Top 10 ALTERNATE VERSIONS OF THE AVENGERS
Welcome back nerd squad, my name is Roya Destroyaa and this is Top 10 Nerd.
ItÕs easy to see from our last video that the Starfire obsession lives on.
So whether youÕre here to learn some more facts about everyoneÕs favorite Tamaranean,
or just to ogle the pictures that are in this video, we got a little something for everyone.
So letÕs take a look at the top 10 Starfire surprising facts and this is part 2.
In the number 10 spot we have HER ENSLAVEMENT.
She may be the epitome of wild and free now, but so was not always the case.
At one point, StarfireÕs own sister blackfire helped the citadel overtake Tamaran, and one
of the surrender conditions was that Starfire be enslaved.
The enslavement included terrible torture and rape with her sister being her own master.
She finally escaped after 6 years of brutality; so when your older sister is being mean and
picking on you, be grateful that sheÕs not advocating for your eternal servitude.
Although she may be.
Coming in at number 9 is THE STARBOLTS.
In the comics it is revealed that while all Tamaraneans harness ultraviolet radiation
for their powers, only Starfire and Blackfire have the ability to project starbolts, even
though in the show others are able to do so.
This is because the starbolts are actually the result of experimentation.
After the citadel took over, Starfire and Blackfire were eventually taken in for experiments
by the Psions, a group of sadistic scientists who wanted to see how much radiation the two
could absorb until they exploded.
Well it wasnÕt fun, but at least they got a cool new power out of it.
And more importantly, they did not explode.
Next, at number 8 we got HER TONGUE.
In our last video we went over some interesting aspects of Tamaranean physiology.
Another neat thing to note about the species is their prehensile (pre hensill) tongues.
This means Starfire can grasp and hold stuff with her tongue.
Yeah, now wonder Robin likes her so much.
Although realistically we all know sheÕs using that tongue to grab all the mustard
she can.
In the number 7 spot is HER BROTHER.
We are all focused on StarfireÕs sister so much that her brother kinda fades into the
background.
But in comics Starfire has a younger brother named Darkfire, also known as RyandÕr.
KoriandÕr, RyandÕr, who names these kids.
He was a freedom fighter who was also experimente don by the Psions, developing the power to
generate heat waves from his hand.
RyandÕr was then re-introduced in the comic spin off Teen Titans Go as the long lost Wildfire,
who Starfire made it her mission to find.
He put on a lot more clothes this time too.
Coming in at number 6 we have TAMARANEAN SEX.
The Tamaraneans are a passionate and free race who do as they choose and donÕt have
the same ideas of modesty that us boring humans do.
However, one weird thing about them, as Starfire stated in Red Hood and the Outlaws, is that
Tamaraneans donÕt associate sex with emotion, whether itÕs for fun or for reproduction.
And this leads us right into our next fact.
Next up, at number 5 is THE NEW 52 CONTROVERSY.
Along the lines of the whole emotionless sex thing, a whole slew of controversy rose up
when Starfire was re-imagined in 2011Õs DC reboot.
Many complaints rose that the writing was getting the character totally wrong: they
removed her passion, over sexualized her, and dumbed her down.
She was a shell of what people loved about Starfire, and they made it very well known
what they thought.
Simply put, she wasnÕt doing anything.
She was just the village bicycle.
Everyone takes a ride.
Up next at number 4 is HER MODELLING CAREER.
Because even an alien princess has to make money on earth somehow, right?
Capitalism.
And itÕs great making money with what youÕre good at.
So thanks to her pal Donna Troy, Starfire scored a job at the modeling agency where
Donna was a photographer, working as a model of course.
She also went by the name of Kory Anders to be a bit more human likeÑbecause the orange
skin wasnÕt too obvious.
And itÕs at this job that she met the person our next fact is about.
In the number 3 spot, we have HER HUMAN LOVE.
Other than Dick, weÕve gone over past love interests of Starfie in our previous video.
But thereÕs another guy we need to mention: her human love interest, Franklin Crandall.
Starfire met Franklin at her modeling job and fell very fast.
Donna is the first one to notice something off about her new squeeze, and turns out she
was right: Franklin was an undercover HIVE agent who had set out to infiltrate the Teen
titans through Starfire.
In the end he couldnÕt turn on her, and is gunned down without Starfire ever finding
out who he really was.
Coming in at number 2, SHE IS A MOM.
In the kingdom come universe, Starfire and Nightwing do end up having a kid.
Her name is MarÕI Grayson and she goes on to become the hero Nigthstar following in
her parentsÕ footsteps.
The death of her mother in this storyline causes a lot of strain in her relationship
with her dad, however.
Typical, the woman survives universal threats and gets killed by a heart issue.
She also developed a close relationship with Bruce Wayne, often referring to him as Gramps.
And finally, in the number 1 spot, SHE WAS ONCE KILLED BY ROBIN.
In the Flashpoint timeline, these two characters have a very different relationship, sorry
to say.
Starfire is a member of Wonder womanÕs female furies who plan to burn down a polish city
in an attempt to weed out whoever had the coveted helmet of fate.
In defense of the city, Dick Grayson leaks gasoline into the line of StarfireÕs blasts,
causing an explosion and killing the woman he was so in love with in basically every
other story arc.
You can choose to ignore this if it ruins your ship; IÕll allow it.
So those were the top 10 Starfire facts part 2.
Let me know in the comment section down below who you want facts on next.
My name is Roya Destroyaa, thanks for watching, and donÕt forget to subscribe so you never
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