Top 5 delusions in the TMNT universe

*Masked Ninja* · 10-04-2006, 07:46 PM

*puts on spoilsport armor*

The accent thing makes me wonder a bit, too. The only thing that would make sense is if Raph hangs out in Brooklyn a lot when he's having Alone Time... and I can see Mikey doing the surfer thing because he thought it was "cool."

But seeing as they learned English from a rat with a Japanese accent, that should be how they learned it.

Other language questions: how did they learn English? My Mask fanfic is dumb, yes, but at least it covered that... The only way Splinter could believeably have a Japanese accent in the first place was if he had the capabilty to learn a language pre-mutation, just not have the capability of actually speaking it. However, he did learn martial arts, so I suppose we just have to accept that he was a Very Special Rat.

Which in turn begs the question: what would have happened to him had Yoshi not died and Splinter had not been mutated? They'd have a cool little act there... like underground ratfights. Put a stray cat in the ring with Splinter and win a fortune when he kicks its butt. Or something.

Sorry. Just thinking out loud (or whatever)...

10-04-2006, 07:46 PM	#11
Masked Ninja Doodles TMNT for fun Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sploshin' through some sewer... Posts: 2,137	puts on spoilsport armor The accent thing makes me wonder a bit, too. The only thing that would make sense is if Raph hangs out in Brooklyn a lot when he's having Alone Time... and I can see Mikey doing the surfer thing because he thought it was "cool." But seeing as they learned English from a rat with a Japanese accent, that should be how they learned it. Other language questions: how did they learn English? My Mask fanfic is dumb, yes, but at least it covered that... The only way Splinter could believeably have a Japanese accent in the first place was if he had the capabilty to learn a language pre-mutation, just not have the capability of actually speaking it. However, he did learn martial arts, so I suppose we just have to accept that he was a Very Special Rat. Which in turn begs the question: what would have happened to him had Yoshi not died and Splinter had not been mutated? They'd have a cool little act there... like underground ratfights. Put a stray cat in the ring with Splinter and win a fortune when he kicks its butt. Or something. Sorry. Just thinking out loud (or whatever)...