I’m rewatching the TMNT: Out of the shadows and this scene makes my heart break. When Raph and Mikey break into police headquarters and try and steal the purple ooze but obviously get caught, and Leo and Donnie swing in to try and save them. And they get swarmed by the police. When they officer says “they’re monsters” my heart breaks, Mikey’s small, defeated “we’re not monsters”. I cry every time. He just wanted to be accepted, he just wants to fit in, he never had a choice about how he was, that’s out of his control and the fact that he has to hide and is punished for something can’t control A) hits rally close to home and B) just makes me want to curl into a ball and cry. It’s just so sad to me. Im a sucker for the “I don’t fit in and I just want acceptance” troupe it hits me right in the heart. Every fucking time.