Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20150930020647/@comment-28655960-20151023025025

Gilgameshkun wrote:

Flamerstreak wrote: Say, Gilga, I know you don't care about Season 4, but what do you think of Julian and DP's thoughts on needing Splinter? Well, by The Fourfold Trap, it was pretty clear the turtles still weren't nearly as competent as Splinter was. So yeah, Splinter being there would certainly be nice. But ultimately they don't need-need him, any more than Mirage Volume 4 turtles needed Splinter after he died. That said, it's less useful to speculate about what's realistic in-story, since this has been wildly inconsistent fiction that doesn't seem to respect itself very much. It will ultimately come down to whether or not the storytelling is good, rather than what exact plot devices they decide on using.

The "ultmately don't need-need him" part was what I meant earlier, so you know.