#donnie the degenerate drinking straight from the carton😩

[shantechni]

I'm going insane thinking about how Splinter started to hate it when the boys would endanger themselves everytime they tried to help Karai, and even resigned himself to the idea of losing her or putting her on the back burner to prioritize his sons' wellbeing. Scouring the city for her is one thing, but walking into enemy territory when there's a potential for something bad to happen to either of them or Karai is entirely different.

And it's not as though those decisions are ones he came to without difficulty; he was plainly depressed anytime something happened to Karai while he was powerless to help, and was saddened when it seemed like nothing could be done to save her at times.

That second clip is exceptionally painful and self-explanatory though: his trauma from the reward of gaining something or someone in life, and all too quickly coming face to face with the risk of that reward, has deeply shaped how unwilling he is when it comes to taking chances for a promise of happiness. He gained Tang Shen and Miwa, only to lose them, Saki, his father, and the dojo in the process. He bought baby turtles in the aftermath of that, only to be mutated into a giant rat almost immediately afterwards. He kept those baby turtles, but was forced to ostracize himself from society to protect them.

Being able to keep those turtles and raise them as his own was a huge reward, but getting Karai in that package was a deal that seemed too good to be true. Leo tries so hard to prove him wrong though, and it's admirable how the others fall in line to do the same.

And it seriously hurts to see Splinter be proven right in the end.

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