Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26516813-20190711012913/@comment-43304259-20190728204927

Giglameshkun: I have almost all of the IDW issues which are in my long boxes in my closet, aside from the annual which explains the Savate and their history but that aside, I have almost every book which IDW has put out. I hadn't mentioned What is a Ninja because I simply plain flat out forgot about it. Hey, it's a fact of life that you're not going to remember everything which you read but I do recall the overall gist of that little narrative which were in the TMNT Universe books. I just had happened to forget about them but to me, aside from that little back story-- and again, this is my opinion, they really didn't do much with her aside from putting her in a few fights with a couple of crime families and fighting against the Triceratons, but then they later regulated her to being a babysitter.

I just really find no investment towards this character for whatever reason, despite the little backstory which she has in What is a Ninja. Like I said, I think they should've done more with her than just have had her attempt to assassinate Splinter, then get defeated by him and later had Shredder's brain washing undone, and then put her up to be a love interest for Casey. She just doesn't resonate with me like Alopex, Angel, Kitsune, April, Lindsey and the other female characters have.

To me, she's just kind of flat and whether they do something with her, and it's likely they will-- we're gonna have to wait and see. But I will say this, I think they really should've given Venus a second chance. She's been done dirty in the past, and she's still being done dirty now-- what's sad is that I know the IDW team can redeem a character like that but they didn't.

Unpopular opinion but... I would've much preferred Venus.

EaSol1: Like I was telling Gilgameshkun, I have a lot of, if not almost all of the issues of IDW's TMNT run and have read What is a Ninja but I just completely forgot about it. And yes, she's had something a rough childhood, hung out with the wrong crowd and everything and then later joined the Foot clan but it seems like her defining character trait is loyalty. Just. loyalty. And while that is something of a very admirable trait for a person to have, there just doesn't seem to be much there for her personality. She's not as colorful in that department as the rest of the other characters in the run which to me, doesn't really make her all that interesting. If the IDW writing team can redeem her.... More power to them. But I am pretty skeptical about this, and I don't see anything wrong with being skeptical.