IT'S FUCKING CHRISTMAS IT'S GRIMFAS EVERYBODY. MERRY CRISLER

I'm playing Infinite Craft and I got Donatello by combining Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and gambling???????

Gonna be honest there's like a 50/50 chance I might hold off on posting art until TikTok comes back bc I don't want to fuck up my posting schedule, but that depends entirely on how quickly the ban is lifted

Or I might just move to RedNote. My keyboard has a built-in translator so hopefully that helps me

Well I'm at least glad I was able to get a video over 18k views on TikTok before it got banned. That TAiAGotOS fanart was my god damn Magnum Opus

Fuck it. Unhinged smash or pass. Spin the wheel.

Okay, I gotta know what "TEK'S TOTALLY COOL AWESOME FIC :D!!!!!! (Sick)" means lol

It's for my Tokyo Ghoul AU!! I changed the name in the Google doc bc @imagionationstation is helping me edit it and iirc they couldn't find it bc I think one of their fics had the same or similar name??? I can't remember exactly but I titled it that so it would stand out :p

I've actually posted two wips of it before, it should be in the tags somewhere

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AUFFUHFFH THANK YOU SO MUCH,,,,,

Another fanfic of an AU! @teks-emporium, I cannot remember the last time that I was allowed to go this nuts about AUs with someone, but I swear we’re on the same brain waves with literally everything and I love scheming about traumatized turtles with you!!

You have brought me joy and I want to return the favor! :D

Check out the Ghoul AU after ya’ll read this.

If you like horror AUs, it’s one for you!

The kitchen is ravaged.

Every pantry is open, devoid of the food within. All kinds of different snacks, some older and some newer, are sprawled across the island in a pile, spilling onto other bags, boxes, and over the floor.

Three bags of chips, the same flavor, two previously opened and one newly open, seem to have been flung into the sink. An oreo container with one cookie gone, a trail mix packet barely touched, and a full skittles packet are all snacks that others in the household will not appreciate finding touched, much less eaten.

The fridge hangs open loosely and the inside fairs no better, spoons in cottage cheese containers and meat packets torn open. The area smells faintly of vomit, collected in the trashcan next to the island.

He takes a soft breath, blue curtain swishing behind him, heading to the other end of the room. There the culprit sits, chin on his knees and hands over his head, breathing like he’s holding himself off from hyperventilating. He doesn’t react to the new presence.

“My son.”

His breath hitches, voice weak, “Sensei.”

Yoshi sets his cane against the island and kneels down. An apple with a single bite out of it rolls off the counter. It hits the floor.

Donatello flinches hard.

“In for two,” He coaxes. “Out for four. With me.”

Donatello lowers his hands, placing them around his legs, copying his rhythm. They breathe until Donatello releases a shaky laugh, bringing his hand to his face, shielding it as his shoulders hitch.

He exhales slowly, lowering one hand and wiping his eyes with the other. The lower part of his mask is a darker color.

“Sorry, Sensei.” Donatello shakes his head, fax smile twitching uncertainly. “I thought everyone was asleep.”

“Leonardo said you weren’t feeling well.” Yoshi motions for him to move forward. Donatello rises shakily, head bowed, getting onto his knees and letting him lay a hand on his forehead.

“I—I’m fine, Sensei.” He mutters, uselessly. They both know that he is never a reliable source when it comes to his own health.

Yoshi does not feel abnormal heat. “You are pale, Donatello. And you were throwing up.”

“I can’t eat.” Donatello glances over his shoulder, as if waiting for the food to react. “Anything. I tried it all Sensei.”

“Lose off appetite is common with illness.” Yoshi soothes curiously. “You would know that.”

“It’s not- I’m not- not hungry, Sensei.” He tries. “I just can’t eat it!

“When did you last sleep?” Yoshi wonders out loud, watching his face drop into something more familiar as he whines, “I sleep fine.”

“That was not my question.”

“I don’t think I am sick.” Donatello pushes, with a lot less force than he normally has when in denial. Yoshi’s grateful that he gets to be one step ahead of an illness, for once. “How do you feel.”

“I-“

“If you tell me you are fine, we will go to the dojo, where you will be able to prove how fine you are.”

Donatello’s beak reddens. Some color, good.

“Achey, I guess.” He rubs his arm. “Maybe a little shaky, but that doesn’t mean-”

“Vomiting.” Yoshi reminds. He frowns, “Only when I eat!”

“You cannot force your body to ingest what it doesn’t want.” Yoshi watches him deflate. He considers him. “When did you last eat?”

“I don’t know.” He mutters. “I haven’t really been hungry.”

“Since?”

“I don’t know.” He says, more bitterly. “That’s the problem. I should be hungry, shouldn’t I? Why can’t I eat? I tried everything.”

“Did you try tea?”

Yoshi expects him to roll his eyes or rush a change of subject before he’s encourages to try some. Instead, his expression lights up, “Do you think that’ll work? I mean, I haven’t experimented with liquids but if I don’t like what I normally like then maybe I’ll like what I-”

“Donatello,” He interrupts, gently. “I think you should rest.”

No hesitation. “I’m not tired, Sensei.”

“You are not hungry.” Yoshi reminds. “And yet you attempt to eat.”

“That’s different!” Donnie pleads, fists clenched in his lap. “This time it’s different, Sensei, I know it is!”

“How many times have I heard that?”

“Senseeei!”

“You need to sleep.”

“I need to figure this out!”

“We have.” Yoshi sets a hand on his arm. “You are ill.”

“I’m not! That doesn’t fit my theory at all!”

“What is your theory?”

“I’m not sick!”

Yoshi lowers his head, tilting it toward him knowingly. “I am no scientist, but that does not sound like much of a theory, my son.”

His shoulders slump as he heaves a sigh. Yoshi sets a hand on his shoulder, “I will take care of the mess. You will rest.”

“Y-you don’t have to do that, Sensei.” Guilty eyes dart to the island. “I can do it. You don’t need to worry about it.”

“I am a father.” He moves the hand to his face, cupping his chin to stop it from turning away, brown gaze meeting brown. “It is my job to worry. I would worry less, if I knew my sons were all healthy.”

“Hai Sensei.” His son whispers. “Sorry.”

“I am not upset.” He lets him go to reach to the side. When he stands, his son rises with him, wringing his hands. “Are you sure Sensei? It’s my mess.”

“I am certain.” To prove this point, he moves for the fridge, removing the bag of carrots that it holding the door open. He sets it on a clear spot on the counter, giving Donatello a soft look. “Sleep, my son.”

He nods, paleness regained, and then hesitantly goes from the room.

Yoshi returns the kitchen to its previous state before removing the vomit from his home. When he returns, he goes to turn in himself. If Donatello allows it, he’ll see if he can use his new positive view of tea to his advantage in the next evening.

For now, he trusts that some sleep will do him so good.

He was wrong on many accounts that day.

The first mistake was not checking a lab for a scientist.

....but.... why?

:D!!!!!

I'm so happy these little goobies left such an impact on you I love these little guys so much,, hehehehe

Journey Through A Brainiac’s Brain

So me and @teks-emporium have been experimenting with the idea of A Journey To The Center Of Mikey’s Mind, but it’s the mind of our favorite purple masked big-brained teen instead!

We got to the topic of who might be found in Donnie’s subconscious and finally have a pretty solid idea of who’s running the show.

Introducing: Our Goobers 💜 (Art by @teks-emporium)

Brainy Donnie: (Seen throughout Series)

Opinionated about everything

Knows that he’s the smartest person in the room at all times and isn’t afraid to drop constant reminders

Usually holding objects (tool, beaker, blueprint) that changes every time someone looks at him

Randomly spouts big words

Gets easily distracted by whatever he’s holding

Never seen without Curious Donnie nearby

Curious Donnie: (Most visible in The Creeping Doom)

Oldest personality trait

Carried around in Brainy’s labcoat pocket

Acts like a child (giggling/touching things/climbing people)

Only asks questions, and once he starts, he has trouble stopping

Never seen without Brainy Donnie nearby

Needy Donnie: (Seen throughout Series)

Hovers around his brothers from the second they enter

Most comfortable with Mikey out of all the brothers

Timid and awkward, always trying to do things for others

Jumpy/hopeful in demeanor (puppy waiting to be kicked)

Can’t stand negativity addressed at him/others

Absolute People Pleaser

Romantic Donnie: (Seen throughout Series)

Newest personality trait that none of the others like (but he is the youngest so he gets away with alot)

Constantly making every conversation about April

Plotting ways to make her happy with every other breath

Random bouts of swooning

Is an absolute bundle of enthusiasm and joy that cannot be phased or squashed by anything until The Power Inside of Her.

Anxiety Donnie: (Seen Throughout Series)

Ex: In Dreams/Fungus Humongus/Revenge of the Triceratons

An constant nervous wreck

Always freaking out about something

Only other expressed emotion is anger (getting angry makes him huge but being angry doesn’t last long)

Tends to have more influence on decisions than Brainy and Ninja, despite them trying to take the lead

Personification of Body Dysmorphia

Ninja Donnie: (Most visible in Heart Of Evil)

Blank expression/white eyes/negative vibes

Stalks around the background

Doesn’t like Leo or Mikey but randomly appears next to Raph (scaring him multiple times)

Very violence-oriented, especially when science is involved

Doesn’t like being overruled or disagreed with

Makes all the others uncomfortable

The Living Example Of Intrusive Thoughts

Goober Fun Facts:

The subconscious is a gray room covered in tech. The main monitors and consol sits in plain sight shadowing the room. The room is empty unless the traits are using something, in which case whatever they’re doing exists. The door to the imagination looks like Donnie’s lab door and stands off to the side.

Inner Donnie (aka the One True Donnie) struggles to keep up with all of them and tends to get overwhelmed, especially by Romantic and Anxiety, who never let up

Anxiety is basically the second-in-command despite being the least stable trait in the group

All the traits have teamed up at one time or another to run things

Ninja gets the least amount of time in control because they’re all afraid of what he might do, but he’s also their defensive capabilities, so they instinctively trust him to keep them safe

Romantic is SUPPOSE to get the second least amount of control but he always finds his way back to the control panel

Curious and Romantic are the happiest goobers. Unfortunately, they’re also the least respected. They tend to be shuffled off to the side, but they never stay quiet for long

I have this one tmnt 2012 AU that I made fairly recently that I already have little sketches for but can't post publicly yet bc I want to get the ref sheets out of the way first :(

I actually kinda wanna talk about a common trope I've seen a lot in tmnt 2012 + rise crossovers involving interactions between the two Donnies, specifically about 12 Donnie's romantic feelings and stalkerish tendencies towards his April, because I do think there's actually room for analysis in there about how rise Donnie would feel about it. I personally don't think it would be the "lol ew you're weird" that I typically see in these kinds of crossovers (I know it's supposed to be a joke most of the time but still).

🔽Here we go🔽

(Tumblr only allows one video per post, so all the necessary clips used to make my point will be compiled into this video that I will be referencing back to)

To begin, let's start with the fact that rise Donnie is no stranger to keeping tabs on his bothers without them knowing.

He admits that he "records everything" in The Clothes Don't Make the Turtle, and that he at some point before the events of the movie put subcutaneous tracking devices in his brothers (and possibly even Casey too despite not knowing him for that long), and in both of those scenes, none of them seem to have known about it up until those points.

So he's perfectly fine with spying on people, but unlike 12 Donnie, he seems to keep tabs on his family and friends through more indirect means like trackers and recording them instead of just straight up stalking them. You could argue that using more isolated methods instead could be a way for him to justify it, since tracking devices and recordings that you don't particularly have to be present for are a few steps removed from physically following someone around, but given how Donnie seems perfectly willing to resort to violence and murder in many instances I genuinely don't think it's an issue of morality for him. I think he just believes spying with his tech is simply more effective and time saving

So he's fine with spying on his brothers, but we don't exactly know if he'd do the exact same thing in romantic relationships. I do think it's likely, since him placing trackers on them is most likely a way for him to ensure their safety without being upfront about it, so if he cares about someone romantically he'd probably do the same thing too.

Rise as a series doesn't have too much romance in general but there are at least two hints in the show about Donnie and how he feels about romance, particularly in War and Pizza and Mascot Melee.

He calls Cherry Tomato "cute and mean" and asks himself why he always goes for her type, and calls Atomic Lass his childhood idle before asking her if she was single after their dance fight. He's clearly capable of having romantic feelings for certain people, but these examples aren't real people in-universe, so it's entirely possible that he only experience romantic attraction to fictional characters. That's also another degree of separation since April in 2012 is a real person whereas Cheery and Atomic Lass are not.

So I think that's it for rise Donnie. On to 2012

One other thing I've seen that's pretty common with this trope is people making 12 Donnie act all...proud for how he acts around April? Where he admits to stalking her like it's some casual thing? Which...he absolutely would not do.

In Mutagen Man Unleashed, he looked embarrassed—almost ashamed even—to admit here that he was following her before hand, meaning he knows it's wrong and quite possibly wishes he hadn't done it in the first place. I would say it's probably likely he feels guilty because he got caught, but given the fact that he voluntarily admitted that he knew April was at the park with Casey, I personally doubt it.

Since it's very likely Donnie's feelings towards April potentially stem from his self-hatred of being a mutant, I honestly don't think he'd be that proud of the fact that he's stalked her in the past.

This crossover trope ESPECIALLY wouldn't work after season 3 episode 2.

A Foot Too Big's entire overarching plot revolves around Donnie's feelings towards April, and him being confronted with the truth of how he's been acting around her.

(Now in my opinion this episode didn't even do a good job of that anyway considering that Donnie never followed her around LITERALLY all the time or grabbed her or kissed her without consent, which—by the way—is considered sexual assault, but this isn't the point I'm trying to make here. Maybe for a future analysis)

Point is, at that point Donnie has already learned his lesson, so it would make justifying the whole "12 Donnie would lovingly talk about stalking April as if it's normal" even harder to justify.

Tl;dr: I honestly doubt rise Donnie would care about 12 Donnie's behavior towards April, especially considering the fact that 12 Donnie is not proud of it and has learned from it. In all honesty I can see the most likely outcome of them meeting being 12 Donnie nervously admitting that he used to follow her around only for rise Donnie to tell him that if he's really worried that much he should just put a tracker on her, and that it'll save him half the effort.

Anyway that's all, take care :3

hc; I always believed that Donnie held a lot of guilt after Leo was hurt so badly he slipped into a coma. Berating himself constantly that if he had simply listened Leo would be okay, not even able to go back into the bathroom because of the overwhelming guilt. 

  Which is also why he had so much pent up aggression that was taken out on Casey, also because Casey aggravates him but he doesn’t normally ‘brawl’ with Casey and so that’s why. 

  After Leo wakes up, he constantly worries about his well being and not wanting to have push too hard. Even making him medicine to try and help him heal faster (we all saw how that turned out) and even greatly distressed when Leo has to face the Creep alone. 

  It’s also why he doesn’t argue as heavily with him, save for with Don Vizioso because of the danger his own life was put in. I feel that is also a way to try and prevent Leo from doing something alone again as well as get vengeance on the man that nearly killed him.

TL:DR; Donnie feels guilt and becomes a bit more protective over Leo’s well being.