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1. Alternate take: The Rat king by Thatonereader123451 for PrincessLena

   Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   12 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Splinter (TMNT)
   • Rodentia Rex (OC)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Loss of Control
   • Splinter Needs a Hug (TMNT)
   • Psychological Horror
   • Alternate Origin Story
   • Rats
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Implications of zoophilia
   • Forced Feminization
   • Unreliable Consent
   • Mind control is not romanticized
   • Horror through comfort
   • Possesive Original Character Inspired by "The Rat King"
   • Original Character Inspired by 'The Pied Piper'
   • Predator/Prey Dynamics
   • Splinter behaves like a wild rat would
   • Splinter behaves like a pet rat would
   • Pet Play
   • Whump
   • Splinter is not okay
   • Splinter will need therapy after this
   • Not That He'll Ever Talk About It
   • Tags May Change
   • warnings in notes
   • Canon Typical Violence
   • Splinter's Past As A Pet Is Used Against Him
   • Posessive behaviour
   • Non-Consensual Grooming (Like Grooming a Pet Only This Pet Can Talk)
   • Power Imbalance
   • Forced Intimacy (PG-13 only!)
   • Loss of Agency
   • Loss of Identity
   • Domestic Horror
   • manipulation and gaslighting
   • Trauma
   • Animalistic Behaviour
   • Sensory Manipulation
   • Forced 'Dress Up'

   Summary

   Before he was the Rat King, he was a boy who learned that rats loved better than people ever did.

   Tw: implied/referenced child abuse, implied/referenced animal abuse, psychological manipulation and gaslighting, stalking/obsessive behavior, creepy fixation, unwanted touching, loss of agency and bodily autonomy, use of hypnosis as a weapon, implications of zoophilia (PG‑13 only), violence and death (animal and human), grief of/morning of animal death, accidental familial death, body horror (mutation), emotional/psychological abuse, major character distress.

   Series

   • Part 3 of Turtle trouble

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,981

   Chapters:

   8/8

   Comments:

   14

   Kudos:

   3

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