Yayyyy I’m officially obsessed with fleshing out @fabuloustrash05 ‘s ‘Fixing Apriltello’ theory.
This would be after the Turtles fail to save Mr. O’Neil from the Kraang the first time. And yes this one scene has sparked an idea for three other scenes in my head.
I wish I could’ve drawn it better but it’s been rattling around in my sketchbook for like a week, because it’s hard to draw people crying, and I just want it over with so I can move onto the other scenes I have in mind.
For those of you calling 2012 Mikey innocent and constantly babying him and saying he must be protected, you are literally doing the exact thing that he hates.
2012 Mikey has stated in the show that he hates being treated like a child and doesn’t like it when people look/treat him as such. Yes, his brothers are still gonna be protective of him but that’s brotherly instincts. He is the youngest after all.
But we have to remember that in the end…
Mikey is NOT innocent. He has committed manslaughter. He literally ate PizzaFace alive, who is a mutant that used to be a living human being.
Mikey does NOT need to be protected. He can handle himself. He managed to figure out and survive in Dimension X all on his own for what seemed like weeks/months. He also took on villains like Tiger Claw, Rahzar and Newtralizer by himself!
Mikey is NOT a baby. Mikey is a skilled ninja. Splinter has stated that Mikey has the highest intuition compared to his brothers. He was also willing to sacrifice and die for his friends and family in an attempt to to stop Newtrailzer, staying behind as Dregg’s ship exploded.
He's the second youngest while also being the tallest, so every time he argues or gets teased they have to bring him to everyone elses level and it's so funny every time.
I'm simultaneously touched and humoured by Donnie being half a foot taller than Raph but still tilting his head down to emphasize how embarrassed he was by Raph's teasing. Don't even get me started on how quickly Raph switched up when he caught on🥺