The relationship between the Turtles and humans

[Prowler]

As we all know, the Turtles live in the sewers because they can't just go out in broad daylight and let themselves be seen. They'd end up getting persecuted by the government and being subjected to scientific experiences and perhaps be put in some sort of zoo or something.

That being said, in most versions the Turtles usually seem to live years avoiding human contact with a success rate of 100% until they eventually meet April and thus get their first human friend. Ok in the FW series technically that was Splinter/Hamato Yoshi since he was originally a human, but they were already his pets quite sometime before the mutations and Splinter also was in a rough situation and couldn't really move out of the sewers, so it's not really the same thing.

Anyway, I think it's best for the Turtles not to have many human friends. April and Casey and plus maybe a couple of others are fine,but the rest of the human species they come in contact with should be divided into enemies or people they might help or cooperate in on certain circumstances. It should never reach a point of the turtles being able to go out in broad daylight without a disguise and being able to get jobs like they did in the FW series.general acceptance of the Turtles by society seems to make their existence a bit pointless. The Turtles should be viewed as "freaks" and made feel alone in the world.

I also think the Turtles should keep some misanthropic views and be distrustful of humans. Even in the FW series Raphael and Donatello had these sort of feelings for humans. And who can blame them? Try putting yourselves in their shoes. Honestly, I think if any animal gained human like intelligence he'd also eventually learn to hate humans. How do you suppose the Turtles feel about the way humans treat animals in general? Yeah...

Which is why I don't like the idea of the Turtles being full blown superheroes much, even though it obviously worked in the FW series.

So yeah, not more than a handful of human friends at best, I'd say.

Thoughts?