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* MedicalHorror: Pretty much the name of the game in this fic, ranging from an unnerving depiction of what a parasite attached to your nervous system would be even feeding ''on'' and what that would do to you to the antegrade anterograde amnesia some drugs can cause if you happen to have body chemistry that doesn't jive with them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow The author, for the record, has experience with medics in the military and they themselves has that kind of reaction to anesthesia.]]
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'''''A Better Word Than Humanity''''' is an ongoing ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[FanFic fanfiction]] set in the ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' continuity post-movie, created by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/silentsnowdrop/pseuds/silentsnowdrop silentsnowdrop]] (tumblr [[https://silentsnowdrop.tumblr.com here]] and twitter [[https://twitter.com/silentsnowdrop here]]) and editted/illustrated by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/WhatIsThisNonsense/pseuds/WhatIsThisNonsense whatisthisnonsense]]/[[Tropers/LeaKaneBaby leakanebaby]] (tumblr [[https://whatisthisnonsense.tumblr.com here]] and twitter [[https://twitter.com/kane_leanna here]]). With almost every chapter so far having illustrations, and at a whopping 33,729 words at the time of writing and still going strong, this particular installment stands out for being Donatello and Casey Jones Junior centric, as compared to its contemporaries, as well as it's AlternateUniverseFic nature only qualifying from the extensive amount of world-building, and the very slight issue of Donnie having been infected with a Kraang parasite when interfacing with the Technodrome.
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* GenderFlip: Dr. Victoria Feral is based off Dr. ''Victor'' Feral, from the obscure and oft-forgotten tabletop adventure TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness. Unlike in the tabletop, however, it's made very clear that the fic that her behavior isn't even remotely justifiable.
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* GenderFlip: Dr. Victoria Feral is based off Dr. ''Victor'' Feral, from the obscure and oft-forgotten tabletop adventure TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness. Unlike in the tabletop, however, it's made very clear that in the fic that her behavior isn't even remotely justifiable.
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* MedicalHorror: Pretty much the name of the game in this fic, ranging from an [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome unnerving depiction]] depiction of what a parasite attached to your nervous system would be even feeding ''on'' and what that would do to you to the antegrade amnesia some drugs can cause if you happen to have body chemistry that doesn't jive with them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow The author, for the record, has experience with medics in the military and they themselves has that kind of reaction to anesthesia.]]
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* CompleteMonster: Dr. Victoria Feral, head of the Department of Genetic Modification at T.C.R.I. and the big bad of the fic. There's about five seconds where the good doctor [[AffablyEvil appears to be a different kind of villain]], and that's the only five seconds of screen time she isn't absolutely terrifying. It's also the first five seconds she's ever on-screen, meaning it doesn't even take that long to get into her constant depersonalization of Donatello. [[spoiler: Not even him biting her hand off slows her down!]]
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* {{Technopathy}}: One upshot of Donatello's infection has manifested in the ability to use it to interface with technology. As mentioned in SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, however, there are a few...side-effects.
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* UnexpectedCharacter: How many Rise-specific fans even knew the tabletop existed before silentsnowdrop made a version of [[GenderFlip him]] be the main villain of the fic?
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Dr. Feral, Dr. Feral, ''Dr.Feral''. While cordial to other humans, it takes practically no time at all to reveal how twisted she really is when Donnie has the audacity to insist on being called by his ''name''.
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*NotEvenHuman: It's implied the only reason Leo was able to annoy the scientists keeping watch over the Disaster Twins at T.C.R.I. into giving him and his brother scrubs to wear was that they were fascinated by his "surprisngly human" behavior rather than actually irritated. [[spoiler: Particularly since they had no trouble stripping Donnie of said scrubs again after he bit Dr. Feral.]]
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* NearAndDearBabyNaming: While it's extremely funny Cassandra Jones apparently ''literally'' named her son after herself, the fact his middle name is after '''''Splinter''''' is incredibly touching, [[Tearjerker if a bit sad]] considering the old rat was implied to be [[DeadGuyJunior long dead]] before Casey was even born.
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* NearAndDearBabyNaming: While it's extremely funny Cassandra Jones apparently ''literally'' named her son after herself, the fact his middle name is after ''''Splinter'''' '''''Splinter''''' is incredibly touching, [[Tearjerker if a bit sad]] considering the old rat was implied to be [[DeadGuyJunior long dead]] before Casey was even born.
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* GenderFlip: Dr. Victoria Feral is based off Dr. ''Victor'' Feral, from the obscure and oft-forgotten tabletop adventure TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness. Unlike in the tabletop, however, it's made very clear that the fic that her behavior isn't even remotely justifiable.
* MedicalHorror: Pretty much the name of the game in this fic, ranging from an [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome unnerving depiction]] of what a parasite attached to your nervous system would be even feeding ''on'' and what that would do to you to the antegrade amnesia some drugs can cause if you happen to have body chemistry that doesn't jive with them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow The author, for the record, has experience with medics in the military and themselves has that kind of reaction to anesthesia.]]
* MedicalHorror: Pretty much the name of the game in this fic, ranging from an [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome unnerving depiction]] of what a parasite attached to your nervous system would be even feeding ''on'' and what that would do to you to the antegrade amnesia some drugs can cause if you happen to have body chemistry that doesn't jive with them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow The author, for the record, has experience with medics in the military and themselves has that kind of reaction to anesthesia.]]
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* GenderFlip: Dr. Victoria Feral is based off Dr. ''Victor'' Feral, from the obscure and oft-forgotten tabletop adventure TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness. Unlike in the tabletop, however, it's made very clear that the fic that her behavior isn't even remotely justifiable.
* MedicalHorror: Pretty much the name of the game in this fic, ranging from an [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome unnerving depiction]] of what a parasite attached to your nervous system would be even feeding ''on'' and what that would do to you to the antegrade amnesia some drugs can cause if you happen to have body chemistry that doesn't jive with them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow The author, for the record, has experience with medics in the military and themselves has that kind of reaction to anesthesia.]]
*NearAndDearBabyNaming: While it's extremely funny Cassandra Jones apparently ''literally'' named her son after herself, the fact his middle name is after ''''Splinter'''' is incredibly touching, [[Tearjerker if a bit sad]] considering the old rat was implied to be [[DeadGuyJunior long dead]] before Casey was even born.
* GenderFlip: Dr. Victoria Feral is based off Dr. ''Victor'' Feral, from the obscure and oft-forgotten tabletop adventure TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness. Unlike in the tabletop, however, it's made very clear that the fic that her behavior isn't even remotely justifiable.
* MedicalHorror: Pretty much the name of the game in this fic, ranging from an [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome unnerving depiction]] of what a parasite attached to your nervous system would be even feeding ''on'' and what that would do to you to the antegrade amnesia some drugs can cause if you happen to have body chemistry that doesn't jive with them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow The author, for the record, has experience with medics in the military and themselves has that kind of reaction to anesthesia.]]
*NearAndDearBabyNaming: While it's extremely funny Cassandra Jones apparently ''literally'' named her son after herself, the fact his middle name is after ''''Splinter'''' is incredibly touching, [[Tearjerker if a bit sad]] considering the old rat was implied to be [[DeadGuyJunior long dead]] before Casey was even born.
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'''''A Better Word Than Humanity''''' is an ongoing ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[FanFic fanfiction]] set in the ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' continuity post-movie, created by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/silentsnowdrop/pseuds/silentsnowdrop silentsnowdrop]] (tumblr [[https://silentsnowdrop.tumblr.com here]] and twitter [[https://twitter.com/silentsnowdrop here]]) and editted/illustrated by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/WhatIsThisNonsense/pseuds/WhatIsThisNonsense whatisthisnonsense]]/leakanebaby (tumblr [[https://whatisthisnonsense.tumblr.com here]] and twitter [[https://twitter.com/kane_leanna here]]). With almost every chapter so far having illustrations, and at a whopping 33,729 words at the time of writing and still going strong, this particular installment stands out for being Donatello and Casey Jones Junior centric, as compared to its contemporaries, as well as it's AlternateUniverseFic nature only qualifying from the extensive amount of world-building, and the very slight issue of Donnie having been infected with a Kraang parasite when interfacing with the Technodrome.
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'''''A Better Word Than Humanity''''' is an ongoing ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[FanFic fanfiction]] set in the ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' continuity post-movie, created by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/silentsnowdrop/pseuds/silentsnowdrop silentsnowdrop]] (tumblr [[https://silentsnowdrop.tumblr.com here]] and twitter [[https://twitter.com/silentsnowdrop here]]) and editted/illustrated by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/WhatIsThisNonsense/pseuds/WhatIsThisNonsense whatisthisnonsense]]/leakanebaby whatisthisnonsense]]/[[Tropers/LeaKaneBaby leakanebaby]] (tumblr [[https://whatisthisnonsense.tumblr.com here]] and twitter [[https://twitter.com/kane_leanna here]]). With almost every chapter so far having illustrations, and at a whopping 33,729 words at the time of writing and still going strong, this particular installment stands out for being Donatello and Casey Jones Junior centric, as compared to its contemporaries, as well as it's AlternateUniverseFic nature only qualifying from the extensive amount of world-building, and the very slight issue of Donnie having been infected with a Kraang parasite when interfacing with the Technodrome.
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'''''A Better Word Than Humanity''''' is an ongoing ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[FanFic fanfiction]] set in the ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' continuity post-movie, created by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/silentsnowdrop/pseuds/silentsnowdrop silentsnowdrop]] (tumblr [[https://silentsnowdrop.tumblr.com here]] and twitter [[https://twitter.com/silentsnowdrop here]]) and editted/illustrated by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/WhatIsThisNonsense/pseuds/WhatIsThisNonsense whatisthisnonsense]]/leakanebaby (tumblr [[https://whatisthisnonsense.tumblr.com here]] and twitter [[https://twitter.com/kane_leanna here]]). With almost every chapter so far having illustrations, and at a whopping 33,729 words at the time of writing and still going strong, this particular installment stands out for being Donatello and Casey Jones Junior centric, as compared to its contemporaries, as well as it's AlternateUniverseFic nature only qualifying from the extensive amount of world-building, and the very slight issue of Donnie having been infected with a Kraang parasite when interfacing with the Technodrome.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Occasionally it's mentioned, either in text or by comments by the author, that the Hamatos' biology is rather odd. The most commonly brought up bit of mutant turtle is the fact they have a fully functional "third ear" of sorts in their snouts where their nasal passages ought to be, giving them super-sensitive hearing at the cost of being weak to especially loud noises, being easier to suffocate and at more risk during respiratory disease, and [[spoiler: unable to fully block out sounds no matter how much they want to.]]
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->''" Subject,” she said, striding forward with silent footsteps. “I think it’s time I introduced myself and set expectations.” ''
-->-- '''Dr. Feral, Chapter 5'''
'''''A Better Word Than Humanity''''' is an ongoing ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[FanFic fanfiction]] set in the ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' continuity post-movie, created by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/silentsnowdrop/pseuds/silentsnowdrop silentsnowdrop]] (tumblr [[https://silentsnowdrop.tumblr.com here]]) and editted/illustrated by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/WhatIsThisNonsense/pseuds/WhatIsThisNonsense whatisthisnonsense]]/leakanebaby (tumblr [[https://whatisthisnonsense.tumblr.com here]]). With almost every chapter so far having illustrations, and at a whopping 33,729 words at the time of writing and still going strong, this particular installment stands out for being Donatello and Casey Jones Junior centric, as compared to its contemporaries, as well as it's AlternateUniverseFic nature only qualifying from the extensive amount of world-building, and the very slight issue of Donnie having been infected with a Kraang parasite when interfacing with the Technodrome.
[[FanSequel Picking up a few months after we last saw our heroes,]] Donnie's health takes a slow but noticeable dive as he frets over the parasite attached to his nervous system and the implications, never mind how he's meant to break the news to his brothers after they just finished recovering from the most traumatic experience of their lives. This hasn't gone unnoticed by his brothers, however, and an attempt is made to reach out to him, an attempt that is actually accepted in a subversion of [[PoorCommunicationKills how this sort of thing usually goes.]] Unfortunately, trying to actually do healthy communication doesn't get them very far; Donatello and Leonardo are kidnapped on what was meant to be a heartfelt walk in the city by the mysterious T.C.R.I.-- a familiar company to older TMNT fans, turned horrifying under the unyielding grasp of one [[TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness Dr.]] ''[[GenderFlip Victoria]]'' [[TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness Feral]]. Now it's a race against time as the Hamatos scramble to find and rescue the Disaster Twins from the dissection table, and to convince Casey Jones that Donnie's infection is not itself a death sentence. As the clock runs down, there's a single question hanging over every word of the fic; what does Dr. Feral want with the remnants of the Kraang?
Fair warning; this fic contains depictions of body and medical horror. Reader discretion is advised.
!!Subject, I think it's time we break you down to your base components:
*BizarreAlienBiology: Occasionally it's mentioned, either in text or by comments by the author, that the Hamatos' biology is rather odd. The most commonly brought up bit of mutant turtle is the fact they have a fully functional "third ear" of sorts in their snouts where their nasal passages ought to be, giving them super-sensitive hearing at the cost of being weak to especially loud noises, being easier to suffocate and at more risk during respiratory disease, and [[spoiler: unable to fully block out sounds no matter how much they want to.]]
*BodyHorror: ''Oh boy.'' Donnie has a Kraang parasite fused to his nervous system, and that's just where it ''starts''.
*CompleteMonster: Dr. Victoria Feral, head of the Department of Genetic Modification at T.C.R.I. and the big bad of the fic. There's about five seconds where the good doctor [[AffablyEvil appears to be a different kind of villain]], and that's the only five seconds of screen time she isn't absolutely terrifying. It's also the first five seconds she's ever on-screen, meaning it doesn't even take that long to get into her constant depersonalization of Donatello. [[spoiler: Not even him biting her hand off slows her down!]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: While keeping the characterization and occasional gags from its source material, this fic's tone ranges more from that of the movie to that of prior incarnations of the turtles, depending on the scene. Which is to say, it is absolutely rife with various flavors of horror, a villain with no comedic elements at all, and extreme amounts of trauma no teenager should ever have to shoulder.
*{{Determinator}}: The Hamatos will stop at nothing to get their brothers back. [[spoiler: Beyond the obvious there, it's implied the Disaster Twins don't actually ''need'' to be rescued to be able to escape-- after all, Leo wouldn't suggest leaving if he didn't already have some idea of how to do that-- meaning Donatello, while not happy, is allowing the experiments to continue to figure out Dr. Feral's game. You have to admire the guts the kid has to grit his teeth through what's effectively torture for ''intel''. Also, as mentioned, vile as she is, Dr. Feral does at least get points for not letting Donnie literally biting her hand off do so much as stop the experiment going on at the time.]]
*TheDogBitesBack: After spending the whole show kicked around by Kendra, it's nice to see Jace stand up for himself and render her speechless by telling her to shut up before he complies with Casey's demands.
*GenderFlip: Dr. Victoria Feral is based off Dr. ''Victor'' Feral, from the obscure and oft-forgotten tabletop adventure TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness. Unlike in the tabletop, however, it's made very clear that the fic that her behavior isn't even remotely justifiable.
*MedicalHorror: Pretty much the name of the game in this fic, ranging from an [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome unnerving depiction]] of what a parasite attached to your nervous system would be even feeding ''on'' and what that would do to you to the antegrade amnesia some drugs can cause if you happen to have body chemistry that doesn't jive with them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow The author, for the record, has a father who was a medic in the military and themselves has that kind of reaction to benzos.]]
*EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: It's implied Tomlinson's desire to cure neurodivergence is why his rank is comparatively low compared to other, unnamed scientists, ''not'' the fact he's ostensibly a psychologist.]]
*EveryoneHasStandards: Dr. Tomlinson, while unpleasant, does at least provide noise-cancelling headphones for Leo [[spoiler: when his brothers set off a particularly shrill alarm that causes him oversensory issues.]]
**Despite usually being spineless and the butt of the joke in the show, Jace from the Purple Dragons decides he'd rather deal with Kendra's wrath than Casey's.
*ShownTheirWork: The author not only does heavy research into various medical procedures and their effects, but historical facts and lore from other iterations of the TMNT franchises. Be honest now; did you know that the word for the Japanese equivalent of a heraldic coat of arms was called a ''mon'' before this fic? [[spoiler: The title of Chapter 13 is the actual chemical formula for Midazolam, for crying out loud!]]
*SpellMyNameWithAnS: Kraang is spelled in the same way as the 2012 series version, rather than with a single "a", mostly to make it look more alien.
*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Turns out, if a parasite is attached to your nervous system, it's most likely consuming something important [[spoiler: and straining it will cause tonic-clonic seizures.]]
*{{Technopathy}}: One upshot of Donatello's infection has manifested in the ability to use it to interface with technology. As mentioned in SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, however, there are a few...side-effects.
*ThousandYardStare: Donnie has been getting quite a few in recent chapters, for understandable reasons. [[spoiler: Casey Jones has also been getting them, on account of a severe bout of p.t.s.d. triggered by the memory of Master Donatello being infected and having his soul be slowly consumed by the Kraang.]]
*TraumaButton: Donatello being infected by the Kraang parasite is one for everybody, but ''especially'' Casey.
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->''" Subject,” she said, striding forward with silent footsteps. “I think it’s time I introduced myself and set expectations.” ''
-->-- '''Dr. Feral, Chapter 5'''
'''''A Better Word Than Humanity''''' is an ongoing ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[FanFic fanfiction]] set in the ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' continuity post-movie, created by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/silentsnowdrop/pseuds/silentsnowdrop silentsnowdrop]] (tumblr [[https://silentsnowdrop.tumblr.com here]]) and editted/illustrated by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/WhatIsThisNonsense/pseuds/WhatIsThisNonsense whatisthisnonsense]]/leakanebaby (tumblr [[https://whatisthisnonsense.tumblr.com here]]). With almost every chapter so far having illustrations, and at a whopping 33,729 words at the time of writing and still going strong, this particular installment stands out for being Donatello and Casey Jones Junior centric, as compared to its contemporaries, as well as it's AlternateUniverseFic nature only qualifying from the extensive amount of world-building, and the very slight issue of Donnie having been infected with a Kraang parasite when interfacing with the Technodrome.
[[FanSequel Picking up a few months after we last saw our heroes,]] Donnie's health takes a slow but noticeable dive as he frets over the parasite attached to his nervous system and the implications, never mind how he's meant to break the news to his brothers after they just finished recovering from the most traumatic experience of their lives. This hasn't gone unnoticed by his brothers, however, and an attempt is made to reach out to him, an attempt that is actually accepted in a subversion of [[PoorCommunicationKills how this sort of thing usually goes.]] Unfortunately, trying to actually do healthy communication doesn't get them very far; Donatello and Leonardo are kidnapped on what was meant to be a heartfelt walk in the city by the mysterious T.C.R.I.-- a familiar company to older TMNT fans, turned horrifying under the unyielding grasp of one [[TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness Dr.]] ''[[GenderFlip Victoria]]'' [[TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness Feral]]. Now it's a race against time as the Hamatos scramble to find and rescue the Disaster Twins from the dissection table, and to convince Casey Jones that Donnie's infection is not itself a death sentence. As the clock runs down, there's a single question hanging over every word of the fic; what does Dr. Feral want with the remnants of the Kraang?
Fair warning; this fic contains depictions of body and medical horror. Reader discretion is advised.
!!Subject, I think it's time we break you down to your base components:
*BizarreAlienBiology: Occasionally it's mentioned, either in text or by comments by the author, that the Hamatos' biology is rather odd. The most commonly brought up bit of mutant turtle is the fact they have a fully functional "third ear" of sorts in their snouts where their nasal passages ought to be, giving them super-sensitive hearing at the cost of being weak to especially loud noises, being easier to suffocate and at more risk during respiratory disease, and [[spoiler: unable to fully block out sounds no matter how much they want to.]]
*BodyHorror: ''Oh boy.'' Donnie has a Kraang parasite fused to his nervous system, and that's just where it ''starts''.
*CompleteMonster: Dr. Victoria Feral, head of the Department of Genetic Modification at T.C.R.I. and the big bad of the fic. There's about five seconds where the good doctor [[AffablyEvil appears to be a different kind of villain]], and that's the only five seconds of screen time she isn't absolutely terrifying. It's also the first five seconds she's ever on-screen, meaning it doesn't even take that long to get into her constant depersonalization of Donatello. [[spoiler: Not even him biting her hand off slows her down!]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: While keeping the characterization and occasional gags from its source material, this fic's tone ranges more from that of the movie to that of prior incarnations of the turtles, depending on the scene. Which is to say, it is absolutely rife with various flavors of horror, a villain with no comedic elements at all, and extreme amounts of trauma no teenager should ever have to shoulder.
*{{Determinator}}: The Hamatos will stop at nothing to get their brothers back. [[spoiler: Beyond the obvious there, it's implied the Disaster Twins don't actually ''need'' to be rescued to be able to escape-- after all, Leo wouldn't suggest leaving if he didn't already have some idea of how to do that-- meaning Donatello, while not happy, is allowing the experiments to continue to figure out Dr. Feral's game. You have to admire the guts the kid has to grit his teeth through what's effectively torture for ''intel''. Also, as mentioned, vile as she is, Dr. Feral does at least get points for not letting Donnie literally biting her hand off do so much as stop the experiment going on at the time.]]
*TheDogBitesBack: After spending the whole show kicked around by Kendra, it's nice to see Jace stand up for himself and render her speechless by telling her to shut up before he complies with Casey's demands.
*GenderFlip: Dr. Victoria Feral is based off Dr. ''Victor'' Feral, from the obscure and oft-forgotten tabletop adventure TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness. Unlike in the tabletop, however, it's made very clear that the fic that her behavior isn't even remotely justifiable.
*MedicalHorror: Pretty much the name of the game in this fic, ranging from an [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome unnerving depiction]] of what a parasite attached to your nervous system would be even feeding ''on'' and what that would do to you to the antegrade amnesia some drugs can cause if you happen to have body chemistry that doesn't jive with them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow The author, for the record, has a father who was a medic in the military and themselves has that kind of reaction to benzos.]]
*EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: It's implied Tomlinson's desire to cure neurodivergence is why his rank is comparatively low compared to other, unnamed scientists, ''not'' the fact he's ostensibly a psychologist.]]
*EveryoneHasStandards: Dr. Tomlinson, while unpleasant, does at least provide noise-cancelling headphones for Leo [[spoiler: when his brothers set off a particularly shrill alarm that causes him oversensory issues.]]
**Despite usually being spineless and the butt of the joke in the show, Jace from the Purple Dragons decides he'd rather deal with Kendra's wrath than Casey's.
*ShownTheirWork: The author not only does heavy research into various medical procedures and their effects, but historical facts and lore from other iterations of the TMNT franchises. Be honest now; did you know that the word for the Japanese equivalent of a heraldic coat of arms was called a ''mon'' before this fic? [[spoiler: The title of Chapter 13 is the actual chemical formula for Midazolam, for crying out loud!]]
*SpellMyNameWithAnS: Kraang is spelled in the same way as the 2012 series version, rather than with a single "a", mostly to make it look more alien.
*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Turns out, if a parasite is attached to your nervous system, it's most likely consuming something important [[spoiler: and straining it will cause tonic-clonic seizures.]]
*{{Technopathy}}: One upshot of Donatello's infection has manifested in the ability to use it to interface with technology. As mentioned in SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, however, there are a few...side-effects.
*ThousandYardStare: Donnie has been getting quite a few in recent chapters, for understandable reasons. [[spoiler: Casey Jones has also been getting them, on account of a severe bout of p.t.s.d. triggered by the memory of Master Donatello being infected and having his soul be slowly consumed by the Kraang.]]
*TraumaButton: Donatello being infected by the Kraang parasite is one for everybody, but ''especially'' Casey.
