I Cant Risk It

I can’t risk it

Can I kick it? (Yes, you can!)

NEXT AU ON THE BRAIN

Chasing Shadows (named after the song)

(essentially the entire plot) (did not expect to be able to draw Kraang first try ajgbksjrgbksg)

(oh erm , this is also not one with a happy ending)

Leo survives the final attack of the Kraang, and salvages a single old Walkman having belonged to Donnie, as well as the Resistance Karaoke machine, containing all the recordings of their singing and cheesy songs.

Now he runs across the ruined world, surviving purely to spite of the Kraang. And to keep alive the spirit of the resistance in this timeline.

(a little concept art doodle) (I like drawing snow :))

eventually he is hunted down and captured. And becomes a prisoner aboard the techno drome. A living trophy of the Kraang's victory over the planet. There he discovers Donnie has become the Technodrome.

It is customary for the Kraang to appoint the greatest mind of their most recent conquest as the new mind of the Technodrome. Slowly, he gets Donnie to remember who he is, Leo's twin, his brother, his family. They plot to escape togehter.

This meaning, Donnie is uploaded into Leo's Walkman. Like GladOs into the potato. Supercomputer put into silly tech is my favorite thing okay.

The ending... not very happy I am afraid. they make one last trip, when they decide to journey back home. After a long journey, they arrive at their original sewer home, Leo severely wounded stumbles into the ruins of the lair. Where they record one last song on the Walkman together, the last voices of the resistance.

welp! That's it :) there is a THIRD Au- but If I draw that my hand WILL fall off

Here-> Life is strange AU

(Please tell me if you would like to see more of this AU because I will give the internet strangers what they want, they live in my walls)

For those of you confused, Donnie lost his tech Bo in part two of the season two finale, Shreddy or Not, in the same episode that the other turtles lost their weapons.

Now, he didn’t have a grand “oh no!” Scene for his breaking, mostly because it wasn’t mystic and it wouldn’t hold as much of an influence as the other boy’s did, because their weapons were quite literally irreplaceable. Like sure, it would be tedious, but Donnie could’ve made his tech Bo again. The boys, however, couldn’t replicate their mystic weapons if they tried, not without the help of someone in the hidden city. And may I remind you that last time they went there, they literally ALL (except for Mikey and Splinter) got thrown in jail.

As you can see in this scene (sorry for the quality), which takes place within the last minute of Shreddy or Not, Donnie still has his tech Bo! This takes place after the turtles have all lost their weapons and are evacuating the lair.

With Leo trying to stay behind and Raph focusing on getting Leo out, there’s nobody to focus on the fact that the lair is literally falling apart around them. Nobody but Donnie, of course.

The pole above their head, keeping the rubble from falling onto them and crushing them, that’s Donnie’s tech bo. And as we can see a few scenes later,

It isn’t doing too well.

A few seconds later, and it is crushed underneath the rubble of their home. Unfortunate, really.

As for why Donnie kept his normal Bo staff (which he got in the next episode from a rake that Todd gave him, but that’s a talk for another day), I presume that is was ease.

Using the normal bo staff combined with his ninpo, he could do everything his tech bo could do and more. He could add onto it and use it as he liked, and all he had to do was think of it.

Also think about time, and how the movie fits in with the series. According to the people who made rise, the movie only takes place a couple of months after the series finale of the show. They must’ve spent a long time between then moving in to their new home, or just making their abandoned subway station livable. While doing this, they would’ve also had to keep up with whatever shenanigans were going on in New York, like the villains and whatever they got up to, and probably keeping Cassandra in check.

I also have a hunch that, with him not understanding mystics and not having a mystic weapon before, Donnie would want to study how it works. Although he originally didn’t like mystics, I think he would be at least a little curious about this ancient mystic art that’s been passed down by his family for centuries that he had no clue about. Just a hunch.

Uh. Anyways thanks for letting me infodump, I like to watch this show really hard.

It took me way too long to realize but I cannot tell you how devastated I was when I found out Donnie had a normal Bo-Staff in the movie

Like imagine how upset S1 Donnie would be

Introducing.. the Hololeo AU!

I’ve sketched it before, just never really spoken abt it outside friends- essentially it’s inspired by the idea of the robo future raph concept and an old amphibia au of mine!

Basically, Leo ends up dying the day after the kraang invasion finishes. Donnie, struggling the most out of his siblings to process this, builds a personality-accurate chatbot to talk to, just until he can properly process he’s actually gone. However due to reasons not even Donnie himself understands, the bot becomes sentient. Not just running on code, but actually learning and understanding, aswell as demanding to leave the lab so he can talk to the others. Donnie considers shutting him off, but ends up building a body for Hololeo.

Problem is, Hololeo’s vision and memories are altered so in his vision he looks like the old leo, and the actual ending of the rise movie is how he thinks the invasion ended! So when mikey and then raph and april accidentally discover Hololeo, they decide to just.. keep him around.

They couldn’t just deactivate him.

Hololeo resumes the leadership role that April took over temporarily, assuming the weird looks he gets from Raph and Mikey sometimes are because of him sacrificing himself to the kraang, but hey, he came back, right?

Well, after a mission goes wrong, Hololeo’s hologram vision breaks (and his arm, because it is a legal requirement for leo to lose an arm in every au /hj) all is revealed to him. Leading to the newly crisis-ing robot turtle to run off into the hidden city to process.

Though, unbeknownst to his siblings or even he himself, Hololeo might be more Leo than he thinks.

And that’s the basic au premise hfjshfhs

Please ask questions if you have any ^^

RISE TWITTER QNA! no major news or announcements, but here's a list of new information and confirmations:

S3 could be brought back as a retro show in the future, but it probably wouldn't happen anytime soon (focus is on mutant mayhem at the moment)

it was never decided whether capril would be friends or girlfriends (due to rise's focus on platonic relationships)

council of heads! they're in power, but a lot of influential yokai (like big mama) aren't easily controlled, and "game the system"

despite not having his dual katana, supposedly f!leo DOES still have mystic powers

ron corcillo would love to see a spin-off focused on the caseys (if rise were ever continued), and likes the potential of a raph + casey vigilante duo

the turtles got their names after splinter's love for renaissance art

big mama's henchman WAS planned to be the missing sister, and rather than venus de milo, she would've been named after a female artist (possibly frida kahlo)

for halloween: raph dressed up as a kitten, mikey as a lion, leo as a rockstar, and donnie as j. robert oppenheimer

the mystic weapons stolen from draxum acted as a conduit to help the boys unlock their innate mystic powers with a "little boost"

they didn't realise mayhem's potential as a character/force until too late, but it could've been fun to do some stories of him being an operative (a la perry the platypus)

there weren't any planned stories for side villains (aside from the foot's cupcake shop), most focus was on the turtles

not much on casey jr's backstory, just that cass and the turtles were fighting the krang and leo raised him as a warrior. casey jr only has brief memories of cass from when he was very young, and was mostly raised by leo

there were definitely six baby turtles (two sisters)! and the turtles were gonna split up to rescue the one with big mama and the one in "the dimension", but they never planned much of it out

there's most likely a time gap between the rescuing leo and the ending scene of the movie, as "after a fight like that, [everyone] would definitely crash and need some recovery time"

there would've been more big mama in future episodes, and stinkbomb was planned to return

since the turtles became known to the public at the end of the movie, they'd have to fight to retain their reputation. this and their reception to criticism/backlash would've become a major arc.

on brother rankings: mikey is definitely raph's favourite, and they all look up to raph

the stronger someone's ninpo is, the greater the drain on their energy is (as seen with f!mikey and karai)

there wouldn't be much threat on villains going after casey jr's future intel, because most of it would've been rendered obsolete

nickelodeon would never give up the rights to rise, but they could license it to a partner company (such as IDW for a comic!)

as previously mentioned, the 2nd sister would've been trapped in "another dimension" and venus/frida would have to be won over by "helping her see that she had been brainwashed [by big mama] as a child" (and redeemed)

given more time, the show would've fleshed out: the hamato story, the hidden city's origins (krang spaceship that crashed into the crying titan being the source of the ooze, its fuel being what gave the yokai mystic powers), and would've used the rat king (who ron corcillo would've liked to be a powerful yokai with rat-like abilities and some form of mind control, who could've threatened the council of heads for power in the hidden city)

as far as we know, the turtles (aside from leo's spanish) only speak english (and even their english is sometimes a bit off)

rise probably wouldn't have ever "gone dark", but after the turtles were publicly known and full-time heroes, it might've had more of an extended plotline

the turtle's casual clothes somewhat reflect their music tastes (r&b for raph, glam rock for leo, techno (and 80s) for donnie and boy band for mikey)

future heights: mikey grew a bit and then shrunk under mystic strain, leo was at least 6ft, donnie a little taller than leo, and raph at least 6'6

mikey's powers could get pretty intense, which could've resulted in some multiverse episodes (ron corcillo would be most inclined to do a 12 crossover, but any could work). while leo portals short distances, mikey's cross space and time (with great effort)

given more time, how the turtles met april would've been fleshed out

in terms of how they take after splinter: donnie and leo have a lot of his cockiness, raph his courage and sense of duty, and mikey senses him missing his family (which is part of the reason of why he tries to hold everyone together)

given more time they would've done more with the transfer of leadership from raph to leo (and originally the plan was to draw that out over S3, rather than the abrupt S2 ending). they would've been co-leaders for a while, and at times mikey or donnie would lead (they aren't really a group with just one leader archetype)

there were plans for april to have more time with the specific turtles other than donnie (like how the gumbus was focused on her mikey and leo)

the cast's mystic abilities would've increased over time, and splinter has a lot of power that hasn't been revealed (as he spent a lot of time in the hidden city in his past)

venus/frida would've been very disciplined and so serious that's she's funny, and the dimension sister would've been "a little kooky"

there weren't really any plans on how the turtles would look in cloaked human forms, just that they'd resemble lou jitsu and may be inspired by their VAs

mikey is the only brother who can fully pull all his limbs and head into his shell (being a box turtle)

any usagi appearances would be a rights matter, and depend on collaboration

on timelines: april is 16 at the start of the series and 18 in the movie, but exactly how much time passes isn't confirmed

ron corcillo would've liked to do more donnie + raph episodes, like one where despite how donnie considers himself smarter, raph ends up beating him in common sense and emotional intelligence

f!leo didn't go with casey jr to the past due to being mortally wounded in his bleeding side

given more time there would've been more flashback episodes with the turtles at various ages

though he'd never admit it, hueso has a close relationship with leo

in early S3 there would've been an episode of setting up the new lair

mystic warrior f!mikey is pretty old (maybe in his 70s), and is strong enough to use basically any mystic power, but at great cost to him physically

no major plans with bishop, but once the turtles became more well-known he could be a bit of a thorn in their sides (like j. jonah jameson to spiderman)

there might've been some redemption from big mama, but also some relapses into her "villainous ways"

given a full season, karai would've been alive for longer, and would've trained the boys for a number of episodes

confirmation that some of early s1 aired in the wrong order (which the writers weren't happy about)

in rise, there's always an unpredictability as to how sentient a mutant will turn out to be

raph probably wouldn't be super uptight about swearing, provided the boys weren't offending anyone

there weren't any plans for romantic relationships (and DEFINITELY never an april-turtles love interest), but if they had ever tried something eventually it would've been with the same species

there were no specific plans for alopex, rita, or rennet, but anything's a possibility

in terms of the 1000 years ago krang/mystic timeline, the spaceship crashed first (possibly spawning the yokai), and other krang followed it, drawing in the invasion

that seems to be about it but if there's any more i'll do a reblog with additions