Am I the Only One who does not like the Idea of Casey Jones being a Mutant????

(Mutant Casey Jones 2012 is by @probably-not-a-rutabaga, Mutant Cassandra Jones by @avephelis, Mutant Casey Jones Junior by @sashapetukh/@somerandomdudelmao and Mutant Casey Jones 1987 is from a TMNT Cereal Comic by Ralston Purina)

I want to Believe there are People in the 80s or 90s out there who are Straight BUT Not Homophobic either and Casey Jones would be One of them maybe...

the rise movie did such interesting things to the public perception of casey jones like. I see constant fanart of casey jr where he is the most innocent pure boi in the universe and they are not wrong but lemme tell you that is not what originally appealed to me about arnold bernid jones as a character

my intro to tmnt was 2012 so he just showed up, was a goth-punk idiot with a hockey stick, and I was like. him. I want that one.

Okay. I well and truly believe that Casey Jones transformed Raph into who he is now.

Raph had just lost his best friend, the only one he felt he could go to about his frustration and worries (going as far as believing that Slash had died), and his intermittent explosive anger was at its worst - he was struggling so much and didn’t have anyone that could understand. Then out came this 17 year old amateur hockey player that had also lost his best friend due to his OWN explosive anger, skating and fighting his way into One Wrong Situation just to find everything that he needed in a friend.

It was in no way a coincidence. It was almost as if the universe was dealing Raph such a gruelling hard time, one so harsh that it literally fabricated one of the things that raph detested most sometimes (humans) and sent Casey his way as some form of an apology, or as the saving egress in his own deteriorated mindset. And having someone with Casey’s personality around, that type of shameless cloud nine he always found himself in despite it all and still having that solidarity with the red-cladded turtle, played the biggest part in Raph being put back on the right track. He was genuinely, brazenly happy after Arnold Bernid Casey Fucking Jones came around and that in turn makes me genuinely, brazenly happy.

Holding the universe in his arms/////Fuck it we ball jonatello fusion fic real

literally so fucking exausted i might not even continue idfk but i needed to get it off my google docs so i can continue or smthn idfk but here yall go enjoy

The crystal glowed with an eerie light, illuminating the room and reflecting off Donnie’s goggles. They carefully chipped a piece off and held it under a microscope, watching the colors swirl and change. It was unlike anything they had ever seen before, and it certainly wasn’t recorded in human history. ‘Makes sense’ they thought, huffing to themself lightly. ‘I found it on a crashed Kraang ship, so it’s probably some sort of alien material.’ 

The object glowed and almost pulsed. It was mesmerizing, one could fall asleep if they stared at it for too long. But Donnie wasn’t going to sleep. Not just yet. 

Now, Donnie should have expected what happened next. It’s rare they get a moment of peace with their family. But, surprisingly, the person that tumbled into their lab with a laugh and a shout was not an orange and green blur. Donnie looked over at the absence of orange for a split second, but immediately turned back when they saw the intruder. Of course he would bother them at this exact moment. 

“Heeeyyy, Stickmaster!! What’s that shiny rock ya got there?” 

Arnold Casey Bernid Jones Junior. The way Donatello got his full legal name is not important. What is important is the fact that he is their greatest rival. In love, in snarky remarks, in machinery, you name it. Except intelligence. They trump him on that topic. But either way, he has no reason to be here, and Donatello had no reason to put up with him. 

“Nothing you need to know about Puckhead, now get out of my lab before I lose a foot up your ass.” Donatello doesn’t move from their spot examining the crystal, not even when they hear a chuckle and a soft “Hot.” come out of Casey. He’s been doing that lately. He’s been.. Flirting. More so than normal. Which in and of itself is a feat, considering the walking pansexual disaster flirts with almost everyone he meets. No, the flirting is not strange. It’s that he’s been flirting with Donatello. An insane thing to hear, Don was shocked the first time they heard any words of romantic affection come from his mouth. But, alas, this is true. It started out small, just little “damn!”s and wolf whistle coming from the human. But it’s been escalating more as of late. Patting their shoulder and giving them a sly smirk, random offhand comments about their attractiveness, a couple sexual innuendos thrown in with their regular banter. Donatello hated it. They hated it so much, they hated the way their face flushed when he got close, hated the way their stomach flipped when he smirked. It was ridiculous, unnecessary, horrible, but somehow the best feeling they’ve ever had. 

“Come on, I just wanna look! Just a little peek?” Casey whines, slumping over Donatello’s shoulder. He was close. Too close. They could feel the warmth emanating from his body, feel the unnaturally loud thrum of his heart, could feel his hot breath on their neck. He was too close. Far too close. They shrug him off the best they can, which resulted in him groaning and spinning their chair, and by proxy, them, to face him. He steps back and crosses his arms, a slight pout on his tan, freckled face. It shouldn’t have been endearing. “Listen, Shit-for-brains, I have work to do. I need to study this.” They turn back, hearing another loud groan come from their ally. 

“Doonniieeeeeee, you’ve been in here for days! That's the whole fukin’ reason I'm in here, Leo told me to come and get ya before she came in to whoop your sorry ass into bed.” Donnie scoffed, of course that was why he was here. Their sister. He would never come in here on his own terms. 

[a small part of Donnie deflated at that last thought. They smack that part of themself upside the head, and focus on ignoring his presence.]

“Well, you can tell her that I am just fine staying where I am. I have been keeping up with my hygiene, and have been eating and drinking properly. There is no reason I should need to leave.” Casey barks out a laugh, pushing Donnie’s tools across the table to lean in front of them. “‘You can tell her that I am just fine staying where I am’” Casey mocks them with a high, nasally voice, adopting a smug, reserved look as he does so. “Bull! When was the last time you went out and ate?” He then yells, reverting back to his regular, loud voice. Donnie shrinks back just a titch at the volume, before scoffing and crossing their arms. “This morning.” They say, pushing the goggles up on their forehead. 

Casey raises an eyebrow. “And what was the date of this, ‘this morning’?” he says, eyeing them suspiciously. Donnie pauses. 

“April 3rd.” 

There's a moment of silence before Casey bursts out laughing again. “April 3rd?!? Dude, it’s the fifth today!” Donnie jumps back at that, rushing to their laptop to check the human’s facts. He was right. HE WAS RIGHT?! Donnie had been cooped up in their lab for two whole days?! They swear it hadn’t been that long! But the universe was against them in this. And apparently was hellbent on making it worse, because Casey then grabbed the crystal. “So, on account of this new realization you have just had,” He said, holding the glowing thing above his head in a ceremonial way, “I am going to confiscate this until further notice.” 

Donnie stood up and shouted, lunging for the crystal. He somehow managed to swerve away from them, laughing and jumping around. “Casey! I don’t know if it’s safe to touch! It could be unstable!” They moved to grab it again, but he was too quick. How was he too quick?! “I dunno don, seems pretty safe to me.” He runs the crystal from the middle of his thigh to the side of his collarbone, smirking the whole time. It pushes up the side of his hoodie for just a moment, putting his hip and lower waist on full display. Casey wasn’t likely to be seen without layers of black clothing, and Donnie was surprised to catch a glimpse of freckled skin before the hoodie fell back down. Apparently Donnie was Immensely tired, because not only was Casey faster than them, that last little trick he pulled was effective in slowing them down even further. They curse themself for being so easily flustered. 

Casey laughed at Donnie’s state, hopping back and forth around them. Crystal in hand, he was literally running circles around them. Donnie continued to try and fail to grab the crystal from him, resulting in the pair entering a sort of dance. Casey came close, Donnie lunged, Casey dodged and barked out a laugh. The crystal seemed to grow brighter in Casey’s grip everytime the two made some sort of contact, illuminating his face in an ethereal way. This was not helping Donnie’s case at all. At some point Casey started dancing around the mutant, his laugh filling the room with joy. Donnie hated it. He came close, grabbed their hand. The crystal grew impossibly bright. He let go, spinning around and around, dragging Donnie with him. Donnie was dizzy and annoyed. This was so ridiculous! He was messing with a potentially dangerous force, with no regard for his safety! And while this was no different than normal, it was endlessly infuriating. To top it off, Casey ended the spin with a dip, holding donnie in one arm and the crystal in the other. He held the crystal far away from Donnie, but the light still managed to reach his eyes. 

There was a moment, a still moment, where everything was calm. Where, for a moment, the light filtered through Casey’s fingers with an unearthly glow. Where, for a moment, Casey’s normally dark eyes seemed to hold an entire galaxy. Where his smile was as big as could be, missing teeth and all. Where his dimples indented his cheeks in a way that perfectly matched the splattering of freckles on his face. Where all the acne scars seemed like stars, light spots scattered across his face. Donnie saw themself in his eyes, along with the galaxy they held. Logically, they know it was just the reflection of light off their goggles. But, for a moment, it seemed as though they were peering into puddles of space. And, for a moment, Casey was just so impossibly beautiful that they could not stand to look at him anymore. 

Thankfully, the moment was ended by the pair being enveloped in white light, forcing them both to close their eyes. 

[With how observant they were, Donnie seemed to miss Casey’s flush as he dodged and weaved, seeming to miss how loud his heart was. They seemed to miss that Casey did not have a galaxy in his eyes, because he was looking at Donnie like they were his whole universe.]

I don't personally have any special gender headcanons for the turtles themselves but I will say that 2012 Casey is some kind of egg. Dude seriously switched bodies with April for like 2 minutes, switched back, and went "man. I kinda liked being a girl.". There was actual disappointment in his tone. Something is going to happen.

See yeah that’s the thing, that scene was absolutely one of the classic “Mummmmm the 2012’s writers are being weird perverts again!” moments, however, since that’s disgusting, you are correct in that the only true interpretation of that scene is that Arnold Bernid ‘Casey’ Jones has something very not cis going on over there

honestly i want casey to show up in a sequal as a just a dude. a lil guy.

maybe april mentions him in mutant mayhem like

april: yeah science is great but that kid arnold keeps yelling and its so aggh.

LIKE NOT EVEN CASEY. HIS GOVERNMENT NAME. ARNOLD BERNID JONES.

and you may be asking…

“how does he get called casey??” WELL THIS IS WHERE THE BOYS COME IN

THEY MEET AND ARE LIKE

raph: “your name is arnold??? i thought you ‘d be a geek. you look like a chris.”

mikey: “nah chris is too surfer… CASEY. THATS IT. YOUR NAMES CASEY NOW.”

AND HE JUST DOESNT QUESTION IT. JUST ACCEPTING THE NAME. HES IN THE FROUP NOW. HE HAS A NICK NAME CANT LEAVE NOW!

Something the TMNT fandom needs to talk about more is the fact that Casey Jones's real name is Arnold Bernid Jones.

IM SORRY, CASEY JONES FULL NAME IS FUCKING ARNOLD BERNID JONES?! BRUH 🤣

Casey Jones

I had no idea Casey's real name was Arnold Bernid "Casey" Jones. Maybe in rottmnt theyll use some guy named Arnold. Maybe he's been there and we havent noticed. Who knows. 🤷‍♀️

The History of Casey Jones Part 2

Hello again everybody! Prof. Merc here with the second part of The History of Casey Jones! 

If you missed Part 1 CLICK HERE

Part 2: Dreamwave - IDW (With a brief mention on the Archie comics)

So i’m going to start with the Archie comics run of TMNT and Casey’s place in it.

He was mentioned briefly. That’s about as far as that went.

DREAMWAVE!

This series only ran for 7 issues and was based on the 2003 animated series. (Ill talk about Casey’s animated history at a later time.)

Casey first appeared in issue #4

This also introduced Casey’s father, Arnold Casey Jones Sr. Arnold owned an Auto Shop and was a...well subpar father.

Casey’s father was under pressure from the Purple Dragons to pay them protection money on his Auto Shop. When he couldn’t get the money in time Hun showed up and had the shop burned down. Enraged by this Casey attacked Hun, stabbed him in the leg with a broken bottle, and then got beaten. The Purple dragons then take Casey’s father for his troubles. After this his mother goes in search and disappears. 

This is the end of the Dreamwave series. Very short but we get some interesting character development.

I know this was a short one but hold on because next up we’ll have our IDW run!

I feel Sorry for any ROTTMNT Fans who didn't know that Casey Jones was not Always a Woman

(unless they saw casey jones jr. when the watch the rottmnt movie first before cassandra...)

I watched the Hey Arnold Episode "Longest Monday" and I Hate it...

(i may have made casey jones look too big but i don't feel like redrawing him again...)

So Paramount doesn't want a Casey Jones Movie because they Thought its Too Dark and Violent BUT they also Allow The Last Ronin Movie, yeah okay...

(And I'm just gonna be Really Mad and Salty at Paramount for Cancelling the Casey Jones Movie instead of Watching TMNT The Last Ronin if they did not get Cancelled too)

I think 1984 Casey Jones is much Scarier than 2003 CJ

(i could be wrong because i don't wanna read the whole mirage tmnt comic story)

I don't wanna keep making Memes for TMNT 2012 and ROTTMNT but I couldn't think of a New Meme for Casey Jones 1987 either