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Unfortunately the obscure AU competition will not be happening but that simply means you guys get this picture in high quality now :) selfie time! They can and will beat you up!

- Trauma

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The cast of the AHC AU is growing bigger by the day!

Unsure if I ever posted these properly? So here’s two of our bodyguards (Ro and Ritter) from the first day at the new home, as well as the children and a third bodyguard (Hambone) on a shopping trip just a day later :) I’m particularly proud of the Dark Turtles, safe for Purple this is the first time I’ve drawn full-body drawings of them and they came out great :D also, BOY these turtles are massive, it keeps on surprising me.

Ritter and Hambone belong to my friend Ade aka VioletVulpini who’s co-writing AHC with me, Ro Glowborn is mine :)

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The full banner didn't quite fit, so here's the bigger version!

--Adelram

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Me and Ade figured it might be easier to have one blog to refer to the AU, and the @obscure-au-comp was a perfect opportunity! Found out the organizer, Vei, has a horrifying and awesome rottmnt au called Spirit Box AU so shoutout to Onleo (Onryo Leo) for becoming the competition receptionist in my mind <3

-- Trauma

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Hi guys for first day of @traumas-mermay-2025 I’m bringing back the MinecraFFt AU. Is it dangerous for an Ender Dragon to transport big buckets of water in their mouth? Maybe. But what wouldn’t you do for your squid buddy who has trouble walking on land, right? — T

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WOOOOO NEW CHAPTER OF AHC TAKING PAWNS IS UP!! In celebration, have these plants Blue now has :)) — Trauma

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Hello, I have so many questions for this au and this one portrays the aftermath can't be more accurate. 

To the usual cases of some people who get involved in huge news and constantly judged by society along with victim blaming , dichotomy, etc . 

Judging by the views of people whether they are involved with Darius’s dirty business or not , would Cody be facing difficulties in bringing light to his uncle’s crimes that brought up trouble to other people working in O’Neil Tech and other related companies ?

Would Dark Turtles face discrimination due to the fact they are underage kids who shatter their former employer’s illusion of glory along with under the guise of the CEO position , causing the downfall of  “one of the greatest people in society ” or probably the fact that they are clones that consist of DNA of both vertebrate and one of the most invasive alien species among the galaxy (not sure if the newspapers have posted or anyone knows it ) and causing numerous concerns on this one due to the hazardous case on Moonbase before .  

As well as the President’s temporary custody of them, what measurements would they take if they are planing to engage in activities like traveling ? Is it not as strict as in NNYC where people has fully aware of or remains the same ? Also here’s a specific question, since Cody’s age has almost reached to mature level and concerning that Dark Turtles’ maturity level has great contrasts on both physiology and mentality .

Even though if some of the cloned subjects have mature mentality but they do not have sufficient experience due to psychic link of other people’s experiences instead of their own . 

How long would they be considered as “mature” as an adult? Like over 18 or 21 in growing age or gaining enough experience ?

What are your views on the differences between growth of genetic cloning and normal growth ?

🌙 We’ll see a little bit of this a few more chapters ahead (because we do wanna dig into O’Neil Tech a little) but yes, Cody does indeed struggle somewhat with taking over, having played part in Dunn’s downfall. He was already viewed as a boy genius though and it was always kind of expected that he’d inherit the company eventually, so a lotta people are just like, “yea okay.”

🐢 The Dark Turtles do face more backlash, partly because they were seen just like y’know. Doing crimes! So people are already somewhat inclined to dislike them. And playing part in Dunn’s trial probably makes some people think that maybe the Darks are just doing it to get out of their own punishments. Being as big and hulking as they are, AND being easy to anger, they often get seen more as henchmen and less as the manipulated children they are.

The fact that they’re Kanabo clones is a scandal in and of itself too, especially since this revelation came shortly after Stockman’s assassination attempt and the consequent forgiveness of it — it seems that the topic of cloning bodies and ethics and laws of it is becoming popular now! It serves to dehumanize the turtles at times, something that Cody is quick to try and reassure them about, with mixed results.

(Also Dunn was really not “one of the greatest” in any way. Guy was one CEO -of a company he inherited, by the way, it’s not like he was a founder or anything either- on one planet in a massive alliance made up of multiple solar systems. Let’s not overestimate his influence and accomplishments.)

🌙 Honestly right now the kids aren’t planning to travel anywhere. When they go out, they are followed by an EPF special unit bodyguard, and mostly they just like to go to the mall, now that they somewhat understand how it works. Blue occasionally ventures out for plants or plant related stuff, and Cody is slowly organizing his things at O’Neil Tech :) But like, yea, they just sort of wander around. The world is big and not everyone is always paying attention to the news, so the odds of them getting recognized are, I’d say, 50/50. The bodyguard might actually draw the most attention, unless it’s Hambone, who’s short enough to not get noticed right away next to four giant turtles.

🐢 Honestly, the age thing is sort of up in the air rn. Generally, right now, the Dark Turtles are legally classified as minors both on account of how long they’ve actually been alive and on account of how little experience they have with the world around them. How old are they supposed to be? When will they be considered adults? Should it be based on the Splintersons? Should it be based on how long Kanabos live for? Should someone make a legal definition specifically for clones? Many questions, few clear answers. But worry not, they will be asking them, too. After all, they know so little about themselves, the poor kids. The blank spaces will start mattering eventually.

Long story short: All great questions! We will get to them! :)

— Trauma

PS: Personally, my take is that if you grow a clone to be physically a certain age, it’s always gonna fuck them up, and I’d compare it to someone growing up as a very sheltered child. You might be able to survive in a certain very specific environment (Purple can drive the Terrorpin, all of them can fight), but there will be huge gaps in your knowledge, especially regarding social interaction and norms (“we all have genders.”—“We do?”) (“so is no one else gonna use ‘PresiDad’?”) and stuff typically taught in schools (Purple is the only one who can read and spell correctly with no trouble).

Additionally, with the turtles so freshly made, they don’t know very much about their own bodies! Think of all the things that you know about your own body and it’s functions and malfunctions — you know that puberty comes with a lot of gross changes, you know that a headache might mean you’re dehydrated, you know that a stomachache might mean food poisoning, you know if you’re tired you need to sleep and if you’re overwhelmed by a crowded room you need space and quiet.

The Darks don’t really know… ANY of that. Purple might, and they might all wager a guess or two, but it’s all guesswork. That is the biggest trouble with their origins — they were never meant to be alive. They were just meant to be weapons.

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Sometimes I wonder if ShO'kanabo have bundled up the ninja turtle's tissue samples since all of them got different but similar personalities, and the DNA got mixed up . Like Blue sometimes act like Raph , I guess .

I think you've just stumbled into what is possibly my favorite piece of information about Blue.

Consider, yes: the Dark Turtles were made to be, in short, superior versions of the Splintersons. The most obvious detail is that they're bigger and probably physically stronger, and built to generally be more dangerous.

But Sh'Okanabo says they match the Splintersons both physically and psychically. That means that both their physical and their mental traits got amped up, and because of how they were "raised," their most easily visible traits tend to be the negative ones that the Splintersons have been seen fighting in the show. Yellow is very hyperactive, chaotic and gullible, Purple is smug about his intelligence, making it his sole purpose and failing to see his weaknesses because of it, Red is blunt and violent and doesn't think ahead at all, and Blue, well...

We've seen what Leo at his worst looks like, before.

They'd made the joke about Leo sounding like Raph, then, too.

So I don't think it's a mistake with genetics, I think Leo and Raph just have a lot of similar issues (all of them do, frankly), and they deal with it differently. Where Raph needs to have a physical outlet in the form of beating something or someone up (whether it's friend or foe or a sandbag), Leo can usually get by with ninja training, with practising mindfulness - but we've seen him after his breaking point, we've seen that he is prone to violence if left with no other outlet, we've seen that he refuses to communicate his struggles.

Compare that to Blue, both in the show and in Taking Pawns - refusing to communicate, insulting his brothers at every turn, snapping at Raph when taunted one too many times, doing all this because it's the only way to survive that he's aware of. It's not a dichotomy of Blue and Raph. Leo stands there in the middle, and is a little bit of both. Protective to a fault.

That's why the bonsai Leo gives Blue is so, so fucking important. Because Leo has moved past this, and is trying his best to pass that knowledge down to Blue.

There is also something to be said about Raph's "once a monster, always a monster" rhetoric from that episode, but I'll get around to that soon on my own blog hopefully ;)

-- Trauma