Hi! How are you? :) That scene of April and Casey in "Serpent Hunt" ( I think it was that episode) ... it really confuses me a lot (and I think I was not the only one confused in that time). I mean, why did they feel awkward to each other? It's not like it was the first time they look each other's eyes. Maybe that scene was only added by the writers only to keep the love triangle alive, but I always had the feeling that something happened between them in the farmhouse.
I doubt that something would have happened offscreen, unless the writers are that lazy.
The full context of the scene has April commenting how their temporary hideout is a little cramped/cozy, and it’s right after that comment that she and Casey catch a look at each other in the eye and quickly look away. April’s little sneaky sideways glance, lip bite, and following smile (side note it’s a smile that would melt anyone’s heart regardless) seems to imply she now doesn’t mind her comment about it being cramped?? I think??? because usually this kind of moment after commenting about little space implies romantic intention.
Honestly tho, Reddy, I don’t think the writers know what they’re doing with the love triangle. Like in Season 2 they seemed to be leaning towards Capril - them being flirty with each other or April shooting a sly comeback at Casey’s flirts while not quite rejecting them all the time - with Donnie possibly having to follow through on that lesson-of-the-day in Mutagen Man Unleashed: “Today I am going to teach you to love falling down.” But then we had Season 3, which from Within the Woods implies April is distancing herself a little from Casey due to the events of Invasion and the effect it had on her.
This was followed by an episode in which she kisses Donnie full on the mouth that never gets mentioned again. The context for this scene? Donnie might be working towards that life lesson, but approaching it in the wrong way: “She won’t return my feelings because I’m a mutant” and not “She may not return my feelings because she’s her own person and might not feel the same way about me”. Rather than make an attempt at closure and maturity, though, the writers pull that kiss. Like. What? And then they act like it never happens again, because in the episode IMMEDIATELY afterwards we have Donnie trying to show off but April acting oblivious to it like in Season 1 when she ignored Donnie’s show offs/hints at a crush.
The writing is as confused as you are, Reddy, believe me. There isn’t much focus for the MAIN plot, never mind any romantic-or-otherwise subplots. It hasn’t helped that Nickelodeon has a toy demand to satisfy for Playmates. Nor has it helped that the show keeps getting delays and hiatuses and all sorts, starting from Season 4. We had a delay there because, supposedly, they were originally given LESS episodes for the season, but then they got six more after a fight, and since then the show hasn’t had anything to say of a regular airing schedule. Rather than have a season air a new episode every week for a few months, we had a whole season stretched out to air over the course of a year, year and a half, and if we got any sneak peaks at cons they were still in storyboards!
I have no freaking clue which pairing will be canon, because it feels like the writers are trying so hard to keep audiences outside of their target demographic invested by, for example, dropping hints of ships without any clear answer as to WHO they want to make canon. It’s a shame because, shipping drama aside, I ENJOY the characters and the setting, but i haven’t been enjoying the plot.
Sorry I went off-track there. tl;dr the Black Hole Generator was a good guy the whole time and was trying to save the audience from a tired love triangle subplot and poor ship development