What if Hamato Yoshi had a scorned ex-lover in a reinterpretation?

[Refractive Reflections]

Upon thinking about Hamato Yoshi's love life, I was wondering do you think it would bring an interesting backstory twist if he had a scorned ex-lover?

One possibility would be for Tang Shen to have a jealous sister/friend who wanted to marry Hamato Yoshi instead, and actually conspired with Oroku Saki to break up their relationship so they could have the other. (Oroku Saki being with Tang Shen and the ex-lover having Hamato Yoshi.) Then later on in the series/comic as the ex-lover and her army of subordinates become a greater threat and villain to the Turtles, the series/comic reveals the deep romantic relationship she had with Hamato Yoshi/Splinter before he met Tang Shen and the complications of the love triangle.

It could add another layer of complexity, and make for a very fascinating dynamic between Hamato Yoshi, Oroku Saki, Tang Shen, and Yoshi's ex-lover.

As to whether the ex-lover feels regret for her sister/friend being killed (when that wasn't the original plan between Oroku Saki and her), well... we could leave it open for character exploration and give her some moral ambiguity.

I figured if Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki both fought for the love of a woman (Tang Shen), why not have two women (Tang Shen and Yoshi's ex-lover) fight over Hamato Yoshi? ...It would be a climatic moment if the ex-lover met up with Splinter (who was Hamato Yoshi) back in New York City after assuming he was dead after missing for so long; and even more climatic if she encountered Shredder and fought with him. (...This ex-lover's rage could seriously compete with Karai's, don't you think? ) It could also give Hamato Yoshi/Splinter some experience behind the wisdom he imparts to his Turtles about falling in love.

[Candy Kappa]

Since Saki is a girl's name, in a re-imagination universe. Shredder could be that scorned lover

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Shredder as a woman? That idea has merit..... I'm getting a plot bunny for an interpretation of Shredder as "Karai", if that makes any sense. I know she took over for a bit in the comics and in 2K3, so this would actually not be much of a stretch.

[Refractive Reflections]

(Sigh)... LOL, looks like this is going to be another thread that's going to go off tangent.

[Candy Kappa]

Mixing Nago and Saki as one and we got a person that is rather one track minded, selfish and are willing to kill to get what she want.

Nagi almost killed Shen for not loving him, female Saki might do the same only killing Shen for being the one Yoshi was in love with, heck she'd probably try to kill Yoshi when things don't go as she planned.

but we already got a female Shredder and Karai got nothing on this dame

[Vivi]

Someone previously mentioned (I think) that Splinter may have knocked up Shredder's wife...and this led to a massive fallout, anger & revenge issues, questions of paternity (ie. Karai/Miwa actually being Splinter's daughter). As soap opera-ish as this sounds, I like the idea that Splinter is not 100% innocent in the outcome of their lives.

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by Vivi

As soap opera-ish as this sounds, I like the idea that Splinter is not 100% innocent in the outcome of their lives.

Like the original Splinter, who's a whacked-out rat who thinks it's responsible for avenging its owner's death?

But yeah, I dig morally bankrupt Splinters. Scorned ex-lover? Eh, whatever.

[ToxicRevolution]

Definitely sounds too much like a soap opera. Although, it would explain why Splinter loves his soaps so much...

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by Vivi

As soap opera-ish as this sounds, I like the idea that Splinter is not 100% innocent in the outcome of their lives.

I was having that thought too, when starting this thread. I thought with this scorned ex-lover angle, it would give a significant reason as to why Splinter/Hamato Yoshi is so strict with his rules (besides also being a very disciplined ninja master) and why he instills these rules so adamantly onto his Turtles. (aka "To learn from the sins/mistakes of their father")