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VENUS!!!!! I will now proceed to drop the filter-less version of her turtle art I lowkey forgot about

Okay so first I’m gonna explain her Many names first but her REAL name is Mei. I’m still working on her and Jennika’s full story but she was raised in the Chinatown district of NYC, eventually found by Hun and taken in to the foot clan where her existing abilities as a Shinobi proved useful. By the Foot Clan she was renamed to Bonnie. Venus De Milo is actually the name of the turtle with which she was mutated with! So uh while talking about her I’m sorry if this makes it confusing but I’ll use Venus for the turtle form, Bonnie for specifically her human form, and Mei to refer to both or just talk about her in general

She was only a teenager when the foot clan took her in and she spent a lot of her life very isolated even prior to becoming part of the foot, and though she is very eager to meet others she’s not very good with social cues and may come off as peculiar to others. She’s also very impressionable, and based a lot of her look off of the friends she made within the foot (jennika, shinigami, and karai)! She also learned ‘magic’ from Shinigami. She trusts the girls very much which kind of leads to her downfall but uh we’ll get there eventually. So basically she isn’t with her ‘real family’ anymore but she definitely feels more comfortable with the girls than she ever did before, as the people she was being raised by were very strict and harsh

moving on!!!

not a weird question at all!!! firstly timothy is a trans man. The idea was that he started to transition during like summer break or something (idk how long breaks last I was homeschooled) and then when school started again he just. Started going by the new name and stuff and nobody even knew who he was cuz he was so unpopular already. Like with a haircut and without his glasses he was just unrecognizable to them. Thats part of the reason Casey is always like “who is he” cuz he just. Appeared one day. Shinigami was also supposed to be transfem but idk if it’ll even be mentioned at all I haven’t fully worked out the details of her story beyond her work with the animals and her magic and stuff. There’s also another important character who is very much an egg but I’m not gonna say who. Actually I think I saw someone already clock it but again I’ll just. Leave that little bit of information there. When it comes to Donnie and Mikey they literally couldn’t care less when it comes to gender, especially Mikey. Like the entire concept just goes over his head he doesn’t get it, you know. Donnie just thinks gendered stuff is stupid. There’ll probably be more gender diversity as I finally develop more of the characters, there’s a lot I want to add but haven’t figured out how or just characters that I only have a vague concept for. rn I’m working on the punk frogs!!! Here’s the design idea I have for atilla rn, she’s a girl who I also considered being trans

I wanna do more with her but that’s all I got for now. I don’t know how to draw frogs

YAYYYYYYY KRYSTAL!!!!!!! She’s dead

okay so she worked for tcri and she was very close to honeycutt, she was one of the only people who knew about the ultroms and helped to keep all of that under wraps for him. She’s one of the only people he talks about seriously cuz he just respected her so much. She ended up quitting after several years but not before she built a body for Honeycutt to inhabit after his eventual death (the ultrom were keeping him alive past what the average person could live but they could only do so much before he just couldn’t function in his current form anymore so his consciousness was to be transferred to a bot). I’ve mentioned this but her and Baxter were very close with Saki and Yoshi and they were around the kids a lot. Krystal adored kids (and they adored her. Renet was a kid when Krystal worked at TCRI and she looked up to her a lot, and to this day still aspires to be like her) but Baxter very much did not lol ,, Krystal and Baxter worked on a variety of projects together, it’d been Baxter’s dream to work at TCRI but Krystal was the one who ultimately ended up working there so he worked solo during those years. I think I might’ve said before that she created the first version of the mutagen? But technically she was just the one who discovered the vital component needed to make it, and Baxter was the one who concocted it. He used it to make the first version of the mousers and he also wanted to make it to ‘cure mortality’ or some shit but Krystal did nawtttt agree with that.

She was very cheerful and others describe her as pretty much always having a smile on her face. She also had a tendency to be reckless though (not wearing proper safety gear like gloves or goggles, taking more of her own blood then she needed, etc stuff like that) that honestly was enabled by Honeycutt and she’d brush it off as not a big deal or anything. This made her come across as airheaded but she was extremely intelligent and surpassed even Baxter in intellect, which is one of the reasons she got the job at TCRI and not him.

CASEY!!!!!!! He really likes spicy food and he primarily eats JUNK. He literally tells Raph that he was living off of Doritos at some point. He also really likes stuff like bagel bites and eggos and whatnot, and PIZZA he loves pizza there was a pizza place him and April always went to as kids and the owner always loaded them up cuz he liked them heheh and they used to get a lot of free treats from there. Also cheese and chocolate (NOT TOGETHER), especially sharp Chedder the sharper the better (my stomach growled while writing this 💀). Hes not a particularly picky eater but he doesn’t like peanut butter and he won’t eat pineapple (pineapple is less of a taste thing and more of he read somewhere that pineapple eats YOu and now he’s freaked out by it).

mmm I won’t say Leo’s most traumatic moment IN the story cuz big spoilers BUT I will say prior to the story it was when his arm was broken. The sad thing is it was less about yknow…. the pain of having a broken arm and no medical help… and more so how he had to rely on his younger siblings while it healed, especially Donnie who was….. As he was then. He felt really guilty (even though he wasn’t even the one who broke it, it’s mentioned in the story (chap 3 I think idk if I moved it) so I won’t say who but. ._.). Also he still sort of experiences pain there but he’s gotten used to it so it’s not something the others even know, they sort of just assume it healed fine thanks to Donnie’s contraptions. Over all that experience definitely led to him doing whatever he could to make sure he didn’t become a liability to his brothers

okay so the thing with splinter is he doesn’t realize the boys have SO MANY PROBLEMS. Hes honestly a little ignorant until it becomes blatantly obvious that something is severely wrong. He for the most part sort of just assumes they’re ALL pretty well. Like he doesn’t even realize how affected Leo was by the broken arm incident. I think if you’d ask him about their trauma he’d be like. What trauma? My boys are fine and happy. THEYRE NOT. But he doesn’t really realize that. I think even when like raph acts out he doesn’t realize why and he mostly just thinks “oh well all teens do this right”. He also isn’t aware that Leo remembers anything about his life before being mutated so he doesn’t even consider that to be a potentially traumatizing experience for them.

I think I answered the sick question so I’m gonna copy and paste that:

“When it comes to the turtles, they actually aren’t really used to getting sick, atleast at first. There actually was one time when they were kids (I had an exact timeline for this but idr remember so let’s just say 9-10-11 years old) where Donnie got REALLY ill, like to the point where they weren’t sure he was gonna make it. And like, they’re kids so obviously they didn’t [know] what to do, Splinter was trying his best but Don couldn’t keep down anything, not even water, and he had a really high fever. Given what they were they couldn’t really seek medical help. The experience made him somewhat of a germaphobe and both him and Leo freak out when one of the others get so much as the sniffles because they’re scared it’ll get to that point again. I think even once they started going to the surface though they probably wouldn’t get sick much cuz even though they don’t really have much exposure to the outside germs or whatever, the mutagen was kind of partially designed to enhance the immune system…. hmmm definitely something I need to think about more though cuz I need to take in to account autoimmune disorders. ANYWAYS I digress…….. in short, if Leo was sick he’d probably quarantine himself to keep the others safe, Raph probably wouldn’t GAF and he’d be all ‘ah I’m not THAT sick I can handle it’ or sleep the whole day away, Donnie would try to work through it and then fall asleep at his desk, and Mikey would probably snuggle into a blanket and shovel ice cream in his mouth while watching TV OK turtles aside I feel like April would DESPISE being sick. Like when she’s even just a little sick she’s MISERABLE. So much as the sniffles or a bit of a sore throat and she doesn’t want to do anything. She’d be VERY irritable for like two weeks straight. O_o”

adding on some stuff to that: but the turtles were actually all sick when they were mutated. Take that as you will

also I noticed I didn’t mention Casey but he’s the kind of guy where if he gets sick he downs as much spicy food as humanely possible and sleeps for like two days straight and then miraculously feels completely better. April is VERY jealous of this

AWWW I HOPE YOUR SUNBURN HEALS SOON

April is very diligent with sunscreen so I think when she gets sunburnt she’s MAD cuz like she slathered it all over her self for WHAT. She hatesss how it feels but unfortunately she cares just a little too much about herself to risk skin cancer

Casey doesn’t care and is very convinced he can’t get sunburnt and the sun repeatedly proves him wrong. I don’t think it’d bother him too much which is why he continues to neglect protection

out of the turtles Raph would definitely get sunburnt the MOST cuz he lovesssss the sun. He’s also the lightest turtle and lighter skin tends to burn faster. The sun does NOT love him. He wouldn’t complain but ohhhh he would hate it so much. April offers him sunscreen and he’s like ohhh I don’t need that. He needs it. Wear the sunscreen, Raph.

Mikey doesn’t burn as often but he HATESSSSSS the feeling of any sort of wet or lotion-like feeling on his skin and actively avoids it. If Leo wants him to wear sunscreen he is going to have to catch him first. He gets mostly upset when he gets sunburnt and definitely scratches at it and makes things worse and April’s like “oh well you could put some aloe on it” NO. Keep that away from him

Donnie unfortunately needs to touch some grass and very rarely goes out in the sun so he doesn’t really need to even think about sunburns. Leo would probably wear sunscreen after April explains it to him and would rarely burn too

I feel like at first Unravel Casey might get along with 2012 Casey and then at some point he’s just like “damn this guy is annoying as hell”. From what I’ve seen he’d be chill with your Casey . I just realized the question specifically says turtles but okay. He’s an honorary turtle

U!Leo would definitely get along best with 2012 Leo, maybe mm leo too

Donnie would find it extremely difficult to get along with ANY other version of himself. Weirdly I feel like he’d probably be coolest with 87 Donnie solely cuz he looks at him and he’s like okay. He’s harmless

Mikey I think would like pretty much any version of himself. Literally the only one I can imagine him having any qualms with is Bayverse cuz of how creepy he was with April lol. Although I don’t know much about IDW yet so idk

I think Raph would be conflicted with other versions of himself too. Like on one hand he sees 2003, Bayverse, 2012, etc and he’s like oh my god these are the coolest people in the world and they’re ME but then at the same time he’s like. I Have to be THE Best me there is. Also I think he’d be intimidated by Rise Raph cuz he’s so LARGE and he’s like why can’t I be the large raph

HOB!!!!!!!!!!! He’s the ‘leader’ / boss of the little merc type group Scratch and Tiger Claw are part of. Idk when I’ll fit them in the story but I’m hoping to squeeze them somewhere into the second part, still working on that outline. But anyways they were all mutated when they went to hunt down Kitsune cuz she basically had possession of a bunch of animals she was NOT supposed to (including Aloplex and Umeko…..). They ended up being mutated somewhere during that. I haven’t decided if I wanted Hob to have been mutated into a lynx or just a regular ol house cat, but Scratch (who was their pet cat) turned into a humanoid cat (cuz he had tiger claw and hob’s dna on him) while Tiger Claw was mutated with one of Kitsune’s tigers, a sort of fusion like Splinter was. So Kitsune hates them and they hate Kitsune LOL. they all three secretly like having been mutated though and they think they’re super cool now like TC even changed her name to match it. They really embrace the whole cat shtick hehe. I considered that Xever might have been apart of the group at some point and then she left (like maybe shortly before the incident that left them mutated?) but I haven’t fully worked that out yet. Hob comes off as super stern and he is pretty bossy but he’s lowkey so unserious sometimes like

Yeah he definitely has a soft spot for Scratch cuz that was his baby. Also TC and Scratch assume he’s like some really old man and call him nicknames like Gramps and Ol’ Hob and he’s just like. You guys realize I’m in my thirties right

2. Do they use nicknames? Are they affectionate or mocking? (krystal and baxter)

Yeah! They’re just shorter forms of their names so they’re not particularly mocking or too affectionate but Krystal calls him Bax and Baxter calls her Krys. ^_^ though I can totally see her calling him stuff like “Baxwax” and shit just to be annoying now and then because there is no such thing as a sibling that is not annoying.

3. Can they communicate without words? (all of the turtles >:3)

hmm I think it’d depend on who. Like Mikey is horrible at taking hints and understanding social cues so he probably would have no idea what they’d be trying to tell him. With specifically Raph and Leo I feel like they THINK they understand each other but they lowkey are way off so they’d be like. “Oh Leo is telling me to go forward” and Leo was actually trying to tell him to go to the side, so not like full on back but still not quite right yeah idk if that makes sense. Donnie and Leo though definitely. Donnie and Raph? Yeah probably too. Donnie honestly could read Mikey as well but like I said Mikey would not understand Donnie. I feel like at the beginning they’re all like… really disconnected… so it’s something that’ll definitely improve as time goes on

8. How do they judge each other’s friendships? Significant others? (any of the turtles :D)

Donnie HATES your friends!!!!! Okay but yeah he is EXTREMELY critical of their friendships and especially of Casey when he first ‘meets’ them (more on this soon but yeah there’s a huge fight about this). He eventually grows onto April but overall anytime any of them make friends with humans he’s like. Are you kidding me. He’s a little chiller with mutants but he’s still gonna judge you

Mikey is meanwhile very accepting of everypony 🌈🌈 thinking about it, he ends up being friends with like. All of everyone else’s friends. Overall he’s extremely supportive of the other three

Leo is cautious but he generally is supportive of it unless he thinks they’re gonna hurt them. Like he definitely keeps a close eye on them at first. Though even after he’s accepted someone he still would definitely turn on them in an instant if they tried anything against one of his brothers. Like okay he ADORES April and Casey but if they were to hurt one of the three on purpose??? GONE!!!!! Raph dgaf about friends as long as he can bully them. Though he does not really like Timothy specifically that much cuz he thinks he’s annoying and he has no idea how Donnie of all people tolerates him. Oh and he doesn’t like Karai even before they know she’s bad news. He also has a jealousy problem and if they try to ‘take’ his friend he will NOT be happy about it. Also it’d be completely different if one of them started DATING someone cuz then he cares and he hates that person now. No it doesn’t matter if he liked them before he hates them now and they’re gross.

11. Do they miss each other or feel relieved? (either mona and mondo, or krystal and baxter, or both!) 

Mona was Mondo’s caretaker since their parents died, so she was constantly worrying about him but she also felt really overwhelmed having to look after him. I think in normal circumstances they’d be a bit relieved at first but with how things are they miss eachother soooo much. They’re sort of seperated and their memories of eachother are somewhat scrambled because of the mutation.

oh Baxter misses Krystal sooooooooooo much it like actually kills him inside cuz he feels like he could’ve prevented her death and at the same time he’s so mad at her cuz she could’ve too and he thinks the way she died is so stupid and she was too smart for that. It’s a mix of blame of himself, her, and others that he’s just been living with for several years and seething over.

15. Were siblings compared academically, socially, or morally? (the turtles and/or krystal and baxter (I LOVE THEM SO MUCHCCCHHHHHHHH!!!!!!))

the turtles were definitely compared based on their abilities / skills, and it’s one of the reasons Raph has such a complex about being the best, or Donnie is so adamant on being the smartest (since he definitely ranks the lowest among them strength and skill). Splinter kinda saw it as healthy competition, he sort of thought it would motivate them to get better but it mostly just screwed with their view of theirselves.

Krystal and Baxter were constantly pushed by their parents to be great and they were definitely compared academically. Baxter frequently felt jealous of Krystal for exceeding him, such as when she got her job at TCRI. She was good at research and making breakthroughs, while he was better at inventing stuff. They made a good team but they weren’t really able to agree on a lot of stuff. Their morals weren’t really aligned.

22. Is there a shared secret that bonds them? (baxter and krystal)

not really a complete secret but they both bond over their shared passion to make the world a better place… however they have very different ideas of what would do that. The mousers were something they both worked on together at first and what inspired the original creation of the mutagen. But they ended up ultimately being divided by that, too, because they couldn’t agree on what the mutagen should be used for and Krystal started questioning if what they already had used it for was ‘right’.

23. Does the character fear what a sibling might reveal? (baxter and krystal >:) and/or umeko and alopex)

Umeko is worried that Aloplex may betray Kitsune. Baxter fears Krystal revealing the secret of the mutagen to the world. Krystal was more worried that now that he knew how to make it, Baxter would use the mutagen for purposes she didn’t really think was ethical. This isn’t really the same thing but she also feared he would find out about the ultroms existence.

25. What truth would change everything if spoken? (baxter and krystal and/or the turtles)

if Krystal told Baxter about the ultroms…….. he would FREAKKK. Also I think he’d be even MORE mad that he didn’t get the job at TCRI. Overall it’d probably be a disaster that would’ve tore them apart

with the turtles I can think of one but it’s a BIG spoiler so I’ll just say… Leo knows something. Raph technically knows too that’s why he crashed out. Donnie also just keeps several secrets throughout the story and there’s one that ends up literally hurting someone BADLYYYY. So…. Yeah if those things were just OUT there it definitely would change things

also idk if this is good for this question but they really just need to say ‘I love you’ man…. Like there are a few moments where they start and get interrupted or stop before then can but bro they need to hear it from eachother so bad. Mikey is the one who’s most unabashed about saying it but the other three ALWAYS hesitate. Even Leo. It wasn’t something Splinter said too often because of how HE was raised so they sort of just feel… awkward? about saying it but oh they need it

27. Do they feel trapped by family loyalty? (umeko and alopex (I don’t know a lot about them but I want to know more about them))

Aloplex more than Umeko, as Umeko is very willingly loyal to Kitsune, whereas Aloplex kind of wants to be her own fox. When Aloplex sees Tiger Claw she sort of aspires to be like that. Loud and rambunctious without worrying what others thought of it, carefree yknow. She really wants some freedom. Umeko tries to remind her that they’re comfortable as they are and that their way of living is honorable and better for them than that though.

30. Who cleans up the messes? (the turtles)

Leo is the one who takes responsibility for most of their messes, although Donnie is like… somewhat tidy. Like he keeps his bed neat and stuff but if someone else makes a mess he expects THEM to clean it. He would not clean someone’s mess for them. Mikey is very messy and does not like to clean, Raph’s sort of the same way but the messes are mostly isolated to just his room. So Leo usually cleans up after those two as well as himself. He likes to keep things clean and doesn’t really like disorder of any sort, it helps him stay calm to have a neat area.

34. Who would rather drift apart from their siblings? (the turtles)

Raph without a doubt. Donnie probably seems like he would but he very much NEEDS the others, especially Leo. I mean the Raph thing speaks for itself in the first chapter alone LOL but yeah definitely Raph. Leo and Mikey are the complete opposite of that where they’d do anything to stay with the others.