Wow, and not in a good way...

Please update soon, this book is amazing!~

Jeesus. Majority of this fic pendulumed between fluffy feel good and me going ‘poor Raphael’. But this final chapter I honestly cried. Beautiful writing.

I LOVED this... I especially love chapter 3 where it was all Raph & Splinter’s dynamic. And the emotional rawness in the later chapters was just moving. Amazing job, this is one of my new favorites!

It's a sad childhood
You describe for Raphael
But with such talent

Your words are flowing
His pain excruciating
Thanks for sharing it

I love this story
It has so many talents
Inside the great words.
what do you think of my Haiku awesome...not so awesome anyways great story but in a few earlier chapters words joined together for example: Slpintersaid so maybe go back and fix them but besides from that I quite like it.
:):);)

Whew... I am exhausted by grief after this, feeling much like Splinter (I imagine) after reading Raphael's notebook. So much suffering for one child to bear alone. Self-hatred is all-consuming, and Raphael doesn't have hope that anything will ever get better. The desperation of his words, the terrible cry for help that he knows will never come and feels he does not deserve if it should. He is trapped in a prison of his own making and cannot escape, because he can run away from everything, but himself. Such darkness and despair is overwhelming in one so young. Raphael sounds on the ragged edge of suicide to me. I'm trying, trying, trying to understand Splinter's abject horror at seeing his son's spirit bleed away. Something must be done before it is too late. At least now Splinter has a real grasp of just how serious Raphael's condition is.

This is some deep, disturbing stuff you've written here, but you handle the subject matter like a master. I applaud your effort and insight into a matter few can understand or face. Looking forward to the next chapter.

The whole story was flawless, i am so moved by this story and i literally want to cry. I always knew that raph was a complex character and seeing the relationship between him and splinter in this creative way was amazing. You actually gave me chills, this is amazing and please write more and consider being an author because you are extremely talented. Well done, i will definitely read again.

Poor Raph! I feel so bad for him. *heart breaks a little* :(

I love how you write Splinter though, he's so awesome!

This story made me cry so many times. I cried through the whole thing. My world is too wet, now. Thank you for writing this! It is beautiful. 3

Love this story! Is there still more to come or is it finished? Nice to see some Splinter and Raph interaction

Your writing here is so raw and painful. My friend who cut herself before-she's okay now-it was just like this. I'm tearing up here.

I came across you via Tumblr through one of another fics. Now that I have found your writing, I find I'm simply devastated by the emotional complexity of it. I am rather thankful for the randomness of the internet for people of like minds and thoughts to come together in unexpected ways and be enriched for it.

This is a truly touching and well written story! I love your Raphael and Splinter in this and the way Splinter tries to help his son. His fatherly love is so well to feel though your words. As a teen I once stumbled in such a situation like Mike did with Raph, when discovering my friend cutting herself. Thats just shock and pain and anger, feeling helpless and anxious to ever leave the loved person alone again. You really capture the feelings and thoughts and fears of the different characters so well. Please continue this story soon.

BRB WEEPING