#bunnyguard

[bunnies-and-sunshine]

Naomi's bunnyguard.

Monday is not going to sneak up to get them on Amos' watch!

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I’m on Bluesky now

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Bunnyguard master post

July 1, 2023: in the spirit of shameless self-promotion here's a collective post for the Usagi Yojimbo/Rottmnt fusion Leosagi fic series I've been working on this year. somewhat celebratory because 1. I'm very excited to have hit the halfway mark on this project 2. my birthday is later this month and I can do a little treat for myself if I want 3. it's my first day off in ages and I can spend my time luxuriantly and frivolously. Prompts taken from Year of the OTP; titles from Richard Siken "Litany in which certain things are crossed out."

Post last updated December 22, 2023

Bunnyguard verse premise in three bullet points:

The cast of Usagi Yojimbo are embedded in the Hidden City

Draxum helped raised the turtles

Usagi gets hired as a bodyguard for Leo a month after the Krang invasion

January - "missionfic" - something other than the desperation Usagi does his best to not embarrass himself while Leo tries to do the same and fails. (the hero shifts from one foot to the other)

February - "mermaid au" - no one will ever want to sleep with you A first meeting sparks a series of increasingly dumb and desperate decisions. (the repeated image of the lover destroyed)

March - "mutual pining" - your heart, and it is painted shut We skip ahead in the timeline to the point where Usagi has decided he's going to just quietly pine forever and Leo stops for five seconds of self-examination and immediately starts planning his wedding. (the same big and little words, all spelling out desire)

April - "No, I'm not dating your brother" - There is something underneath the floorboards After a series of shenanigans, (some of) Usagi's misconceptions are corrected and Leo eventually gets a full night's sleep. (bruised and ruined, you poor sad thing)

May - "accidental pet/child acquisition" - Quit milling around the yard and come inside Usagi uses his day off to be with his family, including his son, and Leo takes a turn being the babysitter instead of the babysat. (Inside your head you hear a phone ringing.)

June - "you're not what I expected" - These terms from the lower depths After being chased by a demon, Leo and Usagi end up in the bones of both of their pasts, one after the other. (I have told you where I'm coming from, so put it together.)

July - "enemies to lovers" - recently we have had our difficulties Leo screws up, Usagi gets hurt, and they have to work together to fix it. (the moment of epiphany, in gold light)

August - "au of your choice" (free space) - close enough to see the blue rings Usagi fights a dragon and Leo has a bunch of minor problems happen all at once. (But it doesn't work, these erasures, this constant refolding of the pleats)

September - "hurt/comfort" - Are you there, sweetheart? Do you know me? An unexpected attack forces everyone involved to reexamine their circumstances. (Love always wakes the dragon and suddenly flames everywhere)

October - "identity shenanigans" - I guess I can tell you that now. Our heroes go on a date to a mob warehouse and find out things that were not exactly secrets but definitely unknown. (I walk through your dreams and invent the future)

November - "be careful what you wish for" - You want a better story. Who wouldn't? A confrontation, a choice, a number of things undone. (It should mean laughter, not poison.)

December - "forgiveness" - so maybe I wanted to give you something Our heroes reckon with their actions, and choose to try again. (I want more seats reserved for heroes. Dear Forgiveness, I saved a plate for you.)

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Bunnyguard Omnibus

I wanted to make this for my own purposes, and then figured I might as well put it out there. Just for fun. Google Drive link to a single epub file collecting all twelve stories, including hyperlinked table of contents and edited notes. Happy one-year fic-iversary to me, I promise this is the absolute last Bunnyguard Day.

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Usagi Yojimbo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Leonardo/Miyamoto Usagi, Lord Noriyuki & Miyamoto Usagi, Leonardo & Splinter | Lou Jitsu, Casey Jones & Leonardo (TMNT), Cassandra Jones | Foot Recruit & Miyamoto Usagi, Casey Jones & Miyamoto Usagi, Kitsune & Miyamoto Usagi, Leonardo & April O'Neil (TMNT) Characters: Miyamoto Usagi, Leonardo (TMNT), Casey Jones (TMNT), Tomoe Ame, Kazumi (Usagi Yojimbo), Lord Noriyuki (Usagi Yojimbo), Kitsune (Usagi Yojimbo), Big Mama (TMNT) Additional Tags: Elements from TMNT 2003, Battle Nexus (TMNT), Hidden City (TMNT), Worldbuilding, Getting Back Together, Disguise, Sneaking Around, Forgiveness, Looney Tunes Shenanigans Series: Part 12 of bunnyguard Summary:

Or: I want more seats reserved for heroes. Dear Forgiveness, I saved a plate for you.

Leo tried to flatten himself even closer to the roof even though there was absolutely no reason for Usagi to realize he was here. Usagi was preoccupied right now, anyway, carrying one end of a stretcher and talking with its occupant. He also looked like he hadn’t been sleeping enough. What was that about?

...Whatever. Not Leo’s problem. Leo was here to keep an eye out for accidental Krang summonings, and that was it. Usagi said he wanted space. Leo was giving him space.

Or: Miyamoto Usagi and Leonardo Hamato get their grooves back and figure out what they want--separately and together. Also, a lot of other stuff.

it is the last bunnyguard day ever goodbye

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Is there any lore or background info that you wanted to put in but couldn't fit in

many things. I never really got to explain what Casey Jones got up to in this verse, mostly because I didn't figure out the most important thing until September.

I also never really found a place to integrate this smoothly:

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the current status of tomorrow's bunnyguard: there are 10,500 words already, five and a half bullet points left on my outline, i'm not planning to go to bed until this is done, it's already 11:44 pm, and i'm tipsy. off we go!

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anyways bunnyguard 12 is going great