Thread:Gilgameshkun/@comment-25262453-20180410165809/@comment-25262453-20180411112857

I don't understand why Renet was a love interest. Maybe there was more in the comic to explain, but in the 2003 series, she didn't like anyone and no one liked her romantically, so why did Nickelodeon make Mikey like her? In my opinion, even if someone was a love interest before or a potential one, that doesn't mean they need to be for the show to get ratings or continue. I can think of ways that they could've gone instead. Once they gave Raph and Mikey love interests and had them seem to be liked back from their debuts, I felt they rushed them and it was only done to get the shippers happy, though perhaps they also did it because they wanted fans to stop asking about Mona coming. I read that one of the writers didn't like her, so my guess is, they did what they did, to get the fans to stop messaging, asking them. Then later I heard that they claimed she returned to space before the mutant apocalypse arc. She said she was staying, so the writers saying this, could mean, that there was probably an alternate ending planned and since season 5 was shown sometimes out of order or it was confusing, it'd make sense, as she never comes back in later season 5. What also bugged me, was that Raph acted out of character around her. He liked her only because of a punch her said felt nice. The girl tried to kill him and his family and he's infatuated? Normally, if anyone was a threat, he wouldn't be attracted, he would fight. He'd be suspicious, like how he was, when Leo liked Karai. I had this thought, that since in some movies, there are bloopers and seeing behind the scenes with acting and since some characters get blooper scenes, like they're acting, I thought, if this was like that, Raph and Mona would probably be so glad when the episodes ended. I didn't mind Leo or Donnie's crushes, until they were hurt by them, but I felt that when Nickelodeon has Raph get betrayed and that he and Mona never talk about it that that was a missed opportunity to develop more character for both, as Raph might learn a little more of Mona's intentions and if she told him why, then she'd be being honest with him, besides apologizing and saying she loves him. I don't know for every couple, but sometimes when someone does something wrong, then says they're sorry, then says they love you, it sounds more like what they'd say now, but once you forgive them, sometimes they hurt you again and its like, sometimes the word "love" might be used to get you to give in. The way I see it, Raph and Mikey's ships are more, "lust" or "infatuation" than loving, since they never spend enough time to talk with the girls properly, like to get to know what they like besides what they know, to chat, when there isn't any danger. Leo and Donnie atleast had more time and some conflict to ponder about the girls and Donnie even gets some advice from Master Splinter. I was wondering if Raph would get advice when he was hallucinating, but also advice about Mona, but he didn't mention her to Master Splinter. I even saw in his wiki once that, "Despite his romantic feelings for her, he has issues with her, as shown in Insects Trifecta." That's what I recall. That's the episode he has hallucinations about his fear. I felt that when he hallucinated, it was not only because he was fearful, but because when he was betrayed, this could like a relapse. I believe somewhere he was still hurting, even if he forgave Mona, otherwise, why would the wiki say that, though its possible a wiki could be wrong, why would she be in his hallucinations? Then season 3 with the horror referenced episodes. I don't know why they allowed that, even near Halloween. Those episodes,some showed at night and they were scary enough as is. Why couldn't they take a little more reference to the 2003 or comics?