May 11, 2024
Okay, so - hear me out here - Mikey is actually the oldest. He doesn't occupy the space of the eldest child in the family, he's still the youngest in that regard, but he's been alive the longest and Splinter just didn't think about it when he assigned their birthdays/ages. Raph was the biggest, so Splinter assumed he was the oldest, but he was only a tiny fraction of his full-grown size when mutated. Mikey was the smallest, but the closest to full-grown. And Donnie and Leo were about the same.
#flat fuck friday#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt donnie#rottmnt donatello#hamato donatello#rottmnt leo#rottmnt leonardo#hamato leonardo#rottmnt raph#rottmnt raphael#hamato raphael#rottmnt mikey#rottmnt michelangelo#hamato michelangelo#pre-mutation#turtle growth charts were consulted#sources are cited#not in mla but you can check my work!#raph is actually youngest#fight me#its adorable#hes still the big brother#the brother who is the biggest#but hes been alive the shortest time
