#tmnt mg backstory shit

[mikittalabs]

ya know something i realized i have not made clear at all about mikey is that i did not make him responsible so i could frame it as a wholly positive thing.

like in the grocery store incident aftermath, it is very neat that he can help leo through a panic attack, but he is 16. until then, the turtles have had like silly sibling arguments with each other and the occasional "oh shit human almost spotted me" moment while on the surface with splinter.

i mean mikey's been running errands for years by that point, he cooks for everyone, cleans, settles any random arguments leo and raph have gotten into, he's basically a 2nd parent. he is 16. splinter's got a ton of baggage that i'm like, almost ready to just dump unceremoniously on here lol and it has definitely affected all of his children, but mikey is the oldest.

mikey is splinter's favorite. i mean wouldn't everyone like a kid that can act as a stand-in for emotional support and can do all the chores? that's so cool and totally not emotional abuse and parentification or whatever.

i mean i guess i alluded to it in the one-shot itself, but ya know, probably could've spent a bit more time introducing yall to these characters until i threw you into the deep end lmao.