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💙LEONARDO💙: disciplined, dutiful, principled, focused, devoted, strategic, stoic, protective, realistic, rigid, controlling, pressuring, distant, self-critical, preachy, honorable, dependable, courageous, traditionalist, introspective, earnest, sacrificial, perfectionist, admirable, inspiring, conflicted, serious, methodical, compassionate, driven, patient, responsible, pragmatic, spiritual, altruistic, determined, introverted.

❤️RAPHAEL❤️: passionate, fierce, loyal, courageous, protective, honest, intense, tender, impulsive, hot-headed, aggressive, resentful, reckless, brooding, stubborn, volatile, empathetic, determined, raw, defensive, sarcastic, confrontational, bold, street-smart, gruff, emotional, rebellious, independent, complex, magnetic, active, direct, realistic, touchy, shrewd, frank, sensitive, wary, extroverted.

💜DONATELLO💜: intelligent, inventive, curious, empathetic, gentle, analytical, resourceful, calm, awkward, obsessive, condescending, overthinking, proud, hesitant, methodical, logical, perceptive, dedicated, innovative, thoughtful, precise, nerdy, idealistic, patient, imaginative, self-doubting, detail-oriented, careful, earnest, shy, open-minded, conceited, solitary, intuitive, insightful, rational, fussy, introverted.

🧡MICHELANGELO🧡: optimistic, joyful, warm, creative, charismatic, talented, open, carefree, immature, undisciplined, naive, reckless, unreliable, goofy, restless, spontaneous, energetic, affectionate, funny, resilient, imaginative, idealistic, sociable, kindhearted, enthusiastic, playful, impulsive, distracted, adaptable, free-spirited, expressive, lazy, romantic, dreamy, greedy, impatient, absent-minded, arrogant, trusting, extroverted.

the people closest to me and i have come to the conclusion that the turtle i’m the most similar to is donatello, while the one i’m the least similar to is leonardo. this doesn't mean i don't share some traits with leonardo, but overall he's the one who's furthest from me in terms of general personality. i’m the youngest in my family, so i think this has had an impact on that ahah. michelangelo and raphael are both close seconds for me, since i have many traits from both, but personally i feel closer to michelangelo than raphael overall. again, probably because i’m the youngest and this influenced who i am a lot.

so, at the end, my ranking from the one who resembles me the most to the one who resembles me the least is: donatello, michelangelo, raphael, and leonardo.

but my favorite turtles, and the ones i’m also in love with, are leonardo and raphael. especially bayverse leonardo and bayverse raphael. i refuse to choose one or the other. they both share my heart.

regarding shipping preferences: i'm a leonardo and raphael selfshipper so i prefer to ship them with characters similar to me, ergo someone who overall has a different personality than theirs. the readers that i create for my fanfictions, even though i try to make them as general as possible so that everyone can see themselves in them, are based mostly on myself. however, my favorite thing to do is to make the turtle of choice and the oc/reader they're shipped with generally feel 50% similar and 50% different. for example, maybe the reader or the oc has a different personality from the turtle of choice in question, but they have the same interests or they share some traits but not all of them. or they have different interests but similar personalities. i like it when there are differences to explore and ships that complement each other like pieces of a puzzle ("you have everything that i lack" or "your strengths are my weaknesses and viceversa"), but at the same time i think it's also important to highlight the commonalities that make them recognize themselves in each other and understand one another.

one more thing, and this concerns especially the bayverse turtles. since bayverse leonardo and bayverse raphael are not good at navigating emotions and feelings, both their own and those of others, i prefer to pair them with readers who are emotionally intelligent and sensible. and since bayverse donatello and bayverse michelangelo tend to be more passive and they tend to follow their big brothers, i prefer to pair them with readers who aren't and that will speak up.

what about you? i’m curious to read your responses! i think it's a fun topic to discuss; it could spark a debate about who we are vs. what attracts us and where our shipping preferences lie! i clearly have an opposite attracts thing going on ahah♡

ෆ an: i’d like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has followed me on this account this month, everyone who's liked and reblogged my fanfics, and everyone who has left a comment both here on tumblr and on my ao3. thank you so much, really! i will be back with new stories soon!♡

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—♡𝜗𝜚 point grey (mutant mayhem/tottmnt):

ෆ leonardo: cis (or transmasc in fanon) straight ally (but i also like the idea of this leo being transfem and either a lesbian or bisexual with a preference for women in fanon)

ෆ raphael: cis biromantic bisexual (no gender preference)

ෆ donatello: cis (or nonbinary with he/him and they/them pronouns) greyromantic greysexual (no gender preference)

ෆ michelangelo: genderfluid (any pronouns. mostly he/him and male presentig, but he enjoys dressing and presenting female from time to time) panromantic pansexual

—♥︎𝜗𝜚 rottmnt:

ෆ leonardo: cis (but i also love the idea of this leo being transmasc in fanon) biromantic greysexual (no gender preference)

ෆ raphael: cis straight ally (but i also like transfem and lesbian headcanons for this raph in fanon)

ෆ donatello: cis biromantic bisexual (preference for women)

ෆ michelangelo: cis panromantic pansexual

—♡𝜗𝜚 2003, batman vs tmnt:

ෆ leonardo: cis (but i also love the idea of these leo being transmasc in fanon) biromantic demisexual (no gender preference)

ෆ raphael: cis straight ally

ෆ donatello: cis (but i also love the idea of these donnie being transmasc in fanon) panromantic pansexual

ෆ michelangelo: cis straight ally (but i also love the idea of these mikey being genderfluid and bisexual with a preference for feminine people in fanon)

—♥︎𝜗𝜚 2007, IDW, 2012, bayverse, last ronin:

ෆ leonardo: cis biromantic bisexual (preference for women) - (but i also love the idea of 2012 leo being transfem and a lesbian, and the other leos being transmasc in fanon)

ෆ raphael: cis (but i also love the idea of these raph being transmasc in fanon) straight ally

ෆ donatello: cis biromantic bisexual (preference for women)

ෆ michelangelo: cis biromantic bisexual (preference for women) - (fun fact or maybe not so fun: some writers wanted IDW mikey to be canonically bisexual but their idea was rejected. we could have had the first, and as of now only, lgbtq+ turtle sob)

—♡𝜗𝜚 mirage, image, archie, 1987, 90s movies, next mutation:

ෆ leonardo: cis straight ally

ෆ raphael: cis straight ally

ෆ donatello: cis straight ally

ෆ michelangelo: cis straight ally

(sorry about this, but i can't imagine these older iterations in any other way. the ally part is crucial: the turtles would never be homophobic or transphobic).

(raph being the token cishet in most of my headcanons lmao).

(maybe someone is wondering this so i will answer: why there isn't a gay turtle in your headcanons? because i can't see any of them not being attracted to women. either they're only attracted to women or to all genders with various degrees of romantic and sexual attraction, that's how i personally see it. let's remember that most of the times we are all biased when giving sexualities to fictional characters, either because we project ourselves onto them, we want to see ourselves in them, we like a particular ship or because we are attracted to the characters. so i'm probably biased, but so are you, and that's fine! and of course, i respect all headcanons, even the ones different from mine!♡)

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