#tmnt 2020

[hotheadedhero]

TMNT x Reader Masterlist

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Updated: 5th June 2025

2003

All Boyos

Reacting to Pregnant S/O

De-Stress Methods

Baby Bump

Leonardo

Exception

Raphael

Baby Jitters (Comfort)

2007

All Boyos

Favourite Kisses

Leonardo

All That's Left (Angst)

2012

All Boyos

Why They Fall/Favourite Feature

S/O That Swears... a Lot (Crack?)

Learning Curves

Boob Behaviour (Slightly Suggestive)

Caught Single-Handed (18+)

Raphael

Love at First Fight

Donatello

In Unrequited Love (Angst/Happy Ending) Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

Bayverse (2014/16)

All Boyos

Turtles x Ballerina (Fluff)

Rejection, Realisation, and Regret (Angst) Part 1 - Part 2

Kiss Me (Fluff)

Affectionate Biting

Raphael

Daft Pretty Boys (Fluff/Angst)

Preoccupied (18+)

Donatello

Consequence of Dilatory Behaviour (Angst)

Michelangelo

Crushing New Dreams (Angst)

The Velvet Weaver Part 1 - Part 2

Rise (2018)

All Boyos

Pros/Cons of Your Relationship

Hug Headcanons

Raphael

Like 'em Big (Series) Part 1 - Part 2

Sucker Punch my Heart (Headcanon)

Threshold (Angst)

Donatello

A Dichotomy in Donnie's Dearest (Fluff)

Science vs Mystic (Angsty)

Rise Movie (2022)

All Boyos

Past Days, Future Pain (Angst)

[theyhavetakenovermylife]

Every time I see this, I want to cry. But it is soooo good😭

[turtlebros4u]

I know sometimes we like to use the turtles as an escape and so we dip into their world, but I like to have them dip into our world.

Let me know if anyone else has done this, so curious. But here's my

2020 QUARANTINE TURTLE HEADCANNONS

⚠️ TW for sensitive topics, death and protests from 2020

They didn't know if they were susceptible to the virus or not

They've caught colds before so it was possible

They upped their safety game a ton, especially with their old man around

Wearing gloves and masks they were all able to get vaccinated (and maybe swipe one for the old rat too)

They did reap the benefits of extreme masking

They went out more at least in cloaks and masks

They at least got to pretend to fit in, doing yoga in the park, outdoor painting classes in central park, birdwatching even and made some very good local friends

It was surreal to them to see the city streets so much quieter

So much emptier

Crime dropped, so the turtles too became more idle

Sometimes doing the same as the rest of us

doomscrolling on TikTok (esp Mikey)

learning to bake sourdough (Leo of course)

playing Animal Crossing (Raph surprisingly)

and buying NFTs (or moreso Donnie hacking and vandalizing them to get back at pretentious dudes trying to make a quick buck)

Mikey does own one NFT though

He refused to show anyone for months

Turned out it was an art piece he commissioned to look like an NFT of a rather comical and ugly characature of Leo

And this was their first time as teens coming to terms with such a reality

In the middle of that year, one event shook us all

George Floyd

Especially when all they had been taught was that cops were the good guys

The protests were surreal

Streets lined with standing or sitting, socially distancing, masked potestors

It was upsetting enough when they were loud, but heartbreaking when they were silent

Raphael especially was upset by what happened to George Floyd, he took it harder than most, his mind went to every person he knew in his big city that was just as innocent but just as easily victimized and the thought of this happening to any one of them scared him and angered him

He didn't know what to do but he had to do something

It was months of rage sparring with his brothers, escaping into Animal Crossing, and sobbing on rooftops with Splinter before he knew how to even start processing the tragedy

He ended up joining the protests, sitting with the people he shared so much grief and anger with, hoping to make a change

Leo became silent for a while, he needed time to process

He came to a conclusion, and at first, without the approval of Splinter he started patrols in the most heavy policed parts of the city, but looking for a whole new type of crime

It took a while to learn what he was looking for, and he was too late in some situations

This was the part where he sought Splinters wisdom

Splinter helped him to identify cops with the worst track records, and how to help those most in need, especially the kids

While a rather Raph move on his part, Leo's new version of vigilante-ism is fueled by having always thought he was similar to cops, fighting crime and leading by example

Leo is disgusted that they'd abuse their power for the cheapest power trips and with the cruelest consequences

Donnie, as part of his NFT hacking to gift money off assholes, used that money to donate to as many fundraisers as he could manage

Bail fundraisers for protesters

Medical fundraisers for every harmed in protests or additional incidents nationwide

He even managed to set up a foundation that automatically collected and donated accordingly, doubling the donated value through the same kind of investment and bank loopholes many mega corps utilize

It upsets Donnie, but he's been on the internet longest, the reality of racists and assholes was something he was keenly aware of

The only way he can sleep at night is knowing he's helped exceed multiple fundraisers because it's the only thing he feels he can do

Mikey appeared alright for a while, he tried to ignore it

But it ate away at him as his social media feed began turning to more and more discussions and awareness and responses and critical analysis

He couldn't escape it, at some point he broke

He stayed in bed for four days

He barely ate, barely drank, cried a lot

His brothers, with whatever energy they could muster tried to rally him or comfort him but nothing worked

Even Splinter struggled to get through

After four days Mikey got out of bed, but still mulled around for weeks in a daze

Eventually he ended up spending time with each of his brothers

handing out waters at protests and keeping innocent protestors out handcuffs when bad turned worse

Policing the police, watching out for kids after dark when policemen were in the area, letting the air out of tires and emptying cartridges

He edited social media videos and curated info accounts for fundraisers

All of this helped the brothers to keep moving forward, but the weight sat heavy in their hearts even as years passed and progress moved at a snails pace

It's 2024 and they still do what they can, and when tragedies happen they at least have each other to get through it

They look back painfully to the years they lived in rose colored glasses, sure they should have known, but they don't think it's an unreasonable dream to think that their city can fix what's broken and corrupt to achieve the idyllic world they used to believe in

Certainly this is a lesson they'll never forget and will continue to shape them

The new Foot Clan wears black boots and badges

Sorry for such a long post, but I think that it's important to address these things at least in my head cannons.

If you have nuance or constructive critiques I'd love to hear them. I'm not a POC but I was personally devastated by many many of the events of 2020.

As a queer person I have stood with and still stand with BLM and believe ACAB. I didn't live in NYC during that year but had friends who did and it broke the heart of the city.

If you hate that I've brought social issues into generally escapists TMNT spaces then you should probably block me or ignore any future head cannons with the appropriate trigger warnings on them.

Thank yall for your time. 💙💜🧡♥️

[glazedmcguffin]

Hey Ghost, it's a Server Reference Update

Read Chapter 3 here!

For the @tmnt-crossover-polls !

[squeesquoo]

Some things I noticed in this new image from Knuckles...

Addams Family poster in Wade's old room!

Also, TMNT bedsheets and pillow case!

[browsethestacks]

Art Process: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto #01 (2024)

Art by Jorge Jimenez

[b3lphiee]

LMFAOO I DID IT

luz would 100% participate in the 2020 trend if you think otherwise you are WRONG

[i-restuff]

I got a new redbubble shop! (fucking finally)

If there's a specific drawing of mine that you'd like to be available for purchase in the form of a tote bag, pins, t-shirt, pillow or so on, please let me know!

[scentedpedalsworld]

TMNT FROM THE 80S-PRESENT

[vertigoartgore]

2025's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9 cover by Juan Ferreyra. Source

[hotheadedhero]

Ok.. so this is for rise. Imagine, like future reader having comed back with CJ, but they only appears after the fight. And reader is just f/caked up, compared to the current reader. Idk if I’m making sense.

This could be platonic, or romantic but it’s just basically. How would the present turtles react to their future best friend/SO from future looking so scard and mentally and physically exhausted and so “out of character”, their personality has completely changed, they are just, grieving, and grumpy.

Sorry if this doesn’t make sense 😭

AN: I think I just puked from excitement, holy cheese. I've wanted to write something related to the movie but wasn't sure what, so thank you Anon 🙏 I hope I got the right idea. I've also only seen the movie once so apologies for any inaccuracies :')

Past Days, Future Pain

Rise Turtles x Reader

Warnings: contains spoilers for the ROTTMNT Movie, angst

Premise: 

You knew that Michelangelo opening a portal into the past would be a gamble. You knew there was a chance that there would be complications. You just didn't expect to get separated from Casey Jr upon entry. In actuality, you hadn't anticipated to be joining him in his journey at all. The fight with the Kraang was meant to continue with you in it but Leonardo just had to push you into the portal. There's no telling what negative developments could arise with you being here and bumping into your old friends and, more importantly, your younger self. A worn laugh breaches your lips in a huff. Donatello would have a field day with this last-minute decision made by his brother. 

From atop a building, you gaze over the pristine city, untouched by the nearing destruction you have grown so used to. It would be nice to say that everything is just as you remember it but this peace is a luxury you have long forgotten. Closing your eyes, you take a deep breath in. The air is so clean - a statement you never thought you would use to describe New York of all places. Voices dance all around, engaging in their idle chatter, obliviously free. 

You frown. No time. There's no time to get nostalgic. Doomsday is just around the corner and there's no telling if that ball's already running in motion. Casey may have been born in ruin but you'll be damned if he witnesses apocalypse's birth.

Hours later, you would find out that, yes, doomsday is ripening into a poisonous fruit. Kraang minions are littered around the city, gravitating around the tall building where, just above it, Pandora’s box is open. It's too late, isn't it? The one chance you had. Gone. Your bleak reality is returning to fruition. As monstrous beings come at you left and right, your world darkens in tandem with all around you. Hope is lost for a second time. All the same, you continue to fight. Every breath, every swing, could be your last but still, you fight in the hope of at least finding Casey. You need to find him. 

By the time you do, all is vanquished. You could cry from joy if part of you didn’t believe it was all a dream. There, you see all your old friends. Some you would have seen just hours ago, others you haven’t seen in many years. You pull the goggles from your face and rest them on your head for a better look. 

“Sorry, I’m late. Did I miss the grand finale?”

They all turn when they hear the new voice and each goes wide-eyed. The turtles look between you and… you! Present you. Future you. Young. Old. The space-time continuum isn’t going to like this one. It’s one thing to meet the son of Cassandra but a future (Y/n)? Wild. Looks like they’ll be getting to know you. Again.

There's no way to return home. Your home is gone. Now that the timeline has changed, the only thing to do is to get comfortable. It'll be difficult. The only comfort you know is terrorised screams and running for your life. Adjusting to the world from which you came is going to be no easy feat and the turtles adjusting to this version of you is… well…

Raphael

The Wounded Warrior

To a fault, it’s always been Raph’s mission to protect you, ever since you first met. It saddens him to know that his future self couldn’t do that for you. From head to toe, you’re practically littered with scars. He doesn’t want to seem rude by staring but he can’t help it. He’s ridden with guilt for events that haven’t even happened. Events that won’t happen now thanks to them but that doesn’t change the fact that they’ve still happened to you. He notices how you avoid mirrors, how you avoid reflective surfaces altogether.

His fingers absentmindedly glide beneath his right eye. To an extent, he can understand what you’re going through. His experience doesn’t dare compare to what nightmares you’ve endured but it’s the ownership of a wound from said experiences. The memory associated with it and being reminded of those horrors every time you so much as look at yourself. It’s tiring. You look so tired; worn, broken, and beat.

Raphael frowns at himself. It would be hypocritical of him to preach tribute to your valour when he struggles to acknowledge his own. He could try all he wants to make you feel better but you’d likely call him out on the irony. That doesn’t stop Casey Jr and his brothers from psyching you both up when they recount stories from your ventures. It lumps the two of you into a corner but a corner you share nonetheless. As the others share their tales, he looks down at you, noting the way you fidget and avoid the praise. When he pulls you in for a side hug, you look up at him and he flashes a coy smile, making you do the same. There’s not much he can do for your physical scars but he can be there to share in the mild awkwardness of being glorified at least. 

Leonardo

The Tortured Trooper

He tries many times to get a laugh out of you, just as he would with the (Y/n) he’s grown to cherish but no dice. Nothing he does works and it’s such a harrowing disparity. He himself has had a life-changing revelation because of all that’s happened but he couldn’t imagine what 20 years of that could do to a person. Well, he doesn’t need to imagine it. The result is right in front of him and translated through your future self. When he isn’t trying to put on some show for your amusement, he watches you. He notices how you stare off into dead space. Your eyes pale and glass over and he doesn’t need to think hard about where you disappear off to. 

One night, he’s unable to sleep, pondering ways to get you out of your funk. His thinking would get cut short, however, when he hears a shrill cry come from your quarters. Sword in hand, he bolts for your room, expecting to find a threat but it’s just you. You’re hunched over, shaking and struggling for air, drenched in sweat. He carefully drops his sword and crawls out in front of you, trying to get you to calm down. You latch onto him with a deathly grip as if your life depended on it. 

"I saw you die b-before coming here,” you sob out in broken breaths.

These are rare moments for Leo but it’s the kind of time where he doesn’t know what to say. No quip, no bad joke, no charming motivation. Nothing. All he can think to do is hold you and let you cry into his shoulder. It’s not much but if he can at least be there for these dark hours, that’s enough.

Donatello

The Hateful Hero

He's so used to fighting your present self's hug attempts that your chosen isolation throws him off course. Any attempt to even breathe in your direction is met with a raised weapon and a second-nature standoffishness. The laser-focused glare in your eyes for the short second you’re ready for battle is enough to give Donnie chills. He knows you’ve been through a lot but himself and everyone else included are your friends, aren’t they? They’re the one group of people guaranteed that you’re safe around.

Hypothesis: you’re so used to fighting for your life, that your body doesn’t know how to readjust to a more peaceful setting. As peaceful as you can get in this place, anyway. Your fight or flight response must be fried, constantly geared in combat mode. He tries to make the lair as hospitable as possible, filling it with things he knows his version of you likes. This only enrages you further and he has to believe that his initial theory may have been slightly off. When he tries to get an answer as to why, you just sit back in your corner and scowl off.

“How do I know this won’t all go away, too?” you ask bitterly.

Donnie stares down at you and slowly joins your side with no response. He dislikes questions he can’t answer with his usual certainty but he doubts any reassurance could put you at ease right now. It’s clear to him now. You’re scared to get close in case you lose it all again. He can’t guarantee that another doomsday won’t arise but he can say that they’ll be ready, at least. Until you’re soothed of your worries, he’ll let that be known every day if he has to.

Michelangelo

The Sullen Soldier

Mikey has always valued togetherness with his family and friends. He’s always cherished the joy that comes with unity, the memories that you make together. That’s why it’s so heartbreaking to see you shy away from the entire group. The only person who can get more than a few words out of you is Casey Jr but that’s understandable given all of what you’ve been through together. What happened to his fun-loving (Y/n) to turn you into this husk of a person? In hindsight, he and his brothers only caught a glimpse of the disastrous future from whence you came and that’ll be enough to last him a lifetime.

That makes this all the more terrible in his eyes. The world has been saved, the threat vanquished, and everyone is happy except for you - the one person who, outside of his family, means the most to him. He knows that deep down inside that gloomy shell you want to be a part of the household. You just need a gentle push in the right direction. 

What’s the one thing that fixes everything? Pizza! That’ll do the trick for sure! It may not necessarily fix everything but it’ll get a smile out of you. That’s all he wants. You take that first bite and he sits at the ready. Even a little smirk would be good enough. Your lips move and then they start wobbling. Before he knows it, they’re scrunched up and silent tears run down your cheeks. He assumes he’s done more damage than good but, then, you smile up at him sadly with watery eyes and quietly thank him. Mikey can feel tears of his own blur his vision as he joins you. He’ll know the world is right when you can spend time together without crying over each other.

Bonus:

The Knowledgable Knight

You don’t even recognise the person you’re looking at despite it being you. This young dear, so bright-eyed and so unknowing to the terrors you carry with you. A version of you long bypassed from the two decades of war. They have so many questions they wish to ask - you can tell - but they hold back in fear of seeming insensitive. You almost find it funny given who they are.

When there is a moment alone, you only have one thing to say, “Life is precious, so lead yours reasonably and to the fullest, okay?” 

They smile sadly and nod in understanding. They don’t need to know all of what you’ve gone through to know that life shouldn’t be taken advantage of. It’s a lesson to learn from yourself and, funny enough, yourself.

“And one other thing,” you continue, playfulness hinted with the light smirk on your face. “For the love of God, just tell him how you feel already. You never know if you might end up losing your chance.”

Your younger self goes wide-eyed and there’s practically steam coming off their face but they give you their promise with a raised thumb. You do the same and wish them all the best. Even if you’ve had a life of lost opportunities and lost love, that doesn’t mean the same needs to be true for you again. You watch them run off and glance around the room. Whilst you hold the pain of a future no longer to be, you can take solace in the fact that it won’t be repeated. The apocalypse can’t lay its wretched hands on anyone else. You sit down and let your weary bones rest, well and truly for the first time in years. A long breath washes out of you and, finally, you feel a sense of ease. 

Maybe there is such a thing as second chances.

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Hey! Hey, you! Yeah, you. Got a little message for ya!

There's no telling where life is going to go, what challenges it'll throw your way. We may be left with scars, or feeling hopeless. Sometimes our pain comes back to haunt us, or we lash out. Just know that it gets easier. We are all heroes of our own battles. We've lived to tell the tale and we are strong. Don't ever forget that. Keep your head held high and keep your loved ones close, whether that be family, friends, pets, or four awesome turtles <3

[quietfounder]

In the fandoms I frequented I've come across some crossover ships and I always wanted to ask how did these start like what made people suddenly start shipping them. I mean some ships have been around for years, while others recently popped up and gained popularity.

Oh and this isn't for pairings that have a basis for it, like jimmytimmy or benrex. Those ships had canonical crossovers so I at least know how those started.

I also have crossover ships in mind but my main reason for them is either simply because their cute or it would be funny.

I listed some ships down below, so please feel free to go as in depth as you want about how they started and why they work. I love reading them.

Yakko x Max

Wakko x one of the Duck triplets

I'm surprised I barely seen any Dot x Mickey's nephews posts. Though, maybe it should be with Minnie's nieces, Millie and Melody, instead since they're more prominent than the boys.

Danny x Manny

Mikey x Miles

I'm not sure if I saw any spiderman x turtles posts before these two.

Donnie x Usagi

I know Usagi has guest appeared in TMNT media so these two have interacted. It's just that it's usually leosagi and then there was this period of time where it was donsagi. At least for the rottmnt version.

[evilhorse]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Volume 6) #7 (Kevin Eastman variant cover)

[sinestrosmind]

clan rally!!!!

the two main trios <3

Eshra belongs to @so-called-yokai & Orion and Akari belong to @thescribblings

Flame, Rec, and Chief are all mine <3

This is a gift, only the receiver tagged in the post has my permission to repost (create their own post) of this art with credit.

Reblogs > Likes

[valko-the-mutant]

2020 Donatello is a PERIOD 💜

(Me making it)

[fabuloustrash05]

I finally watched Nimona the other night (really good btw, highly recommend!) and something I kept on thinking throughout the movie is that Nimona's hair style is literally what TMNT 2012 tried to do with Karai's hair but Nimona did it better because she's got an actual visible hairline!

Like a friend of mine pointed out to me how Karai’s hair just kinda flops down across her head. None of the pieces of her hair are broken up in sections, no hairline, so they all look like they are one solid piece that’s on her head. The back of her hair and her bangs are connected like a Lego’s hair.

Nimona’s hair has layers and an obvious hairline. It broken up so you can see where certain parts of the hair start and end so they aren’t one piece of hair all together, if that makes sense.