TMNT Season 2 Official Info Thread

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by FrostXxBitex

Because they aren't related biologically, legally and even psychologically?

Originally Posted by FrostXxBitex

This post is pretty informative on the situation

http://event0horizon.tumblr.com/post...dings-becoming

That post uses "If it used human DNA as an evolutionary guideline..." or "If there was a lot of splicing" which I think is a science far beyond what any of the creators/storywriters even dreamed of. What Nick has done was simply merge the characteristics together and make their features even more random and selective as the series progressed (i.e. intelligence of mutants and bizarre habits [the squirrelanodis]); what the exact scientific mechanism is anybody's guess.

...But the point is that the DNA came from Hamato Yoshi (that we are assuming) and not another random human, and as small as the DNA might be, it makes the Turtles a "part" of Hamato Yoshi in some sense because the Turtles are using his DNA as a template/guideline/source. These Turtles are one degree of genetic separation from Hamato Yoshi, as is Karai, despite how much or little genetic content is there which could classify the Nick LeoXKarai as incest from a genetic family tree perspective.

Psychologically, I don't agree with their point because if that's the case, should we assume that if some long lost adopted sibling arrives back to his/her original home after he/she was abducted, and comes back after 15 years, that he/she is "romantically fair game" then? Since the adopted child and the new children did not psychologically develop together? Um... that's awkward... since Splinter considers both Karai and the Turtles as his children. Otherwise, why would the Turtles call Splinter "father" then?

I got a chuckle out of this:

Putting aside that they’re mutants, Splinter never officially adopted them or went through the paperwork—though I suppose he’s got a receipt from the pet store.

...So, legally and on paper, they aren’t siblings.

Soooo Splinter was supposed to go to the government, and then file and sign paperwork for his mutant Turtles that humanity is terrified of? ...While he was a mutant rat himself huh? Pfft...

Wow this Nick show is certainly going to some strange depths as with the defense of the Turtles' depictions. You got Leo having an incest crush on Karai, Donnie behaving like a stalker toward April, Mikey eating a trash covered pizza and being a semi-cannibal in eating Pizza Face... did any of us have to try to convince ourselves (to this extent) that these things were all "normal" in other TMNT depictions? Ironically it seems that Nick Raph is the most well-adjusted, or "normal" Turtle here.