In a way, the somewhat naive thirst for "honor" that Leo and Karai share, or shared at some point, started them on the path to mutual injury. It led to another go-round in the cycle of hate. Ironic?
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Originally Posted by Aska_Badoura
But Karai's just been disowned, and she's just saved the lives of her only friends... they would have been all she had left, if they hadn't thought she betrayed them. And she didn't in the end, so a person's natural sense of justice says "I just helped them, they should help me." Of course, then logic kicks in, "Oh. But they hate me, They think I tried to kill them/one of them." So, as that realization hits her, she'd get bitter at how unfair it all turned out. And then as time distanced her from the ordeal, she'd turn that bitterness on to something that she can do something about (the Turtles, and killing them to "solve the problem"), instead of just living with at as something she couldn't change.
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I half agree with that. If Karai were so inclined, she could resolve her differences with the turtles simply by telling them what happened. But she's not so inclined. Instead, she protects their hatred of her because it enables her to transform her world back into black and white. Family and enemy. The wronged and the condemned. Love and hate. The grey areas made her feel conflicted and guilty. I think that she somehow thinks she failed Daddy before (even if she doesn't regret helping the turtles for honor's sake), but she intends not to fail in him in vengeance. Hatred from the turtles makes it easier to honor her father and removes the risk that they will try to appeal to her "weakness" again.
12-06-2005, 02:23 AM
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