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Ronin references // roninpluralau

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE I ORIGINALLY TEASED THIS? 2 MONTHS? a WELL THE LONG AWAITED RONIN REFERENCE SHEETS ARE FINALLY HERE

This took me like 16hrs and it's not even the full reference I was planning on. Honestly my style has changed a lot since I first drew this and I've just like, generally gotten better at drawing turtles lol but I'm still really proud of this

all of this is still canon - but I have adjusted their design a bit as I’ve gotten better at drawing turtles (plastron is rounder and flatter now)

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thing that happened to me today . yah ever just forget that alters don't have their own bodies , yeah. Leo's never living that down // roninpluralau

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higher quality versions of that last post❤️

thing this is based on + their height difference

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baby ronin. If u even care

also fun fact ! Wood turtles are a greyish-brown for the first 2 yrs of their life and develop their colorful patterns later. now adding mutagen into the mix ronin was a greyish brown until about 8 yrs old ! that must have been a surprise

this turtle uses they/them !

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Ok I'm posting this guy by themself for now because the amount of fucking TIME those scales took me... Christ

this turtle uses they/them ! // roninpluralau

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quick design I made for this au I've been thinking abt ^_^

Everything I have to say about it rn is in the post I just linked so I'd recommend reading that lols

otherwise I think when they first found out they were system was around 14-15 yrs old and when everyone first split off they were around 2-5. So abt 4 yrs old. I'd imagine the trauma was Shredder related, and the things that snapped the plate was probably the shredder / foot clan invading them and Splinter's home. There was a HUGE disconnect between their fight-flight-freeze response which is what initially caused the split, with Ronin freezing at first but the brain knowing if they didn't fight right fucking now that them and their dad would die, so Raph split off to well, fight as well as he could. (Giant magic ninpo outburst is probably what saved them)

That's why raphs the oldest but also the least emotionally stable, because I'd imagine he'd be the Main trauma holder, with Leo not having any knowledge of the invasion happening or the circumstances leading up to it. He's still aware it happened though just from Splinter talking abt it, but for his whole life felt disconnected from everything that happened.

So their roles would be:

Leo; technically host but shares front with everyone pretty often. ANP and physical caretaker

Raph; Trauma holder and physical protector. EP whose only really out during training or when they're in danger

Donnie; Emotional protector and gatekeeper. ANP trauma holder . Likes making shit and resident braincell haver

Mikey; Emotional caretaker EP. not a trauma holder but is aware of it. Mostly there to make sure the body expresses their emotions and doesn't have a panic attack

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in case ur wondering Yes he knew it was donnie cause of the suicide bait - roninpluralau(link)

also bonus , there was gonna be more of their conversation that got more angsty but I got shit to do

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more baby ronin doodles because they're like 5 colors and 1 sauce packet tall <3

ronin-they/them roninpluralau(link)

another fun fact ! Wood turtle tongues are this reddish pink color despite their dark coloring. Doesn't seem like a very fun fact but when drawing that lil baby one sticking their tongue out I thought it's black but nope ! Pink

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Stop lookin at me with those big ol' eyes

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older brother

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(stunted both physically and emotionally 🫡)

so I noticed a difference between my Karai and 2012 Karai ....

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oh we are so fucking back // roninpluralau

Mikey-Raph co-con. Raph was having a flashback n panic attack and Mikey tried to help with it and now they’re both not having a good time :( but it’ll be ok

I decided to give ronin a little jellycat bunny stuffie, as a treat. Pretty much all the stuff like toys and clothes from when ronin was little Splinter stole from various apartments, houses, patios, garage sales stuff like that. This bunny in particular was from Splinter stealing a package off of someone doorstep, and although it wasn’t Ronins first stuffed animal, it was definitely their favorite.

It managed to last the longest amount of time out of all their toys, and was really great to snuggle with since at the time when they got it, it was almost the size of Ronin. And since it was so floppy it was very easy for Splinter to carry around with the two of them

Now it just sits on Ronins bed most of the time and Mikey is the one with the most emotional attachment to it outside of breakdowns. Leo still cradles it occasionally if he’s having a particularly bad time, Donnie if Mikey is close enough, but with Raph, him with all his emotional repression is only able to comfort himself with it if Mikey makes them. Which is what’s going on here

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if I were a fish and you caught me // you'd say look at that fish // shimmering in the sun // such a rare one // can't believe that you caught one

roninpluralau // just a quick chibi ronin doodle ^_^ what're they running from 🤔

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I put way too much effort into this shitpost. Also April yay !!!!! First time I've ever drawn her, design still in progress etc . Also her jacket is open 4 the bit

4 everyone who doesn't know what's going on go to #roninpluralau(link)

flats + og meme under the cut ;

Yes the background is just a rise background im not drawing a whole background from scratch 4 this

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small ronin doodle dump ^_^ some spread over asks or other posts etc

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Mondo and Mona Lisa design process ^_^ these aren't solidified like at all LOL but I'm enjoying them