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* StrugglingSingleMother: Shard is a cat mutant who can't be seen in public, has limited resources, and has to raise her sons in an abandoned subway station. She makes sure that her kids have what they need and trains them in ninjutsu, but several chapters (and her internal monologue) make it clear that it isn't easy. Casey later reacts in shock when he learns that, before he gave her access to his father's shop's store room, she had to feed the Turtles and herself from things she stole or found in the trash.
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* OedipusComplex: This version of Karai is far less stable than her canon-version, taking greater pains to attack Shard directly instead of the turtles, even developing a hatred for April because she sees her as Shard's replacement for her.
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* SmartAnimalInconvenientInstincts: Being a [[CatFolk cat mutant]], Master Shard has a few unfortunate habits that reflects this. She leaves claw marks on the dojo's tree (though she insists they're "katana marks"), plays with yarn and catnip is banned from the lair because of "[[NoodleIncident that thing [they] won't mention in [their] house ever again.]]"
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* SmartAnimalInconvenientInstincts: Being a [[CatFolk cat mutant]], Master Shard has a few unfortunate habits that reflects this. She leaves claw marks on the dojo's tree (though she insists they're "katana marks"), plays with yarn and catnip is banned from the lair because of "[[NoodleIncident that thing [they] won't mention in [their] house ever again.]]"]]" She's also shown to be ''very'' uncomfortable whenever she's wet, to the point that she now hates the rain.
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* NothingIsFunnier: We never find out ''what'' happened, but enough catnip made Master Shard do "that thing [they] won't mention in [their] house ever again."
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** In "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E21KaraisVendetta Karai's Vendetta]]", Karai attempts to kidnap April, only for April to catch her off guard, kick her down a subway tunnel and escape. In [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/6829733#workskin Chapter 8]], while April manages to draw first blood with a swift kick, Karai still managed to knock her unconscious to lose her as bait.
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** In "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E21KaraisVendetta Karai's Vendetta]]", Karai attempts to kidnap April, only for April to catch her off guard, kick her down a subway tunnel and escape. In [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/6829733#workskin Chapter 8]], while April manages to draw first blood with a swift kick, Karai still managed to knock her unconscious to lose use her as bait.
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* InterspeciesRomance: In a way, between Shard and canon!Splinter in Chapter 11. For added irony, Shard is a cat and Splinter is a rat.
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* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Shard would sometimes say "Ai yah"[[labelnote:translation]]"I don't believe it."[[/labelnote]] in exasperation.
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* AdaptationalBadass: While we never get any hint that canon!Tang Shen knew any martial arts, her voicing grievances that ninjitsu is obsolete in modern times, here Master Shard is just like canon!Master Splinter, being a kunoichi that taught the Turtles how to fight as effective ninja and possesses intimate knowledge of poisons that are implied to have been taught to her as a family tradition.
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The fanfic can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/5347796 here]].
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The fanfic can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/5347796 here]], Website/FanfictionDotNet [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9113041/1/Shards-of-a-Memory here]] and Website/{{Tumblr}} [[https://shardsoftangshen.tumblr.com/ here]].
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* ParentalSubstitute: Having never really known her own mother, April has come to see Shard as a mother too, even calling her ''kaasan''[[labelnote:translation]][[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]] for "mother", only addressed to one's mother directly[[/labelnote]].
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** This also applies to Casey Jones when he discovers that she was the mysterious lady that saved him from a group of bullies when he was younger.
** Having never really known her own mother, April has come to see Shard as a mother too, even calling her ''kaasan''[[labelnote:translation]][[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]] for "mother", only addressed to one's mother
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* CatStereotype: Being a mutant cat, Shard has plenty of small quirks that reflect this. She purrs when she's comfortable, she licks those she's protective of, she has a taste for fish and catnip is banned from the lair due to an undisclosed NoodleIncident. [[spoiler:It is also implied that since the life-expectancy of a cat is much shorter than a human, she ages much faster.]]
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* CatStereotype: Being a mutant cat, Shard has plenty of small quirks that reflect this. She purrs when she's comfortable, she licks those she's protective of, she has a taste for fish and fish, catnip is banned from the lair due to an undisclosed NoodleIncident.NoodleIncident and she claws on their tree and plays with yarn when she thinks no one is looking. [[spoiler:It is also implied that since the life-expectancy of a cat is much shorter than a human, she ages much faster.]]
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* AppearanceAngst: It is implied that some of Raphael's rage had its roots in the crack in his plastron, feeling like it made him defective not unlike a broken toy car Leo found thrown away.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When they were younger, Leonardo fell sick. Struggling to vent his feeling of worry over his brother constructively, Raphael would snap at Donnie and Mikey, later taking it out on a practice dummy under Shard's instruction until Leo got better.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When they were younger, Leonardo fell sick. Struggling to vent his feeling of worry over his brother constructively, Raphael would snap at Donnie and Mikey, later taking it out on a practice dummy under Shard's instruction until Leo got better.
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* WomensMysteries: Apparently matters of poisons and antidotes are secrets kunoichi share from mother to daughter. Since Shard's only daughter Miwa was against her at the time, she instead instructs Raphael in making an antidote to Gentle Mercy when she is poisoned.
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* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: In "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/7201775#workskin Chapter 11]]", Shard and canon!Splinter somehow learned how to reach each other while in deep meditation from across the Multiverse as some form of AstralProjection. While he is not her Yoshi and she isn't his Tang Shen, they still treat this as a reunion.
* DotingParent: While she still raised the Turtles to be resilient ninja, Shard is shown to be much more of an affectionate parent than canon!Splinter, being much more physically affectionate ([[CatStereotype which is not unusual for a cat]]) and refer to them by {{Affectionate Nickname}}s like "her babies."
* DotingParent: While she still raised the Turtles to be resilient ninja, Shard is shown to be much more of an affectionate parent than canon!Splinter, being much more physically affectionate ([[CatStereotype which is not unusual for a cat]]) and refer to them by {{Affectionate Nickname}}s like "her babies."
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->It was then that she took the name "Shard", viewing the mutation as the shattering of the last of her dreams, and she was now only the shard of a memory. Out of a last remaining sense of honour, she could not leave the turtles to die, but her life was a fog of misery until, one day, as she lay shivering in a damp sewer tunnel, one of the turtles approached her and laid its little hand on her cheek.
->Then, it opened its mouth, and spoke. "Kaa-san."
->Shard named that one Leonardo.
->It was then that she realized that the mutation was not an end, but merely the beginning of a new dream. She gathered her babies to her, and made a new home for them in an abandoned subway station, training them in the art of ninjutsu so that they could defend themselves if the world ever turned against them.
->And though life was hard sometimes, and they had little, their home was a place of laughter, and love, and joy.
-->-- [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/5347796 Chapter 1]]
->Then, it opened its mouth, and spoke. "Kaa-san."
->Shard named that one Leonardo.
->It was then that she realized that the mutation was not an end, but merely the beginning of a new dream. She gathered her babies to her, and made a new home for them in an abandoned subway station, training them in the art of ninjutsu so that they could defend themselves if the world ever turned against them.
->And though life was hard sometimes, and they had little, their home was a place of laughter, and love, and joy.
-->-- [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/5347796 Chapter 1]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: This version of Shredder conspires to kill Tang Shen because he sees her not picking him and then faking her death when he killed Yoshi as a "double humiliation". While canon!Shredder's motivation (as [[InsaneTrollLogic twisted and flawed]] as they were) could be seen as somewhat sympathetic -- avenging the death of a woman he loved by killing the man he thought was responsible -- this version of Shredder doesn't even have that. This Shredder's entire ''modus operandi'' is [[{{Pride}} based on a wounded ego]].
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** This version of Shredder conspires to kill Tang Shen because he sees her not picking him and then faking her death when he killed Yoshi as a "double humiliation". While canon!Shredder's motivation (as [[InsaneTrollLogic twisted and flawed]] as they were) could be seen as somewhat sympathetic -- avenging the death of a woman he loved by killing the man he thought was responsible -- this version of Shredder doesn't even have that. This Shredder's entire ''modus operandi'' is [[{{Pride}} based on a wounded ego]].
** While Karai in canon was DarkActionGirl willing to cross lines that the turtles would not, she was portrayed more as an AntiVillain who was still less willing to involve innocent civilians. This version of Karai seems to be less mentally stable, going to great, torturous lengths to torment shard, even forcing her into a SadisticChoice to let April die of poisoning if she wanted her back, legitimately enraged when Shard escapes with April to treat her.
** This version of Shredder conspires to kill Tang Shen because he sees her not picking him and then faking her death when he killed Yoshi as a "double humiliation". While canon!Shredder's motivation (as [[InsaneTrollLogic twisted and flawed]] as they were) could be seen as somewhat sympathetic -- avenging the death of a woman he loved by killing the man he thought was responsible -- this version of Shredder doesn't even have that. This Shredder's entire ''modus operandi'' is [[{{Pride}} based on a wounded ego]].
** While Karai in canon was DarkActionGirl willing to cross lines that the turtles would not, she was portrayed more as an AntiVillain who was still less willing to involve innocent civilians. This version of Karai seems to be less mentally stable, going to great, torturous lengths to torment shard, even forcing her into a SadisticChoice to let April die of poisoning if she wanted her back, legitimately enraged when Shard escapes with April to treat her.
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** In "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E21KaraisVendetta Karai's Vendetta]]", Karai attempts to kidnap April, only for April to catch her off guard, kick her down a subway tunnel and escape. In [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/6829733#workskin Chapter 8]], while April manages to draw first blood with a swift kick, Karai still managed to knock her unconscious to lose her as bait.
** In canon, Leo was the first Splinter told that Karai was Miwa. Here, it is April who finds out when Shard calls Karai by her real name.
* GratuitousJapanese: The turtles and April refer to Master Shard as ''kaasan'', an informal and very personal term for "mother." When Shard faces Karai when she tries rescuing April, Karai sarcastically calls her ''Hahaue'', the more formal expression.
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** In "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E21KaraisVendetta Karai's Vendetta]]", Karai attempts to kidnap April, only for April to catch her off guard, kick her down a subway tunnel and escape. In [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/6829733#workskin Chapter 8]], while April manages to draw first blood with a swift kick, Karai still managed to knock her unconscious to lose her as bait.
** In canon, Leo was the first Splinter told that Karai was Miwa. Here, it is April who finds out when Shard calls Karai by her real name.
* GratuitousJapanese: The turtles and April refer to Master Shard as ''kaasan'', an informal and very personal term for "mother." When Shard faces Karai when she tries rescuing April, Karai sarcastically calls her ''Hahaue'', the more formal expression.
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* SadisticChoice: Karai poisons April with Gentle Mercy (a poison Tang Shen invented) and gives her a choice: either cure April and prove to her that she ''had'' replaced her, or choose her and let April die. While it pains her greatly, Shard recognizes this for the loaded choice that someone like the Shredder would teach and heals April, Karai crying out to her in anger.
* SadisticChoice: Karai poisons April with Gentle Mercy (a poison Tang Shen invented) and gives her a choice: either cure April and prove to her that she ''had'' replaced her, or choose her and let April die. While it pains her greatly, Shard recognizes this for the loaded choice that someone like the Shredder would teach and heals April, Karai crying out to her in anger.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Master Shard" by [[https://lorna-ka.tumblr.com/post/52965311635/this-is-for-fantasia-because-i-heard-she-had-a-bad Lorna-ka]]]]
What if it had been Hamato Yoshi who died in the fire, and Tang Shen who moved to New York, bought the turtles, and encountered the Kraang in the alley on that fateful day?
''Shards of a Memory'' is a ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/FantasiaWandering/pseuds/FantasiaWandering FantasiaWandering]], a series of ficlets and drabbles based on the AU idea that the turtles were raised by a mother, Master Shard.
The fanfic can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/5347796 here]].
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!!''Shards of a Memory'' provides examples of:
* AdaptationalVillainy: This version of Shredder conspires to kill Tang Shen because he sees her not picking him and then faking her death when he killed Yoshi as a "double humiliation". While canon!Shredder's motivation (as [[InsaneTrollLogic twisted and flawed]] as they were) could be seen as somewhat sympathetic -- avenging the death of a woman he loved by killing the man he thought was responsible -- this version of Shredder doesn't even have that. This Shredder's entire ''modus operandi'' is [[{{Pride}} based on a wounded ego]].
* CatFolk: Unlike Splinter, Tang Shen's mutation turned her into a cat-person.
* IfICantHaveYou: Shredder considers Tang Shen choosing Hamato Yoshi instead of him as a "humiliation" worth killing both of them over, having raised her daughter into thinking that Tang Shen was a traitor [[EvilIsPetty out of spite]] before he found out that she was still alive.
* MeaningfulRename: Tang Shen took the name "Shard" after her mutation, as her dreams and old life were shattered completely, Tang Shen herself nothing but a shard of a memory.
* OffingTheOffspring: Shredder had convinced Karai that Tang Shen would have killed her at infancy rather than "stay" with her and Oroku Saki.
* ParentalSubstitute: Having never really known her own mother, April has come to see Shard as a mother too, even calling her ''kaasan''[[labelnote:translation]][[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]] for "mother", only addressed to one's mother directly[[/labelnote]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: While her canon counterpart died by Oroku Saki's hand when he reformed the Foot Clan and attack the Hamato Clan's estate, here her husband [[DeathByAdaptation Hamato Yoshi (known as "Master Splinter" in the series) was the one who died instead]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Master Shard" by [[https://lorna-ka.tumblr.com/post/52965311635/this-is-for-fantasia-because-i-heard-she-had-a-bad Lorna-ka]]]]
What if it had been Hamato Yoshi who died in the fire, and Tang Shen who moved to New York, bought the turtles, and encountered the Kraang in the alley on that fateful day?
''Shards of a Memory'' is a ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/FantasiaWandering/pseuds/FantasiaWandering FantasiaWandering]], a series of ficlets and drabbles based on the AU idea that the turtles were raised by a mother, Master Shard.
The fanfic can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/5347796 here]].
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!!''Shards of a Memory'' provides examples of:
* AdaptationalVillainy: This version of Shredder conspires to kill Tang Shen because he sees her not picking him and then faking her death when he killed Yoshi as a "double humiliation". While canon!Shredder's motivation (as [[InsaneTrollLogic twisted and flawed]] as they were) could be seen as somewhat sympathetic -- avenging the death of a woman he loved by killing the man he thought was responsible -- this version of Shredder doesn't even have that. This Shredder's entire ''modus operandi'' is [[{{Pride}} based on a wounded ego]].
* CatFolk: Unlike Splinter, Tang Shen's mutation turned her into a cat-person.
* IfICantHaveYou: Shredder considers Tang Shen choosing Hamato Yoshi instead of him as a "humiliation" worth killing both of them over, having raised her daughter into thinking that Tang Shen was a traitor [[EvilIsPetty out of spite]] before he found out that she was still alive.
* MeaningfulRename: Tang Shen took the name "Shard" after her mutation, as her dreams and old life were shattered completely, Tang Shen herself nothing but a shard of a memory.
* OffingTheOffspring: Shredder had convinced Karai that Tang Shen would have killed her at infancy rather than "stay" with her and Oroku Saki.
* ParentalSubstitute: Having never really known her own mother, April has come to see Shard as a mother too, even calling her ''kaasan''[[labelnote:translation]][[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]] for "mother", only addressed to one's mother directly[[/labelnote]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: While her canon counterpart died by Oroku Saki's hand when he reformed the Foot Clan and attack the Hamato Clan's estate, here her husband [[DeathByAdaptation Hamato Yoshi (known as "Master Splinter" in the series) was the one who died instead]].
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