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Originally Posted by Ross Campbell
yeah, like i said it's not canon, it doesn't actually work, that's just what i'm thinking when i'm drawing that stuff!  i'd never expect Bobby and Tom to make it canon. i guess i feel like it's different when it's just faceless goons being killed, i don't know. XD maybe i'm splitting hairs.
although, when i was drawing the scene with Leo and Koya, to me it's not about killing. it's not about whether Leo will kill her, and in my mind Dark Leo was never about killing or not killing, it's about Leo being able to choose his own actions, whether it's kill or not kill. so that Koya sequence where Leo has his sword up, for me it's not about whether he'll kill her or not, it's about whether he's able to choose for himself what he wants to do. even when he was Dark Leo, he wanted to kill but Shredder always stopped him, even then he was never in control of his own choices. him not killing Koya is him choosing for himself.
and again maybe i'm splitting hairs and way overthinking things, haha. XD |
Good point Ross, I don't think the Dark Leo thing was about him becoming a killing machine or losing his soul to the foot in a moral way, but about choice. The 2 page spread you did for CityFall actually says so much about Leo's character up until then, being the leader among his brothers (but not his family,) Leonardo is obligated to follow and enforce Splinter's wishes despite his own feelings. At the end of Northampton I felt that the resolution wasn't that Leo was no longer a tool for evil but that he had finally found his own identity and independence. Leonardo post Northampton is much more decisive and vocal about his feelings especially now that they are aligning less with Splinter. To sum it up, CityFall & Northampton wasn't so much about "Will Leonardo kill or not?" but "Who is Leonardo?" (In the context of family, as a leader etc.)
It was very interesting to hear about your April Micro pitch. I am eagerly awaiting Klunk's debut in the IDW universe and I think you had some great idea's about April not fitting in with regular college culture after meeting the turtles. I know I only have your comments about it to work with but from what you summarized it seemed like the book lacked any sort of big action? There really is room in IDW TMNT for quieter more personal stories but maybe not at the top of year 2? Either way thanks for sharing I really enjoy glimpsing behind the curtain when it comes to this book.