I want to reiterate the fact I think that Rise Leo and 2003 Mikey are eerily similar in a lot of ways. To those who write Leo as all silent and a shell of himself after krang- I respect you but here me out: he still is a flamboyant king with Issues ™️ and very much in denial/uses humor as a coping mechanism…kind of like 2003 Mikey, right?
(Sorry for the sketch lines and untidiness overall! I don’t have much time rn to do proper art 😓)
Another friendship that would’ve loved to se development of is definitely April and Raphael, they definitely had their wonderful moments of sass and even how Raph defends her thru comments when it came to Donnie’s crush on her!
Head canon but! April and Raph being this competitive with each other on the little things >v< like who Can run faster between the roof buildings, eat faster, it’s been a while I do see them on the “I can do anything better than you” song, it’s kinda the dynamic they have on my brain but also Raph do tending to talk more personal level to April, maybe since what happened to Slash or when Raph had his moments of missing Mona while she wasn’t on earth QwQ
Painting turtle shells is really bad for turtle due to their porous shells. When their shells are painted, Turtles absorb all the toxins from the paint, are unable to properly sunbathe and regulate body temperature, and it can cause respiratory issues and the feeling of suffocating. All of that plus it can stunt a turtle’s growth.
So i have a little head cannon that Michelangelo paints his own shell because it looks super cool- and then he’s always so sick afterwards and has no idea why he’s constantly getting worse and sicker and sicker after painting the sistine chapel on himself.
(That’s also why he’s short lmao)
But i feel like even if he did find out painting his shell was bad for him he wouldn’t stop. He gets attention finally because he’s halfway dead and he’s like “its called going out in style” but I’m pretty sure it counts as a form of SH, Mikey.
infact im 100 percent sure he wouldn’t give a damn if painting his shell killed him, i bet he would love that because he has no self preservation instinct.
Michelangelo’s lack of self preservation is seriously concerning. Like during his second fight with Kluh he just lets himself get beat the fuck up until Kluh threatens to kill Michelangelo’s family. Like he basically goes limp and let’s Kluh break him into itty bitty pieces. He knew Kluh wanted to kill him, and he was seriously just gonna let that happen while his entire family watched, and that’s pretty sick and twisted. Like it’s great he cares about his family or whatever but he was stupid, masochistic, and sewerslidal during that fight or something. Maybe he was like “yeah, everyone’s right, they’ve always been right. It was luck that i won, I’m not a real champion. I’m nothing. Guess i’ll die.”
And nobody in his family is like “hey dude why did you take like half an hour and wait for all of your bones to be broken until you actually started to fight back?”
Like cmon you guys what the shell. Wow this got really off topic, huh?
Hc that when they were kids, Splinter would often refer to Mikey as 'the baby'(TM), because he was the smallest and youngest ('hold the baby for a moment', 'go play with the baby'). The brothers sometimes still use it, mostly in an ironic way
It was especially confusing in the bad timeline during the resistance, when Leo would ask someone if they've seen 'the baby', and then 5 minutes later, you'd see him talking to a 80 yo man
WEIGHTED BLACK WRAPPING LIKE ROCK LEE or the Blue samurai ft. MILES btw I imagine the rottmnt turtles kr Cassandra and April having this. They have to carry this with both their leggs and arms to either hold back their strenght and become stronger i think its a cool Idea for them to have weighted wrappings like they can use mystic to have weight on that item it doesn't look like its very heavy but when they remove it Boom rock lee moment fr.
Can you do 2007 turtles crush at first sight hc's reaction to master splinter introducing them to an old friend of his who is female ninja around their age. How would they act around them?
Of course I can! I hope this is what you had in mind :)
TMNT 2007 HC: Their reaction to their crush at first sight 💚
- “This is an old friend. You may address her as Miss Y/n.”
- “Now Splinter, you know I don’t care much for formalities. We’re about the same age, yeah?” You smile at the turtles as you stand before them; who remain bowing to you as a sign of respect.
- However, one turtle in particular picks his head back up the quickest to look at your face.
- The four brothers were expecting you. Master Splinter had informed them of an old friend- she was the daughter of one of his past Sensei’s. He felt a sense of pride introducing you to them.
- You were the product of the intense training he went through as well.
- “You can just call me Y/n. It’s nice to meet you all. Splinter has told me so much about you guys.” You go around the room, making sure to shake every one of the turtle’s hands. Each one had a different grip on your own small hand.
- “I reckon you remember the story of my Sensei my sons; Master Hisashi.” Splinter had told the four brothers countless memories from his time training under Hisashi. He learned almost everything he knew from him.
- “Is that…?” Mikey trails off.
- “His daughter, Yes.” Splinter remembered when you were just a little girl. You had been adopted by Hisashi when you were only one year old after a tragic car accident with your birth parents. Hisashi raised you and eventually trained you to become a kunoichi.
- “He taught me everything I know.” You had also made an appearance so you could spar with the turtles. Once Hisashi got in touch (finally!) with Splinter, he had to explain the mutation situation he was in years ago. HIsashi understood, of course he did.
- His former student and good friend being a rat had changed nothing. Once moving to New York, HIsashi began to visit often, fascinated by the four mutated turtles.
- Fast forward to now, you were finally able to meet them yourself.
- As you study each of the brothers, you see one of them had his eye on you longer than the rest; especially after shaking their hand.
Leonardo
He’s intrigued. He knew Hisashi had a daughter, but now, he was meeting you for the first time.
Someone forgot to mention how pretty you were
You weren’t dressed like a kunoichi, though. You weren’t wearing any fabrics that indicated so.
You only wore black leggings and a tank top with some sneakers, your single katana in its holster strapped to your back.
He liked your simplicity, given you were here today to spar with his brothers
He couldn’t wait to spar with you btw
You walk up to him first, sticking out your hand for him to take.
His hand shake is formal
though it lasts a little longer as he enjoys the feeling of your hand touching his
His eyes look into yours, and you return his sincere smile
“I hear you’re the strong, fearless leader. Leonardo, right?”
*Insert butterflies in his stomach*
“Y-yeah, you can call me Leo.” His self-confidence gets a sudden boost at your words. Strong? Fearless?
Yeah, that’s him honey.
He watches as you go down the line, shaking his other brother’s hands, he notices the katana behind you. Its handle is a beautiful shiny black, designed with pastel pink cherry blossoms and white branches. He looks behind his back at his own dual katanas. The handles were plain blue with some imperfections from wear and tear. It appeared your aura and beauty matched your own weapon.
You were absolutely breathtaking to him, your hair in a bun, loose strands dancing around your face. He watches your lips as they open to talk and shake the rest of his brother’s hands.
Once you finish, you make your way back to Master Splinter who tells his sons to begin stretching for today’s training.
“It’s rude ta stare, fearless.” Raphael jokes with a snickering Michelangelo. Leo didn’t realize how long he had been staring at you.
“I- uh.” “No need ta hide it,” Raph gets up from his spot to stretch his arms, and leaves his brother and his flushed cheeks on the opposite side of the dojo.
He wondered what your interests were; what you liked and disliked. What makes you happy, and what makes you sad. He was so lost in thought that he didn’t notice you getting closer in his field of vision, walking right up to him.
“Could I spar with you first, Leo?” Your voice sweetly greeted his ears like honey to a bear’s tongue.
“I…yes, I’d love to be first.” He gets up from his spot on the floor after a few quick stretches, watching as you flash him a smile, your eyes closing as you did so.
He knew the more you came down to visit, the more he’d want to spend time with you to get to know you.
Raphael
‘She’s small.’ - Raph’s mind
He watches your body language and mannerisms. How you smile to each of his brothers, showing them all the same amount of respect.
When he sees you go up to him first to shake his hand, he’s a little shocked.
I mean, he’s the biggest turtle of the team. His biceps alone rival Donnie’s and Leo’s combined. He’s also very much aware of his RBF, which he cannot control
So, why did you come up to introduce yourself first? Wouldn’t you be at least a little intimidated by him?
His thoughts come crashing down when you finally speak to him.
“Looks like you carry the world’s problems on those sculpted shoulders of yours,” How did you see right through him? You weren’t intimidated by his resting bitch face, nor how brolic he was compared to the rest of the team.
He also wasn’t expecting you to flirt with him?
He thought- wait- were you flirting with him?
When he doesn’t say anything, you smile and stick out your hand.
“Raphael, correct?”
“Uh, yeah. Or Raph. Whicheva you prefer.” The way his name escaped your lips was heavenly. His own gruff deep voice had clashed with your softer one. You had contrasting differences from each other, but it only made him study your face more.
He takes your hand to shake, holding back his strength so he doesn’t crush your hand by accident.
He likes how smaller your hand is compared to his own, too. How soft your hand was compared to his rough one. How your 5 fingers easily interlocked with his 3 digits.
His golden eyes looked at yours, studying you and your facial features. There was no way this girl who was significantly smaller than him was a trained kunoichi.
But, you were. Splinter had told him and his brothers all the stories about Hisashi and his daughter. How talented she was in the art of ninjutsu.
He comes to terms with this when he notices your katana strapped to your back as you walk away from him.
“Nice eyes, by the way.” You compliment absentmindedly, smiling as you went down the rest of the line to meet the next turtle.
He doesn’t say anything, though, he can’t help but keep his eyes on you. This was the second time in a matter of 5 minutes that you had flirted with him- at least that's what he thinks it was.
‘Nah, it totally was.’ He smirks as he looks you up and down, his eyes moving with your curves all the way down to your ankles. The way your eyes glanced at him every now and then, only for you to see he was smirking at you.
And soon after introducing yourself to the rest of his brothers, it was time for training.
Raph’s body seemed to stretch out easily. He trained and exercised often, and he watched as your arms reached to touch the tips of your sneakers, watching how your calf muscles under your leggings flex as you did so.
He walks over to you, stature looming over your stretching form. You take notice of the shadow engulfing you, turning around to look up and see the turtle in red.
“I won’t go easy on ya,” He says matter of factly. Expecting you to simply nod and go back to what you were doing, you get up to stand in front of him, his plastron almost coming into contact with your chest.
“I wasn’t expecting you to. Besides, I like a challenge.” You wink before walking away, going back to what you were doing as if what you said held no weight.
The way you looked at him, and even matched his energy? Yeah, he was ready to take you on.
Unbeknownst to you, Raphael also loves a good challenge.
“Don’t tell me she’s got you wrapped around her finger already,” Leo says chuckling. He notices how quickly Raph turns around to deny his statement, with a snarky comment of his own.
“Yeah right, I’m head ova heels already.” He responds sarcastically. Looking back at you, now conversing with Donatello, he chuckles to himself.
He wasn’t wrapped around your finger. Yet. It was going to take more than flirting and winks to get him under your spell.
Donatello
This turtle is nervous at first. Donnie is intimidated by women. He’s grew up with his brothers his whole life, that the thought of a woman gets him in a twist.
His reaction to meeting you isn’t the same as how he met April. He had this awkward one-sided crush on her that he never acted upon. His brothers knew, of course. He was such a nerdy shy turtle that would blush every time April gave him a hug.
This crush was short-lived, though. Once Casey came into the picture, he kept his feelings in.
Surprisingly, he got over April fairly quickly.
Now, 2007 Donnie doesn’t fall head over heels at first sight. He takes a moment before acting on impulse.
‘Pretty.’ He thinks as he looks at you. You’re standing so confident beside Splinter that he has no choice but to admire you. After hearing so many stories of Hisashi’s daughter, you were now standing in front of him, ready to shake his hand.
Donnie is shy, he awkwardly sticks out his hand, and when you touch his, he can’t help but blush. His cheeks dusted pink from physical contact with you.
“It’s nice to meet you, Donatello.” Your pretty smile just compliments the rest of your face that Donnie can’t help but stumble on his words.
“O-Oh, please, um…call me Donnie, or Don! Whichever.” Stupid! He mentally curses at himself. For once could he just act a little confident?
“Donnie…that’s a cute name for a genius.” Cue Donnie smiling like an idiot. You knew about him thanks to talking to Splinter. You knew Donnie was the most intelligent turtle out of the four. He had the power to make nothing into something great. He was truly an underrated member of the team.
“Ha…genius is a little…I wouldn’t say…well,” He’s stuttering and puts a hand behind his neck for comfort. He can hear Mikey snickering to his left side.
But, you were right. Donnie was a genius. His name was also pretty cute, too.
He thought you were cute btw
Despite being intimidated by you, your hand was soft, and it shook his gently. He notices the way your hand feels on his own, and he breaks the shake before his cheeks catch on fire from how nervous he is.
His brown eyes continue to watch you even after introductions. How you begin stretching nearby, as he tries to focus on his own body.\
He’s admiring you. From what he’s heard, you were a highly trained kunoichi. The thought of you in battle piqued his interest. Not only that, but he wondered how much damage such a pretty girl like you could do.
Donnie wasn’t exactly the strongest, and he was afraid he would make a fool of himself during sparring (Splinter brought ‘The Hat’ out, meaning that he would pick names from a Yankees baseball cap to see who would spar with who.)
He was hoping, praying he didn’t get paired with Raph first.
He’s so lost in his anxious thoughts that he doesn’t notice you pick up his bo staff from beside him.
“I can’t wait to see what you can do with this,” You say. He looks up at you from his spot on the floor, watching in admiration as you spin it around like a color guard from a marching band.
“You’ve mastered the bo staff, yeah?” You ask, placing it in his open hands.
‘Keep it cool, Donnie.’
“Yeah, it was a little hard at first, since it’s just a piece of wood.” He notices you sit down next to him, continuing to stretch.
He gets a little more comfortable talking to you. You weren’t towering over him, and it eased him up a bit.
“I mean, I can’t remember how many times Foot soldiers laughed at me when they saw me pull it out during a fight.” He admits. It was true, he was the laughingstock amongst new Foot Soldiers who hadn’t fought him yet. However, he would quickly show him he was not the one to mess with.
“I’d love to see you fight, Donnie.” You flash him a smile, patting him on the shell. Your voice is so modulated and pleasant to listen to.
You were gonna be the death of him.
Michaelangelo
He thinks you’re cute.
Totally cute
He’s so giddy and excited to meet you, but he’s also a little nervous.
He wasn’t the best fighter on the team, but he was the glue that kept them together during tough times. When they need a push or a lighthearted moment after a serious one, they look to Mikey for that relief.
“What’s up, Kunoichi dudette!” Mikey’s handshake is playful like himself. He’s also not really into formalities, so he lets you know right off the bat you can call him Mikey.
“I never met a kunoichi before! This is so cool~”
“Yes we have Mikey. Karai.” Donnie says factually. Mikey scoffs and smiles.
“She doesn’t count. Y/n’s one of the good guys, right?” You nod in agreement. Hisashi had told you about Karai who also was a trained Kunoichi. The only difference between you two ladies was that you stood on different beliefs. Karai was cold, brash, and dangerous.
You were the opposite. If it came down to it conflict wise, you could handle your own. Mikey didn’t think you looked deadly or dangerous at all.
He wants to get to know you. You’re the third human girl he’s met! He wants to know a lot about your life as a Kunoichi.
He’s surprised at how easy it is to talk to you. Mikey can get really giddy and excited when talking to people, but he likes the way you respond and bounce off of what he says.
“Nunchucks? You’ve got to show me how to use them!” You smile and giggle as Mikey is clearly trying to impress you with his dual weapon. He’s swinging them around quickly and doing a few tricks he’s learned.
“They’re really easy, just look at how- ow!” You watch as Mikey bonks himself on the head with one of his nunchucks, wincing from the pain on the floor.
“Are you okay?” You place a hand on his shoulder, and suddenly, he’s up and at em’ like it never happened.
“I’m okay! Don’t worry everyone!” He announces to his family.
“Don’t worry! We ain’t worryin’!” Raphael replies from the other side of the dojo.
Smiling at Mikey, you excuse yourself to your own spot in the room. As you unsheathe your katana, he can’t wait to see you use it.
He watches in awe as you practice on your own before sparring in a corner by yourself. With your katana in hand, he’s watching how easily your body flows with each swift movement.
“She’s like an angel…” He says dreamily. Unlike Raph’s hard exterior, Mikey’s was soft.
He would be wrapped around your little finger in an instant.
It was based on the animated series of 2018 and 2012.
💜The main four:
❗Raphael (The Anxious-avoidant type)
- Proximity/distance conflict: Demonstrates outbursts of anger and sarcasm as a defense against vulnerability, but is deeply attached to his brothers. In the 2012 animated series, his rage often masks his fear for his family.
- Specifics in "rise": As an older brother, he tries to combine hyper-care (especially over Michelangelo) with impulsiveness. His fear of doll and his love of teddy bears highlight childhood traumas.
❗Leonardo (Disorganized type with hypercompensation)
- Perfectionism and control: Excessive responsibility for the team leads to the suppression of emotions (for example, ignoring the experiences of Donatello and Michelangelo in the 2012 animated series).
- Breach of trust: Blind faith in Karai, contrary to the warnings of the brothers, reflects a conflict between duty and emotional needs.
❗Michelangelo (Alarmingly ambivalent type)**
- Confirmation Search: Uses humor and levity to attract attention. In the 2003 version, his "laziness" is a way to escape the pressure of expectations.
- Love Lines: Simultaneous feelings for Reinette and Shinigami (2012) indicate a fear of loneliness and instability in a relationship.
❗Donatello (The reliable type with avoidant traits)
- Intellectualization of emotions: Immersion in inventions replaces open discussion of feelings (for example, in "Donnie's Gifts" from "Evolution" he takes criticism painfully) .
- Stability: Least conflictual, but prone to isolation under stress.
I do not pretend that everything I have said has any logic, this is just my opinion on the general portrait of the Characters of the main cast.
