#rottmnt space au

[a-little-birdie]

Okay, if I started to write about a ROTTMNT space Au but with the humans are space orcs vibe how would y’all feel about that? Because I’ve got the bare minimum of an idea for a story right now and I’d love to grow on it with you guys.

(Ps. I might do some x reader stuff with this as well)

[gumy-shark]

what happens in this space au

ok so the most solid thing I’ve got so far is:

the main cast (turtles + april + splinter) are the crew of the starship 7UR-T13 (also known as the Turtle Tank), and although they see themselves as dashing adventurers, they have a long way to go before anyone else regards them as anything more than a bunch of two-bit smugglers. one day, they get a tip-off that Draxum Corp is doing some illegal experimentation, and head over to put a stop to it. They accidentally reveal themselves to Draxum himself while stealing everything that isn’t bolted down (including some very important experiment data/evidence of their many crimes), kicking off the main plot. Draxum Corp starts hunting them down, hiring mercenaries (aka the recurring mutant villains from the show who aren’t boss-level threats) to catch them and retrieve the stolen data, and possibly the turtles as well. As the turtles scramble to stay out of Draxum’s clutches, they start running into clues about their past and origins that only serve to make life even more complicated for these poor turtles who are already in way over their heads with this whole “getting wrapped up in an intergalactic shadow conspiracy” thing.

beyond that, i have some vague ideas for silly sideplots, some backstory involving the Hamato Clan, fitting the other recurring characters into the world (i.e. Big Mama being a crime boss who pretty much owns a substantial part of the galaxy), and silly jokes that are funny to pretty much just me!

[ashwii]

The moon's not fond of so many eyes on him today, he's used to the people being asleep when he's out. It's okay tho, the sun's there to give him hugs during the total -w-

[scatterbrainedbot]

ok but the ghibli vibes of @triona-tribblescore 's wandering guardian au???

like i could live in this world forever tbh

inspo boards/refs below ft trionas SPECTACULAR GORGEOUS AMAZING og works of the au bros

[sad-leon]

Finding Home part 9!!!

Leo is back at the lair and this time he's gonna stay put,,, for now :3

Masterpost

KoFi || Patreon

[turtleblogatlast]

Leo, if he leaned more into his love for magic tricks: for my next trick, I’m gonna make myself ~disappear~ *proceeds to get lost in space for five months*

[tangledinink]

aw poor swannie :( he must be so confused

For the most part, Swannie is feeling more... numb and tired than confused. There are certainly moments when he's disorientated or doesn't understand what's going on, but he can't really bring himself to care that deeply.

But he does still have his moments. There are occasional bursts of energy from him--

Or, on the other hand, rare moments when he will suddenly go very quiet, very still, very stiff--

The rest of the family quietly thinks of these as "my brother is being fucking possessed by a twelve-year-old child," moments. They may be far from the Lake, but Donatello and Odette's souls are still entwined, and so every now and again, her influence will still rear its head. And yes, in those moments, Swannie is always very confused and very scared.

[teenagenutant]

Ik it's bad that they've fused and not slept for 3 days straight, but all I can think of the fluff aspect of the fact that they could stay fused that long and lose track of time. I wonder, do they sometimes sleep like that? To stave off nightmares and such?

this is a really sweet concept 2 me... i'm not sure if galileo ever really sleeps, but they definitely use them to avoid nightmares. and hey if you're gonna stay up all night anyway, it's good to have company, right?

[glitchingfluffster]

..maybe he were a doggo all along––

b.e.n.t peepaws belong to @butterfilledpockets

[zinzabee]

you light up a room but like the sun nobody looks at you you light up a room and like the sun you help us all to bloom

Sun!Raph | Song Lyrics | @ashwii

[a-little-birdie]

Basics of space au head cannon style.

This is the general story idea and character basics. I’ll build on this more as I go. Thinking of naming it Give Me Space and will mostly focus on April. Of course I will focus on the turtle brothers and splinter and everyone else as well. Don’t worry.

This is pretty long, I was gonna add more because of Baron Draxum and Big Mama but I didn’t want to make such a ginormous post. Sorry.

Tw: violence

Story idea: The brothers live on their ship travelling around space just living their life. They stay planet side more than they travel through space. Recently they’ve gotten into trouble with a few other aliens but most notably Big Mama and Baron Draxum. Now they need to figure out how to live while being wrapped up in a huge net of danger.

So humans, this is a space au with humans are weird themes because it’s just good for plot, humour and a ton of other stuff! Side glances my angst. So how are humans treated in this world? They still aren’t technically an official species under the councils eyes yet so that leads to humans not always being seen as people. I don’t know how much I’ll touch on that subject in the story, I mostly wanna get the world building and stuff up first. Humans are a generally new species, especially to the further reaches of the universe. Not much is known about them except some of the basics. Most of them speak a language called English. They have an omnivorous diet although some choose to live a more herbivore life. They are historically persistence predators, chasing after their prey at a sustained pace to best conserve energy. They are very tough. They can bleed and are therefore, killable. Humans aren’t seen much outside of their own galaxy and are therefore usually a huge attraction.

APRIL O’NEIL! The one. The only. The short Queen. Can you tell I love her? In this she’s still the same age in the tv show but she’s a pilot in training. On a practice mission gone wrong April gets lost and crash lands on an alien planet. Eventually she finds an beat up looking ship that’s way to old to not be abandoned and decides to hole up in there. Only to find a rat looking alien staring at her in shock when she wakes up from a much needed nap.

Splinter, the man. The dude. The depresso espresso machine. This guys is still a human and an actor in the beginning, I can’t take that from him it’s a huge part of who he is. My thought is that he gets abducted by Big Mama and put in the Battle Nexus. The whole thing with Baron Draxum goes down and Splinter makes off with the turtles. He finds an old abandoned ship and decides to live there until he can find a better living arrangement. Spoiler alert. He doesn’t. The boys and him fix it up until it’s safe a flight worthy. So now his life is pretty Rinse and Repeat until he finds a Human sleeping in his hallway and doesn’t know if he should give them some warm food and a blanket or panic and call his sons.

Raph. The oldest of them all. The ancient fossil. Yes I’m making “haha old” jokes at a cartoon character. Literally nothing changes with him, with all the turtles tbh. As a kid he spent most of his time going out to find stuff to fix the ship but never went far enough that he would lose sight of the ship. So most of the stuff he got was branches and leaves. He also took care of his younger siblings the most and knows what’s dangerous and what’s not in terms of local flora and fauna. He didn’t read a book on it it’s just mostly from experience and watching the other animals. In the beginning, Raph is the most concerned with the humans well being when he first finds them in the hallway. It cannot be comfy to sleep there.

Leo, the smug man. The anything-but-straight disaster, the one that resonates with my very soul. Yes he’s still a theatre kid, of course he is. I think he’s got a little more sleight of hand skills though. Everyone in here is a little more morally grey. The boys kinda had to steal to be able to make money and get supplies to, ya know, live. Leo just became the best at it, his moral compass when it comes to that stuff is the most broken. When Leo first meets the human he’s actually scared of them. The human yells at him for getting to close and he screams. Donnie never lets him live it down.

Donnie, the neurodivergent dude. I love this man so much, it’s unreal. Sadly I don’t have much for him yet. But, he makes a translator for the humans English. He gets it to work by recording the human while standing near them, they’ll just shout and yell and he’ll just stand there until he has enough English to work with. Unsurprisingly, most of the words he gets are swears, detailed threats, go away, leave me alone and *insert guttural screaming.* It’s actually kind of funny.

Mikey, is still Mikey. He’s the ADHD, acrobatic, artist that we all know and love. Damn that’s some alliteration right there. When Mikey first got into art it was when he found some old spray paint cans that were abandoned in the area. After that he started experimenting. Over the years he got the proper equipment he would need, such as a gas mask, ladder to reach the higher places, etc. Him with a gas mask is actually kinda scary. He was wearing it inside the ship when he met the juman sadly and now they don’t like him. Even with the gas mask off. However the two find common grounds over drawing and food. So that’s good!

[butterfilledpockets]

I swear, Ronin is the equivalent of "why are we here...? Just to suffer??" In the B.E.N.T. au while his other dimension brothers are causing chaos. Somehow, Ronin is still the youngest, but he also feels like the oldest wrangling a bunch of kindergarteners and trying to make sure they don't set the place on fire. That guy is a walking existential crisis

this is how it feels 24/7

forever subjected to little brother

[sweeneydino]

Will you ever make something else for the "Transporters don't act like they do in Space Heroes Leo!" Au? I find the concept fascinating and it's rotating in my brain like a rotisserie chicken.

(no pressure or rushing or anything just a genuine question)

Of course!

The 2012 turtles have a restraining order against me now

If anyone has any little headcanons, I'd be fine with drawing some them :)

Kind of a part 2 of the last ask post.

[4d-teevee]

more nitw au!!!!!

the twins are stargazing and reminiscing

warning

dead body implied and hallucination implications

[sad-leon]

hey what if i wrote a fic 👀

featuring a doodle i have of him:

[joyfuladorable]

First batch of Mikey doodle requests I asked for on twt! Practicing how to draw more iterations for a bigger piece I have in mind ^w^