Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10661178-20130729201647/@comment-8924787-20131006224433

13thninjutsu wrote: @ Kung fu frogz

You're right, in the writings she originally appeared in, she really WAS unnecessary, she came off as some crazed fan-made mary-sue. That's why I'm hoping for a 'properly handled' Venus, rather than the haphazard form we have seen. There's a multitude of possibilities that could be had for her, again if she is 'properly handled' ie: better backstory, not mary-sueing all over the place, and not one of the main 4. The main problem she had was she was shoved in a place that was already a very built structure. It'd be like...shoving a billboard on the Statue of Liberty's head or something, sticks out like a sore thumb and is annoying rather than cohesively follows the form of the sculpture. If she IS to enter the fold as a 'turtle' I would rather her be one that stays at home with Splinter training or acts as a 'healer' (Hey, that's what most females get stuck with doing in action stories). Otherwise, if she's a great fighter in her own right, I want her to be an ally separate from the turtles with her own motives and whatnot.

She needs more depth and work as well as a feasible reason to BE there, which she can be given, if; as I keep saying, 'she is properly handled'. Agreed.