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bluewithpurplepolkadots · 2 years

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”Why does Master Splinter barely ever seem to leave the lair in missions to help the turtles in the 2012 series? He’s an adult!”

Because it’s a kids show so the primary solver of the problems involved is obviously going to be the kids. Having an adult swoop in and solve everything/baby sit all the time would probably be kind of boring for the intended audience. Boring for everyone actually. Next question.

#TMNT 2012 #I mean a Watsonian answer could be trauma or whatever and that this family needs counselling but can’t get it because of the mutant thing #but the primary viewing audience is probably ten year olds who think fifteen is like close enough to being potentially capable #Like do I think ATLA did far better by the whole kids who have to fight angle?#of course: and the romance was much better too in atla for that matter #but we have to remember that adults ranging from their twenties to forties aren’t the primary audience in either case #2012 is the animated TMNT version I have the most issues with but some of the common criticisms aren’t great either #Like I think it’s important for kids to see themselves as capable #And sometimes we adults just also kind of suck #like the ones who animated april to have her ass showing when tied up for instance #TLDR: there are legitimate problems with this show but like come on #(Also the idea adults will always be perfectly capable of everything is kind of immature #Like idk I don’t see splinter being able to do donatellos tech capabilities)#Like I think rise did far better with the whole imperfect splinter thing but you know #2012 sometimes feels like that nutty first draft of a fanfic where you’re throwing everything to the wall to see what works #it’s like Nickelodeons practice series I guess #rise is already an improvement and maybe so will mutant mayhem be who knows #But any splinter works best in missions when they are reserved for those which are big deals #like it indicates it’s serious business if a splinter gets involved

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