the one thing that bugs me from tales (which i could kind of glean from how they marketed it in the first place) is bishop as a character. like its a bit ehhhhh to be all proud of your diverstiy "bipoc women in stem who wants to help the disabled" on uh.... the character who exists to be a shady xenophobic government suit whos been hellbent on killing all aliens/mutants even if it means killing humans in the process. like i know bishop hasnt always been the bad guy (which also hasnt always worked tbh) but making THAT character the diverse one is.... like its just not well thought out? especially since she still ends up at the EPF at the end. shes still in that role. even if theres a secret double agent plotline later its not great cuz shes there filling that role for now.
and they tried their best to make it just a spur of the moment traumatic event happened that she blames mutants for but it doesnt work that well. shes still got the funding from rod's dad. her life wasnt even ruined, she did lose one robot and that WAS sad but.. idk. if it was her actual sister or something it would have worked better? like her sisters personality in that robot that she couldnt make another one of? or like i think it needed to be that rod's dad was more evil or something and cut her funding cut her project cuz that aspect just doesnt work the way they did it. like she's too sympathetic and then too evil. like i think theres a world in which this could have worked? but the way its written is shallow. if that makes sense.
and again they reallyyyy marketed the diversity in her which is why its worse
diversity win! this xenophobic war criminal is now a disabled latina! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I’ve been writing my Mutant Mayhem fanfic for a year now, and that whole time, I’ve been setting the stage for Raph to learn meditation. I’m so fucking psyched about this I might explode. I FEEL SO VINDICATED!!