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Splinter being a good father, he still could not properly go through being mutated (his self-rejection passed onto kids) and being permanently separated from his family, WITHOUT THE FAMILY KNOWING. Deep depression evolved with time, kids try to be as interesting/good/ noticable as possible).

Leo tried hard to become a copy of his father to better understand him; works hard to be good at ninjitsu and Village’s missions in general, to make father (and the village) proud. Started parenting his sibs after learning about disfunctional families, seeing father’s struggle and wanting him to relax + his sibs to feel supported. DEEP AND RATIONAL THINKING, SELF-IGNORING, GREATER GOOD (consider God complex)

 Mikey set his goal to unleash what his father felt. Being not-so-mentally-sound, he finds feelings and emotions really simple. Is always aside his family members, trying to feel their minds, provide them comfort. Becoming unnoticeable with time, starts being loud and funny, also trying to distract everyone from negative emotions (even tho knowing it to be a bad tactic; it had more instant effect). Still not feeling properly seen, separates himself and turns to his minor hallucinations/other from a mental illnes.  Hormonal disbalance leads to major behavior swings. IN THE MOMENT, EVERYTHING GOES, ACTIVE INNER CONFLICT (copies personalities of fam members?)

Raph does not have patience for negative emotions (desperation, sadness). Impulsive and short tempered, bonding fast and hard, has the WORST separation anxiety out of all sibs. Initiates most fam activities, has them all together for meals, etc. Tries to get affirmations from his father, that he does the right things to make them all happy. Gets explosive when rejected/unnoticed. With time starts to ignore affirmations, acts in spite, still deeply caring of sibs, hoping for them to read thru his temper. NO PAUSE, INFERIORITY COMPLEX, STRONGEST SURVIVE

Donnie. Being easily overwhelmed, avoids much attention. Feels cared for when sibs take acts of silent attention. Father being too deep in his struggles, didn’t show much attention/acknowledging to Donnie, which made him feel unwanted/uncared for. Feels the least attached to Splinter out of all the kids. Does not take actions towards Splinter. Along with Mikey watches everyone, noticing tons of things, remembering them; sibs turn to him for advice/answer, deeming him the smartest in the world cuz of this. Feels above others since being used to everyone not being attentive to surroundings. Caught a special interest in engineering after hanging out with sum adult mutant. KNOW-IT-ALL, FOLLOWER, NO SETTLED OPINIONS?

Fam never had personal convos aside from spirit training, which led to the kids not being connected to father but naturally dependent on him as a parent figure. Poor communication inside their home, the Village does not have time to develop deeper relations but being a good coordinated community for shared goal, which turned into life goal/the only meaning for almost all of the mutants.