Are you hoping AprilxCasey happens again this series? - Page 4

Avatar Yuffie · 05-03-2013, 11:46 PM

Considering Casey is legally an adult in the Nick version, unless NYC changed age of consent I'm not aware of, the writers wouldn't be in a hurry for him to date a minor.

So I'm not really expecting a huge romance drama. Maybe this could be a huge plot point to a Spanish telenovela, but not to a cartoon.

TBH, while I do ship April/Don and admit it probably won't get anywhere, I'll appreciate if April's love life is not what drives her character arc.

I'm not against April/Casey btw. They were just... there.

I also don't understand why the fans seem to cringe with the Turtles finding love. I mean... didn't Leo end up with a human (granted, she's a superhero and got fridged later down the road, but still)?

*ZariusTwo* · 05-04-2013, 05:56 AM

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I also don't understand why the fans seem to cringe with the Turtles finding love.

Fans of the older stuff like to gravitate to the tragic aspects of the Turtles existence...that they are the only ones of their kind and can't breed heirs or something, thus they find the idea of a romantic pursuit pretty pointless in the long run (I contest thsi of cours,e you don't need to have babies if you fall in love with someone. Some couples go their whole lives without kids)

Some also see the TMNT as just an action/adventure franchise that neednt bother with such tropes and that the Turtles are all about their teachings and ethics than about mushy crushes.

The Sewer Lord · 05-04-2013, 06:01 AM

You should add a "Meh" or a "Neutral" option in the poll.

The Sewer Lord · 05-04-2013, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Avatar Yuffie

Considering Casey is legally an adult in the Nick version, unless NYC changed age of consent I'm not aware of, the writers wouldn't be in a hurry for him to date a minor.

So I'm not really expecting a huge romance drama. Maybe this could be a huge plot point to a Spanish telenovela, but not to a cartoon.

TBH, while I do ship April/Don and admit it probably won't get anywhere, I'll appreciate if April's love life is not what drives her character arc.

I'm not against April/Casey btw. They were just... there.

I also don't understand why the fans seem to cringe with the Turtles finding love. I mean... didn't Leo end up with a human (granted, she's a superhero and got fridged later down the road, but still)?

I agree completely!

*snake* · 05-04-2013, 08:00 AM

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Perhaps you could be persuaded...

My eyes!! Make it stop! How dare you bring this into my lair! IT BURNS!

Gwydion · 05-04-2013, 01:17 PM

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I also don't understand why the fans seem to cringe with the Turtles finding love. I mean... didn't Leo end up with a human (granted, she's a superhero and got fridged later down the road, but still)?

For me it's not a matter of I don't want the Turtles to find love, I just don't really want romance to be a focus in TMNT. When done well, I don't mind romance, but when handled poorly, it's really distracting for me so I'd rather it be more background than front and center. I like TMNT for other reasons, and you get romance in a lot of other stuff.

Now, in regards to the situation with Donnie and April, I didn't mind it so much at first, but Donnie has just gotten a bit too obsessed as the show has gone on. Had it been more subtle, I wouldn't have cared if Donnie/April had actually happened, but now I can't help but hope that maybe Casey's introduction will be the start of not only Donnie getting over his crush but April actually interacting with more characters.

*pannoni1* · 05-04-2013, 07:19 PM

It only happened in 4kids since it happened off-panel in Mirage (between Vol. 2 and 3). If it was a casual relationship, fine, but a younger April in a culture where people get married at a later age (especially in a place like NYC where its uncommon to marry under 25), April/Casey both look to just be nice friends. But if April x Casey happens, I just hope its a dynamic relationship that is a key component in the Turtles' adventures.

The Sewer Lord · 05-04-2013, 09:31 PM

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It only happened in 4kids since it happened off-panel in Mirage (between Vol. 2 and 3). If it was a casual relationship, fine, but a younger April in a culture where people get married at a later age (especially in a place like NYC where its uncommon to marry under 25), April/Casey both look to just be nice friends. But if April x Casey happens, I just hope its a dynamic relationship that is a key component in the Turtles' adventures.

I completely agree with you.

*JTH* · 05-04-2013, 09:41 PM

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My eyes!! Make it stop! How dare you bring this into my lair! IT BURNS!

Wait til you see the sequel...

*NinjaMan* · 05-04-2013, 10:19 PM

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Perhaps you could be persuaded...

That's disgusting.

*ZariusTwo* · 05-05-2013, 09:27 AM

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Wait til you see the sequel...

I don't think that's safe for work around here

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That's disgusting.

He totally has cooties..and about a thousand other ailments one picks up in a sewer... .

FearlessLeader · 05-06-2013, 01:55 PM

My problem with romance especially in Western media and especially when we already have 20 min episodes where we are trying to squeeze in way too much plot that it already seems rushed it that when characters start falling in love for some reason it seems like the romance then takes over the ENTIRE freaking plot of the story and that nothing else matters. It's what irks me the most about media in the USA as we seem to be one of the worst offenders in it within the concepts of our writing.

Don't get me wrong I will love a good romantic story and ship at times as much as the next female out there. But I usually start a show because I know it has romantic elements and I am looking forward to seeing that development. I would mind romance if I didn't feel like it would then take over everything else. Even Donnie with April in this cartoon, his crush on her has been more then 75% of his character and his development in this series. People keep complaining we don't see enough of Don interacting with his other brothers well when they need to fit in some kind of Don with April or Don obsessing over April scene into each 22 min episode it's hard to also fit in a Don with brother scene.

I don't want romance because I don't want it taking over the plot of the show. That was part of the reason I liked the way they handled April and Casey in 4Kids. You knew how much the two of them meant to one other, but it never over shadowed the guys and the insanity they are often dealing with.

I feel like the last few weeks the show has been more about Don and April or Leo and Karai and less about well, anything else the Turtles have been doing. It's not that I want the guys alone but I want to see something developed that it doesn't have to completely change the background and spirit of the franchise and show just so they can have girlfriends.

Turtles has always been first and foremost about the brotherhood between the characters if we have to loose that so we can have luv then no I am not interested.

*Refractive Reflections* · 05-06-2013, 04:53 PM

I definitely agree with you on that FearlessLeader.

If the action/adventure and family themes starting taking a backseat to the romance aspects, then it will lose a tremendous amount of viewers because romance is NOT what viewers tune into when watching or reading TMNT.

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It's not that I want the guys alone but I want to see something developed that it doesn't have to completely change the background and spirit of the franchise and show just so they can have girlfriends.

There's a LOT of fanfic stories and deviantart fanworks that have forgotten that. It's one of the reasons why I'm somewhat critical in reading shipping stories initially... Don't even get me started on the Mary-Sues and weak, defenseless female love-interests that "need a man" to fulfill their lives.

*BabyTurtles* · 05-06-2013, 06:06 PM

I agree with FearlessLeader

I like Don's character more when it isn't surrounded by his crush on April
and I like April's character more when it isn't surrounded by Don's crush

I need a breather from the crush thing to even begin appreciating it.

Avatar Yuffie · 05-07-2013, 03:41 AM

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I don't want romance because I don't want it taking over the plot of the show. That was part of the reason I liked the way they handled April and Casey in 4Kids. You knew how much the two of them meant to one other, but it never over shadowed the guys and the insanity they are often dealing with.

Those two hardly showed up in that series. In fact, I feel Leatherhead, Honeycutt and The Ancient One had more important dynamic family members of the Turtles as the series went on than those two. Which probably explained why they never went with them in Fast Forward. So, I really disagree with that.

CowabungaMikey · 05-07-2013, 04:55 AM

But I think April is younger in this show. Then Casey should be younger too. So I don't think that's going to happen.,

Something like this: :p

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05-03-2013, 11:46 PM	#61
Avatar Yuffie Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 805	Considering Casey is legally an adult in the Nick version, unless NYC changed age of consent I'm not aware of, the writers wouldn't be in a hurry for him to date a minor. So I'm not really expecting a huge romance drama. Maybe this could be a huge plot point to a Spanish telenovela, but not to a cartoon. TBH, while I do ship April/Don and admit it probably won't get anywhere, I'll appreciate if April's love life is not what drives her character arc. I'm not against April/Casey btw. They were just... there. I also don't understand why the fans seem to cringe with the Turtles finding love. I mean... didn't Leo end up with a human (granted, she's a superhero and got fridged later down the road, but still)? __________________ We all know that Most Writers Are Male. Something like eighty percent of media aimed at children have male main characters, whereas half the population is female. At best, women will often be minor characters or will not be present at all. Stories about women are for women, stories about men are for general consumption. (TV Tropes Feminist Fantasy) Last edited by Avatar Yuffie; 05-04-2013 at 12:03 AM.

05-04-2013, 07:19 PM	#67
pannoni1 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 3,447	It only happened in 4kids since it happened off-panel in Mirage (between Vol. 2 and 3). If it was a casual relationship, fine, but a younger April in a culture where people get married at a later age (especially in a place like NYC where its uncommon to marry under 25), April/Casey both look to just be nice friends. But if April x Casey happens, I just hope its a dynamic relationship that is a key component in the Turtles' adventures. __________________ http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...d.php?t=37065- MY WANT LIST TMNT FAN CLUB LINK: http://sot.ag/gCjK/ 30 years of Turtle Power!

05-06-2013, 01:55 PM	#72
FearlessLeader Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Watching Space Heroes Posts: 1,048	My problem with romance especially in Western media and especially when we already have 20 min episodes where we are trying to squeeze in way too much plot that it already seems rushed it that when characters start falling in love for some reason it seems like the romance then takes over the ENTIRE freaking plot of the story and that nothing else matters. It's what irks me the most about media in the USA as we seem to be one of the worst offenders in it within the concepts of our writing. Don't get me wrong I will love a good romantic story and ship at times as much as the next female out there. But I usually start a show because I know it has romantic elements and I am looking forward to seeing that development. I would mind romance if I didn't feel like it would then take over everything else. Even Donnie with April in this cartoon, his crush on her has been more then 75% of his character and his development in this series. People keep complaining we don't see enough of Don interacting with his other brothers well when they need to fit in some kind of Don with April or Don obsessing over April scene into each 22 min episode it's hard to also fit in a Don with brother scene. I don't want romance because I don't want it taking over the plot of the show. That was part of the reason I liked the way they handled April and Casey in 4Kids. You knew how much the two of them meant to one other, but it never over shadowed the guys and the insanity they are often dealing with. I feel like the last few weeks the show has been more about Don and April or Leo and Karai and less about well, anything else the Turtles have been doing. It's not that I want the guys alone but I want to see something developed that it doesn't have to completely change the background and spirit of the franchise and show just so they can have girlfriends. Turtles has always been first and foremost about the brotherhood between the characters if we have to loose that so we can have luv then no I am not interested. __________________ Artwork by Jim Lawson Last edited by FearlessLeader; 05-06-2013 at 02:01 PM.

05-06-2013, 06:06 PM	#74
BabyTurtles Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 4,177	I agree with FearlessLeader I like Don's character more when it isn't surrounded by his crush on April and I like April's character more when it isn't surrounded by Don's crush I need a breather from the crush thing to even begin appreciating it. __________________

05-07-2013, 04:55 AM	#76
CowabungaMikey Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2013 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 661	But I think April is younger in this show. Then Casey should be younger too. So I don't think that's going to happen., Something like this: :p __________________ Cowabunga says it all!