Princess of darkness and crows.

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

tcest has been around since the very beginning, drawn by artists who drew the mirage comics, drawn by fans. iirc, the current biggest artist of the IDW comics ships leomikey. one of eastman & laird’s coworkers drew donnie/mikey porn as a gift to them. a rottmnt storyboarder put the leotello kiss in the show. RL (raph/leo) has been the most popular ship in the fandom for forever. 

Me yelling at the leo and raph: CAN YOU TWO EMOTIONALLY CONSTIPATED IDIOTS JUST TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS AND SAY THAT YOU MISSED EACH OTHER!

Me at the same time at Raph and Leo:*chanting with glee* Fight! Fight!Fight

Honestly I like when Leo and Raph fight, filled with so much delicious tension!Fire🔥and Ice🧊 at it again.

Hello, my name is Crowdog, and I write fanfiction about my favorite ship: Leorai or "Leo/Karai" from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Fandom. This used to be a fanfic blog, then my art blog, then AI art happened.... and it's back to my fanfic blog while I keep my art hobby private.

My current passion project is my Gigantic Longfic The Chronicles of Karai Getting Her Shit Together where I loosely follow the overall plot of the 2012 show with a lot more Karai focus and a heavy focus on trauma. This fanfic certainly isn't for everyone there are heavy topics.

Speaking of writing something that isn't for everyone you should be aware that my second favorite ship is OT4 Turtlecest or "Donatello/Leonardo/Michelangelo/Raphael"...

So be careful going through my profile.

Fanfics that include tcest will have the tag "Turtlecest" my fanfics that don't have tcest, simply won't have this tag. Tcestors are allowed and welcomed to interact with my non-tcest works, and I feel that people "squicked" out by tcest will only think about tcest when seeing a family fanfic tagged "No Turtlecest".

The same way I would only be suspicious of spiders in my soup if someone specifically told me "Hey, by the way, I didn't put any spiders in your soup." Like, yes, thank you, but I honestly think no spiders in my soup should be the unspoken default. Now I am thinking about spiders in my soup! And their little spider legs scratching down my throat-

Well.

You understand what I mean.

I understand some of the content I create in this fandom can be uncomfortable, which is why it's hard to make a blog that anyone who likes my stories can follow. (Specifically my Leorai Lovers who really really don't like my tcest content.) So this is my promise to try and keep this place organized.

Here's my proposal for you.

You follow this blog and I'll let you know when I update any fanfic I have my name attached to. My anonymous fanfics are staying anonymous and I won't talk about them here. But I am hoping to post when a new chapter is out and maybe boost some of my older works by reposting snippets from them.

If it contains tcest I'll tag it as "tcest" if it contains a ship with a widely recognized ship name like leorai or apritello I will tag it with those. If the ship is less well known I will tag the ship as "character a/character b" and of course I will always tag the title of the fic as "Crowdog [fic title]" so you can filter updates from a specific fic if you like. I am putting my name in front of the fanfic's title because some of my fanfic titles share names with songs or sayings that you might not want to filter.

And as always, leave me a comment if there is something more I should tag.

I think that about covers it. I guess it's time to tell you a little about myself.

I joined the TMNT fandom on September 29th, 2012. I was in the 10th grade and fell in love with the new turtle show. I later fell in love with IDW and the 2003 cartoon and The Last Ronin Universe and am now so obsessed with Mutant Mayhem. I'm also a huge fan of April/Leo from the new movie. Please, I love MM Leo and MM April. Feed me Seth Rogen- FEED ME THEM PLEASE-

I am an adult and have been for awhile and the content I make is for adults. I don't owe anyone an explanation for my hobbies. I don't have a Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, Facebook, Tiktok, Youtube or any social media outside of this right here. I am on Inkbunny, FFN, and AO3. You can find my various usernames it the bio of my blog.

And because everyone has one... let's get into my DNI List:

DNI - Antis - TERFs - Bi-phobes - Ace-phobes - Minors - Idk.. republicans? - Anyone who says "All Lives Matter" in a response to Black Lives Matter. - People who erase M/F Bisexual Couples - Bashing of any fictional ship

It's unenforceable like all DNIs are, but hey, I can hope it will be respected. I'll sleep fine either way.

Donnie murdered Creepweed while laughing, melted him to death with that weedkiller.

Mikey threw that stake straight through Dracula's heart with not even a wince.

Leo cut off Shredder's head.

Raph absolutely wreaked Cyborg Roach.

They all blew up Speed Demon and cheered.

The 2012 boys aren't just theoretically willing to kill.

They have killed fully thinking, talking, sentient enemies multiple times on screen.

Each of them had gotten the killer look in their eyes before.

Donnie canonically went on a solo murder mission

Leo blew a hole in a Triceratons' mother ship, he also cheerfully attacked all the smaller ships and the aliens

Leo went murder mode on Jay with a full intention to kill.

Leo also fired a rocket launcher point blank range at Shredder

Mikey flushed the mutant squirrels down a massive sewer drain

Raph nearly stabbed his sai straight through Casey's skull the first time they met

Leo dismembered and beheaded Pharaoh and then smiled

Mikey has eaten multiple sentient food

Donnie opened fire and released flame throwers at Shredder's henchman with zero remorse

Raph suffocated Fishface to near death and watched it happen with zero remorse. Then the brothers all met up with smiles

But remember, season two of rottmnt got cut in half with very little warning and a massive amount of episodes had to be scrapped. Karai was supposed to be in play for much longer than she was, but there just wasn’t time. Tbh, the creators did the best they could with what little time they had to make her a character anyone even cared about.

It does suck though, doesn’t it? Rise!Karai could have been such an interesting character! I love the idea behind it, I just wish the execution wasn’t strangled by corporate shit, y'know?

Anyways, it’s totally valid for whatever favorite you have to be your favorite! ^^ personally, I’m meh on 2012 so far, even though I know a lot of people love it. (I think it’s just not my style of humor tbh.) And my personal favorites are a tie between Rise and 2003! So I know which shows I prefer too! Thank you for sharing your opinion!

Don’t throw stones in glass houses guys come on! If y’all are gonna jump on 12 Raph for being angry and mean then you might as well jump on 07/03/ hell, every other Raphael since Mirage!!

Or how about the time in the space arc where Leo, Raph, April and Casey were grouped together and the planet caused them all to feel their most negative emotions. Raph was fully prepared to basically fight Leo to the bitter death and Leo being the same vice versa till Leo hugged him and told him that he loved him snapping Raph out of his anger.

Or what about the time in Slash and Destroy when Donnie had gone missing from the group and Mikey had gotten incredibly worried about their missing purple clad brother. He'd completely begged Raph to stop their patrol for Donnie while Slash wanted to continue it, to which Raph immediately responds to Slash, saying that his brothers would always come first before any patrol.

Huh funny it's almost as if, just like every other Raph ever he's got more to him and his character than just being mean.

And have y'all seen Rise?? Actually seen it and paid attention to it and its characters??? Specifically Raph who actually has quite a few moments where he loses his temper or can be quite rude to his brothers or others by getting snippy with them.

Such as the one episode where Leo tricked his brothers to join that magical maze and when Raph had found out what Leo's real reasons were for participating in it he was quite to get annoyed and a bit snappy because of the situation he accidentally put them all in.

Or how about the episode where Raph shows his temper by getting into a bickering match with Leo on what they should do plan wise involving the hotel filled with the ooze mosquitoes. He'd literally gotten a bit testy with Leo and him questioning Raph's plans.

Or how about the episode where the boys and April where forced to flee the lair, leaving Draxum, Splinter and Karai behind with one of their greatest enemies the Shredder. Raph literally has quite a few moments where he loses his temper quite a bit and even punches something so hard he sends it flying and he at one point ends up shouting at his sister and brothers quieting them down immediately during the training session they were attempting to do.

Hmmm baffling it's almost as if Raph here also has a temper and that the only difference from his temperament with the other variants of the red clad turtle is that Raph is technically the oldest child hence he has to keep himself in check more.

And I know for a fact that there's many more moments of Rise Raph displaying his temper and of 12 Raph being calmer than usual. Like it's literally shown and sprinkled into both shows several times and if paid attention to it's right there in plain view.

In regards to ‘12 Raph, he is still struggling to learn healthy coping mechanisms and you can clearly see that it’s a topic that weighs heavy on his mind. Rise Raph is different in that you can see he has already put in a ton of work into managing and finding alternatives for his anger. He has those coping mechanisms, but he still gets times when his patience is being tested (like in flushed when he was exasperated and threatened to shove Donnie’s head in the toilet.)