#its so fucking stupid that practically EVERY fanfic delving into their past is like “and he never did ANYTHING for them!”

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im about to piss off a bunch of people but

im so fucking tired of people completely misinterpreting rottmnt splinter

rise splinter wasnt a great dad and he definitely wasnt always there, especially as they get older. he WASNT and i KNOW that. thats canon. the more independent they seemed, the more he pulled away, seemingly more and more as the years went on. and thats not good!!

but he wasnt so fucking neglectful that as a kid RAPH was the one going out and getting them food, and he did spend time with his kids when they were little

we know this because of several memories that are shown of them as little kids where hes cherishing them and nurturing their passions

and we know that raph wasnt the one getting them the shit they needed because RAPH WASNT ALLOWED TO GO PLACES ON HIS OWN UNTIL HE WAS 13!!! THERE WAS A WHOLE EPISODE ABOUT MIKEY'S FIRST "SOLO MISSION" THAT WAS BASICALLY JUST HIM RUNNING AN ERRAND (PICKING UP A GAME THEYD PURCHASED) AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE LINES DEDICATED TO HOW RAPH WENT ON H I S FIRST SOLO MISSION WHEN H E WAS MIKEYS AGE AT THE TIME (THIRTEEN!!!!!) so CLEARLY!!!! THAT MEANS THAT AT ABSOLUTE EARLIEST, RAPH WOULDNT BE THE PERSON GETTING FOOD FOR EVERYONE UNTIL HE WAS THIRTEEN, WHICH YES!!! IF THAT HAPPENED, THATS BAD!!!! BUT ITS NOT AS BAD AS IF BABY RAPH WERE MADE TO DO THAT AND PEOPLE ACT LIKE BABY RAPH WAS MADE TO DO THAT!!!!! AND ITS NOT EVEN CANON EITHER WAY SO WHY IS IT SO FUCKING WIDELY ACCEPTED????

and im sorry for shouting but it pisses me the FUCK off that every other time i read a fic with a great concept i get part of the way in and then it turns into "and splinter never does anything for the boys" because no. thats not true. he didnt do ENOUGH for the boys and there are CLEAR indications that he did less and less as time went on. but he DID DO THINGS FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE

and then its shown that, once his secrets have been revealed and they know who he is/was and whatnot. he slowly but surely starts to try to connect with them more again!! and sure. he fucks it up sometimes. but its an arc in which he gets better as time goes on!!!

and the thing is. it wouldnt bother me if some interpretations of him had him never being there for his kids. like. yeah. sure. fan interpretation. but when its SO FUCKING MANY when thats not whats shown in canon??? like. yes. he wasnt a good dad. he was, even, a bad dad a lot of the time. but he wasnt even HALF as bad as WAY TOO MANY people seem to want to portray him, to the point where i have to fucking SLOG through various fanworks to find one that even REMOTELY resembles an accurate level of how he acted!!! and im just fucking tired of it. i want to see versions of splinter where he and his kids deal with the shit he actually did, which would be SO MUCH MORE FUCKING SATISFYING!!! LET ME SEE HIM LEARN AND FROM FROM HIS ACTUAL FUCK UPS. not some made up BS that you decided to tack on for fucking. extra angst and extra daddy issues!!! trust me, what he did as is was bad enough to cause them issues WITHOUT needing more shit piled on!!!!!

#im not tagging this with the main tags because i dont want to toss negativity in the tags but im fucking pissed off #its so fucking stupid that practically EVERY fanfic delving into their past is like “and he never did ANYTHING for them!” #when he DID #he didnt do ENOUGH but you cant act like he did NOTHING #HE IS NOT A BLACK AND WHITE CHARACTER WHO CAN BE VIEWED AS “PERFECTLY GOOD DAD” OR “UNFORGIVABLY BAD DAD” #AND BY TRYING TO PORTRAY HIM EITHER WAY!!! INSTEAD OF AS THE FUCKED UP MESS OF TRAUMA HE IS!!! #YOU ARE DOING THE ENTIRE SHOW A DISSERVICE!!!!!!