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What do you think of Frida aka big mama assistant? I know we only saw in a few episodes or so and saw reveal her face but still thoughts?
Honestly, there’s really not much to think about regarding her as a character cause we know NOTHING about her as a character. She appears a total of 2(?) times in the show with no speaking lines. All we get from her character is that she is mysterious, is loyal to Big Mama, and is a skilled fighter (I can’t remember if we’ve ever seen her fight, but she probably is).
We don’t know her personality, her fears/weaknesses, her likes/dislikes, her hobbies, her history/relationship with Big Mama (whether it’s a loyal servant and her boss type relationship or if BM is a parental figure towards her), how she feels about Splinter and the Turtles (does she know they are her family or is unaware? If she does know, how does she feel about that? Does she feel resentment towards them, indifference, or something else?), etc.
The sad thing is, most fans will only ever know her as Big Mama’s Assistant, being completely unaware of the rottmnt comic issue or checked out the producers old Twitter posts that reveals her true identity.
As cool as a design and concept Frida aka Big Mama’s Assistant is, and ignoring all headcanons fans have of her, she’s sadly a nothing character. And I hate that she is a nothing character. I don’t want people to think I hate her, I love her in concept, but as a character she sadly has little to no character at all for me to love.
I just wish Nickelodeon didn’t abruptly cancel rottmnt so we were given time to get properly introduced to the character of Frida, and not “Big Mama’s Assistant”.
Socialized
Rise Ramblings #664
There are two concepts that I really appreciate in Rise of the TMNT, of which, helped to set the Rise boys apart from other iterations.
Before the start of the show, the Rise boys:
1) Already met their lifetime bestie, April O’Neal.
2) Have already journeyed topside, thus it’s no big deal.
The fact that these concepts are already established from the start helps to take away the typical stresses from the turtles’ story. Instead, the stage is set for the specific type of adventures and hijinks the Rise boys do get into, such as discovering the wonders of the Hidden City and the people that dwell therein.
I believe that there are two people we can thank for helping the boys understand the world around them.
First is Splinter and his lackadaisical parenting style.
Since he was a more relaxed father than his other incarnations, I’m sure that these boys were free to explore the world at an earlier age. Most certainly, many of their childhood adventures landed them topside, thus allowing them to have experiences that their other versions were unable to have.
The second person is April.
What does April have to do with their upbringing?
Well, I’ll show you.
- Excerpt from “Ninja Power (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)”
Five years from the start of the show the boys would have been 8, 9, 9, and 10. What great ages to meet their first real friend!
Growing up with April would have had a huge effect on their social development; they’d be adapted to speaking with people outside of their immediate family, they’d learn about society through first-hand experiences and not just from tv or books, and they would have gotten used to the world around them by April acting like a bridge between the sewers and topside.
This is why by the start of the show, I believe, the turtles were already so well socialized!
Mostly....mostly. 😒
TURN ON THE SOUND PLEASE
I SPENT FOREVER ON THIS BUT I finally did it and I'm so proud!! I thought this was a funny thing to do and have been working on and off this for months ahaha.
Anyway, some favorite panels:
✨D a z z l e✨
Looking so happy in this last one
THANKS FOR BEING HERE <3
Ahhhh! These were my comments!
Donnie can’t answer the phone, why? Cause he’s dead.
Idk what’s happening here, just wanted to use a base I saw. Credit to them btw. My OC’s name is Ezmeralda or Ezzy by April. She’s Hispanic and shy, but an amazing performer. Under her clothes is a leotard she always wears. And I can’t background...so I used a screenshot
When you realize RiseTMNT is a good series. I’m not joking. This legit from the vision of Baron Draxum the ‘villain’!😆 I was so confused and really hoping something would happen from this. Gotta love John Cena, he’s in this and next the Bumblebee movie
Rise of TMNT Review
I have to say.....
AHAHAHAHAHAH I TOLD YOU!!!
SEE! Not all reboots are bad, no matter how big of changes they make. Now O gotta admit some jokes were hit and miss with me but that’s mostly because this show, as some people forget, for kids. Most not even old enough to be able to watch or understand the ‘novelty’ of older cartoons.
As for the actual animation, I’ve always been a bigger fan 2-D animation over 3-D.
The style reminds me of Samurai Jack but the coloring keeps making me flashback to Invader Zim. Not that’s a bad thing as I love both cartoons.
(Light Spoiler) The brothers were clearly starting out. You can tell how by the way they don’t know how to use they weapons they’re first seen with. Also their firsts weapons are their original ones from any other adaptations, while a good nod, they sadly break them in battle.
(Done with spoiler) Now as for the brothers they clearly changed them. Ralph is more of a blockhead like Knuckles from Sonic Boom, but in a funny way as he still tries his best to lead.
Donnie is way more suave then the dorky, nerd from the 2012 series. Yet he still has his awkward moments too, as alll teenagers.
Mickey is pretty much the same, if not less of an idiot from other series, this is just from episode one so I don’t know how that’ll go.
Now Leo, he is nearly completely different. He no longer bears a burden of leadership and is quite sarcastic and witty. While there is some moments where you can see he still excels past his brothers despite ‘not training’. That is the most major Non-Leo thing he said though.
April, she is fearless and bold as ever! While yes in the first ep(itty bitty spoiler btw) she goes missing. She doesn’t wait for the boys to save her, though we don’t see it, she explores and even helps the brothers find their new weapons.
Splinter....egh not the best choice they did. But as I said this the first episode so maybe better, please.
Baron Daraxum... wow I have never love John Cena more! He clearly loves his role and their seems to be going on more with his character than first appears. Heck, when he first sees the turtles his vision gets all pink and flowery like an anime scene! Though their seems to be a bit of a scientist in him from a closer perspective.
All in all, this series is not dead just yet! Why yes, there are changes some people don’t like, just don’t watch it. And more importantly done bring your hate into the fandom with people who actually enjoy this series so far.
Hope to see more of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Heroes in a half shell, TURTLE POWER!!!
