Alright, I Think Weve All Seen The Leo And Karai Parallels Which Are Definitely Evident, But I Dont See

Alright, I think we’ve all seen the Leo and karai parallels which are definitely evident, but I don’t see enough, or any for that matter, Raph and Saki parallels.

A fierce protector of the Hamato clan, a leader and family member (or even father figure since so many people think Raph stepped up often to parent the others) who encounters the krang, is taken over by their power and twisted into a monster that harms their family? Specifically Karai? Karai who is a parallel to Leo??

I’ve seen so many people point out the way that Leo is held by Shredder is very similar to the way krangified Raph holds him when he tries to kill him but they never make the full connection. Interestingly they attempt to kill him the exact same way, claws and everything. Raph saves Leo both times, once from Shredder and then from himself.

(Not so) Fun fact! Shredder holds Karai the same way as he kills her.

How about the fact that even as Shredder kills her, Karai manages to reach out and find saki- even if just for a moment she pulls him out of his prison, just like Leo does for Raph.

The only difference is Leo succeeds in bringing Raph all the way back while Karai dies trying since both her and Saki have been weakened from their time in the twilight realm.

Both Raph and Saki were fully conscious under the krangs control and had to watch as they attempted to kill their family. Saki had to witness his daughter be killed by his own hands.

The Shredder is what Raph would’ve become if Leo hadn’t been able to reach him in time, or if Raph hadn’t found enough strength to break free.

Anyways have a nice day/night 😁👍

I’ve seen a few people talk about Donnie’s expression in this scene & how shocked he is to see Leo angry & then I remembered this one scene from the Rise comics

Where Leo says he “can’t remember the last time he was truly angry” which makes me think what if /Donnie/ can’t remember the last time Leo was truly angry either.

HE GOT IT FROM APRIL!!!!

BIG SISTER APRIL O'NEIL SUPREMACY!

this is dumb but i don’t care!! steak headcanons

Rise is really good with how they handle the character’s relationships even in the smallest moments

Raph: Dad!?

Mikey: Draxum!?

Donnie: April!?

Leo:…Foot Recruit? 

In Battle Nexus New York when Splinter, Draxum, April & Cassandra break free of the orb each Turtle yells out a different name & the name they call out actually has a lot behind it (at least for Raph, Mikey & Donnie)

Raph’s relationship with Splinter is a little complicated, as the eldest son Splinter put a lot of responsibility on Raph but Raph constantly wants to make Splinter proud. Raph’s shown to worry about making Splinter disappointed & was the one who convinced his brothers to take the Hamato training seriously for Splinter’s sake. He’s also the one who learned the most about Splinter’s past being the one who saw the memory of Splinter loosing his mother.

Mikey is the one closest to Draxum, the boy practically carried Draxum’s redemption on his back. Mikey was the first one who acknowledged Draxum’s place in the family as the boys creator & is the one who pushes Draxum to make connections with the other members of the family as well.

Donnie & April are best friends, Donnie trusts April enough to be vulnerable with her about his insecurities & April believes in Donnie to the point where he’s one of the first people she goes to for help as seen when she calls him for help when the Albearto at her work place breaks down. There have been a few Donnie & April solo episode together which really show how much they trust & believe in each other as well as how comfortable they are around each other as well.

Leo calling out Foot Recruit I think is just the writers having a bit of fun over the fact that before Karai appeared & Foot Recruit was revealed to be the Rise version of Casey, so many people thought that Foot Recruit was going to end up being the Rise version of Karai so whenever writers did Q&A’s on twitter a near constant question that was asked was when would Leo & Foot Recruit interact or if they would have an episode together ect so I think Leo calling out Foot Recruit was the writers doing a little nod to the people who kept on asking for Leo & Foot Recruit interaction.

Though Leo did end up being the sensei to Cassandra’s kid so they must have ended up friends at some point

Mikey gives Donnie a kind insight on his take on autistic meltdowns :)