This is a bit overdue but I'm the creator of the 2k3 Foot Leo story that's on Instagram!
It's been going on since last year but I finally got volume 1 finished and volume 2 is just around the corner (give me a few weeks)
Here's Pages 1-9 + V1 Cover
Thank you @somestorythoughts for expanding š
Front Man | In-ho: Join me, Gi-hun! You feel it tooāI know you do!
Gi-hun: Never! My heart belongs to Young-il, and you murdered him in cold blood!
[Later]
Front Man | In-ho [dramatically collapsing onto a velvet couch in his office]: I GOT REJECTED⦠BECAUSE OF MY OWN ALTER EGO.
Masked Officer: [awkwardly patting his shoulder] There, thereā¦
My roommate walked in on me watching the 2003 TMNT Halloween episode, and without missing a beat, she suggested we carve a āPTSD-o-lanternā for Halloween. I was baffled, like, what? And then she goes, 'Oh, you know...the blue one.' HELP. That is so horribly accurate it hurts š
TMNT 2003 | All Hallows Thieves
Happy Halloween!
Stop, because this has actually taken over my mind.
I imagine Gi-hun as a divorced, gambling-addicted cleaner at the opera house, living there while his daughter trains in ballet at the dormitory. Heās worked there for years, long enough to start believing in the so-called Front Manāespecially since said ghost has been giving him impromptu singing lessons.
Gi-hun canāt deny that ever since the Front Man took an interest in him, most of his gambling debts have been conveniently forgotten by those he owed them to. Some creditors have even mysteriously disappeared.
One day, disaster strikes. The prima donna refuses to sing after yet another sabotage by the opera ghostāthis time, right in front of the new owner of the opera house, the Recruiter. To make matters worse, a new benefactor has arrived: Cho Sang-woo.
Gi-hunās childhood best friend.
Sang-woo doesnāt recognize Gi-hun at firstājust a cleaner on stage, sweeping up the aftermath of yet another accident. But when it becomes clear that the opera will have to cancel its performance (and refund an audience they canāt afford to lose), Jung-bae, the stage manage who got Gi-hun the job years ago, makes an outrageous suggestion: let Gi-hun sing.
Gi-hun nearly spits out his drink. Everyone laughs. The idea is ridiculous. Him? The starring role?
But thenāhe sings.
And the laughter stops.
Before he can protest, the costumers are hauling him backstage, fitting him into elaborate robes, combing his hair, shaving his face. By the time he looks in the mirror, he barely recognizes himself. He isnāt just a cleaner anymore.
That night, as Gi-hun steps onto the stage, Sang-woo recognizes the voice before he recognizes the man. The performance stuns the audience, and afterward, Sang-woo finds Gi-hun in his dressing room, inviting him to dinner. The invitation feels surrealātoo fine, too polished. The luxury, the crisp new clothesāitās everything Gi-hun ever wanted.
But something about it feels wrong.
Later, a letter arrives. Not from Sang-woo.
From the Front Man, the opera ghost.
The signature?
A symbol.
ćā³ā”
Before Gi-hun can make sense of it, he is summoned.
This time, not to the stage.
To the depths beneath the opera house.
Where the Front Man waits.
i dont know if this is too niche but then again tumblr never fails to surprise me so⦠hear me out on this????? i???? kinda need to write this au asap because the poto dynamic with 457 is actually crazy
the phantom is the og masked yearner i fear⦠he walked so inho could run
also the idea of the phantom (inho) being shorter than christine (gihun) has me giggling a little icl
Stawwwwppppp 𤣠Not Usagi hitting the Family Guy Death Pose lol
I love this so much!
Donatello: Oh, look! Leonardo and Usagi are standing under the mistletoe.
Michelangelo: [Eyes widen in panic.] Oh no!
Donatello: [Rolls his eyes and crosses his arms.] Come on, Mikey. Grow up. Itās about time Leoā
Michelangelo: [Frantically waves his hands, interrupting Donatello.] Not that! Raph told Leo that itās tradition in Usagiās dimension, when you stand under the mistletoeā
[Leonardo abruptly snap kicks Usagi in the face mid-lean, knocking him back. Then he turns to his brothers, giving them a thumbs-up like he just nailed the perfect kata.]
Michelangelo: [Facepalms.] āyou fight them.
Raphael: [Leaning against the wall, snickering.] I call it āmistlefoeā.
[Leonardo, oblivious to the chaos, glances up at the mistletoe again, prepared to defend his honor from any other "attackers."]
I just uploaded the first chapter today, and the final chapter will hopefully be out on Halloween:
For Halloween, I am currently spiraling into madness writing a Pet Sematary-inspired take on the 2003 iteration of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Raphael is unable to move on after Leonardo dies during what was supposed to be just another routine trip to the surface.
The grief eats away at Raphael, and while staying at the farmhouse, he hears from a neighbor about the cursed soil in the apple orchard. The neighbor warns him not to bury his brother there, giving the classic warning, āSometimes, dead is better.ā
But Raphael, being Raphael, does not listen. Desperate to have Leonardo back, Raphael buries him there anyway. And when his brother returns, he does so as a malevolent entity.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please comment or reblog! I am thinking of posting the first chapter this week. It should only be about two or three chapters and finished by Halloween š
in sleep, he sang to me.
idea from @grimeshound
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