#the other psionic mikey au

[brightlotusmoon]

I'm going through the document @remmushound and I have been transferring our RP to, and I found a really sweet scene between Rise Donatello and Bayverse Donnie. Rise Donatello has constructed a brand new body for Shelldon and is proudly showing Bay Donnie. In this context, the Shredder's attack on the lair resulted in Oroku Saki and Karai both being brought into the physical lair after Bay Mikey did an astral plane energy thing.

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Donnie was attentive as ever, but really all he could do was coo and trill happily, and with each listed benefit he looked it over carefully.

“What do you think?” Donatello asked, hands clasped as he gave a nervous whine.

Donnie took one last thorough look, then sat back on his heels. "I'm in awe. This is incredibly advanced robotics. You're amazing, Don."

Donatello looked almost ready to cry, bouncing with the praise before he was able to contain himself and try to play it cool.

“Yeh, I knew I was good. Totally didn’t need affirmation or whatever. Psshh.”

"Awww. C'mere." Donnie held out an arm.

Donatello immediately dropped the facade and did a trust-fall into Donnie’s arm.

Donnie brought him close to his body and squished him. "Yeah you did. You deserve affirmation. You always have."

Donatello squinted his eyes closed and practically melted into the hold. “I was starting to think it was stupid…”

"No!" Genuine shock colored Donnie's mournful tone. "What? No! Never!"

“I’m not usually… really good with robotics. Sheldon’s the only thing I’ve made that hasn’t constantly fallen apart.”

"Really? I wouldn't have thought that at all."

“Well it's true. I couldn’t even fix a performance robot without messing it up." Donatello frowned.

"Heck, my drone isn't perfect, either," Donnie admitted. "Shelldon is a marvel of engineering."

“I mean— when he started out, he was just a head. Then he turned out… you know, sapient, and I felt bad for not giving him more.” More frowning.

Donnie stared at Donatello with glittering eyes. "Donnie... that's extraordinary. Do you realize that?"

“What?” Donatello looked back up at him finally.

Donnie engulfed the smaller turtle, murmuring, "You're extraordinary. I'm going to keep telling you that."

“Good, cause I love hearing it.”

Donnie pulled back to gaze at him. "Good. I need to hear you say that."

“That.” Donatello echoed. “There, it is said.”

Donnie grinned, then laughed. "Fantastic.

“Yes! Yes I am!”

"Yes you are!"

“Yeee!” Donatello gave a happy wiggle. “I still wanna do some final touches and double check the wires before I show it to Shelldon though.”

"I'd love to help!"

“Yaaay!" Donatello cackled "The first phase of world Don-Mination!”

"Say that around my Raph, he'll take it seriously. Mikey and I joke about it enough."

“Wanna try and convince him it’s real?”

"Hmmm." Donnie slowly tapped his chin. "Yes. I'm just immediately going through potential funniest scenarios."

“We’ll share with the class, don’t be stingy!”

Donnie rattled off ideas on all his fingers. "...although, no zombies, he hates that."

“Darn. What about skeletons? Do those count as zombies?”

"Hmmno. Because they're bones. No flesh to fall off."

“Great. I love loopholes!” Donatello spun a few times and then fell backward onto his bed.

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[mychemicalficrecs]

Can you do a list with processing/recovering from trauma? (preferably Gerard being the one being comforted)

I found some trauma processing fic, but Gerard was a bit hard to come by tbh. Everyone feel free to add your recs!

Trauma Processing

Undertow by silentdescant, Frank/Jamia, 35k, Mature. Frank lost his ship, his crew, and his best friend in one violent storm. When he washes up on an island, he has to learn how start living again. Time passes, and he thinks he's settled down and moved on, but then he rescues a woman from the sea and in caring for her, realizes he hasn't fully recovered from his own shipwreck. Frank quickly comes to depend on her and though he starts to live again, he doesn't want to live without her. Vaguely-historical AU.

< Walls > by jatty, Frank/Gerard, 4k, Teen And Up. “I feel safer without anyone around me,” Frank had confessed. “If no one’s in my life…I guess no one can hurt me.” “That’s no way to live,” Gerard had said. “Is it really worth it to be by yourself all the time? I mean…do you really want to be alone forever?” “No,” Frank answered, even though in the past — when he asked that question of himself — the answer had always been yes.

(Mama) by jatty, Frank/Gerard, 352k, Mature. "She's not crazy, she's just sick." That's always been Frank's argument whenever his mother's behavior is brought into question. Whether she's yelling or hitting, or ignoring him altogether, Frank knows it's not his fault--she's just sick. She's not crazy.

from silent dreams we never wake by endlessnighttimesky, Frank/Gerard, 3k, Explicit. Gerard sees it immediately – the fear and panic in Frank’s tired eyes, the slight tremble of his tattooed hands. Oh.

Bound to the Beat by dancinbutterfly, Bob/Patrick, 37k, Explicit. In a near canon world where orientation refers to dominance or submission, not sexuality, almost everyone has a soulmate that is supposed to complement their personality, biology, orientation and heart. Most people look forward to the day when the psionic bond sparks into existence, connecting them to their other halves. However, a trauma left Bob wanting anything but the bond he sees as a dangerous trap, and he takes matters in his own hands to chemically prevent his bond from effecting him. Patrick doesn't know what he did wrong but he knows that for some reason, his soulmate has rejected him and he has to learn to live with that. Between their pasts, their bands, and their hopes, neither of them expects end up where they do - so close with so much distance still between them.

Paramour by Merkey666, Mikey/Pete, 8k, Mature. Mikey is forced to leave Paramour due to health issues. Instead of going to rehab or anywhere else that would be a good idea, he goes to someone he hasn't spoken with in years. And yet Pete welcomes him anyway.

Between the Lines of Fear and Blame by notquitepunkrock, Frank/Gerard, 8k, Teen And Up. Frank was just trying to make things better, but they ended up so much worse.

At the End of the World by lemonsonmars, 913 words, Teen And Up. Gerard Way witnesses the death of his brother and deals with the trauma.

Little Fires by velvet_shiver, Frank/Gerard, 75k, Explicit. A traumatizing (and embarrassing) accident has kept Gerard Way away from Camp Warren for eight summers — eight summers which Mikey Way has spent at camp — but after a shitty breakup and terrible freshman year at School of Visual Arts, Gerard is forced to return to Camp Warren; this time as a counselor and art instructor. Gerard’s pretty sure the summer’s gonna be a total shit-show, until he meets Mikey’s cool friends. One of them’s a little cooler than the others, though. His name’s Frank, and he’s got moonlight in his eyes. ––––––––– Little Fires is a story about falling fast, confronting different types of trauma, and learning how to not be such an asshole.

[brightlotusmoon]

A friend is working on a Multiverse Mikey AU where each Mikey develops psionic powers. This one is 2007.

"2007 is the worst insomniac ever because his newfound powers make him have horrible nightmares

He got PTSD from seeing so many future possibilities

So he secretly medicates himself without his brothers' knowledge

But he is so happy and relaxed that it made him act kind of feminine

And nobody suspects a thing LOL"

Also he's a lot more focused depending on the strain. Explains why he only makes witty jokes in the movie.

And he is actually very observant there, helping his brothers lie to Splinter and helping the research!

Of course I'm not gonna make Mikey able to hide it for long

His brothers will eventually find out and then they'll go on an outburst at him as overprotective brothers

I love those things in hurt/comfort Mikey-centric fics 😍😍"

[brightlotusmoon]

I'm going through the word document I share with @remmushound that contains our Rise/Bay crossover fic. I found this scene between Rise Leo and Bay Mikey winking to Kevin Eastman funny:

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“Awwww. It’s like us with Dominos pizza. Except we did it every week.”

“So that’s why you had pizza box Furniture!”

“Exactly! Those boxes hold up really well.”

“Hm. We had pizza week! Except now it’s only one day every week and we go get pizza from all our favorite pizza places and feast on it throughout the week. By now They must think we’re some sort of pizza cryptids that emerge every Week to feast.”

“Oooh, pizza cryptids. I like it!”

“We must be regular because they have our orders ready every week before we even call!”

“That makes sense. Kevin doesn’t even look around, he just holds out the boxes for us.”

“Do you think he knows about this whole…” Leonardo motioned vaguely to Mikey. “Situation.”

A slow, wise smile drifted across Mikey’s face. “I think he does. I like to think he’s cool with it and it makes him smile to himself at night.”

“Awww that’s sweet! I hope he doesn’t miss you too much when you’re over in our world.”

“Leo says it feels weird to think about.”

“I don’t think it’s weird.”

“Me, neither. But I wanna hang around humans. Leo and Raph are still skeptical. Donnie thinks we would put ourselves in danger.”

“Just gotta pick your humans carefully!”

“That’s what I kept saying! Kevin wouldn’t ever hurt us.”

“I think we had a Kevin. He’s a fish now.”

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[brightlotusmoon]

Yeh I always saw Mike and Leo as more spiritual while raphie and don are more I guess more what’s the opposite of spiritual? Sorry I am not spiritual so I have no clue. What’s your headcanon for them?

In this case, I'll suggest the opposite of spiritual would be grounded. And yeah, my Spiritual Intuition Bros tag started after I watched the beginning scene of "Tale Of Tiger Claw" and got inspired to write a fic series.

In my 2003 AU, Mikey definitely matches Leo, but in very different ways. In the series, Leo casually told Mikey that he was the best at redirecting his chi - this always fascinated me because I felt it came out of left field. I imagine Mikey could be just as active with his spiritual energy as he is in body.

I like to give Mikey tactile telekinesis and photokinesis along with telepathy, because his mind is constantly in motion, constantly lighting up.

[brightlotusmoon]

I would not wish any companion in the world but you - Chapter 80 - BrightLotusMoon, Sissystinger - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Bay Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

In which Bay Leo does literally this with Rise Mikey

Also, Bay Mikey introduces one of his Other Selves.

@remmushound

[brightlotusmoon]

I would not wish any companion in the world but you - Chapter 94 - BrightLotusMoon, Sissystinger - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Bay Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

Sorry, Bay Leo, but nobody trusts you to be normal about anything. Rise Leonardo especially.

(in which Bay Mikey has a seizure in the Rise kitchen and we're being respectful and sneaky about it.)

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Leonardo left Mikey and hurried to the spare room, shared the one Donnie and Leo shared. Verrry carefully, Leonardo shook Donnie.

Donnie's eyes snapped open and he sat straight up without using his arms, a testament to his core strength. "What's wrong, what happened?"

This automatically woke Leo, who was already out of the bed.

Leonardo hissed through his teeth when he realized Leo was up too, but he tried to salvage the situation. “Sorry to scare you. I just… need your help organizing the med bay? You know, moving some more important stuff into more… accessible places in case we need them.”

Donnie gave him a long look.

"Go back to sleep, Leo," he said, not taking his Very Understanding eyes off Leonardo. "It's nothing. I got this."

Leo mumbled and got back under the covers. "Sorry, ninja reflex." He was in fact only half awake, and fell asleep immediately.

Leonardo mouthed a ‘thank you’.

Once they were outside of the room, Leonardo leaned to whisper to Donnie, still taking great care to not alert Leo.

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[brightlotusmoon]

The voices: Anyway, in other universes, you're a cartoon with a theme song.

Mikey: ......the fuck we are not. No. Shut up. No way.

The voices: WANNA HEAR?

@remmushound

[brightlotusmoon]

And this is still one of the best comments I've gotten on a fic:

"The prevalent feeling I always get from your writing is a kind of quiet fragility with depths underneath; like that pre-spring ice that looks firm, the water underneath silent, dark and calm, and then suddenly a pebble lands and it cracks, and everything is black and deadly turmoil. It's A Mood. :)"

[brightlotusmoon]

The voices: Leo can feel you’re here, but he can’t see you!

Mikey: oh wow!

Mikey:

Mikey: I’m gonna tickle him!

HE WOULD. YOU'RE RIGHT.

[brightlotusmoon]

Reading the intense stuff I wrote five years ago for a particular angst fic is making me miss all the hypomanic writing energy I'd somehow had. Also, holy shit, girl, you wrote this? It's amazing.

[brightlotusmoon]

I would not wish any companion in the world but you - Chapter 72 - BrightLotusMoon, Sissystinger - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Bay Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

Everybody gets stoned outta their brains, Bay Mikey becomes a film projector as a convenient excuse to play Rise episodes like memories on the ceiling.

@remmushound

Also tagging @floozdooz my high bud

[brightlotusmoon]

Brain Box - Chapter 3 - RyochanWolfgirl - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003) [Archive of Our Own]

My friend updated her other Good Genes AU, where Donnie's the monster but this time he bonds with Mikey. Also, the author is borrowing from my psychic Mikey AU.

[brightlotusmoon]

I don’t believe I’ve seen a lot of your OCs on your blog. You’ve not shown up on my feed in a while. Could I get a quick summary do your OC(s)? Mainly TMNT. Also I love random questions for OCs, so what’s their favorite soup?

My OCs for TMNT are very much self inserts left over from my creative writing projects in 90s, lots of Imagine A Disabled Jean Grey.

Let's take Gaia, for example. She's my 2012 OC for my AU Cold Fire, which is on AO3. She was mutated along with her calico cat, to fit the show's themes, she's psionic. All my disabilities. She started out as a friend to Mikey, then a lover, and then polyamorous with the others. Ten or more years ago she might have been called a Mary Sue. She's actually guest-starred in a friend's AU. Said friend did illustrations, they're somewhere in my tags.

Oh, right! Her favorite soup is pumpkin, sweetened.

[brightlotusmoon]

Anyway I just remembered a dream I had last night. I was playing through a fantasy episode of TMNT 2003 for my AU fic so I could get my scenes right. I started chatting with Mikey and Donnie about philosophy.

We turned a corner, and there sitting on a fire escape were Jung and Kierkegaard, sharing joints, chocolate shroom bars, and a blotter of acid. They were arguing over the subjective morality of projecting one's neuroses on fanfiction characters. We stopped and stared at them.

Kierkegaard blew a cloud of orange smoke our way. "You don't exist," he told us. "Be glad for that."

Jung rolled his eyes. "If you try to pathologize that, I will punch you."

"You can't punch a shadow," Kierkegaard sneered.

"I like these guys," said Michelangelo.

"You would," said Donatello, "you're the creative in the family."

"You should also be the team therapist," I reminded Mikey.

"I can help with that," said Jung, passing the joint to Donatello.

"And now I'm happy," I said. My brain decided that was enough.