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"Ghost" in My Dreams

[context] Raph was the last to see Leo before he disappeared. The guilt haunts him.

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Oh shit forgot to post it! (speed-coloring here)

So.... Made this because some anon was being a bit rude about "why is Leo trans in your AU?" soo...

Anyways, TD!Leo/Trainee, the He/They/Xe of the day :)

You don't need to know all the flags, let me just clarify stuff about Trainee:

Transmasc, mostly agender but still a little masc-aligned on the side. Uses both masculine and neutral terms interchangeably with no pref. Gender-nonconforming, doesn't have physical dysphoria. Asexual and demiromantic, knows he's at least into guys.

This stuff won't be brought up too much in the comic, but I write it with this in mind.

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Trainee's guitar :P

Hueso gave them the guitar 3 years prior to Tentative Devotee - Enemies. :D

Completely unrelated to the basketball saga, I was originally gonna draw xem in casual clothes but the Leo Hype uniform was call me

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just saw that your leo stole his moped and i’m very curious as to how that happened??

like did he play gta with casey and go “i wanna do this lols” or was it an accident during a mission/training activity and he realized that he couldn’t exactly give it back…?

idk i bet it’s goofy tho

FINALLY ANSWERING THIS ONE!

The second one is correct! Prior to Tentative Devotee - Enemies, Leo (age 14) and Casey (age 16) got a little reckless during one of Casey's, as she put it, "side quests"—

And by the time they stopped panicking and made it home safely— they decided to just keep it because... uh... oops.

Fun things to do with your siblings? Theft!

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Ok so the charm half that broke was Donnie's half, correct? And he repairs it and gives it to Trainee in the future. Does he know trainee is Leo at this point? Does Leo recognize the charm? What happened to Leo's original half of the charm? Did it just get lost when Leo also got lost?

The fact that Leo loves charms is precious to me. Sorry for so many charm questions.

Don't worry about the charm questions, I love answering and clarifying them! TD!Leo and charms is a big thing for me :)

1. Actually, it was Leo's charm that got broken! Leo's charm has blue on the top, while Donnie's has purple on the top (for those who have trouble with seeing the color, Leo's has the one where it's brighter on top) When Leo went missing, it was one of the only things his brothers and Splinter could find

2. At that point in the story, Donnie already does know that Trainee's Leo!

3. Donnie kept both his an Leo's charms away in a box. Donnie can't bring himself to fix it even if he wanted to, as it's a reminder of his self-percieved "failure" to fulfill their promise of being at eachother's sides through everything.

I will reveal more whenever we get to the part of TD where this scene takes place. I hope this helps!

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Oh btw Trainee's eyeliner in CupcakeSlushie's drawing:

Fun facts I've shared with the Separated Council™ but not everyone else yet part....??

Trainee/TD!Leo learned how to do eye make-up from Casey :} and I made rough idea doodles for what he'd wear

Frames:

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Bow

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@chatxkilluaxnoir Accidentally deleted your ask when deleted some spam bot stuff, but luckily I copy and pasted it to my notes! I'm unfortunately gonna divide this into 2 posts because I'm going to be very busy again but I still wanna reply and add some doodles— I'm sorry!

First off, thank you so much!! I was really excited and anxious to release pt. 2 of TD - Enemies for a while now! I'm so so glad you liked it! I hope pt. 3 will live up to expectations.

The beginning scene of pt. 2 takes place right after Leo's first mission. Leonardo had already been injured and patched (enough) by the time the TD!Mad Dogs (Raph, Donnie, Mikey, April) confront Lt. and Brute like they would originally in 'Origami Tsunami.' Leo was sent back before he could actually fight with them.

Leo's injuries didn't anything critical, but it was still quite bad. If the Mad Dogs caused this, the story would be going in a different direction.

With what Leonardo knows, it feels one of the more likely options. Unfortunately, currently, that still sticks inside his mind.

Glad y'all caught onto the importance of the hand-marking very quickly! I'll save more info for later, but I love all the theories and analysis on it! :D

Also I'm glad you like small Leo and Cassandra!! I love drawing them and developing their brother-sister dynamic!

[I will get to the rest of your ask tomorrow or overmorrow! I also wanna say I appreciate these long asks and detailed analysis of my stuff! It really means a lot!]

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