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LAVINIA HAMATO (?)

The surname is NOT decided on yet.. I’m still struggling with Usagi’s name thing, how surnames work between clans and legacy.. and basically Japan’s law surrounded by surnames. I’m too sleep deprived for this.

Hamato is FOR NOW kept for simplicity's sake. Not 100% canon to the oc lore.

(Rest is copy pasted from my art fight account! Mildly edited)

This takes place in an alternative universe where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 series didn't end the way it did.

REASON:

Lavinia was created in Baxter Stockman's laboratory. When Shredder needed a mutant that was equally strong, if not stronger than the turtles, by training it like he trained Karai.

(Instead of mutant clones of himself. What if the Shredder recreated his own mutant turtle, but teaching it under the influence of the Foot)

HOW SHE WAS CREATED:

The plan was Baxter is supposed to use one of the turtle's DNA and mutate a turtle (he specifically edited its DNA before artificially fertilizing the egg).

Since Shredder is not a patient man he is, Baxter only has ONE try to get this right. To Baxter Stockman's disappointment, the hatchling had zero pigmentation, causing a couple disadvantages

(more prone to being sensitive to the sun, having vision impairment, and the inability to camouflage).

But Stockman didn't have time to edit another turtle's DNA and wait to incubate, so he mutated what he had. That's how Lavinia was created. The blood sample Stockman used was Leonardo's, making Lavinia his biological daughter.

LITTLE FUN FACT:

Lavinia is originally named "TF173780" (for short: T780) by Baxter Stockman, to easily identify his subject (Transformative Mutation, Female, Diamondback Terrapin (ITIS TSN))

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CREATOR AND HIS CREATION:

Baxter Stockman had grown attached to Lavinia, considering her HIS daughter. Even growing obsessive once Lavinia was rescued by the turtles. Baxter's relationship with Lavinia is mildly similar to Shredder's and Karai's; he is quite possessive at times since she's his first semi-successful creation.

But I'd imagine that in time, he does let her go eventually, paralleling Shredder's INABILITY to let go of Karai. Maybe Mikey throws some sense to him in Mikey style???

END OF BACKSTORY

YEAH basically.. I made Baxter Stockman a bit more threatening and interesting, and not whatever they done in 2012. Still keeping his clumsy trait (messing up Lavinia’s DNA when editing. He’s the reason why she’s albino in the first place)

Extra thing about Baxter and Lavinia. I think at some point, he wouldn’t even want Lavi to be used as a weapon for Shredder (like he uses Karai as a weapon towards Splinter), the man he HATED to work for. If the turtles didn’t interfere, Baxter would’ve just disobey Shredder again and take her away.

(But honestly that outcome would’ve gotten them both killed or double mutated. Thankfully the turtles did rescue her instead and keeping her way safer.)

Honestly, I just love how we collectively agreed that Usagi and Leo are both undoubtedly girl dads ToT

And it pretty much checks out, given how Leo treats that girl he had tea party with and Usagi with Hana.

Aaaand you guessed it! This is Yuichi Usagi’s VA! Darren Barnet playing as Paxton Hall-Yoshida in Never Have I Ever

Please DO NOT COME AT ME. I haven’t seen Never Have I Ever and this is made purely for fun!

Since I’ve seen a lot of people animate the voice actor’s other roles as different characters that they played as before - most commonly I’ve seen is ROTTMNT Leonardo (Ben Schwartz)

So why not I give Usagi the same treatment? QuQ