HAPPY PRIDE/MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH!!!
Here are my head-canons for the turtles and my sexualities for my ocs! I chose to do the shapes that represent them with pride in the background and the awareness ribbons on top! Let me explain them:
Raph: Head-cannoned him as demisexual with anxiety. I imagine he would watch adult rated films and skip over the saucy bits because he doesn’t like them. Bridgerton is probably one of his favorites.
Leo: Head-cannoned him as a bisexual man. He is confirmed to have ADHD by the creators, but he also has sleeping problems bc of trauma. I know a lot of people head-canon him as a full gay man because of his personality and reaction to Piel and Hueso combined, but let’s remember that scene with Atomic Lass, okay? IYKYK.
Donnie: Head-cannoned him as asexual also with sleeping problems. He is confirmed to have autism by the creators! I got to reference him as proper representation in my school TedTalk presentation today about autism representation and I am so happy!
Mikey: Head-cannoned him as pansexual and he is confirmed to have ADD by creators (not the same as ADHD, but the ribbons were the same color). This guy would not care about gender; as long as he finds someone he’s attracted to, he will go for it! I do like the aro/ace head-cannon for him too, it fits him, but I think Mikey would like to have love in his life.
Xsis: Xsis is bisexual and has AUDHD (autism and ADHD) because that is what I suspect I may have. I am not a doctor and I would love to get properly diagnosed, but even getting that is kind of expensive. Hoping a future therapist can help when I’m older. As for Xsis, I wanted to show that not all autistic people are the same. Her and Donnie have similar traits, but are very different people. I think it’s important to understand that not everyone with a certain condition can be expected to act the same.
Woody: Woody doesn’t show his mental health traits very much in the beginning of my fic, but when he gains his memories back and remembers his past life, he’ll show more signs of his depression. When he was human, he committed acts of self-harm because of the way his body looked and how difficult he made life for himself because he thought it was his fault. This will be tricky to write as I don’t want to cause anyone harm, but tips and tricks later on will be highly appreciated!
That’s all of them! I like most head-canons about the turtles and have respect for people who share different opinions, but I simply wanted to show mine. Mental Health and Pride are very important traits that should be checked on and discussed by people as a community. I believe equality comes from spreading awareness, understanding in the community, and helping those who need it.
Here is what I used! Got the screen shot from NIXY on YouTube (go check her out her oc stuff is FIRE 🔥)
Have a Happy Pride and Men’s Mental Health Month!