#for some reason it feela liem Mikey is the only quite and reasonable braincell during this entire scene

[youve-been-portal-chopped2]

"2012 Splinter gives deep wisdom advice in vague, confusing metaphors while he could just say it as it is."

Yes, true, but he mostly does it on purpose and to confuse his boys. It's actually a crack to him, notice that every single time, he looks super amused while doing it. Also hilarious because he only does this with the boys, never with April or Casey or Karai or any other friend or mutant, only with the boys. He is trolling them! XD

As for whether Rise Splinter gives his sons wise ninja advice the same way or not, let's just rewatch the End Game episode, yeah?

Raph's imaginary astral plane Splinter only has to say, "You already know how to smash out of that cage, just smash out of that cage," but instead of doing so, there's a whole long journey through harsh landscapes and he keeps talking in riddles and confusing metaphors reminiscent of his 2012 counterpart and I find that just lovely.