#Tmnt Mikey

[fyeah-tmnt]

gremlin younger sibling energy

mikey and leo: a summary

[probably-not-a-rutabaga]

animated mikey for class !!

[kaysdenofchaos]

2/3 finals done :)

Gonna fully color it before I post the comic here hehe

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The "peaceful" of the team

[shantechni]

Related to your post about Mikey "accidentally delivering low blows when stressed" (Aug 2023) would you hc that it's related to his emotional awareness of his family? Like when he blamed Splinter for letting them go up to the surface, he would know Splinter was already questioning his decision to let them do that, or he calls Splinter out on not being affected by his mutated appearance (when Splinter looks uncomfortable being seen by humans/Shredder)? Basically, what are your further thoughts on it? Has he done this elsewhere?

The post in question for the curious cats

This compilation video as well because my big brain remembered me doing that and it's related to this topic and I meant to do a part 2

Oh, that behavior is 100% related to Mikey's emotional awareness. I'd hardly even call it a headcanon, it's just canon lol.

After not only botching their first fight above ground but failing to stop two kidnappings on their watch, the boys immediately start playing the blame game by pointing out each other's rash decisions and dumb mistakes that led to such an outcome. Obviously, the idea of Splinter's decision being yet another mistake of the sorts was hanging somewhere in the air waiting to be grabbed at, but no one readily went for it as something that needed to be acknowledged as mistake. That's why it's so fascinating to see the writers establish Mikey right out of the gate as someone who isn't afraid to comment on Splinter's decisions and his emotional state when he's making those decisions.

He was certainly aware of their father's doubts concerning them going above ground for the first time because a comment like that doesn't just come out of nowhere.

Granted, this instance was him speaking his mind in the heat of the moment and only realizing how much his words would sting after the fact (especially since they're the ones who convinced Splinter to send them off with their begging), but this becoming a continuous trend of his throughout the series further proves the fact of him being more aware of things than a lot of people pegged him to be.

In Mikey Gets Shellacne, his remark about Splinter telling him not to fret about his appearance when he could hardly bring himself to do the same can be interpreted as a more apparent example of him knowing more than he lets on. It's made rather obvious from the start of the series that Splinter wasn't keen on roaming the streets looking like a giant rat, but that's more of a show and tell deal where both the audience and the characters are left on their own to pick up on such an important yet minor detail. Splinter never tells anyone about his insecurity, nor does anyone in the series talk about it amongst each other, so a moment like this can be a bit jarring when it's framed as Mikey calling out Splinter's opinion on his own appearance.

Though the intent of his comment was to simply call Splinter old, the underlying insult is there and Mikey regrets saying something like that to their father of all people.

Other than letting his frustrations get the better of him and unintentionally plucking at Splinter's insecurities, Mikey is greatly in tuned with the emotions of those around him and will usually pick up on any changes rather quickly. Take these two moments with, funnily enough, him and Splinter near the start of Serpent Hunt.

I previously posted the first clip as a funny little observation, but the scene is more intriguing than my jestful sentence made it out to be. Mikey's attention is split between hanging his goofy pieces of artwork on the wooden boards and listening to April as she announces how the restaurant is starting to look like a makeshift home. It's not until he turns around to joke with her about his drawings that he finally has Splinter in his sights, and his attention evidently begins to drift to Splinter as April is responding to his question (you can literally see his head following Splinter's movements while April is speaking to him😭). And just look at how taken aback he is by Splinter's melancholic expression being on full display:

While Splinter answers Mikey by stating that he's concerned for Casey, Leo and Raph because they've been gone for a while, it's pretty obvious that's not all he's bothered by, and him not being subtle about his troubled mind like usual had enough flags raising in Mikey's mind for him to hop up from his spot. Once the scene transitions to the second clip, Mikey lingers with Splinter in the front of the restaurant while April ventures to the back in search of Donnie to check on his progress with the retro-mutagen, as well as to see if the others made it back yet. Mikey and Splinter decide to follow April as soon as Donnie utters Karai's name, and Mikey is visibly bracing himself for another look of heartbreak on their father's visage:

Splinter moments aside, Mikey recognizes when something is up with his brothers and friends, as well as whether or not he should step in. Of course the prominent moments of him demonstrating his ability to calm Leatherhead and Raph down count among the times when he steps in, but the times when he chooses not to step in shouldn't be understated either.

Take the pre-intro scene in The Cosmic Ocean for example, when April breaks the silence and questions where Leo ran off to. We understand where Raph is coming from when he says that it can't be healthy for Leo to confide in a simulated version of Splinter since it could just make him miss their father more than ever, but Mikey suddenly pops from his laid back position off-screen and joins the conversation:

He's knows as well as Raph that speaking with a simulation of their father isn't exactly ideal, but he also knows that Leo is used to coming home to confide in Splinter for advice whenever he feels his confidence as a leader beginning to waver. The whole gang knows all of this, but once again, Mikey's the only one to verbalize it. Sometimes people need to hear something so obvious outloud to really understand or remember its importance, and Mikey seems to know that best.

I don't really need to mention how his emotional awareness extends far beyond simply knowing when someone is down, or when he is or isn't in a position to help them, but it makes for a decent epilogue to this analysis so-

Him being the least (read: least) temperamental of his brothers automatically puts him in the position of a mediator when there's tension in the group, and it's common knowledge that he'd often go out of his way to ease that tension in his own ways. He sometimes makes jokes, both corny and intelligent, just to get everyone's minds off of the heaviness of a situation, even if that moment of reprieve only lasts for a minute. He attempts to break up fights before they get too far, which sometimes doesn't work because they're a stubborn bunch of turtles (literally the entire first five minutes of New Girl in Town lol), but his efforts are commendable and genuine.

He's exceptionally conscious of changes in the atmosphere and a swing in someone's mood, which could go hand in hand with his sixth sense for weird Kraang stuff if you think about it. But all of this comes together to paint an undeniably clear image of Mikey having a great amount of emotional awareness, and just all around being one of the most emotionally intelligent characters of the series.

[theshadow20]

an old (2012) Mikey doodle I had made.

I love drawing him with dot eyes :D (I might post the colored version later)

[i-am-a-living-god]

Redraw of this drawing I drew a little over a year ago lol

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Original under the cut

Tbh I hated this drawing from the moment I finished it. I just hate it so much eghh it looks a little bit like AI and that pisses me off. (Well, obviously this doesn't actually look like AI, and you can tell it's hand-drawn, but still it has that.... Rendering style bleh.)

In my defense, I wasn't used to drawing mutant turtles at all. Anyways the new one is gorgeous, fuck the old one (a purple background, what was I thinking!) I remember I added the rain in a desperate attempt to save it, obviously it didn't work, but it's better with the rain than without so props to me.

He looks like gummy bear 😭

But mhmmmm the perspective on the new one 😩👌

[fyeah-tmnt]

he's so silly

Thanks to everyone who requested a drawing q(≧▽≦q)

I'll only give closeups of my favorites (Donnie, move over, Raph is my favorite turtle rn)

Leo is singing Wouldn't You Like from Epic the musical, you can't change my mind

[3m0n3rd]

I PARTY LIKE IM 21! 20, 21! /lyr

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I reached the Space Arc! Have a mini comic

This wouldn’t leave my head - why would he send them alone to the market when they literally don’t even have any space money?

[cinziadrawstuff]

2003 have the best fashion

And 2012 have my heart

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PB and J duo angst

[truffle-draws-turtles]

PEEPS ORDER MY STUFF AND THEN SEND ME THE PICTURES! CAN MY LIFE GET EVEN BETTER AT THIS POINT NO I DON'T THINK SO!

LOOK AT THIS! LOOK AT THE COLOOOOOORS! I AM SCREAMING BECAUSE I'M TOTALLY NORMAL ABOUT THIS!

This is the way to my TeePublic shop ⬇️

Pics published with the kind permission of @thelaundrybitch. Thank you, Sunshine! There. Are. No. Words. 🫵🫶

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[kaysdenofchaos]

TMMT Raph, the chill one:

Dude. I dunno how many times I have to tell you this, but Leo and Donnie are teenagers— not toddlers.

TMMT Mikey, the overprotective one:

THEY’RE BABIES TO ME, SOB

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If fugitoid has no fans pls tell my mum I love her BC I am dead

[tutantmeenageneetleteetle]

Leo: "What are you holding?"

Mikey, with yet another very dangerous mutant: "I'm afraid anything I'll say will upset you"