Donatello as Leader

[Davetello]

Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

I just can't even imagine one of the boys getting killed off
.......nope I would rage.....

it just wouldn't be the same....and once the loss wears off, the turtles just wouldn't have the same dynamic.

....T^T.......

Hi BabyTurtles. It's nice to finally make your acquaintance - I've enjoyed reading your posts as a lurker.

The issue of the dynamic being destroyed, and that which makes the turtles 'whole' is something which I had considered. However, we're talking about talented people here (writers, actors etc) - they'd find a way to make it work.

A big part of it would be that the loss would linger for a long time - bear in mind that the turtles would never have experienced loss before really, and certainly not the devastating loss of one of their beloved brothers.

It really would be interesting to see how far this could go. It's all very well saying 'I wouldn't like to see it happen' etc, but imagine it's a world where business and money is irrelevant (after all this is all hypothetical). Wouldn't it be great just to see what it would be like? If seeing one of our beloved turtles dying was far more horrible than we had anticipated, we would still have all of the other universes - they're not going anywhere. And after Next Mutation I think we can survive anything.

I'd just love to see it all transpire - bring this franchise into a world where there is no happy ending.

EDIT: and we haven't even mentioned about how it would completely destroy Splinter. He's already lost Yoshi, Tang Shen, and everyone else he ever cared about. The turtles were his last chance at a family; his salvation. The loss of one would not only devastate him in terms of the individual turtle's death, but it would bring to the fore just how vulnerable the family is - if one of them can die, they all can.

A big part of the show would be if the wise old sage could overcome the pain of losing one of his sons. That would be an incredible challenge even for sensei.