Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25528126-20141013004032/@comment-995426-20141031115902

I seem to have received a warning on my message wall about this, which surprised me because I thought I'd adequately referenced facts and covered all my bases. Hours ago, before I went to bed, I made an edit to the trivia section in Michelangelo's article, mentioning how Mikey's romantic friendship with Leatherhead was very similar to the real-life Michelangelo, who was famous for having them, albeit with a monk-like chastity (I made sure to include that to help defang more adult-oriented questions). I thought I was careful with my edits, and I even made sure I understood (and linked) the definition of a romantic friendship: any emotional friendship with a degree of physical intimacy that may include cuddling and sleeping together, all three of which accurately describe Mikey's friendship with Leatherhead. To be honest, I was surprised they portrayed it so frankly on a TV-Y7 show; though it is 2014, and Nickelodeon already is much more frank in portraying even more intimate same-gender relationships in its TeenNick shows, the biggest example being Degrassi.

To be honest, as someone who is mainly a fan of the Mirage continuity, and who has read the Image continuity as well, it can feel like a whiplash going between the frank adult themes of the comics (where Michelangelo has confirmed sexual relations with at least two different characters), and trying to decide what is appropriately toned-down wording for cartoons articles. It's difficult enough trying to find that balance, and very distressing to receive a message wall warning when I thought I'd done everything right.