Just a little artist

I'm a tiny little artist with an intent to have my tiny little corner of the Internet! I draw and write (if you want to read any of my fics, you can go to Ao3 and find me under Strawbee9!) She/Her

[strawbee9]

Relearning to Live Masterpost

Summary!

Leo didn't loose everything all at once. He lost everything over the years, and when he blinked, he realized that the three closest people to him were completely... Gone.

After the death of each brother, it felt like a part of his soul died with them, and Leo became something a younger (guilt free) version of himself would have been terrified of.

And the worst part about it all? Leo couldn't grieve, couldn't bring himself to believe that he deserved to, trying desperately to simply survive the new hellscape that the Shredder created, even if he wasn't sure why at this point (if he died, he'd see them all again. He'd get to go home).

Not that is all matters after he wakes up in a cold cell in a basement, bleeding from a head wound, and no memory of how he got there. Not that he really tried to remember, since he had bigger problems now.

Which would turn out to be an understatement.

Things happen, and Leo is forced to come to terms with his grief, his misplaced blame, and his new status of fatherhood.

Wait, what-

Concept art!

Delilah

Leonardo

You can find any published parts here!

Arc 1- The Beginning

Pt 1: Welp, that's not good. (Updated)

Pt 2: Star Wars Moment ™️ (Updated)

Pt 3: Gone (Updated)

Pt 4: Hey Big Man! (Updated)

Pt 5: Good Morning... This is awkward (Updated)

Pt 6: Shelldon! (Updated)

Pt 7: I take being a teenager very seriously. (Updated)

Pt 8: Bad Habits (Updated)

Pt 9: The things that aren't there (Updated)

Arc 2- The Middle Beginning

Pt 10: I'm not sure about this (Updated)

Pt 11: Bored = Oops (Updated)

Pt 12: That's a bit unfair, in it?

Pt 13: A gift... that hides a deeper meaning.

Pt 14: Names have power.

Pt 15: Welp, looks like I'm a teen dad now.

Pt 16: Will you be the adult please?

Arc 3- The Middle Middle

Pt 17: Pancakes with Papa

Pt 18: Teddy bears and fond memories

Pt 19: Around about this roundabout goes

Pt 20: Baby Milestones and a Father's love

[plaguery]

yaay i was tagged by @leprousknight to...

Create using this Picrew and enter your name into this generator for a quote.

they warned me about those stairs bro...

tagging @rabbitmotifs @morgue-ruins @garydose @theghoulofme @aloe-vera-ghost (sorry i cant remember who else has tagged me in things before... but everyone who wants to should do it anyway... at least i actually tagged people this time)

[aloe-vera-ghost]

Yay yay yay! Ty for the tag! The quote generator is being mean to me :((

tagging @aries-of-spades and @peregrine5!

[aries-of-spades]

Tag! Thank you!

Thst actually sounds like something I would say lmao

@theunderscorwolph @justpent @its-that-gay-fox

[its-that-gay-fox]

i...i relate to that quote SO HARD

@multishipper33 (teehee i finally get to tag you in something) @peeper-pepper-palooza @saunteredvaugelydownwards @i-like-eating-bones

[multishipper33]

congratulations you tagged me first!!!! no I do not have purple hair irl I made the picrew out to be like. sona-ish. both under cut as quote is suggestive (I turned on sfw + nsfw because Fuck It)

tags: @peskybirdonyx @aries0nmars @strawbxrrypies @saunteredvaugelydownwards @deltenner + open

[deltenner]

Delta: Being smart has never stopped me from being a complete freaking idiot.

^horrendously accurate

tags under cut because I’m doing a whole entire portals scene this is a great idea

open tags as always and /nf! Enjoy <3

@genderless-spiderlily @mekayk @lunar-l30 @ivysbea @phoenixrainsfire413 @strawbxrrypies @deyna-d @ashess0 @mellohithe-musicdisc @keyriingz @peskybirdonyx @bi-r-a-r-a @monster-of-the-margins @butterfly-teacup @teoda-hesperides-garden @rainbowfeather314 @starlitnight864 @multishipper33 @error-403-sammy @amillefolium @cee-views @unablebagel @aries0nmars @trafficjamming9 @vividcomet @iicor @raynilikescats @smallblueowl @sparkleblast73 @akianatora @starluvvss13 @aspengrovethechaotic @alexlovesaxolotls @myphycopharmacologist @burnersmileyface @elronthemage @onealonelynumber @autophobiastar

[elronthemage]

Tania: ...This is one of those moments where it doesn't really matter what I have to say, isn't it?

@butterfly-teacup

@i-do-anything-but-write

@loftwingofcrimson

@the-ellia-west

[the-ellia-west]

LMFAO

(Also, that skin color is accurate. I'm pale as a ghost, and I don't tan)

@loftwingofcrimson @sunflowerrosy

[sunflowerrosy]

I don’t think I’d survive getting a PhD BUT you might catch me putting stickers on my masters degree once I get it (after i survive undergrad first lol)

@northernhealer @rockellex @thewritingautisticat @loftwingofcrimson @butterfly-teacup @i-do-anything-but-write + open tags

[rockellex]

Rachel: Hello, I'm Rachel. I work at a shop now. Here to help. Look, they gave me a badge with my name on it in case I forget it. Very helpful, as that does happen.

This feels like a very me quote lol 😂

@will-of-the-wisps @northernhealer @thatssewjesus @sparklingcurepeace @wisegirlandseaweedbrainforever @4thouglory @scaremoonturkey @caityrayeraye @loupsgarou @imjustanobody2024 + open tags!

[will-of-the-wisps]

Thanks for the tag, @rockellex! ❤️

Yeahhhhhh, this is definitely something I would say in real life. I'm a gremlin sometimes on here, though, LOL.

@levlxn @the-silent-role @alfredfjones1776 @mapleleavesart @the39thalice @katiemaycreate @stubbet + open tags!

[katiemaycreate]

Thanks for the tag @will-of-the-wisps! I absolutely love doing these they are so fun!!

I do say bamboozled quite a bit in real life so I'd say this is pretty accurate! xD

@snazzy-here @abbielauren2024 @a-simple-gremlin @barnowlbookworm @chaospotato21 @mattpurplehoodie @brain-rot-tmnt @eggbem @jellyfishsketches @narfthenoodle @ninjagirl0913 @unjudgmentalnoob @uncannyalien @unjudgmentalnoob @wafflekidgirlboy @zuvoo and any one else who wants to join! :3

[abbielauren2024]

Thanks for the tag, Katie! ^^

I mean, there’s no arguing with the logic XD

@a-simple-gremlin @skythegoofydragon @mysticswampmartyr @highestinc @cookiedoesart64 @turtlevariabilis @pandacooker @conartist170 @mud-oblis @theoriginalmintyyyshake @shaotie @duckcrumbs @magisav @ninjagirl0913 @bill2424 @nyaboshibrainrot @luca897xp @cursedcatchild @chaoscauserrrr @zeptos1010 @leowassold @jettfisch @jellyfishsketches @othellovr @spicypotatoesofttaco @pinkjunepeanut @japangirlibt01 @cimmerian1275 @sc6rl3t @akiresenpai @lunacat964 @number-one-shadisper-shipper @kkamereon @hazel-thorn10126 @pretzsq @mochaflavored-mochi @galacticliv @stealthetrees @unjudgmentalnoob @checkeredblueskirt @writingravencove @crazydreamerblizzard @kag256 @xxbananasharkxx @chaotixcrew16 and anyone else who’d like to join! If you don’t want to be tagged please let me know <3

[othellovr]

Ty for the tag 😋

BAHAAHAHAAHAJADSJAGSKA

I'm sobbing I'm crying I'm screaming that's beautiful

@jellyfishsketches @mattpurplehoodie @juliesnickname @tun3bugg @im-just-gwen @reid0esthings @nacho-calamity-reblogs @snazzy-here @max-is-not-well @opalzennasaphhire @juliesnickname @turtlevariabilis @hi-im-pluton @rin-donatellofan +anyone else who'd like to😋

[max-is-not-well]

tyty 🫸🐛👍

@yosuro4stars @m1ssl0uvee @snazzy-here @mattpurplehoodie @carppet @rin-donatellofan @jellyfishsketches @onyxhydraassassin @reid0esthings @fablesnroses @tun3bugg @opalzennasaphhire ,,,,I cant remember if ive done this before,,👉👉🐛

[opalzennasaphhire]

Thank you for the tags, @max-is-not-well , @turtlevariabilis and @othellovr !

Here is my Picrew and the quotes I got (also decided to shuffle more after I got this one and save the others I got for OC shenanigan drawings):

This was pretty fun to do especially when using the quote generator! Also the quote is VERY accurate. Too accurate....(said in a joking tone). I also love the artstyle of this Picrew!

Again thank you for the tag! Now I am going to tag some more people!

Tags: @unknown-entity-tm , @snazzy-here , @mattpurplehoodie , @tun3bugg , @jellyfishsketches , @rin-donatellofan , @carppet , @roseisgoat , @reid0esthings and anyone else who wants to join!

That's all I have to share for now! I hope you all have a fantastic day! Bye 👋!

[carppet]

hehehe I love picrew shenanigans

Carp: Dude, I will never forgive Craigslist for banning me after I wrote a post seeking a sworn nemesis. Whoever reported that is obviously my nemesis but I was so pissed.

I don't adore how i did her hair but like I need my colours yknow

@rin-donatellofan @autistic-zoologist @snazzy-here @reid0esthings @lightblastkk @vascotheturtle @verymundanetoday @bri-manifets @rotinhumidhell and anyone else i may have missed or wants to join

[rin-donatellofan]

I have been tagged 4 fucking times FINE I WILL DO YOUR DAMNED TAG GAME /silly

(fml i hate how i look so much)

...yea prolly

@ancientstarofthesea @onyxhydraassassin @blue-not-a-chiken @terranlittleshits @sterno-c-mast77 @mochaflavored-mochi @frontflipbackflipfaceplant @starsinthesky2010 @hamstergonewild aaand anyone else (no pressure to those tagged lol)

[hamstergonewild]

Hehe this is gonna be FUN!!

@shadowrose247 @strawbee9 @ilovefelixthemagician

JOIN US MUHAHA

[strawbee9]

Never done this before!

*something funnier than me here*

Hey @verymundanetoday, @not-a-workin-boy, @dijsghjiuhbnjiuh, @seventinywyvernsinatrenchcoat, @adhdposterchild111, @livvyissilly, @imagionationstation join us, it's so fun (threat/pos) 🩵

[strawbee9]

Part 11!

Being bored makes for the worst kind of discoveries.

Draxum is... not happy, to say the least. To be fair, he should have known better, when has Leo ever listened to the goat dude?

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[strawbee9]

Part 10!

Leo and Draxy have come to an uneasy agreement. Draxum is so so so tired of our resident teenager, and Leo's over here trying to provoke the shit out of him. He knows exactly what he's doing.

Also, just like how Mikey can influence his little afterlife-astral plane, Donnie and Raph can too. Donnie is in a higher grade version of the lab he had in life, and even in death the ideas just keep flowing. Raph is in a sort of weight room training dojo thing that you see in the 12!turtles' lair (they inspired the tree) because I think it's something Raph would appreciate.

The Dino joke is one of my favorites. No clue why, just is.

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[strawbee9]

Pia, Yaniy's jellyfish OC! she's a babysitter, and she's really good at it too!

@hamstergonewild since I can't figure out an ask, this is for you, my friend!

[ask-the-fishdick-deactivated201]

REBLOG IF IT IS OKAY TO COME INTO YOUR INBOX AND SAY THE RANDOMEST SHIT I CAN THINK OF BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO INTERACT WITH YOU.

[strawbee9]

AHHHH IM LOVING THE NEW VERSION OF THE COMIC!!!!!!! Questions!!! Are you gonna go a drax redemption sorta approach? How insane is Leo do you think from 1-10? What’s been ya favorite part remaking the comic so far??? I’m loving everything, from the old version you’ve improved so much!!!! Love the darker shade of the art in the reworked one so far

Xoxo -Bammi

P.s. Will be obsessed with the comic for weeks to come when it’s fully finished…. 😉

Omg thank you so so much! I'm so happy you like the new version, cause I love it too! So much has happened in a year, it's wild!

And to answer your questions, Bammi, I don't intend to give Draxy a redemption arc because, like Leo, I do not trust or like him very much, and I get bad vibes from him. Leo's not super crazy, maybe a 4.5, because his hallucinations come from a mix of bring starved, sleep deprived, and being mentally unwell. He'll get better, and then he'll get worse, and then better again! My fav of the remake is currently the hallucinations or when Leo visits Mikey's spirit realm because it's got angst and I like drawing Donnie 😅. And Mikey is so stinkin' cute, he's so squishy and I love him!

xoxo -Strawbee 🩵

P.s. thank you so much again, I have sooooooo many things planned that I hope your excited for!!!

[strawbee9]

Part 9! And the end of arc one :)

Also, my best friend helped me so much with this part, I would be completely lost without her!

And poor Leo, he's suffering. And then he'll get worse.

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[strawbee9]

Part 8!

Draxum got Leo a couple pots of tiny seedling plants, and now Leo has to take care of them... I guess that's the best way to keep Leo in the present. Gardening. (Draxum just doesn't know what to do with him. Leo is in a world of his own).

Anyway, Leo is doing bad, and he's... Gonna get better? With a bit of Stockholm syndrome.

And I added Huginn and Muninn. They play a very small part because they're scared of Leo. He kind of snapped at them the first time he met them, and they... Just keep out of his way.

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[strawbee9]

i want to draw, I want to write, I want to create small lives and make them grow and give them angst and fluff and all the little important parts in between. I'm motivated, I'm excited, I really really really really want to move my plots forward.

But I have to fucking sleep.

I have work tomorrow. I have to work customer service tomorrow. I have to be nice for far too long to people's faces and not sit down tomorrow. I have to suppress my wimsy and earn money tomorrow.

But if I get all my art done tonight, I don't have to worry about being stuck tomorrow...

But sleep

Omg whyyygythghyttgyyyyy

I have the ideas and I know the ideas won't stay why do this do this

[oldcoyote]

if you ever doubt that your ao3 comments matter or mean something: i have been struggling with my writing for 6 months straight, crying myself to sleep afraid that i will never be able to write again, that the thing i love most in the world has left me, that my writing is just gone

this morning i got this comment:

and after i stopped blubbering over it, i picked up my writing notebook, and re-read all my fic research, and opened up my document again for the first time in weeks without being afraid of it

you have no idea how much writers treasure every single comment we get. you have no idea how big an impact you can have. sometimes, just sometimes, your one "insignificant" comment changes everything

[strawbee9]

Bro, I'm so happy for you!

[mckitterick]

[rip-quizilla]

[strawbee9]

It's You!

...

After everything, it's still you

[strawbee9]

So I'm working on part eight

Just... Look at him. My silly goober

[strawbee9]

Nynxbhsbs just wanna say I luv ur art!!!! Its so well made!!! I have questions about Donna, what is her favorite pass time or hobby? Was Leo freaking out when he first realized he was a true father? I don’t usually like ocs in any media but I checked out your account after reading the comics and fell in love. Donna is just adorable!!! 🥰🥰🥰

First of all, thank you thank you thank you! 🩵🩵

And yes, Leo was freaking out, absolutely terrified when he first got Donna, but he's the faceman, he doesn't panic! No, not at all sir!

Right now, Donna's just a baby, so her favorite pass times are eating, sleeping, and crying. When she gets older, she likes to play pretend while her father does his own stuff, and she loves to draw! She's a curious little kid, and the type to wander into a forest to go look at mushrooms and climb trees.

🩵🩵🩵

[strawbee9]

Part 5!

Oop, Draxy's armor has come off, he thinks Leo isn't a threat.

Leo doesn't think he's much of a threat right now either, he's sad, scared, and had major trust issues from simply having to grow up too fast. He's still just a kid though, and he even hides in a corner like one.

He just wants to feel safe again, and the corner is the only hidden part of his barren room (Draxum is a scientist, not somebody prepared to take care of a traumatized child, and he's... Not doing the best.)

Welp, here's to Leo, cause it only gets worse from here on out!

(Panel Completed 06.26.26- Posted 07.01.26)

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[strawbee9]

Part 7!

Leo just being the sassy king he is. He's trying to find any amount of humor in a situation that isn't funny, but he has to because he's on the struggle bus guys.

Draxy is so fucking tired of him, and it's been what? Three days with Leo being awake?

I'd feel bad for him if he didn't literally bring this all onto himself.

(We all know that Leo's gonna break those rules, right? It's a given)

(Panel Completed 06.29.26- Posted 07.01.26)

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