#rottmnt life mission AU

[daedelweiss]

finally, after a long wait i present to you the "Life Mission: Save My Brothers" trailer ✨

this trailer was painful to make but it was definitely a labor of love. i learned so many things in making it. i can't wait for all of you to watch the story unfold and i hope you're looking forward to what it has to offer 💖 thank you for being patient with me and i hope you'll all be here until the end!

and here are some of my favorite frames under the cut >:3

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[dianagj-art]

BETRAYAL!

In my head this is how the two managged to land on 3rd place lmao (One is surprised but not dissapointed)

There's so many branches to this poll now that I didn't know where to add this on so this gets its own post, pls make yourself a favor and check all the reblogs of that poll, there's so much good art and very funny tags from everyone

Bonus with the bestie:

LM leo @daedelweiss

RR leo @red-rover-au

[leo-kinnie]

THE SILLIES.... THEY MEET !!! @daedelweiss

[ Nothing Left To Lose!Leo meeting Life Mission!Leo !!]

[jacazull]

Hellooooo another DTIYS incoming!! This time it’s for the wonderful @daedelweiss :3 I was set on this pose because Mikey is stronger than he seems, and he’s always felt like the glue between his brothers.

[bluesgras]

separated

just leo aus and stuff

I SPENT SO LONG ON THIS IM GOING TO SLUMBER FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

au's, top to bottom!

seperated leo by @dianagj-art /@separatedleoau

tentative devotee by @s0fti3w1tch

the night au by @raymustardd

life mission save my brothers by @daedelweiss

snapdragon au by me :]

[trubblegumm]

What do you mean this isn’t how they find out donnie’s alive

Sorry I keep drawing @daedelweiss’ life mission au i actually had this stupid sketch in my projects since yesterday and decided it was worth it

[avephelis]

@daedelweiss LIFE MISSION DTIYS REAL!! love these boys and their au to bits (SO GO CHECK IT OUT)

[lazybonefox]

Did this DTIYS for @daedelweiss I really like your AU turtle bros and comic with such comfy and pretty style, keep it up!

[ghosts-and-glory]

Haha oops, dropped this.

Drawing on Magma.com (like a more intuitive whiteboard program) with a bunch of Rise! fans and we ended up with a large clump of Greens in one corner. I could not stop thinking about how my doodle could be a “cute” sticker design or something so I cleaned it up in Photoshop for funny. I’m incredibly entertained by how well know LFLS is like I swear 99% of the people I know in the fandom are very familiar with the fic.

The style I did this in is wildly out of my usual wheelhouse. I just had this look in my head and I couldn’t say no.

Like Father Like Son is a Rise! of the TMNT fic written by @eternalglitch

[acewithapaintbrush]

I really love @daedelweiss Life Mission AU and especially how close and affectionate the twins are so following my MO I just had to write something. Hope I got the characterisations right.

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"And this is 'Run of the Mill Pizza'! The best pizza place in the Hidden City. Ah, what am I saying! In the whole world!"

Leo spreads his arms wide and wiggles his fingers a little. It's easy to see how much he loves this place and how giddy he is to show Donnie. 

Don meanwhile is not particularly impressed. It seems like a nice enough place, but it's nothing fancy. The furniture looks old, the smell of cold pizza hangs in the air and the clientele… well, some of them he wouldn't want to meet in the middle of the night, let's just leave it at that. 

Don has occasionally accompanied Big Mama to meetings with important people at big and fancy restaurants, so he knows that this is definitely not the best Italian place in the Hidden City. He doubts this place sells a calzone sprinkled with gold leaf or champagne for 50 dollars a glass. 

But his twin looks so expectant and proud. 

"It's amazing." Don agrees easily. He looks around a bit more and his polite smile gradually turns more real. It does look a lot  more cozy than the other places he's been to and Don has recently developed a new fondness for all things cozy. He's lived his life surrounded by sharp words and restricting armor long enough to last him a lifetime. "It really is, Lee." 

"Pepino!", a voice shouts from behind them. "I hope you have come to pay your tab. You still owe me for the last delivery." 

"Tio Hueso!" Leo pulls Don towards a skeleton in a suit who manages to appear as if he is raising an unimpressed eyebrow without actually having an eyebrow. Don is kinda jealous. "Apart from the fact that I still can't believe you would charge your own godson for pizza, I've actually come to finally introduce you to my twin. Donnie, this is Tio Hueso. He runs this place and he looked after me while Dad was out looking for you all. Tio, this is mi hermano, Donnie."

The tall skeleton stares down at Don who does his best to not let on how intimidated he is. The void where this man's eyes should be seems to grow darker and darker the longer Don looks into it. The pinpricks of light don't help any.

But then Hueso smiles and it transforms his whole face. He suddenly doesn't seem nearly as scary. 

"Ah bueno. So we finally meet." He holds out his hand and Don straightens and shakes it with a firm hand. Some of Big Mama's lessons stick around longer than others. Hueso nods in approval. "I was glad to hear that you are alive. Welcome home, mijo. It's good that you have finally found each other again."

"Uh… Thanks." Don shuffles his feet while Leo beams and looks between the two of them with wide and hopeful eyes. The genius suddenly realizes that Leo must have been just as nervous about them meeting as Don has been. He suddenly feels very bad for his first uncharitable thoughts about this place. 

"Si. Very good. Good for me!" Hueso exclaims after a brief pause. He puts his hands on his hips and shakes his head. "Ay, that boy talked about you nonstop. My poor ears." 

"What ears?" Leo mutters sullenly. There is a light blush spreading over his cheeks. 

"'Oh, I'm sure my twin would have been super strong and super smart. Oh, I'm sure he would have been good looking, just like me, and an awesome ninja and super kind.' On and on and on he went." 

"Thanks Tio Hueso. I think we'll just-" 

"He drew pictures of the two of you and your other brothers all the time. I'm sure I still have some lying around."

Hueso disappears into the back, completely ignoring Leo's indignant spluttering and red faced outrage. 

"That you still have them only proves that you actually care! I hope you know that!" The slider shouts after him. He turns to his twin when it becomes apparent that Huseo is ignoring him. "Coming here was not an excuse for him to embarrass me." 

"Embarrass you?" Don asks and smirks. "As if the lair isn't plastered with your childhood drawings of us all." 

Leo pouts. "That's different."

"If you say so." Don leans back against a table and settles in to wait. As much as Leo acts long-suffering, he's also not made a single attempt to leave before Hueso comes back. The soft-shell turtle fiddles with his hoodie, surprisingly feeling a little bashful, a little unsure, all of a sudden. "Strong and smart and kind, huh? Guess you were pretty disappointed when you met the real me." 

He winces. Where did that come from? He is usually much better at keeping thoughts like that inside his own head. 

Leo doesn't react at all and when Donnie finally dares to look up it's to see his brother staring at him with a gobsmacked expression. 

"What?" 

"Ugh, forget I said anything." 

Leo takes him by the shoulders. "You are strong and smart and kind and an amazing ninja. You are the best, ever! Ever and ever!" 

Donnie groans and throws his head back so he can stare at the ceiling, but he doesn't even bother to hide the grin spreading across his face. "Okay okay, stop it already! I'm awesome, I get it." 

"You are." Leo's serious tone is enough for Don to snap his head back down. Leo stares at him with a mixture of pain and happiness that only his twin seems capable of. "You all are. The days I found you and Raph and Mikey were the best days of my life. All of them. How could I ever be disappointed?"

Don finally gives in and pulls Leo into a hug, burying his head into his brother's ever present scarf. He still has trouble showing affection in public, but for his family he is willing to learn. 

They separate quickly enough and Don is a good brother and so he ignores the way Leo surreptitiously rubs his face into the folds of his scarf to get rid of some treacherous tears. Instead he lightly punches his arm. "And what about handsome?" 

Leo acts like he has to think about it. "Well, since we are twins I'd say yes. Incredibly handsome." 

They are still laughing when Hueso comes back with an old drawing. If they were more familiar with each other, Donnie might have teased the man about the fact that it's in a very nice frame. As it is, he grabs it before Leo can stop him. Don can't help the undignified snort that escapes him at the sight of it.

"If that is how you always pictured me, then I believe you about not being disappointed." 

Leo chuckles and rests his chin on Donnie's shoulder so that they can both look at the crude drawing of a lonely 5 year old together. 

"Yeah. Definitely better than anything I could have ever pictured." 

[daedelweiss]

"did you know blue is the hottest color of fire?"

mostly made this piece as a counter to the remarks that LM!Leo is a sweet, innocent, naive child that only cries about his missing brothers. while he is emotional (and a lot of promotional shit and the only content about him paints him in that light), he is far from innocent and soft. what we see of him now is the face he puts on so people won't assume too much of him, just like canon leo. after all, he's seen what the search for his brothers has done to his father. sometimes, you have to be a little cold to walk in the flames.

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[ink7500tmnt]

My post movie Mikey design and headcanons!

As well as fan art for cool AU’s

1&2: My Mikey design

3: @kaysdenofchaos

4: @daedelweiss

5: @alexthenerdbird

6: My human Mikey design

#rottmnt #rottmntmikey #riseoftheteenagemutantninjaturtles #rottmntau #rottmntfanart #battlescarsau #rottmntLifeMissionAU #rottmntdystopiaAU #rottmnthumanmikey

[leo-kinnie]

fanart of a friends au!! Its called Life Mission and its by @daedelweiss

[ice-o-fon]

Participated in @daedelweiss dtiys!!

I have never drawn armour before, it’s not my strong suit….

That was a pun, just sayin,,

But overall enjoyable!!

[kittynumyum]

So, looks like we're going against Life Mission this round

I wish you luck tho for your au, @daedelweiss !!!!!

@tmntaucompetition

[lollobumy]

Life mission DTIYS!!!

@daedelweiss

This au is amazing, tried my best to draw these blorbos and their own starry reunion🌟