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Late for school!!

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This fic by @sunflowerbeean made me feel so much T_T It's only one chapter in so far but my gosdhfklsdmdsfj

I had to condense some of the writing for this so go check out the actual fanfic if you want all the fun (heartbreaking) details <3

Also I finally have some breathing room so hopefully I can post more in the near future ^ ^ (no promises tho!!)

April Kunoichi Rant

I’ve seen people complain how April became a kunoichi so fast; I was one as well. But, I just watched City at War(the episode where she becomes a kunoichi), and I missed a detail the first few times I watched it.

Around the very beginning, April is reminiscing about how much she has grown since the first season, and is very happy that she is a kunoichi. Then, Raph mentions that April needs more training to be a full kunoichi; she is only in the beginner levels.

This makes sense.

In the first season, the turtles are considered ninjas but still had a lot to learn. That wouldn’t be different for April.

Hi everyone! Ever since I’ve seen some Instagram posts about TMNT fans’ versions of the show, I’ve wanted to do this. But most of them had drawings so I felt insecure since I’m not a great artist. But I still wanted to give it a try.

Anyway, lets get this started.

Note: This is in beta and changes might happen in the future.

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It all starts similarly like the other versions.

The turtles want to explore the city and sneak out. Everything is as normal as New York can be, but it changes when the ninja turtles come across a certain red head (😉) sneaking around. They follow her and discover an alien ship. Having no choice to take the role as the new girl’s protectors, the turtles watch over as she gains information on the aliens such as their species- the Kraang- and their objective with Earth. When the girl is captured, the brothers save her and escape.

She reveals herself to be April O’Neil and explains what she was doing. April is a high school sophomore who works in a news station as an intern, and she wants to prove her abilities with a breakout story. Unlike other versions, the turtles and April don’t have an immediate connection and have no expectations to meet again. The turtles are distrustful of humans since their father/sensei warned them that being accepted by humans will be nearly impossible. Due to underlying issues, April is prone to avoiding people and rarely lets anyone in, except her roommate and best friend Irma. It would take a few episodes for their friendship to really grow and develop.

Splinter doesn’t intervene with his sons’ visits to the city for weeks until they come back injured from a Kraang fight. He decides to ban them from leaving the house in his extreme view of keeping them safe. Splinter lifts the rule when he learns the gravity of the Kraang. With that, he trains his sons harder than ever.

The first season focuses on the brothers’ relationship and growth as a team. Leo learns how to mature and become a leader; Donnie learns to follow his instincts more. Raphael learns to get over his insecure and impulsive nature. Mikey learns to be more mature and open with negative feelings.

The Shredder takes a backseat as the villain until season two, though he appears in season one alongside Karai.

[B]“A” Plots:

-Turtles vs. Kraang

-Leo, Donnie, Raph, and Mikey arcs begin: 1-3 episodes will focus on each of them

-April/Turtles’ Friendship

[B]“B” Plots:

-April’s Past

-Splinter’s Past

-Shredder

-Karai/Leo’s Relationship

-Casey/April/Irma Friendship

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This is all I have so far. I’ve only just started on this and I mostly focused on characterization and character development. I’ll have more info to reveal once I post about the characters. I’ve been thinking about writing my version as a book, but I don’t know. It would be fun to see people’s thoughts.

I hope you enjoyed it! 😊

Comment your thoughts.

What Are Your Unpopular Cartoon Opinions(+ Mine)?

1. She-ra is a bit overrated(still appreciate it.)

Don't get me wrong, I deeply appreciate the LGBTQ+ representation in the show, but I can't really get into it. Some of the characters are hard for me to connect with and that is something rewlly important for me when watching a show. Some plot points were really rushed like the entirety of season 3 and the series finale. There were a few characters that kind of annoyed me like Glimmer and Catra.

2. Voltron: Legendary Defender is overrated.

Around the time it was still airing, I heard so many people say it was one of the greatest cartoons of the 2010's and how the writing was amazing. So I watched and imo, it's meh. I just have a lot of problems with the writing like the Lion switch, clone Shiro, and the series finale. Everything felt so rushed.

Though, I love Shiro's backstory(He's amazing!)

3. Steven Universe Future was not a great season.

I was so excited when SUF was announced, hoping that most of all of my unanswered plot points would be answered. Some were, but everything was so rushed. Steven's impending breakdown quickened a bit too much, and stories like Aquamarine & Eyeball's return were added in seemingly without a thought.

The season was also pretty forgettable.

4. Young Justice has lost its charm(still really like it.)

I love Young Justice! It's one of my favorite shows if all time, but I have to admit that it doesn't feel the same way. The charm it had in the first two seasons is not present in the latest one. The characters' relationships are integral to the show and is a reason why the show is loved. Season 3 mostly focused on new characters and most of them don't have development.

I hope Season 4 fixes that.

5. I actually liked Poof being added in FOP.

I've seen so many people say Poof ruined the show, which I disagree with. Poof is not my favorite character, but I find it cute and a good addition to the cast.

6. Rise of TMNT is pretty good.

There have been a lot of people, specifically TMNT fans, saying Rise is awful and a disgrace to the franchise. I respect the show for wanting to do something new since some of them work. It's not my favorite, but I have a fun time watching it when I want to relax.

7. Season 4 of RWBY was pretty good.

Old fans of the web series say the show went downhill during season 4. I say it turned for the worse in season 5.

8. TMNT 2012 April is not a terrible person.

I see this version of April as a character who was tragically poorly-written. She had the potential to be amazing if the writers didn't label her only as a love interest. I went more in depth in one of my earliest posts.

9. Miraculous Ladybug is not as good anymore.

The love square is getting irritating. It made sense going slow since Marinette and Adrien are getting to know each other. Miraculous had also gotten more cringey that it is almost unwatchable.

10. I prefer the newer episodes of Phineas & Ferb over the older ones.

This is more of a perference. I just like the newer episodes, especially after Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension. I love that movie with all my heart!

April O’Neil(2012) Character Analysis

So, this version of April is pretty controversial, especially beyond this community. Many fans accuse her of being a toxic, manipulative women. Even some fans would use derogatory words. For me, she is not so bad. Not my favorite, but pretty okay.

I’m not trying to convince others to change their minds. I respect everyone’s opinions because everyone matters is many ways. All I want to do is explain how I see April and get some of you guys’ opinions.

Hope you enjoy this analysis! And comment down below if you would like me to analyze another character.

Anyway, here we go.

The Main Issues

Season 2:

This season was where it all began with April hate train.

I think almost everyone can agree that April wasn’t so bad in season one, maybe even likable. At least, I did.

But all that potential love went down the drain once season two started.

The first episode, called “The Mutation Situation,” takes place a few months after they defeat the Kraang and the Shredder disappeared. Everything seemed fine since April’s dad was back and the city hadn’t been attacked. But, the Turtles once again have to face the Kraang and stop them from transporting their mutagen supply. They asked for April and her dad’s help to find the ship, though she had to trick him into doing it. The four brothers destroyed the ship, but they paid the price because all of the mutagen in the ship fell off, scattered across the city. One of the vials was going to drop on April, except her father took the hit and mutated into a human-sized bat.

Kirby kidnaps April and the guys have to save her. Once they did, Michelangelo reveals that him and his brother’s were indirectly responsible for the incident.

April gets so mad and storms off, wishing to never see them again.

Okay, so from my perspective, I understand why April broke down and said those hurtful things the first time. She went through a lot during the first season. With her dad being held captive for so long, getting kidnapped and probed by the Kraang, and being forced to relinquish most of her old life.

I’m surprised she isn’t even a bit traumatized.

When April believed the Kraang were defeated and her dad was safe, she was happy to have her life back in some kind of order. Yet, in basically a day, that whole dream died right in front of her. She was tired of all the fighting, and lost it when she realized she would have to again. In her irrational, emotional mind, I think she was angry at the turtles for more than just accidentally mutating her dad. She associated them as the start to all the craziness she didn’t want.

After everything she went through, April was desperate to have some clarity that she was willing to throw away her close friends.

I’m not saying that she shouldn’t have apologized. April needed to apologize.

What I didn’t condone from this arc was her yelling at Donnie in “Target: April O’Neil.” She went a bit off line and at least should’ve had some sense in what she was saying. Maybe Donnie practically stalking got her upset, but I get why people would get upset with her over that.

 The Love Triangle:

This love triangle was the worst written plot point in this show. I still love the show, but god this needed so much work.

I believe there were some Apritello shippers around season one. I kind of shipped them.

This ship was ruined once season two came around with that April arc and introducing Casey.

I love Casey, but he was mostly used as a plot device for the love triangle. He had so much more potential than what he got.

Based on the comments about the triangle, most people have an issue with their belief that April was manipulating the guys and how unclear the status of either Apritello or Capril.

I just got to say that poor April was dragged through the mud because of the writer’s mistakes. They confused the h*ll out of us, or at least me, with all the will they, won’t they switcheroo. It was hard to tell if April liked Donnie, Casey, both, or none of them. I think the main goal with this triangle was the writers indecision to either follow the 2003 version’s lead with Capril or go their own path with Apritello. If they had decided, this plot point would have been so much better.

To be honest, I think the writers stopped April from making a decision to make the show “interesting. ”In season 3, it seemed like April wanted to be with Donnie. Casey and her were also acting more like friends instead of love interests. Yet, in the first episode of season 4, they had to make him get love struck over her new outfit.

Ughh... the writers confused me too much.

I think it didn’t come to fans’ minds that maybe April was confused with her feelings. Maybe she liked both guys and didn’t reject both of them outright because of her need to clear her head. Sure, it was a bad idea to be honest with them, but people make mistakes.

 “The Power Inside Her”:

People are a bit harsh towards April in this episode. I totally get how they feel, though their hate for her could have clouded their judgment.

The biggest complaint I have seen about this episode is the fans being angry with April for not breaking from the alien’s control. Compared to the aeon, Za-Naron, April is a not that experience with her mental powers. Communicating or using their mental powers is normal for the Aeons, while April figured out how to use them a few months or a year ago. As she kept the crystal, Za-Naron control over her grew stronger. I think that if any other character like Leo or Donnie, fans would be more lenient since their writing was way better.

Of course, April needed to apologize for temporary killing Donnie, and hurting her friends; good thing she did. I don’t hold it against her as much as other fans.

 Conclusion:

After finishing the analysis, I concluded that April is a victim of bad writing instead of a terrible character. I know there’s an argument that the writing doesn’t really play a part with liking or disliking a character, but it does. Writers decide every character’s actions and create the person they’ll become. Reducing April to a plot device for romance was terrible. Not seeing April’s potential was one of the greatest disappointments in TMNT 2012.

If you still don’t like April, that’s fine. I’m not trying to change your mind. All I want is to open their perspectives and see that all the hate April gets can be explained.

Hope you enjoyed this analysis. Comment down below your thoughts.

Do you agree or disagree?

Thanks for reading! 😊❤️

April: April O'Neil!!

I love doing silly little adventure time AU’s cuz autism go brr. If anyone wants to know more feel free to ask :) [These are only 2 of like, 3-4 I’ve got going on in my head]

Ayoo waddup- I haven’t made a COMPLETE animation in a long while, although this is a collab that i am very proud of since i haven’t animated in a long while- hope y’all enjoy it!

Wattpad

ROTTMNT Movie Master Leo AU

What if it was master leonardo that traveled back instead of casey jones? This is for them leo fans lmao, also trigger...

The collaborator:

https://instagram.com/a_nerdynerd?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Want a better image of the thumbnail? (Made by me)

Practice sketches and peepaw stuff :,DD

April O'Neill!! 🎸

I'm still working on the designs of Casey and April from my au, I think I'll focus on this version of the appearance for her, lmao.

she should be quite pretty, but at the same time a strong girl, given the many elements of my main plot... It's difficult for me, I don't know how to draw muscular people.

here are some references that I used when drawing: (these girls are incredibly beautiful)

In general, she will have to fight and train a lot, so a pumped-up body is inevitable, lol.

April is from one of my favorite ninja Turtles stories, from the author @vylantrophi ^^

I really like her freckles, I can't explain it, but she's just really, really cute 🦎

I have been rewriting and redesigning tmnt 2012 for a while in my own version, here are some of the designs for April, Casey and Irma:

Here are some little funfacts for them:

Here are very little funfacts about them:

-Irma isnt a krang robot unlike the Canon, she worked for Krang ad was basically his right hand tho

-April, Casey and Donnie love traigle never happened in my au

-April was friends with Irma since they were little Kids, she took her "gothic style" from Irma's influnce

-April and Casey are way too energetic and basically little gremlins, Irma is usually more put together unlike them but she can get wild at times too

-Irma is an antagonist who later on gets a redemption arc

-Casey and Irma fights a lot for no reason, they're frienemies

-Casey lives with his grandma and Sister, his mom died when she was giving birth to his Sister and his father was abusive so their grandma took them in

-April has several half-siblings and relatives because she was made with different dnas combined, she doesnt has the wish to get closer to them tho, she only sees turtles and karai as her siblings, she's mostly scared to search for her other relatives since she cant bear the thought of them refusing her as a Sister (she basically has the "if I never meet them then they can never reject me" mindset)

-Irma and April have their own blog, April makes a lot of interviews and reports of different things in there, Irma usually is the camerawomen and takes care of the blog with her, she is very camera shy

-While April is passionate about her blog, she isnt interested with being a reporter for a career despite being one in her blog

-Casey absulotely LOVES Hockey and other sports

-Irma did beat Leonardo before in a one on one fight. She's stronger than Leonardo, Mikey and Raph. However she can and Most likely Will loose against Donnie

-Casey is lactose intolerant

-April, Irma and Casey LOVES horror movies

DAY 4: KUNOICHI

Fun fact: I've never actually drew April seriously before!! Neither did I draw Karai or any other human from TmnT.. I tried drawing Casey once but it looked really bad and it was rushed

I SWEAR I WILL DO SOMETHING A BIT MORE LIKE, DYNAMIC POSE-Y FOR THE NEXT ONE OKAY, I just feel extremely exhausted at all times all day. I'm going to change Antidepressants soon so I hope that will help.

Appreciation post for the ongoing book title jokes in rise

(Chiroptera means "bat" in Latin and Mors is "death" in Greek)

If I forgot or didn't notice any, please point them out to me! I love this kind of humor!

Just a little self promo. Finished this at 5 in the morning and I love it! (⚠️TW⚠️ : flashing lights, blood, ptsd)

Soft April!!

(Please don't steal or repost without permission 🙏)

Married on the battlefield and you won't change my mind!!

I did think about Draxum officiating their marriage, but he isn't really much attached to humans traditions. And Donnie isn't as close to Hueso like Leo is (for y'know, pirates of the caribean ref XD).

Tho it maybeh would have been funnier if it was Warren and Hypno, I can imagine them being closer to the couple in the future, especially April; since she is great fan of Warren XDD

And Leo is their Leader, probably the highest authority they have at the moment. They do with what they have XDD

I’ve been wanting these two in a band ever since I heard them sing in Snow Day

punk rock Leo and April!! I need ppl to draw this duo more-

if you can’t tell I rlllllllly like drawing baggy street clothes

April O’Neil Voice Over 💛💚

Hey all! So I recently did an audition reel for April and Cassandra (Might post Cass later) and was really happy with how it turned out! This was my first time voicing her, and it was literally so much fun!

Please enjoy, and let me know what you think! :)

April O’Neil Webpage💚💛

Hey all! So I’ve been taking Web Development in college, and my final project for this course was to code a kinda resume webpage for a character so I chose Rise April! I was quite happy with how it’s looking so far so decided to share it.

Let me know what you think :)

consepts of Casey and April’s school colors mascot and teams

All for this peice right here

some tidbits!

Casey used to play goalie for his hockey team (which is why he has a mask from it, but he never uses for patrols) Casey now plays center

April used to play on the softball team but quit after freshman year because she just really didn’t enjoy it and wanted to put her energy fourth to think she actually liked

Their mascot is the Penguins, because when I asked my co-writer immediately he said penguins I did not budge. Literally no other reason.

Their jersey numbers mean nothing essentially I went to a random number generator and that’s what I put on them

these two are besties, and I love thinking about their dynamic of being “2 totally normal teenagers who definitely don’t have mutants as friends or have saved the world about 6 times”

the girlie

DTIYS for @tizeline

Congrats on 10k!!! (love your artstyle btw sooo soft and beautiful i wanna look at your art all day!)

The original outfit was perfect but I still felt like something was missing...

Stayed up late and made shitposts on ibisPaint, these are so fun to do

Also it’s Don cyber bullying April

Voice claims for my TMNT au! Still working on a name! Sorry for the low quality I did this on my laptop and screen recorded it to my phone lol! Really proud of the Casey drawing at the end, might post it seperately with the story that comes with it! Might! The rest are just doodles lol

April O’Neil for my TMNT au

I got new pens and pencils at the time of drawing this and got very excited

Aprillllll!!!

- 18

- 5’2

- At the start of the story she’s just ending high school but throughout the course of it she’s mainly in college

- Her major is journalism with a minor in chemistry

- Camera bag, never has the time to set it up

- Bleached her hair and it came out ginger, she likes it, roots are always visible

- Good older sister to the turtles, met them when she was ~10

- Met Raph first (I’ll do a whole post on how they met eventually)

- Refuses to wear the glasses she’s been prescribed and hates contacts

- Soooo stubborn

- Didn’t have friends in high school

- Donnie and her are besties

- Donnie hates her fashion sense

- Mikey keeps stealing from her (help)

- Very protective over her younger brothers + Casey

- Best social awareness out of the group

- Weilds a bat that she got as a gift from Casey

- Considered the weird kid at school

- Always has energy

- Her father (Kirby) and mother (Alice) have met the turtles and Splinter over a family dinner. They though that they were weird but ok for April as she didn’t have any other friends. They were pretty open about being mutants but her parents didn’t seem to catch on and just thought they had some weird birthmarks or conditions. The turtles come over a lot.

- Very happy when they meet Karai, and overall very excited to meet new people

- Name anything and she knows how to do it because she’s had a job that required it before (SCUBA, sharpening knives, crane operating, etc)

- Super supportive, up for anything

*Me as a human being*

The bros are all sitting around eating dinner when Mikey pulls out the first pun, (you wanna pizza me bro?) and Raph is already groaning. Soon it turns into a competition between Casey, April, Mikey, and Donnie.

Eventually Leo joins in.

Raph gives up and starts walking away before I stop him and ask for a favor. He gives me a wierd look but agrees.

At the end of a particularly bad pun (from Leo) I slam my empty soda bottle on the table where Raph crushes it with his fist. "Wow guys, that was soda-pressing."

*Cue airhorns*

Casey face palms, April claps, Mikey loses his shit, Donnie is so shook he can't move, and Leo looks like he's praying.

*Yea, definatly describes me in a nutshell*

😂😂

April redesignish

I got the hair design from @vylantrophi thank you 😭🙏