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I mean I kind of assumed the Enera at least took some control because when revenant Smoke is confronted, he legit says Smoke is dead, I am Enera.

I always imagined the Enera was just attached to Smoke and it lay dormant until Sindel killed him and Quan Chi brought him back and the Enera hopped out. Of course Quan Chi is keeping it on a leash so he can't even enjoy being in control without following orders by some bald demon.

That is pretty cool interpretation!

The problem with Mortal Kombat lore is that it did not explain much how Enanra works and sadly, the newest game most likely won’t do it either, as Tomas gets a different backstory and magical source for his smoke powers.

I for one would love to hear more about alternative timeline, how much Smoke is Tomas (human) and demon (Enanra) and what is Enanra’s mindset and opinion about the events, from their coming to mortal world via human sacrifice, to ending enslaved by Quan Chi. Not to mention how the whole revenants pack beside Kitana, Liu Kang and Kung Lao get sidelined when there is such a great potential for Kuai Liang & Tomas/Enanra plotline or even Enanra rebelling against Quan Chi. But nope, MK really decided to tease us with so many good possibilities and then throw up all just like that 😡

#mortal kombat #tomas vrbada #enanra #my replies

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Nagi,shen and nagi when they find out they die and Der younger siblings have became they hid in Der Schell fot hours

An understandable reaction to such revelations. 

#tmnt #my replies #(I hope I understood the message correctly…)

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#star wars #ochi of bestoon #tanka #darth vader

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Nobody.

Literally nobody.

The Enera in Smoke when Sindel kills him and Quan Chi revives him: Hell yeah, I'm the one control baby!

Yeah I like to imagine the Enera always wanted control but couldn't override Smoke's autonomy and probably didn't want to risk Smoke trying to get rid of it since it'd be an outright power struggle doing it whilst Smoke is alive. I imagine it was sleeping in Smoke, waiting for a chance to get control and Smoke's death and revival provided the perfect opportunity.

The funny thing is that according to MK9 Smoke’s ending, Tomas is Enanra and not just a human with a demon living inside him.

Tomas Vrbada was only a boy when he was abducted by an obscure cult and sacrificed to a demon.  Burned alive, he returned to the mortal realm as an enenra.

But even if those two were separate entities, being killed and resurrected does not give Enanra control, because revenant “Smoke” is binded by dark magic of Quan Chi. I can however see the demon wanting freedom and/or control over the body. It must be truly frustrating to live for years as someone’s subordinate and doing other people’s bidding.

#mortal kombat #enanra #tomas vrbada #smoke #my replies #just imagine being a demon who minds his own bussiness only to be baited by sacrifice and ending in even bigger mess #all because of quan chi's dark magic #enanra has no luck in life

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Sokka's sexism

Sokka’s sexism from the earliest episodes is an interesting case, because the Southern Water Tribe, at least from what was presented to us on screen, doesn’t seem to operate that much on gender roles? Especially when compared to the Northern Water Tribe?

I mean, yeah, warriors (men) went to war, while women, children and the elders stayed at home. But as Hama’s story shows, when Fire Nation attacked Southern Water Tribe, both female and male benders were fighting against invaders arm to arm and it seems like they were the actual first line of defense there, not the non-bender warriors.

In contrast, during siege of North Pole, in the final of Book 1: Water, we don’t see any female bender helping defend their home except Katara, who was involved in protecting Aang when he was in Spirit World.

Since all the waterbenders were captured from the Southern Tribe, it makes sense that non-bender warriors stepped in and got involved with war, while the kids and elders were left under women’s care.

Another example comes from “a ceremonial test of wisdom, bravery and trust”, known as ice dodging. As Bato explained, it is a rite of passage for young Water Tribe members and in their village “done by weaving a boat through a field of icebergs.” When a child turns 14, their father was supposed to take them to ice dodging, so they could earn their mark. Though the episode itself was focused on Sokka’s ceremony, Bato never specified it as something that boys alone should do and not only Katara (girl) but also Aang (outsider) is allowed to take part in the ritual. Once Sokka proved himself, everyone of their group got a mark, as a sign they passed the test. Interesting thing to note, since Bato did not specify it is a rite of passage for boys alone, it suggests girls were expected to know how to sail in boats of the Southern Water Tribe. Of course, again, war didn’t allow to continue this tradition as men (Hakoda, in case of Sokka & Katara) left to fight against Fire Nation.

Later, when Sokka and Katara reunited with their father, Hakoda did not try to send away Katara nor relegate her to just a medic job during the invasion. In Northern Water Tribe episodes, we learned that teaching for waterbenders there was defined by gender - women were allowed to learn only how to heal, while men how to use their bending in fight. Hakoda, nor Bato nor other of their warriors even for a moment questioned Katara’s presence on the battlefield nor the presence of women in the ranks of their allies like a blind, 12 years old Toph or the female water benders from Swamps or female(?) soldier from Earth Kingdom

And during battle, Katara did not fight in rank with other soldiers, she first alone secured Appa during submarine attack, then alongside her brother and father took down guardhouses - Hakoda himself told her and Sokka to attack one when he took down the other one

showing how much he trusted his 15 years old son and 14 years old daughter while ordering them attack on Fire Nation adult soldiers hidden in well guarder place.

Later, when Hakoda got seriously injured and Sokka temporary took the command of their forces, we could see that Hakoda relied on Katara to follow his troops and not ever once tried to send her back “to safety” or argued she should leave him behind, as often it happens with heroic (male) figures. Quite the opposite. When Katara offered him to “wait here if you want”, Hakoda firmly said “I want to press forward with the others”, which meant his daughter needed to come with him directly into an already ongoing fight (even if they stayed more at the rear of their army, they were still on battlefield).

She and her brother, alongside with the youngest members of Invasion, were forced to flee on Appa once the battle was lost, but no other adult woman was included. During Zuko’s coronation, when all war prisoners were released, in the background we could again see the female character(s) from Swamps.

And let's not forget how impressive Hakoda was by Suki when she single-handedly captured the warden at Boiling Rock prison and did not try to stop her from fighting against Ty Lee alongside Zuko and Sokka against Azula.

Understandably, we have no idea how the Southern Water Tribe and its culture looked like before the war, even arguably, the characters themselves may not have a clear idea due to growing up in dire times. But my point is, Hakoda and Bato, the two main adult Southern Water Tribe’s warriors that Avatar: The Last Airbender allowed us to know more about, have never shown any direct sexism toward Katara or other female characters. And though Sokka was the oldest boy at their village, there is no reason to think women did not hunt in absence of men, because one person would not be able to provide for a whole community 24/7. Also, as Hama proved, the Southern Water Tribe’s waterbenders were capable of fighting and their gender did not play any vital role the way it happened in their sister tribe at North Pole. 

Of course, Fire Nation’s repeated attacks affected residents of South Pole and their living conditions but from the little bits the show gave us, I think it is correct to assume if Sokka grew up with Hakoda around to guide him as he should, his behavior would be different from the sexism and dismissive attitude toward Katara or Kyoshi Warriors. For one, logically thinking Southern Water Tribe’s warriors need to do all the cooking, sewing and keeping their camp clean all on their own during war so it is not a “girly job” but a vital part of a warriors skills to survive and ensure their equipment is in the best condition. But Sokka doesn’t know it, because there is no one to teach him the importance of those skills. All Sokka had was father’s farewell words to cling to - and I’m not sure if Hakoda truly expected his son to be able to protect Katara and the village in his absence, or he just tried to make Sokka feel a bit less depressed about being left behind. You know, by giving him purpose and a Big Important Job to focus on and to feel needed and trusted. 

Which leads me to think that Sokka’s sexism is not rooted in Southern Water Tribe’s culture itself, but in his own insecurity and pressure of being the oldest boy in the village. If girls could be warriors - and be better than him - it would put into question all his self-worth, purpose and the trust given by father. Once Sokka met Kyoshi Warriors and later all the skilled girls, it challenged him on a very personal level, but he accepted the truth and moved on and alongside, finally became a true warrior and a man. 

And I find it indeed an interesting case, as Sokka’s sexism and dismissal of girls is not necessarily stemming from the culture he is part of, but rather is the effect of not knowing said culture & pre-war history of his Tribe. And of course, from his own insecurity. 

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #sokka #hakoda #just some thoughts #because bato and hakoda seems pretty okay toward katara and include her in rite of passage for sokka and invasion battle #like her age and gender doesn't matter #with dad and dad's friend (bato) like that where comes sokka's dismissal? #so i guess this is about sokka's insecurity and growing up without father to guide him #good suki straighten sokka up pretty quickly #i'm pretty sure SWT has some sense of gender roles but not so strict take like northern water tribe #no arranged marriages and no true aristocracy and waterbenders being fighters and so on #sokka though lives in destroyed by war tribe to understand yet what was done to his community i guess?

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Avatar The Last Airbender: North and South

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #gaang #aang #katara #toph beifong #sokka #aang demanding apology for calling zuko the ash maker awww

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fire hazard siblings post cannon (azula redemption only here)

+ mostly for my reference sokka and zuko hairstyles under the cut

#atla #zuko #azula #sokka #fire lord zuko #zuko & azula #I wish we could get this in canon #fire hazard siblings #indeed

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#star wars #darth vader #boba fett

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Au Raphael and tang shen swap body the horror and confused on everyone else

Can’t blame them. Ending in a turtle body for sure would be confusing, however people who know Tang Shen would be terrifying when she out of nowhere became violently angry, as I assume Raphael would need to unwind the stress of being in an unknown body, potentially far away from family and friends. On the good side, turtles and Splinter will protect Tang Shen once they learned about the body swap while Raphael in her body could defend himself, for example from Oroku Nagi’s attack. Still, definitely a messed up situation.

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Ingen if Leo wake up in oroku nagi body he would be getting a heart attack

For Leo to wake up in Oroku Nagi’s body he would need to time travel into the past. The experiences could be stressful, however it is Leo, so I’m pretty sure he would find a way to deal with the situation and make the best of it. At the same time, there is a real dilemma, should he fix the past by ensuring there is no conflict between Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Nagai (thus likely no future with mutated Splinter and turtles) and maybe take care of Oroku Saki to raise him better than the clan did or allowing the events plays as they were, to ensure his brothers’ existence as it is.

#tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #my replies #leo #oroku nagi

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Sektor: Tomas, this is so stupid! Your hair is legit a danger to the rest of us! You need to cut it now!

Smoke: Sektor! How could be so cruel to Leroy!

Smoke strokes his hair: You're hurting his feelings!

Sektor stares back in disbelief before shouting: Cyrax, get the damn buzzsaw! Tomas is becoming delusional and we need to sever it before it gets worse.

Sooo... Leroy to Tomas is like Saibot to Noob? A dangerous being that can't be separate anymore? XD

Good luck Sektor, hope you and Cyrax won't die....

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Au idea bi-han and maky(tmnt) swap body What would everyone react

I assume you meant Mikey.

Mikey is gonna have fun of his life once he realizes he got swapped into a body with supernatural powers and no one can convince me otherwise. That turtle loves superheroes and superpowers and for once is looking like a human so no need to hide in shadows so of course he will have a blast… at least until reality catches up with him, all of course depending on which Bi-Han we are gonna talk about, the assassin or the leader of a whole clan that may or may not be already at war with Liu Kang and Mileena. 

Bi-Han, yeah, the situation could be out of his comfort especially if he lost his ice powers but I don’t think he is prone to freaking out. He will adapt quite quickly I think because in his world there is already many weird magic stuff happening, though he may be annoyed with the situation no less.

Everyone else involved though? Especially the brothers of swapped Bi-Han and Mikey? Freaking out seems like a very likely reaction. Just imagine happy, easy-going Bi-Han and ruthless, rude Mikey with cold blood eliminating enemies. Yeah, freaking out seems like a natural reaction.

#mortal kombat #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #bi han #sub zero #mikey #my replies #bi han is gonna blame shang tsung for that one mess i believe #i feel so sorry for turtles dealing with bi-han in mikey's body ya know an actual assassin that may rip people's spin... #but also feel sorry for mikey if he ended in assassin lin kuei

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Oops, I’m month late with my reply, sorry for that 😂

You make a good point about Bi-Han’s mindset that ends justify the means and the possibility of his hunger for power to grow with passing time.  However, as much as I can agree that at some point Bi-Han may turn his attention to weaponizing Tarkat illness, I’m still not convinced that at the current (post MK1) moment, he would be willing to do so. Right now his modus operandi seems to rely on stealth, secrecy, blackmail and working in shadows when it comes to Mileena’s regime - something that allows him to control and influence the situation without putting himself or his people in direct danger. His agents in Outworld infiltrated the capital city, he gained critical knowledge about his enemy (Mileena’s sickness, Tanya’s forbidden feelings for empress) yet despite the ongoing conflict with the Royal Family, he is not really set to conquer Outworld by killing everyone on his way. In all fairness, I’m not even sure if he is truly that interested in Outworld beside it being part of his alliance with other characters, because as much as Sub-Zero would like the change of authority to someone more friendly to him and his cause, he still suggested an alliance to Mileena  

Sub-Zero: We would both benefit from an alliance. Mileena: You expect trust after what you've done?

something she understandably turned down. 

Maybe it is just me, but the same as with Liu Kang, I feel Bi-Han is willing to agree to a truce with his current enemies, if Lin Kuei’s safety and independence will be guaranteed. Which is why I don’t see Sub-Zero invested into using Tarkat, because A) he wants overthrown Mileena’s regime but he isn’t interested in anarchy and chaos as was seen in intros with Havik and B) a biological weapon, once unleashed, is not something a person can control which is an opposite of his current modus operandi and C) there is always a chance such a weapon could be used against him and Lin Kuei. Like yes, right now Earthrealmers aren’t  susceptible to illness (though if cryomancers and their descendants are also safe from it or not is up to debate), however there are enough characters with magic, necromancy and science knowledge to mutate it and turn against Earthrealm to think twice if such bio-hazard is worth using. Sure, Bi-Han’s goal may change overtime and his favorite methods thrown away for the more damaging one but as was seen in Bi-Han’s ending, having a powerful weapon - current version of C.I. project - does not mean he plans to use it first and then making demands and more keep it as a tool of intimidation to be used only if people will oppose him.

We've invested much time in this endeavor, and we are beginning to see results. Once again proving the depths of Sektor's genius. When we are done, all of Earthrealm will honor our desires and heed our demands. If not, they will face the Lin Kuei's wrath." 

Which admittedly I feel his mindset is not yet fully of the conquer, the way old timeline Shao Kahn was for example. But then again, it all may change with passing time and having a biological weapon is enough of an intimidation tool even if a person doesn’t truly plan to use it. 

Though again, there is also a chance that Sub-Zero is actually eliminating the threat of such a weapon by trying to eliminate the source - a.k.a. Tarkat illness (sick people) to make sure Shang Tsung, Quan Chi or anyone else won’t weaponize it in the first place and thus gain advantage over Lin Kuei?

Also, a side note, isn’t it interesting that Lin Kuei seems to be more than just warriors (soldiers) doing Liu Kang’s bidding and could be as well his network spy through centuries, considering how Bi-Han and his brothers rely so much on stealth and operating in shadows and both of their fraction infiltrated Mileena’s capital city?

Kuai Liang is a liar

We need to talk about a Kuai Liang intro I've recently discovered that honestly left me flabbergasted. I have no idea how I didn't come across this intro earlier or why no one else ever talked about it, but the more you look into Kuai Liang's dialogues, the worse it gets. Blatant ableism towards Kenshi, arrogance and disrespect towards his own allies and now this...

Baraka: I wouldn't wish Tarkat upon my worst enemy. Scorpion: Then help me stop Bi-Han from weaponizing it.

What is this? Just what on earth is he talking about here?

Bi-Han never intended to weaponize Tarkat. He wants it extinguished. Not once in the story mode does Bi-Han talk about or show any interest in Tarkat or the Tarkatans, it's not mentioned in his tower ending or any of his intro dialogues with other characters. What Bi-Han wants is an army similar to Shang Tsung's dragon army, so he can take control of a part of Earthrealm. To achieve this, he started the Cyber initiative.

What does any of that have to do with Tarkat? Bi-Han has no need for it. In fact, he made it very obvious what he thinks of those infected with Tarkat.

I looked at every line Bi-Han said in the game that mentions Tarkat as well as all his dialogues with Baraka and Mileena, the two characters that are infected with it.

Sub-Zero: Expect no compassion, freak. Baraka: Such a cold heart, Sub-Zero.

Sub-Zero: Your kind should be exterminated. Baraka: Disease does not make us disposable.

Sub-Zero: Your affliction is divine punishment. Baraka: Actually, it is fate's cruel joke.

Sub-Zero: If your subjects learn your secret -- Mileena: You dare threaten me, Bi-Han?!

What we learn from these dialogues is that Bi-Han wants Tarkat and Tarkatans gone. He thinks their affliction is some kind of punishment, he seems appalled by it, not interested in it. He tries to use Mileena's condition against her only as a method of extortion, but other than that, Bi-Han does not care about Tarkat in the slightest.

Kuai Liang is lying. He's lying to Baraka to turn him against Bi-Han.

How bad can the "bad guy" be if the supposed "good guy" has to lie to make him look worse?

Shang Tsung is the one trying to weaponize Tarkat and yes, Bi-Han was Shang Tsung's ally, but he stopped working with him and told Liu Kang he wasn't aware of Shang Tsung's experiments.

This isn't even the first time Kuai Liang was lying to one of his allies.

Scorpion: Liu Kang's revelation has shaken my faith in him. Raiden: Understandable, given what he chose to hide. Reptile: Am I right to put faith in Liu Kang? Scorpion: He's always proven worthy of mine.

You might remember this dialogue from the second part of my character analysis for Kuai Liang, in which I already talked about how much of a two-faced character he is.

Truth is, Kuai Liang, just like Bi-Han, doesn't hesitate to lie to others when there's an advantage to gain for him. This yet again proves that Kuai Liang has no honor. I don't know how much lower this character can sink and that's not even including the story dlc events. Kuai Liang is a disgrace to the Scorpion mantle. Hanzo might have been a flawed character, but I don't recall him lying and manipulating others to get his way.

#mortal kombat #bi han #sub zero #lin kuei #sorry for late reply #only future games will prove if sub zero is willing to use biological weapon or not #i just thing at the current moment with what source provided us he is not yet that ruthless in my opinion #and he likes to control things from shadow #but also power corrupts so everything may happen in future #also i can accept mk cast intro dialogues as canon but hard to do so with the guest characters because they aren't part of the universe #i have no idea what kuai liang knows about bi han's plans but it may be just a misunderstanding or bad intel?

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Avatar The Last Airbender: North and South

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #gaang #zuko #aang #katara #toph beifong #sokka #sokka flattered that people see him as a threat on the same level as benders is so cute

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Fire Lord Zuko and Iroh

One thing that will never sit well with me in regard to the post-war Avatar: The Last Airbender world, especially as presented in the comics series, is the fact that Iroh gets so easily out of the mess of reforming Fire Nation and have relative happy ending, while 17 years old Fire Lord Zuko is left to deal with all the political shitty nightmare on his own. 

And look, I get the storytelling goal of the new generation stepping in and “repairing” the world the previous generation fucked up and all. But Zuko is not just forced to undo damage done by his father’s six years of regime or Sozin and Azulon, but by Iroh as well, because Iroh was part of the Fire Nation set to conquer other people. It was Iroh that besiege a Ba Sing Sai for 600 days - it was him who joked about burning the city to ashes in his letter to beloved family - and who didn’t finish the task only because his son died, with little regard to how many of Fire Nation soldiers or Earth Kingdom soldiers and civilians was killed through the almost two years because he had once a vision he will take the Ba Sing Sai. 

Zuko’s formal education ended at the age of 13,  when his father burned his face and banished to chase Avatar that no one saw for hundred years already. Sure, the animation series showed that Iroh was teaching his nephew both firebending and what makes one a good leader but what Zuko experienced and learned during his banishment is not exactly the equivalent of political knowledge he will need as Fire Lord who must find a way to rehabilitate Fire Nation in the eyes of the world but also figure out how to reform an imperialistic and military country into peaceful society with stable economy. A country that saw him as disgrace and traitor not so long ago, mind you.

And as much I see a merit in Iroh’s decision to pass the throne to Zuko - the Avatar’s friend and firebending master, him choosing tea shop over Zuko is just so fucking wrong to me. Iroh literally admitted Zuko was like a son to him in the first season and spent the next one trying to keep his nephew safe from their horrible family and other dangers and I’m supposed to believe when Zuko officially became Fire Lord with not only political nightmare to solve peacefully but also his abusive father to keep an eye on* and younger sister with mental breakdown, Iroh just… washed his hands from those problems so he could enjoy tea and Pai Sho game in peace? In Ba Sing Sai of all possible places with no consequence? Like, seriously?  

Legend of Korra strongly implies Zuko did a good job and had a healthy relationship with his family, as both Fire Lord Izumi and General Iroh II seem to be fine people on their own. Which is great and nice! But does Zuko really need to deal with problems created by his predecessors all by himself where there is alive Iroh, the actually fully trained, educated Crown Prince to help him get a grip of the political matters at least in the first few years of Zuko’s rule? I really want to know what Iroh was thinking? Give a throne to Zuko and hope the boy will survive all the assassination attempts and magically figure out how to deal with the consequences of war that lasted for 100 years?

I like Iroh but I’m not blind to his flaws and him being part of White Lotus should not be a free pass from the problems he helped create in the first place.

*Aang finding a way to stop Ozai without killing him is great for him and I’m happy he managed to do so while staying true to his own culture but he is not the one that is left to deal with Ozai for upcoming years. Taking Ozai’s bending doesn’t magically erase his abuse toward Zuko and Azula and the man still has political supporters that made Zuko’s life much harder and more dangerous than the kid deserves.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #prince zuko #fire lord zuko #zuko #uncle iroh #my rants #because this makes me so angry #iroh get a free pass while zuko is left alone to unfuck the mess on his own? #no thanks #if zuko was like a son to iroh he should be there and help him deal with reformation of fire nation #let's be real here if iroh stay with zuko the fire lord would not need to turn to his abusive father for advice in the promise comics #i get it i really do #but i hate this plot #atla critical #just in case

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#star wars #clone troopers #the clone wars republic heroes

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If tang shen possed the turtles and what reaction would everyone have hen they releze that the turtles is possed (tang shen or oroku nagi) be?

I think a lot will depend on the situation and point in the timeline. Are we talking about relatively young and inexperienced turtles that just begin their adventures outside sewers? If yes, then whatever was Tang Shen’s reason for possession, of course all will be freaked out. If we talk about the older turtles, the ones that already faced a vast number of crazy stuff, like literal aliens, magic, or time travel, the reaction would be more moderate for the simple reason it is nothing that new or special anymore.  

In general, some turtles may be freaking more than others, all depending on who is possessed, in what situation and if the ghost can communicate with the possessed turtle or did it violate their body and override their will to get what it needed. However, the same as with Oroku Nagi (as I mentioned in a previous ask), none of the turtles personally knew Tang Shen or were familiar with her character. They know about her only through Splinter - they have respect for Splinter’s master and his lover/wife but that is practically it, no real emotional bond. Which is why I think that turtles are of course willing to help the deceased woman, if not from empathy for her then out of respect to Splinter, but I think the safety of their possessed brother would take priority no matter what is Tang Shen’s purpose.  Especially if we talk about the older turtles, as I suspect they are already done with the naive, idealistic idea of self-sacrificing themselves for the good of mysterious problems.

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