Small rant: I just want to say that there’s nothing inherently wrong with a feminine design, in the right setting and for the right character it is nice! Frida's design however? Makes absolutely no sense from a character standpoint and what we know about her as a character (which admittedly isn’t much) but from what we have been told? Is that Frida takes her job as big mamas assistant super seriously, to the point (now this was mentioned in the QNA so it’s official) that it’s almost funny, and when I look at her face in the comic? I’m just not getting that characterisation at all, now admittedly maybe this is what they were going for? But for a singular cameo/Easter egg I highly doubt they put that much thought into how they wanted people to portray her character outside of guys it’s the missing sister! Nor how accurate it would be to what she would have been in the show.
Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m just jumping to conclusions or hating just to be a hater, but it really feels like whoever designed her fell into the trap of gotta make sure people can tell the male and the female apart! Which is a common trope in media, mostly cartoons, whether it be a comic or a movie, and it’s always been something iv hated. but like I said before, a feminine design has its place in a show or movie, but it ultimately depends on the character itself, and I feel as tho Frida could still be feminine, without erasing what would make her look intimidating, and like a foe that the turtles would have to fight, and eventually win over to join them and their family.
Anyway this is just my two cents, I may make an official redesign of Frida, maybe trying to incorporate what they were going for in the comic but with my own twist to it, who knows.
