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gayemeralds · 1 year

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the thing is splinter is genuinely a dogshit ninja. that’s part of the reason he was never interested in it, and being the leader of the clan- he was bad at it. absolutely dreadful. the worst ninja in the entire clan. but now he’s the only ninja left of his clan, and a teacher to the turtles, so he’s gotta hype himself up as a great fighter. but unlike other iterations, splinter never spars against his own kids- he shows them the moves and then has them fight against themselves and calls it good. because if he did fight his kids, he’d get his ass absolutely handed back to him on a silver platter and he is NOT going to have that happen. he might be a coward but he’s still got an inkling of pride left.

#he’s so funny to me #this entire time you’re lead to think he’s like a grandmaster ninja #(especially through leo’s eyes)#but he fucking sucks. he’s awful. absolutely dogshit.#he sparred with them when they first started training but as soon as he realised they could beat his ass #he had them start fighting each other #so all the boys THINK he’s a good ninja bc they have memories of him always winning #(circa ~5 to 10 years old)#but splinter just realised watching the boys fight one day oh shit. oh shit. they’re going to fuck me up.#better to stay an aloof ninja master #(new persona adapted! +50xp)#mirrored mutation

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