BaronJitsu

BaronJitsu is the slash ship between Baron Draxum and Master Splinter from the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom.

Season 2
REPAIRIN' THE BARON

Splinter arrives with Leo and Donnie, and a casserole, to Draxum's apartment, believing that they were invited over to meet April's parents. He becomes extremely angry upon seeing Draxum and April says Mikey tricked them into helping Draxum get his groove back. Splinter says that he doesn't make his green bean casserole for his mortal enemy, but Mikey says that Draxum isn't an enemy, he's family.

They awkwardly eat dinner and Splinter asks if someone can pass the cream corn. Raph points out that they don't have any and Splinter angrily says that he figured that the guy who turned him into a rat could just mutate the potatoes into it. Mikey says that they're there for a nice family dinner, not to argue, but Draxum says he's right. If he had his powers, he could create cream corn beasts that would destroy humanity.

Children
Raphael Raphael, more commonly know as "Raph" is the oldest brother of the turtles. He is an alligator snapping turtles, who uses tonfā and sai. Draxum wanted to create the perfect army and mixed Lou Jitsu's DNA with his ooze. He then experimented on four baby turtles, turning them into mutants. Raph along with his brother were then raised and trained by Lou Jitsu, going by Splinter now, in the sewers of New York. Initially the leader of the group, he has a fierce protectiveness over his brothers. Which leads to him being more controlling and prone to stress.

Leonardo Leonardo, more commonly knows as "Leo" is the middle child and the "twin" brother of Donnie. He is a red eared slider who uses a portal-generating mystic ōdachi and his duel katana. Draxum wanted to create the perfect army and mixed Lou Jitsu's DNA with his ooze. He then experimented on four baby turtles, turning them into mutants. Leo along with his brother were then raised and trained by Lou Jitsu, going by Splinter now, in the sewers of New York. Initially more rebellious, he eventually becomes the leader of the turtles.

Donatello Donatello, more commonly known as "Donnie" is the middle child, and the "twin" brother of Leo. He is a spiny soft shell turtles who uses a high tech modified version of a bo, but eventually starts using a traditional one. Draxum wanted to create the perfect army and mixed Lou Jitsu's DNA with his ooze. He then experimented on four baby turtles, turning them into mutants. Donnie along with his brother were then raised and trained by Lou Jitsu, going by Splinter now, in the sewers of New York. The tech genius of the turtles, Donnie often spends his time creating gadgets for the team. He starts out with an aversion to magic, but eventually warms up to it and starts using it.

Michelangelo Michelangelo, more commonly known as "Mikey", is the youngest brother of the turtles. He is an ornate box turtle who uses nunchaku and kusari-fundō. Draxum wanted to create the perfect army and mixed Lou Jitsu's DNA with his ooze. He then experimented on four baby turtles, turning them into mutants. Mikey along with his brother were then raised and trained by Lou Jitsu, going by Splinter now, in the sewers of New York. Mikey is the most kind of the turtles, and has the biggest heart. He is the first to try and bring Draxum into their family, and tries to keep everyone close together.

Fanon
The ship has a fairly decent popularity within the Rise fandom. While initially a smaller pair, it grew in the second season as they have more scenes together, and Draxum started being redeemed. The biggest reason fans ship the two is due to both Splinter and Draxum being the turtles dads. Draxum using Splinter's DNA to mutate common turtles. Due to this and Splinter's hatred of Draxum, many fans believed that they gave off "Divorced Energy". Often fics and fan art will play into this, and either have them be canonical exes, or have them eventually get together. Although most just ship them in a divorced way, and having them be forced to co-parent the turtles.

Besides them both being the turtles parents and their initial animosity, another reason fans ship them is Draxum's original fascination with Splinter. Often being interpreted as him finding him attractive or "love at first sight". Especially since Draxum still calls Splinter "The Great Lou Jitsu" every time he brings him up. Which many also read as queer coding for Draxum. Common AUs will often have Splinter be Draxum's ex, rather than his canonical ex Big Mama.

On AO3, BaronJitsu is the most written ship for both Splinter and Draxum. There are currently 40 written works.

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