Beating plowshares into swords

[greenygal]

So I've been rewatching the TMNT cartoon all week, and it's a lot of fun, really, but I think I need to ratchet my suspension of disbelief up a little higher. I'm sitting here watching these emotional scenes where Leo's all depressed because he got beat up and lost his swords, and Raphael's going, well, hey, I bet you'd feel better if we made new

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[neotoma]

"My son, I present you with these swords. Bear them proudly and care for them well--I had to win a most vicious bidding war to get them."

That'd make for a hilarious story, though.

[greenygal]

It is not totally out of the question! They do have Internet access, and I'm sure Donatello could fix up an eBay account; Splinter is not the most technically savvy person around, but this is important! His son's training is at stake! And also there is free shipping! I'm not sure what they'd do about a delivery address, but given the ease with which giant turtles seem to walk Manhattan (you would be amazed what a knit cap and a trenchcoat conceals) they might be able to use a PO box. A katana's the kind of thing they probably want you to sign for, though. Defeated by postal restrictions!

(Possibly one of the reasons they were so happy to befriend April was her possession of a street address. I bet tech journals and comic book shipments and books on Japanese culture started arriving almost immediately.)

[anonymous]

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