Who dislikes what they've done to April's character?

[Leofan26]

I think in the later half of season three and four I've grown to dislike April's character. In the first two seasons I felt she was fine but now..

A. Too much focus

B. Over doing it with the powers

C. Giving her powers at all

Any one else feel this way?

[CyberCubed]

1. We've had this discussion several times before, we've had plenty of April threads. I don't see why we need another.

2. Sorry, but it would be best if this thread was locked.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Well, even if I didn't like what they did to her character, I hope we can agree that the things you mentioned about April will be toned down now that she has finally let go of the crystal and the Dark April saga is over.

[IndigoErth]

I'm not crazy about the whole special powers thing, esp now that she's gone all X-Men or whatever. I did like that it recently became a problem.. too bad it won't remain an issue in some way. I mean it was fun when she ended up possessed, but outside of that one ep... eh.

Would have rather it stopped at vague psychic impressions. Although I suppose I can give them credit that the progression was done slowly over time. Too bad the Turtles' own progression kind of got sidelined in favor of hers.

When Casey is their most normal human friend now... Yeah.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

D, all of the above.

[PApagreg]

They really should've focused on April's history and how she was created rather than giving her new powers

[plastroncafe]

Someday there will be an April that is just a well rounded character, and not a damsel in distress or a McGuffin in sneakers.

Someday.
But it is not THIS day.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Someday there will be an April that is just a well rounded character, and not a damsel in distress or a McGuffin in sneakers.

Someday.
But it is not THIS day.

I don't think it will ever happen.

[CyberCubed]

We've had plenty of well handled April's in the series, and Nick's April fits this universe just fine.

[Coola Yagami]

My problem is just that she sounds more and more like a bad self insert fanfic character. You know, like the one that's half saiyan, half namekian, is also a Green Lantern, a demon and was trained by Bruce Lee and is a love interest for a main character . April so far is half Kraang, immune to Mutagen, has Jean Grey powers, is in a l9ve triangle and is a full fledged ninja. Please let's stop it here before they also make her fly, teleport, and Shredder's real long lost daughter (since karai was never really his biological daughter) or some crap.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

I made these points about how bad April is, but certain people on here think I am talking crazy. I thin she has become SO annoying in the last couple of seasons.

[Utrommaniac]

To be fair, all of those powers are related to each other. She's immune to mutagen because of the Kraang/Utrom genetics. She has those powers because she's half Kraang/Utrom (because that's what they are at their cores, just trapped under the power of one individual) and has been learning to use those powers - granted, without anyone to train really train her and the Aeons inadvertently screwed up by giving her a crystal.

Imagine giving a newborn lamb of a novice digital artist the most high-tech graphic tablet there is with no instruction, telling them it would help her learn - and you're an professional architect with decades of experience. Also, that graphic tablet has the ghost of a long-dead architect that makes the digital arts student have Gollum levels of possessiveness over it.

It's all still very half baked, the phrase I always use regarding this telling of TMNT, and there's pretty much nothing that can be done to fix it at this point.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

My problem is just that she sounds more and more like a bad self insert fanfic character. You know, like the one that's half saiyan, half namekian, is also a Green Lantern, a demon and was trained by Bruce Lee and is a love interest for a main character . April so far is half Kraang, immune to Mutagen, has Jean Grey powers, is in a l9ve triangle and is a full fledged ninja. Please let's stop it here before they also make her fly, teleport, and Shredder's real long lost daughter (since karai was never really his biological daughter) or some crap.

Coola, you know good and well this is not true. She has one Kraang related backstory which is why she was able to develop telekinesis and its the only one they developed throughout the show. Stop acting like these are different things when they're all related.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

My problem is just that she sounds more and more like a bad self insert fanfic character. You know, like the one that's half saiyan, half namekian, is also a Green Lantern, a demon and was trained by Bruce Lee and is a love interest for a main character . April so far is half Kraang, immune to Mutagen, has Jean Grey powers, is in a l9ve triangle and is a full fledged ninja. Please let's stop it here before they also make her fly, teleport, and Shredder's real long lost daughter (since karai was never really his biological daughter) or some crap.

I applaud your way with words.

[plastroncafe]

Not every writer knows the difference between character traits and characterization period when you can't do the latter you pile on the former.

I hazard to say that every iteration of April has had the same problem. And since she's usually the only primary female character, it leads to some rather uncomfortable conclusions regarding writers and their ability to write female characters.

[PApagreg]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Coola, you know good and well this is not true. She has one Kraang related backstory which is why she was able to develop telekinesis and its the only one they developed throughout the show. Stop acting like these are different things when they're all related.

Coola never said April had more than one backstory also April displayed telepathy and illusion casting so yeah she has more than one psychic ability

[ABrown]

I don't necessarily have a problem with her having powers. But I do feel like the writers haven't been clear and consistent with her powers. Of course it is possible that everything that I'm unclear about has been explained. But since I get so bored watching the show, I just wasn't paying close enough attention when everything was explained.

[TigerClaw]

April isn't the only character with powers on this show, Rockwell whose the mutant monkey from the Mutanimals has psychic powers too.

[PApagreg]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

April isn't the only character with powers on this show, Rockwell whose the mutant monkey from the Mutanimals has psychic powers too.

No one said she was the only one with powers

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

April isn't the only character with powers on this show, Rockwell whose the mutant monkey from the Mutanimals has psychic powers too.

Also Rockwell wasn't based on a preexisting tmnt character that didn't have powers originally.

The funny thing is, the freakier they make april, the more her relationship with Donnie makes sense. It's not really beastiality anymore since we know that, looks aside, April is anything but human.