Raph's Treatment on the show

[Aaronardo]

Originally Posted by The Happy One

You can’t just discard everything they accomplish because you, personally, didn't enjoy an episode.

I didn't enjoy A Foot Too Big. But you know what? I discarded it as more of a hiccup episode. More episodes came and went, I didn't like The Croaking or Eye of the Chimera (and that one was actually written by a writer I highly respect), and the season went on and on, Clash of the Mutanimals was annoying, Battle for New York was depressing as we were all expecting something to happen, but it just felt like, well, nothing, to me. It's gotten to the point where the last two seasons have had a lot more "hiccup" episodes than good episodes. (Hell, Season 4 has been nothing but hiccup episodes so far).

It's not that I didn't enjoy an episode, it's that I didn't enjoy multiple episodes and for multiple valid reasons.

Originally Posted by The Happy One

So...before you say that these guys are basically the writers for Teen Titans Go...let's look back at really how this show delivers and then some. It just wasn't your cup of tea this week- and that's okay, too

Woah woah woah. Hold it. None of us ever said that the writing of this show is on par or even close to Teen Titans Go. That show is utter garbage and honestly would've been cancelled by now if it didn't get such a huge following for no reason. I've never said any of the episodes of this show are bad (however, I could probably pick one or two out of the bunch), I just said there are multiple episodes with multiple problems that cause problems for the show as a whole.

And there again, I actually enjoyed this week's a little bit more than most episodes recently. Now, that doesn't mean I thought it was good. It really just felt to me like, "eh, that happened". I'm not talking about this week, I'm talking about this year, or moreso the last year and a half. The show has just gotten worse and worse and I used to be like you -- I didn't want to believe it -- but it really has gotten worse.

I mean, my argument would always be "Return to New York was cool! Vision Quest was amazing!" but it just got harder and harder to stand by this show until it finally really set in to me. Yes, the show does deliver in some cases. I mean, Annihilation: Earth and Dinosaurs Seen In the Sewers are a phenomenal two episodes, but that's just what they are. Two episodes. In a season that's filled at least over halfway with mediocre to okay episodes. You can't judge a show by one episode when the rest of the show isn't on par with that one episode.

Now I just wanna reiterate one more time, I'm not saying the show is bad. I'm not saying any of the episodes are bad. I'm saying it's generated problems with itself that they need to just get a hold of (and there are multiple easy fixes, and being lazy about it isn't one of them).

Oh, and on the subject of Raph. He's not portrayed horribly in this show, but he's definitely got the worst of it out of the four in this show. When was the last time you ever saw Raph be a badass? Seriously. When? The last time I can remember, personally, is in Cockroach Terminator, an episode that premiered over two years ago. I mean, if they want to make fun of Raph by making him the butt of jokes the way they do, it'd probably be funny if we actually saw him be more like the actual characterization of Raphael. And, hell, if you want a big softie Raph, guess what? The last time we saw him as a big softie at all was in "Within The Woods", the Season 3 premiere. Hasn't been like that since then. At all. In fact, not being able to stay consistent with his characterization is exactly why this incarnation of Raph is a bad character.