#vb asks

Hello!! Not a bother at all <333

And it’s still ongoing! I know it’s been a good chunk of time since i last posted something for it, but it’s mostly cause of other shows holding me by the neck and demanding my attention

But I’m actually still working on it, just on my own pace (which is VERY slow as you can see shhdhdh)

In fact, cause you asked, here are a leo sketch i made a while back that i plan to turn into a comic eventually, and my attempts at a Draxum design that i made very recently actually >:)

so i decided to open the ask character thingy over on insta as well and now that i finished all of them you can have them fghujkl

Buckle up time for some lore >:D

Admittedly however, I’m still working on it, so what I’m about to write can change over time, other than that enjoy my infodump

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It’s actually not a matter of the turtles starting as good guys and ending up as villains, they’re the villains of the story to begin with

How so tho?

Let’s say the Krang didn’t stop at corrupting Oroku Saki

Karai’s story is pretty much the same, of her starting her own clan and calling it the Hamato clan, she banishes Shredder and herself to the twilight realm

That however leaves the rest hopeless, an opening the krang took to strike to corrupt them as well, so instead of the Hamato becoming a clan of Honor that keeps watch for the Shredder and keep peace, they’ve technically become another Foot clan that seeks destruction

So while Splinter’s story is mostly the same, he gets raised under completely different circumstances, instead of being raised to defeat Shredder one day, he’s taught that Shredder could become a valuable ally if released, or their enemy that they should destroy, and by extent destroy the Foot with him, whichever Shredder chooses (if you’re not with me you’re against me mindset between the Hamatos and the Foot)

Splinter story is pretty much the same afterwards, he becomes a star, gets kidnapped by Big Mama then Draxum, sees the turtles and his hearts warms up to them, immediately adopting them, eventually leading to his and the Turtles’ mutation

He raises the turtles the same way he’s raised, still a loving father, but not a great role model or a great teacher when it comes to what’s morally correct or wrong, and with Draxum’s genetic engineering of them to eventually become warriors, and their situation of being mutants, as well as the fact Big Mama is still out there, Splinter taught them to do what it takes to protect each other even if it means taking the lives of others

Teaching them that only the strong remains, and that subconsciously makes the turtles’ outlook towards life and the world negative, that the world is out to get them, so they should be out to get the world first, that eventually leads to their moral values to mush and the line of what’s good/bad or right/wrong very fuzzy to them

That obviously influences their personalities in negative ways, hence why Mikey is a lot more aggressive and openly angry for example

Cause to them? As long as they keep each other safe/ happy and get what they need/ want, then there’s nothing more they care to do

In short, the Krang may have lost the battle but they won the war

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Anyway I’m actually pretty happy someone asked about my villainous brothers au so as a thank u here’s these sketches I made a while back that I haven’t at all shared

I actually really adore this au 😔❤️🌷✨

Thank You for reading me (and for answer me if You do)

Ooooohhh that’s a very nice question (and no thank you for asking!! I love when people ask me about my fave au i ever made dhhdhxhx <3333)

Ngl I never thought how they’d interact with him at all, cause Villainous brothers’ story will differ a lot from canon, the whole “Krang invasion” isn’t exactly gonna happen the same way it did in the show, so the whole “Junior goes back in time to save the future” isn’t gonna happen

I mean, speaking realistically, the turtles are far from the heros of the story, they’re gonna be the protagonists yes, but a protagonist isn’t necessarily a hero/good person

But back to the subject, while I don’t have plans to include Junior in the story of VB, it’s still fun to explore the what ifs

So to be clear, it’ll end up really REALLY bad for Junior if he were to meet Mikey or Donnie first, Mikey is extremely aggressive and a tiny bit sadistic, he might attack Junior just for the fun of it, but at the same time, he may not actually attack him at all

Mikey might actually start pretty well with Junior, but suddenly outta nowhere start attacking him

That’s exactly what makes Mikey the most dangerous, he’s unpredictable and with the frozen smile on his face, it’s hard to actually read his emotions, and unless he invites Junior to a tea party, which is Mikey’s way of declaring someone has made it into his circle of family/friends, he’s not to be trusted at all, cause trusting him before his invite is an immediate death wish

However, if Junior somehow managed to amuse Mikey enough to form a connection (which is rare but possible) Mikey can actually become Junior’s greatest leverage against Mikey’s brothers in case they wanted to harm him, as once Mikey considers someone a friend, they’re instantly under his protection (and believe me none of his bros are gonna try their luck to hurt Junior once Mikey invites him to a tea party xgxhxhhzh)

As for DonDon, he has that unrivaled hate for humans, and unlike Mikey, Donnie would make it pretty clear from the beginning that Junior is gonna either end up a lab experiment, or a mutant, DonDon would definitely start attacking without question, and the thing is with Donnie, he’s an unpredictable fighter, Mikey is more unpredictable when it comes to his emotions/behavior, but he follows a routine when using his powers, even if occasionally fights outta the box, Donnie is the opposite, he follows a routine when it comes to his emotions/behavior, but when it comes to his fights you can never be sure what he’d do, his fighting style is both calculated yet messy so it’s safe to assume Junior is absolutely going to lose if he doesn’t think very quickly of an escape

There’s no chance Junior would be able to make any kinda connection with DonDon, neither is DonDon relenting and helping introduce him to his bros, so it’s definitely better if Junior doesn’t encounter him until he becomes part of the family

Raph is a bit of a complicated case, Raph would be extremely suspicious of Junior and he’d definitely act coldly towards him, immediately warning Junior not to overstep and try his luck, and to stay far away from his family, but he wouldn’t go outta his way to hurt Junior for no reason

Raph doesn’t attack someone unless provoked in most cases, so while Junior would definitely be safe from harm in Raph’s case, he would not get far in terms of forming any kinda connection with him or even through him to connect with Raph’s younger brothers

So i’d say Raph’s a hopeless case, that is unless Junior does something to help/save one of Raph’s bros, that might convince Raph to give him a chance, but he’d still be under Raph’s watchful eyes

In Leo’s case, I’d say he’s the easiest to form a connection with, Junior’s chances of Leo listening to him and actually giving him a chance is very high, the thing is with Leo tho is how calculated he is, Leo is a very good actor, so while yes he’d form a connection withJunior in no time, it’s most likely cause he gets something out of it, Leo is terrifyingly manipulative, so i’d say Junior’s in for a bad time if he trusts Leo way too blindly, that of course doesn’t mean Leo is never genuine, but it’s always hard to differentiate between a manipulative act, or a genuine action

Leo would most likely hold no actual attachment to Junior at first so he’ll most likely manipulate him to get what he wants, and Leo’s really good at lying, so you can imagine Junior’s shock when Leo immediately abandons him the moment Leo gets what he wants, to put it simply, Leo’s untrustworthy

If Junior actually gets to know the family through Leo, that’d be bad, as DonDon would be adamant to have Junior as a lab experiment or Mikey feeling a bit too trigger happy that day and Leo would not stop either of them, he’d let them have their way with Junior, not even outta malicious intent he just doesn’t care about this boy he just got to know

Funny enough, Junior would only be truly safe to get to know the family if it was through Mikey, or Raph, cause even if it’s dangerous with Mikey, or difficult with Raph, both of them are extremely protective of who they consider family and would not allow any harm to come to Junior once he makes it in the family circle, not any harm by them or by the outside world

So you can absolutely tell Junior’s journey to get to know the family is not going to be an easy one, but if he manages to become family before getting killed, then he got nothing to worry about :D

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Leo! How are you?

Leo’s lazy ass gotta find a hobby

The twins are the pranksters of the family, they especially love scaring Raph with Mrs. Cuddles, they usually steer away from pranking Mikey cause he’ll probably commit arson if they scare him

Mikey usually keeps to himself and Raph decides he’s gonna be the bigger person