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I love Splinter’s characterisation in ROTTMNT, and I really do sympathise with the rat man but DAMN as someone who grew up without emotional support I don’t view him as a good father.

Is he a good person who went through a lot of shit which is most likely the reason for his behaviour? Yes, absolutely.

But is he a good father? I don’t think so.

Personally I see it as a ‘good person ≠ good parent’, or a ‘sometimes people aren’t emotionally ready to care for another being, especially if they haven’t even learnt to care for themselves’.

At the end of the day, Splinter never made the choice to raise four people, and that has to be acknowledged, but God if Donnies speech in ‘Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad or Rat Man’ (ep.39) about how Splinter had used him and how desperate at the turtles were just to get a hug from their DAD in ‘Late Fee’ (ep.24) doesn’t just break me because DONNIE DOESNT EVEN LIKE HUGS BUT IS STILL RUNNING AROUND NEW YORK WITH HIS BROTHERS JUST TO GET ANY SIGN OF AFFECTION FROM HIS FATHER, THAT, AND how it’s a running joke that Donnie literally just wants approval from ‘a parent aged adult’

THAT IS WHAT BREAKS ME PEOPLE.

(And yes, I realise that this is almost exclusively using Donnie as an example but that’s just because that’s the most obvious stuff that comes to mind)

Soooo yeah, rat man is a cool person and all but god if I do not FEEL how how his absence has negatively impacted his children, because goddamit you know that’s where all their insecurities come from.

I think a lot of people mistake Sunny's resilience and hope in the face of a miserable and bleak scenario as childlike innocence and her not fully comprehending the danger of it all. Her optimism is a response to the pessimistic and nihilistic world around her. She truly believes in the prophecy. It has to work. That's what they've suffered all this time for. Everyone. There will be peace on Pyrrhia and it'll be delivered by her and her friends.

Her own arc in her book, about rising above the expectations placed on her and proving herself as dragon of worth, was foreshadowed a lot with how the DoD treated her. They themselves infantalized her despite being unaware of it. They believed Sunny to be weak and helpless. The little, tiny sister who needs to be protected.

Despite this, she's strong. She's smart, observant, and even Clay mentioned that she's a great fighter because she takes advantage of her small stature and people underestimating her. She isn't childish, but rather she believes that they'll pull through. That they'll bring peace. In the end? They do just that.

Sunny's optimism I feel is a nice breath of fresh air. A lot of protagonists like her go through hell and back and become a lot more jaded. Her? It's her hope for a better future that keeps her going. Even in the darkest of situations, when she should breakdown and succumb to the overwhelming misery of war and tragedy, she. keeps. going. She believes. Despite the cynicism of the DoD, even with Clay at times feeling despondent, she continues. She moves onward. She fights.

And...she wins. Peace is achieved on Pyrrhia. The prophecy came true.

“I love complex characters” none of you could even handle Cameron

oh that furry you dislike has a weird kink? yeah what about it? oh she makes furries look gross? why, wh-

ohhhhhh she’s trans. gotcha. i see what’s happening here