Princess of darkness and crows.

WABAM!! More art from your favorite turtle enthusiast! This time, something a bit softer and lighter (perhaps). I'd like to imagine that for months after the rise movie, Leo wakes up in cold sweats due to nightmares about the prison dimension. Sometimes, he wanders to Raph's room and seeks out cuddles and comfort, so this is what you see here!

I feel like Leo hates being seen so vulnerable so he hides his face in the crook of Raph's neck and sobs quietly and his body shakes so hard because he just can't control how scared he is. UGH I NEED a fanfiction of this!!

Haven't thought about that :0 I think Kindness/Darkness (or rather wherever they are) could be something like a hideout if he needs one? Being around them is just a safe spot, but they sure can give a good scare to others. The Eliminators might be better at being guards if he would need some though!

Also just. Some of the dynamics I see in fan art man. Like even from artists who are virulently anti. What do you mean you aren’t grasping at the opportunity to add the heavy weight of shameful attraction to the whole. Like pile of guilt that Leo already has about whatever the heck happens in the movie. Or why aren’t you compounding Raph’s anxieties with the absolutely devastating worry that he’ll lose control and hurt one of his younger brothers that he loves so so so so much. In ways he both is and isn’t supposed to. Or god don’t even get me started on a Dr. Feelings Mikey analyzing all this bullshit. Him interrogating his own forbidden wants sounds angsty enough on its own, add in anyone else and it becomes a mess of arguing cyclically with himself about his own and his brother’s happiness.

I! See! The! Potential!

But in a universe where the mutagen bomb didn’t explode, I bet these two probably gave their Donnie the rudest awakening ever by storming into his room at like 5 AM, freaking the fuck out over the fact they had hair sprouting out of their heads, and Raph demanding that he “fix it!” somehow.

And Donnie would probably try. But given that it would take some time to research, he’d not-so-politely tell Raph that, in the meantime, he’s just gonna have to learn either to live with it growing or to shave.

Comic: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus (2025)

Issue: #5

Publisher: IDW Publishing

TMNT Macro-Series #3