Howdo you feel about the Casey / April / Donnie love triangle this season? - Page 3

*BabyTurtles* · 09-30-2013, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kelligrafie

To be fair, Donnie isn't 100% gooey eyed, simpering 24/7 when April's around. The urges can be controlled as we've seen in season one.

it's not Donnie I'm worried about it's April.

*blindturtle02* · 09-30-2013, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

it's not Donnie I'm worried about it's April.

I second that.

*victory_angel* · 09-30-2013, 01:02 PM

Well maybe the Triangle could lead to some bonding moments between April/Leo and Donnie/Leo. And maybe a little Donnie/Casey development.

But there is of course going to be tension between Casey/Donnie and Donnie/Leo as well.

*BubblyShell22* · 09-30-2013, 04:52 PM

I'm pretty much on the wait and see bandwagon. I have faith that the writers will do a good job with this and not make it the entire focus of the whole season as seen in season 1. As long as they keep it simple and don't overdo it, it'll be fine. April may not like Donnie in that way now, but she may change her mind in season 2 as things progress.

*blindturtle02* · 10-01-2013, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

I'm pretty much on the wait and see bandwagon. I have faith that the writers will do a good job with this and not make it the entire focus of the whole season as seen in season 1. As long as they keep it simple and don't overdo it, it'll be fine. April may not like Donnie in that way now, but she may change her mind in season 2 as things progress.

Exactly. That's how I'm hoping they handle things in season 2. The writers are amazing and they really did a great job with Don's April crush in season 1. It was there but we all weren't hit over the head with it. The triangle will probably be there in little bite sized pieces throughout certain eps to make things a little more lighthearted as I'm guessing that Mutagen Man arc is going to be preeetty dark.

*ObiWanFan4life* · 10-01-2013, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

I "feel" that at this rate it'll be somewhere around Season 4 when we can finally put the "Who's Gonna Nail April?" BS behind us and move the story significantly forward.

I wasn't against any of it from the start, but I'm sick of it. It's pretty much been entirely exposed by now that the April/Donnie thing was just a way to pad the episodes out (success), create cheap laughs (50/50, at best), and possibly creep some people out (success, regardless of whether that was the intention or not). There was never, E-E-EEEEEVVER the tiniest chance April was ever going to "hook up" with Donnie, especially on a cartoon show, especially one made by Nick, and any sane person knows that, and the running gag is so tired it's fast asleep by now.

Adding Casey to the mix just so he and Donnie can passive-aggressively try and one-up each other for April's affections for a half or whole season before "fighting it out" to see who "gets" her is going to be an annoying distraction from anything important that's going on. And frankly, if Casey doesn't "get" her, or she chooses neither, then the entire set-up was *literally* an intelligence-insulting waste of time. If you break down every minute of just the first season where they stop everything to establish "Yes, April gives Donnie a raging Turtle-boner", that's a TON of time wasted on this potentially-going-nowhere subplot. And she's not going to get with Donnie. She can't. It's logistically impossible for this specific TMNT representation. Nick isn't gonna want to answer those letters, emails and phone calls from parents as to why they're "pushing bestiality on kids". It's as simple as that. In another setting, it could work, potentially. Definitely not here, in this show. So it's Casey or neither, if it's neither it's all for nothing, and I'm already annoyed with the whole idea.

For the record, I'm not against the Turtles having relationships. I've argued in favor of it many times on this forum, and I'm not even opposed to them having relationships with humans. But the way this show has done it is awful.

I Second this. Seriously, who honestly thought it was a good idea to hold on to this subplot. I'll give it a few episodes worth of my time, but this subplot NEEDS to die before season's end.

*Coola Yagami* · 10-01-2013, 12:27 PM

Too little too late. April is a girl in a boys action show who is not a mutant or anything particularly interesting and her name isn't in the title. She's doomed to be reduced to a prop a damsel in distress or a love interest. Or just a random character tossed in there just because.

*BabyTurtles* · 10-01-2013, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Too little too late. April is a girl in a boys action show who is not a mutant or anything particularly interesting and her name isn't in the title. She's doomed to be reduced to a prop a damsel in distress or a love interest. Or just a random character tossed in there just because.

she doesn't have to be though.....if the writers just tired to make her her own character then they can DO it...it's not that hard.

girls don't have to be doomed to be that way......April could have just been their close friend that helped them get info on the topside. (like she did in never say xever and panic in the sewers)

*blindturtle02* · 10-01-2013, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

she doesn't have to be though.....if the writers just tired to make her her own character then they can DO it...it's not that hard.

girls don't have to be doomed to be that way......April could have just been their close friend that helped them get info on the topside. (like she did in never say xever and panic in the sewers)

I'm thinking the writers are going to let April be her own character in this series. She's certainly one of the strongest and most independent incarnations of April I've seen. Wondering if we're going to see her get herself out of more and more scrapes as the show and her training progresses. My fiancé and I both think she's a pretty strong female character and that's refreshing in a show mostly comprised of males. It's sure looking as if the writers are going to make her out to be something more than the stereotypical damsel in distress. Guess we'll just have to wait and see, but I hope this is indeed the case.

*JTH* · 10-01-2013, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

she doesn't have to be though.....if the writers just tried to make her own character then they can DO it...it's not that hard.

girls don't have to be doomed to be that way......April could have just been their close friend that helped them get info on the topside. (like she did in never say xever and panic in the sewers)

You talk about her being her own character; yet the example you gave is not being her own character, it's being the same character April has been in every incarnation of Ninja Turtles.

She is being her own character, it's just something you don't approve of. There's nothing wrong with that opinion, but just saying your reasoning doesn't make sense with your example.

*Shark_Blade* · 10-01-2013, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

I Second this. Seriously, who honestly thought it was a good idea to hold on to this subplot. I'll give it a few episodes worth of my time, but this subplot NEEDS to die before season's end.

Silly ObiWan. Don't you know that love will never die?

*BabyTurtles* · 10-01-2013, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jth

You talk about her being her own character; yet the example you gave is not being her own character, it's being the same character April has been in every incarnation of Ninja Turtles.

She is being her own character, it's just something you don't approve of. There's nothing wrong with that opinion, but just saying your reasoning doesn't make sense with your example.

my main problem with April is her lack of personality if they can solve that then I don't care what she's doing to be honest

*Coola Yagami* · 10-01-2013, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

my main problem with April is her lack of personality if they can solve that then I don't care what she's doing to be honest

I just realized that, but it's true. April being kinda/sorta Donnie's girl is a new character trait. She's a teen in this version and decides to stick with Don the most since he is the one that gives her the most attention. She's not the Turtles denmother like when she used to be 28 in the OT....

*BabyTurtles* · 10-01-2013, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I just realized that, but it's true. April being kinda/sorta Donnie's girl is a new character trait. She's a teen in this version and decides to stick with Don the most since he is the one that gives her the most attention. She's not the Turtles denmother like when she used to be 28 in the OT....

arrg! that's what I've been saying this whoole time!

love interest isn't a personality!!

and her lack of interaction with the other turtles makes her barely friends with them!

*Shark_Blade* · 10-02-2013, 12:04 AM

Did April interacted with Raph? I don't remember them sharing a scene..

With Leo there's the second grade type of kiss-and-tell storytelling ("I met this girl.." *gasp* "Tell me everything!")

With Mikey there's the Chris Bradford facebook scene she shared with him ("You don't count, April. We saved your life. You have to like us.")

With Don.. well, pretty much everything.

Raph..? Whaa..? Blank.

*BabyTurtles* · 10-02-2013, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Did April interacted with Raph? I don't remember them sharing a scene..

With Leo there's the second grade type of kiss-and-tell storytelling ("I met this girl.." *gasp* "Tell me everything!")

With Mikey there's the Chris Bradford facebook scene she shared with him ("You don't count, April. We saved your life. You have to like us.")

With Don.. well, pretty much everything.

Raph..? Whaa..? Blank.

thats sad! when you can think of 100 scenes with Donnie and April and barely 1 scene with April and the other turtles...you know that's not right.

Raph didn't even get one.

Technogeek29 · 10-02-2013, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

thats sad! when you can think of 100 scenes with Donnie and April and barely 1 scene with April and the other turtles...you know that's not right.

Raph didn't even get one.

I can think of one, Raph laughing at her for being chased by a pigeon unless you mean individually then no. That is about as close a interaction they had the entire season and she was talking to all four of them at the time.

*NinjaMan* · 10-02-2013, 07:55 AM

I don't really picture this version of Raph really interacting with females unless they are a threat like Karai.

JH24 · 10-02-2013, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Did April interacted with Raph? I don't remember them sharing a scene..

With Leo there's the second grade type of kiss-and-tell storytelling ("I met this girl.." *gasp* "Tell me everything!")

With Mikey there's the Chris Bradford facebook scene she shared with him ("You don't count, April. We saved your life. You have to like us.")

With Don.. well, pretty much everything.

Raph..? Whaa..? Blank.

I believe there was also that short scene with April and Mikey and their talk about school and "spit".

I draw a blank with Raph as well. Any scene April talked with Raph always seemed to include other turtles. Raph did gave April a thumbs up after hearing how she stood up to Karai, but Donnie/Mikey complimented her as well.

There was also that scene in "Operation Breakout" where Raph told and showed April that she especially should thank Donnie. But that was more a one-way scene and not a real interaction, and he was doing it more to help Donnie with April.

*BabyTurtles* · 10-02-2013, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by JH24

I believe there was also that short scene with April and Mikey and their talk about school and "spit".

I draw a blank with Raph as well. Any scene April talked with Raph always seemed to include other turtles. Raph did gave April a thumbs up after hearing how she stood up to Karai, but Donnie/Mikey complimented her as well.

There was also that scene in "Operation Breakout" where Raph told and showed April that she especially should thank Donnie. But that was more a one-way scene and not a real interaction, and he was doing it more to help Donnie with April.

.......okay next season April should socialize more with the other turtles.
maybe even have individual episodes with each one.

some type of bonding time so we know she isn't just friends with Donnie.

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09-30-2013, 01:02 PM	#43
victory_angel Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ca Posts: 3,108	Well maybe the Triangle could lead to some bonding moments between April/Leo and Donnie/Leo. And maybe a little Donnie/Casey development. But there is of course going to be tension between Casey/Donnie and Donnie/Leo as well. __________________

09-30-2013, 04:52 PM	#44
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	I'm pretty much on the wait and see bandwagon. I have faith that the writers will do a good job with this and not make it the entire focus of the whole season as seen in season 1. As long as they keep it simple and don't overdo it, it'll be fine. April may not like Donnie in that way now, but she may change her mind in season 2 as things progress. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

10-01-2013, 12:27 PM	#47
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,709	Too little too late. April is a girl in a boys action show who is not a mutant or anything particularly interesting and her name isn't in the title. She's doomed to be reduced to a prop a damsel in distress or a love interest. Or just a random character tossed in there just because. __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/

10-02-2013, 12:04 AM	#55
Shark_Blade Emperor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,909	Did April interacted with Raph? I don't remember them sharing a scene.. With Leo there's the second grade type of kiss-and-tell storytelling ("I met this girl.." gasp "Tell me everything!") With Mikey there's the Chris Bradford facebook scene she shared with him ("You don't count, April. We saved your life. You have to like us.") With Don.. well, pretty much everything. Raph..? Whaa..? Blank.

10-02-2013, 07:55 AM	#58
NinjaMan Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,579	I don't really picture this version of Raph really interacting with females unless they are a threat like Karai.