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ninja turtles are here for projecting and processing grief, apparently.

i've seen lots of 'the death of future donnie' comics, most recently ofc being from @somerandomdudelmao (i went back and forth abt tagging but then decided i would, because this is directly their fault,) and then, of course, all the fan content that was made in response to said comic... and i love seeing so many people make so much awesome work! but it's also really fucking sad.

so often in the real world, there are no goodbyes, no dying in the arms of a loved one, no heroic sacrifices, there's just... death. people just die and it sucks. especially because in real life there's also no cool storyboarder assuring you that there's gonna be a happy ending and you'll see them again. and so it's like... then what?

i dunno. i was just sad about it for a while, and i wasn't really sure what to do with that, but i guess this is my answer. sometimes you don't get to say goodbye or hold them when they leave you, and you dunno if you'll get to see them again. but you can still have the mark they left on the world and hang onto that. because no matter what, once upon a time, they were there, and you remember. other people probably do, too.

HOLD. THE. LINE!

Watch it! Stream it! Tell people to watch it! Make a movie night out of it! Do what you’d need to do! Let’s get our boy’s back!

I love your artstyle!

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Alsooo new account, Hello peeps DJFJDJD

Okay but consider:

(Raph just complained about how the twins are always arguing)

Donnie: It's not my fault! It's always Leo who starts it all!

Leo: And what do I do that's so annoying to you!?

Donnie: We don't need to know about how great you are at sneaking. We already know! We're all ninjas darn it!

Leo: I think you're just jealous!

Donnie: ...

Donnie: JEALOUS?!

Leo: That's what I said.

Donnie: YOU THINK I'M JEALOUS!?

Leo: Yes I do.

Donnie: THAT IS THE DUMBEST THING I'VE HEARD IN MY LIFE!

Jealous:

Leo: You’re jealous.

Donnie: Jealous?

Leo: That’s why you were being so negative about this.

Donnie: That’s absurd. I’m always negative.

Have you heard of the FanFic "F#ck It, We Barn" by @butterfilledpockets ?

Hi!!! Does anyone recomend a leosagi (leochi) fanfic that is good? Bc the fic In sickness and in health KILLED ME, I'M DEPRESSED NOW AND I NEED SOME OTHER GOOD FIC TO RECOVER EMOTIONALLY FROM IT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

...There's no "all of the above" option?

Everyone wave goodbye to the rottmnt au I could never motivate myself to do! 👋

I had a few different name ideas including "Wednesday's Child" "Sweet Boy of Mine" and "It Should Take A Village" but I hadn’t fully decided.

The basic plot of the au is that Casey Jr dies. Everyone is obviously devastated but some handle that kind of pain... uniquely. Aka Donnie (in a fit of grief) uses Casey Sr's and Kraang DNA to regrow a clone of sorts. A new Casey.

Granted, there are some mishaps. Like the fact that Donnie accidently got some of his own DNA in the mix. And the fact that this new child bears some unsettling charactistics of the Kraang.

The others are not happy with Donnie’s actions, and when he's told to "take care of it", they mighhhht have different meanings in mind. So Donnie finds himself raising a half mutant alien clone child in secret. Easy, right?

Somewhere in the multiverse...

It felt silly to give him a mask under the mask but he looked nakey without it so tada facepaint!

I know this is a little late but I want @somerandomdudelmao to know that I am still absolutely REELING over this specific update and I won't be okay until I get the comfort/happy ending you promised

Appreciation post for the ongoing book title jokes in rise

(Chiroptera means "bat" in Latin and Mors is "death" in Greek)

If I forgot or didn't notice any, please point them out to me! I love this kind of humor!

All my bois!!!

Me: "Man, I can't wait to design Donnie. He's my favorite!" 😁

Also Me: *designs this goofball*

XD guys he's so ugly I love him

Next up, (as I'm sure you've guessed) Leo the water spirit!

(I don't know how to draw poses XD)

I'll add the last one soon! Hope you guys are liking this. Once I design Donnie, I'll post some actual info about them and the au

Second addition to my Classical Shellements au! Our boi Raph, the fire spirit!! (I spent a while making sure the design wasn't too similar to the celestial au. No idea stealing here!)

I think fire fits Raph really well (regardless of the color scheme XD) because it can be gentle and comforting just as much as it can be powerful and destructive, like him

Finally decided to do my own Rottmnt au!

Still debating on the name, but rn I'm thinking of calling it "Classical Shellements" (it's dumb ik, but I'm still going back and forth on it)

In my au, the turtles are each a spirit of the 4 main elements. The first is Mikey, the Earth spirit.

I'll try to post designs for the other three soon!

Just a little self promo. Finished this at 5 in the morning and I love it! (⚠️TW⚠️ : flashing lights, blood, ptsd)

Soft April!!

(Please don't steal or repost without permission 🙏)

And the universe loved his children

@ashwii Hope you don't mind! I know you said you weren't including other characters in your official au but I just wanted to mess around with the concept

@ashwii I'm so normal about this au I swear

Uhh, also vote for Donnie for the autism swag summit?

So... am I like, a repressed Victorian maiden, or does Donnie automatically look way better without his battleshell on?

Meh,Youtube’s probably gonna get it down or somethin’,so I’m gonna put that garbage there

It’s just some stoopid headcanons,btw

If you guys were in the mood for a fluffy, slightly Apritello (really could be romantic or platonic), one shot fic about Donnie interacting with children then maybe uh... you'd like mine 👉👈

Things I Need To See If When We Get Rottmnt Season 3

-More Apritello (wait don't leave yet!)

-It doesn't need to be romantic (although they have such a good dynamic I honestly wouldn't mind if they did as long as it was done right)

-but seriously, they're just chaotic together and I need more of that

-Along those lines I also feel like there needs to be more one on one time with April and Leo as well as April and Raph

-Like??

-Both duos are so good and they just don't get enough screen time at all

-Also, I need the turtles + Splinter to actually meet April's parents

-Did I know I needed this until I saw the disaster twins psyched for a nice dinner in their matching sweater vests? No.

-Do I need it now more than ever? Y e s.

-I also need them to actually acknowledge the events of the movie and not just brush past it like it was no big deal. Let it come up later. Let the rest of the turtles be just-barely-noticeably a lot more overprotective when it comes to Leo. Don't tell me they would almost lose him like that and continue letting him be reckless all the time.

-GIVE. ME. MORE. CASEY.

-You CANNOT just add her to the mix and dip like that. I NEED to see how she fits in with the group. Will her and Donnie be completely unhinged together? Absolutely. Will Splinter dote on her like she's his daughter and she'll absolutely love it and swear to make him proud? Probably. Will her and April be an absolute girl boss team together and probably have sleepovers while gossiping about whatever? Y e s. Will she be completely unused to getting positive reinforcement and being part of an actual family who loves her even if she makes mistakes? For sure. But will she adore it? Um, yes!

-Leader Leo Leader Leo Leader Leo Leader Leo Leader Leo Leader Leo Leader Leo Leader Leo

-Will this poor boy be immediately overwhelmed with this responsibility and continuously doubt himself? Yes. But Raph would be giving him tips and pointers the entire time because he KNOWS how stressful it is to keep everyone in line and stop them from getting hurt or worse. Let Leo come to terms with his role and realize he's actually really good at it! Let him be so relieved to finally feel like he has a place on the team and isn't actually a useless screw-up.

-Alternatively, show us how Raph feels about this development! Will he be proud of his little brother for stepping up? Of course! But maybe, just maybe, he goes through some withdrawals? Maybe he has a hard time remembering that he's not in charge anymore and Leo is the one calling the shots. Maybe he feels a little lost on his place in the team now that he isn't the leader. Would his brothers immediately reassure him that he's still irreplaceable and is just as important to the team now as he was before? Yes, but it still might take him some time to get used to that.

-Mikey Magic. Magic Mike. (Jk)

-You really can't tell us Mikey is some powerful mystic warrior and not expect us to want more answers. Can he control it? Or is it fuelled by fear and desperation? Can he learn to harness his power without his brothers absorbing the energy with him? If done correctly, does this potentially open the stage to Mikey being able to time travel whenever he chooses? That could be interesting.

-Soft Shell Donnie

-Maybe it's just my desire for angst, but I think we should see more of Donnie without his battle shell. It would certainly make for more dramatic fight scenes if that vulnerability was exposed more.

Here are a few more minor ones that have zero plot relevance but I just think would be neat:

-Raph should get some sort of pet

-The turtles should occasionally make little chirps and hisses like real turtles do

-April should have a bigger wardrobe

-We should see Mikey actually graffiti something (I know he's the artsy one but have we ever actually seen him paint something??)

-I would love an episode centered around a hatred fueled disaster twin prank war. (Each prank gets progressively more crazy and dangerous until the others have to eventually interfere so they don't kill each other)

-Let Donnie perform a musical number like the absolute theater kid he is (other than a rap?)

-Random, but I also think it'd be funny if Mayhem had a growth spurt and was actually meant to be the size of a tiger. Plus April could ride him into battle like the badass she is.

-We should have a cool underwater fight scene! They're literally turtles! Plus, I think softshell turtles are supposed to be suuuper fast swimmers and I want to see that

A few more people have suggested:

-Raph/Donnie duo! We need a red and purple episode now!!

-Give. Donnie. His. Fashion. Montage. Seriously, we were robbed

-Alternatively to Donnie's musical performance, give us an entirely musical episode! We know they all have amazing voices!

That's all I could think of for now. Feel free to chime in any ideas you have!

Head empty.

Just Donnie's progressively weirder battle cries/exclamations

There's obviously a lot more but I'm too lazy to document the rest of them.

So I was rewatching rottmnt again (because I'm stuck in a hyper fixation pit) and noticed something I hadn't realized before.

Raph and Leo are both holding up their weight reasonably with both hands and feet. This obviously makes sense

BUT HOW IN THE WORLD IS DONNIE STICKING TO THE SIDE OF THE WALL???

LIKE????

DUDE JUST BECAME SPIDERMAN FOR A QUICK SECOND???

WHAT???

I SECOND THIS. PLEASE. PLEASE GIVE US SEASON 3!

RISE IS TRENDING RN. UH WHAT DO WE DO UH UHHH

I LOVE ROTTMNT GIVE ME A SEASON 3 PRETTY PLEASE NICK 🙏🙏🙏

Art exchange with @goodforwho ✨

I did the rottmnt brothers by themselves

(I honestly didn't expect so many people to like it)

Now it's time for Duo's! Starting with the infamous Disaster Twins!

Want to guess what Duo is next? (I will being doing every one possible)

Mikey the symbol of luck prosperity.

Reblogging this because my efforts have finally come to fruition in Chapter 18 of The Crescent’s Ascent (link in the OG post) I was so happy with this chapter and I hope you all like it too! XD

(I also realized I had to do these calculations twice from the knowledge I know and what the characters know at this point in the story hehe)

Me calculating how long Leo and the Kraang were in the Prison Dimension for my fanfiction (It took me forever to get the correct ratios and conversions of units)👇

If you don’t want my math to be in vain you can read The Crescent’s Ascent here lol ;)