#the last ronin

[sweeneydino]

Bruh.

[pyxaperson]

I have recently been getting back into TMNT lately and whilst I haven’t caught up with all of the iterations yet, one consistency that I have noticed that keeps fucking me up is that every storyline that depicts the future for the brothers - Donnie always dies.

The Last Ronin comics are a given, considering it’s focused on Mikey’s grief with the death of his whole family - not just Donnie. But this consistency also exists in both RotTMNT and the 2003 iteration.

RotTMNT’s film depicts only Leo and Mikey as the only surviving members of the original family unit - not long before they both pass as well.

Whilst I am not familiar with the 2003 series (plus I don’t want to spoil myself too much), I understand that while Donnie didn’t died in “Same as it Never Was” - the people around still grieve his absence. Him being sent to the future directly caused not only the events of that episode to take place, but the erasure of a future Donnie to begin with; thus leading his brother to believe he died (again, that’s what I am pretty sure is going on).

The only exception to this rule was the 2012 series, and even that is loosely stated. Donnie is the only one to die due to the mutagen bomb. The only reason he was able to survive was due to his mind being connected to Metalhead and even then, he is still technically dead. The Donnie that we watched throughout the series and Donbot are not the same people. Donbot is just Metalhead with a dead teenager’s consciousness uploaded into it.

His survival was due to a lucky alignment of circumstances and despite it, he doesn’t even get to live.

[excali8ur]

When you meet your past lives but they're all ignoring you and freaking out over this one guy?

I've seen a few versions of this floating around with the different Leos and I wanted to have a go at doing one for Mikey. They're all collectively realising what a bus sized bullet they dodged by not ending up as messed up as Ronin

[tizeline]

Rewatched Arcoss the Spiderverse recently and got An Idea

[hitwiththetmnt]

Just a Number P1 P2

Gee Donnie how come you get to have two ages?

[theelvishfiddler]

Said & Done

[el-pada]

been playing fortnite

[phykoha]

thinking about him

[camarilla-arts]

While still fixated on TMNT at large, I am especially not able to stop thinking about Bad End Ninja Turtles, an au comic by @butterfilledpockets. 2003's "Same as it Never Was" Raph may not have ever experienced the Ninja Tribunal arc, AND I don't think Rise movie Leo still has his powers, so maybe this was just as much of a surprise for the both of them as it was for Ronin. at least we know for sursies Don-bot has seen magic shit before.

[redkehlchen]

>:(

[sweeneydino]

Cold warmth.

Last Ronin petting some cats. Nothing else >w>

Alts below vv

Remember to hug your peepaws 👍

[chrisjohnsoninfiction]

[shellsweet]

We strike hard & fade away into the night.🌙

[butterfilledpockets]

Know Peace, but take no shit.

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masterpost

I decided not to split this into two parts (which is why it took a lot longer than the other updates) because it is very action heavy

please please bare with me with the robots- I swear there is a reason

would you guys be interested in their ref sheets?... perhaps?

REF SHEET FOR ROBO DUDES

[hitwiththetmnt]

Just a Number P1 P2

@butterfilledpockets bent boys have a good spread of ages between them to talk about

[srhunt]

I had a concerned adult approach me at work yesterday and tell me that Mutant Mayhem was “so violent”.

I responded with, “Really?”

But in my head I was thinking, “oh honey, that’s NOTHING”

(Mutant Mayhem had a few moments that made me go “OH GEEZ!” but its no where close to being the most violent TMNT project)