Such a tragic life for a 16 year old. Being forced to become a hero and facing traumatic experiences. This guy literally accepted his fate knowing he’ll never see his family again and to only see the face of the krang beating him to death.

It’s fan appreciation like this that proves that the show should continue, I really hope they bring it back

The amount of how beautiful and amazing this animation was can't even be described! THIS WAS A MASTERPIECE!!!

the way you depicted the "it's not gonna hurt forever" moment. Ouch Ouch Ouch Ow. also i adore how you showed leo's interpretation of his brothers when his mind starts to slip! the actual visuals of it especially during the scene where he blinks away the colors to see his family's faces was so so. shakes this between my teeth like a dog. Yeah

found this, spent about 3 hours reading the fic, came back and watched this, thank you :)

THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!!!! Holy crap this better go freaking viral because that was beautiful!!!

Yoooooo! This is so gooooood! And I love you incorporated Leo hiding in shell at the start(especially how you can still see his tired eyes at 0:39)! I feel like it’s such an under-utilised thing in the fandom, so it was really cool to see!

That was beautiful, you nailed the fic and every little detail you added.

Beautiful, absolutely breathtaking. You really captured the essence of the fanfic, depressing but comforting (that’s hurt/comfort tag for you lol) I can’t express how happy I am seeing this pop up in my recommendations. /gen

Watching this without reading the fanfic is still SO fricking cool and now i gotta go read it !!!!!!! absolutely amazing hwhwhw!!!

I’ve seen so many people use this song now and it always means SOMETHING scary or sad or traumatizing- I love it.

fuck. i always seem to find the most emotionally heartwrenching music through fandom content like this. i love your art.

This fanfic hit me like a ton of bricks and this animation perfectly encapsulates the story! Amazing artwork and great use of visuals (love how you drew the brothers becoming just colours to poor sleep-deprived Leo, super well done!)

You did a great job with this ^^ You did a brilliant job with this animation and the presentation of the story's plot.

Duuuuude, I'll totally read this after I finish reading Like Father Like Son

This fic was amazing and this animatic… how do I put words to describe how perfect it was?! It’s impossible! Also I’m so very confident the 17th chapter is ever gonna happen

Speed-ran reading that fic after watching this and omfg was that one of the best fics I’ve ever read

ilysm this animatic is amazing!!!!

This fandom is just filled with talanted authors and aritsts and animators

I see no difference between the rain outside and my eyes right now. This whole animatic was beautiful and you showed the emotions so well! The line “it’s not gonna hurt forever” never fails to make me cry…yet again ,’)

Hey, I just read this last night? How funny is that, out of all the millions of fan fictions out there in this world? Cool artwork :3

This is probably my favorite ROTTMNT fic, and this animatic is a perfect iteration of it! Good job!

the story seems so interesting :0 gotta read it sometime

THE ART IS MWAH, SO GOOD

wowwww the insane amount of detail this is beautiful i love how this was a beautiful recap of a horrifying ordeal with leo and everyone

This is such an amazing way to bring the fic to life. I especially love how you animated the "only colors" segment with donnie's stars. Good job!

NO WAY I JUST FOUND THIS 1 AND A HALF YEARS AFTER READING THE FIC, its one of my favorite fics omfg

The shift from colors and shapes to their actual faces at the end!!! You nailed this fic so perfectly, this is beautiful!

At this point, I think this has become one of my favorite animatics, I like to watch it before going to bed, it's ironic but somehow it helps me to sleep

YOO THIS IS A AWESOME!!! EVERY DETAIL AND DESCRIBED WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPEND! MASTERPIECE!!

i LOVE how you incorporated their color only silhouettes !!

Great work, honestly

Happy one year anniversary to the animation of the fanfiction that made rottmnt my hyperfixation, I love you entld.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE. AMAZING. MINDBLOWING. THE IMAGERY AND THE SCENES AND THE KRAANG FLASHBACKS. GOODNESS. AND THE END!! AAAAA!! Such a contrast with the harshness and tension and desperation of the rest of the song!! THE ANIMATION WAS SO SOFT AND THE STYLE SO PRETTY! AWESOME JOB!!

Bro I CAN’T DEAL I READ THIS FANFIC EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THIS VIDEO IS HOW I DISCOVERED IT THEN IT CAME BACK IN MY RECOMMENDED TODAY I can’t deal This is so So good

HOLY MOTHER OF MAC N CHEEZE THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT!!!! AMSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! THE LINE ART IS PERFECT AND THE ANIMATION- I'M IN LOVE!

oh wow the way you drew the turtles' silhouetts based on the nicknames leo gave them is clever!! well done, this is a very beautiful piece :D

I don't have words. Your art style, the way you portray everything, it's so beautiful

WOW! THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! This story is one of my favourite) Thank you for animating it ❤️

WOW, this absolutely captures the same vibes as the fic, bravo! It makes me want to go read it again!

Omg I love this fic! The fact that this turned out to be so on point and so well done is even better! Good job!

You perfectly captured the fanfiction to a T ;///; That was amazing!

*quietly puts this in my rottmnt playlist* You. YOU. Assuming this is the fic where Leo gets hit with something that makes him unable to sleep at all- I have been putting off reading it for ages, because it's so long and I never had time. This might persuade me to fully bing read the whole thing in one sitting and I'm not looking forward to it :/ All jokes aside, this was a lovely animatic! The song too worked really well, especially for depicting the hallucinations when Leo finds it hard to distinguish his dreams from reality. It's very apparent you worked very hard on this, so I really hope many others get to enjoy more Leo angst through it >:3

this fic is completely underrated and im so happy you used your creativity and skill to make this!

INJUST STARTED THE FIC AND ITS SO GOOD AHH THANK YOU FOR SHADING IT!! YOUR ART IS AMAZING I LOVE THE WAY YOU DO EXPRESSIONS AND COLOR! SJJEKEKE AHH

UGHHH that's so good!! I love seeing stuff like this for fanfics!

It looked really amazing! I immediately read the story behind this animatic

ASDFGHJKL SO GOOD! the way you do their eyes like the shading adds depth And the way you drew other leo freaking dissipating really looked so good ! And ooooo that splash of colour when he see everyone as these coloured figures like he's not really there in the moment. Like you can see them hanging w leo and then mikey freaking out on the phone and his face scribbled and the colours inverted when he really starting to dissociate and have flashbacks. And it was like so sad when leo saying he doesn't forgive himself and imagines raph saying he doesn't forgive him, but he's still hopeful he will forgive himself. And then everyone becoming back to normal from coloured figures all just like worried and happy he's ok Like my heart ;-;

FUCK YES IVE BEEN SO OBSESSED WITH THIS FIC IM SO GLAD THERES LOVE FOR IT IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS GORGEOUS AND PERFECTLY CAPTURES THE FIC AND IM SO EXCITED 🙏🙏🙏

I’m in shock- this is actually amazing, The song fits with it WAY TO WELL. I’m genuinely in shock- You honestly did a wonderful job my gosh

this is such an amazing visual representation of the fic!! you really picked such good scenes to carry the plot and they match the song so well!

holy crap, this is great! i adore your artstyle, it's really pleasing for the eye^^

FRAMING THIS PUTTING IT ON THE FRIDGE OF MY BRAIN

I haven't read the fic so I don't have any context but oh my GOD is this good. Already rewatched it twice, really great work!!

Omigosh I can’t believe we had an animatic for this fanfic (one of my fav Is beautiful really now here’s my tears You nailed it! The details!

THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SAD AND INSANE LOOKING IT HAS CONVINCED ME TO READ THE FIC. AMAZING ART ITS MADE ME EMOTIONAL AND I DONT EVEN FULLY KNOW WHY!

This are the lyrics to my time by bo en Close your eyes you be here soon One, two, three, four, five, minutes Sometimes, I really want to sleep But this word... I can't Goodnight... Goodnight... Goodnight... Goodnight... Goodnight, goodnight Close your eyes and you'll leave this dream Goodnight goodnight I know that it's hard to do Days go by It can't be helped Moments pass Shattered glass Hands of time Where's that chime? In my head I'll just I'll just I'll just I'll just Hands Of time will wring my neck Every little moment spells regret But I don't have to feel this way As a voice inside my head Goodnight, goodnight Goodnight, goodnight Goodnight, goodnight Goodnight, goodnight Goodnight, goodnight Close your eyes and you'll leave this dream Goodnight, goodnight I know that it's hard to do Goodnight, goodnight Close your eyes and you'll leave this dream Goodnight, goodnight I know that it's hard to do Goodnight, goodnight Close your eyes and you'll leave this dream Goodnight, goodnight I know that it's hard to do

bro the way this fic had me hOOked for days reading it (while I was also very sleep deprived lol) and you just be out here making a masterpiece animatic of it???? one of the things I loved about the fic was how it like, changed formatting with the more leo's mental state deteriorated, having the random punctuation and walls of just blank spaces, and I think you somehow managed to convey a similar feeling in animatic format with how you drew the frames changing and shifting and the turtles becoming just their colors like how he sees them and his pupils subtly changing from normal to scratchy lines, and just wow, that's truly a feat but somehow you nailed it I will now go back and reread the whole fic once I stop watching this on repeat XD

I already read another piece of fanfiction about leo not being able to sleep (It's called The Call Back Home It's pretty great I recommend it) so I didn't bother to read this one, and now I kinda regret it. I'm gonna go read it now. Amazing animatic!!! Edit: Read it. Done. OH MY GOD I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO EAGER TO FINALLY GET TO THE GOOD ENDING IN A STORY, HOLY SHIT. AGHH, THAT WAS GOOD. Makes me feel like sleeping for 10 hours. Yeah, I recommend it 1000%. So good!

OMGOMGOMGOMG THIS IS ONE OF MY FAV FANFICS TYSM FOR MAKIJG THIS

Ahhh I love this, I love this fic! I love this animatic! It portrays the fic so well, speechless!

Just bench read it and oh my God! This animation captures the story wonderfully

How am i just seeing this! This is pulls at so many heartstrings, seeing Leo deal with the trauma and his family so concerned, andbthen he finally pulls through and keeps his hope . This is beautiful

GOD no because that fic HURT and you perfectly captured it--damn near screamed when you turned everyone into the colors he describes them as

I love this story and the song fits so perfectly I love

I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THIS IT'S SO GOOD I found this animatic and then read the fic and then watched this again and HOLLYY AJDFKFAKSDFDSKFDKS ITS SO GOOD I love the way you capture the emotions of the scenes and the characters its very MWAh chefs kiss

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS. I have now discovered this FIC and OMG I LOVE IT SO MUCH TY FOR BRINGING THIS MASTERPIECE TO MY ATTENTION! ALSO I FUCKING LOVE THIS ANIMATION OMGGGGGG. IT REALLY BRINGS IT TO LIFE AAAHHHHH /POS Edit: rewatching this after reading the entire Fic. Omg I’m about to sob. THE COLORSSSSS. The markings making up his brother being what he sees, AAGHH just so good, it really embodies the fic.

NOT ONE OF MY FAV TMNMT FICS!!! This is SO well done, oh my gosh!!

BRILLIANT SONG CHOICE AND THE EXPRESSIONS AND THE ANIMATION AND THE TIMING AND JUST THE FEELING I GET FROM THIS

This is beautiful! I love this story and it's so exciting to see such a fantastic animatic for it!

I literally just finished the fic and the vibes of this animatic are IMMACULATE

Img I literally finished ready that fix yesterday, you’ve done this so well.

YESSS THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. As soon as I saw the calender I already connected it to the fic. You did the symbolism super well!!

I’d be hiding in my shell too it looks comfy and dark in there

hey uh the bit at the end um it uh I I am crying (/pos???) (that was really, really well done)

This fanfic tore me apart man… you did an amazing job with this! Really captured what the fanfic was about as well as the vibe of it.

I can't even begin to describe how much that story messed me up... Rewatching this feels like rubbing salt in the wound... Now that I understand what each scene emplies I can barely breath... Great story👍

I’ve read this fic like 3 times and I’m so glad I came across your animatic it’s amazing! You really brought it to life!

I JUST READ THE WHOLE 16 CHAPTERS RIGHT NOW AND ITS FUDGING GOOD THAT I WATCH THE VID AGAIN

This animatic made me binge the entire fanfic in less than a day

This is incredible!!! Love your art and this was a really great song choice too

Aw.. this put me in the feels- but this also was really well made!! ❤❤

dawg dawg dawg dawg dawg dawg this tells the story SO WELL LIKE WTF??? HOW PEOPLE COME UP WITH THIS STUFF???? fantastic beautiful

I very much enjoyed the fic. I wasn’t able to sleep for almost three days straight, no matter what I did just a week or so before I read it, and it meant so much more knowing what sleep deprivation did to your mind and body. Obviously, I didn’t have to suffer like Leo did, but I am constantly thankful that I didn’t have to know either. Three days was terrifying enough, and I still have trouble sleeping even now. The song rhythm and the art you put to this fic worked so well. It was like I was reading it again. Which I think I’ll do right now 😅

I just binged the fic for seven hours starting at 7 PM 💖

Current hyperfixation and my favourite video game? Definitely did not cry

bro i have been watching this at least once every day since i found it and it is SO GOOD every time thank you

AH this is so well done! You captured the fic so well with your animatic! You deserve more subscribers, UNDERRATED

just got finished reading every night the longest day for the 10th time when this came up on my recommended. the art is literally so good and the animatic itself was just crunchy istg I love this sm isjfejfeiefj

This is stunning! I adore the fic and you really nailed it! It’s wonderful and sweet and beautiful! Honestly incredible! You produced a masterpiece

THIS IS INCREDIBLE! AHHH I LOVE THISS💖😭😭💖 I NEED TO READ THIS FIC Ngl this animatic made me cry-😭

Awww this was so nice! What a lovely animatic, you captured the way I thought of them when I read the fanfic when it came to the colors/shapes he saw his brother as!!

I was reading the fic and then I remembered this animation and my reaction was: wait....THAT ANIMATION WAS ABOUT THIS FIC, and i came back to enjoy it again (with context this time) (i liked before because is a really cool animation :D ) but yeah I love your style, the way you made them into the colors of the fic (yk what I mean) and the ending- GOD it's so nice and comforting 🤧leo may not have forgiven himself but his family is here and one day he will get there 💙

i saw this yesterday and so i started to read the fanfic. i have finished it this morning and i must say you did an excellent job! i love your style and you conveyed the emotions/events from the fic fantastically. you did it justice my friend

You captured the fic so well!!!

*adds fanfic to my list of post invasion fics to read* ahem, this is a literal masterpiece 👌✨✨

I LOVE THIS !! THX FOR CREATING AN AMAZING ANIMATION! I CAN’T STOP WATCHING ❤🥹

AAAAA WTF WAS THAT?!?! MY HEART UUUGH -holds chest- THIS WAS BRILLIANT AND UUUGH I CANT

I’M CRYING YOU DID THIS SO PERFECTLY RIFNF I WANT TO EAT THIS, PUT IT ON THE WALL, AUTBFBTBDJ

WOWWW THIS IS AMAAAZINGG!!! YOUR ART ATYLE IS SO COOL AND THE WHOLE ANIMATION WAS JUST MUAH CHEF’S KISS😤👏YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE RECOGNITION YOU’VE GOT A WONDERFUL TALENT!!