So. Read The Last Ronin. Basically He's Just A Salty Old Man.

Part 9!

He can fix everything. He can duct tape it all into the fluffiest family bonding~

Part 1

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ROTTMNT Headcannons

I've been hyperfocusing on the turtles way too long so y'all get to deal with some headcannons

Leo

He/Him

Mostly Deaf (because red eared sliders cannot hear very well)

This man is a fruit basket

Speaks Spanish, English and Japanese

Can only read Spanish and Japanese

Knows ASL

Has a breakdown when ice is in water (took this from a tiktok)

Insomniac due to nightmares

Second fastest swimmer

Loves latino dancing

As much as I like the trans Leo headcannon, I personally see him as intersex and he has had support by his brothers (mainly don)

Donnie

He/They

Autistic

Demiromantic Asexual

Speaks and reads English, Japanese, and ASL

Goes nonverbal

Also Insomniac

Fastest swimmer

Afraid of being left alone

Prone to having seizures after krang attack

Fashionista of the bros

Mikey

He/They/Its

Has ADHD

Pansexual

Has a hard time reading the room

Speaks and reads English, Japanese

Really bad at ASL

Tremors

Hates water

Most musically talented

Raph

He/Him

Man has Big sister syndrome

The only straight one but supports his brothers

Anger issues are there but has learned to control them

Speaks English, Japanese, and some ASL

Can only read English

Nightmares over being controlled

Decent swimmer but sinks half the time

My Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Headcanons - Raph ❤️

He/She. The only straight one but extremely supportive of his brothers

Raph start showing his autism traits very late in his life so he needs a lot of help from his brothers with dealing with it. Donnie had support from him when he needed it when he was a kid, so now in return he's teaching Raph how to manage everything

Comfort food: apple juice

As a kid he was biting everything including his brother and father (he's the one who bit Splinter's ear)

He had big anger issues, but because he is bigger than his brothers they were afraid of him as kids. Which made him cry every time he saw them scared of him, when he was mad. Because of that he learned to control it

He has horrible nightmares about being controlled by krang

He has trouble seeing in his right eye

Can read ASL but has problems with signing

Helps his brothers to fall asleep after krang attack

Hugs pillows/plushies in his sleep, when Mikey sleeps with him, he is a victim of his hugs too

Raph & Mikey sometimes laugh so much that they just sit in the living room and wheezes

Raph is responsible for physical comfort of his brothers while Mikey is the one who takes care of their mental health

He hates the taste of toothpaste and general feeling of brushing teeth so he avoids it. That’s why he have many cavities

Forgets his epipen a lot

Has trouble seeing in his right eye

Fav pizza: Meat pizza, especially pepperoni

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Of course “turtles are strong” and “can hold Casey like an orange”

Okay yep mhm

Who’s going to hold them?

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PART 2 Funny prequel

Consider, slow burn polyninja but only because there idiots

DISASTER TWINS!

While I personally love the thought of Leo being the older of the two, I can totally see them not knowing so they will just flip a coin or something to decide once in a while. And also being them, will mess with anyone who asks.

Anyone else wonder

Why so many adhd/autism folks (among many other groups in the neurodivergent and disability communities that I cannot speak for) love 'kids' cartoons so much?

Like I wonder about the psychology behind their popularity.

Could it be a form of sensory seeking? Animation tends to be more dynamic and artistic, I would argue there are more things you can do with art and drawing than with special FX and CGI (in that there is more space to experiment and mix mediums).

Maybe it's simply an escapism thing? Society is not really made to accommodate us so why would we want to see that same world we struggle to relate to in fiction?

Attached to that: a representation thing? Characters traits tend to be more exaggerated. It can be easier to understand intentions, subtext etc that we may sometimes miss IRL. Plus, I more often see coding that makes us feel seen and understood in animation than in live-action work (though I understand both are slowly changing to be more inclusive, and there is ofc my own bias towards animation that limits the information I receive).

I'm just so curious about it.

Also I realize there are plenty of folks from these communities who watch live-action work and prefer it too lol, I just see a lot of cartoon chatter online with these groups.

A memory just hit me like a truck

When I was a kid I think it was kindergarten. I was doing a lot of vocal stims like chirping or grunting, etc. I've done them so often and for so long that they could give me a headache. I can remember like six different stims that i was doing. My mom was finally so annoyed with it that she told me to stop and kept me from doing it

I thought I never did vocal stims, but it turns out I was wrong and just forgot about them