I Am Not Starfire Sucks (Part 2)

This comic sucks, lets keep talking about it.

[@DevilRaptorB]

in my opinion, you can still make a good story even if the main character is a self-insert , you just have to give said character flaws that doesn't make it looks and sound like a mary sue

[@b-o-n-j-o-u-r]

I 100% agree

[@Kuudere_Fanboy]

Then I guess I can start to write my self insert story. Thanks for giving me hope.

[@DevilRaptorB]

@@Kuudere_Fanboy dunno why do people think it's a flow to write self-insert, only bad writing is a flow , just don't make the so called self insert perfect in every way or that they make no mistake, think of it as your younger self learning from other wiser older people how to be a betetr person

[@humrH2360]

Not that you're wrong, but you make it sound so simple. It's about making the character actually seem believable, which goes beyond "just do this" or "just don't do this". The problem that comes from writing self-inserts is that it tends to make authors, especially inexperienced and/or egotistic ones, unwilling to take criticism, because of how much of themselves (or rather, their ideal selves) they've inserted into said character. To such authors, any flaw to a self-insert is like a direct criticism to the author themselves, and they become more motivated to just gratify themselves, dispelling the audience's willing suspension of disbelief.

[@DevilRaptorB]

@@humrH2360 I'm speaking from personal exprince and I disagree , its not complecated at all , just make a character you self inserted yourself, but don't make it a mary sue or make it like it's always right and everyone always wrong, when it comes to criticism if the author's aren't welling to learn then it doesn't matter if they self inserted or not , again talking from personal exprince

[@kolyonutt]

I’m going to be honest, being Starfire’s daughter sounds like a dream. 1. The coolest dad (Nightwing) 2. The greatest grandad (Batman) 3. Awesome and pretty aunts (Blackfire, Cass, everyone else) 4. Awesome uncles (Just everyone else) AND Starfire is the best mother you could ever imagine having, she actually has a child already.

[@klulu-kun]

Grand/Goddaughter of fucking Batman. It would literally be impossible to be poor. This brat is spoiled.

[@barbararab6390]

Also one of the most healthy couples in DC

[@saenekokun2723]

@Jinx omg same 😭

[@Twinklethefox9022]

I like how this comment tries to make star fire unlikeable but fails.

[@kolyonutt]

@@Twinklethefox9022 huh

[@MissDeadGuy]

Mandy reminds me of this one girl I know🤢 Both are rude of no reason, hate their mothers for no reason, dress the same, have the same body type, have little to non friends, sl*t shame other women for dressing the way they do, but God forbid someone say something bad about ONE of their outfits. I hate this character so much.

[@lobaoguara2332]

Oloco, did you meet mariko tamaki :V

[@MissDeadGuy]

@@lobaoguara2332 you would think so🤢

[@estherhazina889]

Me too, I met this kind of people too and I never want to meet them again!

[@dempsey4212]

You just described my sister in spades

[@srslydoatm9251]

@@dempsey4212 ouch. You have my condolences

[@jilliancrawford7577]

You know you messed up when the Teen Titans Go version is a more likable and faithful adaptation! That's how you know this was an intentional bastardization.

[@mysterykiddo2167]

Yeah, TTG is a masterpiece compared to this

[@spoopyvirgil4944]

People like to hate TTG but I actually liked it. I keep quoting it and stuff even years later lmao

[@awwhellnawww9239]

@@spoopyvirgil4944 i loved season one of TTG

[@animdoodle]

@@awwhellnawww9239 some of the music is also pretty good ^^

[@Cognitive_player]

Teen Titans Go was kind of funny in some parts. I remember one scene where they all got coal for Christmas and saw it as a good thing. Heh.

[@SunnysFilms]

Gotta love Mandy casually implying that only French people read and eat pastries.

[@tultsi93]

Now I really want to ask from a Frenchman do they read pastries before eating them.

[@Norienko]

@@tultsi93 as a French person I confirme that we read pastries before eating them👍

[@Raezialien]

@@Norienko pain au chocolat ou chocolatine ?

[@Norienko]

@@Raezialien chocolatine au pain

[@SmokeTheHorsehog]

And implying that all French people say is "French" over and over

[@TF2Fan101]

Again, it would make a LOT more sense if Mandy had an older sister who was everything she wasn't: Beautiful, had powers like her mother, followed in her parents' footsteps as a superhero, and was socially confident. This would make Mandy feel self-conscious because she isn't like that, but what she doesn't realize is that, despite not being like her sister, her parents still love her. Also throw in the fact that her older sister feels a lot of pressure to perform well as a superheroine and is afraid of making one mistake and- If you're going to say this is exactly like Encanto, then you're on the money.

[@positivea9111]

Yeah but the problem is that I bet that the author ( sorry I don’t know how to spell her name) doesn’t have sibling because if she had siblings then wouldn’t they been added in the comic since most of her edgy teenage life have been added in the comic and it wouldn’t been odd if the author had a brother or sister in real life and be added in the comic.

[@timothy7890]

hey this is exactly like encanto

[@nightstar6179]

Honestly, this story could have worked if it was handled differently. Going into the life of the child of a famous super hero and looking at how they handle it could be interesting. Even Mandy trying to dress differently than Starfire could be interesting if it was handled better. Even the cringy could work as part of the character, if it was something we knew wasn't what the author believes.

[@theintrovertedarcanist984]

@@timothy7890 I’m fine with that. A blatant Madrigal family ripoff would be much better than the real product.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

Yeah but that’s not what the author perceived to have happened in her life

[@nightskyblackx7422]

Mandy: "French people don't have superheroes." Miraculous Ladybug heroes: ........

[@themartianstuntsman699]

...Am I a joke to you?!

[@ssj4jason737]

France Five: Are you sure about that

[@Love-be7sm]

They must not live in France then. Maybe it's just Disney world. Lol

[@RayManiac90]

Have you notice they depicted France in a stereotypical way, like oohh oof le cafè, Paris et le basque hat. Why do you do that if you wanna be taken seriously? These modern authors pretend to care about good rappresentations but then they are ignorant about other cultures

[@TheCatNamedToast]

seriously 😭

[@laradebeer5047]

Spiderman is a self insert of Stan Lee but he at least tries to make him relatable and flawed to the audience, even I relate to spiderman. But this is just bad story telling in general.

[@j3ssthealien283]

I thought that was Jay Jonah Jameson Spider-Man supposed to be in every man anybody can be Spider-Man

[@FullArcher05]

That’s really interesting because I really liked Peter. He’s got his morals but he’s still rough around the edges and isn’t completely invulnerable to the world he lives in.

[@kylejones8289]

@@j3ssthealien283 Yeah, Stan Lee had said that J. Jonah Jameson was based off of himself. If you want a good Marvel superhero that's arguably a self-insert of the creator, Ben Grimm/The Thing (who has a ton of biographical similarities and shared personality traits with Jack Kirby) is a much better example. Spider-Man was written to be a relatable character to the comic audience more than being a self-insert of Stan Lee. Some of Stan's personality and background inevitably bled through a bit, but that's true of pretty much all characters that are written; they are inevitably going to have a bit of their creator in them.

[@eddieweird]

WAIT fr? Wow I did not know that

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

It is not a self insert but a relatable character, they're different things. Relatable character shares several traits with you but that's not their whole thing.

[@oneangryboi408]

It's sad because this story could've went in a more positive direction where Mandy has self-concious issues for not being as great as her mother with her own superpowers and even beauty. Starfire as a bad person? No way in hell. It seems far more likely for Mandy to be the daughter of Blackfire at that rate. A story about body positivity and self-love would've worked far better for a YA novel to help teens in the most vulnerable moment in their life rather than teaching them that hating your mother for the sake of hating her is cool. Having Mandy learn these traits and become a better person for it would've worked great, self-insert or not. I hate that the author went this route and really didn't want to handle any form of criticism for the writing. Any of these SJWs who actually give a shit about social justice should be willing to promote positive changes and listen to proper feedback about how to do it right. Body-shaming women to 'be a feminist' is not feminism, that's a sexist pretending to be a feminist.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

I remember one commentator that jokingly said that Mandy might have been the daughter of Penguin and Starfire just to explain why Mandy looks and acts like that...

[@najpotenicewolf934]

Yeah. I think that the basis of this story could have the potential to touch upon themes of body image, identity, self-confidence, as well as empathy towards others (even when their life seems so much better than ours from the outside). Maybe it would still be far from a masterpiece, but would still be much better than what this visual novel is. :I

[@guardianHQ]

Lets hope mandy never gets ahold of the infinite cookie plate from high guardian spice, it’ll be a massacre

[@BruhBruh-nt1xl]

Is Mandy a food?

[@tultsi93]

That would never make Mandy full. She's a Lovecraftian monster whose stomach is a blackhole! 🤣

[@dr.fiction7]

Mandy turning into Aldrich from DS3 be like...

[@danielutriabrooks477]

@@MrNickPresley "Cookies over all else"

[@Ramsey276one]

Or RWBY! Wait No semblance She DED XD

[@DaddyDynastic]

This character doesn't work if Starfire has any of her existing relationships they remembered to cut out Nightwing but she's still also really good friends with Raven a character who introduced a lot of young men to their goth girl/ hippie Wiccan fetish Not only would she not have a problem with her daughter being goth she'd probably be excited cuz she already has a friend on her daughter's wavelength so the three of them could spend time together or more subtly she could ask Raven for help understanding her daughter so she can give her the proper space to express herself ((Also side tangent)) Starfire wouldn't bring random men around her daughter It's already a lot to ask me to believe she didn't end up with Nightwing or at least someone who would help co-parent her child But she's not selfish or inconsiderate enough to bring strangers to her house when her child lives there as free-spirited as she is she's also very empathic and responsible Even if you convinced me she did it at least once she would pick up on the fact that it made her daughter uncomfortable and never do it again

[@neh1234]

Wouldn't be surprised if that woman doesn't know who Starfire is. She might as well have just watched one poster of Teen Titans and decided that the cute and cheerful one was a bad person just-like-her mom.

[@ItsDaJax]

Maybe Dick is with Barbera in this comic?

[@lennygriffin2761]

@@ItsDaJax oh God not her

[@didjargo]

You actually see this a lot in fanfictions written by teenage girls. They take an established female character who is popular and pretty, rewrite her personality to make her antagonistic, and place their own self-insert as the lead female role. It is the kind of thing that is spawned out of petty spite or jealousy towards a fictional character.

[@najpotenicewolf934]

Yeah, only most young writers grow out of it. But it looks like the author never matured past her teenage years.

[@thardump859]

Wow... That sounds pathetic...

[@marcuscarana9240]

Off topic: Raye Rodriguez just did an interview at creative block and he literally said "I'm an artist, not a writer" and then he mentions how he only started world building during development. He practically admitted he never had a concrete plot or story in mind and it was all just concepts and they were just building upon it as they go which is why the story sucked. He practically admitted that he was relying on the writers to make the story for him and all he had was the concepts of HGS. That interview really exposed the fact that there really was no plot to begin with and it's no wonder Raye blamed the budget for the writing issue since he didn't do much of the writing.

[@BlackLightJack.]

Link pls

[@marcuscarana9240]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmOrgZmvaa1-h8k

[@marcuscarana9240]

@BlackLightJack, just type in Raye Rodriguez Creative Block and you'll find it

[@marcuscarana9240]

@@BlackLightJack. It's on KZbin

[@mbob4337]

How do you not build the world with ideas and characters you had in your head for years. Basically the characters where just objects and not people.

[@GIANLUCANABBO]

She blames her mother for never being there and her biggest dream is to be as far away from her, what a great character to cheer for. I'm sick of pointing to issues like political propaganda, mostly because you can't get a good faith discussion on the subject but these writers really have to stop treating their scripts as if they were their accounts. twitter. It's not bad writing, it's an ego problem, they're more interested in politics and their identity than producing something good, it's all an ego project.

[@sageforasennight]

"It's not bad writing, it's an EGO PROBLEM..." Bam! There it is!

[@GIANLUCANABBO]

@@sageforasennight Yes, but even if it were ego the problem, a creator capable even by mistake should give the reader a reason why he should care.

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

So Mandy tries to be her own person by changing herself to be different? She doesn’t care what other people think yet bases her decisions on what other people would think?

[@Nightman221k]

I actually think Mandy's design isn't inherently bad (Yeah... I'm about to get killed over that opinion). In the comics Dick is on the shorter side for guys (he's sometimes listed as being around 5'7 and Jason Todd is almost always drawn as having grown taller than him) and Starfire used to love flying carrying him (honestly that was one of my favorite parts of the comics) so Mandy being a shorty is kind of cute, but it's just in some panels she actually looks nice where as in others she looks like she's drawn purposely to look bad. I like the hairstyle and eye shape she had. I think her hair at the end could have blended the natural hair color with her goth aesthetic better though. I do feel like the premise of the story could've been so much better than the finished product though. Starfire is one of my FAVORITE DC heroines, especially during the Wolfman/Perez era where they balanced her kindness with her emotional-intelligence so well. The idea of Kory and Dick having a daughter who isn't cut out for being a hero would be a story I'd LOVE to read/write. I'd have had Mandy's feelings about Kory feel fully explored rather than feel like a mouthpiece against supermodel heroines in skimpy outfits. I'd make Dick a dutiful dad who always tries to cheer Mandy up, and I'd have Kory be a parent whose sensitive nature accidentally makes Mandy feel like she's never going to amount to anything. Like Kory would be like, "Mandy you don't need to overdo this, you know I don't expect that of you" in a well meaning way to convey that Kory is proud of her no matter what but Mandy would take it to mean, "Mom doesn't believe I'm able to do anything." I'd do something to explain why she feels she can't be a hero in spite of how plenty of heroes in DC have no powers like say Mandy has anxiety or a low self-confidence or something. Kory and Dick's daughter would legit be the perfect character to explore this with cause they're the two MOST compassionate heroes and it could show how even really good parents can't be expected to make all the right choices. Stories about family struggles and them learning about and growing to understand each other is always a recipe for a good story.

[@absolutezerokyukyokami2288]

That was actually pretty beautiful

[@eatatjoes6751]

That's what I wish we got out of it.

[@moon4236]

Also the fact that Starfire is a princess and Batman would be her adoptive grandfather would probably add more pressure into her despite her parents reassurances. But nah we got this and Dick isn't even the dad.

[@thegladve]

talking about wasted potential, why did we need this self insert to begin with when we could've canonized or at least boost the popularity of Night-wing's and Starfire's daughter from the Kingdom Come story arc, and yes her exact name escapes me at this moment.

[@lobaoguara2332]

I'd love to read this, please... Write. PLEASE WRITE THIS FOR ME TO READ.

[@mbob4337]

I love how this comic is okay to stereotype French. But Power Instinct can't be released because of that character. The Chip n' Dale Bluray needs to have a warning on the box because it stereotypes people. Yeah......... Either you care about stereotyping people and say all are bad. Or none of it is bad.

[@cartoonking1789]

It’s because French people are white so they don’t matter. If they were “POC’s” then people would have had a a problem with the book.

[@meriembrasse2873]

When I was an edgy teen , if I wasn't silent with too severe of parents I would be wearing and acting like that, but my father left no room for any such behaviour

[@johnynoway9127]

when you got money and connections you can do anything you want

[@joe-lewisjavonnelson1523]

I get that you’re talking about the hypocrisy, but I wouldn’t say stereotyping is all bad.

[@estherhazina889]

Yeah, Emily in Paris received a negative rewies because of stereotyping France and French people, but this shit...

[@JustShawn11]

She talks about college and debt like as if she isn't in a wealthy household with a literal superhero mom

[@avalasialove]

I think that *could* have worked if she wasn’t so selfish and was more concerned about wasting money when she’s not sure if college is right for her or what she should study.

[@tailweaverweasel4286]

Whenever you talk as Mandy, you sound like a low-budget Muscle Man lol 💀

[@jjelly_donutzz_julie]

You know who else sounds like a low budget Muscle Man? MAH MOM!

[@neovagras980]

@@lupinsredjacket3191 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Titanusrex1616]

@@jjelly_donutzz_julieGood one! (gives you a high five) ✋

[@jjelly_donutzz_julie]

@@Titanusrex1616 Thanks! 😂

[@Book_Theory.]

IT'S THE HAMMER, HE'S REAL! YO TAKE MY PICTU- **gets punched in the belly*

[@ShadowWolfRising]

"There's no French Super Heroes." I don't know much about DC, but Let me see how long it takes to see if that's true; I found 5 in under a Minute by going to the wikia. 2 who went under the Moniker Crimson Fox, Mademoiselle Marie who was a WW2 hero (Albeit doesn't seem to have any powers, but whatever.), Musketeer who is the Batman of France and member of the Batmen of the World (Some weird Loose Confederation of Heroes across the world led by Batman.), and Nightrunner Who is part of Batman Incorporated (Basically Batman has the realization "I can't be everywhere at once." so he starts bringing in (Specifically hand picked by him mind you.) certain individuals who had the right set of traits to.......well be a part of his crusade, but not just in Gotham.). Less than a fucking minute is how long it took me to find those. It was unbelievably easy. And that's not even counting the Supervillains there. And does she not think people in France, a FIRST WORLD COUNTRY WITH INTERNET ACCESS AND SATELLITES, isn't gonna know about a fucking Alien Super Hero? Especially one that in this particular series is in Fashion Magazines? Are you for real?

[@mbob4337]

Remember. This is the same universe where John Kent protests about climate change. While The Justice League built the Watch Tower. The rest of the world is turned off when a story is being told.

[@TF2Fan101]

Ladybug and Cat Noir just felt insulted, and they don't know why.

[@icydazo6417]

If I remembered Correctly Doesn't the Justice League have a European branch? that spans ALL OF EUROPE!?!?!?!

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@@icydazo6417 Probably

[@kanjitatsumi4069]

It does

[@tronche2cake]

"She's going to go to France" Hell nah! I don't want this damn thing anywhere near my beautiful country.

[@okipullup3367]

don’t let France get worse than it already is

[@VAMPIREBEATZ2000]

​@@okipullup3367wait a minute, whats going on with france???

[@quakxy_dukx]

@@VAMPIREBEATZ2000it’s French

[@BosnianGovermentOfficial]

@@VAMPIREBEATZ2000 it's French

[@krnatsu]

Remember guys, it's ok for women to judge another woman's sex life. But if a man judges a woman's sex life, we'll be burnt at the stake. At least that's the vibe I get from shit like this, I'm Not Starfire made me ask, how did this happen? Also on the topic of self inserts, I have been working on a story, losely based off of me and my friends. But the difference is I don't want my self insert to be a perfect character or a mouth piece for my politically beliefs. Frankly because I don't blurt mine out that much, but also because I wanted him to develop and grow and for his arc to be relatable to tons of people since the story is generally about life struggles and overcoming hardships, yes its generic, but the difference between my character and Mandy (don't wanna sound to pretentious) is that Mandy's story doesn't have any sort of message in my opinion or at least one that people can get behind

[@CarpettinginMotel.townson]

Best of luck to you on that…..

[@krnatsu]

@@CarpettinginMotel.townson you don't need to say it if you don't mean it bro, trust me I'd want you to be honest

[@CarpettinginMotel.townson]

@@krnatsu no I’m not joking. I’m being serious.

[@krnatsu]

@@CarpettinginMotel.townson ah thanks. Sorry it was just the "...." at the end

[@krnatsu]

@@jeremyusreevu237 thanks man. Although that is a fairly easy feet to accomplish

[@snookz13]

“French people don’t have superheroes.” Miraculous: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@ShenaniganJian]

Not at all

[@ahmedaliyu1495]

Cat noir

[@someguycalledgoober155]

Not Starfire: "France doesn't have superheroes." Crimson Fox, Mademoiselle Marie, Musketeer, and Nightrunner: "Are we a joke to you?"

[@ShenaniganJian]

Also MLB

[@Sleepy_Cabbage]

although it's been confirmed night wing isn't even the girl's father, I feel as if it would be a missed opportunity to make an interesting story. let's say in this rewrite, Nightwing is the father and had died in some accident revolving around his duty as a hero, and Starfire was left to take care of their daughter on her own. Robins's death, causes all these negative emotions to start bottling up, due to her allies like beast boy, cyborg and raven are now missing from the picture in some way to. This depression started to dwindle at star, having just lost Nightwing to a villain or some other criminal, she fears that being her daughter is half-human, perhaps her powers will never develop, leaving them vulnerable to other villains who might take her away from her, leading to star becoming this overprotective mother, who does everything she can to ensure her daughter's safety, even if it means going against what they want, till eventually, her child finds comfort in her sister, Blackfire, who plans to turn them to her side while using them as a mortar to their revenge to get back at her own sister star

[@thebean6496]

This sounds better than this comic

[@itsuki6]

You know the comics bad when some random dude in the comments made a better plot

[@breerobi7465]

This is a good plot tho omg

[@stevenschnepp576]

Ah, but you see - that would require the ability to empathize with other -human beings- people, which Mariko's type demonstrably *cannot.*

[@Jet2TheMoon]

Honestly, I hate that jab at Hamlet so much. I couldn't care less about the rest of the story. It's bland at best and awful at worst, but that one Ophelia dig just irks me to no end.

[@SunnysFilms]

Calling Hamlet a whiny [expletive left out so YT doesn't delete my comment] seems really out of line to me. Wasn't Hamlet grieving the death of his father at the hands of his uncle? Wasn't his revenge against his uncle what caused him to keep ignoring Ophelia in the first place? It's been a long time since I've read it, so maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but still. Can't help feeling that if Hamlet was a woman, Mandy would be heaping sympathy on top of her.

[@xxcoolguyxx3275]

I really liked Hamlet when we watched it as a movie (yeah, the script was pretty boring and difficult to read since it’s Early Modern English) and that Ophelia line just hurts. Yeah, Ophelia didn’t get enough screen time as I felt she deserved but like. She was one of my favorite characters. She was caring and just wanted to love the man she loved. It wouldn’t be right to have her any other way

[@lordhellstrande7188]

@@SunnysFilms yeah, Hamlet ignored her because he was pretending to be crazy so Claudius didn't gather that Hamlet was planning to kill him...or something to that effect

[@Adamguy2003]

I feel the same way, for at least a couple reasons: 1. Mandy referring to Hamlet as "Whiny" is the ultimate textbook definition of the pot calling the kettle black. 2. Considering that Mandy IS an obvious self- insert, and considering that we learn Mandy and Claire got an "A" for rewriting the story in this way, that whole scene is Mariko Tamaki quite literally saying she's a better writer than WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE! Hey Mariko, if you ever hypothetically read this, there's a reason why William Shakespeare's works continue to be held up as literary masterpieces centuries after his death, and will continue to be regarded as such for centuries to come, whereas the overpriced toilet paper known as 'I Am Not Starfire' and the other crap comics you've written will be completely forgotten in five years' time (Other than occasionally when fanboys on KZbin feature it on "Worst comic books ever" lists): Shakespeare was an immensely talented author, whereas you clearly are NOT.

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

Honestly, I can relate to not wanting to look like a parent or other family member that you hate. On the other hand, this pathetic angst filled self insert has no reason for doing so. I don't believe FOR ONE SINGLE SECOND that someone overwhelmingly emotional and loving as Starfire would ever be cold, distant, or in any way unpleasant towards their child. Honestly, this story feels like a generic teen drama that Mariko Tamaki wrote before being hired by DC, and after they hired her she decided to just make the mom and aunt Starfire and Blackfire respectively and included the superpowers because with Starfire's presence as Mandy's mom, she had to have super powers in the story at some point.

[@lloydlandrum3040]

Ironically you are kinda right as its confirmed by the person boasting on social media it was a fanfic that was retrofitted and the fanfic was ''self insert is daughter of a Teen titan member and based the behavior of the parent and self insert how me and my mother still are ' and many DC and Marvel writers confirm both companies hire em for fanfics the staff like aswell as the 'proper politics and proper thinking and proper ideologies ''I am not kidding its even confirmed by several that Marvel and DC comics staff has staff on payroll searching fanfic sites for people fitting all those criterias for hiring .. its basically a way that is a loophole for hiring in a very selective way without getting in legal trouble

[@Nightman221k]

Starfire would never be so harsh as a mother. At least not in the original DC universe books or the Teen Titans cartoon (the two that Tamaki drew influences from). Comics Starfire would probably over-coddle a child who had no powers due to her upbringing (Blackfire was born without the ability to use starbolts like all other Tamarainans can and it's why Blackfire went vengeful and villainous) but to Mandy who would have been raised on Earth with a life surrounded by superheroes, it might end up making her think, "Mom thinks I'm incapable of being useful because I have no powers" rather than Kory intending it in a nurturing way. In the book though Starfire comes off as judgmental and dismissive and that's not who the character is.

[@mr.cobalt1668]

If anything I feel like Starfire would be at risk for being too doting a mother. Which could lead to an interesting character arc in itself.

[@ItsDaJax]

Somebody reviewed the whole comic, and it seems Mandy is pushing Starfire away, not that her personality is changed that much. Starfire in the movies is more mature, than on the Teen Titans series, gets her feelings hurt less.

[@unknownguy8687]

Looking like your dead beat dad is one of life's worst bitch-slaps. Trust me on this one.

[@TheguyfromJurassicpark3]

"French people don't have superheroes" Frenchie from The Boys: Sacrebleu!

[@jilliancrawford7577]

Unfortunately, self-inserts kind of exist on a spectrum because of how characters often come from having a small piece of the writers within them. Obviously there's a huge difference between a self-insert like this one and a character where the only thing they have in common with the writer is that they both need to drink water to live, but my point is that having a part of yourself within your character isn't a bad thing on its own. I have considered saving characters that are the closest to self inserts as any characters used for the sole purpose of being killed (like as a minor character or random citizen killed to show power levels or attack mechanics or whatever) but then I would need be careful to not create obvious patterns if I need a character death to have any kind of impact lol.

[@pubertdefrog]

So, how could I create a self insert character that is interesting enough to be the main character? Like, what if i were to have a self insert character but actually acknowledge the flaws of said self insert, and the decisions they make do have consequences/have a lasting impact. As someone who is not only on the autism spectrum, but also someone who wishes to write a compelling main character that is a self insert of myself (not 100% self insert obviously, but around 80%-90%). How can I improve the character being likeable, without getting rid of the importance of that self insert. Not many people outside of people on the spectrum know what it's like living with it, and i want to encourage people to think about what it's like (not too different from a character who is part of a minority, wether that be disabled, race, gender, sexuality, etc.) How can I do this effectively?

[@rroketa]

@@pubertdefrog i dont think youtube comments will give ya the answer. You seem to have an interesting grasp on stuff so I think trial and error? Or just try and find works with self-inserts try and compare what makes some work and not

[@Queen_Of_Discord]

I’ve never met an anarchist above the age of 15

[@xxdumpsterqueenxx3573]

Do they realize anarchy would never work?

[@77Productions77]

@@xxdumpsterqueenxx3573 I don’t know how they wouldn’t lol. System reform is necessary but Anarchy is just raw unfocused chaos.

[@edorasmarauder5761]

Anarchy only exists in fiction.

[@krugerofcause9048]

You haven’t met muh Father.

[@Adamguy2003]

I've seen a few; They are among the most miserable, pretentious, long- winded pieces of crap I've ever seen in my life.

[@sinjin8576]

She treats Starfire's personality like she studied her character from reddit memes. Actually that's probably exactly where she got it from.

[@Wolfie37283]

Mandy: “French people don’t have superheroes” Miraculous ladybug: *awkwardly cough*

[@SarahTheScottishBunny]

"there's no way they're going to care about Starfire" *Meanwhile she's a fucking superhero and the news loves that shit and it will most likely be a world wide coverage*

[@pattyviggers3581]

I say it again, that smirk as she eats the cookie those fangs, those are a Cobblepot girl thing, that grin screams my daddy is the Penguin.

[@falsealarm_9865]

“French people don’t have superheroes” Miraculous ladybug: *hold my miraculous*

[@ShenaniganJian]

Fly my wicked akuma

[@xFlareLeon]

Nightrunner: Hold my Enya CD

[@Sammy_The_Umbreon]

'French people don't have superheroes' Miraculous: (nervous fidgeting)

[@Raptorworld22]

"France doesn't have superheroes" I know Ladybug and Chat Noir aren't DC, but there's got to be some DC Parisian defenders, right?

[@ShenaniganJian]

Kinda just not well known

[@xFlareLeon]

There's Nightrunner, the Batman of Paris.

[@AkiraLionPilot]

“I’m moving to France. They’re sophisticated and eat pastries” Well after looking at her, I can see one real reason why she’d wanna move to France

[@leafu69]

"Anti-Starfire": 'there are no superheroes in France.' Miraculous Ladybug: ._.

[@ShenaniganJian]

My response

[@Evergreen_Wizard]

- So, who’s the father? - Raven. - Oh…

[@Hinatachan360]

I thought the Penguin was the father...

[@austinreed7343]

Nah, it’s Hifumi Yamada

[@honeytoast9204]

@@austinreed7343 didn’t have to do him like that .😔

[@no-do4pv]

@@austinreed7343 💀

[@masterseal0418]

"French people don't have superheroes." *Miraculous would love to have a word with you...*

[@ShenaniganJian]

Exactly

[@SpiritWolfeMoon]

Just because you have a gay character doesn't excuse them for being poorly written.

[@jetboyblue4478]

Mandy really is unbearable given the fact that apparently she is supposed to be the opposite of starfire, this is terrible fanfiction made in a attempt to branch into the young adult genre. But if I saw this in my high school library I’d pass it by for something else.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

God, the romance hurts in this. OK, so I'm trying to get into writing Manga, and I've had to learn a lot of things. Despite my bread and butter being genres like Dark Fantasy, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Cosmic Horror, Military, and Political Thriller, I can at least tell you how to do romance, and this romance ain't it chief. It's also why these relationships in modern comics outright piss me off when being done by "Professionals": they sell it by the IDENTITIES, and not the characters. Admittedly, there isn't really.much difference between a straight and gay romance in a story as most of the algorithms match up; with the gay romance being more dependent on whether the two leads are Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual; primarily in understanding the differences in men and women amd how they communicate. Despite that, the bare minimum remains the same: you need characters that are different but mesh well to start, growth by themselves and together to forward it, drop in moments of growth where they learn more and come to care for each other, and finally have the big coming together and continuing steps 2 and 3 up until a projected end (ideally up to 3-4 volumes after, depending on format.) Bottom line is characters need to grow and learn with each other for a relationship to start, and the use of subtle messaging can indicate on whether it's something platonic or romantic. There's neither of that in this. In fact, these two are horribly miscast together because one's simply the lead's bland arm candy, and the other deserves to be tossed down the trash chute. They go through no shared experiences, affect neither of their own personal growth in any light, and have no personalities that both clash and mesh. OK, that last part's confusing. Let me break it down with an example: Kaguya-Sama (I would've gone with Yuri on Ice, but I haven't seen that yet) Both leads, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane, are prideful characters wuth different beliefs and backgrounds: one's a natural born prodigy and the other's a diligent hard worker that earned his position. And yet both share experiences in which they learn something more about each other that they can respect. Granted, they never admit this up until near their graduation, but they still grow by themselves and together. Miyuki learns to loosen up or that sometimes his methods aren't best, and that Kaguya can still make memories with the ones she cares about while they do the same (way to make me care about a broken phone.) They clash given their pride, because one wants to feel equal to the other. Kaguya wants the admiration of the boy who made himself something while coming from barely anything, and Miyuki wants the love of a girl born with everything. They mesh when trying to help their fellow students and council members, like when Kaguya finds out that Shirogane helped out two younger students with a charity drive. To put it simply: it's a focus on those little things.

[@JackRawlinsonWrites]

"French people don't have superheroes" Miraculous Ladybug says "What?"

[@ShenaniganJian]

Cat noir: “what did she say, my lady?”

[@tazzreviews1578]

Yup, no French heroes. But there are French villains. Two being Mallah and The Brain, enemies of her mother. She’ll just make herself a target.

[@ShenaniganJian]

Franchie from the boys and MLB are French

[@0cloudeater04]

“French people don’t have superheroes” MIRACULOUS ! SIMPLY THE BEST! UP TO THE TEST WHEN THINGS SO WRONGGG! MIRACULOUSSSSSSS!

[@lunarglow75898]

i was about to mention miraculous too! Glad i'm not the only one who had think of this!

[@skapie6895]

Mandy is a walking cliché. ' I'm 14 and this is deep' , goth, quirky and 'I'm not like other girls. ' 😒

[@johnbartholome6936]

Let's see if her dad isn't Nightwing who would the other candidates be? It isn't Speedy because he had a kid with an assassin and loves her so much he turned his entire life around to be the best possible father to her. It's not Wally because he willingly trapped himself in the speed force to save his kids life. I guess Red Hood's an option but that would require Starfire to drop all her morals for that. I doubt it's Aqualad since there's no way he'd let any kid of his look like that. Man... Jason really is the best option so far.

[@mbob4337]

The only other option is her mind was erased. And some villain graped her.

[@Hinatachan360]

We all know the baby daddy is Oswald Cobblepott.

[@johnbartholome6936]

@@Hinatachan360 Man how could I forget that this thing takes place in the DCU. Obviously the Brain or Brother Blood combined Starfire's DNA with Penguin's in order to demoralize her and she's been trying to make the best of the situation.

[@60sspider-man29]

But even then Jason would at least TRY to be a good father.

[@thekaiser3815]

Let's put this another way. Do we want any of these characters to be saddled with this malignant tumour as there daughter?

[@blankadams3120]

Ah, yes, no French Super Heroes... they certainly don't know about Super Man, no, impossible. I was going to point out Batroc ze Leaper, but he's a villain, and Marvel... hmm... did a quick search, the DC database lists 8 French superheros, but I don't recognize any of them... Morgan Ducard, Bilal Asselah, Humperdoo, Allfather, Jean de Baton-baton, Samuel Song, Brain, and Henri Ducard... nope, totally no French supers. Assertion dismissed.

[@Panzerkirby]

dude, DC has that french batman, nightrunner, and the crimson fox too.

[@blankadams3120]

@@Panzerkirby Cool, good to know, I was more pointing out that a bare minimum of googling would've destroyed her argument, which is weird for a child of the information age to not have done.

[@Panzerkirby]

@@blankadams3120 i know bro, i was just pointing two of them from DC, to complement your irnfo, it's impressive that she didnt Even Made the research to Say that thing

[@1notdeadyet1]

I studied Shakespeare in University. Hamlet is one of, if not my favourite Shakespeare play. That “The play would be better if Ophelia was written by a women” line hurts me.

[@lugus9261]

5:20 how would she get in debt? Her mother is loaded, and a kind character, I doubt she'd let her daughter get into serious debt

[@ultra6671]

6:32 Ladybug and Cat Noir say otherwise.

[@frogblasttheventcore69]

Ironically going to college would get you further away from starfire than just not going.

[@calipurnioelreydelodio7141]

6:28 "...French people don't have superheroes" Me: Umm... Code Lyoko and Miraculous Ladybug want to disagree with you.

[@jaimedreamsx]

Mandy: French people don't have superheroes. Ladybug and Cat Noir: *sweating profusely*

[@EnigmaBarry]

Given all the flaws Mandy has, and that she's a self-insert of Mariko, has Mariko improved on her flaws? Is Mariko at a healthy weight? No. She's just as fat as in the comic. But remember it's wrong to judge others on their appearance. Nevermind obesity is a problem. Does Mariko do a good job choosing friends? I'm going to guess anarchists and feminists are part of her life. Mariko has parental issues, and this comic is her getting therapy it. I'm going to guess her real friends just enable this behavior. None of them voice reasonable things like "Yeah they can be a little crude, but your parents just want you to be healthy and have a high quality of life." I can tell because they're all rebels and all about defying systems and tradition. Maybe her parents are jerks and are the reason she's overweight. But is enabling obesity really in Mariko's best interest? I don't have high hopes for this comic or Mandy as an amazing character.

[@peridotentertainment8287]

This comic really is a fanfic that SOMEHOW got published by the official DC Comics. And it's the worst fanfic ever with the self insert, bad writing, and questionable things.

[@angryrash8798]

I’m not laughing at the cookie-eating bit. You’re laughing.

[@eatatjoes6751]

No, I know what the artstyle looks like - those Flash MyScene doll webisodes from, like, 2004. Also, as someone who tried going to college and dropped out *due to that exact line of teenage thinking* - and this was before the "oh, I have ADHD!" thing hit me - Mandy's going to be in for a world of pain. Unless she can leverage her "I'm related to Starfire!" connections, which is already impossible due to her stubbornness, she's doomed. I'm neurodivergent, what's her excuse?

[@SunnysFilms]

To be fair, the comic does explain that she has "test anxiety" (which is why she doesn't want to take the SAT), which in itself would be a far more interesting thing to explore than literally anything else in this comic.

[@RC.-]

Also how can Mandy be in debt when her mom is a superhero celebrity?

[@deepfried_stupidity]

@@SunnysFilms bro the amount of test accommodations my mom's college has is insane. I keep having to hear her gripe about how these people won't be able to get a real job if they need longer to finish under pressure

[@NamelessCth]

Jack, as your name implicits, I had a "Lightning", or even a "Black Lightning". What if, Starfire's daughter (forgot her name, will name her SD) was actually a lost teen who invisioned her mother as another person, like Starfire! Maybe her real identity is a role model on fashion that probably thinks giving freedom to her girl would fix her problems, making it worse with SD getting bad influence from people like Lincoln, an arsonist and that's why she doesn't think hes bad! Oh my devilous devilunch!

[@guygadbois3010]

I'm really wondering if modern feminists can even write a likable heroine? After all, heroes fight to preserve society and protect life, and feminists consider society misogynist/patriarchal and blame men for their problems. Who fights to protect a society and people you consider your abusers? Makes no sense. Also when you blame others for all your problems its generates this sense that you are perfect and entitled to things you were 'cheated' of, so that any criticism of you is wrong and you are entitled to power without a hero's journey or any responsibility when things go wrong. As a result you get Mariko/Mandy 'heroines' who are fat (not her fault, that's 'body shaming' by society! boo!), ugly (not her fault, that's sexist 'beauty standards' and catering to the male gaze! boo!), entitled to unearned power (she's perfect, shouldn't she have the most power?), lesbian (not by nature but because too good for men! boo, men bad!), and yet somehow entitled to admiration (why, exactly, does the 'hot' girl in school like her?). As a 'victim' of society its not up to her to take care of society, rather society should take care of her because she's got a vagina. Can you imagine anyone writing a fat, ugly, gay because women are gross, directionless male hero whose sense of entitlement was only eclipsed by his superpowers and expecting anyone to take it as anything other than parody?

[@DeAndreVFux]

Goddamn you went off but you were on the nose on everything like seriously there was even a time where a woman literally did a comic for she hulk and the woman was feminist which led to me just cringing how this woman literally showed her disdain for men so badly that she just put that out there just put the heat for men so clearly in the comic that it was not even she hulk like that was just this one Woman feeling so entitled to just put out a full on hate speech.

[@miked884]

No they can't face it comic books as we know them heck all of western pop culture is dead wokewood is the new culture consume and obey

[@DeAndreVFux]

@@miked884 you do have a point even though many comic book creators say that that's not the case. Many would tell you that if you don't like them then don't buy their book.

[@TieberiusVoidWalker]

@@DeAndreVFux then they complain when their sales tank

[@DeAndreVFux]

@@TieberiusVoidWalker Pretty much because honestly I find it humorous that so many comic book authors that literally are feminist anti-male or blaming others for their failures think that Literally disrespecting their fans is a good idea or the people that don’t like their books because the fact that they are putting either too much politics or being extremely woke.

[@mousepotatoliteratureclub]

11:03 "It's not fun, it's Hamlet." Okay, does NotStarfire hate or like literature? She wants to move to France because "French people read", and Shakespeare just seems like the kind of thing she'd be into, so ... what gives?

[@lovefromwonderland]

Mandy is trying to get away from her mother yet makes everything about Starfire. The girl is constantly complaining about her. Like for someone who isn't starfire, you sure do talk about her a lot.

[@vernyulkisasszony4708]

I snorted when Mandy said "French people don't have superheroes", because the Miraculous Ladybug theme song started playing in my head. Yes, I know they are not in the same universe, but still: How does she know French people don't have superheroes? How is she so sure? xD

[@xFlareLeon]

There actually are French superheroes even in DC. Musketeer, Nightrunner, and Crimson Fox.

[@avamay4224]

How teenage feminists talk at my high school: “Hamlet’s such a whiny little bitch.” “OMG yes! Ophelia’s a queen, she doesn’t deserve him.” “Slaaay. So what are we writing this paper about?” Still pretty cringe sometimes, but in a realistic way because teenagers are cringe, and that’s okay. You don’t need to write them exactly the way they’d actually speak but it helps to have some idea of what they sound like.

[@someguy1686]

SLAAAAAAAAYYYY 💅💅

[@xFlareLeon]

Yeah, as much as I hate it, cringy teenage characters are more realistic. Here's the thing... realistic isn't always a good thing. The reasons teen angst tends to be downplayed is because teenagers are largely unlikeable and that's a bit of a hurdle when you want to make a likeable character.

[@avalasialove]

@@xFlareLeon^This!!!^ It annoys me when people defend bad writing and unlikable characters with “It’s realistic.” First of all, most people don’t consume fiction to remind them of their reality. Second, writers need to create a balance between realistic and likable. If Mandy and Clare were simply wondering how Hamlet would turn out if written by a woman, that would be fine. But disregarding the entire play just because it was written by a man and doesn’t have many female characters is just petty and childish!

[@alexthewolf3179]

11:48 correction: it's sexist not feminist, feminism is when men and woman are EQUAL this is just sexist

[@secondaegis9190]

I think Self-Inserts are actually fine. Oftentimes, writers need to inject some more realistic emotions, so they draw from themselves. Self inserts are only bad when they're fantasy fulfillment Mary Sues.

[@draketheduelist]

Mandy: "French people don't have superheroes." My _second_ thought was "that is almost _definitely_ untrue, and provable with a one-minute Google search. And even if it _was_ true, DC's France would not ignore the superheroes that already exist in what would be their real life." My _first_ thought was that this might have been a reference to Captain America saying "SURRENDER?! DO YOU THINK THE 'A' ON MY HEAD STANDS FOR FRANCE?!" that one (hilarious, if admittedly OOC) time, but I don't think Mariko is that well-read. Plus, y'know... that's Marvel. I think she _might_ be stupid enough to think Cap is a DC character.

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

Plus that Captain America was the ultimate universe version where pretty much everyone was an edgy knockoff of their main counterpart.

[@draketheduelist]

@@galvanizeddreamer2051 It was largely a late cold war residual trend of the French politically opposing American military efforts, particularly suggestions that Americans shouldn't have gotten so bent out of shape over 9/11. In tit-for-tat fashion, Americans responded in kind by loudly reminding the world how France surrendered to the Axis powers leading up to WWII (and by their then-government's spineless inaction causing a great deal of it...), hence a trend codified by The Simpsons as "cheese eating surrender monkeys". The only reason France is even still around to talk crap about us is _because_ of us. It's out of character because Cap would remember a very _different_ kind of France, more of a La Reistance stereotype than Schmadolf Schmitler's whipped S&M gimp. But it's still funny because the EU still hates us, especially Macron, amd the feeling continues to be mutual. If anything, post-sniffle-season times have made hating France kinda' apropos again.

[@edorasmarauder5761]

I just discovered that joke today, and this is probably the best iteration of it I’ve ever heard.

[@kylejones8289]

To be fair to that Cap quote, it is said by the Ultimate Universe version of him who is a jingoistic jerk. So, in character for that version at least, although it definitely wouldn't be for main universe Cap.

[@xFlareLeon]

That Cap quote is hilarious because during Civil War, he actually does surrender and turn himself in to the government. And gets shot in the head on his way to the courthouse.

[@dankeykang4576]

Man I absolutely LOVE how self-inserts and Mary-sues can be total assholes and always get away with it

[@afieldofroses]

rumor has it they chose Starfire to be the parent because they looked up 'superhero' on google and they saw pink and said 'that one! I can make an edgy mary sue child for that one'

[@racquelia]

7:00 “French people don’t have super heroes.” Obviously an uncultured fellow. 🐞🐈‍⬛

[@ShenaniganJian]

Agreed

[@gjtrue]

Dumpsterfire looks more like she birthed out by The Penguin. And I really shouldn't insult Cobblepot like that. . .

[@ssj4jason737]

"There are no French superheroes" France Five: Are you sure about that

[@MangoMagica]

Your videos are always a delight to watch, thank you!

[@leofalkins5930]

I know I’m going to get cancelled for saying this, but I am going to anyways. I believe that, if done differently, a lot of these plot points or “issues” could’ve worked out well. For example, I personally think that there’s nothing wrong with having a character mirror yourself, or even be a self-insert (see Dipper from Gravity Falls, which is meant to be a representation of Alex Hirsch when he was younger). However, when making these characters, you need to remember to give them flaws and write them from an outsider’s perspective. When adding in the Mc being queer, I think it’s amazing to have good LGBTQ+ representation. However, this doesn’t feel good at all (coming from an LGBTQ person). Not only is the romantic subplot irrelevant, but Mandy’s queerness is only shown to be a representation of how she’s different from Starfire, instead of an actual trait that Mandy herself possesses. I also feel like it’s very important to have fat characters, especially in areas where they may be underrepresented. However, to do so only to slutshame others is crossing a major line. It is no longer representation, but a degradation of those unlike the ones being “represented”. Also, a bit off-topic, but I also feel as if a lot of problems could have been solved if Starfire was written in-character. This comic is a gross misrepresentation of her character, and does not show what Starfire is meant to be at all.

[@neovagras980]

Honestly I like your opinion and the same could be said about a gay character constantly putting down a straight character it’s hypocritical to shame someone sexually after all I’m Bi and some of Bi folk are shamed because some of us end up in a relationship with a person of the opposite gender instead of the same.

[@xFlareLeon]

It's because of pushing for representation all the time that we get this kind of garbage. Hack writers realize they can drop an oppressed minority into a story and use them as a shield to deflect any and all criticism of their shit writing.

[@zuskull1]

I don’t think anyone else noticed this but Mandy calls Starfire by her name and not something like 'mom.' Mandy has so little respect for her it literally makes me mad

[@panthertakamaki7141]

French people dont have superhero! Ladybug:No more lying from you little bi-

[@ShenaniganJian]

Cat noir: “ah, my lady? Still live” [points to camera]

[@panthertakamaki7141]

@@ShenaniganJian Ladybug:Oh shoot!

[@simiroth9461]

The virgin "Mommy issues" girl self insert vs The chad maniacal mangaka self insert

[@9ightdreamer]

6:38 Mandy: "France doesn't have superheros!" LadyBug from MLB: _Am I a joke to you?_

[@emosuke4990]

“French people don’t have superhero’s” Miraculous rn: am I a joke to you😀

[@bdpickett]

6:26 Hate to tell you, Mandy, but there are least three Superheroes in France, including Justice League Europe member Crimson Fox, The Musketeer and Nightrunner, the latter two being associated with Batman. These folks are all less than six degrees separated from your mom.

[@vernyulkisasszony4708]

This mouthpiece-thing reminds me a fanfic I read. Rainbow Dash literally started ranting about how much she despises the Wonderbolts and it not only came out of nowhere, but it sounded very out of character, so it pretty much took me out of the story. And turns out I was right, because the author admitted it, like: "Sorry I just really hate them for their behavior towards Dash."

[@them0thking]

In reference to the art style, I want to point out something in the first few pages (and something shown in the first video if I'm not mistaken) is that upon Starfire's introduction, her thigh gap (?) is drawn oddly/kind of uncomfortably. I'm by no means calling Yoshi Yoshitani a bad artist - if anything, I overall love her art style - but in general it could use improvement. Of course there's the nitpick I mentioned but also what was said in this video. In an odd way I don't even hate 'I am NOT Starfire' but that's more because of my guilty pleasure of loving shitty, poorly written media (think Tommy Wiseau's 'The Room'). I think Mariko Tamaki could be at least a good if not a great comic writer. I love the idea of a plus-size WLW main character; if anything we need more characters like that because lets be real, there are people irl like that. The issue is exactly what you pointed out in your videos - it's poorly executed and immature. The self-insert aspect doesn't bother me as long as you're at least somewhat honest/give them at least some flaws. Hell, basically all of my DND characters are self-inserts to some degree. Like my Bard Tiefling is horny on main (original I know lmao) but a total coward in combat. My Druid Gnome is feral/chaotic as hell and it leads to impulsive decisions which while funny in some cases can lead to some serious damage if not monitored(deadasss with this character I ended up joining a weed cult it was fucking hilarious but she rose hell).

[@venuslikeyourgod6801]

honestly I think it's good for: including alternative, lgbt, and feminist characters, but they wrote them horribly! If you're going represent a minority DO IT WELL.

[@thenerdbird5596]

Respect to danphan for reading this whole thing

[@g.m.5789]

So, are you telling me that Tamaki wrote a self-insert character that claims a woman would have written Ophelia better than Shakespeare when she herself can’t write for shit??? The delusion!

[@kendra_t]

Hi my name is Ebony M'randa Dumpsterfire Raven Eilish and I have short ebony black hair (that's how I got my name) with choppy micro bangs and shaved in the back and glowing green eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Mariko Tamaki (AN: if u don't know who she is get da hell out of here!). I'm not related to Billie Eilish but I wish I was because she's a major fucking hottie. I'm an alien but I'm short and stubby. I have pale white skin. I'm also a bitch, and I go to a boring school in a normal town where I'm in the seventh year (I'm seventeen). I'm a goth (in case you couldn't tell) and I wear mostly black. I love Hot Topic and I buy all my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a black corset with matching lace around it and a black leather miniskirt, pink fishnets and black combat boots. I was wearing black lipstick, white foundation, black eyeliner and a giant nose ring. I was walking outside Titan Tower. It was snowing and raining so there was no sun, which I was very happy about. My preppy mom stared at me. I put up my middle finger at her.

[@keshiaanders6452]

I don't get Mandy's character here. She hates her mother, yet her crush is basically a watered-down version of her mother.

[@calico.mp3522]

''there are no french superheroes!'' Nightwing: **awkward tea drinking**

[@xFlareLeon]

I think you mean Nightrunner. Nightwing is American, though he has Romanian roots.

[@autumnstupidity]

When you said “it’s just a coincidence”, I got an ad that said “liar liar pants on fire”

[@sapientbirb7350]

Thanks to Jlongbone, I cannot read Lincoln's dialogue without hearing Gilbert Gottfried's voice.

[@synodicseason]

about the ophelia thing… i’m an aspiring writer who despises how some men objectify and/or dumb down women in their writing. that being said, i am aware that there are many men who do not do this, & that there are many women who, for some unknown reason, do. your gender does not automatically make you good at writing characters of the same gender. it can definitely help but you shouldn’t be able to use not knowing how as an excuse especially in this day & age. the internet exists

[@omegav1252]

"There are no superheroes in france" let's hope she dosen't watch miraculous 🤣

[@travisherndon94]

Honestly, I think this could have worked but the execution was done very poorly and badly. An idea I had for something similar to this was making Star's daughter into something of a bad girl ( not the drinking, smoking and fucking kind before you comment anything). I mean a tough bad girl like always get's into fights ,as a short temper, have a hard time talking and expressing her emotions so she lash out, she's aggressive when it comes to fights to point maybe even writing that Starfire or Dick had to restrain her cause she was going too far towards a villain. Like make her something like the equivalent of a teenage Buttercup from the Powerpuff Girls. Design wise I would have made her into something like a skater punk girl like ripped jeans, tank tops, she fights crime so she wears fingerless gloves, keep her hair black with maybe green or orange highlights to show a connection to her mom and make her more muscular and tone compare to Starfire. Make her something like that which would then explain why Blackfire would want her on her side later on cause she would be an aggressive powerhouse. I just feel like you can make a story about the daughter of Starfire interesting if you put the time and effort into it.

[@BelleDraws-i5d]

I remember reading a fanfiction of a famous loveteam in my country and it has a self-insert of the author in some chapters but it was done so well because she made herself a comedic relief. She would show up in some chapters as a friend that says and does funny things and then never to be seen again. The overall story was also well-written and it ended up getting published as a book so I could see why it was successful. Goes to show that you CAN insert yourself in the story you're writing as long as you don't force your beliefs into the readers' throats or make yourself a mary sue

[@tayloredwards4968]

Personally The Lion King 2 Simba's pride did this story so much better. You did have a conflict of the overprotective parent. But you understood why that was happening. And they gave Kiara a personality of her very own. And actually gave her a good reason to not be around Simba. Something this comic book should have done

[@Angelic_Dreamz]

"French people don't have superheroes!!" *Ladybug and Cat Noir in the background:* 👁️👄👁️

[@blankadams3120]

13:28... is she holding the book upside down? Why does it say ʇǝlɯɐH ?

[@jare3459]

even teen titans go capture Starfire personality better than this comic. (I hate my self for saying that)

[@raymorningstar7399]

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