#bruxing and boggles

[honeycombhank]

Sorry about the video playing in the background but Tobias just had a rinse in the sink with warm water and feels clean and we are having some one on one time.

Omg he is so happy!!

LOOK HOW HAPPY HE IS?!

[allminknomanners]

Big boggles and a biiiig yawn ❤️

Renly had been bruxing loudly until I decided to record him, go figure. He couldn’t stop the boggling though!

[pkstarstruck]

Doodles for today

[vanillabeenflower]

They’ve never had that happen before

[marklikely]

if i worked on ratatouille my number one creative note would be that the rats need to boggle. at least one boggle from the main character or i quit the project. i havent seen it since i was a kid so i dont remember if they put that in the movie but if not then they failed entirely.

[weregreatatcrime]

I know he's probably traumatized and tries to ignore his natural instincts, but I really wish people wrote Splinter taking advantage of his rat features more often. Rat noses and ears are insanely sensitive. He could detect more with whiskers alone than most humans could with all their senses.

I wanna hear him squeak, and I don't mean teeny tiny cute squeaks, but an actually angry rat squeak is scary can you imagine how terrifying it would be coming out of a furious Splinter with tail up and fur bristling and Looming over his enemy? Maybe it's just bcz I've had pet rats and am obsessed with their natural behavior but I wanna see him get emotional enough to ignore his human sensibilities and just threaten some idiot with a bunch of rat behaviors

[gotmyyass2marz]

gonna start saying “im literally bruxing and boggling” whenever im excited/happy about something

[beleth]

my rats have NO idea how much i love them and that their memory will remain with me for x34587534 times their lifetimes

[sanguine-squid]

holy shit i just remembered rats i fucking love rats so much oh my god can you believe theyre an animal that exist. they enjoy tickled and giggle when they get tickled. and when theyre happy they blush. and they chatter their teeth when theyre happy. amazing

[to-spread-the-ministry]

A random thought had me thinking.

I know the ghouls are often portrayed as cat like but what if some of them are also rat like (with regards to noises)?

[charcoaldustonmyfingers]

Splinter mutation speculation! This one is actually pretty old, I drew it before I did all that research on turtles :)

Fun facts about rats: When they are happy, they do a thing called bruxing and boggling, wherein they will grind their teeth together sometimes to the point where the muscles of their jaw make their eyes wiggle in their sockets. They also don’t have paw pads the way dogs or cats do, but instead have little bumps of thicker skin. Look up happy pet rats, they’re absolutely adorable!

These are mostly just my head canons for Splinter as an old jokester with a messed up past trying to do better for the future. We don’t actually see much of him in the show despite dialogue refrencing his daily lessons and his great ‘embarrassing dad’ comedy, so I wanted to speculate of how he might be when the cameras not rolling, per se. It’s tough being the single father of four teenagers without the help of a community, but the brothers are pretty well adjusted (relatively speaking) and are loving towards each other and open to others.

In terms of his anatomy though, while rats may look chubby, it’s in part because of their curved spine and rodent posture. They can get pretty slim when they stretch out. It may be because of these changes to his skeleton that Splinter seemingly shank so much from his human form, while still having the strength to beat people up despite his age. He also made a vow to stop fighting in the Battle Nexus leading to his eventual mutation, which he does break when his kids are on the line, but could be a reason as to why he avoided many of their squabbles in the show? Who knows!

There’s a lot to work with from little characterizations, and it’s fun to see all the different interpretations of his character!

[General][Raph][Donnie][Leo][Mikey]

[allminknomanners]

Big boggles and a biiiig yawn ❤️

Renly had been bruxing loudly until I decided to record him, go figure. He couldn’t stop the boggling though!

[corpsebod]

Smithers sitting on me after a tiring bout of pea fishing, giving us a small brux and boggle.

[thatbugkidd]

boggling and bruxing uzi is wonderful but i think cyn should be allowed to headbutt people also. as a treat

Lad i absolutely agree

[suratan-zir]

this potato can fly

but this potato can also be chilling, bruxing and boggling in his favorite bunny bed

[bisexualbaker]

Depends on the context, but IIRC squeaking is usually more of a "Hey, cut it out!"/distress noise. Try chattering your teeth at them!

I have a sin AND a rat question

I squeak at rats I see

Is it good to squeak at rats I see?

I’m not too much of an expert on that, but I meow at my cat sometimes so…maybe?