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Sage's turtle sideblog! Been lurking since the 90s but Rise got me out of my shell. Unapologetic gorehound and one lab accident away from becoming a supervillain.

[boxfullaturtles]

Call me Sage! (30+, agender, they/them) Art Tag / Writing Tag / Talking About TMNT / Goretello my Beloved / Gore Tag / Choosing Hope AU / KH AU / MTSATL AU / Main Blog

🚫 no t/cest shit here please and thank you 🚫

Due to scraping on ao3, I have locked my fics. This means they can only be viewed by registered users. I'm sorry to everyone but I refuse to let my efforts be fed to generative slop.

Side Projects Masterpost

Main Projects Masterpost

Bad Things Happen Bingo [ROTTMNT] series link / #sage's bthb prompts [graphic descriptions of injuries and violence, medical themes, horror] A collection of stories where everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And everyone is going to have a very bad time in the process.

Adagio in Green [ROTTMNT] series link / Part 1 link / Part 2 link / #adagio in green fic / #fan art [mild body horror, hospitalization, brain damage, medical inaccuracies] After they stopped the apocalypse, the turtles are in really bad shape and they’re going to need all the help they can get. It’s a good thing they’re not alone. Part 1 is complete! Part 2 is ongoing [chapters 8/?]

[shellsweet]

Donatello Banner! 💜

(Please credit me if you use this!)

[trochaic-mutant-ninja-tetrameter]

🎶LGBTQ+! All are welcome!🎵

[prophecies-untold]

🔮 PREORDERS OPEN! 🔮

🧙‍♂️✨ Prophecies Untold is a TMNT tarot project featuring all the different series of the franchise - preorders are now open April 1st - May 1st June 1st!

Full Bundle: $100

🐢 Tarot Deck + Digital 🐢 Tarot Card Box 🐢 Tarot Guide + Digital 🐢 Standee 🐢 Enamel Pin 🐢 Keycap Keychain 🐢 Pouch

(& eligible for stretch goals!)

Deck Bundle: $60

🐢 Tarot Deck + Digital 🐢 Tarot Card Box 🐢 Tarot Guide + Digital

Digital Bundle: $30

🐢 Digital Tarot Deck 🐢 Digital Tarot Guide

Stretch Goals:

🔒 50 physical orders: Die Cut Fugitoid Sticker 🔒 100 physical orders: A6 Batman x TMNT Sticker Sheet 🔒 150 physical orders: Lenticular Bookmark 🔒 200 physical orders: Standee Upgrade

Extra Merch Share Goal!

1000 likes + 1000 reposts across all socials = 10+ card designs as phone backgrounds for all bundles!!

🔮 SHOP OPEN 🔮

[💚 & reblogs are super appreciated!] || Thanks for the boost! ✨ @anizines @zine-scene @zinefeed

[prophecies-untold]

26 orders away from our last stretch goal, can we get there? Only a few hours left before June 1st ends!

[boxfullaturtles]

Happy Anniversary to Adagio in Green!

I have been working on this fic for three years.

Five, technically, with the two I took to pick at the outline. Which has grown and changed immensely from what originally was.

AiG was supposed to be a short fic, just a couple of chapters about recovering after an almost apocalypse. But it grew into a creature of its own will and I have lost all sense of control haha.

I wanted to do something for the anniversary, but I have been struggling with myself recently. A lot of internal conflict. It will pass, with time. That's what therapy's for right lol

Thank you all for sticking with this fic for so long, it really means so much to me! Adagio wouldn't be anything without readers and you are all the best, you're so kind and I love every comment, kudos, and bookmark I get! I hope I can get a new chapter to you out soon. We're sort of playing it by ear right now, but I can't stop myself from feeling bad with every missed update that goes by.

Happy birthday, Adagio. <3

[prophecies-untold]

🔮 150 order stretch goal unlocked!! 🔮

The lenticular bookmark is now unlocked!! Only a few days remain until POs close for good - how bad do you all want the last stretch goal?

🔓 50 physical orders: Die Cut Fugitoid Sticker 🔓 100 physical orders: A6 Batman x TMNT Sticker Sheet 🔓 150 physical orders: Lenticular Bookmark 🔒 200 physical orders: Standee Upgrade

Prophecies Untold is a TMNT tarot project featuring all the different series of the franchise! 🧙‍♂️✨ 

🐢 SHOP NOW! 🐢

[💚 & reblogs are super appreciated!] || Thanks for the boost! ✨ @anizines @zine-scene @zinefeed

[rufwooff]

I FOUND A MANGA PANEL WITH CHILCHUK AND DECIDED THAT THIS IS IT. Teen Donnie surrounded by his big brothers. Looks like that episode from 2003 turtles where Donnie was transported to the bad future

[prophecies-untold]

🔮 PREORDERS OPEN! 🔮

🧙‍♂️✨ Prophecies Untold is a TMNT tarot project featuring all the different series of the franchise - preorders are now open April 1st - May 1st June 1st!

Full Bundle: $100

🐢 Tarot Deck + Digital 🐢 Tarot Card Box 🐢 Tarot Guide + Digital 🐢 Standee 🐢 Enamel Pin 🐢 Keycap Keychain 🐢 Pouch

(& eligible for stretch goals!)

Deck Bundle: $60

🐢 Tarot Deck + Digital 🐢 Tarot Card Box 🐢 Tarot Guide + Digital

Digital Bundle: $30

🐢 Digital Tarot Deck 🐢 Digital Tarot Guide

Stretch Goals:

🔒 50 physical orders: Die Cut Fugitoid Sticker 🔒 100 physical orders: A6 Batman x TMNT Sticker Sheet 🔒 150 physical orders: Lenticular Bookmark 🔒 200 physical orders: Standee Upgrade

Extra Merch Share Goal!

1000 likes + 1000 reposts across all socials = 10+ card designs as phone backgrounds for all bundles!!

🔮 SHOP OPEN 🔮

[💚 & reblogs are super appreciated!] || Thanks for the boost! ✨ @anizines @zine-scene @zinefeed

[mkthedingus]

Toddler Mutant Ninja Turtles (Part 38)

Previous || Masterpost || Next (Coming Soon)

Portal duo has newfound understanding for each other yay :))

Oh man I haven't drawn all the boys in the lair together since FEBRUARY!! That little mall adventure took a long time geez

[shellsweet]

Its time to apply some turtle whacks!

[boxfullaturtles]

Casey turned, looking up at the towering figure who’d tapped him on the shoulder while he’d been spacing out in the market. His gaze tracked over the dirty cloak draped over them and then up to— His blood ran cold. Beneath the hood of the cloak was a single glowing lens, the red glinting off the black metal that held it. A familiar red. A familiar metal. The entire world narrowed to a point. Casey’s mind was rebelling at what his eyes were seeing, making his thoughts spiral into dizzy confusion. He struggled to breathe, the shock punching him in the ribs and momentarily stunning him. And then he did what he had always been taught to do when confronted alone by a Krang in an exosuit. Run.

-Adagio in Green: Panacea, Chapter 18

imagine you thought you had stopped the apocalypse and then one of the guys who tried to start it just showed up and wanted to have a polite conversation with you

[turtlesntrenchcoats]

This is just my ramblings

But okay what if the reason we never see the 2003 universe mentioned (besides Nick not giving a shit) is that it’s being blocked somehow from being found out about. 

Like idk I just picture 2003 Don has done something because he went through all that shit in Turtles Forever. And he doesn’t want to deal with his other dimensional counter parts’ shit again. Let alone meeting up with a version of Shredder that’s worse than theirs

[toitls]

[boxfullaturtles]

aight. i was gonna do an animatic for Adagio's anniversary but uh. still been kind of out of sorts and just haven't been up to working on it. so that's uh. not happening...

dunno what i'll do instead...if anything,,,

[oopsie0503]

okay out of curiosity because rise seems to be one of the most popular TMNT series out there. lmk in the tags/comments what you started with and why it is/isn't your fav too if you want

Did you get into TMNT thru Rise and is it your favorite series?

I started with rottmnt & it's my favorite

I started with rottmnt & it isn't my favorite

I didn't start with rottmnt & it's my favorite

I didn't start with rottmnt & it isn't my favorite

Voting ended onMay 29

[impossibleperfectiongalaxy]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

[boxfullaturtles]

Future Hand That You've Been Dealt (or Dealt) AU Refs

They may have come from one of the worst bad end timelines, but at least they have cool hair. And also have escaped their fate by ditching that timeline and fleeing into the multiverse to find a new home.

If you haven't read the fic this is based on, all you really need to know is that these boys Do Not Like Humans. They don't trust any of them except for April. (Which, yes, this does mean they never made friends with Casey and they don't have a Junior.) So when things started going Really Badly and they didn't want to lose anyone else, they up and ditched their timeline. Draxum gave his life to help them rip a hole in space-time and run. They abandoned everything and everyone else and are now searching for a new, quieter, more peaceful place to live...

I'm not going to do a whole lot with these guys, I'm too busy for that. But Dealt AU kinda hangs out in the back of my mind and I think about the consequences of it a lot. And thus, these guys.

Some more tidbits about them under the cut.

✧ All four of them still have and actively use their Ninpo. In fact it's probably a fair deal stronger than canon's would be at this age, since they unlocked their Ninpo far earlier.

✧ Ages? Raph is 29, Donnie and Leo are 28, Mikey is 27. They held out against the Krang for ten years before it was too much.

✧ They are all kind of in a permanent state of being mind melded. They are always aware of each other and brushing up against each other's consciousness'. They cannot bear to be without each other.

✧ Probably all dealing with undiagnosed mental health problems. PTSD, separation anxiety, touch aversion, paranoia, trust issues...

might ramble about them some more, might not, really just wanted to share this art cause i worked on it and i like Dealt boys, even if they get the worst of everything <3

[theunmentionablesister]

Petition for an adult series of TMNT!!!

The comics were originally aimed at adults and there are so many deep, meaningful and dark storylines and character arcs which the kids shows just cant get anywhere near what it could be (although TMNT 2003 make a very good attempt at within the boundaries they have to adhere to.)

I think, done properly it would be super well received, especially by the millennial audience of the 90s-00s, and now the 2012 audience are also older.

Which production company do I have to bully to make this happen

otherwise imma do it myself

[sparklingsencha]

I know it will never happen but I can only dream lol.

Pls. Pls. A version of TMNT where we can have actual blood//death and not have to do cover ups for it (although 2012 did a good job at showing injuries considering they couldn’t include the imagery. Same for 2018 when Don’s shell got…well, y’know).

Please though. Let them get darker. Let young fresh eyed Leo take his first life and give pause at the blood on his blade. Let him realize that his purpose in life is as much a beautiful craft as it is a damnation. Let Don see the power of his genius as both savior and death. Let Raph have bloody bandaged knuckles after training and let Mikey say ‘that’s bitchin’’. Once. Let him say it. We all know he wants to.

[whispering-about-the-tmnt]

Closest we’ve gotten yet (besides 2k3) is the Batman Vs. TMNT movie.

Spoilers below!

From Leo yelling at Batman to “get the hell away” from his brothers, to Donnie getting his arm broken on-screen, to this lovely interaction…

…it just fits the bill!

Still, although I really, really loved the movie, it was more Batman than TMNT because of the location. I would love if they could continue following that version of the Turtles in New York rather than Gotham!

[boxfullaturtles]

A more "adult" TMNT might have actually happened if The Last Ronin movie hadn't been cancelled.

The Last Ronin is a dark tragedy, in the same sort of vein as 2003's Same As It Never Was. A lot of death, a lot of violence, a lot of horrible things happening to everyone. It's sad and miserable, but I love it very much.

We could have had something beautiful.

I will forever be bitter that the movie got cancelled.

At least it sounds like we might still get the video game adaptation...