Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20151023223507/@comment-995426-20151027191531

Yes, I already know about The Next Mutation.

About "getting ice cream after your dog died"...okay, just maybe. :) But I'm also an adult, and no ice cream in the world could ease my pain after my cat died&mdash;and I was 27 at the time. When it comes to stories about recovery from trauma, I prefer stuff like True Stories.  I could name other examples, but that story happened when the turtles were still young, and each of their coping processes were anything but simple, but at least they were relatable.  This series has a bad track record for episodes that even begin to address trauma recovery.  For example, during the North Hampton arc, the only character whose recovery was shown to be difficult was Leonardo, and the other characters barely showed any signs of psychological trauma whatsoever.  I know part of that is that a show for 7 year olds doesn't want to risk that psychological trauma rubbing off on their audience, but therein lies another problem&mdash;the target audience of a show about violent ninja being 7 years old. If a story can't at least be as serious about life and consequences as Naruto or the first five seasons of TMNT 2K3, then it doesn't deserve the ninja fiction genre in the first place.