Gianni: Alright, be honest, Elle. How is mom doing really?
Ella sighs: She actually seems to be doing a lot better here. Honestly, I'm a little worried about going back home because she was an absolute wreck. I've never seen her look so... sad and hopeless.
Gianni: Jeez, that's rough. Whoever's idea it was to ship her off here was smart.
Ella: Why, thank you. It was mine. Figured family time would cheer her up and just getting away from the Palace, in general.
Gianni: This KBE shit sucks. They can't take that away from Mom!
Ella: It seems like they can and they will. I don't think Mom even wants to do anything about it.
Gianni: There must be something that can be done. Mom or Emmitt or somebody will come through.
Ella: Yeah, maybe.
Gianni: Well, how are you? Still dating that what's-his-face?
Ella annoyed: You know his name is Luka. And, yes, we're still dating.
Gianni: Yeah, yeah, whatever. How's you and Lucas?
Ella sighs: Fine, I guess.
Gianni: Hey, if you want me to spill about my love life, you gotta do the same... unless, there are details that I seriously don't want to hear. Please tell me there are no details.
Ella: Gianni, shut up! There are no details. We're fine. I just... I don't know. Luka is really into me and I do like him... but...
Gianni: You don't like him as much as he likes you.
Ella: Yeah.
Gianni laughs: Figures. I swear it's in our genes or something to attract those types. Must be a Wu thing.
Ella: But, it's not just that. There's kind of... someone else.
Gianni: Another one? Oh, Watcher! Wow, didn't take my little sister for a playa!
Ella: Ugh, seriously shut up! I'm not. They just both kind of happened to like me and... I don't know. The whole thing just makes me confused. Another reason I'd like to just stay here.
Gianni: Oh, stop worrying so much! You're young, you're a Wu, you're a freaking royal! You don't have to choose either of 'em if you don't want. In fact, I'd prefer it if you didn't.
Ella: Gee, thanks. So just be a spinster for the rest of my life. Great advice, Gianni.
Gianni: Relax. I'm just saying. Don't think you have to tie yourself down to anyone right now. You're graduating and going to college soon. The perfect time to do and be who you want. Make sense?
Ella: Yeah, I guess. Thanks, G... But, you're still the worst.
Gianni: Yeah, you too, Elle, you too.
Bria: We should probably get going. We've got a long flight ahead of us tonight.
Gianni: Aw, man. I'm going to miss you guys.
Bria: I'm sure we'll see you sooner rather than later.
Ella: Nah, later works for me.
Gianni: Okay, her I won't miss as much. You can take her.
Artist note: I’m so proud of this :))) I know it’s a lot of dialogue and reading, but dialogue is grueling work for me. I’m glad with the art and for the amount of pages I made in such a relatively short time span -w- page 5 was super fun to work on. A lot of blood, sweat, and hours here... :) The backgrounds were a big bore tbh, but I finished them! Yippie!
@thesoulspulse suggested in this post a while back that Vlad should have become Casper High's principal instead of Amity Park's mayor, and I completely agree. Would have been waaaaaay funnier and better preserved his status as a very personal threat/potential ally to Danny specifically. Plus, we could have gotten a really dramatic students vs faculty dodgeball game with Vlad vs Danny as the inciting force!!
references!! subject to change bc character design is my death sentence. also some sillies bc is it really fma if ed doesnt get called short/kid at least once
always happy about the fact that in 2012, mikey often asked donnie questions if he didn't understand something and donnie always answered no matter what
this can be seen in a bunch of episodes but my favorite example of it it's the one in half shell heroes where mikey is extremely excited to be in the museums and is the one actively asking donnie questions about the exhibits they saw and also actively listening to donnie's explanation (before raph got silly lmao). he was very excited to learn!!!
And while it's true that mikey would lose interest quite fast if the explanation got too lengthy with too many technical terms, it doesn't change the fact that he does retain the info donnie is always rambling on about different things!!! (even if mikey himself doesn't notice he's doing it lol) and also i find it very sweet that no matter if donnie himself got annoyed, donnie would always answer the questions. no matter what. he would always try to explain if he didn't understand something
This is prob because mikey is the one brother who is often seeking out donnie to pass time around him Meaning that donnie might have used mikey as his rubber ducky whenever mikey hangs out with him while he's working (explained him a lot of his experiments and theories while trying to solve them himself and in this way mikey also learnt in the process WHILE spending time with his brother! win win!)
it also helps donnie because accompanies him while not letting him get lonely in his lab 24/7, sometimes explaining things to someone makes it better to understand it yourself AND it's shown in the comics that donnie is quite used to his brothers just Living as background noise and literally cannot function without it lmao
They are literally the two smart kids in the family even if none of them notice it and it's all because mikey looks up to his brother and is like an sponge with donnie around. donnie is actively teaching mikey and mikey is learning! even if they have no idea they are doing it