel a lot more comfortable with his possessiveness and you won’t ever be allowed to leave after that. Donnie will definitely feel more confident about your affection, and will in turn be more possessive, implanting more trackers in you and your things, placing more cameras around the sewers, etc.

Heaven help you if you got really hurt after healing them. The guilt would eat them alive.

[fabuloustrash05]

Can I hear more about the Mazes & Mutants AU?

It's a concept I've had in mind ever since the Mazes & Mutants episodes aired, and it's simple. The Mazes & Mutants world is the real world for the Turtles and friends, so everyone has a part and they go on adventures together like a DND group.

The Turtles (+ April & Leatherhead) are the roles they are in Larping episode:

Leo - Knight

Raph - Barbarian

Donnie - Wizard

Mikey - Elf

April - Princess

Leatherhead - Dragon

And as they go on their journey they come across their all friends in this Larping world:

April - She’d still be a princess like in the ep but I’d add that she becomes a mage thanks to Donnie’s teachings

Splinter - King or a powerful sorcerer or both!

Karai - Thief (a robin hood like character who's called the "Princess of Thieves")

Mona Lisa - Barbarian (I have another idea in which her and Sal Commander are pirates but I'm torn between the two ideas)

Shinigami - Witch (shocking right?)

Renet - Oracle (honestly Renet's concept is my fav in this AU, she's an all seeing being that the Turtles go to for guidance)

Casey - Rogue or Viking (I can't choose)

Slash - Orc

Mondo Gecko - Bard (he'll bring the sweet tunes to the battle)

Alopex - Assassin (much like she is in canon)

Usagi - Knight

[zack-creeper]

SHOWER THOUGHT!!!

Ok so I all I can do while cleaning my body is thing if random stuff in the shower to keep me on track and I keep thinking of the of the bat boys and dcxdp au's how they are kinda' like a mix between tnmt12 and rottmnt, so like think of this.

Dick = Leo (oldest/leader but fun and punny)[Blue] [actrobatic] [Welds two weapons] [blue eyes]

Jason = Raph (angery and violent but sweet with kids) [Red] [biggest] [green eyes] [intimating when just standing there] [*can probably cook]

Tim = Donny (nervous and anxious but very smart and tecsavy) [Autism] [he looks good in purple don't ask] [stays up all night working] [most likely to blow up something for fun/Unhinged]

Damian = Karai/Miwa (scary assassination baby that is trying there best) [tried to kill there brothers] [connection with murder group trys to change it or keep ties with it because it's what they know] [tried to stab brother] [Blood related to the father]

Alfred and Bruce = The two sides of master Splinter or that ram guy I dont rememberhis name {Fight and family} (petty as shit, obsessive and paranoid but is a dad and loved being a dad/will fight and kill for family] [*taught the kids what they know ]

Ra's al Ghul or/and Vlad = Shredder (manipulative obsessive bitchy old assassin/ninja man who wants power and will sacrifice anything and anyone even there own daughter for power and control) [Obsessive and has beef with the father figure] [Stinky] [should be dead by now but isn't] [leader of a cult] [*has been revived] [**used a child there hole life] [*** is in the father's past]

Killer Croc = leatherhead (seen as scary and dangerous but deep down a really good guy)[friends with the bright smiley brother as they where not as a monster by them and the smily chaos brother probably has fed them a weird food combo before] [croc or gaterb respectively] [lives in the sewers] [dosen't like people as they see him often as a moster because of a mutation]

I'm thinking Jazz or Val or Barbara = April from either worlds (smart and resourceful and cary's a bat) [not the best with range weapons] [ginger or glasses or spunk] [hide talent] [novice fighter in training] [*will probably out smart you with words] [**100% thinks of smiley chaos as a younger brother/sunshine to protect]

And last but not lest

Danny = Mikey (chill and chaotic but very good with what they do) [has ADHD but has learn ways around it] [is awesome in another dimension that they are knowledgeable about] [are often not believed about something] [Has died and come back vea electricity] [*excited about aliens] [**bad lier] [***has weirdest pet {icecream kitty and cujo the ghost dog} and friends {leather head and killer croc, wolf, frostbite}] [sweetest pretty est blue eyes and freckles that let him get away with murder]

I rest my case.

[chaoticalchelsea]

My “Rise” rendition of Leatherhead. I think his backstory would be pretty much the same as TMNT2012 but say he’s one of Draxum’s first ooze test subjects, just a little wee croc that got lost in the sewers and scooped up to be experimented on. Let’s say Draxum tried to test his warrior potential, train his creation, but only essentially tortured him. Let’s say this is what led Draxum to realize he needed to combine his creations with the DNA of a warrior and seek out Lou Jitsu.

Leatherhead would have been written off, caged and terrified until the night Lou Jitsu escapes with the boys. In the destruction of Draxum’s lab LH would have escaped, but always carried the deep fear of being found by Draxum and put back in his cage. He would be a little older than Hamato boys, maybe by a year or so.

I imagine him finding his way back to the NYC sewers (trying to be as far away from the Hidden City and Draxum as possible) and naturally the sewers are familiar to him. While I dream of Leatherhead being introduced post movie in the Rise-verse, I like to think he had an encounter with Mikey when they were very young.

Splinter finishes stitching up the holes in Raph’s shirt and Mikey insists that he will deliver the shirt to his big brother, puts it on and runs off to find his brothers. Little Mikey hears crying echoing through the tunnels and follows the sounds. He comes upon scared little Leatherhead and tries to make him feel better.

“Oh—hi. Are…are you lost?”

The croc cowers.

“What’s your name?”

He whimpers. He can’t answer that question. He has no name.

Sweet little Mikey thinks of how Splinter affectionately addresses them by the color of the bandannas they wear and thinks he could call his new friend…well he’s not wearing anything on his head.

“I’ll just call you Leatherhead, until you want to tell me your name, okay? Are you hungry? You should come meet my brothers. Dad will make us something to eat.” Mikey turns to leave but Leatherhead grabs the end of his shirt, not wanting to be alone anymore.

“Do you want to come with me?”

LH frowns, hunching down.

“Here,” Mikey says, taking off Raph’s shirt. “You could be our brother too…”

LH takes the shirt and holds it close like a blanket.

“No you put your arms through here, see?” Mikey helps him put the shirt on. “There! I’m sure daddy won’t mind. Do you want to come meet them?”

LH shrinks back.

“Hmm, can I bring them here to meet you instead?”

LH frowns with uncertainty but he doesn’t say no.

“Okay! I’ll be right back, Leatherhead!”

When Mikey finally manages to drag his family back to LH’s hiding place the little croc is nowhere to be seen. They never find the shirt or any sign of LH and they all think maybe Leatherhead was an imaginary friend of Mikey’s…that is until they meet again. Leatherhead is still wearing the shirt Mikey gave him, or…what’s left of it at least. It’s worn, torn and horribly faded, but Raph’s name is still stitched under the collar.

[taizi]

If you’re still taking fic prompts, how about some good ol’ fashioned woodyangelo cos you write them so so well and I can never get enough of them both 💛

set in 2012 'verse, but the turtles are all different ages, like they are in rise <3

x

They weren’t sure about Woody at first. None of Mikey’s brothers were, it wasn’t just Leo. 

The guy was just so… normal. He wasn’t thrown into their lives the way April and Casey both were. He didn’t prowl around dark alleys in the middle of the night, picking fights with crime lords and brain-shaped aliens in power mechs. His hobbies had absolutely nothing to do with sharp weapons or parkour. 

So it just didn’t make sense. There was no common denominator. He had no stakes in the game. He could walk away from them at any time and upend their entire existence and it wouldn’t cost him anything. Just because he hasn’t yet doesn’t mean he won’t. 

But it was a mistake to say as much to Mikey. ‘Mistake’ is putting it lightly. 

Leo has absolutely never seen his littlest brother’s eyes turn so sharp. Mikey drew himself up like he was bracing himself for a knock-down, drag-out fight. It was like looking at a younger Raphael, except he burned hot, and apparently Mikey burned cold. 

“You don’t like any of my friends,” Mikey said plainly. His arms were crossed and he wasn’t budging. “You call Mondo annoying right to his face, and you’re scared of Leatherhead because he’s stronger than you so you’re always weird and rude around him, and every time Renet comes to visit you look at her like you think she’s stupid. And I can tell, ‘cause it’s the same way you guys look at me.”

“Woah,” Donnie said, putting up his hands. His eyes were round and stunned. None of them had come into this conversation expecting it to spiral into an outright confrontation so fast. “We don’t think you’re stupid.”

“Sure,” Mikey said in a tone that made it sound like he was actually saying ‘yeah, right.’ His mouth was set in a firm line, brows drawn together under his mask. “So are you gonna tell me to stop hanging out with Woody? Is that what the point of this was?”

Originally? Yes. But Donnie was stricken, and Raph kept shooting sidelong stares at Leo that said Abort, Fearless, abort! as clearly as if he was shouting it. But more than that, it was the way Mikey was looking at him. 

He looked like he was ready to get his feelings hurt, and it was the first time he’d ever looked at Leo like that in his entire life. 

Leo was doing his best to lead the family without Splinter’s patient guiding hand, but there were days that he really struggled. Days that he’d give anything to see his father again, so he could ask for one more answer, one more moment of wisdom. 

But he didn’t need anyone to tell him what the right answer was here. 

“No, Angie,” Leo said quickly, the old nickname slipping out on its own. “I’m sorry I came at this so wrong. I just want you to be careful, okay? You know I—I worry.”

Mikey’s expression softened. Underneath the unfamiliar angry, defensive shell, he was still the sweet kid that brightened all of their days. He surged forward and Leo readily enveloped him in a snug hug, swaying him side-to-side in a playful way. 

“It’s okay, Leo. I’m not very smart, but there are some things I know for sure. And I know Woody’s good.”

“Okay,” Donnie said, breaking up the hug with a brisk clap. Now he was the one who looked ready to go on a warpath. “We’re talking about that next. You are not stupid.”

“And I’m not scared of Leatherhead, that's dumb,” Raphael blurted, like he couldn’t go another second without saying it. So the Woody conversation quickly winged away in another direction, but they all ended up talking about things that needed talking about, and Leo soaked up their company the way other turtles basked in sunlight. 

It would be easier if he could protect his brothers from every uncertainty and every stranger and every heartache, but doing that would sabotage all of the potentially good things, too. And Leo’s brothers deserved every good thing the world had to offer. What the world didn’t offer, Leo would take for them. 

He still wasn’t sure about Woody—that hadn’t been cleared up at all—but he wasn’t going to deny Mikey anything that made him happy. Leo’s job as big brother and stand-in parent was to step in when things went wrong and make them right again. Until then, he would just pray they didn’t go wrong. 

When Christmas Eve rolls around, the lair is packed. There’s music and cheesy Christmas movies and a rich spread of food. All of their friends make an appearance, even if they can’t stay. It’s so different from the Christmas celebrations of his childhood that it might as well be a scene from some alien planet. Splinter raised his sons with warmth and love, but he had been so alone in the world. Leo and his brothers are really lucky to have as many people to count among their family as they do.

He almost misses it entirely when Woody shows up. Maybe he would have, if Mikey hadn’t shouted out loud in pure glee. He watches his littlest brother jump down from Leatherhead’s shoulders and sprint across the lair at full ninja speed. Woody is laughing when they collide.  

Leo isn’t close enough to hear their conversation over the noise of the party. Casey and Shinigami are doing karaoke now, for some godforsaken reason, and they could easily drown out everything else within a ten mile radius. 

But he can see the brightness on both of their faces, the dimpled grin Woody’s wearing as he absorbs Mikey’s special brand of light, the easy, familiar way they lean into each other’s orbit. 

They start to venture toward the kitchen, and like an act of gravity, Mikey’s closest friends peel away from the party to fall into step with them. 

“—thought the movie tickets were my present!” Mikey is protesting, a big theatrical pout on his face. “The Force Awakens was amazing, and the theater was so cool!”

“The movie tickets were a red herring,” Woody replies. “My sister works there and it was really easy for her to get us in, especially because she’s been trying to get fired for weeks now. Your real present is actually in your house already. I had no idea how to get it down here by myself, so April and Karai helped me smuggle it in yesterday. I think they hid it in the pantry.”

Now it made sense why April has been guarding that particular corner of the kitchen so fiercely. Rockwell almost lost a hand when he went looking for some chips earlier. She tips her snowman-shaped mug at Woody in solidarity and he nods gravely back. 

Leo is curious. He drifts over to join April when she moves over to stand just inside the doorway, propping up a wall. There’s a crooked smile on her face. 

“You’ll want to see this,” she says, so certainly that Leo believes her. 

The present, when they wrestle it out of the pantry and onto the kitchen island, is fairly big, and it’s easy to see how one skinny teenage boy would have struggled to get this into the tunnels by himself. Mondo immediately plucks the bow off the box and smacks it onto the top of his own head, because he’s—

Leo catches himself. 

Because he’s a kid, Mikey’s age, mutated at fourteen years old and abandoned by his family and left to make his own way in the world. And maybe he’s annoying sometimes, but that’s not all he is. 

“I’m a gift,” the gecko says proudly. 

“To the world,” Renet and Woody say at the same time, utterly serious, and Mikey laughs. 

He enlists Leatherhead’s help in unwrapping his present, because the metric ton of tape Woody used is no match for the alligator’s knife-point claws. Then all the paper comes off, and Mikey takes one look at what's underneath, and the smile falls right off his face. 

It’s a KitchenAid Artisan stand mixer, in bright buttercup yellow, with a bunch of attachments included in the box. Leo stands a little taller, eyes narrow as he takes in the scene, trying to suss out what caused that expression on Mikey’s face. 

He looks absolutely dumbfounded. He thumbs at a corner of the box like he’s making sure it’s real. 

“It’s exactly the one I wanted,” Mikey says really quietly. He’s clearly overwhelmed. “I never said anything. How’d you know that?” 

“C’mon, amigo, of course I knew,” Woody replies. He’s a little self-conscious now.  “I had to do a lot of extra deliveries to save up for it. But I figured I had lots of Christmases to make up for. And I wanna be around for all the rest of them, too.”

Mikey sniffs, and then starts rubbing his eyes, his shoulders trembling. 

“Aww, Mikey, nooo,” Renet says, sounding choked up, “if you cry I’m gonna, like, start bawling my eyes out! Please think of my eyeliner!”

“They don’t have waterproof makeup in the 79th Dimension?” Mondo asks judgmentally. 

Leatherhead chuckles warmly, a low rumble that sounds more like a growl than laughter. He’s so laughably big he barely fits in their kitchen, but he fits. It has a lot to do with the way he smiles at Leo’s baby brother, like he knows exactly how special Mikey is. 

All of Mikey’s friends look at him like that. Even Mondo, skating in circles around the kitchen island, is sort of grinning to himself. 

“Can you stay the night?” Mikey asks wetly. “I’m gonna make homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast with my new mixer.”

“Mikester,” Woody says, resting his weight on his elbows and leaning across the island to give Mikey his undivided attention, “I would literally rather die than miss your homemade cinnamon rolls.” 

“Hard same,” Mondo adds. 

Renet sighs, puts one arm around Mikey’s shoulders and the other around Leatherhead’s snout, tugs them both in really tight, and says, “This Christmas is one of my favorites. I come back to it all the time.”

“Stop trying to give me an existential crisis!” Woody demands, tossing a napkin at her. “I have enough of those on my own!”

Leo glances at April, and finds her already smiling back at him. The last stubborn guard around Leo’s heart folds, just like that. He gazes across the room at the ragtag little group his brother picked out for himself and realizes for the first time that he has a lot less to worry about than he thought he did. 

Woody wasn’t forced into this subterranean life of secrecy and subterfuge and war. He could bail anytime he wanted and leave these abandoned subway tunnels behind for good, the way any normal person probably would, and there would be nothing that Leo could do to stop him. 

He doesn’t have to stick around. Which makes it even more special that he’s still here. 

And he looks at Mikey the way everyone who loves Mikey looks at him. Leo would know that look anywhere. 

[sabrondabrainrot]

Merry Christmas and TMNT Update!

Merry Christmas everyone! Just some updates but I've been hard in the TMNT brainrot. So first of all I just binged through the first 3 seasons of TMNT 87 AAGH SO GOOD it's so cute I love the boys so much! I finished 12 and WOW what a rush! Leo is the type of brother who would just carve his entire heart out for his family (and he basically does.) Raph is like the best brother, he grows SO much and cares SO much. Donnie is so adorable too, I'm glad he grew out of being a simp. He's a really sweet brother when he's not being like a stalker. Mikey literally saved them so many time just wow, what a lad. I love the dynamics of 12 so much. it's written like a tele-novella soap opera, but I say that only with love.

I'm on season 3 ep 7 of tmnt 03 and I saw Raph meeting a blind old lady who owns a cat and my heart melts, planning to actually rewatch that ep just cause my dogs interrupted the entire episode.

I also got my friend to sit with me and watch the 2007 tmnt movie and the Rise tmnt movies recently and they are literally amazing movies. I really hope Rise wins it's nomination.

I've been taking an obsessive amount of screenshots of tmnt 87 and sending live dms to a friend on discord, and I just wanna share some of my fav screenshots.

I wanted to take screenshots of 03 and 12 and Rise while watching them but the streaming platforms prevent me from taking screenshots.

This was such a cute episode, Michelangelo was so sad to not have money for a boogey board and Raphael towel whipped him and Leonardo in the back trying not to laugh out loud was so funny.

This ep was also great because it just ends with Splinter being stuck in this other dimension and the turtles are like "how do we save him!" and hitch a ride on an alien ship and just follow along and April is like "you can't leave me!" and next thing you know Splinter is shimmying his way to freedom and lands on them.

I don't remember this ep title, but I just think the goobers looking all sad is so cute and funny.

Leonardo was being devious

I took this screenshot too cause they just look so cute and small XD

I love how short and small they are, I just want to squeeze them.

This is the episode that introduced 87 Leatherhead and they went back to Florida, I just think them looking sad while sinking was so funny looking.

I took a million screenshots on birthday boy mikey episode. He's so adorable and sweet. He got sad and ran away from home and was hooked up like this flushomatic torture device and idk it was so silly and so many cute expressions were in this ep.

Just a bunch more super cute moments. Like no one said how they acted when they got sick and I was not ready for them to be begging April and Splinter for attention and baby talking for more care. It was so cute and sweet. I also screenshotted Donnie falling cause his face cracks me up. I still can't get over how they're literally just little babies and April is totally their mom. (she reads them bedtime stories, it's canon)

He was so excited to film a turtle work out video.

This is one of the last frames of the season 3 finale and I think it's so funny they got rid of the Technodrome once and for all by sending them back to dimension X and they don't even look that happy. They're literally being celebrated and look so bummed out about it

BTW I have paramount but they don't have past season 2 available right now so I started watching it on internet archive, it's all there for free if you ever want to get your Cowabunga fix. (it's also why I could even take so many screenshots)

[c00l3stb0y3v3r]

Idk what but like, Mikey kinda raising Casey Jr after Raph and Cassandra died.

I imagine him showing baby Casey all these animals that went extinct during the war (birds, mammals, etc.). He even shows toys that stopped existing after a while, and even makes the toys be all lively. Like, he makes them walk and do things that cartoons would do.

He makes them have tea partys, having them make other friends, having fun in general. Maybe he even teaches Casey by having these toys go through almost the same stuff like them. Maybe Casey is having doubts of his fighting style so Mikey makes the toys have doubts of their ability to do something, but the toy keeps doing what they love and they get better at it. They're friends and family cheer them on, and they're happy.

It makes Casey have this confidence, like, if these toys can do it, then so can I.

There was one toy that was often used for this, used for the lesson of the day and having fun. The toy turned into Caseys favorite, as it seen to mentally resemble Casey. He would always look at the Toy when he had difficulty in something, and thought to himself that he could do it.

Even if he wasn't a Toy, even if he was a real person, him and the toy had their troubles. Maybe not the same but, similar in a way.

The toy was a Raggedy Ann Doll.

Apparently Michaelangelo had always the doll, and Casey was important enough to be gifted the doll to him. Mikey had always hummed a song when having the doll and when the day was coming to an end to Caseys 5th birthday, Mikey sung the song while making the doll dance to it.

Casey sat on the ground with Michaelangelo, hearing him sing with emotion of gentleness and gratitude. Yet, when looking at him, he saw sadness and guilt in his eyes when singing.

“She's just a Rag Dolly, happy and smilin' all day,

He only saw sadness and guilt in Michaelangelo rarely, yet when singing that small song, he could see the hurt in his eyes. Michaelangelo never cried, at least never in front of Casey. He only ever saw emotion is when he was angry or happy about something, yelling, screaming or maybe encouraging, smiling. Yet sadness was never showed in Michaelangelos face.

a lovely Rag Dolly, wishin' your worries away,

Hearing him cry for the first time, he felt pity. Pity yet confusion. Why was Michaelangelo crying? Was someone hurt? In that case, who was hurt? Donatello? April? Leatherhead? Slash? Leoanrdo? He feels bad for Mikey, for having to cry for the one who was allegedly hurt. Putting his hand on Michaelangelos head, it was grabbed harshly. It wasn't in a mean way but, in a way of letting him know he was there.

and I get so jolly, knowing it's funny but true,

He wanted to do more but couldn't, the the bandages were rapped tightly around his chest. Small bags filled with water, machines that beeped and beeped hung next to him. He breathed the air he was given too via mask, his body feeling light yet heavy at the same time. Michaelangelo was sitting next to him, head on the bed Casey was in. He was in tears, begging Casey to live and not die on him.

a little Rag Dolly, sweet as can be, could be friends with a Dolly like you.„

:P

Just a thought.

[turtleboyz]

Character Analysis: 2012 Season 5: Mikey

Literally Mikey

Ok but seriously, as a person with ADHD, watching Mikey in this series is hard. Like wow! Ableism and stereotypes! Fun!/sar. In the first 2 seasons Mikey was a interesting character! He was fun and make pranks but he wasn’t reduced to a annoying character. He was empathetic and help take care of Leatherhead. While he was a bit of a “ditz” he’s also very smart. He has a night emotional intelligence, and can do chemistry. Heck, he was trapped in the Dimension X and became a survivalist. That would have been so cool to see a bit of what Mikey had to go through, or some of his adventures.

As the seasons progresses, Mikey was placed in the background. And he became less and less important to the show. He became more “immature”, and more of a jokester. The shiw even says that Mikey has the maturity of a 6 year old. Which, if you didn’t know, is ableist.

The whole family going into Mikey mind, is could have been a way to explore Mikey’s character. Because while Mikey is the joker and was place in the background, there was elements of him growing. Him having anger issues, which his anger being the biggest persona he has. Him being the best at mooning without thinking, him taming a crocodile! His negative traits could have been a way to explore his character. His eating habit, can be seen as both an eating disorder and a symptom of his ADHD. (Since people with ADHD have a higher change of binge eating disorder). His prankster and jokers can be seen as a way to him cope with the stress and his family problems. Heck, that was an actual episode!

For Mikey, he is a mix of a scrapgoat; a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency and The Mascot. A Mascot’s role in the dysfunctional family is to distract from problematic behavior, usually through humor or social skill.

Mikey also is implied to have Maladaptive Daydreaming. Or some type of Dissociation disorder since he “goes into his mind when things get rough” or something along those lines. Maladaptive Daydreaming symptoms are

Intense, vivid daydreams that present as a story, with characters, settings, and plotlines

Daydreams that are triggered by real-world events or sensory stimuli

Unconscious facial expressions, repetitive body movements, or talking or whispering that accompany daydreams

Daydreams that last for several minutes to hours

A strong or addictive desire to keep daydreaming

Trouble focusing and completing daily tasks due to daydreams

Trouble sleeping

Maladaptive daydreaming may develop as a coping strategy in response to trauma. The inner world may feel safer than the experience happening outside. For example, people with maladaptive daydreaming found themselves engaging in the behavior more frequently.

Dissociation is a mental process of disconnecting from one’s thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity.

Some symptoms are;

Feeling disconnected from yourself

Problems with handling intense emotions

Sudden and unexpected shifts in mood – for example, feeling very sad for no reason

Depression or anxiety problems, or both

Feeling as though the world is distorted or not real (called ‘derealisation’)

Like Raph, Leo, and Donnie. Mikey also died. His was murder was well. He was killed by Newtralizer ( season 5 episode 5 + 6) and came back and gain temporarily Electrokinesis. Personality I think he should have keep it, and have his powers act like a heart monitor. (Since Bishop didn’t want him to overuse his powers or it might kill him.)

As for his family, Mikey seem closer to Leo and sometimes Donnie. With Leo he and Mikey have a more sweet older brother and little brother dynamics and the two talk about cartoons. With Donnie, Mikey try’s to hype up when the two are on mission. And he try’s do chemistry with him. With Raph, while Mikey does get verbally and physically abused by him, Mikey is the one that jokes or picks on Raph.

With Splinter, there wasn’t any one on one scene they had. But the way Splinter talks about Mikey, while mostly positive, it seems like splinter doesn’t know how to dealt with Mikey’s ADHD and sees Mikey in a negative way some times.

For me, Mikey is my second favorite turtle in this series. While I don’t like that he was shoved to the side in the later season, and he did get on my nerves from time to time. I do think he’s a good character, i just want more characterization from him.

[leadenn]

OH YEAH!? YOU WANT MY THOUGHTS? YOU WANT MY THOUGHTS!? (I did that AND some, oops)

Absolutely adore your fic front and back. The entire concept had me intrigued, and once I started reading, I was OBSESSED. Legit, I would talk to my friends about it, talk to my shower, talk to my Twitter mutuals about it.ALSO ALSO I adore how you write monologues, it's so funny and so descriptive, makes me feel things good things. Every single one of them you write so well, like YES he would say that! I see a lot of Raph and Leo being writen so off, like their manorisms are so yes, I could see him doing that. Casey is so cool and I adore his relationship with Abby, big bro and lil sis, he would give the world for his sister and she would love the world for him. You feel me? Oh and I love how all of them just were like "yes Abby is my favorite little sister, I would kill for her", so fucking obsessed. Casey and Abby have gone through so much shit and I'm so happy for them being around people who love and care for them. Leatherhead and Casey and Abby and Mikey are so sweet. Leatherhead is also a sweetheart, he's so nice and the way you write him makes me melttt, I become a pile of mush 🫠Mikey and Him are soooo sweet too and I swear to god you have changed my ENTIRE perspective on those two as a ship its incredible, like before I ddint even THINK that much about it, but here I am in my notes app with a full on page of how to implement leatherhead in my au AND in my fanfic, the note title is legit called 💥THAMK UOU LEADENN💥 also just read the newest chapter came back to edit this, YAY! FUCK YEAHH!! Those twoooo OUGHHHH!! The inner monologues you write are so fuckin good, like I can read that thing good without getting confused and having to re read, I understand it because you explain well! The scenes play out good and are incredibly funny or incredibly sad or both. Like holy shit. Also the way you write and hint has me going "WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??? WHA WAIT WHA??" like I end up shocked eyes open. I also enjoy your writing so much I usually don't venture off into the collection of other stories unless they still include my favorite character but with how you write I just love everyone so much I'm like eating that shit up, full course meal gourmet food 5 stars. I know you get a lot of Mikey stuff so I left him for last on how much I fucking LOVE HIM HES SO COOL like mental stuff aside his one liners and his kick ass brain lines are awesome oh my god he comes off so damn cool like daaqmnnn who made you king of Antarctica, lord of coolness. I love his inner monologues so much, its so funny and so real like, "Yeah he underestimated how much of DICK the forest would be." Had me HOWLIBG, first thing in and I get hit in tge face with another real as hell Mikey line. That was actually one of the things that keeps me reading, what drew me in when I first found your amazing story. He'd just started spitting facts and a gnarly backstory and in my head I was like "ohhhh shittt!!" I get so excited every time an update comes out, goddamn chapter 5??? I am so goddamn proud of you for reaching 61 CHAPTERS AUGH I can't stress this enough you are doing AMAZING, you're writing so much and it's terrific every single time, every single comment, kudo, fanart, just everything, you deserve it. You're so awesome-sauce! I think I would bite the dust if I wrote as much as you, as much as I love it I am already struggling with getting past 5k words. Anyways, your writing genuinely is my coffee in the morning especially when I've run out of coffee and my phone is the only thing that morning to bring me joy. Also you intimidate me, most fanfic writers do but the moment you interacted with an account, boss music started playing in my head

I think I'll combust if I proof read this so before the guy in my head backs out I'm just gonna send it 👍😩👍

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Semi-Conscious

Title: Semi-Conscious Day: Febuwhump Day 12 Prompt: Semi-conscious  Fandom:  TMNT 2003 Word Count: 3482  Author: aquietwritingcorner/realitybreakgirl Rating:  T Characters: Michelangelo, fan children Warning: NA Summary: When a sewer tunnel collapses, Mike is injured and cut off from the five children he rescued from Baxter Stockman’s lab five years ago. Determined, Mike pushes past his injuries to rescue his children, but he might end up needing a little help that comes from an unexpected place. Tie in to “I’m Not as Stupid as You Think I Am.”    Notes: This goes back to a Whumptober 2024 story I wrote called “I’m Not as Stupid as You Think I Am” which was a 2003 Last Ronin-like story. In it Mikey was the last of his family still alive, Baxter Stockman was the last of the enemies to take down, Mikey did, but he also rescued some mutant kids from his lab before he blew it up. That was all the story established. I have sense decided that Mikey rescued five mutant turtle kids, babies, three girls and two boys. He named them after important people to his family—Yoshi and Hamato for the boys, Tang and Shen for the girls—and the Japanese word for shadow, Kage, because he almost missed her, as she was hiding in the shadows of her cage. (and as homage to Shadow from the original comics) ff.net || AO3

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Semi-Conscious

Mike had tried very, very hard to be a good dad. It wasn’t easy, not with him still grieving the loss of his father, his brothers, and Leatherhead. And it wasn’t easy doing it all on his own, either, without the support of his family. Although that was a little unfair. He wasn’t completely on his own. April, Casey, Casey’s mom, Angel, and Tyler all helped him. Joi, Tora, Adam and Faraji stopped by to check on him. Even the Justice Force lent a hand. But it was still difficult to raise five very active children effectively on his own.

But he had been doing his best.

And as part of that? Well, he trained them. Not to carry on any fights, or to go out and protect the city or anything like that, but just so that they’d be able to protect themselves if they needed to at some point. And also, to run off energy. Definitely to run off energy. Mike wouldn’t be surprised that, if he could talk to his father, he’d find out that a good part of the reason he trained all of them was just to give focus to and get rid of some of the energy he and his brothers had back then.

But the one thing that Mike didn’t want for his kids was for them to be caught up in old battles and with old enemies that had belonged to him and his family. Yes, Mike was well aware of the concept of blood feuds and the like. But just as Splinter had kept knowledge of the Foot and the Shredder from them, not wanting them to get caught up in an old war, Mike didn’t want that for his kids either.

And yet things seemed to find them.

Mike coughed as he pushed his way up through some debris. His head swam and he nearly fell over, but he caught himself and pushed himself upright. What had happened? He and the kids had been going through some of the sewer tunnels, trying to get them familiar with other routes when—

--when the ceiling had caved in.

Panic surged through Mike, and he began frantically looking around. “Kage! Yoshi! Shen! Hamato! Tang!” he called out the names of his children, praying to whatever spirits were listening that they were safe.

Distressed chirps caught his ear, and he stopped long enough to listen in. They were coming from nearby and mixed with cries of “Daddy!”

Mike turned towards them, staggering and nearly falling over. His head spun, and the collapsed sewers in front of him swam in and out of his vision. That wasn’t good, but he had to focus, he had to get his kids out of here, make sure they were safe.

“Kids?” he called out, his voice a little unsteady.

A little green hand emerged from between some debris, and Kage’s sweet little voice called out from it. “Daddy!”

Mike practically collapsed next to the small hole, and reached for the hand, holding it. His head was spinning, but he did his best to stay focused. “Kage! Kage are you alright?”

The hand pulled back in, but Kage’s watery eyes peered through the gap. “I’m okay,” the five-year-old said, sniffing a little. “I scraped my knee, but I’m tough!”

“I know you are, sweetie,” Mike said, trying to look at the collapse without falling over. Maybe he could dig them out. He had to, before any humans arrived. “What about your brothers and sisters?”

“Yoshi looked at them, cause he has the band aids,” Kage said. “Um, hang on.”

There was a little shuffling around, and Yoshi appeared at the hole in the debris. Mike’s heart almost broke seeing how scared he was. “I, um, I looked at them!” the little boy said. “Tang scratched her arm, and Shen is scared but okay, and my hand hurts, but ‘Mato tried to protect Shen, and he’s got a bump on his head.”

Mike felt his heart rate pick up, but he tried to stay calm. “Is Hamato awake?” he asked, ignoring how his own slight was blurring a bit.

“Mm-hm,” Yoshi said, turning to look back. “But he’s kinda sleepy looking.”

Hamato being awake was a relief, at least. “Okay. Okay, good. You guys just hold on, okay? I’m gonna try to get you out. Keep your brother awake!”

“Okay, Daddy,” Yoshi said, “I’ll try!”

He vanished from the hole, and Mikey could hear more shuffling around as well as the sound of Shen crying. They were all scared. He could hear it in their voices and chirps. He had to get them out of there. But his head was swimming. He needed help. He reached for his phone, only to find it missing. A quick check found his Justice Force communicator missing as well. With a frustrated huff, Mike leaned his head against the collapse for a moment, closing his eyes. He had to focus. He had to force himself up. There was no way to get in touch with anyone, and he couldn’t leave the kids here while he went for help. It was up to him.

Mike heard more noises, and he forced his eyes open as Kage quickly came back to the small hole. “Don’t worry, Daddy,” she said. “I’ll—I’ll take care of everyone! I have a flashlight! And Tang has extra batteries! So, it won’t be dark and really scary!”

Mike blinked. “Where did she get—you know what, never mind,” Mike said. “I’m going to try to get all of you out. Just let me know if anything looks like it’s gonna fall in there, okay?”

“Okay,” Kage said. “I—oh, hang on.”

There was more shuffling behind the wall, and then Tang’s voice came through the hole.

“Are you gonna try to move the wall and ceiling?” she asked, her voice a little rough. She had been crying too, Mike could tell.

“I’m gonna try to see if I can make a whole big enough for all of you to get through,” Mike said.

“But you’ve gotta be careful, because if you’re not, it’ll all fall down?” Tang asked. “Like with the blocks?”

Mike blinked a moment, trying to place what Tang was talking about. Right, right, they’d been playing with some blocks that fell down and covered a small doll, and Tang had figured out that some of the blocks she could move without everything falling, and some she couldn’t. April had turned it into a lesson of some sort, if Mike remembered correctly.

“Yeah, like the blocks,” he said. “So that’s why you’ve got to tell me if it looks like anything is going to fall. Can you and your brothers and sisters do that? It’s really important.”

There was a brief pause, and then Tang’s voice drifted back out. “Yeah. We can do that.”

“Good girl,” Mike said, and then turned his attention back to the collapsed wall.

It was a mess, to put it lightly. He wasn’t sure how well it would hold in the long term, much less with him moving thing. But he had to try. Even if his head was swimming and he was having trouble holding onto consciousness, he had to try.

Forcing himself to move, Mike moved to where the hole was, and started there. It was slow going, and more than once Mike found himself having to push past dizziness and the desire to just collapse. The small voices calling out to him kept him going. He wasn’t about to let anyone get their hands on them. Not his kids. They wouldn’t live in the same kind of fear he and his brothers had.

Mike had no concept of time, not with his focus swimming in and out as it was, but eventually the hole was big enough for the smallest of his children to squeeze out. He just needed to move a little more and it would be big enough for all of them. It was tricky, though, because it looked like it was supporting weight. Still, maybe if he was fast enough…

“Okay. The hole’s big enough for most of you. Hamato, I’m going to have to make it just little bit bigger for you, okay?”

He heard his son sniff. “Okay,” the boy replied.

“Good boy,” Mike said. “But here’s how we’re going to have to do it. You’ll have to be in there alone for just a little bit, okay, Hamato? I promise you, it won’t be for long. But this’ll be easier if your brother and sisters are out of the way.”

“I don’t wanna be left alone,” Hamato said, clearly upset and tears in his voice.

“It’ll be okay,” Mike said, trying to reassure him. “It’ll only be for one minute, probably less, two minutes at most, okay? And I’ll be nearby.”

Hamato sniffed again, but Mike heard a chirp of agreement.

“Okay. Yoshi, Teng, Kage, Shen, you four come on out and stand on the opposite side, alright?” Mike instructed.

There were sounds of agreement, and, one by one, the four smaller turtles squeezed their way out of the hole Mike had made. Mike directed them to a safter area, and then turned his attention back to his remaining son and the problem at hand. His head was still swimming, but he did his best to hide that.

“Okay, Hamato, get near the hole,” Mike said. “As soon as I move this rock, I want you to try your best to get out of that hole, alright?”

The boy sniffed, but slowly nodded. “Okay,” he whispered out.

Mike took a breath, making sure that he was ready, and then he moved the piece of debris, hoping that the stability of the area would hold long enough for Hamato to scramble away. Unfortunately, the turtle luck was running true to form, and the area began to shift and crumble. Hamato wasn’t moving fast enough, and Mike could see it. The ceiling over them began to crumble more, and Mike launched himself at his son, grabbing him up and pulling him close, using his own body to shield the child. Debris pelted his shell as he ran towards the other side of the collapsed tunnel, where his other children were hiding in a mostly intact pipe.

He wasn’t steady on his feet, but the adrenaline rush helped with that, and he stayed upright—or at least he did until what felt like a large piece of debris hit him in the head. Lights bloomed behind his eyes, and he tripped, falling. He had enough of a presence of mind to curl around Hamato before awareness left him.

A small hand pressing on the side of his head was the next thing that Mike was aware of. He murmured a little, turning towards it, and he heard Yoshi say “Daddy?” Mike forced his eyes open, but they didn’t stay open for long. He could hear the voices of his other children and Mike let his eyes close, trying to understand what was going on.

There was something warm pressed up against his side. Something… one of his kids. Curled into him. Hamato. It was Hamato, and he had Mike’s arm draped across him. Someone else was near his head, pressing something into the side of it. He could hear movement and the voices of his other children, although he couldn’t make out what they were saying at the moment. Mike tightened his arm on Hamato, and both of the kids near him froze.

“Daddy?”

That was Yoshi again. Yoshi was pressing something on his head. That made sense. His son had taken an interest in medical things early on. Mike must have been bleeding or something.

“…Yoshi…?” his voice was weak, but it was the best he could do at the moment.

“Daddy!”

Mike slowly forced his eyes open. “Wh’re your sisters?”

“They’re here,” Yoshi said. “Daddy, you’re hurt, your head is bleeding.”

“I know,” Mike said, although he didn’t actually. He had to get them out of here, though. Mike went to try to sit up, only for the whole world to spin around him. For a moment he lost track of everything that was happening around him. When he came back to his senses, it was to the voices of Kage and Yoshi talking over his head, with Shen close to Hamato. He couldn’t hear Tang anywhere, but that wasn’t too unusual.

Mikey groaned.

“Daddy!”

Several voices called out at once, and Mike tried to crack his eyes open again. Kage was there with Yoshi, both of them looking upset and worried. Mike lifted a hand and laid it on Kage’s shell.

“It’ll be okay,” he said.

Kage sniffed but nodded. “Yeah,” she said. “We’re gonna get help, okay? You’re—you’re hurt! And we’re gonna get help!”

Mike wasn’t sure how they could get help. All he wanted was them somewhere safe. “All of you go… go to April and Casey,” he said. “Leave me here.”

“We can’t leave you!” Yoshi said. “You’re hurt!”

“You can’t let the humans see you,” Mike said. His head was pounding, and he closed his eyes again. “Get somewhere safe.”

He knew that Kage said something after that, but he didn’t understand what it was. Sensations floated in and out of his awareness. Sometimes he could understand them, and sometimes he couldn’t. But when he was aware, he tried to reassure his children. A touch here, a hug there, words spoken to them. He knew they were moving about, but he wasn’t comprehending everything they said.

“….Force communicator…”

“…broken…”

“Tang can…. Smart…”

“….shell cell…”

“…little bars aren’t…”

“…a hole?”

He had no idea what they were doing, but when he heard them digging, he hoped that they were escaping. For a moment, he floated, not really able to concentrate on anything. And then he felt little hands prodding at him again.

“Daddy, Daddy, you need to get up.” That was Kage.

“You can go back to sleep after,” Yoshi offered up.

A hand grabbed his and pulled at it. “Please, Daddy?” that was Tang, and Mikey cracked his eyes open enough to see that pleading look that she gave him. “We just need your help.”

Mike groaned and tried to sit up. His head swam, and he rolled over instead, on his side.

“You can do it,” Hamato said. “You’re the strongest!”

“Over here,” Shen called, and Mike looked her way.

“Please, Daddy,” Tang said. “It’ll help us all.”

He couldn’t refuse that. Staggering, and still not sure what was happening, Mike did his best to roll to his feet. His children tried to help keep him steady, and he had to lean on them for support. Slowly they guided him to a wall.

“That rock,” Tang said. “Move that one there. That’s all you’ve gotta do.”

“Right,” Mike grunted out.

Moving the piece of concrete wasn’t easy to do, mostly because he wasn’t up to full strength, but he managed to get it to tumble down. Mike was unable to keep his own balance, though, and he also fell, hitting the ground hard, even though he tried to catch himself. He could hear his kids calling out his name, gathering around him, and he managed to turn over, to lay on his shell. It wasn’t comfortable, but he could see the hole that he’d made. It didn’t look big enough for the kids to go through, but he also wasn’t sure that he was seeing it right.

Mike drifted in and out of consciousness again. Yoshi stayed close, keeping something pressed against his head. Hamato and Shen snuggled under his arms. Tang and Kage seemed to be discussing something, but what it was passed right through Mike’s awareness. All he wanted was for his kids to be safe. Every so often he tried to get them to leave, but they never did.

And then—there was movement.

It took Mike a moment to realize that the sounds were coming from outside of the collapse, and that there were voices. It was enough to make him drag himself further towards consciousness.

“Hide,” he breathed out to his kids and they, looking scared, did, Shen tugging Hamato after her.

Mike forced himself to his feet, although he was barely hanging on. Still, he reached for his nunchucks, not willing to let anyone touch his children or take him without a fight. The wall crumbled in, and Mike growled.

“Stay away,” he said, not quite able to see who was in the newly formed entrance way.

Little robots streamed, moving about the room in a way that made Mike’s head spin more. He heard the surprised squeaks and chirps of his children as they were discovered by the little bots, and Mike lashed out as the bot herded his children towards him.

“No!” he half-yelled. “You can’t have them!”

“Turtle Titan—calm down!”

Mike blinked. “…What?”

“Those are just Ananda’s bots. They’re making it safe enough to get you and the kids out of here.”

Mike squinted. “Sentry?”

“Yes, my friend. It’s me.” Sentry said. He frowned. “You’re hurt.”

“The kids. Gotta get them—” he took a step forward, and he crumpled. Sentry zoomed forward and caught him. His head spun and he could barely comprehend what was going on.

“Don’t worry, Michelangelo,” Sentry’s voice said. “We’ll keep them safe.”

Mike knew no more.

When Mike woke up next, it was to a much clearer head, although no small amount of pain. It took him a second to realize that he was in the Justice Force’s medical facility, and he jolted, sitting up and swinging his legs over the bed before he even put the action into conscious thought.

“Mikey, wait!”

Hands were suddenly on his shoulder, and he looked over to see April there, a worried look on her face.

“April? The kids! I—” he started.

April put gentle pressure on his shoulder. “The kids are fine, Mikey,” she said. “Scrapes and bumps and bruises. Hamato has a small concussion, but it’s nothing serious and will heal fine. Angel and Tyler are with them now.”

Mike relaxed at that and allowed April to push him back down into the bed.

“You’re the one we need to be worried about, Mister,” April said. “You had some pretty severe head trauma going on. Fortunately, there was a healer on hand who took care of a lot of it.”

“What happened?” Mike asked.

April pulled up a chair that she must have been sitting in before and scooted up to Mike’s bedside. “It looks like it was just a structural collapse. The sewer tunnels just collapsed. You guys just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Mike’s brow furrowed. “Then… city workers should have found us,” he said, confused.

“They probably would have,” April said, “Except that you’ve got some clever kids. Your phone and your communicator were both broken during the collapse. But Tang takes after her Uncle Donatello in more ways than one. She managed to fix the communicator enough to send out an emergency signal. But the signal couldn’t get through the concrete. So, Kage, Tang and Shen worked to clear away the debris, as much as they could, with Yoshi and then Hamato helping them later. Once they got you to get that last piece, they were able to get the signal out and the Justice Force responded.”

Mike blinked at April. “They’re such smart kids,” he said, a smile gracing his lips as he settled back down.

April hummed her agreement. “Apparently, Kage and Yoshi talked over what to do the most, while Tang worked on the communicator. Hamato helped to keep an eye on you, and Shen did her best in everything she was asked to do.” April reached for his hand and gave it a squeeze. “They’re great kids, Mikey.”

“I want to see them,” he said. “I need to make sure they’re alright.”

“Of course,” April said, giving his hand a squeeze.

April stepped out of the room for a moment, Mikey took that moment to look up and the ceiling and let out a breath of relief. They were okay. His kids were okay. He was okay. That was all he had wanted out of the situation.

It didn’t take long for April to return with five anxious five-year-olds in tow, or for them to all called out for him and climb into his bed. Mike welcomed them in, holding them closely. With his children safe and sound around him, Mike could finally relax. They were here. They were alright. And they had worked together to take care of each other. It was more than he had feared and exactly what he had hoped. And knowing they were safe in his arms? That was the most reassuring thing of all.

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

LGBT Turtles

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Silk and Steel by katanashipping (stopbeingbored) - Usagi doesn’t like the changes he sees in Leo (tw mental health issues, violence)

clinging to hope (what else is there to live for?) by leones @leonsi - Usagi confesses a secret while helping Leo out of a bad place (tw suicidal thoughts, discussions of suicide, mental health issues)

our love is a forest fire by taizi @taizi - Raph provides Casey with a much-needed refuge (tw mentions of alcoholism, past child abuse)

Wearing each other’s clothes by @madf-user - A comic, but I adore it anyway (cw nsfw joke)

male!Karai and Leo (⊙ヮ⊙) by @crylin - Genderbent Leorai (also a comic, but I love it so)

i can feel your eyes stare (and i'm not gonna lie, i get a little bit scared) by leones @leonsi - A collection of beautiful little Leosagi drabbles (tw past rape/noncon, self-doubt, light sexual content)

do i dazzle you? by @snuffes - Art for the greatest crack AU idea ever (Rasey, Twilight/TMNT)

Accidentally Sleeping In by @theherocomplex - Leo and Usagi slept in and the family smells blood (cw dirty jokes, teasing)

It happens between us by @katanashipping - Leo and Usagi come to face with twin revelations (tw violence and injuries)

Layers by ClothesBeam - Leo deciphers Usagi’s romantic poem

Theories and kisses by sonicsora - Four kisses that brought April, Donnie, and Casey together

Say My Name by LeeontheNeon - Casey has too much fun with Raph’s full name (cw mild sexual content)

Irrational by Mendeia - Leatherhead struggles with his feelings for Donnie after the Good Genes arc (tw trauma, past torture, self-esteem issues)

Half Shell by Claire - Donnie’s family doesn’t appreciate his latest round of experimentation (cw implied sexual content)

Countdown. by Werepirechick - Soulmate AU where Casey, April, and Donnie find each other through ticking clocks (tw mentioned injury)

Sweet by Swirl_O_Whirl - Slash and Mikey trick-or-treat together

Thrown in Reverse by slipstream - Donnie and Casey try and fail to work out their knotted feelings

making weapons of war (for fun and profit) - An AU series with steadily building Capritello in the background (tw violence, injury, family dysfunction)

lover(s) by cxlesstial for HeyAssbuttImBatman - Snapshots of April, Donnie, and Casey falling hard for each other

december 17th: caught between the moon and new york city by watergator - Human AU where Woody and Mikey confront the possibility of separation

still new york by cxlesstial - Human AU with heavy queer themes (tw alcohol, trauma, grief, past violence)

a crow’s murder, a jay’s party, and a magpie’s parliament. by Werepirechick for guide_to_the_galaxy - Human AU where Casey, Donnie, and April are a badass ghostbusting throuple (tw violence, possession, injury, past death)

10 ways to say i love you by orphan_account - Casey and Leo find different ways to declare their feelings for each other (tw injury, past violence)

Sleepy Bunny by StupidBolts - Leo and Usagi cuddling on the couch

Leaps and Bounds by blazichu - Casey gives Donnie an unusual offer 

Paperthin by stopbeingbored - Casey says the wrong things about Leo and Usagi’s relationship (tw homophobia, violence, not very 2003 Casey friendly I’m afraid)

Bloodied Sword by blozinxz - Leo needs Usagi’s help to deal with something he’s never encountered before (tw blood)

Avocado by Capricornicis - Leo and Casey struggle to work out the emotional complexities of a BDSM encounter (tw explicit sexual content, BDSM mess ups, mental health issues)

Operating Under a Different Set of Rules by orphan_account - Mikey and Woody push the limits during a visit to the Tunnel of Love (tw explicit sexual content)

Winner Takes All by Adoradork for Duz-Machines-1984 - Casey and Raph have their own kind of brawl after coming home from a street fight (tw explicit sexual content)

Casey Trips and Falls... In Love by coffeeandcream - Casey and Raph realize their “friends with benefits” relationship has taken unexpected depths (tw explicit sexual content, self-doubt)

Intimated by orphan_account - Leatherhead and Michelangelo spend some time in the sewers together (tw explicit sexual content)

Ivy by SuuriSakara - Donnie and Casey have an unusual conversation in which Casey offers up a surprising revelation (tw alcohol, self-doubt, past bullying)

Four Minor Disasters and a Major Chord by Semianonymity for Werepirechick - Five awkward steps that bring Casey, Donnie, and April together (tw self-doubt)

Thanksgiving by sylvain - Raph and Casey find themselves in the middle of domesticity

Mixed Signals by ladycyon - Casey tries to figure out one of Raph’s more unusual habits (cw implied sexual content)

Waking Up by fren - Leo has too many lives in his head to deal with, and one of them involves Casey more than the other (tw past violence, mentioned character death, injury, implied sexual content, past suicidal thoughts)

2050 by fowo - Shadow wants to know about Raph’s history with her father (tw grief, past character death)

Understand by c0nstruct_out_of_reach - Casey tries to bring Donnie back from the dark in the wake of a terrifying transformation (tw violence, injury, identity loss)

Corruption by orphan_account - Casey tempts Leo in so many ways (tw drug use, alcohol, heavily implied sexual content)

Completely Casual by Werepirechick - Donnie and Casey stumble into love, and April ends up coming along on the ride (tw sexual content, homophobia, violence)

These Are Our Days by love_killed_the_superstar - Woody and Mikey do all the soft couple things together (cw mild sexual content)

Domination by Garden_Guardian - Leo only submits to Usagi (tw explicit sexual content)

Cramped Smelly Boxes by chocolatedisco - Leatherhead and Michelangelo try to work things out (tw bullying mention, discussions of family dysfunction)

The Hotdog Incident by Winnychan - Mikey makes an error and Leo helps Usagi deal with the fallout (tw vomiting)

while you’re here enjoy the view by taizi - Raph watches Woody, Mikey’s new boyfriend, make his way into the family (tw past violence, bigotry mention, injury)

someone will come running by taizi - Mikey waits for Leo to come back, and he brings a stranger with him (tw grief, mental health issues)

it's only love, not a timebomb (there's no way out of this) by authenticaussie - Leo fusses over an injured Casey (tw past violence, injury)

Ordinary she is not. by Werepirechick - A collection April O’Neil pieces with background Capritello (tw PTSD, mental health issues, discussions of violence)

Better than Silence by orphan_account - Mikey drifts away from everyone after Splinter takes over the Foot Clan, but Woody manages to find him (tw homelessness, implied family dysfunction)

Knowledge, not Numbers by authenticaussie - April and Casey don’t think much of Donnie’s programs (tw self-doubt)

The Chronicles of Karai Getting Her Shit Together by Crowdog @50-shades-of-cloaca - An epic series where Karai ends up at the farmhouse after escaping Shredder; main pairing is f/m, but both leads are bisexual and there are other heavy queer themes throughout (tw graphic violence, rape/noncon, abduction, past child abuse, past sexual abuse, underage rape, family dysfunction, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, self-harm)

vulnerable by coffeeandcream - Raph doesn’t know how to cope with Casey being gentle (tw self-doubt, explicit sexual content)

De Novo by hummerhouse - Raph finds Slash in the woods behind the farmhouse (tw explicit sexual content)

Kiss by melismatic - Casey and Raph squabble over what counts as a first kiss

Regrettable Implications by pleasantnonsense - Casey spills a secret about himself and Donnie at an inopportune moment (tw implied underage sex, accidental outing, self-doubt)

limerence by toumei - Donnie and Casey stumble into a relationship (tw mental health issues, mild sexual content, underage drinking, anxiety, sleep deprivation)

A Collection of Raph & Casey Shit by coffeeandcream - A gorgeous little bundle of fluff

Your Heart's Desire by Werepirechick - AU where Raph’s a demon that Casey accidentally summons and things spiral from there (tw alcohol, violence)

O Monster, let me into your heart by orphan_account - Donnie and Casey make their odd little way into love (tw explicit sexual content, self-doubt, existential angst)

Chruściki! by leones @leonsi - A collection of sweet and brilliant stories (tw implied sexual content, past child abuse, alcohol, PTSD, family dysfunction, mental health issues, trauma, past bad parenting, unexpected pregnancy, dissociation)

long live our love by guide_to_the_galaxy - Donnie’s pissed and Casey’s hurt, but it’s still a not half-bad date (tw injury)

What Doesn't Kill You by ladycyon - Raph faces down heartbreak down Casey’s wedding to April (tw unrequited love, unhealthy coping mechanisms, alcohol, implied violence, injury)

Cliché (it was too late for me) by leones @leonsi - Leo meets a strange human girl at a cafe (bi and ace m/f; tw mild homophobia, anti-mutant prejudice, past abusive relationships, eating disorders, some deception)

Panda Wolves by Crowdog @50-shades-of-cloaca - The Hamato clan is forced into a visceral confrontation with the past (ace and polyamorous Leo; tw underage rape/noncon, past sexual abuse, sexual abuse, violence, trauma, suicidal thoughts, health issues, victim blaming, internalized victim blaming, underage drug use, accidental drug use, emotional/psychological abuse, physical abuse)

Trans Michelangelo - A series in which Mikey is caught by monsters and deals with some very dark things (tw blood, gore, mental health issues, past rape, trauma, transphobia, slut shaming, nonconsensual drug use, misgendering, mental breakdown)

Starts With One by transdonatello - April offers Donnie what comfort she can (tw implied rape/noncon, implied sexual abuse, implied abuse, explicit sexual content)

I Promise I'm Trying by Crowdog @50-shades-of-cloaca - Leo tries to find the courage to come out to Karai as trans, only for events to conspire against them (tw internalized transphobia, mild transphobia, self-doubt, fear of rejection, torture, hiding medical issues, health issues)

to know yourself by Werepirechick - A ROTTMNT trans Raph story full of love and compassion (tw gender dysphoria)

Call Me What I Am by Kyn - A (non-shippy) intersex Raph story where unexpected revelations catch the whole family off guard (tw violence, mental health issues, attempted rape, underage sexual assault, identity issues, possible accidental transphobia, non-sexual nudity)

TMNT Headcanons by Arrow_Jaeger - First chapter is 2012 queer headcanons, second is Bayverse nsfw headcanons (tw sexual content, mentions of depression and internalized homophobia)

Squeaks and Butterflies by orphan_account - Donnie struggles with her developing attraction to--and feelings for--Jhanna

black and white by cxlesstial - A genderbent Capritello set during the farmhouse arc, complete with slow dancing and love confessions (tw past violence and injury)

And this is just my stuff

you could try and take us (but we're the gladiators) - A collection of Leosagi stories (tw violence, vomiting, some explicit sexual content, discussion of abortion, past underage rape/noncon, past underage rape/noncon, past sexual abuse, csa mention)

it's important to hold on (hold on) - Raph makes the rather foolish decision to try and rescue a drowning human (tw near-death experiences, emotional constipation, blood and injury)

(not) easy being green  - Slash and Mikey mellow out together (tw drug use, trauma, health issues, mentioned gender dysphoria)

Kaleidoscope Snapshots - A collection of queer TMNT stories (tw near death experiences, panic attacks, sexual content, mild internalized acephobia)

am i coming out of left field? by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters - Awkwardness ensures when Casey’s little sister walks on him with Donnie and April (tw mild content, implied bigotry)

My Flesh To Rule - Casey makes a choice about his own body (tw bigotry, transphobia, abortion, brief slut shaming, mentions of blood pain and dysphoria, author is rapidly pro-choice)

Yo Woody - An expansion on Mikey’s letters to Woody (tw mentions of rape/noncon, discussions of abuse, trauma)

Ring Ring - A tale of disaster gays and distinguished lesbians, told over April’s phone (tw mentions of sex and drug use)

Fallen Angel - AU where Casey’s dad brings home a monster (tw slurs, violence, child abuse, imprisonment, torture)

Merry Fucking Hangover - Woody wakes in Mikey’s bed up after the Hamato’s Christmas party tried to figure out what happen (tw implied family dysfunction, implied sexual content, alcohol)

Underground Rainbows - 50-sentence collections for Rasey, Leosagi, Jonatello, and Woodyangelo/Leatherangelo (tw implied mind control, sexual content, character death, implied mpreg, brainwashing, violence, implied alcoholism)

Fallout - Mikey lashes out at Slash following a devastating loss (tw slurs, violent fighting)

[turtlepowerriiise]

MIKEY AND LEATHERHEAD ARE SO SWEET I LOVE THEM SM

[fabuloustrash05]

5;Favorite things about Frida

There’s so many things I love about my RaMona baby OC!

She’s one of my first TMNT OCs where I’m truly proud of her design! I’m so happy on how she turned out. I feel like I did a great job, combining both of her parents traits into our design.

Frida is my favorite OC cause some of her was based on myself during my childhood. She does ballet (I did ballet as a kid but not as much as Frida does) and she comes off as so cute, innocent and playful but if you push her buttons, she has an explosive temper, much like how I was as a kid lol

I love her overall character and concept. She’s just a sweet little girl who sees the good in everyone. I mention this before but I love her friendship with my other OC, Sasuke. They are like the Mikey and Leatherhead of this new generation of fighters.

Also the idea that she’s a pacifist who hates fighting, when her literal parents are Raphael and Mona Lisa, two fighting obsessed warriors! Oh, the irony is glorious!

[deadwardianpoltergeist]

am I the only person to ever ship leatherhead x splinter

okay because hear me out

2012:

Splinter isn’t great at handling people with anger issues, but through falling for leatherhead he finally learns to understand it, and be able to be reassuring and actually handle such things well

that would be really nice character development for splinter, even redeeming him if his flaws were to actually be faced but nooo he’s great and wise and totally handles raph’s anger so well(/sarc)

2003:

Splinter understands Raph much better in this version, being very good at calming him down, and honestly I think Splinter would be really good for LH, showing him that even if he can’t always control himself, he can still be loved, temper and all. She can show him that he’s not a monster, his mental illness isn’t his fault - I don’t ship them romantically for 2003, not like in 2012, since I headcanon ‘03 Splints as aroace(and I’m pretty sure LH is a teenager so… yeah that would definitely not work), but I would like at most some “father and son” type dynamic fan content of them I think they’re really sweet

they have so much respect for each other and LH kind of is a sort of parental figure to the turtles in 2012, mostly to Mikey

[calliecat93]

What would you say is your favorite thing about each of the 2k12 turtles?

God this is SO late. I am so sorry Anon. I honestly missed it when it first came, then just forgot. But let’s see here…

Leo: I love how much of a dork he is. And I love that they used that to develop his character. From a corny hero fanboy to a true leader, I love it~

Raph: His loyalty and protectiveness for his brothers. Yes he’s a jerk and can be a bit of a bully. But not only does he work on improving, but in the end he’ll always have his brothers backs… admittedly sometimes against their friends/allies but still.

Donnie: His heart. Donnie can be… a handful at times and clearly has no sense of boundaries when it comes to April. But he always puts his everything into anything and always tries to help. He tried to help Pulverizer, worked tiredlessly on the retromutagen to help multiple people, went far and beyond for April even getting temporarily killed for it.

Mikey: His positivity. I have a… lot of opinions on how Mikey got utilized in Seasons 3 snd 4. But when used properly, Mikey is that bright spot who can put a smile on your face no matter how bleak things are. It’s what makes things like his relationship with Leatherhead so sweet, he’s able to be open-minded and form connections.