These obsessions are a little intense

April has short, dyed orange hair (it’s naturally black. The first time she dyed it, Casey helped, and she ended up keeping it that way / touching it up often and never went back). She almost always has painted nails, painting nails helps her relieve stress lol ^_^ … She has a lot of band shirts and t-shirts in general that she usually wears, and a handful of necklaces she cycles through. She’s also usually wearing layers or atleast a jacket (even in the summer, which is when the story starts) cuz she gets cold easily. She collects pins, patches, and other stuff but she doesn’t stick any onto her bag cuz she didn’t want to mess up the leather (usually she has one on her jackets though). She has glasses but she wears contacts, Casey (and obvs her dad) are the only ones who really know she uses them haha. Her hair doesn’t like to cooperate with her and it’s very damaged so she just gave up on it, sometimes she clips it back, though. She also has braces she’s had for a few months prior to the story (so she’s still got awhile until she’s free…). Her ears are self-pierced and she usually just wears studs. ^_^

bonus shocked april lol vv

Leo!!!!!! He wears glasses that Master Splinter retrieved for him (none of them know where he managed to find them, but they work… good enough) and without them he can barely see O_O his vision isn’t so bad that he’s entirely blinded without them, and he didn’t even use glasses until he was about 13, but it has worsened and made things difficult for him T_T Donnie pokes fun at him a lot because of it … He keeps some buttons Mikey made him pinned to one of his straps ^_^ he likes to keep around anything Mikey makes for them. I think I mentioned this already but the tails of his bandana are slightly messed up from fidgeting with them. His knee pads and belt were Donnie’s, the two share a lot. It’s not present here and I know I’ve mentioned it atleast twice butttt he’s missing a back tooth that Raph accidentally knocked out >_> … although he does have the most perfect teeth of the four of them despite that, so there’s that. His shell is slightly scuffed but it’s nothing too bad, he just doesn’t always take proper care of himself. He’s got three brothers to worry about!!! and he always prioritizes them over himself …

I ALMOST POSTED THIS WITHOUT THE BONUS SHOCKED LEO I MADE LOL

Casey!!!! He’s usually wearing long sleeves with a t-shirt over it (usually green or red to match his eyes), but sometimes he’s wears just a tank or something, but he’s often pretty bruised or scraped up like Raph. He doesn’t own a lot of pants mostly just shorts. He cut the fingers off of his gloves himself lol he thinks it makes him look cooler. He constantly has eyebags cuz his sleeping quality is shit. His bag holds his hockey stick, baseball bat, and a variety of random junk inside and it jingles when he’s walking… you can always hear him coming lols. Sometimes his nails are painted cuz April likes to paint everyone’s nails hehe. I can’t draw feet to save my life so just pretend you can see his beat up sneakers… T_T

I posted about this like an hour ago but April is the one who pierced his ears with a random sewing needle when they were younger and yes it did get infected O_O … He has a lot of bracelets like the one he’s wearing and he just gives them away randomly, Mikey, Raph, and April have a few ^_^ .

and then of course the bonus shocked casey

blacks - xiu xiu 😱

kicker - alex g 😱

HELLLLHOOOOLE - jeff rosenstock 😱

beach side property - modest mouse 😱

animal collective - bees

grizzly bear - cheerleader

yung lean - kyoto

austra - hate crime

grizzly bear - sun in ur eyes

hmmmm

Fireworks - AnCo

Kids on Holiday - AnCo

Black Mambo - Glass Animals

Intruxx - Glass Animals

It’s All So Incredibly Loud - Glass Animals

.. those are really the only two bands i regularly listen to lol

Hmm- Let's see-

You're Gonna Go Far Kid by The Offspring.

New Money from The Great Gatsby Musical

Piece of My World from Twisted Wonderland

Honeybee by Steam Powered Giraffe

I know Those Eyes/This Man is Dead from The Count of Monte Cristo

I have way too many songs that I listen to on repeat, so it was really hard to pick just five of them.

I think I'm gonna tag @silverishgoldpen, @lunarlover7871 and @fizzydrinkzzzz.

(When You Gonna) Give it Up to Me by Sean Paul and Keyshia Cole

So Easy (To Fall In Love) by Olivia Dean

Catch Catch by YENA

God Games by Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Big Dawgs by Hanumankind and Kalmi

Let me see here……

“Home” by Mario

“Skyscraper” by Demi Lovato

“You Are Good” by Israel Houghton

“Let Me Love You” by Mario

“Run To You” by Whitney Houston

And all other R&B songs I enjoy….. Thanks again for the tag!💙💙

*huggy huggy*

"The Closing Act"-Static Films

"Gurenge"-LISA (aka TOTALLY NOT the DS theme song.....)

"Rescue Me"-Selah

"Chasing the End"-Noxy

"Sick of It"-Skillet (I can apply it to alot of things in our world today.)

OKIE! NOW IMMA TAAAAGGGGG

@sara-the-wizard @lanes-the-art-lover @narfthenoodle @nacho-calamity-reblogs @abbielauren2024 @snazzy-here @katiemaycreate @im-just-gwen @othellovr @opalzennasaphhire @jellyfishsketches @soycaseyjones777 @ninjagirl0913 AAAAAANNNNNDDDDDDDDDDD @ninjaaxolotlperson3

The LORD bless you!!!!

James 1:22

Mask (Gangle’s Song) - Black Gryph0n, Baasik, Marissa Lenti

Siren - Lilith Max

Runaway - AURORA

Puppet - John Michael Howell

Break Through It All - Sonic Frontiers

Danzon no.2 by Arturo Márquez

Box in a Box by Daniel Pemberton

Check the Rhime by A Tribe Called Quest

RUDE! by Hearts2Hearts

Work It Out by ABLAZE

Doors - Noah Kahan

YEARNER - Devin Shamel

Ends of the Earth - Lord Huron

Magnanimity (Bigger Man) - Rabbitology

Oodles of O's - De La Soul

Here I go!

1. I misspelled 'depictions' as 'depections' twice. Autocorrect automatically changed it to 'depections' every time I spelled it correctly afterwards. I didn't catch it right away and later had months worth of work to backtrack and fix. I learned a lot of mistakes slip past when I'm proof-reading, so now I use a spell check program before posting my fanfics online. And I learned autocorrect isn't for me.

2. I used to take my time writing out my first draft, trying to make it look like the final draft by adding details, stopping to look up synonyms, and making sure conversations flowed nicely. But taking my time on the first draft sometimes meant the story I'm trying to write flies out of my head like a little birdie that never returns 🐦 I learned it's ok for the first draft to be sloppy, messy, and lack details, as long as the main idea is put out on paper, I can clean it up and add more details later, during the editing.

This is my first time starting a tag game, so hopefully I'm doing this right 🙂 Tag some artists and/or writers you know! (no pressure oc, and anyone can feel free to join, you don't need to be tagged! 😃):

Oh mistakes mistakes… where do I start hehe? Let’s see here…

Soooo let’s just say that I often get writers block. Like, REALLY often. I can remember kind of a specific time was when we moved and I kinda just felt stuck in a lot of aspects of life, feeling zero motivation to write even though I loved it so much. Also if something wasn’t perfect it bugged me immensely and I’d often stop writing and question my overall abilities. Eventually I learned that sometimes all I needed to do to get my inspiration back was to just START—even if it was struggling to grind out a singular paragraph. Most of the time all it took was just forcing myself to put something down and then creativity took over and I was able to write a lot more! Point is that you’ll never know unless you try. It might bad or it might be good once it exists, but it won’t be anything if it never exists. Besides you can always refine it later! Just keep writing, and it can be good later. This applies to a lot of things actually, how you will never be great at anything if you never practice and push through that awkward phase. I cringe at some of my old writings hehe, but without them I would’ve never gotten to where I am today <333

1. When I was younger I wrote 150 fanfics that I never worked up the courage to post anywhere, and they still sit in my google docs having gone no where. I’ve definitely gotten to the point where I know my work is worth sharing, and I think everyone should take a chance and share what they make

2. I forget to proofread before posting every now and then. The mistakes are never too egregious but it’s enough to make me facepalm. Double check your drafts people, read them out loud if you have to lol

1. Sometimes I just dont proof read and throw that shit to the wind if I'm too excited to post something. When I do proof read, I'm pretty unreliable! My newest fic, I posted the 1st chapter and ended up with the sentence "buy the way" that I read over maybe 5 times and still posted with confidence

2. I'm so shit at outlines. I have a concept and key points and I'm genuinly just kinda going from there, half the time, I'm hoping I get enough inspiration as I write to push the plot a little further. Thats what happened with my fic "Breaking Point", I had ideas/symptoms I wanted to show and thats about it!

3. I still struggle with verb tenses, sometimes. I've spent my whole life studying languages and theres a point where I have to stare at my screen and figure out if I've written past tense or not because phrasing is real weird. Happens all the time!

4. I've had a fic FULLY plotted and planned for like... 9 months now and I've only posted the first 4 chapters I think? Its been 3 months since its last update and I do genuinly love the idea, I just lack motivation😔 (its called "Viral Retribution" if you wanna check it out)