Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-16581186-20151227004739/@comment-995426-20160127192259

The problem is, season 2 wrote some fantastic plot coupons season 3 subsequently refused to cash. My friends and I were absolutely certain Raph was gay. And going from what we saw back then...he was. But the way he was retooled over season 3, was just such a crime against the rich character they'd developed in the first two seasons. Season 3 Raph became dull, then he became such a schmuck. Season 4 Raph is a complete stranger.

And as a showrunner, you don't flirt so heavily with your gay peripheral audience and then unceremoniously do a complete 180 and ignore them. In this day and age, it's beyond insulting. It's worse to feel visible and then be made to feel invisible, than it is to have felt invisible all along. That's something not easily forgiven or forgotten. The current Raph has no credibility, and neither does his artificial romantic plot coupon.

Anyway, we're getting way off-topic again. We've covered this ground before.