#starrystargazer

Making some tags to find these again.

I LILAC YOU A LOT~

If you want to put them into the Spider-Verse... I'd imagine that some scientist inevitably starts trying to use samples of the Ooze, and maybe even the Turtles DNA to try and make their own versions of mutated animals, and just by accident, they hit on something that aligns with the spiders connected to ALL the ones who cause the various heroes connected to Spider-Man. The Turtles arrive at the lab to try and stop the bad experiments and such, but because of somebody ELSE messing around with dimensions, anything even vaguely similar to THIS universe's version of Spider-Man gets pulled into a portal! In this situation, that means Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey. Initially, they get split-up, and don't all go to the same place... but every dimensions is a variation of New York, and they meet up with other heroes there who can at least recognize a fellow odd-ball who needs help. They may not have a spidey-sense or web powers, but hey- they're ninjas! They're mutant turtles! That's pretty cool. If I had to pick other spider-heroes for them to meet, I'd actually go with; Leo meets Gwen (they get along, both being tenacious but level-headed), Donnie meets Pavitr (they are both geniuses, but have a similar sense of humor, just kind of casually making each other laugh and have a good flow of conversation), Mikey meets Hobie (and Mikey thinks he is SOOOOO cool, this is the most awesome dude EVER), and Raph meets Miles (they would argue at first, because Raph has a short fuse and he'll push people's buttons until they're both annoyed... but the first thing they realize they have in common; no matter how upset they might feel, they never hesitate to help somebody. Raph and Miles both rescue each other, and ironically, start to think to themselves- "This dude is probably having a hard time. I should help him out", and decide to be more encouraging. each one thinks he's like a mentor to the other, and they wind up talking about their feelings more openly than they would have if somebody had just asked; Raph feeling like he's not as impressive as his bros, Miles worrying about letting down the people in his life and missing his uncle). Once they all get together, they naturally make friends with each other, but I think Miles in particular would be naturally friends with all the Turtles! Aside from being an impressive hero, they all just like him because he's another teenager their age, and they just have fun~

Heck yeah, this would be awesome! I like the idea that April figures out Peter's whole deal being Spider-Man, and knows he might be defensive about admitting that... so obviously, they best way to show she can keep super secrets is to introduce him to her buddies, who are teenagers, mutants, ninjas, and turtles- all at once! Not only does this help him trust April, but hey; he's also buddies with these guys as Spider-Man! Soon the whole Spider-group and TMNT group can hang out (also, I bet Miles would introduce the Turtle boys to the idea of going to conventions and pretending to wear "costumes" so they can just chill in public~). If this is the Gwen who's in the band, she'd get the Turtle boys to be like, collaborators (they don't do public performances unless they have time to dress up in something that would pass as a gimmick, like at a rave or whatever, but they write a few songs, add music, do mixes, etc). Splinter and Aunt May are pen-pals, also. They trade recipes and complain affectionately about kids these days~

Like... it depends on which version??? Usually, most of the movies/shows with them take place with them being somewhere between 15-18. A lot of them comics follow them actually growing up, being in their 20s and 30s (the stories are still called "TMNT", because "Adult Mutant Ninja Turtles" just isn't as catchy haha). I remember in the 2003 series, we saw a potential future in the episode "Same As It Never Was", and I think they were like... 40-something? It was also really UNPLEASANT (Donatello was either missing or just plain dead, and everybody else was extra angsty). I've seen a few stories in which their mutation was changed/amplified in some way, which altered how their bodies aged (and also sometimes turned them into monsters or whatever). Occasionally, magic will be involved (because they meet various mystical characters, and get powers), so that can also change their life-spans. Mostly, the general deal is; they became more human-like after mutating, so they age like humans, the stories just usually center on them being teens, and the title doesn't change (because who wants to re-brand TMNT pfff)

It's the jinx part!!!