TMNT: Roots

receive the ultimate blessings from the Year of Loong龙 (chinese dragon) by 杏心航拍

FOR I OH SO LOVE THE GROOM, ALL MY THOUGHTS HE DOES CONSUME!!!! O shizun, I'll be there very soon...!!!

The eye of the hurricane. I like to think Cassandra sometimes called the brothers by the nicknames their dad used, given they were probably pretty close before his passing.

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Man oh man, this one was way messier and off model than my last few updates but whatever, we got to keep this ball rolling! Life's been crazy so I've had to take some unwanted breaks in between updates. Thanks everyone for your patience as always!

One thing I wanted in this flashback was to really get a sense of how the brothers worked as an experienced team with Leo at the helm as a proper leader. It's something we never got to see much of in Rise and I felt it was important to include since half the team is already gone by the time of Replica. Team Dynamics Ted Talk under the cut!

We know from Casey Jr that Leo stressed the importance of listening to your team. A big part of that also means knowing how to communicate with them in general.

With Michelangelo, he keeps it short and succinct, trusting his brother to know what he's doing when in his element. This trust goes a long way with Mikey, having spent years of his youth as the baby striving for the respect he felt he deserved. Leo knows it's best to not bog Mikey down with details, allowing him to improvise as needed. This unspoken freedom has only grown over time as Mikey has dipped deeper into spiritual arts that, frankly, go completely over Leo's head.

The greatest sacrifice Leo has ever made was read Donnie's Big Book of Bad Guy Codes. While he doesn't remember ALL the numbers, he has memorized the ones that matter and it has helped tremendously in avoiding miscommunication with his genius brother. More importantly it silenced any of Donnie's usual belly-aching. As Leo's "twin"/"equal" the two still butt heads from time to time. Donnie respects his brother's authority (mostly) but will still push the boundaries of what he's allowed on a semi-regular basis. Give Donnie an inch and he will take the mile and then find a loop hole that allows him to go twenty miles more. This is partially due to him often being the one left behind at HQ, making the turtle just a TAD stir crazy. Leo does his best to keep him in line regardless.

Big brother Raph will forever and always be big brother to Leo. As such he holds a place of authority in Leo's heart and is someone he still regularly seeks counsel from in both the ways of leadership and more. Raph is always happy to support his younger brother and does a surprisingly good job (albeit after years of practice) of walking the line so as not to step on his brother's toes in the process. At least not since the secret of "the Key" blew up in their faces several years ago. They don't talk about that anymore. Leo is the leader now and he's done a great job in recent years as far as Raph is concerned. He trusts him to make the right call. The two have a close bond and regularly use mind meld to quickly communicate rather than speak ...this will be important to remember for the future.

Hope that overall feeling came through for this group!

TMNT: Roots (might be a placeholder name for now)

I had decided to create my own iteration of the tmnt around a year ago for fun, so I’ll be posting a few of my works I have so far here and there.

The TMNT: The tmnt are a lot more directly connected to the Shredder than they realize... he’s their biological father 😱‼️ they were born human but got mutated when they were very young,

Shredder had them with the intention of making them into his superhuman weapons. I’ll go into detail about this in another post. The four of them are around 16-17 years old.

Splinter: I’ll drop his lore later,,,

April: April is part Kraang (similar to her 2012 ver,) and often times has to hide her Kraang features when they appear (ex: sometimes she gets pink splotches on her skin or her eyes get freaky-looking, etc). She’s around 17 years old.

Casey: Casey starts out as a member of the Foot Clan because his older brother (Ryan) convinced him to join. Ryan was promised a tempting paycheck from Shredder, the brothers needed to take care of their little sister (Angel) so they really didn’t question Shredder’s motives at the time. He’s around 17 years old.

(aug. 20th, 2022)

my full work for @ springmxtxzine ! this weird little family. look at them bonding and having what is definitely fun :D

Shen Jiu isn't really happy with that new body of his.

Art for chapter 4 of "Plants and Zombies" by Moriachi

Main pairing: BingJiu, Rating: Mature

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26033155/chapters/63305599

Summary: - This takes place after the end of the novel -

Luo Binghe returns from his trip to the other dimension and has to think about many things. For example why his relationship to his former Shizun is so screwed up?

But when he finally decides to talk it over, he has to find out, that Shen Qingqiu is dying. This can't be! Luo Binghe needs to keep him alive, no matter what!

This is a story about time running out, options of preserving Shen Qingqiu's soul and letting it stay in this world.

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Drew the Leo’s :3!!1!1!1!

Art by Lidia Goryachewa