#the friction of splinter who is very like leo in how he copes w stuff vs raph who carries responsibility SO seriously | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

thisisadonaldduckblognow · 2 years

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theres a direct line from splinter’s parenting flaws/issues to the fact that raph’s overall series struggle is feeling like he personally needs to be responsible for protecting his family/carrying them, feels that it all stops with him, that he can’t turn to anyone else to help him with it, to the fact that hes acted as a parent to his own brothers, that he grew up too fast

every day i mourn that rise didn’t get time for a raph-splints ep that might dig into that even a little bit tbh

(i am not a rise splinter hater ftr i love him. i am Not about ppl trying to exaggerate him into being abusive and awful when the truth of the character and his mistakes-- and his growth and active work to improve-- is way more nuanced. he has very real flaws/traumas/issues and makes very real mistakes that impact all of his sons, this just fascinates me)

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt splinter #rottmnt raph #raph deserves to feel complicated about his dad even though splints grows and learns to connect emotionally w his sons #like tbh he has earned that as a little treat #theres so much abt that kind of dynamic thats hard to sit with #knowing its not someones fault that they are how they are and have hurt the way theyve hurt #being glad theyre there and doing better and showing up!!#but still having that complex feeling of like where WERE you why NOW #and like splinter never rly having an opinion on who leads the team or calling shots about it ever before #and then like the first time he mentions anything abt it is saying he doesn't want raph doing it anymore #i want that bonding ep i want raph expressing that he's so glad his dad is doing better he wouldnt trade it for anything but #it also hurts so much!!! that he couldnt be before!!!#the friction of splinter who is very like leo in how he copes w stuff vs raph who carries responsibility SO seriously #and like look raph has absolutely forgiven splinter for being so detached he saw the memories he Gets It but #that doesnt mean the boys don't deserve apologies either yk #idk im not being as coherent as i wanna be about it bc it rly is such a complicated thing to get into #raph in the series so anxious and burdened so sure its not fair for him to lean on anyone #that he turns to MIND RAPH literally his own self and idk

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