Thread:The S/@comment-33165688-20180713034631/@comment-995426-20180717074213

I realized "ruin" (as a location noun) has a pretty clear dictionary definition. It's a decayed location that was either destroyed with recognizable remnants, or was abandoned and left to decay gradually over time. So, I started Category:Ruins, specifically for locations known to be abandoned or destroyed when revisited and in a decayed state because of that. Ruins are common in TMNT lore, especially as so much underground infrastructure has been abandoned; some of it remains in good working condition for a long time, but some of it is clearly run-down, or partially-collapsed, etc.

But this now brings me to another idea percolating in my mind: Category:Repurposed Locations. Like a train station turned into a lair, or a church turned into a lair, or a water tower turned into a lair, or a closed school turned into an evacuation center, or an abandoned building turned into Mutanimals headquarters, or an abandoned train car turned into Leatherhead's house then turned into a vehicle with wheels. Locations that have a story (either explicit or implied) behind them and which involved major change in how they were used. But I would draw lines: I would not consider  a repurposed location just because it functioned as battlefield during City at War, because that was an event rather than a function. I also wouldn't consider every repurposed vehicle to be a repurposed location unless it had at one point functioned as a bona fide location (mobile or not), as the did when it was Leatherhead's stationary home. Anyway, I'm not completely sure about this category yet, but the idea is percolating, which is why I mention it now.