Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20151226215147/@comment-26132616-20160103191037

Julian14bernardino wrote: GoldMutant wrote: Oh, I believe Splinter is returning soon; after all, the 80s Turtles are crossing with the Nick TMNT soon, that's easily going to be the two parter. Remember how Northampton had everyone believing it was 13 episodes? (It still might though) We might very well be close to done with this arc faster than we think. Splinter will return soon when the space arc is done. The Turtles need to collect three pieces of the black hole generator/Heart of Darkness. I'm aware of this. I'm just saying the arc is nearing an abrupt conclusion if last season was an indication. Besides I don't trust Splinter saying dead, here's something I wrote a while back somewhere else:

''"I'm going to ignore the novel for this as it's easier, but looking back, the show really hasn't built off it's depressing moments. I've mentioned Mutagen Man and Karai several times as examples, but Splinter really is settling up there. For example, take the Invasion when Splinter was thrown into the whirlpool by Shredder. Yes, all those present reacted how they did and it was executed well, by far one of my favorite scenes of the series. Then, it takes a serious case of ignoring the event in question.

During Northampton, the show had a perfect opportunity on the emotional turmoil with the fatherly figure of Splinter, which was brought up in his presumed demise in Within the Woods. However, as that arc proceeded onward, all conflicts in NYC for building off were few and far between. The only true time they contributed to Splinter is Vision Quest with his spirit directly out of the 1990 live action film. Following that episode, he's feral in Return to New York briefly, then all of a sudden back to normal thanks to deus ex April.

I can understand if I need to take time into account and imagine it for myself, but the issue is a television show should explain the context of what occurs. Even if I have fun doing it and immerses me further into the product, it doesn't contribute much to the plot. It ruins the significance of any event present if the character isn't handled well; considering Splinter's importance has declined heavily, they needed one major event to trump season 2 and 1. Balance of FW and 4kids or not, there's no justification to me on this at all.

Due to what they did with ignoring MM and failing to do meaningful ideas with Karai, this tragedy holds no place in my heart. It is simply for shock value and I'm not buying into it going into season 4. Not trying to be a Negative Nancy as I do love this Splinter, but I honestly don't trust what's set in store. It's essentially a double edged sword for me: if he survives, that proves these events are just shock values for minor setbacks. However, if Splinter is truly dead, I expect him to have an effect on the Turtles, Casey, and April (even Karai!) or it'll remain another failure on the show's part tragedy wise." ''

It's going to be an all out free for all by this episode, or at the very least a battle against the Triceratons, Turtles, and even the Kraang and Salamanderians. Who knows, maybe the Turtles might need to team with Dregg or the Triceratons to stop the other.