like, casey had his big anger time and some of that lingers a little bc they haven't like, IMPROVED, but he has thought more on donnie's mentality after the fact, and that's helped
i always remember the scene with donnie ranting about his brothers being dumdums about the photo while they sit there and look at the image as like. not trying to get us to agree with donnie, but just showing the fam is like "he'll tire himself out just keep doing what we been doing"
casey's so used to being master of none but this is, like, the ONE thing he has worlds more experience than any of them so its frustrating to not be listened to sometimes
also casey started out really willing to follow their lead bc he was still in the sensei/family is older and knows best but over time he's been able to slide more into "these are my peers and yes they're super powerful but sometimes they're dumb as bricks too, bc we are ALL KIDS"
YES EXACTLY THAT donnie got a taste of that "you were my adult!" from casey and IMMEDIATELY locked casey into that sort of "subordinate/child" role, unconsciously
no one else was in the subway with him and leo where leo got to experience casey's wake-up moment where he revealed he is in fact an absolute cutthroat
btw, i dunno how exact the replication of his chainstick was, but casey went ahead and got his original via lore and has switched to using it instead it's more for his comfort rather than a slight against donnie but mentioning it in case donnie has a way to notice dksjghd
1. help donnie learn to cope with unpredictability 2. help donnie feel more secure with his own skills outside of his ninpo 3. give these two time/opportunity to relearn and trust each other 4. impress upon casey that donnie is just slower on the uptake than the rest of his fam 5. build respect between them based on reality and not assumptions
6. show casey that while leo gets the terror of the krang invasion on an immediate and personal level, donnie can grasp how horrifying it would be on a macro scale
2. help donnie feel more secure with his own skills outside of his ninpo
3. give these two time/opportunity to relearn and trust each other
4. impress upon casey that donnie is just slower on the uptake than the rest of his fam
5. build respect between them based on reality and not assumptions
and maybe