"It sells less and less every month"

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by leo656

yeah, i remember back in the day how while ninjara was rather popular with some fans, there were also plenty who were like "get this kissy-face crap out of my ninja turtles books." so these aren't even new conversations.

It just used to be very understood that "nobody reads tmnt for romance and relationships, period," and now there's a very small yet vocal minority who wants tmnt to suddenly be that and they won't settle for being told that it's simply not the best use of the characters.

But that's the way it works nowadays. A couple people want something a whole bunch, while nobody else cares about or wants that. But that handful of people will scream over and over about how "important" it is for them to get their way, and so they get their way, and meanwhile the majority who don't want/don't care get called names.

- tmnt has never been a romance comic or a "slice of life" drama
- most people don't want it to be either of those things, it runs entirely counter to every single thing they ever liked about the franchise
- any business that makes it a point to ignore and belittle its own audience simply isn't destined for a grand future

again. If we went back to 1991 and someone, anyone said, "i like ninja turtles and everything but i wish the stories were more about a bunch of mutants sitting around not doing anything, and the turtles themselves were barely in it and there was a lot of romance and political stuff in it"... That person now has an entire lunch table to themselves.

I miss the "keep your dumb ideas to yourself, because they are dumb" era. But as others have said... Internet.

Well, let's redirect our blame to the man responsible....