Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20151111163045/@comment-27062516-20160317005346

GoldMutant wrote: I honestly don't want Splinter back. I like the series incarnation of him, but his death to me is one of the biggest killjoys I've seen in the show. A show that can follow up on plotlines such as Timothy and Karai; instead, focusing on shock value instead of writing a good narrative. Considering he barely did anything in season 3 in comparison to season 2 leading into The Invasion, his death is useless. First time or not, it'll be undone; it won't take away from being the first time Splinter dies in a main TMNT universe (barring Mirage Volume 4 and Same As It Never Was which don't count for proper reasons). Even though well timed with the countdown, it's a disappointing blow to outdo The Invasion. That wouldn't work. If everyone is alive and well on Earth at this point, and will be six months later, why can't Splinter be?

Besides, if Splinter was going to permanently die, it would've happened AFTER he stopped the BHG from activating. There would've never been a point to head out into space for just one life, no matter how personal. Honeycutt wouldn't show up and rewind us back before this point. Being killed when he did was actually the best thing that could've happened for him.

Besides that prediction I made about Splinter in the second half of this season, I think his story isn't done; particularly with Miwa, Shredder, and even the turtles' human allies.