Donnie is canonically autistic and has so much swag it’s unreal.
Donnie has helped educate people on autism and neurodivergence in general. He may or may not have been the driving force for my realization that I might be autistic. Donnie seriously changed my life with that piece of information.
Donnie is very realistic autistic representation. He’s just an autistic character who’s allowed to exist and exhibit autistic traits without being scrutinized for it. I love when he stims!
Donnie presents many autistic traits such as low empathy, monotone voice, sensory issues, difficulty with emotions and feelings, special interests and stimming!
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(I am way too invested in this competition, someone help. Even if Donnie doesn’t win, he’ll always be a winner in my heart!)
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i'm invested in this a normal amount, i need to add to the propaganda
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Masterpost here
And Shelldon
After Hal got his Halberd back from Fundi he clung to it for weeks, only forming half of himself while watching Donnie.
Once he wa comfortable, he abandoned the halberd completely and just hangs in Donnie's lab whether he's there or not.
Hal gets best if both worlds: to learn about technology without anyone talking to or noticing him at all, as well not being too alone or lonely. He also cherishes the peace and quiet he gets when the four turtles and three other spirits go out.
Hal was very nervous of Shelldon at first, especially since he was scared the A.I bot would find a way to see or hear him, and thus telling Donnie of his existence.
Hal knows Donnie isn’t keen on mystic or magic related things, so he thinks it's better if Donnie never finds out about him incase Donnie is either creeped out by him or hates him for hanging around for so long without Donnie knowing.
Thankfully though, after months of skirting around Shelldon in a panic, Hal realises that the bot cannot see nor hear him so he relaxes and goes about doing his own thing.
Little does Hal know, Shelldon can see and hear all the spirits but only Oda knkws this and managed to convince Shelldon not to tell anyone.
Its now a common scene to see Hal keenly watching Donnie in whatever he's doing, always surprised by the marvels of modern technology.
If the other spirits need to talk to Hal... they know where to find him.
I have been working on this drawing for ages, and then I got ill and couldn't finish it for a week. But I'm well now and managed to finished the background quickly so I can post it today.
Personally I'm terrible at backgrounds, (I mostly avoid doing backgrounds if I can) but I decided to put a bit more effort into it this time. I'm not sure whether I like the background I did or not... but decided to post it anyone without thinking too much. Oh well.
I decided also to included the original sketch work, Hal and Donnie without the background, as well as the background on itself, since I spent so much time on this. I do feel the background crowds the picture too much, so that's why there are different versions.
It was my brothers idea to have Donnie playing Tetris inbetween his usual work. 😆
LET'S GO, RISE!
LET'S KEEP IT TRENDING!!!!
This makes so much sense!
I’ve added the “Canon Compliant” tag to all of my comics on ao3, because I’ve noticed a strange amount of people calling “The Brains and The Brawn” an “AU” or “Alternate Universe”, when… it’s not…?
An “Alternate Universe” story takes place in a universe completely different from the canon - think Fantasy AUs, High School AUs, or fics using the same characters as canon but a plot from a different story (which could lead into “crossovers”, but I digress).
Yet I see folks misuse this term for LOTS of fics or comics, and as someone who prides themselves in trying to get their comics as close to canon as possible, it admittedly makes me feel like I’m failing a bit at that if people are calling my comics “alternate universes” since I usually intend them to slot somewhere into the canon storyline.
I would call the main comics I’ve created so far to be “Canon Compliant” which are stories with the same characters, setting, and plot, and no big changes to the canon (examples are missing scene fics, fics based on canon character backstories (think “turtle tots”), or other general fics meant to be seen as an “episode” of the show).
There’s also “Canon Divergent” or “Universe Alteration” which are stories with the same characters, same setting, and same plot up until the plot diverges from a specific point in the canon and things after that point are altered (plot may or may not swing back around to fit back into the canon) (examples: LFLS, what if x character lived/died after a certain point, what if a certain battle was lost/won? etc.) I point out “Like Father, Like Son” here because while it is not my story, @eternalglitch has stated on numerous occasions that it is a “Universe Alteration”. It’s the same universe, not an alternate one. Some events just changed the plot in a major way. The events altered the universe, not the other way around.
So anyway, that’s my little TED talk for the day; just letting folks get to know their tags and fan stories better. I’m also trying to be clearer with my tags and how I present my stories so folks get a better understanding for them.
Thanks for reading! Have a lovely day!
I decided it was probably about time I worked out a proper timeline, for my own sanity more than anything, since some chapters overlap.
I will update the timeline as the story progresses to avoid spoilers for those who are following along with the fic.
The timeline is rough and might be edited in the future, but as I said, this is mostly to help me keep track of everything lol
1st: Canon portal - Divergence starts.
2nd: Directly after first.
3rd: Night time a few hours later - Mikey opens portal alone
4th: Next day - Afternoon - Failed to open
5th: Next day - Afternoon - Leo fights back
Night time: Mikey has Nightmare.
6th: ^ Same night - Mikey and Donnie opne portal alone
Next day - Donnie and Mikey argue
7th: Next day - Morning - open portal with April and Casey
8th: Directly afterwards - SUCCESS!
Total days = 5 days.
Directly after getting Leo home:
Mikey refuses to see Leo.
April sees Leo's injuries.
April and Mikey talk.
Raph cleans Leo.
Donnie and Casey amputate Leo's arm.
Late afternoon:
Donnie goes to bed and has a nightmare.
Raph takes Donnie to med-bay.
Raph joins Mikey, April and Casey in the kitchen.
Raph, Splinter, Casey and Donnie have lunch in med-bay.
Leo wakes up.
Leo attacks family and portals away.
Total time: Midday to Evening.
(Chapters overlap)
Directly after portaling away:
Late Evening:
Leo portals to TCRI roof.
Leo portals to New Jersey and sleeps all night.
Very early morning:
Family recovers after Leo's attack.
Mikey goes to Draxum.
Donnie wakes up.
Casey goes to meet Cass.
The family starts to plan to search for Leo.
Leo wakes up and basks in the sun.
Donnie and April go to Run of the Mill.
Raph and Splinter talk with Big Mama.
Casey and Cass search along the river.
Mikey and Draxum go to Repo Mantis.
Leo portals to the TCRI building and sneaks inside for information.
Donnie and April go to Purple Dragons.
Mikey and Draxum fight Meat Sweats/returns to Repo
Casey and Cass run into Hypno.
Splinter and Big Mama work out a deal.
Leo sets the TCRI building to explode.
Donnie and April fly around.
Mikey texts Todd.
Casey and Cass chat after Hypno.
Splinter and Raph start to leave Big Mama's Hotel.
At same time:
Donnie and April see Leo on the roof.
Casey notices an explosion.
Mikey and Draxum hear an explosion.
Splinter and Raph see the explosion.
Leo portals away.
Raph catches D&A as they fall.
Donnie and April start to fall.
Protal opens to save D& A.
Mikey catched the building, slowing its down so that people could get away.
Raph carries Donnie home.
Mikey gets call from Raph
Casey and Cass arrive when things have calmed down.
Raph dropped Donnie off in med-bay
Raph calls Casey.
I know this isn't connected to my Spirits Within the Wepons au but when I saw this I couldn't help but laugh, because this is something Fundi and Mikey would defiantly do (Espcially when Mikey finds out about Fundi).
it has a face - mikey tries to feed it
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