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I mean, part of why I, personally, have no general problem with female mutants being created (or even "shipped" with the TMNT, if written well enough) is because you have to get more chicks in there SOMEwhere and make them an important part of the story. Even when April is handled well - which is rare - she's still One Character and that may have flown once upon a time but nowadays people expect/demand more. And I don't have a problem with there being more female characters of substance even in a property rooted in "male power fantasy", so long as it's written and handled well.
But I prefer they be more thoughtfully handled than the "fifth Turtle" scenario. Venus and Jennika feel lazy and uninspired; with Ninjara and Alopex, Kala or Mona Lisa, or whoever, it's at least a bit more creative than "One of the pre-existing main characters, but with a vagina".
More female characters? Fine. More female mutants, even, for the sake of being creative? Also fine. But a "Fifth Turtle", to me, whether male OR female, is the laziest possible method of expansion, and I can't see how I'd ever be a fan of it. I like to see people work a *little* harder than that. If a four-year old can come up with it, then it's probably a weak idea.
Which isn't to say that it's "worthless" as an idea, or that it could never conceivably be executed in a semi-interesting fashion... but it DOES betray an inherent lack of creativity, generally speaking.
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