may i perhaps inquire about EVERYTHING YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR KIRBY AND RAPH'S RELATIONSHIP!!
cause i microwave the two of them sooo much I love them please yap about their co-dependency or anything about them id looove to hear it!!
this is the first REAL friend that he made all by himself. Im not counting the paper ninja because its not a real sentient person. But from the episode sparring partner, you can tell how he really wanted some kind of friend thats just his friend (AND GE WAS SO CARING TO THE PAPER NINJA, HES SUCH A GOOD FRIEND , HE DESERVED THAT FRIEND and he made one!).
Raph wanted a friend away from the family and kirby is that friend. Raph can talk to kirby about things he cant talk to anyone else about because the word would eventually spread around the family and it wouldnt be a secret anymore. (when I say family im including the caseys and april because they are a part of the family). Kirby isnt a judgy person, Kirby doesn’t know these other people, he sees raphs pov and raphs pov only, so its refreshing to talk to him. Raph can tell all the stories he wants to this new person who wasnt there and hasnt heard the story, and if kirby had heard the story already, he does NOT care.
This is until kirby does in fact meet the family and find out that he is in fact! related to them. So hes not an “outside friend” anymore, but Raph is overjoyed that Kirby can be part of the family. He does get jealous when kirby starts to get closer to his family but then again he was encouraging it the whole time. Its a classic you introduce two friends and they become close but they dont unfriend raph because raph is literally introducing his brother to his brothers and they are all brothers.
Raph is very territorial and protective of kirby (which is smth that leo donnie and mikey might not like so he gets it out on kirby and kirby doesnt mind it) He will get very worried about kirby for very valid reasons but likewise kirby will worry so much about raph for the most minimal unimportant stuff (but it could be important!)
AND KIRBY UNDERSTANDS HIS PROBLEMS MORE THAN ANYONE IN HIS FAMILY COULD because kirby has also gone through krangification, kirby knows all too well how it is and the physical and psychological problems it comes with. and later in theri friendship after kirby saves them from the double mutated arc, they can also help eachother with the different faces, they ALSO can relate to eachother bc their dads are both dead. Having. kirby to talk to is one of the things raph NEEDS. like if he didnt talk to kirby about his day one day he would tweak tf out.
and from KIRBY’s perspective
Raph literally saved him. Raph (and leo) found him after he ran away after being unkraangified and passed out (just for him to run away AGAIN, but they let him go). After after meeting “for the first time” again, Raph cared for him when he had nobody. Raph helped him with the nerve damage and fatigue that were results of the krangification by recommending him the things that helped him, also helping him recover from the physiological damage as best he could.
Kirby attaches himself to raph really really fast two reallys. Kirby has such low standards for friends since the only ones he had before were his baby sitter(doesnt count), his coworker at minotaurs pizza (who begrudgingly hung out w him), repo mantis (??? the bar is on the floor), and his dad. and not only did raph meet these standards, he EXCEEDED them, kirbys mind was blown at how kind and nice and thiughtful?? he was?? what world was he living in!
Raph sort of filled the void that his Kirby’s dad left but kirby would never tell him that. Raph became his neww person. and that entails kirby getting really fixated on how raph percieves him. Which doesnt become too much of a problem, simce raph is a very reassuring person, but it does come up sometimes.
Raph also comforts kirby very well. Yk how raph during the show, he always made an effort to brighten the situation but it never really hit with anyone? well it hit for kirby. Raphs presence made him feel safe for the first time since the invasion and that feeling of comfort never really left. And raph also subtly helped kirby get out of bad habits of not sleeping and not eating well, by just generally painting those things as positive and encouraging it when the time is right. for example this would be a conversation “kirby did you sleep last night” “no” “well uhh heh I think sleep was pretty cool😅😅” and kirby would not catch on and just be like “💭yeah… maybe raph is right.. Im going to sleep tn!💭”
Even after Kirby joins the team, raph is still his favorite. Raph was ever so encouraging when introducing everyone and trying to help kirby built relationships with them. Raph kinda retaught kirby how to socialize after the repo job (repo mantis basically showed this homeschooled kid that iteracting w peopls is to be tough and intimidating and demanding smth at all times, which is NOTT a good mindset to be in.
They really relate to eachother so much that if they didnt have that they would go insane, they would each just feel lonely (even though they would still have other brothers (and sister) but lonely in that they would be alone in their expiriences). They give eachother things that matter so much to the other person but doesnt take much effort to give. for example kirby is just naturally a good listener and naturally matches his freak which matters so much to raph and it there was no concious effort from kirby to do that. And raph could bring kirby back from a breakdown with ease, with just his very presence. They mutually provide for eachother and its like perfect harmony. oh and dont get me wring they do NOT just vent to eachother all the time they are so silly like 80% of the time. Their senses of humor collide so well.
tcest dni they are brothers this is all platonic
