Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20150930020647/@comment-28655960-20151023021624

I know this may not sound like good sense to you, DP, but first off, it is possible to survive without a master/father/mother or whatever, and that can be temporalily or permanently. I have seen plenty of fiction where this is done. Plus, even if the Turtles do not become total masters by the time they face Shredder, they don't need to. The turtles may be the underdogs, but even as such, they can still beat the Shredder. You know there are stories where the underdog comes out on top, even when against a powerful opponent. They just need to find a way to get better, and they can do it with out Splinter beating them, despite what you said about Shredder. Where there's a will, there's a way. Shredder may still be more than a match for them, but they can find a way to get the strength and skill they need to fight and defeat Shredder. Shredder may be powerful, but he isn't really god powerful, despite what he has handled in the past.