Part 7!

Part 7!

…….I’m sorry?

Part 1

are your rat sons rat sized after their mutation or person sized? somewhere in-between?

an excellent question! heres what im thinking:

so despite being exposed to the mutagen at exactly the same time as Splinter, i think it takes a few years for the boys to develop any physical signs of mutation (ie size or more humanoid proportions). instead they show more signs of mutation in their intelligence, rapidly developing skills in things like verbal (and non verbal) communication, problem-solving, recognition of themselves and the concept of other people, etc etc.

basically they mentally develop like wickedly smart and chaotic little human toddlers, but in only-slightly-bigger-than-average rat bodies, up until theyre about two or so. then they start getting growth spurts. (yes this is largely because drawing tiny rat babies clamoring over an entirely unfazed happy turtle papa fills my heart with endless joy)

around age four ish is when i think theyre approaching like clearly anthropomorphized 'oh that is a child' status. theyre much smaller than a human kid their age would be, and they face a lot of mishaps in which they learn the hard way they can no longer squeeze through every tiny gap in sight (donnie def gets stuck inside serval appliances).

around seven ish they also cant all fit on splinters back at the same time anymore :(

now, while this is very much an Alternate Universe and not really gonna be more than vaguely parallel to the '03 verse, it is born of the 03 verse, and one of my favorite things of '03 is how those boys feel like absolutely massive tanks of turtles that are in fact hilariously miniature whenever on screen next to any average sized human person. in a similar vein, no one in this house is getting even close to 6ft. short kings all around.

so the answer i suppose is, eventually, mostly human sized, just very short human sized!

cass, a professional: order of badass donbot, extra dramatic entrance!

me, nodding, banned from most kitchens: leo drama and angst, heard chef!

(shoutout to @somerandomdudelmao for yet again making feel emotions i cannot fully explain)

so yall. i randomly remembered a minor background moment from the 03 series. and it has spawned Thoughts....thoughts with Strong brainrot potential......

YEEEES YES COME JOIN ME AT THE CORKBOARD FRIEND

THIS IS EXACTLY IT LIKE THOSE PANELS WERE ALL THAT WERE RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD READING THE UPDATE AHHH

HERE HAVE SOME AMAZING INCREDIBLE HEART WRENCHING TAGS BY @someoddmix AND @zerolifesigns WHICH I HAVE BEEN HOARDING LIKE AN ANGST LOVING DRAGON

TIME TRAVEL PAINS ARE SOMETHING ELSE BRO

heres my og tags too cos im still chewing through concrete about it

(ALSO IF U WRITE A DRABBLE PLS SEND ME A LINK I LEGIT LOVE THIS CONCEPT SO SO MUCH)

okay I may or.may not be slapping out a drabble rn cause it's 12:26 AM and I am shaking and trying to breathe cause I am far too excited about this cause @scatterbrainedbot made a comic that put everything I have been running thru my head for DAYS into shapes & colors. Cause like look look okay

Do you know how much that robot changes things? Changes that whole scene??? Do you understand how heartbroken I am rn?? I am in a state of utter suffering because of this one scene. He had PLANNED for this!!! He had wanted to come back! BUT HE COULNT .

GRAHHHHHH