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finally got around to appealing this blog lol. main blog is melonpalooza! 🍈

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low effort eridian oc. strawberry

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

So it took me TWO days to remember i actually drew art for this fic? okay not exactly FOR the fic but it fits. lmao. so ANYWAY. this is a character i made for @raphaelesbian's AU! She is.... not very nice to Leo. alksdjasd below the cut are like. silly little doodles.

leo daydreaming about their wedding vs. what rose thinks of raph

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chat am i cooking

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EDIT 6/8/2025: Now has a companion fic :)

I really do draw like. the same kind of thing over and over fasdglkshdklg. but i love them 👉👈 Baby Raph almost dying, contrasted with his adult self. I imagine this as the exact moment Leo turned around and saw that Raph had been hurt c: burned into his retina for the rest of his life, probably.

inspiration for this one was "return to sender" by lulyam fshdlkagsdg. he has MOMMY ISSUES.

Details under the cut

i love a good look of terror <3 that stunned moment before he can even comprehend what happened. he's 14 here, so I had some fun trying to balance "he's a full-blown gangster who already has a reputation as being dangerous" and "literally a baby."

and then in his freak era. I've been drawing him being all cute and domestic lately so I had to draw him being feral again. what a guy. clearly no long-term psychological impacts from his upbringing.

also this ORIGINALLY wasn't on purpose, but @awzominator pointed it out on the first draft and I decided to lean into it. baby raph's shirt is koi fish—peaceful, symbolize good fortune and perseverance—and lotus blossoms—purity, life, resilience. And then his adult shirt is dragons—strength, power, protection. And of course the blue vs the red. Idk I just love a good contrast 🥰

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This AU has me in a vice. Read the prologue and get hyped with me, everyone.

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i love how we all collectively went feral for the falin figurine

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hehe melon turtles....

they live on the west coast and they're vietnamese. character sheets coming soon!

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Koya :3

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It's April!

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it's casey!

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Happy Holidays! My Secret Santa for @tired-o-fighter wahoo!!

cookies for whoever can figure out what on earth donnie is conspiring about lol

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school uniform ref for the fam! i had fun designing it and junk. the school is p loosy goosy w uniforms tho so you can wear any type of bottoms and neck accessory.

gym uniform are unisex! will never understand why bloomers were a thing lol. like i know they're not really around anymore now, but like why they were a thing in the first place, y'know?

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Happy Halloween! Here is my Halloween gift exchange for @tired-o-fighter !!! The prompt was to have the turtles get scared by a costume! Guess who's under the mask? ;0

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2012 turtles but they're magical girls!! Individual portraits under the cut :3

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