I LOVE YOUR SEPARATED AU SO MUCH AND THEIR DESIGNS ARE FABULOUS 😩✨❤️ I wanna eat your art.
So! If you don't mind, my lil questions are: What does each brother think of lil Mikey? and vice versa? What are their first impressions of each other?
That's all! Hope to see more of these au. Have a great day! ♥️
Thank you so muuuch!! Donnie was a pain to design, so I'm glad you like it
Mikey is a big ball of sunshine that has never met another turtle, so he's super-duper excited to meet Leo & Donnie and is constantly in awe of them. I mean, they're just soooo cool! Leo is super strong and confident and funny, he even bought Mikey some delicious pizza!
Donnie looked a bit scary at first, basically radiating the don't-talk-to me stink, but it took Mikey showing genuine interest in his tech once for the older turtle to fold immediately.
These two remind Mikey of the imaginary friends he had when he was a small child. He can't explain it, but they feel the same, and he feels pulled towards the familiarity.
Leo recognized the little box turtle as his probably-long-lost-thought-to-be-dead brother, since the chances of there being a teenage ninja turtle mutant running around completely unrelated to them is very unlikely. And Leo has always been kinda obsessed with the idea of having a family so he can't help but reach out to Mikey.
Talking to Mikey brings such pure joy out of him, it's ridiculous. Leo is used to dealing with stuck-up rich assholes, so hanging out with Mikey feels like a breath of fresh air on a sunny day in the park. He's funny and energetic and praises Leo so easily and earnestly it goes straight to his older-brother pride he didn't know he had.
Donnie tries to be nonchalant about the whole situation. It's Leo who's always had this weird fantasy about having more brothers (like dealing with one wasn't enough) and Donnie would totally keep a level head. But curiosity is an inventor's greatest strength and Don's greatest weakness, so he too falls into Mikey's grubby little claws. He just can't help but ask questions! He needs to know. Everything.
And when Mikey asks him about his tech with literal stars in his eyes, Donnie turns into an ego-monologue machine with no off switch. He basically preens at the praise of his younger probably-brother.
Unfortunately for the middle children, they both soon realize they should probably not drag this innocent bystander into the very underbelly of the Hidden City with them. It's kind of a miserable place. Maybe that's why they were so quick to latch onto the little ray of sunshine they stumbler upon? ANY-ways, it's best for Mikey if they stay away. (Mikey disagrees!)
I haven't figured out what to do with Raph yet, but he'll meet his brothers soon enough. Once I find the time I'll also write down the plot, so hopefully things will be more understandable! Hopefully this gives enough insight into them for now