Ngl I Didnt Expect 2012 April To Have So Much Character And Agency. Shes Legitimately Just Cool And Initially

Ngl I didn’t expect 2012 April to have so much character and agency. She’s legitimately just cool and initially well written. But well, she’s Donnie’s love interest. (Which is a whole other problem this show has; it’s female characters might be actual characters, but they’re still accessories in the sense they were written into the story to be love interests first, no matter how much other shit they have going on…) That is to say the narrative is trying to drive her character into the ground by forcing romantic tension in near every scene Casey’s in with her, and making her lead on Donnie on with the will they won’t they bs. 2012 April isn’t bad; the writing’s bad to her. And it makes me quite peeved to see because they were doing so well.

I Used to say “berry” as if it were “very”, as a kid. A lot. I thought they were synonyms, because my child self was treating Strawberry Shortcake like English class. My mom even tried to correct me once and I just thought she was confused. I only remember, because I was concerned that she would randomly say something so blatantly incorrect.

I used to think me wanting a dick was a weird kink thing. Turns out, that’s just the only context I was comfortable thinking about it at the time

Oh my God, that thing when the turtles eyes go white isn’t just a cool art thing; they’re fucking nictitating

Was just thinking about how legitimately devastated 2012 April gets in the face of loss and stuff. She adds a level of depth to the story sometimes with her emotional responses, where the other characters kind of just go on with their day until the situation resolves itself. Then I remembered she’s the only female main(ish) character and it’s probably a result of sexism rather than weirdly isolated good writing.

Was just thinking about how legitimately devastated 2012 April gets in the face of loss and stuff. She adds a level of depth to the story sometimes with her emotional responses, where the other characters kind of just go on with their day until the situation resolves itself. Then I remembered she’s the only female main(ish) character and it’s probably a result of sexism rather than weirdly isolated good writing.