Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25614818-20150410170303/@comment-995426-20150420005139

Kitami9 wrote: Okay sorry to burst your bubble but the creators named her off as Mikeys love interest. So i'm afraid your proverbial elephant in the room is very pink. Can't really say no to the creators saying it. :/

That’s right, a fan favorite of the Mirage comics who appeared last in the 2003 series will be making a return to television. It was hinted that she would be making an appearance during Season 3, but all that they could really say was that it will be “soon.”  Renet  is a Timestress and an ally of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and she will apparently be a love interest for Michelangelo. This series just keeps getting more and more awesome, and the inclusion of Renet and her story is definitely nice to hear about. 

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http://www.teenagemutantninjaturtles.com/blog/top-5-moments-nycc-2014-tmnt-panel/  I had to look up "pink elephant," and found it was a euphemism for "drunken hallucination." It's rather impolite to tell people in a polite discussion that they're having drunken hallucinations, so I don't think "pink elephant" is appropriate here. And you're not "bursting" any metaphorical "bubbles" (also not a very polite metaphor) when you go on to make uncertain assumptions. There are certainly polite, respectful ways to argue virtually any valid considerations we may have.

Now, I think most of us have already seen that press release. But all it said is "apparently be  a  love interest for Michelangelo" (emphasis mine). This can mean many things. I think none of us dispute that Mikey will probably have some affections with Renet. But I'm just saying that it would be insulting to the intelligence of many viewers young and old if they don't at least acknowledge his relationship with Leatherhead in context before giving him a new love interest. Like, will his relationship with Leatherhead end (who may even die), and a new one with Renet begin? Or will he have chemistry with Renet, but eventually remain closer to Leatherhead? Maybe he'll love both characters and feel unable to decide, as many suspect April of doing to Donnie and Casey? None of those questions assume outright that Mikey can't love Renet, but all of them consider Leatherhead as  another  love interest of Mikey's in the story, and I really hope the writers remember and acknowledge this.

And if you may recall, even if the picture in the press release is a screenshot of a future episode, Mikey also already had similar cartoon heart eyes for Leatherhead in a much-overlooked scene in. :) It's not just bro love that punctuates in a fist bump. It's not just puppy love where a pet depends on an owner and sleeps at the foot of the bed.  It's guy love, with plenty of mutual attraction, romantic feeling, heartfelt conversation, and a desire to be physically close and affectionate, all within a TV-Y7 constraint.   sowed the seeds.   raised the stakes.   showed Mikey's heart really was into it.   showed how deep their love actually went.  And  and  made us thrice blush at the raw displays of romantic love.  There is no doubt now that Renet will be actively compared to Leatherhead in every way she interacts with Mikey. :)