Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25614818-20150410170303/@comment-26337057-20150423024915

"Ladies, gentlemen, I think we're all overlooking the proverbial elephant in the room. Though this elephant is more of a crocodile, and his name is Leatherhead. I've been watching the series with friends, and we generally agree that Mikey is already in a romantic relationship—with Leatherhead. It's still a relatively G-rated bromance, but it is romance nevertheless, with strong emotions, loving gazes (complete with cartoon heart eyes), regular physical closeness, romantic spooning together (I still can't believe they snuck that in the show XD), etc. It's just like the young romances many an LGBT teenager had at that age. (We don't know LH's actual age even before his time skip, but he seemed emotionally young and inexperienced in his first appearance, which almost makes his real age irrelevant. He could have been 15, or he could have been 100. We may never know.) "

I'm sorry, but that I don't see any romantic implication between Leatherhead and Mikey. To think there is a romantic subplot between the two is rather creepy in my opinion. Their relationship is more that of an uncle and a nephew. Leatherhead being the uncle and Mikey being the nephew. Not to mention that Leatherhead as always came across as an adult never a teenager. As for Mikey being a LGBT teen I just don't see it at all especially given his relationships in past incarnations (relationships such as Seri from Mirage comics and Horridus from the Image comics.) I just think this whole Mikey/Leatherhead shipping thing is being forced because of current trends in today's media. Yes, I realize there are LGBT characters in IDW TMNT comics but how exactly does that mean Leatherhead and Mikey as a couple are canon?

"who seemed to like the genuine vulnerable Donnie a lot more than the Donnie who pretends he's the most desirable man in the universeMikey is already unpretentious and sincere when he feels genuine love and affection for someone, such that he doesn't even seem to be trying—he just feels, acts and follows through, without any complicated planning, and he has enough natural charm to pull it off. "

I have no idea what where you're getting this from but Donnie has never acted like his the most desirable man in the universe. Also, I pretty sure April already knows how Donnie feels about her so there is no need to have conversation in which both characters already know what is going on. There is absolutely nothing Donnie, Leo, or even Raph can learn from Mikey when it comes to romantic relationships. Mikey is an inexperienced when it comes to that topic as rest of Turtles. If we're talking about the Mikey from Mirage Vol. 4 or Image comics then you would have a point.