some wind in the willows character designs because it has wormed its way into my brain and refuses to leaveee
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okay ratty and mole in the wind in the willows musical are absolutely dating i don’t make the rules
you don’t just live together for SEVEN WEEKS (after meeting once) if there isn’t some romantic connection there okay
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every time I listen to Wassailing Mice now, all I can hear is the little things Ratty does
when he lifts up Moley to put up the decorations bc Mole can't reach
the "Tommy..." when the other mouse is telling the kid to lift up his lamp
the joy when he hears he's in the song - raises arms, "I'm in a song!" biggest fucking grin ever
his shared joy with Mole at Mole being in the song too
even afterwards when the mice want the humbugs and he just says "well why didn't you say so" in that resigned yet witty way he has
I love him sm
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Wind in the Willows musical content you may not have seen!!
— ‘Get yourself a valentine who looks at you the way Ratty looks at his boat’
Source: (you guessed it!!!) @willowsmusical on Instagram
(thanks to my amazing friend Alex @edgy-as-a-satsuma !! We were talking about UK tour ratty vs west end ratty a few minutes ago which is why I chose this picture)
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it sucks bad that ratty's boat has no name in the text not only because it'd be a cute bit of world building and we'd learn something about ratty's taste in names but ALSO because it'd be an adorable ship name for him and mole. it'd be so obvious, too, everyone would immediately be able to tell what you meant when you say you shipped _________ (insert boat name here)
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For the goodbye prompts! Either 6 for the dad trio or 10 for ratty and mole (whichever one takes your fancy!)
I went with 10 “I’ll see you when I get back”
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“Alright, I think that’s the last of it,” Mole said after double checking his bag for the umpteenth time. Ratty stood off to the side, looking slightly forlorn. He’d been acting strangely for the past few days and Mole was hesitant to leave when his friend was in such a mood, but his mothers had been fussing at him to visit for weeks, and there were a few forgotten knick-knacks that he’d left in his burrow that he wished to retrieve. He even (albeit, quite begrudgingly) planned to tidy the place up a bit—not finishing the spring cleaning he started a year ago, but simply making the place more welcoming for guests. The visit in the winter had reminded him of too many cleaning supplies strewn about the place in a way that made him a bit embarrassed for Ratty to see where he had lived.
“I guess this is goodbye, then,” Ratty said. His hands were shoved deep in his pockets and there was a defined slump in his shoulders.
“I’ll see you when I get back,” Mole offered. Ratty blinked a few times.
“When you get back?”
A huff of a laugh escaped Mole. “What, you didn’t think I was leaving forever, did you?”
Ratty laughed in a forced, sheepish way that showed exactly what he had been thinking.
“No, of course not,” he said, rubbing behind his ear self-consciously. “I didn’t—no, of course I didn’t think that. Have fun.”
Mole hesitated only a moment before he stepped forward and gave Ratty a hug that was readily returned.
“You silly animal,” he scolded, unable to keep a laugh out of his voice. “I’m afraid you’re stuck with me, for a good long while.”
“I don’t think I’d mind that,” Ratty said, so quietly that Mole wasn’t sure if he was supposed to have heard it. He gave his friend a squeeze and pulled back to grab his bag.
“I’ll be back in a few weeks,” he said firmly. Ratty nodded, finally looking at ease for the first time in almost a week.
“Yeah. See you when you get back.”
“I’ll see you then.”
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