Dark April Thread

[bwrosas]

My thoughts on what will happen

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by bwrosas

My thoughts on what will happen

Interesting view BW, but I don't entirely agree with it.

First off one of the upcoming episodes is supposedly titled "Super Shredder" "Darkest Plight" and "Darkness Inside of her"

Super Shredder we know sort of what that is about which is the Shredder being fully mutated, capturing Karai, and demanding to meet Splinter where he last defeated him.

Darkest Plight would likely be an aftermath of that, either the turtles have escaped the city to regroup about the Super Shredder or the Super Shredder finds their childhood and destroys it.

Moving from or losing one's childhood home is a metaphor for growing up, so it would make sense for that to happen.

Also in darkest plight, there also could be a subplot where April's corruption becomes more noticeable.

However, Darkness Inside of Her is more likely the episode where April does become evil and corrupt. And April being a villain can certainly be a plot that's dragged out to next season since super shredder and all the rest of the city at war would take more precedence to April being evil.

And it took Karai roughly three seasons break away from the Shredder.

Season 1: Fully engrossed in the Shredder's desires for revenge.

Season 2: Somewhat unhinged in her desires to avenge her mother, learns the truth about the man she has thought of as her father, leaves the Shredder, becomes a mutant snake.

Season 3: Slowly loses herself to her mutation, is captured by the Shredder, brainwashed by the Shredder, and finally freed for good

Season 4: Against the Shredder, but not officially on the same side as the Turtles.


So this Season, April could be corrupted by the crystal and become a villain but will be shunted to the side as a subplot in the final episodes of this season following her transformation as the Shredder would be the greater threat.

Donnie would be the most affected by April's transformation and betrayal. He knows something is wrong with April and believes Mikey about the crystal she has being the cause. But at the same time, he is in denial about it or doesn't want to believe that the April he knows and loves is becoming a monster. Since there is a toy sculpt of an evil version of Donnie and someone here on the 'drome had pointed out there is a presence in the crystal that April believes to be a friend. Perhaps sometime after April is corrupted, that presence corrupts Donnie as a means of controlling April for a time.

Casey also would be affected by April's corruption and maybe Donnie's as well, but he would believe that in order to free April and rival/friend he needs to smash the crystal.

Mikey would feel hurt by April's corruption and definitely Donnie's betrayal (when he becomes corrupted) but wouldn't feel simply smashing the crystal would bring his brother and friend back. But maybe points out that Donnie should be the one they should focus their efforts on rather than April.

Leo, I see taking on a more pragmatic role regarding April. He doesn't want to believe that April is gone. But he would be the one who is likely going to be telling Donnie the April they knew is possibly no longer there and in order to save the city, they may need to take her down by whatever means needed.

This, in turn, could be a full circle as Leo was the one saying they need to save Karai, but Raph was the one who was saying that Karai was damaged goods and a lost cause. While Donnie was making an effort to help her, but he too was also saying that they would have to focus on the other things going on in the city if he couldn't come up with anything to neutralize the brain worm.

Raph, on the other hand, I can see taking on a more comforting role. This also would be full circle for him as he often seemed to view his brother's infatuation with April was more delusional than real. But while Donnie is distraught by April's corruption, I can see Raph trying to play the role of comforter and reassuring Donnie that they would get April back.

When Donnie becomes corrupted however I don't think one of the other Turtles alone should be the one who brings Donnie back to himself. I think they all should have some role in that. After all often in turtle lore when Donnie is wounded or killed off all the group is affected by it not just one.

For example in same as it never was, Mikey was the only one who was angry at Don for his disappearance. Leo and Raph were both surprised and glad to see him which suggested to me at least that they know or had understood what had happened to their brother. But didn't tell Mikey what really happen as the truth would be more painful than a life given how close Donnie and Mikey actually were.

Or Good Genes where Leo is trying to maintain hope that Donnie would be returned to normal but is at a loss over how to do this since the person he would go usually go to about this problem is the problem. But as a leader, he also has to reluctantly juggle the option of what he may have to do if a cure isn't possible.

Raph is a ticking time bomb and is growing more volatile by the moment. All he wants is to find the guy who could restore his brother and punch a cure out of them. And if a cure wasn't possible, then finding the guy who was responsible for doing this to his brother and making them suffer for it.

And lastly, Mikey who is has the most heartbreaking reaction of them all as he is just simply deluding himself into believing that things aren't as bad as they actually are. Such as treating it as though Donnie is just in bed with the flu, not some raging monster being kept in a containment unit.

[CyberCubed]

I love the nose bleed scene she had in this new episode, someone post the gif.

[ColinStein]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I love the nose bleed scene she had in this new episode, someone post the gif.

Vicky82 did.

[Vicky82]

Here's the start of the nose bleed.