#squabbles

Like kudos for showing parental death on a kids show, bc yea, that shit happens and it sucks; but to not show proper grieving??

Splinter died, the turtles each had a black and white image with Splinter pop onscreen, cut to the funeral, it shows just the turtles remaining at Splint’s grave, then it shows Leo leaving to grieve alone. But then??? The biggest middle finger to that tragic ass death scene; Splinter’s ‘spirit’ (its literally just him) comes back to basically keep teaching him!

We don’t get a closure episode for the other turtles, and Leo is pm shown to not need closure bc he literally still sees and speaks to his/their dad. The ‘closure’ we’re shown, and expected to accept is Leo killing Saki; when throughout the entire show, Splinter’s been all about ‘vengeance is not the key,’ ‘bad shit happens if/when you hold onto anger,’ etc. The big/main arc of the show, TMNT vs Shredder, ends with vengeance despite being told throughout the show that vengeance is wrong.

Don’t mistake for a hate post, I adore this show for all the positive things it is and did. I just feel at some point, the showrunners switched lanes and started writing TMNT ‘12 from Leo’s perspective, and made the show about him becoming a better leader and, at the very end, Sensei.

Baltimore Oriole collecting Red-tailed Hawk feathers ,over the pool, Central park.