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Originally Posted by Zog The Magnificent
Especialy when you consider that even as late as Season 5 Karai and Leo were still explicitly flirting, with Karai explicity stating "Just because I like you, doesn't mean I'll go easy on you," in the context of Raphael being sad about Mona Lisa, his romantic interest, compared against Mikey and Renet, and Leo and Karai. It's not even close.
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Yeah, it probably wasn't the intention. Like I said, if it was then they would have likely been able to get away with it (at least in terms of more concrete subtext) if they really intended to go there.
The thing is more that I wonder what would have happened if the show had gone on. I brought up the Legend of Korra as an example earlier, with that particular show there were oddly enough a lot of fanart of Korra with Princess Yue from the first show. Hell, fanart of her with Asami emerged during season one, considering the show was initially only meant to have one season and what the plot of said season is about, it's pretty obvious that Korra was not initially intended to end up with Asami.
Which is why I wonder what would have happened if this show lasted longer. I agree that there isn't anything substantial to pair Karai and Shinigami as it was, though it does seem like they kind of thing some writer would be tempted to do if the show just kept going.
As for the the Karai/Leo relationship, that itself seems like a forced interpretation of previous material. It honestly felt like someone watched the 4Kids show to know the gist of how to write Karai's dynamic with other characters, and somehow came out of thinking Leo urging Karai to stop serving the Shredder because he can she has a conscience was actually meant to indicate romantic feelings (never mind the existence of Chaplin and his far more obvious feelings I guess...). Different continuity, yes and therefore it wasn't like they technically forced something that wasn't the intention, but clearly not a continuity started in ignorance of previous material.