Ninjinister
01-16-2009, 10:44 PM
I recently re-read Spinal Tapped (the back-up story in the reprinted Tales Vol. 1 Treasury), and noticed some inconsistencies that might cause it to be non-canon. As I understand, this was supposed to explain what happened prior to the scepter being found in the fish. However, there are some things I still don't get (and may have actually been discussed before, but I'm not going to sift through all of the topics to find it). Beware of spoilers if you haven't read all of the affiliated stories:
Some of these design inconsistencies may be due to Lawson's style changing dramatically between his original run on Tales and now, but a few would not account for anything of the sort:
Savanti's general appearance is vastly different. His horns are set much further back on his head, he has pupils, he has minor thorns between his neck and shoulder but no larger spikes on his shoulders. In his flashback to the events of "The Return of Savanti Romero!", he is wearing a much different tunic - with shoulder flares and no design on the front of it.
In Romero's flashback, he seems to be riding a Pteradactylus. In TRoSR!, he rides a Pteranodon. Also, he does not seem to be carrying the magic scepter that he wielded through much of the story, including during his kidnapping of Renet.
The Time Scepter's design is completely different in Spinal Tapped, eschewing the square, digital-looking design for an hourglass shape.
Renet and the Turtles' prehistoric garbs are completely different. While if this occurred on a different day than the events in TRoSR!'s epilogue, I could see them changing clothes, even though it isn't explicitly stated, I'm pretty sure that the events lead up directly to Renet's catching of the fish that had the scepter. Speaking of which... since that fish ate the little dino... wouldn't they have found his body within the fish as well?
Most importantly, in Masks Part 2, the Turtles are surprised to see Romero alive, and he explains that when the lightning bolt hit him in TRoSR!, it fused with his own magic and put him in suspended animation until the time of Feudal Japan. If this was true, none of these events could have happened, because, not only did he remain active for some time afterward in the prehistoric ages, but the Turtles even encountered him during this time.
I guess maybe I'm finding more of these clues as I look because I want to excuse the ridiculous shoehorning of Renet actually being the source of power and Savanti wanting to use her spine as a scepter. However, taken together, especially with that last point, it seems that this is either non-canon or a poorly done retcon.
Some of these design inconsistencies may be due to Lawson's style changing dramatically between his original run on Tales and now, but a few would not account for anything of the sort:
Savanti's general appearance is vastly different. His horns are set much further back on his head, he has pupils, he has minor thorns between his neck and shoulder but no larger spikes on his shoulders. In his flashback to the events of "The Return of Savanti Romero!", he is wearing a much different tunic - with shoulder flares and no design on the front of it.
In Romero's flashback, he seems to be riding a Pteradactylus. In TRoSR!, he rides a Pteranodon. Also, he does not seem to be carrying the magic scepter that he wielded through much of the story, including during his kidnapping of Renet.
The Time Scepter's design is completely different in Spinal Tapped, eschewing the square, digital-looking design for an hourglass shape.
Renet and the Turtles' prehistoric garbs are completely different. While if this occurred on a different day than the events in TRoSR!'s epilogue, I could see them changing clothes, even though it isn't explicitly stated, I'm pretty sure that the events lead up directly to Renet's catching of the fish that had the scepter. Speaking of which... since that fish ate the little dino... wouldn't they have found his body within the fish as well?
Most importantly, in Masks Part 2, the Turtles are surprised to see Romero alive, and he explains that when the lightning bolt hit him in TRoSR!, it fused with his own magic and put him in suspended animation until the time of Feudal Japan. If this was true, none of these events could have happened, because, not only did he remain active for some time afterward in the prehistoric ages, but the Turtles even encountered him during this time.
I guess maybe I'm finding more of these clues as I look because I want to excuse the ridiculous shoehorning of Renet actually being the source of power and Savanti wanting to use her spine as a scepter. However, taken together, especially with that last point, it seems that this is either non-canon or a poorly done retcon.