PriscillaJanae

(DISCLAIMER: This post is NOT a complaint against the entire series, it is a constructive critique.)

1. Instead of Karai being Splinter’s birth daughter, I would’ve had it where Karai is a completely SEPARATE character from Splinter’s daughter, Miwa. To add, I would’ve had it where Miwa and his wife, Tang Shen, unfortunately perished in the fire the night Oroku Saki attacked. This could set up his second chance in being a father to his four sons after losing his first family. And this could’ve also set up Leo and Karai to have a successful enemies to lovers arc, without any complications.

2. I would’ve had it where Shredder adopted Karai from an orphanage. Maybe Shredder could’ve have possibly adopted her in Japan, and began to raise her from there. Karai’s character being raised by Shredder, without the weight of her being Splinter’s biological daughter, allows for her to be wholly loyal to the Foot Clan. And this can set up how Leo doesn’t get how Karai could possibly be okay with the evil stuff Shredder does (until he of course learns that she’s his adoptive daughter).

3. Karai should’ve have left the foot clan. After being inadvertently mutated into a snake and then deliberately brainwashed by Shredder, the man who raised her, she should’ve chosen to distance herself from him altogether. And she should’ve gone to the turtles, especially Leo, looking for a sanctuary and a home to stay in. Leo could be, of course, welcoming to Karai, since he cares about her, and Splinter would be open to her staying, to care for her as a mentor, but April, Donnie, Raph, and Mikey would need convincing.