Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8864605-20131013223154/@comment-4872828-20131101010407

RodimusPhil wrote: Saying "I never want to see you again." is something you say to someone who ACCIDENTALLY mutated your father? Maybe it's just me but that seems like something you say to someone who did it intentionally. It sounds like what Karai would've said to Leo in "Enemy of My Enemy" You'd say it if you were a teenager and someone accidentally made your recently restored father disappear, then replaced him with a monster who from what you can tell only shares a portion of his mental faculties.

I think what a lot of April's detractors are missing is that her father didn't get the "lucky" mutation that Splinter, Spider Bytes, Dogpound, and Fishface did. Despite the obvious limitations, they still have their minds and the ability to communicate verbally, and aren't completely governed by instinct. Others like Dr. Rockwell, Timothy, and now April's father who weren't so "lucky." It's not even clear how much of their actual personality and mentality is there, given that all three can't speak and initially went berzerk. Kirby's already heightened concern for his daugher manifested in his mutant form leaving her on a ledge and spewing up garbage. And this was after he first tried to attack April.

Kirby is GONE and there's an unpredictable creature in its place who is potential threat, if not to April, then to others. We're assuming there's a way to restore them because we're the audience, but April has no idea if it's possible, and neither do the Turtles.

Add to this that the Turtles are mutants themselves of the "lucky" variety (sapient, communcation possible with humans, lifestyle does not endanger humans, etc.) and that would be enough to push her over the edge. Seeing four walking reminders of what her father is not would have to hurt her all the more.

Finally, there probably is internalized guilt added to that anger, and I believe April is projecting her anger at herself on the Turtles. It's probably better, by the way, since otherwise she'd just be beating herself up with worry. At least if she's blaming the Turtles (and she's not entirely wrong; this would have never happened if they hadn't asked her to involve her father), she's not sulking, and maybe she won't freeze next time