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You will not be more than a rat in the gutter (so much more than a rat) by ILOVEDYOULIKETHESUN
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
23 Jun 2024
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“Get up” His body tensed at the sound of the voice, his own personal hell.
“Get up” It repeated “they need you.”
A laughable notion, that his boys would ever rely on his guidance, his strength. Like they didn’t know that he had nothing left to give them.
“It doesn’t matter if the burden is heavy, it matters that you carry it!” The words sounded alien from the high, childish voice that rose to a shriek. Ever the dramatic, it repeated “Get up!”
Yoshi got up.
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Anyone up for a revearse of the Splinter-Leo situation in 2012 season 5? (iykyk)
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EATING THIS SHOT LIKE BREAD & BUTTERRRRRRRR
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Run, run, get away (Don't freak out, it's just rain) by ItzZaira
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012)
03 May 2024
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Currently, Leo was lying in his bed, dozing off to the sound of the rain. Tip, tap, tip tap, tip, tap- the rain had only gotten worse and worse, pouring from the skies above and almost 'angrily' pounding down the windows. It was soothing, in some way. Very nice to listen to. Succesfully silencing his thoughts, his worries- all there was was the rain. Peaceful, nice rain. Maybe he should see if Donnie could install rain sounds on his shell phone later? It seemed to help him get sleepy a lot, and if everyone else could sleep this peacefully every night-
BOOM!
He was wide awake at once.
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Never having been topside during a thunderstorm before, ninja instincts kick in as soon as they get woken up by the first flash of white.
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Arc One: The Battle by NinjaNekosLibrary
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012)
04 Sep 2025
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“It’s a nickname. Short for Donatello.”
“Heh.” He quirks a smile. “Kinda a coinkydink ‘cause-”
“Hamato Donatello.” Leo’s head shoots up and the turtle looks back. “My brothers are Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. They have nicknames too. Mikey, Raph…” He tilts his head, urging, “Leo.”
Leo stares, looking for any sign of deception. The turtle keeps talking, almost as if he’s trying to get the words out before his brain can catch up. “We’re a team. We fight crime and save people. I have a father. We call him Splinter. He’s a rat. Used to be a human. Adopted me and my brothers, taught us ninjitsu.”
Leo’s paralyzed. He waits for the snickers, or for the punchline.
The turtle does not shirk away, eyes bright with the maniac look that Donnie gets when he proves a theory correct and is dying for a single person to acknowledge that he’s the smartest being on planet earth.
“So. Leo.” It’s conversational, calm, eager. “What’s your family like?”
(Or, A crossover where 2012Donnie is sent by Za-Naron into the Prison Dimension and joins RiseLeo during his stay. ✨ And they bond. ✨)
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- Part 1 of Mismatched Twins
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an atom in a sea of nothing by remrose
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
02 Dec 2024
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Low whistle from his drunk twin, the shaky camera turning to an incredulous face. "Nothing? Geez, I'm sorry, if I'd realized you were like, actively dying, I wouldn't have gone out tonight."
Despite the levity of his words, there was a thread of actual guilt woven in bright neon embroidery. But Donnie hadn't said anything on purpose, and Leo had passed all his classes this semester and deserved to go out and have fun.
"Shut up." Donnie provided that absolutely ground breaking reply without so much as lifting his head.
"I actually can't shut up. Like, legally. It's kind of like that movie Speed, except if I stop talking I'll explode. Woah! Hey, look, that's our house. Wave at me from the window?"
Donnie tried to listen hard enough to pick out the sound of a Ford Focus pulling up to their curb through the hum of late-night New York City traffic. He did not get up and wave at the window, because that would involve moving, and Donnie had decided he wasn't doing that anymore.
or: post sdats and it's donnie's turn, unfortunately
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- Part 3 of stare directly at the sun
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More Than the Sum of Your Parts by UlisaBarbic for MagicMan2029
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987)
23 Sep 2025
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In the aftermath of “Night of the Dark Turtle”, Donatello is trying to come to terms with how he lost himself. It’s not the first time they’ve dealt with this but he’s never actually attacked his family before. But luckily, he has three brothers and father to set his thoughts straight.
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The Shell Of Who I Was by Purpleandbluelove24
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
24 Sep 2025
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After sacrificing himself to save his family, Leo is trapped in the Prison Dimension for an entire year. When a mystic rift tears open and the turtles recover him, he’s no longer the brother they once knew—he’s feral, wild, and unrecognizing. Haunted by whatever horrors he endured, Leo has forgotten what it means to be himself. Now, his family must face the impossible task of piecing their leader back together, while uncovering the devastating truth of what happened in that void.
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- Part 1 of Rise Leo Feral AU
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How to deal with grief; a step-by-step guide by Hamato Michelangelo:
Step one: Ignore said grief to care for others. No one cares how you feel, and no one ever will. Others are more important, care for them.
Step two: Smile, smile, and never stop smiling, they need you to smile, don'tstopsmiling-
Step three: Realize you're worthless and shouldn't be wasting food, so eat and rest as little as possible and do as much as you can to make up for it.
Step four: Be everyone's shoulder to cry on. They need you. Fix it. Make them better.
Step five: Faint in the kitchen because of lack of care- wait what?
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Mikey is coping with Splinter's death in a very healthy way.
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Okay, to be fair, Donnie wasn't usually the plans guy. Leo was. But making plans involved someone smart, and Leo had been out of ideas, and Donnie had been dying to use the new gadget he had built- it was a small thing, really. It looked like a sparkler. But it would have done the trick. Ruin the mechs, activate the fuel, and glitch. The four would have been a safe distance away so their phones didn't break, it should have been easy.
Donnie had forgotten to check what the 'water' tower actually held.
"Donnie?" The squeal the youngest had made sounded anything but reassuring, breath hitching and terrified. Donnie could hear the door of the tank closing behind him as he tried to jump to join his brothers. "I- dude, I don't wanna scare you, but I don't think water is supposed to smell like-"
BOOM!
Donnie miscalculated.
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A mistake from Donnie caused all three of his brothers to get hurt.
Now back at the lair and away from the chaos, said genius is not handling the guilt very well.
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You Weren't There by DuzMachines84
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003)
03 Jul 2023
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“He wasn’t the only one killed tonight.”
During a mission gone wrong, the turtles lose their youngest member. That same night, Leo and Raph do something stupid. Donnie is pissed.
Dam I suck at summaries. Basically angry donnie and overall typical major character death stuff
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Endure Alone…or Together? by Purpleandbluelove24
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
23 Sep 2025
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After being kidnapped by a mysterious organization, the Hamato brothers are separated and experimented on—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Each is told the others are gone. But what their captors don’t realize is that the bond between these brothers is more powerful than any chain, any scalpel, any lie. This is a story of resilience, pain, and the love that holds them together even in the darkest depths.
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You Came Back To Me by Purpleandbluelove24
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
15 Jun 2025
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When Leo is injured on patrol, Donnie snaps—and the villain responsible sees exactly what happens when you try to take a twin away from his other half.
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- Part 17 of I love the disaster twins
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Journey of the Blue Flame by Purpleandbluelove24
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
10 Aug 2025
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Leo feels like he is not living up to expectations after the Krang invasion. So, one night, he slips out unnoticed and runs away to Japan for two years to try and become a better leader. A better brother
Meanwhile, the family tries to search for Leo but end up losing hope after a while and Donnie is left to grieve the lost of his twin, unaware that Leo is alive and a thousands miles away from him
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- Part 29 of I love the disaster twins
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live to let you shine by GibbousLunation, remrose, Soldraws, taizi
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
09 Aug 2025
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Gio had fallen into their lives at a point where the safety net had more holes than threads to hold. He was young, had the signs of a life hard won and fought through, but he tried. Absorbed absolutely anything his family would give him, even when it was nothing at all. Dark eyes, taking in any and all of the light he could just to find himself.
It was a tragedy in three parts just to watch him thrive off wavering candlelights and embers, wandering around the halls like a detective finding hints of some past crime.
Mikey squares himself. Finds that thread left in him that’s farther and farther away every day. Gio deserves the light, he can make some for him. He can.
Or: a series of standalone oneshots about Giorgio Hamato finding a home, getting adopted, and being loved back--not necessarily in that order. Set in both timelines.
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- Part 2 of the archer
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title from baby boy by mother mother
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Gapped Knowledge by RonnaO_O
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
05 Sep 2025
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Due to his father's secret about his origin, Donatello's life seems to take an unexpected turn as he finds himself being targeted by the Shredder himself.
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A Donatello-centric story that is set in the 2012 universe and focuses on the struggles of family dynamics.
(The chapters are short and therefore there might be a lot of chapters to this story xD)
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raised on little light by taizi for GibbousLunation, Soldraws
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
10 Dec 2024
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“Who are you?” Leo asks stupidly.
“Gio,” the probably imaginary turtle replies.
Leo’s mouth runs off before he can stop it. “Just Gio? Like Cher?”
God, he thinks. That was stupid, Leo. Not the time or place, Leo. You’re in the prison dimension. You’re dying here and you can’t even cut the jokes now? Raph was so right about you.
But the imaginary turtle surprises him by smiling slightly, the corners of his mouth pulling just barely upwards in a way that somehow completely transforms him. Not the time or place for jokes or smiling at them but here they are. Like company.
Or: a long-lost brother takes the long way home.
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- Part 1 of the archer
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i waited eight long months (she finally set him free) by stillateenageabomination
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
28 Jul 2023
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A pointed metal prong met her throat, far enough away not to cut her jugular but close enough that if she tried to make a break for it, she’d be skewered.
“Chasing us down is one thing,” said the red-masked turtle with a vicious smirk. He kept his grip on his sai firm as his brothers circled around him and April. “It’s gutsy enough that I can actually respect it. But threatening our pizza? Now you made it personal. Big mistake.”
April held her breath. She would not do what she wanted to do, she would not, she would not –
April burst out into uproarious laughter, her giggles so uncontrollable that the mutant that could only be Raphael had to ease up his grip on his sai. He just stared at her in confusion, as did the rest of his brothers, as April struggled to quiet her laughter.
“I’m – I’m sorry,” April said between giggles. It was so bad that her glasses started fogging up. “You’re just – really short.”
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or, your average 2012/rise crossover. 5 times a Rise character spends the chapter vibing and emotionally connecting with 2012 characters + 3 times there’s actual plot
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- Part 1 of eight long months + extra works
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You Were Saying... by pandaluna
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
31 Dec 2024
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It was gradual.
It just felt so unnatural for their home to be this quiet, and the obvious cause of that was that Leonardo, for whatever reason, said not a word for a whole entire week, and it just didn’t make any sense.
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Leo stops talking after the events of “Donnie's Gifts”, and Donnie drives himself up a wall, trying to understand what happened.
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- Part 5 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles One-Shots!
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"You Left Me Behind" by Purpleandbluelove24
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
05 Jul 2025
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After the Krang invasion, Leo is in a coma and Donnie reflects on Leo's self-sacrifice, thinking about how his twin almost left him alone behind. When Leo wakes up, he comforts Donnie and reminds him that he is still here and he will never leave Donnie again
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- Part 25 of I love the disaster twins
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