Mikey's relationships

[Sage Ninja]

I've watched this show with a friend. She likes it alot and she and I have had a few conversations about the relationships the turtles have with each other and with the other characters on the show, and we had gotten around to talking about Mikey and his relationships. And she pointed out that Mikey is in desperate need of a friend who isn't his three brothers. And I agree. Almost all characters that come across him thinks he is annoying or show some signs of exesperation with him. It's like no one sees him as anything but a nusance that has to be put up with except for a few people, and even those few people act like they are some what just humouring him than anything else. I guess what bugs me is that Mikey doesn't really have any equal relationships with any one on the show; he is eighther annoying pest of a brother, hyper active aquantence, or star struck admirier.

I think Mikey needs to meet some who isn't a disiplined warrior, or science guy or badass, I don't think Mikey really indentifies with these types ( and i don't think these types "get" him), and unfortunately thats all the turtles ever seem to come across. I think Mikey would benefit with some one to indentify with on a equal basis who has the same interests and personality as him. Some one who isn't a warrior but a normal teenager who likes comics and video games and super hereos and shares some of his quirky characteristics. And I know most people would say that he has this with Silver Sentry but I really see his relationship with Silver Sentry like hero worship and admiration of a person he looks up to and wants to be like than a friendship, also even though Silver Sentry seems to respect Mikey sometimes I get the impression that he is amused by him or is just humouring him.