shoutout to taigen for being the most expressive character in the entire show.
you will never not know whatever the hell he is feeling or thinking at the moment because he will literally tell you (either very earnestly like when he traumadumps to mizu or very sarcastically which is the other 99% of the time he talks to mizu) or you will see it plain as day on his face.
this is the textbook definition of a man wearing his heart on his sleeve. look in the dictionary for what a "simple man" means and you will find taigen's face there.
like once you cut through the massive ego and pompousness he uses to mask his own insecurities and traumas, he is literally just some guy. he's not evil or stupid. not super kind or super smart either. an asshole but not the worst there is. he's incredibly skilled but he's not the strongest ever or even the most skilled. he is literally! just a guy!
y'all can hate him all you want but let's be real, taigen is actually the most relatable character out of everyone. like this man is POOR, he is PATHETIC, he is COMPLAINING ALL THE TIME, and most of all he is OBSESSED WITH MIZU. if that shit ain't relatable idk what is.
She's a northern red salamander...alien? Yeah, I didn't think about the backstory,, eeh, but let's make her an alien, maybe the turtles met her in Triceratons prison or among the Arena fighters.
No wait,, actually, the idea of this sweet, petite girl SoMEhoW being in prison is hilarious, ok, let's put her in jail
But anyway,, she's very bubbly and affectionate and decided to cling to Raph lol
Later idk,, maybe she helped the boys escape the Triceratons and then she was yoinked with everyone else back to the Earth :]