#2003 mikey my beloved

[idontevenremember5minutesago]

It makes me sad that people still don’t know what Mikey’s ‘thing’ is.

I was watching Tales and they flat out have someone asks what his thing is if Leo is the Leader, Raph is the tough one and Donnie is the smart one.

I see people asking to this day what his role on the team is.

I remember a review when Rise came out asking if all the characters are funny party dudes, what makes Mikey stand out?

It drives me cuckoo with a side of bananas.

Yes,Mikey is the Goof off, yes he’s the jokester, yes he’s the chill one but he’s so so much more than that.

Across every iteration of Tmnt, there has always been a major trait unique to Mikey.

His heart!

Mikey is the HEART.

The most empathetic of the brothers,

the most emotionally intelligent.

The one always willing to reach out and help someone

Even if he has to go against his own FATHER!

The sunshine in the dark!

The emotional center!

HOW DO PEOPLE NOT KNOW THIS! HOW IS THIS NOT THE MOST OBVIOUS THING EVER?!

[dysfunctional-doodle]

More 2003 Mikey fanart and redesigns? Why not!

An anon asked me to redraw my designs for my fanfic Too Many Turtles/my headcanon designs post series, hope this suffices for now until I do more :)

-> Commissions || My Kofi || Tip Jar ❤️ <-

(Aka: 2003 Mikey my chaotic child)

[dysfunctional-doodle]

He adopts every animal he finds despite living in a literal sewer

Showing off his BABY

Pixel art Commissions

[joyfuladorable]

Mikey geared up for a sunrise patrol 🌅

I've actually drawn a fair amount for the SAINW Roadtrip AU, but they're mostly Spoilers, lol! Finally cleaned up a doodle that I feel willing to share, plus weapons reference for leosagi!

[guawowow]

Going crazy thinking about the complexities of Donatello and his relationship with his emotions in tottmnt just auuaua !!!!

Like, he's outwardly and unabashedly kind in this iteration and I'm SO here for it !!! And it doesn't diminish his ability to be snarky and witty, he still throws jabs at his brothers, but I feel like this donnie is a return to form in the sense that the center of his character, the motivation for his intelligence and penitent for creation, is kindness- more importantly, empathy.

routinely he is described as thoughtful, 'non-threatening', and usually very placid; we see mention of his temper when his computers are messed with, but he's extraordinary patient- polite, even- with the killer robot chasing him, subway security, and the deaf conductor, all while under high-pressure stress. When confronting the Mechazoids for the first time, he keeps them at a distance and straight up complements the engineering ingenuity! Same when confronting bishop in the subway! He talks enthusiastically, respectfully, with her about her system setup! His first instinct is to diffuse the situation, approach her with humility and establish common ground. Dude like even when running away from the Mechazoid he was always thinking of the people around him.. he was telling everyone to get out of the way, waited for cars to clear (his brothers just straight ran through traffic and jumped over moving carsss), tried to usher people away from train cars he was fighting in, etc. And in the narrated recaps between episodes, donnie is the first brother to consider bishops motivations in an empathetic manner, "maybe she has a tragic back story". Of course that serves as thematic foreshadowing buy he was still the first to offer the kindness of reason to bishops character, maybe there's a reason she's doing this, not just anger that she is.

Not to mention he full ass built a robot to protect his brothers and took the extra time to program in impeccable manners. just for funsies heheh. eueueu Metalhead my beloveddddd😭🙏💙💙💙💙

ALL THIS and yet still, in episode 10, donnie considers himself non-emotional. He says he's 'all left brained' and implys that he operates differently from his brothers who he considers more outwardly emotionally expressive. And yet, in the same episode, he spends a majority of it comforting wingnut. He lends his ear and speaks to her kindly even when her panic exasperates their situation, he doesn't get mad when she freaks out, he takes the time to talk things through with her and make her comfortable whenever able. Even when they think Leatherhead has unmutated, he's sad but tries to put himself in her situation and understand her actions. HES SO SWEET IT HURTS DUDE ❗️❗️❗️ main point being, I dont think he considers himself emotional because he operates on a mode of empathy that is reason driven. He's emotionally logical, of that makes sense. It shows an INSANE amount of emotional intelligence and maturity, I just don't think he understands that because to him, this is logical, and his brother are anything but.

For a majority of his life, the only other people he has to compare himself to are his brothers. When up against anxiety riddled Leonardo, chronically angry Raph, and Mikey's carefree disregard, of course he sees himself and goes, 'ah ok. I must be less emotionally prone because I don't react like they do to these situations'.

I think he just understands the whole social song and dance of understanding better than he thinks.

I know the whole thing with tottmnt is the aspect of unreliable narration, but even then! Like if Leo wrote donnie like this then it probably because he routinely displays this kind of understanding behavior. Plus idk bout yall but I kinda consider the events of tottmnt as like a blurry semi-cannon? I think there are nuggest of truth in there, the broad strokes yk? Like the flood arc referenced 'the bishop situation' like it was a thing that actually happened, albiet in passing, and not just something to poke fun at Leo. It's got legs, there's ideas there to work with ajaja

[turrondeluxe]

Lover's Rock mini comic! *jazz hands*

I remembered ur genderfluid 03!Mikey headcannon 😊

ENEMY

[brightlotusmoon]

Oh, that reminds me to read the current chapter you put up! That also reminds me to push forward on my Bayverse fic.

And the RP fic I was doing with @remmushound , named for a Shakespeare line, features the best of AuDHD Psychic Bay Mikey.

Do you happen to know any good fics about Mikey and adhd? They've been a bit tricky to find for me. I love the Michelangelo has adhd tag, but it's so often used as a bit of background thing thrown in a story. I would love to see some stories where Mikey and his adhd are the prime focus of the fic.

Well, there's my own entire collection on AO3, started in 2016, where I was probably one of the first fan writers to highlight Mike's ADHD in 2012 and 2003, including his autism. I think the link is in my profile. My bookmarks are full of nothing but Mikey centric fics too and you can filter for ADHD and autism.

Lemme turn you over to @this-world-of-beautiful-monsters who in fact has compiled lists of specific Mikey fics, most them where his ADHD is prominent.

[turtle-titan]

im tryna read more fanfics because i have so many in my to read list so here's a oneshot i found: Sir, that's my emotional support Klunk (AO3 link)

the author does a great job with the dynamics, i can hear each character saying the dialogue in their voice dshfjsdj

[empanadaenthusiazt]

happy july 4th everyone (not really)

[klunk2003]

Line: “I knew I sensed a glitch in the Matrix.”

Speaker: Michelangelo to everyone

Context: Still in the future, the turtles are shocked to meet Agent Bishop once more. Bishop has now proclaimed he helps aliens and protects the earth as President Bishop of the Pan Galactic Alliance. In disbelief, Mikey has the above line.

Media origin: In The Matrix franchise, when a character experiences déjà vu this is known as a glitch in the Matrix. This means something in the virtual reality has been changed or reprogrammed. The phrase is essentially shorthand for something unusual or unbelievable has occurred.

Season & episode: S6E06 “Bishop to Knight”

Episode’s original airdate: October 14, 2006

[kindred-spirit-93]

mikey will always be my favourite ninja turtle. i love him so much and he means the world to me. seeing him always makes me smile :')

but hoo boi did they know exactly what they were doing with donnie.

me when Donnie

[idontevenremember5minutesago]

2003 Mikey did his damn job as the ‘kid appeal turtle’ and drew me in at the tender age of 10. Since then, Mikey has been MY turtle and no iteration of the turtles has dethroned him.

I love him in every form. 1987, 1990, 2007, 2012, Rise. It doesn’t matter, he is my everything. Yes, even the 2014 Movie Version. That is how enduring my love is. I will still love him even at his worst.

But it all started with this cheeky fucker.

[dysfunctional-doodle]

do you have a ranking for the mikeys or do you like them all the same (or at least a very similar amount)?

Kind of? I’ll break it down anyway:

2003 Mikey! Literally my favourite character across all versions, he’s obviously in top spot.

2007 Mikey has been oddly growing on me a lot since hearing about the sequels that never happened (come on, Mikey joining the foot? His brothers being mutated? I feel sad every time I think of these and what they could have been)

Mutant Mayhem Mikey. I mention this in my ranking post but seeing him gaze sadly at the surface through a sewer grate with that sad music has made me want to protect him forever.

Rise Mikey, 2019 Mikey, 1987 Mikey: all of these guys are the same for me, I love them but the top three just a tad bit more

Every other Mikey. Like I said I like all Mikeys, these guys just slightly less. I haven’t watched as much 2012 so 2012 Mikey kinda defaults to here I’m afraid, but what I’ve seen of him I don’t hate the dude at all.

[hatterladz]

Guess who finally hit Leo's PTSD arc in TMNT 2003 🎉🎉🎉

[joyfuladorable]

Ch. 5 & 6 of Dragon of the Sun by @forestwhisper3

(<Ch.1-4)

He felt like this past day had helped him learn a lot about Usagi. Things had relaxed between them, and their interactions, while they had never not been friendly, felt more comfortable- as if the unspoken barrier that kept that last bit of formality between them had finally been crossed, and he was...excited. Raph had Casey. Donnie had April and sort of shared Leatherhead with Mikey, who also had the Justice Force. They all were his friends too, yeah, but...it was nice to have a friend who was his first. Who preferred his company over the others. A best friend.

Forest said "time for Leosagi" and DELIVERED!!! This fic continues to diverge beautifully from canon, with Mikey's powers creating a butterfly effect and dropping Leo into his angst arc Early. Thank goodness his Best Friend helps guide him through it! UwU

[brightlotusmoon]

Do you see this shit, Klunk?

Klunk sees.