“I have marched six weeks in hell and certify,

It is not fire, devils, dark, or anything,

but boots, boots, boots, boots, moving up and down again,

and there’s no discharge in the war!” 

– Boots, Rudyard Kipling

my coworker be losing his mindd bru anyway guys im done because ive looked at this too many times and lowkey started to hate it. since the trailer audio from "28 years later" went crazy in the editing community a while back i used it to make my tribute to act 1 of my favorite tmnt crossover fic everrr pls go give @saladmix lots of love

takes a deep breath

screams for 1,000 years

I am not kidding when I say this absolutely floored me I mean the CHILLS I got up my spine like I could not fucking believe that this was my fic that inspired such an INSANE piece of artwork??? Like it is still so surreal I look at this and I get all teary I'm emotional and not suited for this harsh world someone please hold me.

This is honestly like...this took me forever to reblog because I was like how do I even articulate how much this means to me and how COOL it is? I don't think I have the WORDS. It is such a powerful way to experience this fic I mean oh my god this is a whole TRAILER for Act 1 like this is... it's just insane. I often don't feel very confident in my writing, or I downplay it, or think I could never actually BE a real writer out in the world. But then people like Anti come along and create such POWEFUL things, spending their free time and blood sweat and tears into making something special based on my words and that truly like touches me in a way that I don't know how to express that shit makes me want to keep GOING in the world, you know? Life is hard but sometimes we get to create together and that's really special.

YOU, ANTI, are going to go far in this animation world I sincerely hope you keep doing it and try to make a career out of it because you have real fucking talent and everyone should see it.

I really don't have the words. I mean I clearly do because I've been babbling on. But what I do have is a LOT to say about this trailer so I've picked out some of my favorite moments to yap about below.

Okay I didn't talk about EVERYTHING see? Just...most things...i can't help it this is so incredible and I'm sorry everyone is just gonna have to deal with my thoughts on their dash. I'm in awe. This made me cry.

Thank you Anti, I know how long this must have taken you and I am so...so deeply grateful that you've given me such a gift in this video. To all the artists out there who continue to make artwork for this fic, I hope you all know that every piece brings me so much genuine happiness.

Have you seen the "What emotions do I feel the most" trend on TikTok? Well, it made me think a lot of Mikey from The Day the world broke by @saladmix :D

I don't know, just the emotions represented with colors reminded me A LOT of Mikey, what with his crystal powers and all that. The point is, the idea haunted me too much not to do it, so here it is! It's kind of experimental, but I hope you get the idea.

I'm going to ramble a bit now, so…

I still need to improve the auras and all that, so it's more of a practice run. I tried to get the colors Mikey described, so I hope they're the right ones.

We definitely couldn't say that the emotion Mikey is feeling the most right now is happiness, so I thought about love. Mikey LOVES his family. He LOVES his brothers, and he takes refuge in that, the love he feels and the love they feel for him, because it's the only thing this whole shitty situation hasn't taken away from him and never will. He also has some happiness, because it's his way of surviving. I firmly believe that his positivity isn't just his defense mechanism; it's his only way of surviving in the midst of all this. He can't afford to be sad or negative; it would destroy him. But he can't run away from sadness, so that's why there are those little cracks he desperately tries to cover up with that positivity, that "happiness."

AND THE EXTERNAL EMOTIONS. I want to talk a little about Mikey's power because I love it. It seems very colorful and artistic to me; it fits perfectly with Mikey, but the power itself? It's the most Mikey thing I've seen in my entire time in this fandom. You can't ask Mikey of all people to see and feel those emotions and not try to relieve them, knowing he can. You CAN'T. If you want him to stop, you'd have to cut off his hand, and I doubt that would be enough.

I think it's a really cool and beautiful power, and I have so many questions about it.

But anyway, I'm getting too long. I just want to say that I love Mikey Z. No, seriously, I LOVE HIM. He's like a different version of Mikey to me.

(Sorry for any mistakes, English isn't my first language.)

UGH I think this is SO beautiful I love the image of him just filled with love while he's absorbing all of these negative emotions all around him because you're absolutely right that love for his family and the people in his life is what keeps him afloat during all this horror, and it's exactly because he has all that love in his heart that he's able to sustain the level of emotional absorption he's been putting out.

and this is such a lovely image, the way it speaks!! He's crying out the negative emotions, and you can see these kind of band-aids of happiness holding him together when the cracks start to form. I just think this is so creative and so deeply representative of our boy Z Mikey <3 I love it so much it's gorgeous thank you so much for sharing this and for loving the lad, he needs the support right now they're almost through the woods. OR ARE THEY dun dun dun

i'll post these while i wait for my mc launcher to update

also to that one person with a sideswipe pfp who got rlly excited the first time i did my tmnt x transformers doodles that first one is for u specifically

also had to sneak in a sketch for tdtwb by @saladmix bc i never miss an opportunity to promote that fic

10/10 doodles look at all of this skill on display. Ugh poor Z Leo holdin' down the fort. I love how you drew the attachment to poor MM Leo's back too and his sad haunted look I LOVE it.

Just some more silly doodles of TDTWB by @saladmix this time featuring Mikey!

there he is there's my SON in all his glory look at him, putting down the Nyquil with his crystal hand. I love his eyes as he's all absorbed into the colors it's PERFECT and I love him brb sobbing into my cereal.

why has no one made fanart for this fic yet

I am UNWELL looking at all of them come to life! Look at Veronica!! Look at her! And Serena out here with her high pony and MONA LISA she’s so cool I could never be so cool.

My favorite is Donnie and his slides he’s so done he’s overcooked. This is amazing I’ve been looking at this all day I love it

realized i was depriving my tumblr baddies of animatic previews cs all my attention was diverted to the tdtwb discord server so here is another for the gang

Continuously vibrating for this I am NOT READY but at the same time I am more ready than I’ve ever been for anything in my life look how smooth this is. Tello. He workin.

Rewatched A quiet place day one…man what the fuuuuu

Take care of her cat Leo 🥀💔

Just little Mikey z in his beginnings in art

I imagined this in chapter 30, Mikey mentioning that his first memory is of Leo (@saladmix you killed me😭) I LOVE THEM SO MUCH UHEOSUFH

The day the world broke is so good (really good, go to read it!) but it makes me very nervous and the nerves make me imagine silly situations srry

Oh my GOD this audio I remember it so well and it’s so PERFECT with Raph laughing in the background. And he totally WOULD keep the picture please that is so precious look at them as lil ones theyre SO CUTE IM UNWELL.

Mutant mayhem art dump! all of these are from 2024. I have a lottttt to post. I will post more!

As if this is a surprise to anyone, I've yet again drawn something for The Day the World Broke by @saladmix because it's the most amazing thing in the world and I need everyone to go read it. ;-; Anyways, Leo is having a BAD TIME but it's fine guys, everything is fiinnneee.

SCREAMING THE BOY JUST CANNOT CATCH A BREAK. this is amazing the DETAIL the color and rendering and ugh look at his bloodshot eyes my whole heart hurts. I LOVE the glass effect just ah ah ah I’m NOT okay.

One more video! This one is from a while ago (It shows) but I forgot to post it (again)

I CAN'T GET OVER THAT SCENE (look at me, it's been more than 10 chapters and I'm still talking about it) BECAUSE MY GOD NO AMOUNT OF DRAWINGS WILL DO IT JUSTICE, it's so beautiful, so emotional, so angsty but at the same time fluff and comfort 😭😭 My fav duo my fav dynamic fr

The day the world broke i love this fan fic sooooooo much @saladmix I love you too for writing it and for giving me probably the best Mikey and Leo scene I'll ever see

Ahhh I love this so much this was actually one of my favorite scenes to write I just love the moment when Mikey trips and everything just kind of crashes down on him and he can’t handle it. It reminds me a lot of the moment someone asks you if you’re okay and you just kind of crumble. This is where Mikey’s lil chips and cracks start to show and OF COURSE THIS ANIMATION IS SO WHOLESOME!!! My heart.

You always capture their dynamic so perfectly I am in love with this I’m never going to stop staring at it.

"Funny" video i made of the masterpiece The Day The Word Broke by @saladmix bc there's no budget for ilustrations (composition and perspective are killing me help) i have more but I'll upload them later

this is from chapter 31 (what a chapter!) I don't know why i find it funny that Shredder gets so mad because Mikey STICKED OUT HIS TONGUE 😭😭 Dude, are you really mad bc a 15 year old boy his tongue out at you? It's so funny Mikey 1 Shredder 0

Absolutely SCREAMING I love this so much it’s so funny it’s SO TRUE it really was so offended at this child sticking his tongue out.

Sidebar but I really really love finding the humor in horror and this is a PERFECT example of this. Thank you so much I love it it’s spectacular everyone come look at this amazing boy pissing off an eldrich demon.