Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20151111163045/@comment-27062516-20160315010043

Julian14bernardino wrote: Well if they destroy the Heart of Darkness, the Earth will still be there and Master Splinter will still be alive once more as long as the Turtles defeat both the Triceratons and Lord Dregg. Except "Tale of the Yokai" established that the series lives under the time travel rule that fate/history can't be cheated. It was the same with "Gargoyles" and it was an ambitious and more mature series just like how the creators of this series are trying to be. Obviously, I know how beguiling the conclusion of AE was but it's going to be interesting how they can get around what was established in TotY without cheating, if any. My guess is that Episode 13 will be called 'Deus Ex Machina' due to something like that will have to happen...not to mention that it's going to be Honeycutt's last episode of course so the title will also fit in this way.

They may also go the Terminator route and have the turtles not completely stop the annihilation of Earth but only postpone it just like Judgement Day in the first three Terminators. When the situation may raise its head again, that's what they'll have to be vigilant for.