It's really fucking funny to me how you can see Drift's Nice Guy Persona being carefully crafted and eventually moved on from throughout MTMTE. This panel is like level 1. Acts of violence? well I mean. you can't just stand there and look menacing right. So he goes full throttle with the huge smile and everything. I bet he watched a marvel movie to find that quip. I'm sorry Drift everyone probably thinks the crystals are having adverse effects at this point.
And the fact that he knows it's pretty obvious and is just kind of hoping nobody notices and they don't because at least it's not Big Bad Decepticon so he's in a sunk cost situation. The act is bad but its also way too late now to drop it. At least in the world of Drift Self-Justification.
Nice save there buddy. Only 3 seconds delay! 👍
In all honesty getting kicked off the Lost Light likely allowed him to exhale and reflect on why exactly he was doing this, and how it was tangled in his own concepts of absolution and redemption and in hindsight, kind of stupid, even if it made sense at the time. Taking the fall for Rodimus fucked up a lot of things and enabled Rodimus' issues with responsibility but it did at least (forcefully) give Drift an opportunity to slow down and get himself back together that wouldve never happened on the ship or at least wouldve been a much slower process. Anyways, thanks for coming to my "let's make fun of Drift for being a really bad actor when not in high-stakes situations" meetup
Watching how two dogs who love each other will sometimes still nip each other on the ear, bug them while they sleep, etc... watching how cats will snuggle with their buddy all day and then paw-smack 'em in the face, chase them, play-fight...
Makes me, as a fellow social mammal, feel better about my urge to be incredibly annoying to another human sometimes. Like, yeah. Of course I wanna bug you. Of course it's fun to annoy you. We're social creatures and annoyance can be part of play, something we all need. And I watch these dogs who get their ears nipped, cats who get smacked out of a nap, and despite BEING annoyed, they don't stop loving their packmate. After they finish play-fighting, they're back to snuggling and grooming and sleeping together. BEING annoyed is also just part of being in a social group and having relationships... and that's okay. It doesn't erase love or necessarily make them mad or affect them in the long term... a loved one being annoyed with me is a temporary feeling that's normal for social creatures. An annoyance that wouldn't be possible WITHOUT that love
May your pain medication always kick in right after you take them. May your compression garments always slip on your body with ease. May you always find your footing when you walk. May you wake up with energy and zest. May your sinuses always be clear
Twins Danny and Damian but! They both know where the other is (Damian going to Bruce and Danny being sent to the Fentons on a mission at a young age), has kept in touch and all that.
They just...never got around to telling anyone about the other.
That is until Danny comes interrupting Damian on patrol one night in a panic, pushes a bundle into his arms and hurriedly says "Read our texts! It'll explain! I gotta go, got a fruitloop on my tail! Be back when I can!"
And rushes off. When Damian looks down at the bundle in his arm, ignoring the yelling on comms and Nightwing rushing over, he is stunned to see a almost identical face to that of his brother staring back at him, only he can tell its female from the more delicate features.
When he later reads the texts his brother sent during his patrol... well he's tempted to go fruitloop hunting but he has a niece to take of... and inform his father of his granddaughter he's currently holding.
I also compiled the ROTTMNT: Wedding Crashers clips. I tried to prioritize better quality so it's a little all over the place. This is just for media archival purposes. If anyone has any cleaner or additional clips let me know and I'll be happy to throw them in!