Thread:Sonicisawesome2448/@comment-995426-20160128044156/@comment-995426-20160130134925

The sheer tenderness of the "Slash are you okay?" scene in Clash of the Mutanimals was a rare outlier after season 2 ended. For the rest of the season, Raph appeared to act very distantly to Slash, which felt unusually cold to me. When Raph saw Slash was hurt in Dinosaur Seen in Sewers, Raph didn't show the same tenderness as before.

As for The Alien Agenda, I had a different impression entirely. I should point out that Leo called Karai "sister," but Raph never called Karai "sister" or "sweetheart." Instead, they catfought a lot, and Raph even had a cute "talk to the hand" moment. But also in that episode, I kept noticing how Raph kept making catty comments at Leo in reference to his Karai infatuation. "Look Leo, the Kraang are on our side!" And at the end of the episode back in the lair, I thought his last comment was just rubbing it in one more time in his own Raph-like way. I mean, of course Leo thought Karai was hot, but "in an evil sort of a way" was a perfect tease to show how absurd Leo's judgment had been. I'm gay, and that's something I might have done in that situation too.

And that's who Raph was for me&mdash;he was catty and liked to sass people close to him. I can be much the same way real in real life.