#Congratulations! You both have crippling self-esteem issues and struggle to love yourselves!

[tmntkiseki]

Ever since joining the TMNT fandom, one thing I've thought very long and hard about is the whole concept of adding a fifth/sixth/seventh ninja turtle and at this point, I'm in a weird middle spot where I'm definitely not against the idea of there being more ninja turtles? But I don't think those turtles should be a part of the main group, if that makes any sense.

I think my thought process regarding this is reflected in my choice to make my version of 2003!Venus a completely unrelated turtle with a different backstory regarding her origins (was a human transformed into a turtle yokai via sorcery, alongside her younger sister, Primavera.) She does briefly stay with Leo, Raph, Don, and Mikey while searching for Prim, but after they rescue her, the girls end up getting their own place and more or less become regularly recurring allies in a similar vein to April and Casey—they show up very frequently, but if a single episode/arc goes by where they don't show up, then it's not a complete loss, ya know?