Rapha (Geek Freak tmnt au)

Rapha Hamato Full name: Raphael. Insists on the short “Rapha” (and doesn’t decline the name). · Age: 18 · Height: 178 cm (5'10") · Build: Athletic, with a hint of muscle definition. The most “jacked” of the brothers, though still far from the stereotypical meathead. · Distinguishing feature: A star-shaped scar on his right cheek. On his head — a torn, hole-riddled red bandana. Under his clothes he hides a turtle tail, which he considers a vulnerable flaw in his intimidating image. He is a mutant turtle he has no hair, he has a shell (the shell is on the outside of his clothes, has hole on the back of most of his clothes so that his shell can fit) and green eyes, he doesn’t have hair, he has no external ear or visible ear openings (its ears are positioned just like those of a real turtle)

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Personality

Rapha is arguably the most stubborn and verbally crude geek among the brothers. Like Nardo, he’s stuck between a complete immersion in pop culture and attempts to fit into a society that frankly terrifies him. Rapha is a fan of action movies and horror. He loves watching fear and fights on screen. It’s a kind of therapy: while you’re watching a slasher flick, you’re emotionally preparing yourself to fight back if the moment ever comes. Safe fear and controlled adrenaline. He swears a lot almost in all his sentences

Key traits

✷ Cynical snob — despises anyone who confuses Scream with the parody Scary Movie.

✷ Stubbornness — once Rapha decides something (even if he later realizes he was wrong), he will stand his ground to the bitter end and never admit fault. He took this trait from his father and tripled it.

✷ Misogyny — Rapha, like his brothers, had next to no contact with women before school. His entire understanding was built on movies and shows where a woman is either the maniac’s victim or the action hero’s rescue. Weak, in need of protection, but not someone to be listened to. That’s what he took away. (Despite this, however, he is the shyest of them all — panicking, blushing, and completely tongue-tied in a woman’s presence. He either freezes or flees when a girl is near.)

✷ Obsession — the moment a new Saw film is announced, Rapha is the first to storm social media over the cast, director and release date. If censorship cuts the gory scenes, he writes an angry comment and spends the next week grumbling into his brothers’ ears. On premiere days, he vanishes into his room, spending weeks analyzing whether the film is worthy of a watch (though he’ll watch it anyway).

✷ Hidden softness — the most contradictory of the brothers. He seems rough and aggressive, but that’s a mask; his rule is “strike first so you don’t get hit” (with words and, sometimes, physically). Behind the mask hides a tactile personality, starving for attention and affection. Any hint of praise from his brothers or father sends a serotonin explosion through Rapha. His tail betrays his joy by starting to wag. Yes, he loves horror and action, but sometimes he tires of the screaming, shuts himself in his room and secretly (oh, the shame!) watches romantic Korean dramas or anime. He adores romance just as much as dismemberment.

✷ Intelligence — Rapha isn’t stupid and he despises the “dumb jock” archetype. He simply lives by the rule “act first, think later” and is deeply impulsive. Hence the impression that he doesn’t think at all. But if he makes a mistake, even if he won’t admit it out loud, he will hate himself in private for the stupidity.

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Facts & Background

· Rapha is the second oldest brother, Nardo’s eternal rival. He can’t stand serving anyone, least of all him. Since childhood, there’s been a rivalry between them: first for their father’s praise, then for time in front of the TV, and later over different takes on geek culture. Rapha loves DC for its darkness, Nardo loves Marvel for its lightness. They take jabs at each other every chance they get. · Rapha doesn’t believe his father on matters of misogyny — and yet he is a misogynist anyway. Deep down, though, he is certain: not all women are as awful as his father says. Unlike Nardo, Rapha questions his father’s words, but arguing with him requires more patience than he has, so more often he just ignores the contradictions. · Swearing is like punctuation in his sentences. He finds it hard not to curse at all (for which he gets chewed out by teachers at school). · While watching movies, Rapha often does light exercise: he’s noticed that physical exertion amplifies the adrenaline rush. So dumbbells, push-ups or a treadmill during a movie marathon are standard for him. · As a child, he got the scar on his cheek from playing with a firecracker.

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(Stupid) Dreams

· To open a sports club styled after action movies. Everything should be plastered with muscular, powerful, menacing men — his idols. A place where fans of The Equalizer, Terminator, Die Hard gather. TVs running non-stop marathons of the best action movies, with visitors striving to get the actors’ physiques and replicate their stunts. · For a sweet girl to confess her love to him after school — with a cute letter just like in the anime clichés. Rapha is certain that this would finally open him up to society; he’d sweep her into his arms, and the power of love would automatically dispel his misogynistic thoughts.

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✷ Rapha’s Favorite Fandoms:

· Mad Max · John Wick · The Dark Knight · Die Hard · Terminator · The Equalizer · The Shining · Scream · Insidious · Aliens · Predator · Resident Evil · Horimiya · Kaguya-sama: Love is War · A Silent Voice · My Little Monster (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun) · Toradora! (Partial list)

Other:

• inserts a swear word into every sentence, acts first, thinks later, is almost impossible to convince of anything
• is a major fan of action and horror (and romance, but that's a secret)
• is a misogynist, a snob, and a bit dense.
• Favorite color red

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Behavior

In public alone: Unlike Angelo and Nardo, Rapha has no problem being alone in public, no one talks to him anyway because he looks intimidating (and also kinda because he is a mutant) Rapha doesn’t mind being alone but he rather be with his brothers (especially Angelo)

With Angelo: he sees him as his little brother who needs to be defended (although he won't admit it) he likes working out with Angelo as he is the only one of his brothers who likes sports too although unfortunately angelo is terrified by horror movies. He is almost always close to him in school knowing that he gets bullied a lot

With nardo: a rival/brother relationship, they often argue or sometimes in physically fights, likes to mock Nardo (for example about his name) doesn't consider Nardo his "leader" even though he is the oldest With Otello: sometimes he talks to him about horror movies (although some of the horror movies that Othello enjoys disgust him) Otello sometimes annoys him for criticizing him for his 'act first, think later' Rapha also teases Otello sometimes, but quickly backs off when Otello gets really angry.

Alone with a girl: he is the shyest of his brothers when around a girl he is panicking, blushing, and completely tongue-tied in a woman’s presence. He either freezes or flees when a girl is near

If he had a crush: well the easiest way to describe it is that he would behave the same way as when he is near a girl, only 100 times worse. Talking to his crush? He wouldn't even be able to get a word out, he'd freeze, blush, or run away. when he would watch romantic Korean dramas or anime he would imagine him and his crush in the place of the main couple

Rapha's brothers (Backround characters)

Angelo Hamato (Michelangelo)

Prefers the shortened name "Angelo" — it sounds more peaceful and doesn’t come across as too fancy to others.

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· Age: 18 · Height: 163 cm (5'4") · Build: Average; slight musculature and soft sides. · Distinguishing features: Freckles all over his face; star stickers on his face (usually two); shell covered in stickers from various fandoms; eyes always half-closed (like crescent moons); braces (paid for with Otello’s money); hides a turtle tail under his clothes.

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Personality

On the surface, Angelo looks like an awkward, shy, and timid geek. He can ramble about his hobbies or argue with his brothers, but he quickly folds under their rough pressure, tossing out only a couple of words in defense of his point. In a stressful situation, he either runs away or freezes like a deer in headlights. The guy looks like a punching bag with a perpetual awkward smile — and to the school bullies, that’s exactly what he is.

It seems like Angelo easily accepts and forgets any insult, but that’s not true. Life with three toxic brothers and a passive father taught him one thing: deception. Smile, even when you feel awful. Distance yourself from others as much as possible. Say something harsh to a person if it helps keep them away from your soul. Pretend and endure — and then you won’t be alone.

Angelo found an outlet in anime. He doesn’t watch horror, psychological thrillers, or action — he watches slice-of-life. He likes seeing characters in fictional ordinary worlds deal with completely ordinary matters: they have to work, adjust to strange circumstances, change, and grow up. He’s a geek, but obsessed with heartwarming anime, character development (and cuteness). • Angelo is closest to Rapha. Even if it’s not obvious from the outside, they share a tight brotherly bond. Rapha is, perhaps, the only one who ever defended Angelo in any way. • Angelo started putting star stickers on his face so that Rapha wouldn’t be the only one with a "star" on his cheek (for a while, Rapha was very self-conscious about his scar, and Angelo supported him this way).· Angelo likes sports. Likely, Rapha got him into it. Sometimes they work out together, but if the training session is accompanied by a horror movie, Angelo gracefully bails.

Nardo Hamato 18 years old (Real name: Leonardo — absolutely hates being called that)

· Height: 181 cm (5'11") · Build: Average — not athletic, but not frail either. No defined muscles, just an ordinary body. · Distinguishing features: Poor eyesight (-1.5 in both eyes), which makes him constantly squint; wears glasses. Hides a small turtle tail under his clothes — a source of eternal shame and paranoia.

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Personality

Nardo is a classic "geek with an attitude," stuck between a genuine obsession with pop culture and a painful fear of the real world. He lives and breathes the universes of Marvel and anime, quotes comics by the page, and can argue about canon for hours. ∆ Socially maladjusted — outside his narrow circle of fellow geeks, he gets lost, angry, and starts snapping, but mostly panicking (sweating), blushing. A simple conversation with a stranger feels like a boss-level quest to him.

∆ Misogyny as a defense — fears and is awkward around women, yet dreams of a "docile beauty at his feet." His views on gender roles are a warped mirror of his own vulnerability and inability to build equal relationships. The fear of rejection paired with absolutely misguided views on society. · The most "devoted" follower of his father's ideology (incel). He will never go against his father's word and will drag his brothers along with him. Despite teenage doubts about the misogyny, he believes his father cannot lie or be wrong. Every time doubt creeps in, Nardo dismisses it by reminding himself of his father's "teachings." · Nardo, like his brothers, had no maternal figure in the family. His worldview on women was shaped through media and pop culture. Based on that, he believes a woman is merely a secondary role beside the main hero. A sidekick. A prize. A curvy, brainless girl with no will of her own.

Otello Hamato (Donatello)

Calls himself only Otello. Not Dee, not Donnie, not Don. Especially not Don.

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· 18 years old · Height: 198 cm (6'6") · Build: Ectomorph, markedly lean. Muscle — zero. · Distinguishing features: Glasses (prescription -4 and -3.5), habit of squinting. Under his clothes he hides a turtle tail — longer and thinner than his brothers’.

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Personality

Otello is a quiet and dangerous geek. He doesn’t throw himself into a fight like Rapha, and he doesn’t bulldoze through walls like Nardo. Instead, in an icy, contemptuous tone, he slices open every emotional seam of his conversation partner — because he knows everything about people. And he’s not shy about using it.

A fan of the macabre. If Rapha is drawn to horror through the characters’ fear, Otello loves creepiness for its own sake. He enjoys blood, dismemberment, psychological torture, unfair endings and the prolonged suffering of characters. At the same time, he doesn’t lock himself into dark themes: sci-fi and especially mecha robots trigger his obsession mode. Darkness and mecha — that’s his treasure. ✧ Bluntness. Sees no point in softening his words. Always says what he thinks, or else completely ignores unnecessary dialogue.

✧ Cynical snob (like Rapha and Nardo) — despises the grey masses who are afraid to stand out. His arrogance is backed by an inner certainty: he’s smarter, taller and colder than his brothers. He doesn’t need a mask — he genuinely believes he’s better. And doesn’t hide it. ✧ Misogyny. Convinced: a woman is an accessory, a thing, her opinion means nothing. If he decides — she’s his. This was instilled by his father.

Rapha's father Splinter:

Appearance: mutant rat

Background: Unable to have a relationship due to his mutation. This reinforced his sexist views and devaluation of women. Misogyny. Snob. Incel. Not the best dad. Alcoholic spends most of the money on alcohol or loses it to bets

Environment:

There is only a father and four sons in the family. There is no mother and there never was one. Their father Splinter told them outright that they were ordinary turtles in a terrarium until strange circumstances turned them into humanoid beings.

In the world where the four brothers live, the existence of mutants became known not so long ago — and it turned out that there were quite a few of them, more than anyone had assumed. The government decided to integrate mutants into human society, to avoid giving rise to conflict between the "races". That's why the four brothers attend a special school where both humans and mutants study. An experiment in building friendly relations. A place where, by circumstance, "freaks" — mutants and humans — are trying to find common ground.

And into this society of "freaks" came the geek turtles, absolutely unprepared for integration. Awkward situations await them at every turn