Talk:The Big Blow-Out!/@comment-35200334-20171024013351/@comment-33378883-20171113030031

Nerdlet,

Agreed. I realize that this reality's version of Leo wasn't truly responsible for what he did (since he was, to my understanding, driven insane by the double mutation). However, you are right. It is completely OOC for Leo. This is the character who blames himself when things go wrong and holds himself responsible, even for things that are not truly his fault. Look at how he reacted to Karai's mutation! But in this arc, he does not seem remotely bothered by his time as an insane, murderous warlord! What on God's green Earth? This was not Leo. It simply wasn't (that is one thing that helped to cement this story as an alternate reality of some form in my mind). Also, while the scene between him and Raph was moving, it was still a bit unbelievable that he would just snap out of it after 50 years.

Re:  your second paragraph. I completely agree with everything you said here. April and Karai were part of the Hamato family. Karai was Splinter's biological daughter for God's sake. I know people will respond by saying that the core story is about the Turtles....but that leads us to another big problem. Leo is absent for the majority of the story; even Mikey doesn't show up for the first third. Sloppy, sloppy storytelling.