Thread:Gilgameshkun/@comment-29720851-20170503182211/@comment-995426-20170504025030

Well, yeah, I guess that the diversity being good can certainly be true at times. Some influences from less favorite stuff can make a good appearance in stuff I like better, such as how Bebop and Rocksteady are much better in their Archie and IDW versions than they are in the 1987 series; I never might have considered them remotely Mirage-worthy characters until stories like Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything. But even if there are people who like it all, like Kevin Eastman, there are those who only like some of it, like Peter Laird. It's not always easy to like all TMNT stuff unconditionally&mdash;some TMNT stuff does not seem enjoyable at all. Some people gravitate to certain aspects of TMNT, and are irritated by others. That kind of difference can generate friction between different kinds of fans. So for the sake of maintaining a peace, I don't want to argue about the merits or flaws of the 1987 TV series, because ultimately it just boils down to what people like or don't like, and that's not really a debate.

I spoke to you because I honestly don't know many people on this wiki at all who have any useful working knowledge of the various comics. (It's not like you can flip on cable or satellite TV and watch obscure comics like you can with TV series.) And since you are the age you are, you might have actually been in a position to have read those comics in the past, though it appears you mostly haven't.  But I can still certainly recommend comics.

And yes, MNT Gaiden is completely non-commercial. Not even so much as a commercial portfolio or T-shirt. It's how the series has been able to survive all these years without lawyers chasing after it. The same legal status also shields other fanworks like Myrling's Hindsight and Sophie Campbell's Secrets of the Ooze (though Campbell has also worked on both Mirage TMNT and IDW TMNT in an official capacity).