HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!! I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD NEW YEAR!!!!

very late for this reblog but i DO NOT CARE TOO BUSY FEELING FEELINGS rb quiet quiet moments at the end of the world got me feeling some type of way

the dRAMA the angst THE POTENTIAL i forget about the rat king a lot cos he was so fleeting in the 03 series only really remember the fact that his rat swarm was distractingly semi-3D animated but this? OHHH YES i guess im rewatching those 2012 episodes tonight THANK YOU FOR PLANTING THIS THOUGHT IT IS DELICIOUS rat sons ask reply

the way i gasped rb bugs WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE OLD MAN also rip leo OKAY BUT THE VISUALS HERE W THE BLACK AND WHITE SHARDS???? FUCKING STUNNING??? and the expressions! AND THE GESTURES ugh U ARE GOING TO MAKE ME GET EMOTIONAL ABT MIKEYS HANDS AGAIN ARENT U also the way those cracks get more and more like canon movie mikeys has me Thinking Thoughts 👀👀👀 paired w the au name..... LOVE THIS SM ALREADY edit: WHY AM I SO DUMB SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED HOW HES HIS YOUNGER SELF IN THE B&W SHARDS IDK HOW I MISSED HIS MASK AND SHORT HAIR imma blame the fact that it was like 2am my time when i reblogged and i was once again fixating on his hands (bugs have i told u i adore how u draw fingers sm??) OHHHHH THAT JUST MAKES ME EVEN MORE EXCITED HERE WE GO HERE WE GO HERE WE GO

queuing this up for midnight HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODY i hope yall have an absolutely amazing 2024 rb the expressions here make my heart soft <3 and the lighting and poses make me feel like its this perfect sort of nostalgic snapshot moment and aces linework as always is just perfection gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous

yes good LET THE OLD MAN HAVE SOME JOY rb ronin deffo knows all the local stray cat colonies just kinda keeps an eye on them from afar mostly but it does get cold in the winters cue cat smuggling april grumbles but cant actually be mad at this tiny tiny glimpse of mikeys old self and the hint of his old smile now im just imagining her catching him like chuckling to himself as a kitten plays/bats at his fingers and she has to stop in her tracks cos that was /mikeys laugh/ quieter than it ever was when they were young but his none the less she used to hear it so often every time she visited the lair that mischevious giggle usual followed by some sort of crash and someone shouting MIKEY then running footsteps and whooping laughter its been decades since shes heard it or anything even close so for all she may gripe about ronin picking up strays no… she cant be mad at all (apologies if anything doesnt line up right ive not finished reading the last ronin comic yet) (but i love this concept sm) edit: IT ALSO JUST HIT ME THAT HES SNEAKING IN THREE LIL KITTENS THREE SPECIFICALLY THREE LITTLE THINGS COLD AND CRYING AND NEEDING HIM??? OH HE COULD NEVER LEAVE THEM BEHIND