Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-15927899-20140329215132/@comment-21812275-20140705202648

IndiOzo wrote: Kinkajou32 wrote: I think we need more female mutants on the show. It just feels a little sexist that Karai and April are the only female mutants. Yeah, agree. As much as I've read elsewhere some people getting tired of the amount of mutants, it would be nice for there to be at least one regular female mutant who will be around in episodes off and on - vs being in only one or two -  and won't be purposely designed to still look like a female human.

Not that I have any issue with Karai having the ability to shape shift, having known her as human prior I prefer it. But various media otherwise tends to have an annoying way of trying to make female characters too human-like even if they aren't human at all.

I'd actually really love to see an adult female mutant show up. (But please not a stereotypical species.. please no cat woman or anything like that.) Would be different, really add to the mix, give the Turtles a potential mother figure if they occasionally have the need (as well as to April and Karai), driving home the sense on occasion that they really are still just kids, and give Splinter an adult mutant companion (not necessarily in a romantic sense.. lol) because having no adult friends for so long as got to wear on a person. I can definitely see where you're coming from. I think they're partly trying to keep their female characters as attractive as possible, even upon mutating. The less human they appear, the less attractive they look to other humans. Mutant/Human logic. Therefore, they solve that problem by adding as many human qualities to the character as physically possible.

And, yes, Master Splinter needs a female companion. X3  Although they're like family, the father-son relationship that Splinter has with the turtles seems to be relatively...formal. That aside, having a conversation with one of your pupils can't possibly be the same as having a conversation with one of your peers. You need people your own age to relate to and talk to...and that is what friends are for.