Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25115701-20140629045455/@comment-25788848-20141228005343

Wow. I must commendGilgameshkun in his dedication writing all that... (btw, cool nickname. Agatha Heterodyne, right?)

To go back to the Donatello/April/Casey love triangle, I just want to say... This is my favorite incarnation of Donatello, ever, and his so-called "obsessiveness" towards April doesn't alter this status... in fact, I think you might be overreacting. The worse he did is remembering how many blocks he was from April's house (and he is genius with prodigal memory so...) and try -in a very socially-awkward fail- to make amends with April in season 2. They were both done for humour purposes and were not meant to be taken seriously, guys.

As for shipping: in season 1, I was all for Apritello. They were cute and it had its moments (April jealous of Karai, anyone?) and the thought of Casey showing up made me pity Donnie. Then we met Casey and I fell in love with the character as well. At this point, I'd be okay with April chosing Casey, I think there's potential there. But now they seem to be pushing Apritello again so, that is actually pretty cool too! (chosing the nerd for a change...) I'm truly open to development in either direction.

But to be quite honest, I think it's pretty non-defined at this point. Maybe April is now leaning towards Donnie; maybe she just liked teasing Casey; maybe she's struggling with the choice, or preoccupied by consequences, or was never interested in being a love interest. It's, I think, a problem with April's development as character, really. You can't understand her feelings well because there's no space in the show for that, so she's kinda two dimensional now. And you don't get it, what's the hold-up? And I think that's what's irking the fans... I'd go as far as saying she's been a big neglected lately, and with Karai out of the picture and Irma being a robot... I think the writers are working under the impression that fans do not want to see more of April or any other female character. And that'd be a step back, so I hope they redeem themselves (especially looking forwards Renet!)