Talk:The Evil of Dregg/@comment-995426-20160410134147

Dear Nickelodeon,

Raph and Mona's pairing has no chemistry, no depth, and they come across as cheap and easy fanwank satisfying a very different bygone era of TMNT on TV. Their scenes together have more in common with porn than with romance, which is really jarring in what had been a stronger character-driven series. This show's earlier love interests were more satisfyingly complex plot elements involving deeper characters with better chemistry dealing with each other's believable personal baggage. Whatever milestones they could eventually reach felt more genuinely earned through time and effort. This more recent trend of shallow, fast, easy, saccharine love interests masquerading as epic romances (and this applies just as much to Mikey and Renet) has always been a very bad idea. The story, the characters and the literary legacy of TMNT all suffer long-term damage because of them. For the love of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird and Jim Lawson and Tom Waltz and all good TMNT everywhere, I beg you, please stop doing this! You used to run a lot better show than this, and I once dared to expect better from you because of it.

- a longtime TMNT fan