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Why are most of tmnt 2012 fan's biggest issue with A Foot Too Big being the Apriltello shit that happened right at the end of the episode and not the fact that we basically just watched Donnie get sexually harassed/assaulted for several minutes
Tmnt 2012 Good Genes episode could've gone so hard
So it seems that the Villain Donnie AU is our winner, followed by Elements and Tokyo Ghoul
Expect more of my evil little guy soon!!
So, I'm kinda at a point where I'm a bit strapped for ideas, and I figured I should do a poll so it can sort itself out
(I'll make content for the others in order of 2nd and 3rd place)
I've seen quite a good amount of people with transfem 12 Leo headcannons BUT how is it that have I not seen at least ONE person with the headcannon that she'd change her name to Miwa (specifically in reference to after Splinter dies, maybe as another way to honor his memory)
I'm playing Infinite Craft and I got Donatello by combining Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and gambling???????
Ye
Ninja Turtle macaroni for the second night in a row life is good 👍
Sorry for the lack of art lately I think I'm having an art style identity crisis again
If I had a nickel for every time I've made a tmnt 2012 AU bc I had ideas for cool character designs but got emotionally invested in writing a story to go along with it I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
I don't think we talk enough about how the 2012 Kraang are literally responsible for the creation and evolution of the human race
I'm honestly really hooked on the idea of the rise turtles hosting another lair games where the 2012 turtles get to participate
It could be like, team 12 and team rise, and occasionally teams are switched to pair with their counterparts. More players also means more events so the 12 boys could even suggest a few games to even it out
Honestly I've seen a lot of "12 Donnie is afraid of rise Donnie" but for once I just really wanna see "rise Donnie is afraid of 12 Donnie and doesn't know how to deal with it"
Another sneak peak to keep ya on your toes,,,
I finally hit 3,000 words!!! This thing's gonna be LONG
Putting all my AU Donnies in a room and seeing which one comes out alive
I actually kinda wanna talk about a common trope I've seen a lot in tmnt 2012 + rise crossovers involving interactions between the two Donnies, specifically about 12 Donnie's romantic feelings and stalkerish tendencies towards his April, because I do think there's actually room for analysis in there about how rise Donnie would feel about it. I personally don't think it would be the "lol ew you're weird" that I typically see in these kinds of crossovers (I know it's supposed to be a joke most of the time but still).
🔽Here we go🔽
(Tumblr only allows one video per post, so all the necessary clips used to make my point will be compiled into this video that I will be referencing back to)
To begin, let's start with the fact that rise Donnie is no stranger to keeping tabs on his bothers without them knowing.
He admits that he "records everything" in The Clothes Don't Make the Turtle, and that he at some point before the events of the movie put subcutaneous tracking devices in his brothers (and possibly even Casey too despite not knowing him for that long), and in both of those scenes, none of them seem to have known about it up until those points.
So he's perfectly fine with spying on people, but unlike 12 Donnie, he seems to keep tabs on his family and friends through more indirect means like trackers and recording them instead of just straight up stalking them. You could argue that using more isolated methods instead could be a way for him to justify it, since tracking devices and recordings that you don't particularly have to be present for are a few steps removed from physically following someone around, but given how Donnie seems perfectly willing to resort to violence and murder in many instances I genuinely don't think it's an issue of morality for him. I think he just believes spying with his tech is simply more effective and time saving
So he's fine with spying on his brothers, but we don't exactly know if he'd do the exact same thing in romantic relationships. I do think it's likely, since him placing trackers on them is most likely a way for him to ensure their safety without being upfront about it, so if he cares about someone romantically he'd probably do the same thing too.
Rise as a series doesn't have too much romance in general but there are at least two hints in the show about Donnie and how he feels about romance, particularly in War and Pizza and Mascot Melee.
He calls Cherry Tomato "cute and mean" and asks himself why he always goes for her type, and calls Atomic Lass his childhood idle before asking her if she was single after their dance fight. He's clearly capable of having romantic feelings for certain people, but these examples aren't real people in-universe, so it's entirely possible that he only experience romantic attraction to fictional characters. That's also another degree of separation since April in 2012 is a real person whereas Cheery and Atomic Lass are not.
So I think that's it for rise Donnie. On to 2012
One other thing I've seen that's pretty common with this trope is people making 12 Donnie act all...proud for how he acts around April? Where he admits to stalking her like it's some casual thing? Which...he absolutely would not do.
In Mutagen Man Unleashed, he looked embarrassed—almost ashamed even—to admit here that he was following her before hand, meaning he knows it's wrong and quite possibly wishes he hadn't done it in the first place. I would say it's probably likely he feels guilty because he got caught, but given the fact that he voluntarily admitted that he knew April was at the park with Casey, I personally doubt it.
Since it's very likely Donnie's feelings towards April potentially stem from his self-hatred of being a mutant, I honestly don't think he'd be that proud of the fact that he's stalked her in the past.
This crossover trope ESPECIALLY wouldn't work after season 3 episode 2.
A Foot Too Big's entire overarching plot revolves around Donnie's feelings towards April, and him being confronted with the truth of how he's been acting around her.
(Now in my opinion this episode didn't even do a good job of that anyway considering that Donnie never followed her around LITERALLY all the time or grabbed her or kissed her without consent, which—by the way—is considered sexual assault, but this isn't the point I'm trying to make here. Maybe for a future analysis)
Point is, at that point Donnie has already learned his lesson, so it would make justifying the whole "12 Donnie would lovingly talk about stalking April as if it's normal" even harder to justify.
Tl;dr: I honestly doubt rise Donnie would care about 12 Donnie's behavior towards April, especially considering the fact that 12 Donnie is not proud of it and has learned from it. In all honesty I can see the most likely outcome of them meeting being 12 Donnie nervously admitting that he used to follow her around only for rise Donnie to tell him that if he's really worried that much he should just put a tracker on her, and that it'll save him half the effort.
Anyway that's all, take care :3
I have another idea ☝️🤓
I'm so PISSED I wanted to make an analysis about Rise Donnie and 12 Donnie's dynamic and how Rise probably wouldn't even bat an eye regarding 12's stalkerish tendencies but I CAN'T bc STUPID UGLY Tumblr only allows ONE (1) video per post fuck EVERYTHING AGDXFKJ
I'm so PISSED I wanted to make an analysis about Rise Donnie and 12 Donnie's dynamic and how Rise probably wouldn't even bat an eye regarding 12's stalkerish tendencies but I CAN'T bc STUPID UGLY Tumblr only allows ONE (1) video per post fuck EVERYTHING AGDXFKJ
I hate sounding like an attention seeker but want to mention that my asks are indeed open, and that if you have any questions about my AU go right on ahead and ask!
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Fuck it screw my schedule I'm just gonna post art whenever I want
I'm drawing vampire Donnie and I just realized that I forgot his FUCKING CHOKER
@imagionationstation Kind of? It's whatever this thing around his neck is
I'm drawing vampire Donnie and I just realized that I forgot his FUCKING CHOKER
I'm drawing vampire Donnie and I just realized that I forgot his FUCKING CHOKER
Here's to hoping that posting my favorite snippet from my current fic I'm writing will motivate me to finish it °3°
For context this is the Tokyo Ghoul AU again, and the pov here is Donnie
I've been working on wip fics for quite a while now but rn I'm going full throttle on my tmnt 2012 Tokyo Ghoul AU and I've just been working on this quick little one shot about Donnie going through The Horrors™. Because of course I am
Now that my Tokyo Ghoul AU is public I can finally talk about it in depth, so I'm actually gonna explain some of the worldbuilding and some of the creative liberties I took
Some of it is just expanding on certain aspects that I don't think were explained in the manga in full
Here we go:
So in the og story, there exists these things called Red Children cells, or rc cells (they're called this bc an individual cell look like a curled up fetus), and they're pretty integral to what does and doesn't make a person a ghoul. Splinter was originally a ghoul, but due to the mutation, his rc cells mutated, and were no longer registered as rc cells by his immune system
Shredder and Tang Shen were humans, and Karai would be born as a half-ghoul
Not only did the mutation eliminate Splinter's rc cells, it introduced them into the turtle's bodies for the first time, combining it with the mutagen. It's said that when a person's rc factor is high enough, they become a ghoul. It's never specified how high it must be, so I've made it an rc factor of 1000
Humans on average have an rc factor of 200 to 500, and ghouls have an average of 1,000 to 8,000
The turtle's factor was below 1,000. It isn't until they meet April that things take a turn
Now I'm admittedly making shit up here, but I'm headcannoning that April's psychic powers can work on a smaller level too. More contained emotional outbursts (like screaming in fear), can send some kind of psychic waves through the air that react with different things in mysterious ways. Here it sorta stimulates the mutagen-rc mixed cells floating around their bodies and causing them to multiply
This happens when Donnie catches her and she screams btw
At this point, the transformation has already started for all of them, but bc he's the one who spends the most time with her, Donnie's transformation happens a LOT quicker than his brothers
His is complete by that night, and his brother's finish in the early hours of the morning
There's more, but I've talked long enough lol
Oh btw I've opened up my ask box! I'm probably leaving it open for the time being so feel free to stop by
Me: oh gee I'm really excited for when I get to talk about my tmnt 2012 au publicly but I need to finish these references before I do that
Also me: deletes the refs bc I wasn't satisfied with them