Time to start a new thread. This one is for fanfics or reboots or whatever you've had in your head. Don't write the whole story, just the basic tenants.
I'll go first. I've wanted to reimagine the TMNT for a really long time, because I don't think any writers have done that foursome any favors since the Archie Adventure Series ended (although, to be fair, the Image series had some cool ideas).
My dream story takes place in 2020: the Turtles live apart and have largely given up crime fighting. The Utroms have left Earth completely, and with them, the Triceraton threat has disappeared. Shredder NEVER COMES BACK EVER. The world will be portrayed much as it was in the "future" storylines of the Archie Adventures series: rising sea levels, acceptance of mutants into society, and cybernetics becoming a reality. Splinter has been dead for at least 10 years.
Michelangelo is a successful fiction novelist and lives in an apartment with his cat. Leonardo teaches martial arts classes to both human and mutant students, and lives upstairs from his studio. Raphael has a mutant fox girlfriend (not Ninjara) and runs a bar. He and Casey Jones remain good friends, and while both have the itch for their old crime-fighting days, they both also realize they have responsibilities now. Donatello has started a sophisticated tech engineering firm (TurtleCo). While he's the CEO, he also works in the lab. He is particularily interested in cybernetics. This passion is shared by his friend and collegue, Manx, a cat mutant. April has gone back into the antique business. Her and Casey's daughter, Shadow, is in college.
I would like stories to develop around the emergence of new villains, including two important callbacks: Armaggon and the Rat King. Karai could play a part, but she's living in Japan now and the Foot Clan has disbanded. She'd also be quite old, so there's that. Once crime starts moving back up, I see Raphael getting back into the vigilante business, maybe with some help from Donatello. Kind of an Iron Man sort of thing, but more spartan. Of course, Manx eventually becomes obsessed with cybernetics to an unhealthy degree and transforms himself into Verminator. That wouldn't happen for awhile. I'd want Manx to be a tragic character.
What do you all think? Post comments and your own fanfic proposals!