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Other Masterposts:
Art Masterpost
Critter Masterpost
Estrella Masterpost
Panthera Masterpost
Mei Masterpost
Original Character Tags:
#Estrella - black and white cat mutant from Rottmnt, shipped with Donnie
#li mei tian - kirin yokai from Rottmnt
#panthera kamagati - melanistic jaguar mutant, also half devil, from 2012
#Astraea - a moth themed creation goddess
#Zaragoza - pink lion dragon sona
#Eisor OC: Rinri
AUs:
Watch Me Fly AU
Tags:
#Watch Me Fly
#wmf Casey jr
#wmf Leonardo
Summary:
Bad timeline Leonardo and Casey Jr can use their Ninpo to turn into dragons. Also doubles as a "Leonardo comes back to the past with Casey" au
Watch Me Fly Masterpost
Harpy AU:
Tags:
#rottmnt harpy mikey au - anything about harpy!Mikey specifically
#rottmnt harpy au - random harpy au related stuff, including other important characters
#the Land of Eisor - information regarding the world, culture, and history of Eisor and the Harpy Kingdom
#Maple's harpy open species - for OCs or anything related to harpies. Feel free to use!
#prince michael #Eisor OC: King Azrael #Swallowtail #Eisor OC: Queen Almond #Eisor OC: Queen Baobab #Eisor OC: Macaw #Splinter
Summary:
A Mikey-centric fantasy au doubling as a sep au. Mikey was born the prince of harpies in a land called Eisor.
Trigger warnings: death of a parent, mental health issues, suicide attempt/suicidal thoughts/suicidal main character
Harpy Masterpost
Other tags:
#maple leaves art - art I post
#maple leaf writes - things i write
#maple talks - me yapping lol
#maples ask box - asks I've answered
Graphics made by Firefly Graphics Uzmacchiato or myself
Have I ever mentioned here about how Panthera can sense whether a living thing has a soul and that he can rip a soul out or really talked about his devil form and his time in Literal Hell or anything like that? Cause there's not much about that in his master post but I could've sworn I talked about it a time or two
If not someone should send an ask about it cause that's kinda important to his story and character —
I just randomly realized that Panthera is comparable to vampires cause he avoids going out in sunlight since his shadow powers are much weaker when there's more light, and thus is most powerful at night, which ik isn't an original idea cause Doodles was just talking about it the other day but damn ig Panthera is comparable to vampires lmao I hadn't thought of that before now even tho the basis for it has been around for years
So! I wanted to talk about WHY dragon! Casey and Leonardo look the way they do. Because there was a LOT of thought behind their appearances, along with what powers they do/don't have.
In summary, their Ninpo reflects both their self image and what they feel like they want/need to be. Their appearances as dragons are entirely dependent on things like perspective and self awareness, self consciousness, confidence vs insecurities, etc
Leonardo feels big and awkward about his size, because he didn't used to be 7+ ft tall. Being big is Raph's thing. But he also feels the need to be big and strong because Raph isn't around anymore and the well being of the Resistance is his sole responsibility (kinda but not really but that's his perspective). This reflects in the fact that he's hundreds of feet tall.
He needs to be powerful in order to beat the Kraang. He knows he needs good defense in order to survive anything, and good offense in order to actually do anything to hurt the Kraang. So he has thick, armored scales, horns made for bashing his head into things without taking damage, sharp claws and teeth, and a powerful breath weapon. He also knows that he needs to rely on stealth, which granted him the camouflage for his wings. I chose lightning as his breath weapon due to how well electricity powers play into his characters -- Leo is canonically one of if not the fastest in the show, and he's quick witted too. Speed is a major player for him, and what's faster than light? Not to mention how much damage a thunderbolt can do.
A lot of Leonardo's identity comes from being Blue. That was Splinter's name for him growing up, that's where a lot of his nicknames stem from, he places a lot of what he is within the word and color blue. So his dragon form uses it as its primary color. And of course, his stripes are what make him distinct, they make him recognizable, so of course he's gonna have bits of yellow and red here and there.
Now Leonardo is, at the age he gets his dragon form (which im thinking is probably around 30?) he's very self aware of his flaws and the sorts of things that would cover/help with his flaws. One of which being his blind eye. His spatial awareness is poor because of it, his depth perception at far distances is even worse, bro has blind spots galore because of how big he is, too. And because he's so acutely aware of this, his Ninpo granted him the solutions he needs -- whiskers and far sight. His dragon form can see miles farther than a human can because he needs to see details on the ground from the altitude he flies at. And of course, the whiskers grant him spatial awareness (for the most part). Unfortunately, his far sight does mean that he can't see shit within like. 10+ ft of his face lmao, idk what distance would be realistic for that but his dragon eyes are made for incredibly far distances
Now onto Casey Jr.
Casey unlocked his ninpo at a much younger age than the turtles and co did, I haven't decided when or how but I know he was probably around 10 yrs old. Leonardo already had his dragon form by then. So child Casey got to witness the majesty and power of his leader's dragon form.
How does one even compare to that?
Casey's doubts make him small. He feels weak compared to Leonardo, to his Sensei and father figure. He's only human. He sees himself as weak and small and vulnerable because compared to all the mutants and yokai around, he is. He doesn't feel like he can rise (haha) up to the expectations people have for him. He's the son of their former general and the apprentice to their powerful leader, trained under some of the best. But he doesn't have magic, or super strength, or Sensei's charisma or Donnie's genius intellect. He's not special.
His dragon form reflects that: he has fur instead of scales, he didn't get a breath weapon, there's nothing about his dragon form that's specialized in any way for particular tasks. He can't even fly yet. His front legs are talons but his hind legs are paws; he's a mismatched combination of everything he wants to be like - Leonardo - and everything he actually things of himself - squishy and useless.
Casey has no identity beyond being "Leonardo's apprentice" "General Cassandra's son" and "the Hamato family's nephew". So his dragon form adopts things to resemble the person he holds highest: Leo's eye stripes and the white face of his mother's mask. The blanks are filled in from what Casey sees as his normal appearance - the black hands/feet after his gloves, his shiny black hair, and green and tan like his uniform.
So yeah. He's got a relatively plain, boring design with no fancy powers because that's what he thinks of himself.
ask a favor of someone I don't know all that well but want to get closer to*
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Remaining time: 19 hours 11 minutes
*I kinda want to join their discord server to see if that could maybe do me some good but someone I am VERY uncomfortable with is in there, though inactive, and I've been debating if I'm brave enough to ask about getting them removed so I can be there comfortably, as I want to get more involved with the community even tho I don't know many ppl yet. It's complicated and I have many mixed feelings about it
ask a favor of someone I don't know all that well but want to get closer to*
see results
Remaining time: 19 hours 11 minutes
*I kinda want to join their discord server to see if that could maybe do me some good but someone I am VERY uncomfortable with is in there, though inactive, and I've been debating if I'm brave enough to ask about getting them removed so I can be there comfortably, as I want to get more involved with the community even tho I don't know many ppl yet. It's complicated and I have many mixed feelings about it
It shouldn't be?? My sleep varies between about 7 and a half to 9 hrs, mostly depending on if I have alarms set and how long it takes me to go to sleep, and my phone says I got 8hr 45 minutes and that's a perfectly normal amount of sleep time for me?? I never purposefully try to get close to 7 hrs, I function best at 8-9, I do not pull late nights ever I need my sleep or my entire body and mental functioning goes out the window
Also maybe try to make me read the books I brought on vacay but never ended up reading because I really do need better reading comprehension and stamina etc and also just to consume media that isn't TMNT
MOOOON hello hello I feel like I haven't seen you in my notes lately — how're doing??? Holding up alright in these trying times?
AHHHH HELLO MAPLE!!! im doing good, thank you so much for asking!! yeah sorry for not popping up once in a while my brain’s been doing a buncha other things lol—
I'm currently exhausted after a long day of travel and then chores/errands but overall fairing pretty well! I'm gonna take tomorrow to rest and maybe plan some things with friends or smth, then maybe get back to writing or, if my hand/arm feels up to it, a smidgen of drawing
Once again eating at a restaurant (my grandma picked me up at the airport) and once again I am made to eat a salad because nearly nothing on the menu is gluten free dairy free :/// I hate my diet why must you put gluten in your rice. I need more carbs then a salad
Idk if it's just in the circles I'm in or if it's a societal pressure I missed or what, but like... So few ppl ask questions. Whether it's clarifying questions about tone/meaning, or like a "hey what was that about? Are you okay?" when someone exhibits odd behavior or gets angry or anxious about something out of context or over something seemingly small, or even conversation starter questions I feel like I see fewer of those each year
Like my dudes why am I the only one out here asking questions XD questions are good they don't mean someone's questioning authority or smth chances are it's because they care about something and wanna be clear about the information presented/things said or they're concerned and want to check in or smth. Questions are good!! Whoever got society thinking that questions are bad is wrong and they suck :/ there is nothing wrong with asking questions
I don't think Mei would know much of anything about the solar system tbh, I'd have to do some research on when certain cultures started having the planets as common knowledge among aristocrats. I'm not super familiar with the planets outside of names and basic appearances (in our solar system at least) so going off of what I know .... Probably Uranus? Maybe Jupiter? Based on colors alone lol
11: What irritates them the most?
That she couldn't bring back her brother :3 and that he found/made his own family without her and didn't appear to think about her at all during the time she thought he was dead, because a la Barry's redemption arc, it's shown that he's capable of loving another, so why couldn't he love her? Why wasn't she enough for him?
OR if we're talking about things that bother her and not just things that frustrate/make her angry, she gets really bothered by her father and how he keeps trying to marry her off to much older men (that are still 100s of years younger than her, bc yay for being the longest lived yokai species) as well as any comments about her weight or how much she eats and how tired he looks all the time etc
15: Things they're bad at but love doing
OOF I almost never think about what characters are bad at... Mei probably has some basic sewing skills? Very very basic hand sewing, like she can stitch a tear together but that's about it. That or maybe trying to follow along with her brother's science lectures/projects/equations/etc? She's relatively bad at math and since she doesn't have the education he does she struggles to keep up, but she loves trying to learn literally anything from him
30: Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Mei would not know what a hot dog is XD but she would probably say yes if shown one
