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thedawningofthehour · 10 months

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Oh, my goodness! Today was Father's Day!? I totally forgot about it, I wasn't really looking forward to it because.... Well, I don't have a father anymore.

(now my celebratory family Chaos post will be delayed, again) But leaving that aside.

Do you think they celebrate Father's Day in the hidden city? I think this would be a perfect opportunity for angst. Imagine that Donnie gives Splinter a gift every year, except this year, because that gift will go to Draxum. Meanwhile Splinter looks at his gift collection thinking about how he has failed as a father.

And when Donnie recovers his memories, he remembers how his gift went to Draxum that year and Draxum (depending if he's alive by that point) still has it, and it's going to STING him.

Yeah the only reason I didn't forget is because of all the ads that get emailed to me. You know, I once wrote about a pregnancy and got ads up my ass for baby stuff until the character miscarried; you'd think the algorithms would also catch on that we don't have dads. But oh well. I hope my father had a lovely day, sitting in his shitty house and watching Fox News while destroying his liver. No kids or wife to hold him down!

For real, I hope everyone who has/is a dad (or dadish person) worth celebrating had a nice time, and those that do not I hope the day was kind to you. I make jokes about my daddy issues a lot but I'm honestly okay-I was in and out of contact with my father even before he completely cut us off, he is just not a nice person and he went kind of off the rails in the 2010s. Like, I legitimately wonder if he has some sort of brain issue because the things he's sent to my sister are not sane. I did not miss him today.

Anyway! Back to fandom stuff.

(this will probably be A Thing, be warned, I hope you came for my special brand of examining Fucking Everything)

(Okay, I did write a whole thing about holidays in the Hidden City, but it was indeed A Thing so it's tucked away for now and I might make another post rambling about it in the future)

As for Father's Day-you know, the actual thing you asked me about-it's only been around for a little over a century. It's probably been picked up in the Hidden City, as all heavily commercialized holidays are, but it's slow going. A hundred years is not that long for them.

That said, the boys definitely would have done something for Father's Day! I imagine they wouldn't make it a huge deal-they know how Splinter can be, he probably wouldn't enjoy a ton of attention and might start crying if they did make a big deal out of it. But Mikey makes his favorite foods, they all put on their jammies and watch movies with him like when they were little turtles. I can see Donnie making him little knickknacks that Splinter has proudly lined up on one of his shelves. (Leo probably buys him silly mugs that Splinter drinks tea out of and secretly adores) Leo was too busy moping last year to even notice Father's Day, but Mikey probably made Splints something nice for breakfast. Which he definitely ate while staring at the spot he would have put Donnie's next little doodad.

And Draxum doesn't really celebrate holidays! Like, at all. He baked Galois a cupcake for his birthday and that was it. Not because he doesn't love him or doesn't believe in celebrating birthdays, that's just...not his thing. He doesn't even remember when his own birthday is. And he has a great distaste for commercialism, so if he even knows about Father's Day he'd probably turn his nose up at it and demand Galois not waste his time with such silliness.

(but if Galois did make him something, you bet he would hang onto that forever)

#huginn and muninn probably got him something though #something super cheesy like a tie #that draxum never wore because that's not his Aesthetic #doth #doth asks #donatello #splinter #baron draxum

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kindlystrawberry · 1 year

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Glass Heart by Kindlystrawberry

24k words - Raph-centric - Family fluff, angst with a happy ending, comedy, emotional hurt/comfort, post-movie/movie spoilers

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applecherry108 · 2 years

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Oh man… my bar is low… 😂

So I watched the 2014 bayverse movie the other week, yeah? And it was…fine, I guess. So I was putting off the sequel but guys. I am 14 minutes in.

I am enjoying this so so much and Leo just called Splinter dad and I shrieked. 😂 Like, I was having fun before that but ohhh my god. Splinter gets to be “dad”. I’m calling it now, this is a Good Movie Actually. 😂😂

#Seth Rogan please take note. Splinter is dad. that’s literally all you need to make a good turtle movie in my book apparently 😅#apple talks #to the tune of spam #I hate nay loathe to admit it but I’m only watching the sequel bc I may have a liiiiittle but of an aesthetic crush on bayverse Donnie 😅😭

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sowjanyamurthy · 2 years

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He was the one who admired my lines FIRST.

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dreamlightruler · 2 months

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#aesthetic #not mine #Fluorite #Splinters of Fate #eternity isle

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griloviscky · 3 months

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Um Rato para #vacaroxa

#pixel aesthetic #pixel art #pixel artist #pixel illustration #pixel animation #pixel gif #teenage mutant ninja turtles #master splinter

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nekrotopia · 5 months

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donnie tags

visage (logic grows cold)

about (ambition gets stronger)

aesthetic (a billion watts of bright)

musings (let your mind loose)

headcanons (tear my soul apart)

crack (mad scientist in the making)

music (loudest mouth will hail)

wishlist (schemes come to an humiliating end)

main verse (something not nature made)

leonardo (soaring over hushed crowds)

michelangelo (radiate like a miniature sun)

raphael (icarus regrets and retires puzzled)

april o'neil (got quite some message)

casey jones (spin with rage)

splinter (that wild old wind)

#donnie ;; visage (logic grows cold)#donnie ;; about (ambition gets stronger)#donnie ;; aesthetic (a billion watts of bright)#donnie ;; musings (let your mind loose)#donnie ;; headcanons (tear my soul apart)#donnie ;; crack (mad scientist in the making)#donnie ;; music (loudest mouth will hail)#donnie ;; wishlist (schemes come to an humiliating end)#donnie ;; main verse (something not nature made)#donnie ;; leonardo (soaring over hushed crowds)#donnie ;; michelangelo (radiate like a miniature sun)#donnie ;; raphael (icarus regrets and retires puzzled)#donnie ;; april o'neil (got quite some message)#donnie ;; casey jones (spin with rage)#donnie ;; splinter (that wild old wind)

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sgaredefined · 10 months

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Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)

Developed by Ubisoft

Screenshots of my dad and I from when we last played through the campaign together, my dad is the reason for my love in stealth games, especially Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon.

#splinter cell #stealth games #stealth #gaming #video games #games #xbox #playstation #pc games #metal gear solid #nostalgia #retro #aesthetic #ghost recon #ghost recon breakpoint #ghost recon wildlands

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peach-moths · 6 months

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give us the moth list bestie i know you wanna talk about it

THE MOTH LIST!!!!!

OK OK OK THIS LIST IS BASED LESS ON PERSONALITY AND MORE ON AESTHETICS LETS BEGIN

RAPH: Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas)

LEO: Scylla Firetip (Elbella scylla)

DONNIE: White-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata)

MIKEY: Comet moth/Madagascan moon moth (Argema mittrei)

BONUS CONTENT

APRIL: Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus)

SPLINTER: Isabella tiger moth aka wooly bear moth (Pyrrharctia isabella)

CASEY JONES: Glover's silkmoth (Hyalophora gloveri)

CASEY JR: Cabbage tree emperor moth (Bunaea alcinoe)

#peachmoths ask tag #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #moths #bugs

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tizeline · 4 months

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The Sep AU is super interesting, like it grabbed my brain and does not want to let go-

I find it interesting how from the Drax Trios innitial perspective everything Donnie is just justifies their opinion more-

Donnies dark aesthetic, murderous humor, dangerous machines, deadpan attitude and lack of liking of magic combined with his alleged backstory and being friends with a human? U could really argue he got indoctrinated into being a villainous mad scientist or smth. They don't know that that's just him, Donnie TM. I can absolutely see them being worried that "Long lost brother" got brainwashed so badly and how annoying that could be for Donnie himself lol

I'm also curious on Donnies relationship with Splinter. Is it better than in canon or similar to Canon or worse? Since in Canon Donnie is craving parental approval, does he still here?

Thank u for (potentially) answering :)

First of all, "Drax Trio", thank you, I needed an easier way to refer to specifically Raph, Leo and Mikey in this AU so I'm gonna steal that

Second, yeah, Donnie acting like a cartoon villain is really just cementing the Drax Trio's idea that he's been corrupted by humans. You know Draxum's villain song in the show? I can totally see Donnie putting on a perfomance like that XD Speaking of Draxum, to be fair he's very alike Donnie in the way that he's fully embracing the whole Evil Scientist aesthetic, but in that case his sons would just excuse it with "oh haha dad's just a bit silly goofy don't worry about it it's not like he's actually evil!"

Anyway, you know how Mikey basically forced Draxum into having a redemtion arc in the show? He'd try to do the same with Donnie in this AU. I've been thinking about this for a while so I'm defintiely gonna draw it, but he's constantly going full Dr. Feelings mode trying to teach Donnie how to be a "good person" and such and Donnie finds it INCREDIBLY annoying!

And Splinter! Being a single parent taking care of a child who was created to be a super soldier while living in the sewers is HARD, but not nearly as hard as taking care four of them at the same time under the same conditions. So while Splinter is still dealing with depression and burn out in this AU, he's doing better than what he is in canon. For years Splinter and Donnie would literally only have each other, so they'd end up growing closer as a result. That being said, because Donnie didn't have any siblings to spend time with, he'd end up demanding a lot more attention from Splinter. Which he didn't always recieve, because his dad is still very much dealing with a lot of emotional baggage. To summarize, Splinter is still a flawed parent, but he's not terrible by any means, he and Donnie are close, but Donnie is also a lot more lonely (especially before meeting April).

#Tiz Sep AU #tizel talk #tmnt #rottmnt #rottmnt au

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snackugaki · 1 year

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.... i have been so normal about wanting to draw tactical!Venus and tactical!Jennika.

hey. HEY. y’all need to go check out @donathan ‘s artwork, and if you are the proper age, go throw some money into their patreon for some... some real, real good art. 👀👀👀 ...but do not if you are a minor, that shit ain’t for you.

some IDW TMNT comic spoilers... and.... I guess... Next Mutation ssspoilers? I know some of you kids haven’t turtled up and watched my beloved childhood iteration yet.

alright, so, y’know, completely normal expenditure of my energy and skillset, amirite? big big thanks to @/donathan for allowing me to play around in their AU’s aesthetic because I have severe, terminal VenusAndJennikaDeserveEverythingoccocal SoIWillManifestItMyselfitis.

and tbh, all y’all’s fics have been, mwah, chef’s kiss. but SOME of you put LORE. delicious, tasty, appetite-inducing lore.

and i am nothing but the littlest hoebag for lore.

okay so, quick rundown for those who both A) are immune to spoilers B) also do not know Venus or Jennika’s origins-- bulletpoint time~!

So Venus de Milo, the “girl turtle”, the “fifth turtle” (not counting April’s extremely brief stint as a white-bandana’d turtle in the Archie comics run) was introduced in 1997′s Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

An episode of “The Toys That Made Us” touched upon Venus’ creation so idk it’ll cover what I won’t deign to acknowledge.

her backtory is interesting (just her show was a trashfire /affectionate)

Master Splinter’s frolicking around in the dreamscape where all the cool enlightened old people hang out away from teenagers, right?

but oh no! dragon lord, a bad dude with a widow’s peak to rival Vegeta Dragonball’s widow’s peak; is there too! stomping around, ruining shit!

Splinter’s dreamscape buddy Chung I warns Splinter to stay out of the dreamscape ‘cuz Dragon Lord’s around

And like in true old people fashion, just ignores his friend’s admonition and tries to investigate himself

bad choice, womp womp

Splinter gets trussed up and rendered “stuck” in the dreamscape

cue the catalyst for Venus to make the 10+ flight from China to the U.S

don’t worry about what the boys were doing, just literal surfing in sewer grey water, breaking their little turtle skulls on cinderblocks, and picking fights in warehouses with Foot clan goons

tl;dr Venus still has Sixth Ranger mode on, so naturally she whoops all of their asses in the dark, ties them up (like how some of y’all enjoy writing Leo does huhu nudgenudge winkwink)

venusistheoriginalshibarienthusiastandteadrinkerfightme

and then, y’know, it’s still the 90s and children’s television so blah blah the usual “oH My gOd a GiRL tURTle???/?? AWoooOOogaaa ga ga ga”

it’s.... I mean, i’m 38 so it no longer strikes me as bad as just really fucking embarrassing... for them. to be written saying. fuck, at least they didn’t make her bandana color pink.

so fast forward to Venus teaching them to dreamwalk so they can go rescue Splinter from Dragon Lord’s clutches in the dreamscape.

unfortunately, Dragon Lord offscreen murders Chung I so Venus is narratively anchorless post-rescue, so she’s invited to stay with them. thus ensues wacky hijinks with their new pal, Venus Boom Boom de Milo.

I glossed over the urge to write a cumulative review of Next Mutation. Just, take my word as the target demographic of the show during the last gasps of 90s Turtlemania that TNM was a trashfire overall but... y’know... if you ever needed a palette cleanser after some grimdark or angsty TMNT content, give TNM a whirl. The slapstick was intentional and The Point in the show. Venus’ circumstances for coming was as serious as it would get.

... Also, yes, they made them not related in TNM, preteen snackugaki didn’t clock why because I watched a lot of wuxia as a kid so brotherhood is a term beyond blood ties to me (and if I’m being honest, martial brotherhood is fkkn metal) and later I heard tell that it was to lure more girls into the franchise with both a girl turtle and romance options. which idk whatevs man.

I also have to clear that, actually no, Donatello and Venus did not fight EVERY episode. Donatello, despite sprinkling a little too much barely disguised snobbery, did defer to Venus’ expertise in “the supernatural” when the situation called for it, and Venus would commend Donnie on his scientific ingenuity. They even teamed up skillsets to create surveillance drones! She essentially casted Calm Emotions on him while he tried to hack the controls of the Astro Megaship back for the In Space Rangers. They breached the divide between STEM and Humanities! They only had one “real fight" near the end of the season-- because Donnie was playing his containment breach elevator mid trash copyright strike immune proto-EDM too loud while she was trying to meditate. and that’s just being bad roommates tbh.

...christ I know it’s gonna come up too, but also NO, there was not constant advances made toward Venus during the show. At most was Mikey pulling his ol’ “I work out every day~!” schtick for like 2 episodes of the 5 spent to introduce Venus. And then after? A shipper’s desert, you’d have to dig and peer behind like 8 curtains for any viable fodder.

...OKAY NOW FOR JENNIKA’S ORIGINS: Jennika is an IDW character specifically so, naturally why she isn’t in (or would’ve been, AHEM) a lot of iterations yet (or at all, COUGH) (but to continue in honesty there’s a lot of legal tape to cut through since Jennika is IDW’s while TMNT overall is Nick’s) Introduced as a Foot Assassin, her place in the Foot Clan shifts when Splinter takes over from Shredder (Saki), eventually she forms actual bonds with both the turtles and Splinter to where it’s implied she also saw him as an important figure to her if not an outright surrogate father figure. And because TMNT is mess and drama the other 50% of the time, Karai takes over the Foot from Splinter and shenanigans compounded by Karai’s then-current machinations for the Foot-- results in Jennika getting shanked in the stomach by Karai during a clandestine meeting to resolve clan rivalry. She’s losing blood fast, Donnie works to save her and it’s Leo who volunteers for blood transfusion to keep her stable mid-transit.

SURPRISE!

Leo’s blood mutates Jennika into a mutant turtle. And then Casey ghosts/dumps her. My poor daughter. She has a real rough time of it before fully integrating with the boys. Raph falls in with Old Hob, gets hoodwinked, and now they live in Mutant Town. Jennika slowly finds herself again, as a mutant turtle, a Splinter clan ninja, a girlfriend, a guitarist in a band she started, a sister in a found family, and a constable to a very little town.

okay! we’re all marginally informed about my two wonderfull daughters, Venus and Jennika~!

so if I can indulge further, I’m going to use my cognizance and make it everyone’s problem because I have beem quietly foaming with ideas for bg lore for tactical!J&V, more bullet points!

ok so, donathan mentioned a bit about their tac! Leo and Donnie being the snipers, Mikey and Raph spotting for them while also being demolitions and heavy ordinance specialists respectively

I would think, then for Vee and Jen, they’d be classified as close quarters combat specialists, complicated extraction? compromised area? call them to clean up and clear out~

give or take “magic” being a thing used in donathan’s AU, or anyone’s AU of this AU, Vee would probably be a close combat specialist along with Jen.

Vee, I feel, would, barring a ...”tactical fan”, (even though in TNM it was just her fists and her little wizard components but her toy came with a fan so.) probably use batons, Jen in lieu of her tekagi-shuko would... most likely use tactical karambit. not that large of a leap really.

for my personal lulz, Vee and Jen are... accurate, height-wise. Raph gets to be the biggest brother since alligator snapping turtles are, in fact, the largest motherfucking freshwater turtles on the north american continent. no getting around it.

my Vee in all Rise AUs is a softshell since the messy hanzi used to write her first given name, Mei Pieh Chi (美鱉气) has the hanzi that’s most commonly translated as softshell turtle (鱉). eh ‘di wow talaga

snacku what do you mean ‘accurate’???? tl;dr female turtles are usually the larger ones in most species.

and listen, I love and I mean LOVE, how some of y’all have written the tac!boys, mwah; but god I’m a professional turtle bully. I need to see them get dunked on. for nutritional value. and if it comes to it, I will provide that food for myself. brb laughing at eventually drawing Venus just offhandedly tossing Donnie into the air to skeet shoot his ass for fun brings me the greatest joy.

they absolutely dote on Mikey, as is the natural order of things.

and even tho I stated TNM Donnie and Venus got along in the show, and depending on the existence of magic in this AU; I just really love dichotomous rivalries (in as much “science” and “magic” exist as a dichotomy, much less as “diametrically oppose” fields-- just, opposites man. i’m a simple girl with simple trope needs)

Vee’s arms (and legs) are absolutely covered in burns, scars, and missing flesh divots, just as close to swiss cheese limbs as you can be

Jen and Donnie debate tracks that go into their joint “On Our Way To Commit Murder” playlist

if Vee’s tactical look seem very familiar, and you’re wondering if-- yes, you’re correct. and you can “call her ms. de milo if ya nasty”

Vee was actually pretty calm and rational in TNM... but for this AU, she can be a little unhinged, as a well-deserved treat. (and ‘cuz that specific anime unhinged facial expression is fun as fuck to draw, which is my treat)

#giving me cognizance was a mistake #letting me learn to draw was another #I love Venus and Jennika #a HEALTHY amount I'd say #totally healthy & normal #:)#fuckin' turtles man #3 months into this new year #and it's turtles all the way back #this is why I trained for visdev #just chewing on things absently #and wondering how things would work In This World #figuring out how to fit something into an environment #a context #a situation #is my enrichment activity #not unlike #giving tigers huge slabs of meat in 3 feet of ice on a hot day #just sitting there gnawing away #until I get to the meat of it #both literally and figuratively #it's like a puzzle #that you can design the pieces themselves #but have I updated my visdev portfolio?#HAHAHA NO #TOO BUSY DRAWING FKKN TURTLES MAN #h elp #i listened to so many baddie playlists drawing this #i needa start a fight #get this extra energy out of my system

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