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this is one of those moments thats almost exactly word-for-word a conversation baby heck had

the kneejerk "no" was so funny (at the time)

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Ancient One: "Splinter, you are family. I will miss you."

Splinter: "And I you, old friend."

Ancient One: "And I trust you four will stay out of trouble?"

Mikey: "Hey, it’s us. We hate trouble."

Anton Zeck has never really had a friend he can trust. He's not a fan of the Hamato brood, Coward Jones, or Nosey O'Neil. He's been shunned for something he can't control and most days he is filled with resentment of his little sister, Angel.

And just when he thinks he's finally free from dealing with the Purple Dragons, they rear their ugly heads again.

The most he has is Karai, who he prays never opens her mouth about their initial meeting.

But when Owen Rocksteed, the younger cousin of April O'Neil, comes to the city, he finds his spark had never left; it only lay dormant. Owen is the exact person to help him find it again.

Underneath it all, the strings of fate and family bring them all together. Being separated was never an option; for any of them.

karai proposes like this one day while chaplin's doin some shit like cleaning spilled soup off the floor

Karai is the most obviously made to mirror Leo. She's The Leader, the obviously favored child henchman with more power and authority than the others. She's a better leader than even the Shredder himself, her soldiers and technicians are better trained and more competent than the Shredder's original forces. It’s made obvious in the show, the increased threat she and her people are to the turtles. She is the closest to Shredder, literally his daughter, but she isn’t treated differently than Shredder’s other high ranking subordinates. She is praised when she succeeds and is punished when she fails, she’s just competent enough to never fully fail. She always has at least a little bit of a win that saves her from the really bad punishments, something she learned from Shredder.

Hun may be more of a parallel to Casey, but Casey is a parallel to Raph, so by the transitive property, Hun is Raph's foil. He's mean and angry and loves a good beatdown and wanton destruction, but he's also loyal and devoted to a fault. Hun is Karai's rival, put in a position of power above others, but Shredder's disrespect for him prevents him from moving up the ranks any more than that. To Shredder, Hun is just a gangster and can be replaced by any other gangster. To Shredder, Hun is just a ball of anger and muscle that can be thrown at a problem until it stops moving. Hun is treated more like a dog than a person, someone that can follow orders but not think for himself. But Hun is too loyal, too devoted to see that his master doesn’t respect him. Hun sees Shredder as a man who has earned his power, money, and respect, which is why he immediately turns once Shredder’s revealed to be an Utrom, that’s not a Man Who’s Earned His Place, that’s an alien who cheated his way to the top of humanity. Once Shredder is gone in season 5 - Once free from the “stupid gangster” box Shredder kept him in, Hun really steps up his villain game and turns the Purple Dragons from just a street gang to a proper organized crime syndicate.

Stockman “does machines” and also various other crimes against nature as desired. He's a genius unchecked by morals, and who seems to think caring for other people is a weakness and a detriment. He uses his intelligence to get fame and praise, he doesn't think "how can I use science to make the world a better place" or even "science/knowledge is valuable in and of itself", at best he thinks "what problem do other people have that I can fix and get praise for". And that mindset lead him to Shredder, who gives Stockman praise until his usefulness is outweighed by his ego. Donnie has a tempered ego, grounded by his brothers and his friends who praise him for his successes but who also care about his physical and mental wellbeing, but also an altruistic nature nurtured in him by Splinter. If Stockman’s mom hadn’t died, if he’d had anyone else to keep him grounded, if he had anything other than his own ego fueling him, he wouldn’t have ended up in Shredder’s employ, wouldn't have ended up in pieces (also, in Fast Forward, the moment he does get someone to genuinely care about him, he switches sides and starts, like, working on a farm for his bestie).

Casey eyes you thoughtfully, smirking slightly.

"Ah, that's what we call a parallel."

Dr. Chaplin pauses, frowning at him. "I think you mean a paradox?"

Casey gives him a disapproving look. "A pair of what?"

Chaplin blinks at him. "Dox?"

"Hey, no doxxing customers!" He turns to you conspiratorially. "You know, this guy used to work for Shredder. In fact, maybe he still does."

Chaplin crosses his arms. "I don't think you should know what doxxing is."

"I have no idea what it means," Casey shrugs.

April slides a slice of cake across the counter. "The End of All Things," she announces. "I'll have Begin right up for you."

Casey and Chaplin look at each other. Casey looks at the cake, then at the menu. He appears to be thinking very hard.

"But isn't that--"

@super-un-stable ‘s tmnttober day 26 - enemies