Do you like the way Donnie acts around April this series?

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Originally Posted by Midnight Mutant

I don't understand why people find it creepy. He acts like any socially awkward 15 year old nerd boy with his first crush. I feel like people forget that kids have extreme emotions and respond to it much different than adults.

Because a lot of people who find it creepy are older and past that kind of reaction. They think it's weird or creepy, but it's not. I mean, does anyone remember having a crush when they were young and writing 'I love ___' or '____ plus ____ equals <33' all over their binder, diaries, journals or even carved in trees? And getting butterflies when said person talked to you or called you and it was like the most epic thing ever?
Just because it's not how you respond to it now, doesn't mean it's creepy when you did. Or creepy when kids do it now. It's perfectly natural.

Most young boys aren't as expressive about it as often because they don't want to get teased by their peers, so maybe because Donnie is, it seems awkward. I bet you a billion dollars if the roles were switched and April had a crush on Donnie and acted the same way, no one would bat an eye.

And that's with someone who HAS social skills. (I.E. interacting with more relatives/friends/classmates/teachers) Donnie has NONE aside from his brothers and Splinter.

His obsessiveness isn't even over April, it's over EVERYTHING! He's a scientist and a creator. He spends hours in his lab or training. You have to basically be borderline obsessive to lock yourself away to tinker with things for hours. Just like you have to be as a writer or a cosplayer. You can see how his mind works, calculating and analyzing and over thinking constantly, then throw in hormones, and a girl he likes while being thrown in the middle of saving the city/world!

He's acting exactly the way he should given the circumstances.

You want creepy crushes, look at Edward from Twilight. At least Donnie isn't slipping into Aprils room to watch her sleep. : /

And I'm not even an Apritello shipper.

Yeah, he does obsess over everything. He overthinks and overdoes things...like someone who is OCD. That really explains his chart.