Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-16103541-20150507183802/@comment-995426-20150512144939

Well, I've actually thought about this plot device in depth, because of the way it could affect Mikey's relationship with his boyfriend (guyfriend, gatorfriend, romantic friend with sleep-and-spoon-and-body-rub benefits, whatever you wanna call it&mdash;"boyfriend" is just easier) Leatherhead. I think LH might have actually been a teenager himself when he was introduced. Another possibility is that LH himself didn't have a good idea of how old he was when he first escaped from the Kraang. (It's not like it's trivially easy to compare mutant turtle ages with mutant alligator ages as it is.) Anyway, after he aged many decades from the time differential, the age difference was a little weird to the viewer, but at the same time not so weird, because Mikey and LH got to know each other when they were younger, and it's not like we can expect LH to have had much of a social life while he was trapped in DimX. It's less of a straightforward May-December romance and more of a May-May romance for Mikey (who hasn't aged much) and a December-December romance for LH (who has loved Mikey for what may be most of his own life). Considering how old and grey LH has become, I wonder if he might die soon of old age. (Please no!) But strangely he's shown youthful green in the newest opening sequence, which makes me wonder if he's going to become young again soon. (Maybe if he's young again, he may forget all about Mikey, which would also be sad.)

Time differentials: Making sci-fi character development really weird since 1982...or 1932, depending on which side of the time differential you were on. Both dates are meaningless randomly-picked numbers anyway. :)