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Originally Posted by ssjup81

Negative: I know some are looking forward to them....but I'm not. Bebop and Rocksteady. I dunno, I just can't get excited about them, and since they are OT specific, this does feel like OT pandering, but it'll be interesting to see how they'll become mutated and if they'll actually work for Shredder or on their on or with Karai, etc.

I think a lot of it was fans pushing to have them come in, Ciro and Co. admitting as much.

I think for me I hope they aren't added just to add more bad guys to Shredder's roster but to add some drama. Without some conflict the bad guys come off as a bit boring to me as they seem to get along a little bit too well. Dogpound and Xever bickering was fun, but they got rid of that as soon as Dogpound got turned into Rahzar. Xever was spreading rumors about some conflict between Tigerclaw and Rahzar, but as soon as those two team up, they get over their differences quickly just through talking and then liking each other.

So I'm hoping B+R are there to break up that dynamic. I want them to work in grudges and up-end that happy little family. They take Xever under their wing and feed his resentment (since he seems to show some already by spreading rumors) as they themselves are resentful to Shredder for ruining their lives. Sterenko buys Xever's loyalty by saying he has money and his men are already working on a cure, and also that he will have his connections in Brazil bribe the corrupt authorities there to exonerate him.

That's how I'd do it, to keep them from being straight up OT clones and making them something they weren't in the OT, a means to eventually destabilize the Foot from the inside. Otherwise the Foot have no internal drama anymore, and will just get along fine and raise havoc on the city once the Turtles are away.