#raph 2k12

it's kinda sad to me how raph's anger is treated by his family. They're just like "bro chill out" but it's not that simple. I know how isolating it can be to be different from others in a way that you can't really describe or explain correctly, it's poignant and isolating. And his anger isn't a choice, but they don't really offer him much in the way of tools to manage his anger in the beginning. Sure, later he eventually gets a mantra from master splinter, but thats way later in his journey with managing his anger. And, like me, he doesn't know how to justify it, so he finds a way to justify it. He tells himself that his anger makes him a better fighter, but he's an impressive fighter regardless. He just can't understand why something that is so easy for his brothers is hard for him, and I feel that. I've never been as angry as raph, but I have been as lonely, and it truly is miserable. His brothers don't get him, that much is true. They don't seem to understand that he's not trying to be a problem, he's not trying to mess things up, it's just a part of him that he can't articulate, and that he has little means to control. It's a skill that he has to learn.

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