"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does? - Gaff Blade Runner
"In a short time, this will be a long time ago." - Werner Slow West
"One of the biggest problems in the industry is apathy right now." - Dan Didio Co-Publisher of I Wonder Why That Is Comics
I'd have just given her a staff like this fan art
https://www.deviantart.com/femmes-fa...file-680411901
I wouldn't be aganist her having a weapon like that. I'm just tired of the Amazon warrior thing. She has been ignored by the Wondy books for so long except for some stuff in the 90s and late 2000s and all of a sudden they keep trying to push her as some Xena type. It bothers me because it reminds me of the nonsense dreams she had before she died in Titans/YJ Graduation Day, what a terrible story.
"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does? - Gaff Blade Runner
"In a short time, this will be a long time ago." - Werner Slow West
"One of the biggest problems in the industry is apathy right now." - Dan Didio Co-Publisher of I Wonder Why That Is Comics
To me, the Raven from the original NTT is a different person than the Raven AKA, Rachel Roth, from Johns 2003 TT.
I like the original Raven a lot. Very complex and unique character. The 2003 one on the other hand seems pretty generic and just a watered down version of the original.
They look and definitely act very different from each other.
My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
Favorite Heroes - 1-Flash/Wally West, 2-Superman, 3-Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, 4-Nightwing, 5-Hawkman, 6-Firestorm, 7-Supergirl/Linda Danvers, 8-Zatanna, 9-Robin/Tim Drake
Johns' TT series had a lot of character regression in it. The NTT heroes that were stuck with the team besides Cyborg and Starfire felt new again, not the veterans they should be. Plus Rose went from stable badass working to get away from her father to a snarky crazy girl with a chip on her shoulder with serious daddy issues.
"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does? - Gaff Blade Runner
"In a short time, this will be a long time ago." - Werner Slow West
"One of the biggest problems in the industry is apathy right now." - Dan Didio Co-Publisher of I Wonder Why That Is Comics
Does she even need a weapon though?
I always feel like the Amazon heroes should focus on hand-to-hand and their lasso's and save any kind of weapons for special occasions.
I think Johns was trying to meld cartoon Raven with NTT Raven, although I haven't read that run in a while.
I'm still bummed he left the Rebirth Teen Titans book so soon .
We are the Dora Milaje. We are the daughters of the 18 tribes of Wakanda. We are the teeth of the Panther God. Out of 10,000 years of sweat and bloodshed and battle are we born. We are the women of this ancient land. Deadliest of the species. And our time has come!
I felt like Beast Boy's character changed the most. Writers(at least until Abnett) really toned down his mental issues and the more darker aspects of his character.
To me Raven's character stayed mostly the same.
I'm surprised that Terra's characterization from the cartoon didn't make its way to the comics(it was sort of there in the New 52 but didn't stick afterwards).
Its also interesting that the cartoon had Cyborg overcome the man vs machine issue and that the comics still haven't allowed him to move beyond that. It doesn't help that he's underutilized in JL.
Not gonna lie, ever since Starfires look was first leaked people kept saying it would get better and it was just this or that. Then more official images and promo images came out, and she still looked pretty much just as bad as the leaked image. So ya, I’m skeptical.
I think this outfit is obviously not her costume. If they went out their way to give Robin and hell even Hawk and Dove their accurate costumes then I don't think Starfire is going to wear a fur coat into battle every time.