I'm so tired, I wish to accept and celebrate my identity, but there are days when I would give anything to be like my friends, like alloromantic people and allosexual people, even though I know that this is not me, and that this thought comes from a traumatized place in my being.

It was so much easier to ignore all this when we were younger and relationships were still gross 🥲

I'm sorry but the thought of Perry resisting the urge to fit bump after Phineas admits he's got feelings for Isabella is just too funny

Hehe I'm personally not the biggest fan for a lot of reasons. But my main issue is that in those kinds of AUS, there's a tendency for Raph's anger issues to be heavily demonized to the point of making him be horrifically physically and verbally abusive (he is neither of those things) while Mikey is heavily victimized and infantilized. And if I'm being fr, the infantilization of MIKEY is so rampant in this fandom it's insane. Even though there are overly harsh reactions to his behavior, there are plenty of situations in the show where he is instigating on purpose and is clearly in the wrong. But what I'm trying to get at is- like, if you're going to hold Raph, Leo, and Donnie accountable for their actions you have to hold Mikey to his own as well. They are all the same age. There's a lot more to Raph than just his anger issues. And there's a lot more to Mikey than just his happy-go-lucky attitude and childishness. (there also exists an unfortunate phenomenon where it's more likely for people to infantilize characters who are neurodivergent or heavily coded to be so. like, most of the time this isn't done out of malice or something, but it's just a pattern I noticed) And in actuality, if Mikey ever felt so bad that he wanted to stay with the Rise Turtles forever (which would not happen in the first place- he loves his family, they all love each other), Raph would feel like shit. My main piece of evidence to support this comes from the Croaking (wheezes) because when Mikey ran away and Raph realized he might be the reason why, he.... felt like shit. And the first thing he did when he saw Mikey again was hug him without a second thought. so like. Lmao Another issue is that it also puts the Rise turtle's brotherly dynamic on a pedestal? if that makes sense? No hate to the Rise Boys because I love them and I'll hold them all very gently- but they are kind of hot messes and are in no state to be adopting ANYBODY LMAO. In most depictions, I see the Rise boys suddenly becoming Super Therapists or something and that's just. something about that rubs me the wrong way. I understand that people want Mikey to have nice things and be treated better by his brothers- cause SHITTTT, i do too, but making everyone wildly ooc to achieve this doesn't hit with me yknow

None are as perfect as they make them out to be.