Alright all you wonderful people listen up! I have a very important announcement: back in 2018 there was a show on Nickelodeon called Rise of The teenage mutant ninja turtles. The show was cancelled and had to wrap up really early. It was great the lore and word building was so much different from all the other TMNT shows that had come out beforehand. There was a lot of love and passion poured into the show, and it was sad to see it go. I have a friend who wrote an AMAZING long form fic for it. And when I say long form, I mean really long form. I'm talking 60,000 words in 9 chapters long and on top of that it doesn't mess with cannon like I do and is post-canon. (May her sanity rest in peace.) She has it up on Ao3 and I know at least half of you have Ao3 too. She and a friend of hers pour just as much love and passion into this fic as the show writers did with the cartoon. I’ve literally never seen anything like it. So, if you’ve seen the show or even if you haven’t and just want a really amazing TMNT fic I would suggest reading it. It's called Moths fly in Packs and it's written by YosaJae, and yourlocalartsonist. The latter writer being my IRL friend and the former being someone I hope to befriend in the future.
There is a disclaimer for a few trigger warnings that I would suggest reading before going forth though. From what I’ve read so far it can get really dark.
They are both wonderful writers, with so much passion and love for their story, they draw their own art, have beta readers, outlines and character and arc sheets. I've seen so much of the behind the scenes, that it's honestly crazy that this is a fic and not a full-blown story. Its only in the first Arc and chapters take a little time because of how long they are so be patient with them. They are but tired, stressed college students like yours truly. Please go show them and their love story. It would mean the world to all of us.
