Thread:Gilgameshkun/@comment-16581186-20151129161318/@comment-995426-20151130002943

Not necessarily, no. It also depends on individual, community, culture... And terms like "brother" have a long history in male bonding symbolism, including in gay society and culture. In centuries past certain same-sex unions were called terms like Greek adelphopoiesis and French affrèrement, both of which roughly mean "enbrotherment," based on the understanding that a couple loves one another for life (similarly to brothers, but more intimately).

To be honest, Slash's use of "brother" is very reminiscent of Archie Slash's peculiar language patterns, and the way he addressed all other humanoid turtles as "cousin." It doesn't have to make immediate sense, but it's not far-fetched socially. 2K12 Slash having that speech pattern out of thin air makes about as much sense as him instantly knowing how to speak perfect sentences as soon as he mutated. Who knows&mdash;maybe he was always slightly mutant before then. The cause of mutant powers of speech is one detail all the TMNT works have more or less glossed over.