Just thinking out lowd...
 

...Have you ever wondered what it would be like had Venus been originally introduced in Mirage Volume 1. Had she first appeared in the original comic series. I often wonder...

She probably would have gained some more respect had Laird and Eastman made her one of the original characters.

There would probably be more people that like her. The storyline would have probably been different/better than TNM as well.

Yea, Mirage freaks would like her then.

I still wouldn't like her though.

One can always dream. Had she been seen in Mirage, maybe even Zarius would have respected her. In the comics the turtles killed people and were not afraid to spill blood, imagine how Venus would have acted was she in the comics too...

Essentially Venus would have been Karai...and thank god she was'nt.

Jarrah...u'r stretching....Venus wasn't a good fit...and even in the begining if she was there...she'd probably never make it to far....especialy if the "Perpetuation" of the TMNT line were to become an issue...like the show "We're not brothers, we're petshop turtles"...kinda oedipal if u ask me