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[seriousfic]

Refresh my memory here. The point of the DCnU was to make a more accessible DC universe, hence reworking a lot of characters to be closer to their incarnations in mass media. So Barbara Gordon was Batgirl again, for instance. So, if that's the case, shouldn't Starfire be close to her incarnation in the Teen Titans cartoon. You know, this?



Well, let's see what io9 has to say about her characterization in the reboot.

Starfire — due to brainwashing or just sheer flightiness — has forgotten her time with the Teen Titans. 12 pages in, we learn that she is sleeping with Red Hood. 16 pages in, she propositions Arsenal for whoopie (aliens love casual sex, you see). 23 pages in, we see how the ferocity of Starfire and Arsenal's intercourse has trashed their hotel room. Also, Red Hood goes to Tibet, but that had doodlysquat to do with diddling. If your idea of an edgy reboot is witnessing the three main superheroes inches away from constructing an Eiffel Tower, this is your huckleberry.

Mmm-hmm. You know, I actually would've forgiven this if they'd gotten Donna Troy in there, since Kory/Donna is pretty much canon anyway, but hey, God forbid lesbians exceed the quota.

Speaking of sex, since I'm sure that subject won't come up again on this blog anytime soon, I watched the pilot of Two Broke Girls and let me just say that my fragile little mind is not ready for a laugh track cued up for jokes about cum stains. I'm sorry, it's called cognitive dissonance.

And what is it with studio audiences these days? If a hunky guy takes off his shirt and implies he's about to have sex with Kat Dennings, by God, you hoot and holler. No one's asking you to do a sympathetic "awww" after a heartwarming lesson is learned, but you can still handle the "woooooo!", can't you?

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[rdfox.livejournal.com]

I posted my thoughts about this (minus any that might be seen as wishing harm on actual people) over on s_d. The short version: Fuck Scott Lobdell and everyone in the editorial staff who approved this bullshit; that RealDoll you've gone and spray-painted orange isn't Starfire.

[box-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

PLEASE SAY YOU USED THE IMAGE MACRO THAT WAS MADE TO DESCRIBE THIS ENTIRE REBOOT

FUCK THE HATERS — YOU SHOULD NEVER STOP BEING SCANS_DAILY'S "FUCK THIS COMPANY!" GUY

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

I think someone, i.e. me, already came up with that.

[rdfox.livejournal.com]

I didn't; I used the one I use when there's NO positive I can take from the situation. (http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/7/8/0/30780.jpg?v=1 )

And got a mod warning for "attacking creators" for doing so. And yelled at for daring to use the word "slut" when I have a penis.

Yeah, I'm pretty fucking pissed off at everyone involved right now.

[pyroskittle.livejournal.com]

*happyclap* OMG cum-stain jokes squee- I'm totally recording this nao!!

[box-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

Pretty much anything that could lead to Kat Dennings having onscreen sex should be met with cheers. She's like Christina Hendricks' more snarky younger sister.

[jlbarnett.livejournal.com]

Tameraneans are an uplifted race right? Genetically engineered by the Psions beyond where they'd be naturally

I wonder if they were genetically engineered sex slaves? Able to discern information about you from a simple kiss, so omnisexual they don't care if they can't even distinquish one member of the species from another(most people have a type) and dreadful memories.

Dude

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

No, Starfire and Blackfire specifically were experimented on by Psions, giving them starbolts.

Re: Dude

[jlbarnett.livejournal.com]

okay thanks. I just remember reading that somewhere. And I thought the Citadel were the ones who screwed with Starfire and Blackfire

Re: Dude

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

The Citadel's kinda like the Covenant from Halo. Psions are one of the races in it.

[iphignia939.livejournal.com]

Dear writers: I don't know who told you guys that Starfire is a whore, but YOU NEED TO PUNCH THAT PERSON IN THE FACE AND GO READ GEORGE PEREZ, OH MY GOD.

(As I understand it, in the reboot'verse, the Teen Titans don't exist yet. No idea why she's sleeping with Red Hood.)

[rdfox.livejournal.com]

No, they clearly indicated that the Titans existed and she worked with them; she doesn't, however, remember ANY of their names, because "to Tamaraneans, humans aren't so much people as just sights and smells." Oh yeah, and she can't remember whether the redhead is Roy or Jason, WHILE SHE'S IN THE ACT OF FUCKING HIM.

Urge to kill... rising...

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

She's like Dory from Finding Nemo... only a sex object...

Basically, from now on, I'm just going to assume Scott Lobdell has a perverse sexual lust for Dory from Finding Nemo.