#rottmnt fic polls

[tangledinink]

I'm Sorry, Teenage Mutant What Now? Donatello Ref Sheet!

Yayyy, now he has a proper, actual reference sheet! Also reflects a few tweaks I've made to his design since the first original pass at it. Rest of the gang forthcoming.

(also, just for fun, donnie w/o his twists--)

[callmehere-iwillappear]

not sure if it really counts as propaganda for @tmntaucompetition since neither au is actually participating this year but i loved cmh and imbi leos being friends last year so i wanted to write a little something for them again. uuhh enjoy (also imbi is by @dandylovesturtles go read it if you haven't!!)

“Can’t believe they forgot about me,” Leo complains overdramatically, as he and his brothers walk into the venue for this year’s competition. “I mean, just because I’m invisible –”

“I highly doubt that’s the reason you weren’t invited to participate this year,” Donnie says, rolling his eyes. “There was something about getting your name submitted, I think?”

“Awww,” Leo says, despite not really caring that much. This year’s theme is based on the different decades – something about a singing and dance competition? And while they've established he can sing if there's a crystal in the microphone, nobody else can see him dance, so. He wouldn't be able to participate in half the event anyway. He's still going to be dramatic about it, though. Duh. “Can’t believe none of my loyal fans stepped up, in that case.” 

He stops just inside the door and looks around, taking everything in. It looks… very different from last year – there’s no basketball court to be seen, for one thing. Lots of new faces, too – and a few familiar ones. No one who seems to notice him, at least not yet. Maybe one or two of the new guys will be able to see him, if he’s lucky. But that can wait – he has someone else he needs to find. 

After several minutes of scanning the crowds of competitors, though, he doesn’t see the particular turtle he’s looking for, and he sighs in disappointment. 

“Is he not here?” Raph asks, and Leo shakes his head.

“Nope,” he says, glum. “He was probably just busy this time with the whole – curse thing. Or he didn’t get invited either.”

“That's too bad,” Mikey says, sympathetic. “Do you still wanna stick around, or should we head home early?”

Leo shakes his head. It's… nice of Mikey to offer, but he knows they (especially Donnie) are excited about this whole thing. Getting to meet the friends they made last year, who can actually see them. Getting to make new ones. Getting to exchange more notes about the multiverse, in Donnie's case. He doesn't want to take that from them. 

Besides, like he said – there's no way of knowing one of the new guys won't be able to see him, right? Who knows, maybe he'll be able to make some new friends too. A guy can dream. 

“Nah,” he says, not voicing any of that. “It'll still be fun to watch, and I can always cheer for you guys’ friends.”

There's a moment of awkward silence while the other three look at each other, before Raph sighs and nods. “Okay, but let us know if you do want to leave, alright?”

“Of course.” Leo flashes a grin, then gestures towards the stands. “C’mon, we should go find some seats before all the good ones fill up.”

They make their way over to the bleachers and start looking for a good place to sit. It's already started filling up, but Raph manages to spot a row with enough space for all four of them (if they set something down in Leo's spot so no one else takes it), and they start heading up to it. 

There's a lot of chatter from various groups of turtles they pass by, so there's no reason for any one thing in particular to stand out. And yet –

“I dunno, guys, I don't think this is enough blankets,” comes a familiar voice from a row over. And, okay, they're all variations of the same people, so technically all their voices would be ‘familiar’ – but. But. Even if they're the same people originally, there are still those variations. Someone's voice might be a little higher. A little lower. A little rougher, like maybe they're not used to using it again quite yet. 

Or maybe it's something a bit harder to put a finger on. Whatever it is, it has Leo snapping his head around, stopping in his tracks halfway to their seats. Someone calls his name, waves a hand through him, but he ignores them, too focused on finding where that voice came from. 

It doesn't take more than a few seconds to spot the only Leo bundled up in blankets, his brothers hovering over him worriedly, and – 

Leo's knees go weak. He manages to keep himself standing, just barely, but honestly that's the last thing on his mind right now because that's –

That's his friend. Back in his body, visible, tangible. A little banged up, maybe, but – alive. Alive. 

Leo doesn't even realize he's crying until Donnie gets in front of him, waving a blurry hand in front of his face to get his attention. 

“Nardo?” he asks, concerned. “Is everything okay?”

Leo shakes his head, only realizing when Donnie's expression tightens that ah, okay, bad idea – rushing to reassure him. 

“Yeah,” he says, sniffling. “Yeah, sorry, just – you can see him, right?”

He points, and Donnie turns to look, scanning over the stands until his eyes land on the other Leo. And Leo can see the moment he realizes, his whole body tensing as he turns back to ask, “Is that – is that him?”

Leo nods, and Donnie glances over once again, studying the other turtles for a moment. 

“... Are you gonna go say hi?” he asks then, and Leo – Leo freezes.

He… he probably should, right? Like – okay, it's not that he doesn't want to talk to his friend. He does! He wants to so bad, he wants to tell him how glad he is that everything worked out okay, that he got his body back, except –

What if he can't?

Logically, he knows that worst case scenario, other-Leo can't see him and Donnie just lends him his goggles. Easy fix. And yet – he can't… really explain why the thought of other-Leo not being able to see him on his own anymore fills him with so much dread. Just that it does. Just that the thought of having to find out – of walking up to his friend and not being seen, of saying something and not being heard – locks his knees up and freezes him where he stands. 

“Leo…?” Donnie says, expression softening in worry. “What's –”

“What if he can't see me anymore?” Leo blurts out before he can talk himself out of it, and immediately winces, backpedaling. “I mean – I guess then you could let him borrow your goggles, duh, not a big deal, so it's –”

Donnie's turn to cut him off, eyes narrowing through the goggles. “Is that what you're worried about? He'll just be happy to see you, even if he has to use the goggles to do it.”

“How do you know?” Leo asks, and Donnie freezes up, caught. 

“I – I know everything, obviously,” he says, looking away. There's definitely something there, but Donnie looks uncomfortable enough as it is, and he – he has a point, as much as Leo doesn't want to admit it. 

“Fine,” he sighs, moving around Donnie, stomach churning with nerves that get worse with each step. “But if this goes bad, I'm blaming you.”

“Wh –” Donnie yelps, freezing for a moment before scrambling to catch up to Leo. “How is that fair?!”

“It just is,” Leo throws over his shoulder, before coming to a stop a few feet away from his friend. He feels kind of like he might be sick, if he had an actual stomach to be sick with. But still – he swallows hard and steps forward, metaphorical heart jolting in his chest when other-Leo perks up like he heard something. 

Time feels agonizingly slow as other-Leo raises his head and looks around, before his eyes finally land on Leo. Looking at him, not through him, and Leo might cry again if he wasn't trying very hard to keep his image intact. 

Other-Leo's eyes light up, and Leo can't keep the smile off his face when he asks –

“What's a ghost's favorite makeup?”

[chaoticspeedrun]

I have a question for everyone who reads/plays my Interactive fic

Yes, you can fail this game, in the very first chapter.

[rottmntficbattle]

ROTTMNT FIC BATTLE BRACKET

INSPIRED BY ADMIRABLE BLOGS SUCH AS @tmntaucompetition , @whatinthefuckingninjaturtles , @tmnt-iteration-competition , @tmntausummit , and many more!!

hi! I’m going to let this post circulate a bit before opening submissions.

this will be a poll bracket of ROTTMNT fics! I love rottmnt fics and I’m sure this will lead me and many others to new ones, aswell as be fun for everyone! This poll is meant to be for good times, so please do not be aggressive or offensive when fics are battling or a fic (sadly) leaves the bracket.

If a fic is Explicit or TCEST, it WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. For obvious reasons. Also this one isn’t as serious but I’d rather just not do romance-centered fics at all, but if I’m seeing them submitted a lot then I’ll take em!

spread the word! Submissions open June 1st.

(Sorry about the wait, it’s just I have exams and then will want a few days to myself)

See you all then!

Asks should be open if anyone wants clarification or has some silly questions! Theme will be discussed when submissions open and the verdict of the theme will be announced when polls start!

[middlechildkin]

F!Leo and Present Leo interactions melt my heart like they’re such healing inner child moments

It hurts so much just look

[Excerpts from MNMC, OMO, TAE, DMD would’ve reread WMAS if it wasn’t suspended]

But like these young Leos have such complicated opinions on their older selves. Their relationships are so fragile and so difficult to comprehend, like it’s them. These teenagers are literally looking at a possible future version of themselves, who had to witness the fall of all their loved ones and the destruction of what they used to call home—everything that they know. They’re face to face with a version of themselves that had to go through a war that they believe was their fault because of their mistakes. Future Leos are the literal embodiment of “what if” for Present Leos.

And seeing the different ways F!Leo authors portray that relationship is so interesting. Like the common theme is resentment in the F!Leos seeing their younger selves but also guilt because that’s literally just a kid.

F!Leos are face to face with a reflection of themselves at that age and have the chance to guide P!Leo in the direction opposite of theirs. They can’t help but see the one who “started it all” but at the same time it’s not them. F!Leos have a twenty-or-so year age gap between P!Leo but they didn’t have the chance to grow as they were too focused on an alien apocalyptic war that decimated everything everywhere. They can’t necessarily help the guilt and resentment they feel while looking at the kid version of themselves that is still a kid that doesn’t quite know better than they do, but achieved what they couldn’t.

Hopefully this makes sense and thanks for listening to my Tedtalk. I’m just really in a F!Leo fic mood and I’m hurting from thinking about it so much these past few hours

Anyways… who’s the most peepaw of the bunch?

I’m thinking an F!Leo who be so dad he’s standing behind the couch watching TV with the kids but doesn’t sit. So dad the kids have all accidentally called F!Leo “Dad” at least once. This F!Leo is so dad he’s passed out on the couch after a hard day’s work claiming to have been awake since 5 AM but knocked out at 2 PM. He’s so Dad he’s sitting on the kids pretending they’re not there just to hear them laugh or smack his shell. So Dad he’s playing catch on the front lawn.

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: "Leo!? Leo!" Mikey was screaming, and he flinched at how scared his little brother sounded. The innate need to comfort him kicked in, and Leo stepped forward, holding out his arms to him invitingly, smiling to let him know everything was alright. “Hey, Mikey, what’s wrong-” Mikey didn’t open his arms to hug him back. Mikey ran through him. Leo is cursed by a mystic whatever thingy. But don't worry guys, he's totally got this! Getting back into his body? Easy peasy. (He hopes it will be easy peasy.)

Author: @dandylovesturtles

[doyouknowthistmntau]

Do you know call me here (i will appear) AU by @rbtlvr??

Learn more about the AU by clicking here or here!!

Reminder!! Submissions are open!! You can use the submission form or the asks!! ^^

[bluepeachstudios]

Ghost in the Shell Ficlet: Home

Well, here it is! The au where the Rise kids meet the canon 2003 boys. This is a rough one. :') As a reward/punishment for the Peepaw Polls, I present to you:

Ghost in the Shell Short Stories - Chapter 5 - AmevelloBlue - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]

[crosshatchedaces]

Good game!!! Blue only just barely won by the skin of his teeth! I was checking and rechecking the whole day and we tied with an exact 50/50 and least three times! The lead was going back and forth with a 2% or less difference ALL day, you were actually winning by I think 1.2% when I went to sleep at 2 am I'm imagining they had a super evenly matched fight and went back and forth for hours then at the very end they call it even and go to high five, and the high five is what sends Mikey to the ground. And Blue laughs, but then ALSO falls to the ground

Hold on- I had to draw that asdfjgngorenr

The real ending to ITBOTB Blue vs. Fracturing Time Michelangelo in @rottmntpeepawpolls

Haha, that was totally wild and intense! It was so interesting to hear/watch the poll fluctuate like that lol it was a good time! I'm happy you won that, man, you deserve the win, and you worked really hard for it! I wish you luck on the future polls, I'm rooting for your peepaw!

Also, I think it would've been so funny and great if a team up ended up happening; I even doodled the team up that was stopped before it could get too powerful

[squiblez]

Matchmaker: reader goes to April's college and is infamous for being a matchmaker for classmates, despite that she's never dated anyone and Leo takes this as a challenge, Leo is a flirt and would 100% be into the tsundere/love shy type

Amnesia: reader wakes up with no memory of the last few years including befriending the turtles, reader used to be their enemy and now Leo and company have to help them readjust to hero life (I realized a lot of fics just plop you into the middle of knowing everyone and everything and thought of this)

Apocalypse Parents: takes place in the bad timeline (years before the end tho), reader finds a young Casey scavenging and tries to help him thinking he's on his own, (future)Leo thinks she's trying to kidnap him and after some very intense arguing and explanations reader ends up joining the resistance, hijinks ensue

[callmehere-iwillappear]

vote cmh in the losers bracket donnie put a lot of work into getting that mic to work <3 @tmntaucompetition

+ pov everyone else bc that will never not be funny to me

[just-this-once-ao3]

JTOEL Chapter Six progress update

Um. Hi, I promise this fic isn't abandoned. I am actively working on it as we speak. But, um, I'm gonna be real; I started this fic having absolutely no clue what I was doing or where I wanted the story to really go. I mean, I had some plot points figured out, but no real... structure. It was just an idea that I posted, an idea I didn't actually think would get very popular. And then the kudos and comments started flooding in and they're still going strong even now, but here's the thing;

Chapter one no longer holds up now that I've thought the lore through and know what I want to do with this story.

And that... that is a problem. A very big one. Because in order for the story to move forward, I need to rewrite chapter one. I have to retcon some things, and that's the biggest reason as to why chapter six is taking so long to come out. Because I don't know if people will take kindly to the intro chapter being changed, I don't know if people will still like it.

I don't think anything, like, really big will change, but I kind of feel... restrained by the content in chapter one. Certain things, like the dialogue exchanged between Leo, CJ and Mikey, just no longer fit. Mikey's thought process no longer fits. And on top of that, my writing style has changed.

And I'm not quite sure what to do.

I'm stalling, to put it simply.

Is this story primarily for me? Yes, yes it is. But I still want people to like it, I still want the people who love this story to enjoy it even if the first chapter is different. I still want to share it with the world and for it to be loved.

So...

I'm going to leave it up to a poll.

[rottmntficbattle]

OK GUYS HERE WE GO!!

Polls end June 20th. I will be absent June 12th-20th and so uh I decided might aswell keep them open

[chaoticspeedrun]

i love your ANASTASIA AU game??? It's literally my favourite now.

Aaaahh thank you so much :D I'm also curious tho, who are people going for in the game?