Rise of the TMNT Fandom, I present to you: Leo meeting different versions of himself! Inspired by the great @dianagj-art in a random ask, this 4K word chapter spawned out of it! This is going to be multiple chapters in that regard!
Summary: In the heat of a battle, Leo is teleported to Mikey's side with the use of his new mystic powers. Thing is, Mikey was warned not to use them on his brothers.
All AU’s that I used on this project, some haven't made an appearance yet, but trust me they're going to! (And apologies for all the @s, I just want to give proper credit!)
Like Father Like Son - by @eternalglitch Separarted AU - @cupcakeslushie Blood Bath - @trubblegumm Mutant Ninja Midlife Crisis - @mutantninjamidlifecrisis Odd Man Out - @threestripeslider Feral AU - @/cupcakeslushie Celestial AU - @ashwii Separated Leo - @/dianagj-art Tot-Pocalypse- @pastadorable Life Mission: Save My Brothers - @daedelweiss Homogenous - @shadowoffandoms (me!) <;- results may vary whether this rascal appears or not
Ifi my kids come across this in the future they are going to seriously question humanity
remmick and the vampires present a false dichotomy
Hogwood (the man who sold the twins the mill) and the KKK are very obviously bad, they are outright malicious bigotry, they use the n-word and plan to lynch the moore's and their community, they are so blatantly racist and hateful it's unavoidably obvious
remmick and the vampires however say that they believe in equality, say that they want to create a community, and yet remmick's goal throught the movie is to both metaphorically and literally steal sammie's ability for his own goal of reconnecting with his irish ancestors, a white man wants to harm a young and upcoming black man and use talents for his own goals without giving any regard to said black man's autonomy or agency
when sammie sings 'I lied to you' in the juke joint and calls forth the spirits from the past and future, it's a blend of cultures; west african, east asian, native american, and african american song and dance blend together across time and space to tell the stories of blues; where it takes its inspiration from, the music genres it then inspired, the complex history of black american culture and its intersections with other peoples of colour in the USA
when remmick and the vampires kill and turn the people in the juke joint, and then perform rocky road to dublin, only remmick's irish culture is on display, there is no influence from the black and asian people he has forcibly assimilated into his song, it's juxtaposition with the earlier scene is blatant, remmick is more than happy to assimilate people of colour into his 'community' of 'equals', and yet its only whiteness that is celebrated, that is normative
remmick claims that he's doing people a favour by turning them immortal, conviently ignoring that he literally has to suck the life out of them to do so, trapping their spirits on earth, he claims that he's the good guy, that the KKK were gonna come and lynch everyone at the joint in the morning anyways, conviently ignoring that he's doing the exact same thing; a white man leading a mob to kill a bunch of black people
in the final confrontation with sammie remmick repeatedly dunks him into the river, a forceful baptism. both the celtic irish and enslaved west africans had their religions suppressed and destroyed by colonialsm, had christianity forced upon them by the british empire, and in that scene we see remmick repeating that cycle, using christianity to inflict harm, and sammie reclaiming christianity, despite all the complex emotions he has arround it, as many colonised peoples have and still do, when he recites the lord's prayer
remmick and the vampires are no less racist than hogwood and the KKK, are no less predatory or evil, they're just less blantant about their bigotry, they represent the system, the normalised white supremacy that is seeped into the very foundation of culture in america, the point isnt that remmick would call any of the black characters in the movie the n-word, i dont think he would, the point is that his exploitation and desacration and inserting-himself-into-when-he-wasn't-invited of the juke joint is a microcosm of what white people have done to black american arts and culture since ever since there have been black and white people in america, and even before that
theres a reason vultures are shown early on in this movie
MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS TO ME
You thought I was done?...
FUCK YES THEY MAKE ME FEEL POWERFUL
you can’t raise an entire generation on stories of “chosen ones” and young heros who band together with there friends and overthrow corrupt governments and evil figures and systems, gen z was raised on stories of heros doing what is right and fighting for what they believe in and who were willing to do whatever it takes to make change happen and then expect them NOT TO DO JUST THAT?!?! like wtf did you expect?!? and on top of all that we don’t fear death so there it literally nothing stopping us
this took longer than I'd like to admit
Use this as you will
Ethan: 'sleepy' is so much cuter than 'tired.' everyone needs to stop saying 'tired' and start saying 'sleepy’.
Mark: i'm so sleepy of your shit.
am i late? I heared it was aroace week???
i usually don't draw this kind of stuff but this is canon SO
i bet Rosie is the one who explains all new slang to him
they're besies your honor
she/they 20 gay af too many hyperfixations to count spend more time thinking out stories than writing them 🤌🤌
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