#raph headcanons

CW: Anxiety, Anxiety induced sh

Look at this, Raph has some lore and I think I might have uncovered it *spoilers ahead!*

Look at Raph, looking completely unfazed, it's like he's been to the surface before

Then look at him again, looking unimpressed at the surface, so maybe he has been to the surface before, and what if people taunted or insulted him?

That would explain his hate for being taunted or insulted, and he was being insulted by someone, and started to death threat him, so what if he killed a person while they were taunting him?

Then, there's the taunting again, where Leo said to Raph, "You try to act all tough, but inside you're just a scared little baby" Then with Mikey saying, "Is the little baby gonna cry?" Then Raph saying, "I'm not gonna cry!" and at some point he quits doing it and says, "You won't get it" And with him sounding somewhat ashamed, it adds more context

And Raph tries so hard to keep his brothers safe so they don't end up like him, but then

Splinter "dies" and it doesn't turn out well

And he almost hurt Mikey, possibly leaning into his hate for most humans, Shredder being at the top of the list

Then for him to see it happen again, but this time, right in front of him

Then, for him to think

raph:

terrified of the dark

loves princess peach and jessica rabbit

the taste-tester in the fam

has separate lists of rules for everyone

loves foxes

leo:

has a wig collection

had the biggest crush on lou jitsu

plays the ukulele

works for hueso

plays with mask ribbons as a stim

donnie:

only drinks (lightly) flavored water

has somniphobia(fear of sleep)

gets injured second most bc of machines

stims the most

has files on everyone he knows with everything he knows about them

mikey:

cook of the fam

gets injured the most

makes his own stickers

first one to get a partner

Constantly avoids crying *thinks he might be seen weak or be exposed, may cause him to stress even more*

Is actually scared of being alone *toughs it out being a lone wolf but is scared to be left alone*

Hey! I only do the 2012 version of the turtles (it might be pretty similar to the Bayverse version, but since I haven’t seen the movies I’m not sure), and I don’t do fics. I’ll still do your request, but it’ll be a sort of bullet-point story version with the 2012 version of Raph. Hopefully that’s okay with you, and do please read my rules if you want to request again. Still, thank you for the ask!

Raph is a very emotionally-driven person (turtle?), so fights between you happen often

Usually, the worst they get is a few words thrown at each of you

A few hours will pass and one of you will approach the other

Nothing will be said, but you’ll both smile apologetically and continue on with life as normal

This time, however, more than a few words were said

Raph got really mad at his brothers and was talking to you about it

You took his brothers’ side, and that really got Raph mad

“If they’re so much better than me, why don’t you just leave?!”

You tried to make him more reasonable but it just backfired horribly

“Do you not have a backbone or something?! If you’re going to take the side that I’m a menace to society, at least have the decency to stick with it! But I guess you just pick whatever side gets you the least hurt, huh?! You’ve got no loyalty! I bet you’re only switching sides because you pity me and think I need you! Well guess what, Y/N? I don’t need you!”

He grabbed a picture of the two of you and smashed it to the ground

A few seconds passed before either of you realized what had happened, and you were running away, tears streaming down your face

Raph reached to you, but decided against it and slumped to the ground

You ran to the rooftop and sat with your legs dangling in the edge

You weren’t going to jump, it just offered a good thinking view

All you could think about was Raph smashing the picture of you two to pieces

That picture was actually taken a few hours after your first fight

To each of you, it represented a sort of promise to never let your fights go too far

And Raph broke it

Before you knew what was happening, you were sobbing

You were unsure how much time had passed before you heard scuffling behind you

You knew it was Raph, because he always shuffled his feet when he was walking up behind you so he didn’t scare you out of your skin

You didn’t turn around; you weren’t sure if you wanted to see his face right then

You heard Raph sit down beside you, but you turned your face away

It took a few moments before he said anything

“I... I’m sorry, Y/N.”

You sniffled in response

“Listen, I shouldn’t have broken our picture. I just... I was so mad, and... It just sort of happened. But that’s not an excuse, and I know that. And that’s not even touching on the things I said.”

You still didn’t say anything, but you stopped crying

“Y/N, I know I hurt you, and so I feel like I need to ask... if you’ll forgive me? You don’t have to, and I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t, but-“

“I forgive you.”

You said the words without second thought

You did forgive him- he’d never actually apologized for any of your fights before, and the fact that he made an effort to this time showed just how much he regretted it

When you turned around, you saw Raph smiling

Next in line for the Turtles is Raph! 

While Raph will always protect his brothers, he usually spends a couple hours daily away from all three of them for various reasons. The turtle needs his me time. 

Despite what Leo claims Raph meditates an our on his own time, just before bed so he can go to sleep with a clear head. Also he considers his time with the punching bag a way for him to think clearer. 

The reason he fights with Leo so often is because he knows his brothers better than they all think, and he knows that if Leo doesn’t blow some steam now he’ll explode in the worst situation. It works great except he gets angry too. 

His favorite music is Pop Rocks, and Alternative Rock, headbanging full on pour your entire emotional core into this song. Something that he likes and can just listen too. 

He absolutely hates bitter things, hates coffee, hates dark chocolate, and will absolutely remake an entire pot of tea if it over steeps. Splinter understands and lets him, fun fact Raph makes the best tea.