User blog:SonofSamhain/There is nothing wrong with female mutants!

I have had it up to here with the rudeness of User:Geeky gril. She despises female mutants just because she doesn't want any romance on the new show. Girls don't just exist for procreation! Girls are capable of doing things that guys can do. The Turtles really could use some female mutants, whether they be allies or enemies.

Unfortunately, Geeky gril has never payed any attention to our arguments and is still acting like a stubborn little ****. She claims to be 11 years old. Well, age is never an excuse for rudeness!

I will catalog all of the female mutants I know and like. To be fair, I am certain a lot of you will loathe at least one of the mutants I am listing.

1. Mona Lisa- She first appeared in the 1987 cartoon in the episode Raphael Meets His Match. She was a college student majoring in physics who was mutated into some kind of lizard by the pirate Captain Filch. The episode ended with the implication that she would become Raphael's love interest, but the episode was her only appearance on the show.

Mona Lisa was originally going to be a female turtle, but Peter and Kevin said no, so they made her the lizard mutant we saw in the cartoon. Some sources claim that Laird and Eastman still didn't like the character and that they told Fred Wolf to never use her again. There isn't any proof that this is the case, but if it is the actual reason why she never returned, I would be very angry.

Mona Lisa really had a lot of potential given that she was an educated college student. There could even have been a story arc of Raphael trying to get Donatello to find a way to cure Mona's mutation. She would have been a great ally against the forces of Shredder and Krang.

2. Ninjara- She's not really a mutant, but I'm listing her anyway.

She made her debut in the Archie Comics series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures as a minion of the villain Chein Khan. Eventually, she fell in love with Raph and turned against her master.

Their relationship lasted strongly for a while, but eventually she broke up with Raphael and was written out of the story. She was planned to return and patch things up with Raph in the Forever War storyline, but that did not come to pass. She wasn't even brought up in the finale the Archie series did get: The Year of the Turtle miniseries.

Given that Ninjara broke up with Raph, it would be nice to see that kind of thing happen in a new incarnation, because, let's face it, kids need to learn that life isn't all peaches and cream. There will be times where life knees you in the stomach. As my old man once said, "You never marry the first person you fall in love with." Believe me, my father was right.

3. Venus de Milo- You all knew I'd have to get to her eventually. Well, you'll have to endure the poisonous swampland at this point.

Venus was created only for the short-lived and widely-panned live-action series Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation. Not many people liked the show, and they especially despised Venus.

Here's a list of everything that people have complained about her: Her bandanna just being a shade of blue like Leonardo's, her magic powers that were referred to as "Shinobi magic" because apparently those daffy writers had no idea that a shinobi was the same thing as a ninja, her unoriginal origin of being with the other turtles when they mutated, her role as a love interest, the fact that she essentially replaced April O'Neil, and her boobies.

I can understand why a lot of you would hate her for these reasons, but that is not the way I think. Next Mutation was my introduction to those Turtles. It may be a bad show, but I liked it when I was a kid and I still like it as an adult, but that's just my opinion. There's no need to throw tomatoes at me or chase me with torches and pitchforks.

I am among the few fans who believe that Venus wasn't such a bad character concept and could easily be reworked into a better and more likable character. If she is ever to return, she cannot be a love interest. I can only see her as a sister or an ally.

4. Quarry- One of the underground mutants featured in the 2003 cartoon episode Notes from the Underground.

Her real name was Sidney and she was captured along with other innocent people by the Foot, who mutated them into hideous burrowing creatures to try and find the Turtles' lair. Eventually, the mutants turned on the Foot and fiercely guarded the remains of their lab.

The Turtles eventually encountered the mutants and found Quarry to be among the mutants who still retain their intelligence and self-awareness. All the time, the Turtles assumed Quarry to be a man, but were surprised to find out her true gender when they temporarily undid her mutation.

A major story arc had the mutated humans staying underground while Donatello worked to find a permanent cure for their mutations, and he eventually succeeded and the humans were able to resume their normal lives.

Unlike most of these mutants, I am actually indifferent on whether or not I want Quarry to return. She was a very interesting character and I wouldn't mind her returning in another incarnation, but I am content with the idea of her never appearing again.

5. Alopex- She is the most recent female mutant in the franchise, making her debut in the new IDW Publishing comics. She is a member of the Foot and first appeared alongside the IDW counterparts of Bebop and Rocksteady, who will finally be mutated into a warthog and a rhino in an upcoming issue of the Villains microseries.

Alopex is an interesting character because I don't believe any previous incarnations had female mutants that were villains. Because she is a new creation, she can't really make a return, but it would be awesome if she could appear in the new cartoon. I give kudos to Kevin Eastman for creating her!

Once again, I will say that female mutants does not mean romance! The show needs female mutants because lots of people are sexist and need to know that women are just as capable as men.

And romance can sometimes be an essential item. The only problem is that a lot of the media uses it too much. We need a reasonable amount of romance so that we can relate to the characters. Fans can't live on butt-kicking action and grotesque mutants alone.

If you ask me, female mutants being a bad idea for TMNT has to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Peace out.