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Originally Posted by iris
At least "wards" implies a guardian relationship. He aslo called them his students, which is true, but not as nice to hear as "sons".
I feel lucky to have never picked up on the idea that they were "friends" when I was young... I just assumed Splinter was the papa. I guess that in that storyline the turtles were Hamato Yoshi's friends just as the rats were. :p
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Originally Posted by Ryona
Meh. Not something I ever noticed when I was a kid, and to be honest, it's still something that doesn't strike me as a big deal. And like Iris said, back then I just interpreted Splinter as the father-figure anyway.
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Originally Posted by Masked Ninja
Yes... I have Volume One and it bothers me that Splinter refers to the Turtles as "my students" or "disciples," as if he was merely their trainer that happened to live with them.
Of course, I find the whole "family" aspect of TMNT to be the most appealing, so there you go. I just like to think of that as Splinter being formal and that he actually is their father figure. I don't like Leo's constant "but Master Splinter said..." in the show, but it would be even worse if Splinter wasn't even acting as their father.
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Yeah, me too. I think the movies helped me formulate that idea. Looking back, i also see the guys always calling eachother by the full name in the OT, Leonardo, Donatello and so on. It was the movie that may have helped me as a child cement the "family" relationship. Splinter called them his sons. The acted and called each other brother. They used the shortened forms of the names, which in my childhood role playing we all used. So as mucgh as the show never gave off that family vibe, maybe the movies made up for it.