Apritello pairing confirmed? Storyboard pics!!

[NitpickingMask]

Hmm, so out of latest episode, Donnie is still acting like obsessed stalker and Casey is being jerk pervert.

Yeah, if this triangle ends in result that isn't "Both get rejected", I'm annoyed

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Luckyday

Doesn't change the fact that she was still not his species. Unless she is really unstable at this point, it would be a huge double standard to hold it against her.

I think Leo is just confused now. Everything is happening to him so fast, he hasn't had time to sit down and think things through. And who knows, maybe Karai turning into a snake did unseat a deeply buried fear of Leo. It seems like in the Humungous Fungus episode, the mushrooms seemed to attack only surface level fears at the moment. Leonardo, living in the sewers, probably has had no interaction with snakes before, so hadn't thought he could be scared of them.

[Luckyday]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

I think Leo is just confused now. Everything is happening to him so fast, he hasn't had time to sit down and think things through. And who knows, maybe Karai turning into a snake did unseat a deeply buried fear of Leo. It seems like in the Humungous Fungus episode, the mushrooms seemed to attack only surface level fears at the moment. Leonardo, living in the sewers, probably has had no interaction with snakes before, so hadn't thought he could be scared of them.

Unless I'm mistaken, would it be likely for snakes to be found in sewers since they can travel through pipes?

[Megchan]

Originally Posted by Luckyday

Unless I'm mistaken, would it be likely for snakes to be found in sewers since they can travel through pipes?

Yeah, but there aren't really any wild snakes roaming the streets of New York. At least as far as I'm aware there aren't.

[ssjup81]

Since the season 2 finale has officially aired on TV, what did you guys make of April in this regard? I'm generally pretty neutral, but a bit curious now.

So, since the end of the world was nearing, Donnie decided to finally confess his feelings, but April purposely cut him off. To me, this officially showed that April is definitely aware of his feelings being more than friendshippy and just didn't want to hear the confession. Like she didn't want to face that possibility or reality, especially with everything going on too.

In all honesty, I kinda do feel Donnie's feelings are genuine, or have grown to be genuine. I guess it's due to the fact that it comes across as more innocent compared to Casey. I dunno, I think the writers are trying to show two different approaches. Casey totally feels more physical to me whereas Donnie doesn't. Even when he was glancing at her with Metalhead, he was talking about how wonderful and beautiful she was, focusing on her face. Casey likes back. He even felt himself up while in April's body and it was implied when swapping minds back and giving off that funny (imo) line, "I kinda liked being a girl" where he was looking and feeling next. That's why it seems mostly physical to me.

Now, going back slightly on-topic, seems after that, and while watching, it left me feeling very indifferent, and it was due to the suddenness of affection that April seemed to just start showing Casey. For me it felt forced. Why do you think she did this?

I was wondering if she did this as a way to get Donnie to reject her without directly rejecting him, but seems cruel to do this to Casey. Maybe she actually does harbor some feelings for him and completely confused and feels showing affection to Casey will help her get rid of those awkward feelings she has towards Donnie.

Not sure what to make of it and am a bit curious as to where the writers will go with this.

[Shark_Blade]

I'm pretty sure April showing affection/concern towards Casey is no different to when she showed it to Donnie. She cared about both but not actually certain with whom she wants to take the relationship to the next level. Or maybe none at all at the moment.

And yeah, Casey felt too forced and physical whereas Donnie is more relaxed and seemed more genuine now. I'm all for Team Apritello of course.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

So, since the end of the world was nearing, Donnie decided to finally confess his feelings, but April purposely cut him off. To me, this officially showed that April is definitely aware of his feelings being more than friendshippy and just didn't want to hear the confession. Like she didn't want to face that possibility or reality, especially with everything going on too.

Yeah I think she has probably known for a long time. Women's intuition, not hard to catch on to those vibes, and this girl is supposed to be psychic or whatever... lol

Imo I don't think she shares mutual feelings for Donnie... She clearly cares for him and is grateful for things he's done for her, but I think cutting him off like that was avoiding being forced to hurt him by having to be truthful about it.

Though I guess we will have to wait and see what those storyboards are really about, hopefully it won't be long from now. Still placing my bets on it being part of a dream or vision or whatnot. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe something big happens, though at this point it's hard to believe she'd take such a total 180, or do something as bad as lead him on if it's not really how she feels. At least I'd hope they wouldn't make her that sort of character...

As for Casey... assuming she probably has mild feelings there. Though affections could also partly be out of familiarity and that he's been one of her few - and now only - human companions. Personally I wouldn't mind if she eventually turns them both down.

[Luckyday]

^ I might lose all respect for April if that doesn't turn out to be a vision. It justified how everybody keep saying that April is a tease, which was something that I never thought she was.

[victory_angel]

There is a trope of someone confessing their love for someone during a time of crisis and then tragically dies. This is sort of common during the Gundam Franchise.

And anything could still happen to them, so she was telling Donnie that confessing his feelings right then would only distract him from what they needed to focus on.

However I think part of April was scared about what Donnie was going to say. In Kraang Conspiracy, she had learned the reason she is the way she is, is because she is a "mutant". The Turtles haven't pushed the issue about it because they are allowing her to absorb said information at her own pace. After all that must be hard for her to deal with. To believe you are human your whole life and then suddenly learning, no your not a human your a half human/half alien hybrid mutation. So she fears that by accepting Donnie's feelings she is accepting that she isn't human. And also if it becomes known that she isn't human she feels that other people such as Casey or her father will reject her or see her as a freak.

[BubblyShell22]

It'll be interesting to see how the writers handle this whole thing. I think April cut Donnie off because there was too much to deal with, and she really didn't want to have that conversation with him at that moment. Whether they actually discuss it or not is up to the writers, but I also took it as maybe she does have feelings for Donnie, and she just is confused about what to do about it. Either that or she felt they were going to die and she didn't want to deal with the fact that Don likes her while she hasn't really made a decision yet. But I'm rooting for Apriltello in the end.

[JTH]

No, I think she does care for him more than she lets on, I believe the reason she stopped him from telling her was that a moment like, confessing your feelings about someone you care a lot for, that should be the happiest moment of a individual's life, and Donnie was wasting it during a time of chaos and depression. And April quickly realized that.

Whether April returns his feelings or not is moot at that point, the point is that she cares about him enough that she doesn't want him to ruin such a happy moment then and there. Granted, she took a pretty bonehead option to stop him, but in the moment, she had to do something.

Plus on top of that, Donnie's way of wanting to tell her in April's mind was basically he thought the end of the world was here so I'm just going to tell you now because we're doomed and there's no hope for us, Donnie basically was giving up. Same thing in those boards, Donnie's giving up. And again, April cares enough about him to not let him just give up, because she knows he won't be happy with the decision he makes.

So basically, she's telling him what Splinter told him before..."Never Lose Hope."

She wants Donnie to,
A. Not to give up in what he believes in. &
B. Be happy with what ever decision he decides to make, whether it means taking a stand and telling her, or saying who ever you choose April, I'll accept that and I'll always be happy for you.

But she's not going to let Donnie give up. Because, she does care for him.

[Bitsy83]

I didn't find anyone posting THIS little tidbit....
http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/teen...aid=tvschedule

Bigfoot creature. Befriended by DONNIE. DONNIE mentions BIGFOOT in the Storyboards. Makes you wonder if this creature is female or not...

[Coola Yagami]

After seeing the Karai storyboard come to life noone should have doubts about this one anymore.

[Bitsy83]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

After seeing the Karai storyboard come to life noone should have doubts about this one anymore.

But now this brings up a whole NEW set of questions:

If the storyboards become real, why was Donnie so...I dunno, bummed out about April kissing him? That "I understand nothing" line struck me as him having some weird vision or something that he interpreted one way, but it was really another. It's almost like he's upset that April doesn't care he's a mutant....or that she called him HER mutant. Like she does care a lot about him, but still sees the mutant first before what makes him a good person. It's like seeing your spouse's/boyfriend/girlfriend's flaws FIRST, then seeing their emotions and good qualities. Like you never see the good qualities before the bad and you keep seeing that first every time.

And let's not forget about Casey here. I still think there's going to be a HUGE fight between these two, whether Casey lashing out at Donnie for "Stealing April" or Donnie lashing out at Casey after Casey calls him names and says he's not good enough for April.

Spoiler:

Remember "Turtle Temper" and how Oroku Saki said harshful things to Hamato Yoshi, making Yoshi lose his temper?

We saw a brief glimpse of it on the season 3 premiere. And why do I keep thinking it's going to be like the Leo and Raph fight from the 2007 movie?

[JTH]

Originally Posted by Bitsy83

But now this brings up a whole NEW set of questions:

If the storyboards become real, why was Donnie so...I dunno, bummed out about April kissing him? That "I understand nothing" line struck me as him having some weird vision or something that he interpreted one way, but it was really another. It's almost like he's upset that April doesn't care he's a mutant....or that she called him HER mutant. Like she does care a lot about him, but still sees the mutant first before what makes him a good person. It's like seeing your spouse's/boyfriend/girlfriend's flaws FIRST, then seeing their emotions and good qualities. Like you never see the good qualities before the bad and you keep seeing that first every time.

Because he doesn't understand why April stopped him from telling her the first time, and then embraced Casey right in front of him, only to suddenly embrace him now.

[IndigoErth]

Have no doubts that these boards are likely legit. The unknown segments before, and maybe after, though leave the context in a lot mystery.

Honestly though, it's a two-year-old show - with the mention in the finale of the Technodrome happening "last year" so I assume the amount of time that has past has been about the same for them as the real world - and April has known the Turtles since the day they first stepped foot on the street. If they were to write her like a normal girl, if she currently has been harboring feelings I would think that after that amount of time the girl would have at least been throwing some small hints, at least to the viewer, and have a least a little hesitation about getting closer to Casey....

If she does come around to mutual feelings then I'll be curious to see how that happens. If her actions are just leading him on though, whether purposely or simply avoiding having to hurt him - Girrrl... I don't care if you're fictional, we need to have a chat.

[ernesth100]

Donny and April would rile up adults and basically promote beastiality. I mean if you haven't noticed Donnies a freaking Turtle! An anthropomorphic turtle yes, but still not human in any aspect of the word. It's like Karai and Leo, I prefer Karai and Leo keep a brother sister relationship since Karai is Splinters daughter.

[Coola Yagami]

April isn't human either so you kinda lose the bestiality arguement. She's a mutant with weird powers and is resistant to mutagen and acid kraang water.

[IndigoErth]

When mutant turtle[-human aka monkey hybrid?] boy meets mutant monkey-Krang hybrid girl...



This is getting complicated... lol It's a good thing they surely can't crossbreed, lord only knows what would result from that.


Just think, Casey is the only "normal" one of the bunch. Him. Normal. Roughly speaking.

[Luckyday]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

April isn't human either so you kinda lose the bestiality arguement. She's a mutant with weird powers and is resistant to mutagen and acid kraang water.

I don't how she was able get pass doctor visits and annual physicals without setting off any sort of alarms within her lifetime.