Splinter has Nobody

[Sage Ninja]

You know I just thought of the fact that the turtles all have some one to relate to or has a friend to comfind in or some one that they have a crush on...except Splinter.

I mean we spend so much time analising the turtles complex relationships and how they are lacking in some form or another, but really the one character that has no one to relate to on any level is Splinter. He is a mutant too and unlike the turtles (who are the same age as each other, and can at least interact with one another) he has no one. I mean the other turtles have each other and can relate with each other on different levels, and in addition to that each turtle has at least one friend out side their family to interact with.

Raphael has Casey and to a lesser extent that Tricertron guy

Donatello has April, Leather Head, and Professor Honeycutt

Leonardo has Usagi

Michelangelo has Klunk

Splinter doesn't have any body. There isn't any body his own age or on the same maturity level or common interest that he can interact with. Who does he have? Four rambuctious teenagers who act as his sons not his friends (at least not on a peer level). Poor Splinter