#where it all began au

[probably-not-a-rutabaga]

hot take: getting vored by a car would be literally traumatizing

[ask-rutas-silly-turtles]

intro,, kinda

mkmk so y’all probably know me as @probably-not-a-rutabaga and are likely familiar with all my aus if you found this

basically i just wanna make a silly little blog where you guys can ask questions specifically directed at my au characters and i’d answer as them 👍

a few little notes

- all my tmnt sillies are open to questions. i’ll make a separate post with like,, guidelines eventually, but until then just use logic to decide what questions are unacceptable

- i am not planning to make art for most asks, but there may be the occasional drawing to accompany and answer

- yeah that’s all i got rn

my aus

- mutant chompy

- opossum casey

- tmnt aberration

- test tube

- where it all began

tag guide

- idk i’ll figure this out when i get asks

[druidshollow]

ugly baby rivers is gonna be in my brain forever

its not his fault..... newborns are just ugly

(i did some rambling in the tags if u wanna look at it lol)

[bonefall]

one of the most frustrating things to me with the mapleshade/birchfall situation is its like. the only time since into the wild where the books acknowledge queens don't have to reveal the fathers of their litters. when mapleshade tells beetail (? the deputy whats-his-face) shell be raising the kittens alone, he accepts it without question. this implies her lying about birchface being the father was unnecessary, but in Bluestar’s prophecy everybody immediately assumes thrushpelt is the father the minute bluefur is known to be pregnant, and bluefur not correcting this is treated as a reasonable decision despite it being the SAME situation! it's just the authors want mapleshade to be unreasonable so this time it's bad actually.

The in-universe Queen's Rights are so poorly defined and utilized that the BB!Queen's Rights are essentially an entirely original framework. They sometimes exist in the books and sometimes don't, depending on if the writer remembers them or not.

They actually seem to not be a thing in Bluestar's Prophecy, from what I remember. Thrushpelt offers to be the pretend-father as a result.

It seems to have protected Fallowtail though, until Reedfeather decided to kidnap his kids.

Featherstorm's first litter, Raggedpelt and Scorchwind, are bullied for being fatherless and face constant speculation.

Same with Flintfang, Blackstar, and Fernshade. They're not even actually halfclan, Blackpaw holds his tongue and refuses to reveal the truth to stop bullies.

Brokenstar faces open bullying from his adopted siblings for not knowing who his mother is (but also he stops Yellowfang from telling Lizardstripe about it because he overheard a conversation where she told her friend she feels like the baby is stealing milk)

StarClan pushed for Squilf to lie to Brambleclaw for this reason, because they assumed (correctly) that having HalfClan suspicion would make it harder for The Three to be accepted into ThunderClan

So if a queen has "a right" to not reveal parents, it's not very protective. Your kids are going to face bullying and discrimination regardless of how loyal you actually are, or who the dad is.

But yeah suuuure Mapleshade was evil and horrible for not correcting Frecklewish. I can totally accept that in this completely arbitrary situation that somehow it would have turned out better if she told her No and left the whole Clan speculating.

[crownedcrowrow]

Custody battle won, thats his kid now.

WIAB Leo belongs to @probably-not-a-rutabaga for the @non-rise-tmnt-au-competition

[the-nexus]

@tenebriism

His heart ached, years of loneliness and self-isolation after his wife had left him sent him into a downward spiral. He needed to clear his mind, but how to do that? Why, a trip to the mortal world, of course! He did enjoy watching the humans live their lives, most living carefree.

Anywhere in the world he could go at will, but with the latest arrivals of Hell having come from a serial killed in America, he grew curious. They'd all been slain by the same man and sent to Hell, meaning they were sinners. Was this killer a hunter of the wicked? Curiosity bloomed in his head and he chose to search for this man himself, opening a rift between the dimensions and stepping through in a whirl of gold light and crimson energy.

He found himself on the outskirts of a city, cloaked by the dark of night. Across the way, he could hear voices emanating from what he came to find to be local saloons, the occasional lewdly dressed woman lingering just outside the entrances and past the doors. These places were not his scene, but he had information to gather while avoiding the flirtatious calls of the lovely ladies in his path.

With enough digging, and maybe a little extra alcohol, Lucifer managed to hear of a particular area of woods where the latest kills had been found. Well, time for an investigation. And off he set, having obtained (or stolen) a drunkard's horse to travel.

[non-rise-tmnt-au-competition]

papadile and crocotots summary: what if leatherhead found the turtles before splinter? that's the formula for papadile and croctots!! the croctots learn about the world around them, a mysterious hero, and their father's life before them.

where it all began summary: leo is raised to be nothing but splinter’s student, which impacts him severely and strains his relationship with his brothers. it follows leo as he slowly heals his relationship with his brothers and learns to cope with the fact that his sensei was not the great person leo thought he was.

papadile and crocotots - @crownedcrowrow

where it all began - @probably-not-a-rutabaga

[sincerely-sofie]

Question. Has anyone ever done a Groundhog Day AU of PMD2? Like, we have time travel as a central theme already, so a time loop is a pretty similar thing to employ in a fic or something… imagine the angsty potential of the loop resetting and having to repeat the same events over and over again.

[project-doomsday]

If you mind me asking, How do you find motivation/inspiration to do your comic?

You guys motivate to work on the comic! If it hadn’t been for all your love and support I would have never begin to work on this. And I am always grateful for you guys. ❤️❤️❤️

I’m also motivated by the future. It’s been my dream to make many original series through comics and tv shows like Osamu Tezuka and Stan Lee. I hope that with this comic my name will become known to the public and get all sorts of attention.

More info below the cut! ⬇️

My AU takes a lot of inspiration from other types of media too:

Omori

Summertime Rendering

The Alien and Predator series

Evangelion

A horror AU of Steven Universe (White diamond was like this weird dead fallen angel thing it was really cool)

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And Marble Hornets

I was mainly inspired by the controversies and backstory of Invader Zim, how every idea would get pitched down by Nickelodeon. I wanted to create a version of Invader Zim where Jhonen and the IZ team had all the creative freedom they wanted, with a twist of my own. That sort of thing, y’know?

I can imagine Jhonen just coming across my AU and being like “What the fuck is this shit.” Lmaoooo it would be an honor.

Lol, I don’t care tho. As long as I’m having fun and bringing entertainment for others, I’m satisfied.

[kaythefloppa]

Big-brain moment:

Biggering from the 2012 Lorax's soundtrack would totally fucking fit Paisley Paver from Wild Kratts.

[probably-not-a-rutabaga]

I live they way you draw Leo’s mask :)

this ask gave me the perfect opportunity to make a lil comic about why she started tying her mask in a bow 😌

commission info

[ask-rutas-silly-turtles]

Question for Leo (Where it all began)

How are you doing? When did you start questioning your gender? And how are things between you and your brothers?

"i am... as well as i can be, considering. i think i realized i didn't truly feel like a guy sometime after sensei died, i... don't really want to tell my brothers just yet thought.

things between us have improved significantly! i'm just happy to be back in their lives. i hope they have forgiven me..."

[moved-accounts-btw]

mmm, MTF au, where everyone is a field agent instead of a reseachers,,,I got all the angst and ideas?? 

[dcjimadragcn]

verses (update).

POKÉMON SERIES

v. dragon of dojima and dragon types.

Summary: Yakuza (Just Add Pokemon)

LIKE A DRAGON SERIES

CANON#1

v. just a couple of bad boys / lad0

Summary: Just a punk three years deep trying to solve his problems with his fists and stubbornness.

CANON#2

v. return of the dragon ! / ladk, main.

Summary: Things and people change in 10 years, and Kiryu must claw his way back to his former self if he wants to make it in this new, worse (?) Kamurocho.

CANON#3

v. silver versus gold ! / ladk2

Summary: currently playing. / wip.

LIKE A DRAGON / AU

ALTERNATE#1

v. back to where it all began / like a dragon au

Summary: Kiryu runs the Sunflower Orphanage with a secondary job to pay bills.

ALTERNATE#2

breaking the world / v. like a dragon au

Summary: Newly Risen Stardom Rockband “Justice” made of Kiryu, Nishiki, and [NAME] with Golden Single, “JUDGEMENT!”

ALTERNATE#3

silver scales glinting in moonlight / v. like a dragon au

Summary: He’d almost given up—almost given in to the most basic of instincts, to kill or be killed in that fight with Shibusawa—and it was that rage, that fury, that let loose the chains of something that had been laying dormant within Kiryu—long before he had received the beginning lines of his ink…

A beast had awakened, transforming half of Kiryu into something truly terrifying, and revealing an astonishing heritage in the process: within his veins runs the blood of a dragon.

[the-nexus]

@tenebriism || Cont. [ X ]

It was so entertaining, watching the other's paranoia rise with every followed step. His hands clasped behind his back, Lucifer made sure to keep well within a couple of feet of the brunet. At any point, he could reveal himself, but he enjoyed observing his beautiful pet's attempts to lose him. Clearly, his human disguise was working very well. And while he tailed the other's every move, he noticed little things he'd not before.

When last they met, it was the dead of night. Only the pale light of the moon gave him vision. The cabin hadn't offered much in the way of light either. But in broad daylight, Lucifer was able to see more notable details. His brown locks with that lovely, hidden hue, the shine of his eyes, his pretty skin tone. Dear him, this man was truly beautiful.

Having followed him to the alleyway, he peered to the pistol, quirking a brow and giving the killer a smile. His arms open, inviting the other to take his shot.

"I'm waiting~"

[m1d-45]

HI GUYS just wanted to share that i have decided to practice self care and bought a vintage july 4th 2007 disaster t shirt from mystery flesh pit national park (with blood because obviously i gotta have blood on it) and just. GOD i love mystery flesh pit. may come back sometime with thoughts on a creator from that universe or OH OH OH maybe a creator from the mandela catalogue or gemini home entertainment……. many thoughts head full I WILL BE BACK - teddy anon

self care <3

(i don’t know what that is but you seem happy about it!) (nvm i googled it that’s cool as fuck. have a beautiful day)

(also a creator from the mandela catalogue…. the imposter is their alternate……. ough….)