At the end of the episode, Splinter still saves Karai, but she doesn’t fall into the sewers (a blatant excuse to further my big sis Karai agenda, and give her more time with the family) Also, each new batch of worms is stronger than the next, so that’s why Splinter’s healing hands work on Karai but not Donnie 🤫 not at all because convenient shhh.
If the Shredder were to recycle using the brainworm on one of the turtles, I think he would put in a failsafe. He obviously wouldn’t use this feature with Karai, but he’d have no qualms about using it on Donnie.
Theft, criminal activity even. It’s ok though if you’re stealing from ur sibling. Overall just outfit changes and color. The sketch belongs to iscreamkitty.
I know I've mentioned this at least twice now, but I frequently think back to Leo and Raph's minor spat right after Tiger Claw disappeared into the night with Karai.
Everytime they argued about Karai, Raph would boldly express his thoughts with a mix of cynicism and vexation that was clear as day in the way he spoke. Along with that came his choice of words ranging from him calling Leo crazy for even considering the idea of trusting Karai, to walking up to Karai herself and overtly voicing his suspicion of her. Enemy of My Enemy though was a slight deviation from his usual treatment of the situation when he, for once, remains silent about Leo agreeing to a truce with her.
Even when she tells them Shredder is her father, Raph's usual exasperation and annoyance with Leo is considerably toned down and he's rather tame when proclaiming there's no chance of her ever being on their side with Shredder being such a prominent figure in her life.
This moment after Tiger Claw's departure though is much more unique because of the look of disappointment he wears, and a significant portion of it is being directed towards the leader this time.
The team always had a chance of facing the consequences of Leo's resilient faith in Karai joining their side, and Raph's apprehension for such an occurrence is perfectly reasonable because Leo could blindly lead them into a worst case scenario. But he watched that possibility come to fruition this time and he sees that Leo still wants to chase after Karai when Mikey is out cold; it feels as though Leo hadn't learned anything from what happened in The Alien Agenda.
Raph doesn't even sound ready to burst someone's eardrums or rant about Karai being untrustworthy like usual. He just sounds done and the tone of finality he used is so jarring in a way.
It's no wonder that he didn't want to deal with Karai despite how upset Splinter was in The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto. Heck, his line of thinking was awfully similar to Splinter's; they were both willing to cut ties with Karai so long as it meant they didn't lose what they had.
Of course he eventually comes around when its revealed that Shredder has Karai locked away in his dungeons, but you get it