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My SUPER long Bayverse Turtle Headcanons
(Bruh, I've been thinking so hard about this shit. Completely based off real turtle anatomy and problems!)
Nocturnal eyesight. Mostly. It's not perfect but still pretty good. They're eyes glow in the dark (2014). It's a sign of reflecting light in the eyeball. Cats have it.
They all have third eyelids. They look like a milky white film. They can't really control it, and they only appear when they are sick, underwater, under bright sudden light, during combat, or sometimes when they are unconscious. They can see just fine through them.
Churrs are rare. Even rarer the older they get. Sounds like a super deep, rabid fire, 'thuckthuckthuckthuckthuck-' in their chest. It's a vulnerable sound and it's super inhuman- they hate it about themselves. Continuous churrs usually only happen when they are asleep (they can't help it). But you might hear it on an exhale as he cuddles you, or when he whips his head around in anger, or when he yanks you into a hard hug after a scare, or yelp one out when he gets a bad kick to the face-
They shed. They're scutes and skin get EXTREMELY dry and tight before the layers start peeling off. Large areas of their exposed body are humanoid epidermis, but it still sheds off. They prefer to stay in the water during shedding weeks. The faster they get this itchy shit off, the better-
Shells have sensation, but it's weird, and your turtle will NOT be able to explain it in a way that makes sense. Yes, they feel your hand. No, they are not in crippling pain when shot with a bullet. The sensitivity is just...weird.
They 'hibernate'. But not in a way you think. Outsiders see it as an extreme case of 'winter blues'. Their routines, personalities, and/or rationality don't change a bit. But they are way more hungry, tired, irritable, and lazy than usual. You will see each turtle passed out holding a mug of hot coco at least once during winter.
Next up, they do have mating season. But its way WAY less sexy than you'd think. Just getting out of 'Winter Blues', Spring Fever is a two week window when they are extra hormonal, super hungry, extremely irritable to each other and absolutely chalk FULL of energy. Frequent sexy times are a good way to release all this pent up stressđ
They have stripes. Not really a headcanon. Donnie literally has stripes on his neck and Mikey has the most beautiful zebra shell ever. Leo and Mikey have pretty color patterns on their plasteron. Raph kinda does too. I'm sure all four have them in places, they're just super faint.
Shell-rot is something they have to watch out for constantly. So they take daily showers to keep bacteria from staying on their scales and shell too long. Mold can eat away their plasteron, like how sugar causes cavities in your teeth. But it's less about 'holes'; Their shells get squishy, bloody, stink like rotten flesh and it's utter agony. AND if the infection gets in their blood- that's super bad news. Donnie has signs of shell rot scarring under his backpack (top of his shell). Leo has some rot scars on his plasteron. Raph needs to REALLY look out for it because of the cracks in his shell.
Pyramiding is scary as shit. All the turtles except MIKEY show bad signs of it. It's a sign of poor diet and lighting. Too much protein and not enough sunlight can cause their scutes to build up and grow weird, until their shell starts growing INWARD like a bowl instead of outward like a hill.
Turtle eye infections are super easy to get and they HATE IT. Their eyes get irritated and goopy, sometimes going bloodshot and it's hard to open their third eyelid. The eyeballs were mutated a lot, but not so much as to spare them from easy eye infections. They treat these infections with turtle eye drops they get from the pet store. It works.
They produce a LOT of body heat. A lot. A kiss from a ninja turtle is just as warm as a human. They mutated into endothermic humanoid organisms, capable of maintaining a constant body temperature on their own. They are also big guys with big bodies đ (Sweating in the plane in Oots, hardly no blankets in cold sewer, no shivering while running around in the snow in the first movie, or the outside ceremony at the end of oots, ect, ect.) While cuddling, your turtles cooler plastron will be your only savior when trying not to die of heat. No, you really won't need blankets. Trust me.
Their shells are super light. Listen, the shells look and sound like they add maybe two hundred pounds to each turtle. But they walk around and do ninja stuff without dying immediately from horrific internal injuries.
Their shell is supported by their ribcages. Like an internal hug around the chest. Their spine and ribs look a lot more like our own. They have a moving diaphragm. Mutated cartilage systems create support and space between their spine and carapace, creating a 'bullet proof' system to absorb impact, and space for things like 'shoulder bones' and 'diaphrams' to move. AND flexibility to tuck into their shells.
Cracking the shell could still be lethal. Much like cracking the shell of an actual turtle. But that is much more difficult to do with these guys. Raph was walking around with zip ties glued to his shell for a while (after the first movie) and he had to tell April what they were for.
when i started writing this comic, there were courses on duolingo for klingon and dothraki, fictional languages that are only spoken by characters on television shows who donât exist, but the course for yiddish, a language spoken by jews â real, living, breathing people â for generations, didnât exist until april 2021.
in 2017 a jewish employee at the anne frank museum was asked to put a baseball cap over his yarmulke. yeah, you read that right â an employee who worked in the house anne frank and her family hid for two years was asked to hide his judaism when he came into work.Â
what iâm saying is goyim are trying very hard to pretend jewish people donât exist anymore, and itâs safer for a man to tattoo a swastika on his face than it is for me to wear a necklace with a symbol of my culture on it.
a/n: Eddie has a little crush
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summary: Despite wanting to help fight, Y/n is assigned to Eddie Watch to make sure âhe doesnât do anything stupidâ reluctantly, she agrees. everythingâs fine, everythingâs good. Itâs all just perfect.
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âWhatâs this?â Y/n asked, sitting up in the boat to look at the plate presented before her.Â
âPancakes,â Eddie said, grinning excitedly at her. âIâm not very good at cooking, so sorry if theyâre burnt.â He said, placing the plate on her lap.Â
He watched her tentatively as she ate the pancakes.Â
âTheyâre good.â She affirmed, taking another bite. She had to suppress a gag as she chewed the burnt and bitter pancakes.Â
Why were they bitter?
âOh also,â He said, snapping his fingers as he remembered. âUh, if you want, you can go into the house and like. Have a shower or something if you want.âÂ
Y/n deliberated for a second.
âI donât have a change of clothes.â she stated, putting the half-eaten plate of âpancakesâ beside her before hopping out of the boat gracelessly.Â
âOh uh,â he said, thinking for a moment. âWait, I think I have some clothes in my van you can borrow. Mostly shirts, though,â he stated, patting each pocket on his body in search of his keys. When he did find them, he pulled them out and handed them to her.Â
âMy van is parked behind the house.â He told her, handing his keys to her. She nodded her head and left the shed in search of his van.Â
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(Bayverse) TMNT x GNReader
Warning: Profanity, Crude Humor
(Y/N): do you guys have tails?
LeoDaVinci: yes
(Y/N): how comes Iâve never seen them?
WreckItRalph: because we wear clothes..?
(Y/N): lemme see yours.
WreckItRalph: ..what?
DonDon: why are we discussing this?
MagicMike: Iâll show you mine!!
LeoDaVinci: you will do no such thing.
(Y/N): I just wanna see the tail
WreckItRalph: leave me alone.
MagicMike: IâLL SHOW YOU MY TAIL!!
LeoDaVinci: NO ONE IS SHOWING ANYONE ANYTHING!!
DonDon: what is happening rn?
(Y/N): raph lemme see dat ass
WreckItRalph: stop talking to me you little pervert
(Y/N): after u send me a pic of dat ass
WreckItRalph: I wonât hesitate to file a restraining order
(Y/N): I wonât hesitate to clap those cheeks
WreckItRalph: EXCUSE ME?!
LeoDaVinci: (Y/N) NO!!
(Y/N): SHUT UP YOU PRUDE!!
DonDon: I need to schedule another therapy appointment...
LeoDaVinci: you need to behave yourself
(Y/N): send me yours then
LeoDaVinci: absolutely not.
MagicMike: PICK ME!!
DonDon: this gc is my 13th reason why.
So first of all, I LOVE your Little Mermaid Donnie AU!! And I have a question.
When you are done with that AU and start and finish the Leo Anastasia AU, would you possibly be doing the Little Mermaid 2 with Donnie? I think that would be a cute sequel and idea.
You can completely ignore this.
Hope you have a good day/night/evening!
I-- I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT
that would be adorable đ„ș but Idk if I feel confident enough about making a child OC for the reader and Donnie, what do you guys think? If I continue with the second movie would you like me to make an OC character for melody?
A human child that loves the sea and tales of mermaids and yokai but has no idea of their father's yokai heritage or her uncles (There's so much angst potential there)
Tell me if you think it's a good idea!
I think this suits him a little too well <3
Day THREE: Family/AU/Outfit Swap
(If anyone has a Straw Hat member that you want me to properly outfit swap with Barto, let me know!)
They are so cute!!! Little turtles!!! Aaawww!!! ^w^