Tmnt 2012 Donnie - Blog Posts
i doodled donatello losing it and u guys get masc, fem and human don bc i said so
i hope this isnt too angsty or anything bruhh im sorry i know its different from the silly stuff i usually post </33 some awfugl stuff happened today so i took the chance and practiced expressions to wind down i suppose... i had fun tho teehee
also sorry the way i draw this guys forehead is like. either too small or too large idk i guess he needs space for the brains??????? bruh
How did it take me a month to realized I FUCKED UP HIS REFLECTION ASZHFKJHFD SHIG
You ever just draw fanart for your own fic that you haven't even finished writing yet
2012 Donnie doodle bcs I’ve been getting back into everyone's favorite mutant turtles, this is the second time I post a doodle of Donnie listening to music, wich is a bit curious to me.
He has to crush him,, 😔 / This feels like a realistic response from Donnie canonically speaking though (Raph probably encouraged this outcome too, tbh-). LMAO 💜🖤
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"Puma, Who is your favorite character?" "Ehh… Well..."
I mean, wasn't it obvious?
AAAAHHH.
FINALLY, I'm back to touching my precious PC graphics tablet after WEEKS. I missed her so much that I did this in a hurry.
Although, you know? I used inspiration for this. I don't know who the image is originally from but it's great!
The Doctor will see you now
It took me forever to draw vampire Donnie and even longer for me to draw fanart for Dr. Don like bro HOW
Thank you to everyone who joined me for the Whiteboard Fox session ! It was super fun and I loved seeing all of your guys drawings in real time ! 🥺🫶✨
These were my doodles ! I'll include the other in reblogs !
Some 2012 Raphril watching True Crime together ! Then I drew some Stalker 2012 Donnie w/ Casey and finally some toxic 2012 Casey w/ Donnie (Since I don't think all of the toxic behavior should fall on Donnie-) ! Then I tried to draw a bit of my 2012 Portal AU (As you can see, I didn't get very far- Lmao) ! After that, I did some Adventure Time AU Raphril ! ✨
I literally did this at my college. I couldn't resist ;w;
And this comes from the amazing works of @imagionationstation !
That's right, feed me!
Thanks to everyone who joined !! I'll host another WhiteboardFox soon !
@teks-emporium @nox-icate @vylantrophi 🫶✨
(Whoever drew the third image, please reach out to me so I can tag ! 😭🙏)
I finally drew some of your April @doughliciousfrosting ! There's still more to come though ! I promise ! 😤✨
Also Vylantrophi, don't you EVER stop drawing Donnie as a certified hater- The hater gene is strong in their blood, I'm telling you- /hj LMAO
(I forgot how challenging it is to draw on WhiteboardFox, like damn,, Lmao)
I have Capcut and an ability to download episodes I could probably make this exact compilation tbh
If I could edit even basic edits I'd make a "2012 Donnie Being Autistic" compilation because it's a CRIME that when I look up Autistic Donnie I only get Rise, many turtles are Autistic and the Donnies are chief among them
: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
Something I had to get out of my system- LMAO
I wanted to draw so much more,, Maybe I will later? Idk- I juggle so many things at the same time,, 💀
The fact the phrase “try harder” has enough history that if someone says it there’s a *quickly checks to see if Neko is around the area/chatroom* affect on my family will never not be funny to me
The fact that the phrase “try harder” has enough history that if someone says it there’s a *quickly checks to see if Neko is around the area/chatroom* effect on my family will never not be funny to me
Honestly I've seen a lot of "12 Donnie is afraid of rise Donnie" but for once I just really wanna see "rise Donnie is afraid of 12 Donnie and doesn't know how to deal with it"
"Hate. Me...APRIL HATES ME!!!🗣️"
Variants of the demonic April.
Donnie's fear was SO bad, I can't.
Like, it could have been done differently (for example, his fears correspond to the events of Timothy and Kirby's mutation and he would be afraid to hurt April again). Okay, he has a low self-esteem due to their appearance, I get it, but WHY DO THEY SHOW ME THAT HE'S AFRAID THAT SHE'LL FALL IN LOVE WITH CASEY??? Dude, you've had other situations, but are you worried about rejection???
My Halloween post from last year ! ⚰️🎃✨
(I'm not waiting until October to post this- LMAO / Also, I'm sorry it's kind of obvious I had to cut corners in certain places, I was cutting it really close to Halloween last year so I just wanted to finish the video- 😭👍 || Old content-)
I headcanons that Donatello, despite being the smallest of his brothers, was the child prodigy when it comes to Ninjitsu during his formative years— although he may not particularly enjoy it, he's just so happen to excel at it.
This is because he can imitate the best; copying a form shown by Splinter to a 'T'. It doesn't take long for him to study and follow a pattern when presented to him, causing him to be able to master certain techniques flawlessly and without much problem. Leo might be having trouble perfecting it, or Raph might have some issues with his temper, or Mikey when it comes to actually paying attention, but these sorts of things came to Donnie rather naturally.
However, as years passed, and Donnie is slowly growing ragged caring for his family, so does his skills.
His intellect was quickly put to use in all forms of way; having to salvage every piece of technology that comes his way and make them into some useful appliances. He's the only one that eats with the knowledge of how long their food rations will last, the only one who sleeps thinking if their heaters would stay functioning throughout winter, working high and low to keep them alive to see the next sunrise.
Evidently, this affects other aspects of his life as well.
He couldn't keep up with his brothers' unrelenting pace during the day due to how much he's working throughout the night. He's so exhausted that he could barely keep his head up during training/practice, so much that he's falling behind.
ANON,,,,, ANON WHEN I GET YOU ANON—
Like. He's had to work hard to keep his family alive from such a young age
He barely needed to try in training but the older he got and the more he worked he could barely keep up. If that isn't gifted kid burnout I don't know what is
Another sneak peak to keep ya on your toes,,,
I finally hit 3,000 words!!! This thing's gonna be LONG
Sometimes when I get sad I imagine a small Donnie (2k12 ver) running around trying his best to give a living for his family on top of caring for his emotionally unstable father and then I get sadder
Oh anon you are HURTING ME,,,,
Putting all my AU Donnies in a room and seeing which one comes out alive
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
I'm so PISSED I wanted to make an analysis about Rise Donnie and 12 Donnie's dynamic and how Rise probably wouldn't even bat an eye regarding 12's stalkerish tendencies but I CAN'T bc STUPID UGLY Tumblr only allows ONE (1) video per post fuck EVERYTHING AGDXFKJ
I didn't draw anything for Valentine's this year, my bad,, So here's my Valentine's Day post from last year- 💜🖤💌✨
(Old content \ Hopefully this will be my last "old content" post for a minute-! Lmao)
I just have to ask. What are your thoughts about Donnie in sweaters and hoodies? Because I have many opinions and headcanons about him. U_U
As an individual who lives in jackets and sweaters because my reptilian blood does not allow me to ever feel warmth, yes.
Yes. My thoughts are just: Yes.
Every time Donnie has the option to dress up, he uses sleeves:
Mazes and Mutants = long cloak
Vision Quest = sleeves over his shoulder
The Crypt of Dracula = brown cloak
Now it’s not conclusive evidence, but again, this is my headcanon. This is my silly assumptions based on what I know and what I want to be true (bias!) based off my own judgements.
A lot of my headcanons about this backlash onto the Dona AU, where I make them all completely canon. For the series, however…
It’s scientifically proven that less mass = less heat and considering that they are turtles, Fall weather would be absolutely freezing for this svelte boy. There is no way that the sewers aren’t cold at night.
My personal headcanon is that we don’t see him wearing them because the brothers don’t wear clothes on a night-to-night basis. Nobody would blink if I slipped on a hoodie or put on a sweater in the middle of the day, but his brothers would notice because that’s not common. Putting on a jacket would mean admitting a sort of weakness and risking brotherly teasing.
Donnie already knows that his frame makes him physically weaker than his brothers. That’s why he makes up for it with his brain.
He can’t risk something else highlighting this. There’s no reason to give them something else to concentrate on, another thing to remind them of the difference between them.
He doesn’t put anything on unless one of his brothers do first.
(This stubbornness has backfired into illness far too often.)
Mmm, and that’s pretty much it! Thanks for Asking!
You ever just draw fanart for your own fic that you haven't even finished writing yet