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This has come up a lot, and I may be a minor in this fandom but this needs to be said.

Rise Fans, stop comparing rise Apriltello to 2012 Apriltello. It’s not fair to the people who like the show or the pairing. And plus, there is really no point in trying to compare them anyway, it’s exactly like comparing rise and 2012 in general. Neither one of them is trying to be the like the other. They both are trying to be something different so that different people can enjoy each of them.

2012 was meant to be a more of a teen romance perspective, while rise is meant to be a more friendship brother and sister perspective. Neither one of them is the same, and they are both trying to accomplish different things.

Besides, I’m pretty sure rise isn’t even intending to get this versions april and Donnie together in the first place, its most likley just gonna be about their friendship brother sister bond. But hey, i could be wrong.

Besides, it’s pretty shitty that fans have to constantly put down another versions characters just to assure themselves that there’s is the better version. I’m not saying that all rise fans are like that, but there’s quite a few.

So rise fans, all I gotta say is this.

Be respectful to other versions at least. All of them are really good and all brought great and different things to the franchise we love. If you don’t like one of them, that’s fine. But don’t put it down just to make other people feel ashamed that they like that version.

And look. I know you might feel the need to defend rise, but this isn’t how you should do it.

Thank you.

Writers: let's talk about how important it is to NOT take every bit of advice you see online. There will always be someone with a different process. Some people swear by plotting. Some people can't write if they plot things out in advance. Some people start with the characters, others start with the plot. What works for them might not work for you. If you want your manuscript to ever be finished, you have to take what serves you and leave what doesn't. 💜

– Beth Heyn (@/bethheynauthor)

Every now and then I stumble upon posts by artists discussing how to improve at drawing. Some are sharing experiences, while others are asking for advice… and sadly I often get the vibe that being scared and miserable is a requirement for success. Like, if you’re not ready to destroy yourself for your goal then you aren’t really trying and you don’t deserve any success. People are proud of how much they are sacrificing for their skill. Hard work and dedication are definitely important but some of the things I get to read on the internet are plain harmful. It really pains me to see people spread this unhealthy mindset and people as young as their teens believing it.

Please remember: You don’t need to hurt yourself to deserve success.

Be kind to yourself, eat and sleep regularly, give your hands some rest, hang out with friends, do activities that aren’t related to your goal. Staying healthy and balanced is the best way to enjoy what you’re doing – this will keep you motivated and allow you to get things done. We’re all different and if you’re someone who needs more rest and attention to their health then others – it’s ok! You deserve to be healthy as much as you deserve to succeed!

THIS KEEPS SHOWING ON MY FB REELS

My only question right now......

WHO TF WROTE THIS FAIRYTALE STORY...????!??!

MY REACTION....

HOW...HOW'S THAT EVEN PAWSIBBLE...???!??!

(First, I thought the story is gonna be like Goldilocks and The Three Bears but frick....I was WRONG)

@inspiredwriter are you seeing this lmfaooo i'm slowly losing my mind 😭😭😭😂😂😂 just yesterday, I also have found a video about a teenage girl having a date with godzilla 😂

I'm curious how do you think each brother would act with their s/o post sex romp? Cuddling? Sweet nothings? Pass out .005 sec after?

Leo is all about the aftercare. Whether he was the one taking charge or his lover, it’s always important to him that they’re both well cared for in the aftermath, particularly if the sex was intense. If Leo was calling the shots, he’ll spend a long while asking his lover if they’re okay, checking every inch of their body to ensure that there’s no pain of discomfort, gently kneading and massaging. He’ll pepper their skin with kisses, smile sweet as can be and curl up with them, most likely laying on his side with his arms around them, happy to feel their breath against his throat. The moments after sex with Leo are always incredibly tender and he never fails to let them know before they fall asleep how much he loves them.

Raph is ever mindful of his strength, of the intensity and rough that can occasionally come up during sex, so like Leo he is going to make absolutely sure, before anything else, that he didn’t go too hard. He’s always worried about accidentally hurting his lover and he checks to ensure that he hadn’t before he even thinks about cuddling, even after they’ve gotten used to sleeping together. After he gets that necessary confirmation, he’s honestly a cuddle fiend. He’ll lay somewhat on his back or in any way that lets them drape over his chest, grinning out his satisfaction or making the occasional smug little remark, seeking playful banter as he strokes his hands along their back and especially over their backside, ready to fall asleep in no time.

Donnie is probably the biggest talker of them all after sex, laying there with his s/o and just showering them with sweet praises, letting them know just how amazing they were, how they felt, smiling against their cheek as he thinks of the way they looked and sounded when they came for him. When he’s not telling them how fantastic it was, he’s going to want to make out, laying with them and sharing dozens of slow, languid kisses, the kind that could easily heat up in to another round. He’s used to staying up for days at a time, so even if he tends to get very sleepy after an orgasm, especially a strong one, he’ll fight it back just to ensure that he loves on them as much as possible.

Mikey is likely to be all smiles once it’s all said and done, grinning even when he’s still catching his breath and kissing his lover all over, from head to foot. If they’ve got the energy, he’s going to be up for another round or at least for going down on them one more time. His cuddle time also involves a very, very light amount of tickling. A ghosting of fingers briefly along their side just to feel that telltale jolt and a slight giggle, soaking up any bit of laughter or any smile they have to offer, because it’s so special to him. When he’s had his fill of peppering kisses on them, he’s gonna wanna curl himself up against their back or lay in any position that lets him hold one of their hands over his chest, hoping they can feel his heart, because it’s full to the brim with everything they make him feel.

Hey DG! Been following ur blog for a year now, and i love your positive support to this fandom :)

Do you think Apritello in 2012 was in any way abusive/toxic looking back not that the show is over?

I don’t think this myself at all, i just wanted to know your opinion on this claim because i trust your judgement.

Oh wow, thank you so much! Sorry I’m not really active on this blog anymore (though I’m still around and still compulsively check it lol). But I’m glad you’ve enjoyed my past posts! (My apologies for my lack of gifs in this post; my Apritello gifs aren't on this computer.) As for Apriltello being toxic or abusive, I wouldn’t label it as such. They certainly had their moments where each of them said or did the wrong thing, but they’re teenagers who have no idea what they’re doing, romantically or in life in general. But they learn and grow as individuals over the course of the show, and in doing so, they grow closer together.

Let’s start with Donnie. One of the major complaints I’d hear about him was that he once kinda wound up stalking April back in Season 2, which we all agree wasn’t healthy for either of them.

Now, disclaimer/PSA: Ladies, if a guy is following you around without your consent, do not try to rationalize it. You don’t know what’s going on in someone else’s head in real life. If someone is doing something that makes you uncomfortable, don’t gaslight yourself, or try to justify his behavior, or try to see it from his perspective (which you can’t be sure of anyway). Just get away and stay safe.

With Donnie, he’s a fictional character, so we, the audience, did get to see things from his perspective, and he wasn’t following her with creepy intentions. He wanted to talk to her and patch things up, but he wasn’t totally sure how to approach her, and used that time hopping from rooftop to rooftop trying to figure that out. What he should’ve done is figure that out from home while giving her space. But he’s a teenager who grew up in isolation from the world, not even watching as much TV as his brothers, and he's learning how to socialize for the first time. It doesn’t make his behavior correct, but it makes it easy to forgive so long as he learns and grows from it, which he did. Besides, there was an alien race after April. Keeping an eye on her wasn’t a completely terrible idea. He should’ve just gone about it differently.

Another complaint I’d hear about Donnie was that he still wanted to protect her, even after she’d learned to fight and control her powers, like in her fight with Shinigami, for example. To which I offered the counter-argument: what kind of jerk would Donnie be if he just stood there and didn’t care that the woman he supposedly loves was getting her butt handed to her? The writers needed to show Donnie distressed over April being hurt, but they also needed to have Raph hold him back, because it really was April’s fight. His desire to protect her wasn’t because he thought she was weak or incapable. It was simply because he loves her and hates to see her hurt. A third complaint I’d hear against Donnie was that his feelings persisted a long time. One blogger even referred to Mikey’s crushes on multiple girls as the most “realistic,” out of the turtles’ romances. It may be more relatable to that particular blogger, but it’s not unrealistic to have feelings for one person that persist a long time. I had a huge crush on a guy friend from 5th grade through 10th grade, and that crush resurfaced briefly during my senior year. Some feelings can’t be switched off at will, so what matters is how you handle those feelings while you have them. And while Donnie didn’t always know the best way to handle them, he was a teenager, perfectly entitled to his mistakes, and not toxic or abusive towards April.

Now it’s April’s turn. This teenage girl lost her mom under mysterious circumstances at a young age, then lost her dad (multiple times throughout the series) to an alien race that was ultimately after her so they could terraform the planet. She lived alone a lot of the time, and still had high school, extracurricular activities, and massive secrets to keep. That’s a lot for a minor to deal with. Now add having a big mutant turtle friend awkwardly crushing on you. Would any of us have known how to handle that at that age? Most of us didn’t even know how to handle crushes on fellow humans at that age. For much of the show’s earlier seasons, Donnie’s flirtations and near-confessions came at times when April was up to her eyeballs in chaos she didn’t know how to handle.

She got a lot of crud from fans in particular for kissing Donnie right after he’d told her he understood he was making her uncomfortable and he’d back off, especially because Donnie said after the kiss he understood nothing and he was even more confused than before.

As a fan, I love the kiss. As a grown-up, I gotta say it wasn’t the best decision she could’ve made in that moment. Actions may speak louder than words, but for someone like Donnie, words would’ve been a lot easier to understand. I think what went on in this scene was that April finally realized she did have feelings for Donnie. She wasn’t ready for a relationship with everything going on, but she didn’t want Donnie to give up on her just yet. At the start of the next episode, a still-confuzzled Donnie tried showing off in front of her again (“Check me out, April!”) and she ignored him and walked right on past, further confusing Donnie and irritating the fans. But I think April was trying to overcorrect. Maybe even she thought the kiss was going a little too far, and she was trying to make sure Donnie knew she didn’t want a relationship yet. April’s biggest crime as far as Apritello goes was just not verbally communicating with Donnie. She was young and it was a weird situation and she didn’t know how to handle it.

But after that moment, things did change between them. They really started getting closer as friends, which became a wonderful foundation for them. Donnie started to relax around her a little more, which helped her relax around him, and her feelings were allowed to develop without pressure. They care about each other, protect each other, fight for each other, and respect each other. Things were awkward between them at first, and they did inadvertently hurt each other here and there, but they just needed to grow up a little. I mean personally I don’t think anyone should even date before their prefrontal cortex reaches maturity at age 25, but I don’t think Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could ever go on that long. lol

I ❤ apritello

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this is how the situation would look if all the turtles met together (3d separate and 2d separate)

Bite Marks

Leo bites most behind the collarbone & around the neck. Some place that isn’t too visible at first but can be seen from a certain angle.

Mikey loves to nip & bite around the breast area. Small or large he loves them tiddies too much to NOT not taste ‘em.

Raphael will leave his mark all over you if you let him. Most of his bites are around the collarbone & neck area (where they can be seen), some can be found on your thighs & you can bet he’d leave some on that ass, flat or nah.

Donnie, while not too much of a biter, will leave little nips & love bites all around the soft skin of your inner thighs. Lots of hickies & nips could be found around those.