#tmnt:hme splinter

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CW: Transphobia/Implied Transphobia, inner transphobia

A Splinter-centric comic?? In MY TMNT:HME?? More likely than you think.

All jokes aside, the reason this is just a sketch is because the au ain't about him and his struggles :/ sorry Splinter, but I'm trying to be less apologetic about your behavior so you get the sketch treatment

Anyway, I mentioned previously that Mikey has heard Splinter cry after one of these interactions and this is why. The other reason is that he has pretty bad anxiety and is constantly worried about what Leo is putting into his body - despite the fact that Leo hasn't started testosterone SPECIFICALLY because of how secretive he'd have to be :/

Splinter: omg it is literally just a phase, everyone wishes they could be the opposite sex >:(

TMNT:HME Masterpost

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Question since splinter is transphobic(?) does he still refer Leo to she/her?(or opposite) If so has he ever Heard like raph,Donnie or Mikey refer to leo Ms he/him and What wen his reaction

He does still use she/her pronouns when referring to Leo. Leo came out to him a while back but Splinter basically pretends it never happened. He does say Blue instead of Leo's dead name, though, sort of as a way to keep him happy ( there's actually a whole reason for this that I'm gonna make a comic about later ).

Splinter's reactions to Leo being trans are not from a place of maliciousness, but rather fear. So he is trying to not only keep Leo happy, but also still 'prove his point' IG.

The boys generally try to keep discussions of Leo's pronouns as vague as possible around Splinter, so they'll either say Blue, point at him, or use words like 'sibling' instead of gendered terms. The occasions where they have used he/him pronouns in front of Splinter, he has just sort of turned and stormed out of the room. ( and one time Mikey heard him crying a bit through the wall, but again he's got this whole other thing going on )

They just don't want to get in trouble. There was also a brief period where they actually forgot entirely and Leo had to be like ' guys did you forget '