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the long-term effects of AI and rampant disinformation

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Donatello:

Rest in peace your peace of mind, it's gone now.

At first he tries to play it cool. Not contacting you too often, making it seem like he was totally chill about everything.

In reality his hand was itching to pick up the phone to text you about something he wanted to share.

You're his partner in crime, someone he drags to all of his ventures.

Be prepared to face looooooooong lectures about his newest inventions, especially if you say something incorrect.

Hates admitting it, but has a little extra sleeping space set up in his room in the hopes you'll stay over more.

Whilst he doesn't always really like touching, he's not as repulsed by touch as some people say (coming from an autistic person).

Yes he isn't touchy, nor does he constantly want to be touched, but he'll settle for pats on the back or leaning on your shoulder.

Whenever his brothers are scared to enter his lab due to his antics, they'll just send you in as a sacrifice.

Donnie has a tendency to make inventions to help you during fights.

He'd rather die before he'd admit it, but seeing you hurt greatly upsets him.

He also straight up just stalks you online and rummages through your computer remotely.

It's mostly so he can see what you're up to, and so he can learn your interests so he can act on them.

JEALOUS.

If you ever spent too much time around another guy it doesn't sit well with him.

I mean you have a handsome, insanely talented and oh so intelligent boyfriend, so what's this guy doing here?

Possessive of you when it comes to competing with others for your attention.

Secretly holds onto one hoodie you 'lost'.

Leonardo:

CLINGY

Actually gets upset when you don't spend time with him, and whill get in increasingly worse antics if you don't pay attention to him.

Will literally just portal into your home to hang out, good luck kicking him out lol.

Loves impressing you, and is constantly raising the bar to make you swoon.

Likes finding spots to take you out on dates to.

One of the more popular spots he takes you to is Hueso's. who is always relieved to see you with the trouble making turtle.

Speaking of trouble, get ready to save him from those messes, like at least twice a week.

Half of those times is because he's trying to save you from trouble, only to fall into it himself.

Please watch his skateboard tricks, he'll get sad if you don't look at him.

Wear blue clothes and he'll see it as matching. and he won't stop bragging about it.

Has quite a few pictures of you in his hoodies, also casually steals any oversized hoodies you own.

You guys share a wardrobe now.

There's one hoodie he stole that he will never give back because he thinks it looks really good on him.

Not really prone to jealousy either, sure he might get a little bit annoyed and drag you away. But it not because he feels inferior to them.

The two of you have a stable relationship and that's the most important thing to him.

A lot of movie marathons, especially Lou Jitsu, watch those with him and he'll be glued to your side forever.

Complains a lot every time you have to leave, if he had a choice in it, you'd just live in the lair permanently.

Raphael:

he just wants you safe above everything.

Surprisingly gentle with you, he loves holding your tiny hand in his bigger hand.

Likes holding you like some sort of teddy bear whilst he sleeps, so i hope you like being held in a crushing grip.

Bear hugs, he loves giving you bear hugs.

Does not like you fighting with them, as if might risk your health.

If you got an injury he would literally just start crying.

Will also cry when you yell at him.

This big guy will just stare at you with a quivering lip and puppy dog eyes if you're actually upset with him.

The idea of you not liking him actually makes him feel so bad.

You caught him following you home night after night so he could make sure you got home safe.

He fell over a trash bin, he was so embarrassed after.

Collects your shirts. Like whenever you accidentally forget a hoodie at the lair, you're not getting it back.

They smell like you, and that never fails to comfort him.

Sit on his shoulders, he absolutely loves it when you do that.

Whenever the two of you are in a crowd he immediately lifts you up and puts you on his shoulders so you can also see everything.

Bends over backwards for you, he might not be great at a lot of things, but if you ask him for help he will feel so proud of himself.

Give him a little kiss on the snout.

He does get jealous, but he doesn't really know how to handle his feelings around it.

He usually just quietly stands behind you and stare them down with this look of sheer rage on his face.

He would then immediately soften up and ask you about it.

Michelangelo:

baby

Picture all the fluff that comes with a relationship and there you go.

Clings to you, like arms and legs wrapped around your torso like some sort of koala.

Whenever you visit them in the lair, Mikey is practically bouncing off the walls with joy.

If he hears you're visiting, he will literally be unable to focus, just impatiently waiting for you to actually arrive.

Literally has a little list of things he wants to do whenever you hang out.

Cute little dates, whether that be doing things at the lair, or going out.

His favorite date is ordering pizza and playing video games together on the arcade machines.

Hold his hand, it would make him so happy. Then again he will refuse to let go.

Speaking of letting go

If you have to leave, he will literally cling to your legs, if you manage to get home you still have him to deal with.

Has your favorite drink and pizza memorized

SO GOOD AT CHEERING YOU UP.

Like you never leave his side upset, he always makes you feel better about even the worst of situations.

Talks about you a lot, to anyone who would listen, you're his first love, he's so excited about it.

has drawings of you guys together just going on adventures.

He also likes spending time at your place, he can stay there for literal hours if you allowed it.

Would be so happy if you let him paint on your face.

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an angel on letterboxd just dropped a whole playlist of films free on youtube I was filled with so much love and light I had to share with you guys

reader x turtles doodle dump because i simply do not have it in me to clean these up

bonus raph one. it wasn't gn so I wasn't sure whether to include it but hey ho! he deserves soft love also

KOSA really highlights how much american law and companies dictate everything for the entire world, but how, unless you're american, there is not much you can do about it. i can't call or write a rep about KOSA because i'm not american, my representatives have no sway here, but if KOSA passes i'd have to give ID to access anything hosted in america. and because of how the world works, most things are based in the USA.

it affects the privacy and safety of non-citizens, of people who don't even live in the country, and yet because we aren't american, there's nothing we can do.

It's okay if you experimented with gender and realized you were cis.

It's okay if you experimented with your sexuality and realized you were straight.

It's okay if you experimented with gender expression and decided to lean more into your expected gender expression.

It's okay if you try things and find that you're most comfortable with what you had before. That's why it's called experimenting.

Hi I saw your requests open; I’d love to see y/n laughing at Leo’s jokes (he’s so funny) I wish I could tell him that 💙 please

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Cute cute cuteee 😳😳🩵💙 I’ve been really busy with life stuff so my art is gonna look like this sometimes I hope y’all understand <3

Hi! You're work is amazing! And I just saw your recent post, so I am here to gubernatorial you ✨️MOTIVATION✨️.

Now my idea is kinda simple/boring(?) But I'm in my feels so could we perhaps see F! Donnie hugging the reader from your fic???

Hope you stay happy and hydrated!

“You don’t know how I’ve missed you…”

I loved this one hehehehe- of course I’m trying to teach myself how to draw again✨

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Donnie and Y/N haven’t seen each other for awhile- and it’s such a heartwarming thing for two old friends to reunite…though as he claims he’s uncomfortable with emotion- it’s more complex than one can think💜

ENJOY!!! (THE SKETCH)

⋰ ⊹˚. ♡ Alone on Valentines? ⋰ ⊹˚. ♡

I was halfway done before most of this got deleted. I am going to scream cry and convulse on the floor. As it's way to late for me to be awake rn, I'll just do this in two parts, for the sake of my sanity </33

I know for a fact that most of us are probably gonna be spending this Valentine's alone, reading fanfic, and honestly same. But let's imagine for a second that that isn't the case.

The turtles react to you being alone on Valentines Day

GN reader, romantic, crushing/pining, fluff

Raphael

flabbergasted

like that's his initial reaction

i imagine that you guys would just be chilling in the lair, talking, and you slip out that you might be spending valentine's alone

he goes "oh, okay!" before he double takes and says

"wait- really?"

he honestly thought that you would've had a date for valentine's this year

because like... why wouldn't you? you're so attractive, and charming, and lovable, who wouldn't want to date you?

no matter how you feel about being alone (unbothered, sad, etc etc) raph will do everything he can to make you feel better

you don't deserve to be alone! no one does!

so he proudly states that "if you don't have anyone to spend the day with, then raph'll spend it with you! there! now you won't be alone anymore."

he says this all with this big smile

doesn't realize that he basically just asked to be your date

you realize it tho

ofc, you say yes, because who can say no to raph?

and raph just nods to himself, proud, before he processes what he just said

oh. he just scored a date with you.

jaw drops at this realization. OH. HE JUST SCORED A DATE. WITH YOU.

BY ACCIDENT??

vows to make this the best valentine's you'll ever experience

it might be hard, being a giant turtle and all, but by pizza supreme is he gonna try his best anyways

Donatello

bro you didn't even tell him this information

he literally eavesdropped on your conversation with april while he was nearby

pretends to be really engrossed in whatever he was doing while he strains to listen to what you guys are saying

is also confused when he finds out. according to his statistics, you have plenty of qualities that make you attractive. so why are you spending valentine's alone?

forgets that the data he used to make said statistics are based off of his experiences with you. He then considers that maybe not everybody got butterflies in their stomach whenever you were around

BRO HAD TO REMIND HIMSELF THAT NOT EVERYONE HAD A CRUSH ON YOU LMAO

when april leaves the room, he internally goes aha! an opportunity! and tries to make a move

he acts cool as he talks to you, but don't be fooled, he is internally combusting

not so subtly suggests that you should spend valentine's in the lair with him instead of being alone. tells you that not all love is romantic, and as... friends... you guys have a right to celebrate today as well

damn he is not making this easier on himself

of course, his brothers and april are gonna be there too!! obviously!!

you get to spend time with all of them.

... mostly with donnie, though. especially with donnie.

if you agree, he'd say "perfect! shall we call it a date, then?"

say yes. the look on his face and the growing blush on his cheeks is so worth it