Ah jeez my mind has been nonstop lately about this story I swear

So, I'm starting to have doubts about a few things:

- Reader being April's sister

- The musical aspect to it 

- the subplot of Gunter wanting to mutate the school

1) Reader being April's sister. The reason why I made this decision in the first place was to have an explanation for her ice powers. However it feels so limited to have the reader related to April, it doesn't feel like she's her own person which is against the whole point of a reader insert. Sure there are some stories where reader is related to one of the canon characters and they're done good. But for April's case, it doesn't feel very important. And so I thought about changing this and have reader be her own person with her own family.

Could y'all let me know what you think regarding that? 

2) The musical aspect to it. I love musicals so much. Words can't express how much I love them, especially Be More Chill. The characters being in there is not something I've been thinking to change. However, musical numbers are supposed to be heard and just having the lyrics on the page feels bland and boring. If you're a musical junkie like me then you can imagine it but for those who aren't then it just looks like a poem and it becomes more difficult to understand what's going on. With that said, the musical aspect feels like it's limiting the spectrum of my audience. I want it to be open for all tmnt fans, not just those who love musicals as well as the franchise. So I thought I could take away the musical numbers. BUT musicals will be mentioned and there will still be some singing except it's during karaoke times or when reader just wants to sing all of a sudden (am i the only one who does that-)

So could y'all let me know what you think about that? 

3) the Gunter subplot. Jeez his whole story is based off of JD from Heathers and although I found it cool in the beginning, after reading it a few times now, it feels cringey and unoriginal. I wanted to include an original subplot in my story to make things interesting but now it just feels so dumb and cringey. So I'm thinking of changing this to another subplot that I will brainstorm.

Some feedback on this?

So yeah these are my main concerns and I would really appreciate it if you guys would give me some feedback on this. I'm really thinking about starting over but keeping some elements of this book. 

I really need honest opinions here.

This really only applies for the start of the book. The rest of it follows accordingly (like the last few chapters of this book are actually good and I like them better)

Thanks for reading!