Papa Splinter's Pups

Papa Splinter's Pups

On the Turtle Tot's first Halloween, Splinter didn't want to take them trick or treating for fear of being found out. The citizens of New York would panic at humanoid turtle babies, and word could get out to Big Mama. His worst fear was getting kidnapped again, and his children would be without a father, or Big Mama would train them to be entertainment for the Battle Nexus. It had only been a few weeks since they found the sewers and made it their home. Splinter dragged a mattress from the dump and raided a dumpster behind a crafting store for blankets, one being rolled up into an impromptu pillow, and that was their shared bed.

Halloween was chilly around this time of year, and Splinter gathered his tiny children in a backpack to go find more suitable clothing for them. Digging through a dumpster might have been low, considering that he used to be famous, but he was a father in hiding, now, so he dug.

Something moved and he jumped in surprise. A rat bared its teeth at him before scurrying away. Splinter rolled his eyes and kept digging. The store that owned this dumpster was a Halloween store and Halloween was in 2 days, and they were already tossing rejected costumes away.

His hand brushed against something soft, so he grabbed it. Up came a bundle of grey cloth. Splinter unrolled one of them and saw what it was.

A baby rat costume!

He chuckled as he unrolled the rest of the bundle and found 4 more. He kicked himself at the irony, but they were super soft and relatively clean. He only needed four for his four children, so he left one of them, where he saw the rat from earlier grab it with her teeth and drag it to the other side of the dumpster. Splinter watched in curiousity. When he saw the 8 or so tiny pink pups all curled up, he knew why. This rat was a mother, trying to keep her babies warm, just like how Splinter was trying to keep his kids warm.

Splinter smiled, taking the costumes with him to the sewer grate he always entered and exited his home.

After a good wash and hanging them out to dry for a whole day, Splinter maneuvered tiny limbs through arm holes before admiring his work. These costumes were made for babies, and they probably were rejected because they didn't have legs, just buttons on the bottom to make diaper changes easier. No matter, this boys thought they were comfortable.

Even Purple began to yawn.

Allowing his rat instincts to kick in, probably from seeing the Mama Rat, Splinter curled up around his children, allowing them to snuggle their dad for warmth. He watched as each kid fell asleep and he watched over them.

He knew rats could be very territorial, especially when it comes to their young. That mother rat wasn't trying to be vicious on purpose; she had babies to take care of. And Splinter may not be the world famous Lou Jitsu anymore, but now he had a new job. A better job. None of that fame matters now. What really mattered, in this moment, was that his sons were safe, and warm, and well taken care of.

So he continued to watch them sleep, and with their costumes making them look like adorable little baby rats, he melted.

"My Pups."

Headcanon: Mikey has a colostomy bag. When Mikey was mutated, he was so young that his yolk sac was still attached. During the whole kerfuffle between Lou and Draxum, Mikey's yolk sac became detached, and it never absorbed properly, so his digestive system was deformed. As a baby, he had horrible cramps, diarrhea and constipation, that Lou finally took him to a doctor in the Hidden City, who told him that Mikey's intestine was deformed and needed to be operated on. The doctor did surgery on the poor child. As a result, Mikey's intestine isn't connected to the rest of his bowels, but instead, his stoma sticks outside his body, where a colostomy bag catches his waste. Unlike his brothers, Mikey has to empty his colostomy bag into the toilet several times a day and replace his bag daily. Raph is super protective of Mikey for being in such a delicate state and insisted on Mikey wearing a stoma belt to protect his bag and exposed intestine during missions. During the first 5 years of having the bag, Splinter found that the boy was super active and didn't know you had to keep the thing on, and when it overflows, it REEKS! Nonetheless, Mikey doesn't let his colostomy bag get in the way of anything.

(I made this headcanon because I have a neice that's almost 2 years old. She has Down syndrome, and this poor little girl has had more hospital stays and surgeries than any of her siblings combined. When she was 9 days old, she was helicoptered to our state's best hospital for surgery. My little baby neice had an underdeveloped intestine and wasn't absorbing nutrients, so she had a colostomy bag for over a year. Very recently, she had surgery to correct it, and now she wears diapers.)

hi darlings reblog to give the prev person a lil forehead kiss because yes <3

Reminders for the Anxious/Depressed Creatives

You’re more than what you make.

Your productivity does not determine your value.

It’s okay to do nothing sometimes.

Not everything you do has to result in a product.

Not everything you make has to be important, significant, or even good.

You can make things just for yourself.

You can keep secrets for yourself, whether it’s not posting some of your projects or not sharing your techniques.

You’re allowed to say no.

You’re allowed to rest.

More Jennika and Venus Outfits!

Venus would probably join Raph and Leo in defeating Ghost bear while Jennika is her hype-woman. Venus wears the tutu to give the impression that she's delicate, only to kick some serious Ghost butt. Venus calls herself "Sugarplum" and Jennika calls herself "Yellow Jacket".

Jennika is a Avril Lavigne fan and that kind of music adds to the chaos to the band. Venus likes K-Pop.

Self Explanitory. It's their quarantine suits.

These were really fun to make. I took so many pictures of the boys' suits to get an idea how to how they look.

Did anyone notice that the siblings with secondary colors dressed fancy in that episode and the primary colors didn't? So, I decided to put Venus in a nice dress to look like she's wealthy.

In the comics, Jennika was a human before she was mutated into a turtle and she was blonde with blue eyes, and I decided to make her hair short. Venus has Hamato Yoshi's DNA, so I made her Japanese.

I'm not sure what villains Jenny and Vee are tagged-teamed with to defeat Big Mama's champions. Any ideas?

Feral!Leo is a cat confirmed.

Consider the following for F!Leo.

Laser pointer.

Well we are up against @kathaynesart next in the @tmntaucompetition. I can very much see Omega easily distracting FLeo with one lol!