#same raph au

So 2012 Raph and Rise Raph are the same person

Randomly when he sleeps (or when he’s unconscious because angst purposes) his soul switches between his bodies, and it’s been that way since he can remember

I think it’s fun. Also small Raph and large Raph being the same person just adds flavor

Feel free to send in asks about any of my AUs or whatever you’re thinking!

GUYS IT'S HERE! THE SRAU FIC IS HERE! 10 MONTHS OF TALKING ABOUT IN ON TUMBLR AND WE'VE MADE IT

Fic Summary: Raphael lived two separate lives. In one, he was the oldest (and biggest) of his siblings, responsible for making sure that they don’t get into too much trouble. In the other, he was the token middle child, free to let loose and cause his own chaos with his younger brothers as his own older bro tried to keep them in check.

He had kept the fact that he switches between worlds secret from his family for years, but when both of his families get pulled into more and more bad situations, Raph doesn’t know how long he can continue to balance both lives in secret.

I love both of Raph’s personalities for both versions, so finding the balance where both could possibly work was high on my priority list.

Raph still has a temper, he just has a longer fuse. In Rise, Raph is huge so he tries not to be so outward with his anger since he can hurt someone or potentially scare his brothers. And since he’s so much bigger, and is also the oldest, he tends to see his bros in that world as more fragile (at least subconsciously). In 2012, he’s less burdened by responsibility and it’s a pretty even playing ground between his brothers, so he acts more violently since he doesn’t have to temper his temper to keep his family safe.

At Raph’s core, he’s still the protective brother in both versions. And Rise Raph has his moments of having a temper too. It makes him one of the more fun characters to compare between versions.

In Rise, Ninpo is the bond between the Hamato family that allows them mystic ability. In 2012, magic does still exist (and it’s never mentioned outside of the few episodes supernatural stuff happens). Who knows, maybe in a situation where Raph’s siblings are in danger, his need to protect his family will break that block between worlds.

Welcome to the Same Raph AU! (AKA Two Sides of the Same Coin)

Basic Summary: Rise Raph and 2012 Raph are the same person. He switches between bodies randomly whenever he sleeps (or is unconscious)

Two Sides of the Same Coin Fanfic

SRAU Complete Masterdoc A google doc that links to posts made about the srau, along with summaries about each post! Handy if you want to catch up without going through the tag or my archive.

Cover Art First Post

[Tags below the cut! WARNING: contains spoilers for later points in the au, so if you want to wait for the fic you might want to avoid looking through everything for this au. Looking at the tags themselves should be fine, they just have some of the plot points]

Basic summary of the same raph au: 12 Raph and Rise Raph are the same person. He switches bodies (and dimensions) randomly whenever he sleeps/is unconscious. Raph eventually learns how to balance both lives. Important context: if both bodies are somehow in the same dimension, only one of them is concious.

2012 turtles: Leo, Donnie, Mikey Rise turtles: Leon, Dee, Angelo Corvus (Previously known as the Handler) is a crow/raven yokai OC that appears in the kidnapped arc of the SRAUC Also Slash is here too, don’t worry about it :)

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Shouts of surprise as a group of 10 fell from a flash of light.

Everyone stood up from the haphazard positions they ended up on the floor, and Leo was the first to scan the group for anything out of place.

“Everyone good?” He asked, taking in everything.

“Besides the fact that we weren’t supposed to be meeting up for a while? Yep, just peachy.” Leon grumbled.

“Come on, Leon, don’t be like that,” Angelo said. “It’s always great to see our brothers from another dimension!”

“Yeah, just ignore your brother that’s trapped underneath himself. That’s just fine.” Raph said in monotone from where he was stuck under the body of his larger body.

“I got you bro,” Slash gently dragged the unconscious body off of the turtle.

“Thanks, Slash.” Raph went to push himself up when a feathered hand was offered to him. “And Corvus! What are you doing here?”

“Oh god, Slash is here?” Donnie looked horrified as Raph talked to the mute bird yokai.

“Ooo, Slash is here,” Dee grinned. “This should be fun.”

“Where is here, anyway?”

“GUYS! The stickers on our plastrons respawn when you take them off!” Mikey bounced into view, a pile of stickers discarded on the floor.

“Huh, same raph au? Wait, where are we actually?” Leon looked around.

The space was filled with other versions of them, and with some people that they couldn’t recognize at all.

“Woah,” Angelo gasped.

“Tmnt poll competition?” Donnie read from a banner. “Maybe we’re-”

“It appears as if we’re in a sub-dimensional space where alternate versions of us are gathered to compete in some way.” Dee interrupted. “As Mikey and Leon have discovered, we have tags to show which dimension we belong to.”

“Was it necessary to interrupt?” Donnie frowned.

Dee just smirked.

“Donnies, can you play nice for once?” Raph said in a warning tone at the same time Leo said “Chill out, guys. It’s not the end of the world.”

“Wait, where’d Mikey and Slash go?” Angelo looked around, confused. “And Corvus, I can’t see them either.”

Raph shrugged. “They’ll find us eventually. Now, does anyone want to help me move my big body to somewhere out of the way? I don’t want anyone tripping.”

Meanwhile

“Yo, other me, is that your brother dragging that big spiky turtle across the floor?” A Mikey with the tag Sunset Linings asked.

“Hm? Oh yeah. Raph probably thought he’d be in the way being in the middle of the room like that.”

“What?”

Draxum: What the hell are you talking about

The hilarity of Splinter's POV on everything is so great

Raph is literally just existing and Splinter is just like ???

2012 Raph and Rise Raph are the same person. So it’s the same Raph. One consciousness, one soul. But two different worlds.

He goes to sleep in one world, wakes up in another. When he goes back to the other it’s when he wakes up after he slept. I kinda sketched it out quickly (and badly) of what it’s like (I’m attempting to explain something that I understand completely, so I get it if you’re still confused)

Thanks for the ask!