Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20150930020647/@comment-995426-20151015193952

Some things occurred to me, gradually, after reading those spoilers in that link.

Are we to believe that now the show suddenly cares about long-term character development and growth, after they spent most of season 3 making it painfully clear they don't really care about it?

And another thing. Dealing with the permanent death of a loved one could make for some good character development if handled well. But that's part of the process of growing up, and this series keeps the characters artificially fixed to the same age they were when the show started three years ago. Annihilation Earth demonstrated that, indeed, 1 season = 1 year in-universe. But if that's true, the turtles should now be about 18 years old, not still 15 years old (as Mikey indicated in The Croaking). If they're going to be 15 forever, what's the point of writing storylines about personal growth?

This entire thing smells fishy to me.

They really should age into their adulthood and into their 20s, then the T.M.N.T. can still be the Twentysomething Mutant Ninja Turtles, before they become the Thirtysomething Mutant Ninja Turtles. Not until they turn 40 will they become the F.M.N.T.&mdash;the Fortysomething Mutant Ninja Turtles.