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IDW has been cultivating Splinter's ethical decay for the past few years. He always had the seeds of such corruption in him, having technically been trained as a clan ninja and all the black ops that that realistically implies, and since having children, he has tried to suppress his worse impulses. But it's been the corrosive effects of actually taking people's lives (Oroku Saki, Darius Dun) and leading the Foot Clan (which was, in essence, always technically organized crime) that have taken their toll on his spirit, gradually turning the unthinkable into the possible into the inevitable. Of course, this is how a loving, compassionate Splinter falls from grace.

Rise Splinter appears selfish and abusive from his very first appearance. Frankly, if he were to become a villain, it would make his supposed downfall feel much less significant. Though, again, it is more of a Guest Era-like parody than a real TMNT story.