What does Nickelodeon not allow IDW to do?

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I have to admit, I do prefer the Slash setup if only because it gave us Slash. But I think overall you have a deeper grasp on the character of April O'Neil, Ross! The whole concepts of not being able to relate to humans anymore... I also loved your writing of the O'Neil family in "Northampton."

And KLUNK!!!

Who knows, maybe someday we can see it published in a later issue of IDW TMNT...

Originally Posted by Ross Campbell

thanks! yeah, that was one of the concerns, that it also involved Alopex being deceptive or whatever, despite the story around that being different. it was really similar. but basically i just wanted April and Alopex to have a sleepover. XD

oh another part i just remembered, duh, was that April could no longer relate to regular human people now that her life was all crazy with ninjas and mutants, and she stopped hanging out with her roommate Trish and her other friends. and when Alopex came along, April could relate to her because she was a mutant and she could understand April's new life. April didn't have to hide from Alopex like she has to hide from everyone else in the human world.

Originally Posted by Ross Campbell

i probably shouldn't go too much into it, but whatever, haha. the story was while everyone else is out of town, April finds Alopex all beat up in an alley way, after receiving a beating from the Foot for continually failing her missions (in one version it was going to be Bebop and Rocksteady that beat her up, foreshadowing their mutation way earlier). April takes her home and nurses her back to health, and it would have introduced Klunk, too, April and Alopex were going to bond over getting him to warm up to them. then Alopex was going to prepare to kill April while she slept, but then April wakes up and confronts her, revealing that she knew Alopex was with the Foot all along, and Alopex spares her because April was the first person to ever show her any kindness. i wanted to show a strength that April had that wasn't punching or fighting like the other characters, something that got into her personality more.

anyway, that was the basic story without getting into the details. the April issue they ended up going with was great though, so it worked out. Marley Zarcone!!