My Mom and Dad would play all the Mario games on the original and Super NES systems when we were kids and we would watch in the living room. The best memory was my parents would sit in folding chairs in front of the tv playing Super Mario 2 and my little brother was around 3 and they would get to the rat boss and he would crawl under their chairs and cry, "No, Don't kill Mickey!" everytime they played. They still tease him to this day and he is 34.
The OG Raphael was my first crush. He was strong, hot headed and even when he was pissed at his brothers he would always have their backs...or shells lol. I am a Gemini and I see a lot of myself in him we are both loyal af, can fight, bottle our emotions until we explode but we are hot headed.