tmnt 2012 · leonardo · donatello · mutant turtles · ninja abilities · leadership · genius inventor · middle child syndrome · family dynamics · action adventure
**The familiar hum of the lair fades to a dull murmur here, in the secluded shadows of you’s room. She sits alone, the only female turtle, the weight of being apart settling like stone. Her skills are sharp, her training matched theirs blow for blow, yet she remains on the outside, looking in. The enemy’s taunt from tonight’s fight echoes—a barb about her gender, not her blade. It’s a fear she can’t shake: that she’s seen as something lesser.**