#1MichelangeloFan

This might be my first potentially controversial post, not trying to call anyone out with this just something I've noticed over the years. Some people in the 2012 fandom have a tendency to demonize Splinter. I've seen it on many different occasions, like calling him abusive, or a bad father, and other more specific examples. Personally? I feel like that's a complete misunderstanding of his character.

Is he perfect? No, obviously not. He's a traumatized man who has his moments where he struggles, of course he's not. But I wouldn't consider him a bad father by any means.

I think the most common arguments I see is the way he'll smack them, or the pressure he puts on Leo's shoulders. For the first argument, you have to keep in mind that they aren't a normal family. They're trained fighters whose lives are constantly in peril. It's been shown that Splinter is deeply terrified of losing his sons, and not being able to save them. It's why he's so hard on them. He's teaching them how to FIGHT, he's going to have to land hits on them at some point, and he's never seriously hurt them. Also, if they're being stupid, that could get them killed in battle. He's trying to keep that from happening.

That's also the reason why he's so hard on Leo I think. He wants to make sure they're as prepared as they can be since he won't always be there to defend them. Which, yes, can mean he's putting too much on the shoulders of his 15 year old son, it's not a good thing that he's always doing that. But his fears can sometimes manifest in actions and decisions that are sometimes too harsh, the show has shown us this before.

In the end, he's simply a father trying to protect his sons in the ways he understands. He might not be the warmest interpretation of Splinter (though I'm not entirely sure how many of the fans that say this are multi-iteration fans), but he very clearly loves the turtles.

And heck, I wouldn't even say this is the most morally grey version of Splinter! If you want to see a Splinter who makes a LOT of mistakes and does a lot of bad things out of both trauma responses and a (sometimes warped) sense of love and duty, read the IDW comics. That version of Splinter has done things that chased away multiple of his sons on multiple occasions, but I STILL consider him to be a loving, yet complicated character.

There's also Rise Splinter who starts out pretty neglectful at the start of the series, completely shut out from people. Of course, that changes over the course of the series. One of the most unique takes on him I think!

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Carolina Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin centrata), family Emydidae, South Carolina, USA

Vulnerable.

Diamondback terrapins live in coastal salt marshes along the east coast of the U.S.

These turtles were caught, weighed, measured, and released as part of a scientific study.

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Tmnt 2012 fanfic rewrite

She paints every parts of her Polaroid pictures with a beautiful purple

tmnt 2003 → Dark future centered on Donatello

tmnt 2012 → Chaotic future centered on Raphael

rottmnt → Dangerous future centered on Leonardo

The Last Ronin → Devastating future centered on Michelangelo

1. A Leonardo from your chosen iteration talks with The last Ronin Mikey

2. Take inspiration from the funniest joke a show or comic have made. (Bonus point if you can add a twist, but not necessary)

3. Battle Nexus dimension

4. If Jennika had a role in another iteration than IDW and met Raph

5. Future Splinter meets younger Splinter (I would love to read this one)

6. Fight scene where the underdog is clearly outmatched in raw power, but still finds a way to win

7. Christmas special

8. Raph x Alopex (My autocorrect slipped? Oh welp, guess it’s now written in stone and can’t be deleted. That must really suck. Dammit.)

9. Casey Jones family

10. Turtle training session gone wrong

11. Karai in her daily life

12. Take inspiration from a scene that touched you

13. What if Mikey was the leader?

14. Gladiator fight

15. The two most opposite characters you can think of has to work together on a mission

16. Splinter and the turtles are evil and the enemies are the heroes

17. What if Baxter Stockman raised the turtles?

18. What if Donnie was the leader?

19. Bebop and Rocksteady

20. A day in the zombie apocalypse

21. Halloween special

22. LeoSagi (whaaat? Am I biased? Nooooo… This is only to help you, no other intentions)

23. Valentine’s Day

24. A story that happens in space.

25. Punk frogs (Hot take, but I’m not a fan of them in IDW and especially not in 2012, so please write them interestingly😭🙏)

26. Girls night, except they just do badass missions and saves the day (or wreck havoc, whatever fits them, preferably the latter)

27. Write a story from a TMNT OC’s perspective

28. Take inspiration of the lyrics to your favorite song (Only SFW)

29. April doing journalism

30. Donnie chooses to strike and not do any convenient at home tech until his brothers apologize/respect him