Post by Master Splinter on Nov 20, 2019 11:24:47 GMT -5
-- While Splinter can have many good moments with Leonardo and agrees with Leonardo the most, he refuses to pick favorites. He picked Leonardo as leader due to Leonardo's natural willingness to protect others and go out of his way for his brothers. That said he values all his children for many reasons. He values Leonardo for the aforementioned good natured and noble outlook, he values raphael for his courage and loyalty, he values Donatello for his intelligence and determination and he values Michelangelo's compassionate and friendly spirit.
-- Speaking of Michelangelo, while the youngest does tend to test his patience and tends to lack a lot of focus Splinter adores him. Michelangelo is very different from him and splinter can struggle with that. But again, Splinter adores Michelangelo and wouldn't change his baby for the world. When mikey was a baby/toddler/young boy, Splinter connected with him constantly and would constantly give him affection. But now as mikey is older splinter worries that mikey needs to grow independent and sometimes avoids it to get mikey to grow up a bit. But when mikey really needs him/is upset/gets pushed around more often by his brothers, Splinter will be immensely affectionate and go out of his way to defend mikey.
-- Splinter used to be very similar to raphael as a teenager/young adult. He would lose his temper often. Which is why when saki kept insulting him he let his temper control him and hurt saki. He regrets that moment and the choices he's made and is worried raphael will go to a similar path. He believes that some of saki's anger towards him is deserved.
-- Splinter is pretty hip to technology, he understands how to control a lot of appliances. That being said he has a hard time understanding the internet and certain slang. The slang he does understand he will use to lighten the mood
-- Splinter will never admit this but one of his favorite movies is Walt Disney's Cinderella.
-- Splinter is susceptible to crying during shows and movies but he doesn't want to admit that.
-- He loves cheese. No seriously. He knows it's a bit of a stereotype but he doesn't care. He loves cheese.
-- Splinter doesn't like it because he wants to give a brave face for his children but Victor Falco's attacks traumatized him. Victor was the closest to genuinely breaking his spirit thanks to brainwashing him. When Victor forced him to attack Michelangelo it traumatized him so badly that he tried to avoid Michelangelo for a couple days, saying he was unstable. Michelangelo visited him and begged him to spend time with him, Splinter couldn't resist and agreed, and the two talked and Splinter vowed to mikey he would control himself next time. He's worried victor, if he wasn't dead, would make him break his promise.
-- Splinter knew from the very beginning his son Donatello had a crush on april. Then again Donny was too obvious already. He thought it was harmless until Donny started to promise he would find a way to make april love him. That scared him, because he worried that Donny would become like saki and his obsession with tang shen. So he nipped it in the bud any chance he could get. Thankfully his methods worked and Donatello became a lot more restrained and well behaved.
-- Splinter when he was a child was scared of cats, he's grown out of this. He has a fear of needles though that he has to work on still.
-- When he and saki was much younger, he would comfort saki due to saki's fear of thunder and lightning. The only one who is afraid of thunder and lightning as a child was Donatello and even though it gave a sour taste in his mouth, splinter didn't hesitate to comfort Donatello also. Donatello thankfully grew out of it much faster than saki did.
-- Splinter prefers tea but will accept coffee, if it's creamed and with sugar.
-- Splinter is very in tune with Japanese mythology, enjoying the stories and researching on them.
-- Splinter wants to be much closer with karai, and feels regret for not being in her life, but he also wants her to life her own life thanks to being manipulated for so long. Unbeknownst to him, karai wants the exact same thing.
-- Speaking of Michelangelo, while the youngest does tend to test his patience and tends to lack a lot of focus Splinter adores him. Michelangelo is very different from him and splinter can struggle with that. But again, Splinter adores Michelangelo and wouldn't change his baby for the world. When mikey was a baby/toddler/young boy, Splinter connected with him constantly and would constantly give him affection. But now as mikey is older splinter worries that mikey needs to grow independent and sometimes avoids it to get mikey to grow up a bit. But when mikey really needs him/is upset/gets pushed around more often by his brothers, Splinter will be immensely affectionate and go out of his way to defend mikey.
-- Splinter used to be very similar to raphael as a teenager/young adult. He would lose his temper often. Which is why when saki kept insulting him he let his temper control him and hurt saki. He regrets that moment and the choices he's made and is worried raphael will go to a similar path. He believes that some of saki's anger towards him is deserved.
-- Splinter is pretty hip to technology, he understands how to control a lot of appliances. That being said he has a hard time understanding the internet and certain slang. The slang he does understand he will use to lighten the mood
-- Splinter will never admit this but one of his favorite movies is Walt Disney's Cinderella.
-- Splinter is susceptible to crying during shows and movies but he doesn't want to admit that.
-- He loves cheese. No seriously. He knows it's a bit of a stereotype but he doesn't care. He loves cheese.
-- Splinter doesn't like it because he wants to give a brave face for his children but Victor Falco's attacks traumatized him. Victor was the closest to genuinely breaking his spirit thanks to brainwashing him. When Victor forced him to attack Michelangelo it traumatized him so badly that he tried to avoid Michelangelo for a couple days, saying he was unstable. Michelangelo visited him and begged him to spend time with him, Splinter couldn't resist and agreed, and the two talked and Splinter vowed to mikey he would control himself next time. He's worried victor, if he wasn't dead, would make him break his promise.
-- Splinter knew from the very beginning his son Donatello had a crush on april. Then again Donny was too obvious already. He thought it was harmless until Donny started to promise he would find a way to make april love him. That scared him, because he worried that Donny would become like saki and his obsession with tang shen. So he nipped it in the bud any chance he could get. Thankfully his methods worked and Donatello became a lot more restrained and well behaved.
-- Splinter when he was a child was scared of cats, he's grown out of this. He has a fear of needles though that he has to work on still.
-- When he and saki was much younger, he would comfort saki due to saki's fear of thunder and lightning. The only one who is afraid of thunder and lightning as a child was Donatello and even though it gave a sour taste in his mouth, splinter didn't hesitate to comfort Donatello also. Donatello thankfully grew out of it much faster than saki did.
-- Splinter prefers tea but will accept coffee, if it's creamed and with sugar.
-- Splinter is very in tune with Japanese mythology, enjoying the stories and researching on them.
-- Splinter wants to be much closer with karai, and feels regret for not being in her life, but he also wants her to life her own life thanks to being manipulated for so long. Unbeknownst to him, karai wants the exact same thing.