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OOC Information
Player Name: Koree
Player Age: 30
Player Contact: godgivenlemonade;aim - twincidentally;plurk
Player/Character HMD: Here
Other characters in game: Piper McLean
IC Information
Character Name: Starfire (Koriand'r)
Character Canon: Teen Titans (animated)
Character Age/Gender: 16-18 (it's never stated outright in canon, so somewhere in this range)
Canon Point: "Snowblind" - Post episode
Character Canon History: Teen Titans Wiki; Starfire's History
Character Personality: Starfire is often considered to be the most cheerful and compassionate member of the team (which SOME might find surprising for a member of a race that doesn't even have a word for "nice"), aside from possibly Beast Boy. Usually she's the one most attuned to her roommates emotional state, or at the very least the first to want to address the issue directly in an effort to help. She's a bubbly, giggly, caring young girl striving to fit in on Earth and learn all of its customs. Overall she's a very virtuous person, her morals very firmly in place, but she has her playful side, finding plenty in life to rejoice in, to smile and laugh about.
Most of her hobbies seem to either be artsy or people oriented. She's demonstrated a talent for playing musical instruments from home (though we're never given a gauge on how good she actually is as there are no other Tamaraneans to compare her to), singing, poetry, some... form of alien Pilates and yoga... and culinary arts. She enjoys stereotypical "girly" things but also revels in her abilities, including her combat skills and strength. She lifts weights with Cyborg, makes trips to the mall, has belching contests with the guys, likes to paint her nails and dress up, she's a little flirtatious (read as: has a healthy appreciation for the opposite sex), babies her pet killer larva (Silkie - acquired sometime during season 4), and seems to spend a lot of time experimenting in the kitchen.
In most instances she can be very patient (she waited for what might very well be about two years through five seasons and one feature length film for Robin to come around to the romantic tension between them, but admittedly her feelings towards him were largely unopposed saveforabriefcrushonAqualad also). Most of the time she displays charming quirks and a knack for getting into things kind of the same way a kitten manages to get into all kinds of things around the home. Her curiosity hasn't gotten her into any serious trouble, yet, but she's often easily impressed and fascinated by new things, big or small.
Her daily habits are pretty extreme, too. She drinks mustard as a beverage instead of using it as a condiment. She mistook mint frosting, sprinkles, and ice cream for pizza toppings and even then she didn't think it was odd at all, especially in combination. She thinks that chickens are adorable, and plays with them like one would play with parakeets or canaries. She also has no qualms with eating strange foods or tasting things that come from strange places. She sleeps with her head hanging off the edge of the bed and her feet on the pillow. Did I mention that she drinks mustard like it's Dr. Pepper?
The creators have likened Starfire to a quirky "foreign exchange student". She's well intended and always gives whatever she's doing her best effort. Her way of speaking reflects this as well, as she's very rarely heard using nicknames (and when she does they're usually in Tamaranean), speaking with proper English grammar, and seldom using conjunctions. Also, Starfire is actually pretty superstitious, and as such traditions and festivals are to be observed! If you've ever had a friend that insisted on passing along EVERY chain letter that they received by text or email? THAT would be Starfire. She takes things like that very seriously and usually one of the others has to take the time to explain things like that to her.
Okay, so now it gets a little bit weird. On the one hand Star's very polite and considerate towards her fellow humanoids and... well, all creatures in general (as long as they don't freak her out). That SOMETIMES goes for enemies as well (example: Trouble in Tokyo; During the opening chase with Psycho Tech she taps him on the shoulder, excuses herself, and explains that she did not wish to attack him while he wasn't looking). In other instances she's been shown to put manners aside for the sake of battle (example: cutting off Red X mid-sentence by blasting him with her eye star bolts because he angered her).
Meanwhile, on the OTHER, hand she's very up front and not big on personal space when it comes to showing affection. Starfire is frequently shown to be one of the few members of the team who hugs Robin on a fairly regular basis. By the calm way he reacts to it it's apparent that he's completely accustomed and just sort of expects it. They ALL do. Strangers, new friends, it doesn't matter. You are all open for Starfire hugs. Every last one of you.
When the team meets the meta human, Terra, and begin to introduce themselves Starfire performs a curtsy in one moment and in the next she's completely invaded Terra's personal space and hit her with a barrage of questions (including asking if she'd like to be her friend). After Terra agrees to become friends with Starfire and the rest of the Titans she informs them that she's been sleeping out in a cave. Star's response is "I cannot allow my new friend to reside in a cave." - not in a pushy way, just concerned and a bit surprised. Kind of like she's simply (calmly) stating a fact. It doesn't matter that they only just met Terra, or that they know nothing about her, Starfire (and most of the others) is ready to welcome her into their home with open arms and show her ALL THE THINGS. That's how she is with almost everyone she meets. She wants to be friends with everyone she meets if at all possible. I swear that's probably her life's ambition right there.
By nature she's very much a "trust first", forgiving kind of person, and it takes a lot to break that trust.
Starfire chooses to see the good in others and believes that no one is beyond forgiveness and redemption. She has a very pure heart and is unfamiliar with human culture, but her sincere nature, open mind, and strong heart endears her to almost everyone that she meets. She's always well intended and seldom gets angry. Starfire is loyal, brave, and even tempered, if a bit clueless. She constantly butchers various idioms and sayings ("Potatoing the couch", "the mall of shopping", "kick the butt", and "opening a can of the butt whoop" being just a few examples). The others seem to expect this as just the way Starfire speaks, however, since no one corrects her on it. As a princess of Tamaran she has also been shown to have a strong sense of obligation to her people. Galfore had to advise her to listen to her heart not only for Tamaran, but also for her own sake. She seems to have taken the lesson to heart. While she still often puts the needs of others above her own she also seems more willing to stand up for herself and fight for what she wants.
Tamaraneans harness the power of their emotions to function from the moment of birth (as stated by Starfire: Even newborns can fly.). Unbridled joy, righteous fury, and boundless confidence for example. It makes them an unbelievably powerful race of fighters and yet it can also leave them incredibly vulnerable. Even considering this there's really only one episode in which Starfire states that she's actually lost her powers, and that's "Stranded". During the episode she and Robin got into something of an argument, and Starfire became confused about Robin's feelings towards her or what the nature of their relationship truly was. It's not until near the very end of the episode when they sit down and resolve the misunderstanding that she's able to sort through it and her powers finally return.
To start, she actually does have a temper and is capable of holding grudges. When it comes to Robin she can easily become jealous if other females are too forward with him - see Blackfire and Kitten in "Sisters" and "Date with Destiny". When this happens she seems to take her anger and frustration out on inanimate objects and sometimes people (punching the hood of Kitten's limo so hard that it crumples, melting the punch bowl, growling at and consequently terrifying two innocent bystanders). When she's been offended she usually responds by snubbing the guilty party (ignoring Beast Boy and his attempts to weasel his way back into her good graces by being cute, refusing to hear Robin out after his verbal blunder regarding their relationship status). When she feels insecure and embarrassed there are times when instead of going to her friends about it she hides it and tries to deal with it on her own due to fear of rejection or ridicule. She's actually demonstrated that she's very self conscious about her lack of familiarity with Earth culture, though her friends are so accepting of most of her weird behavior that she doesn't think twice about it with THEM, at least. It just so happens that in addition to hating to do so she's kind of a terrible liar as it stands, but because of them being so accustomed to some of the weirder traditions that Starfire has shared she has an easy time of getting away with it on the rare occasion she does (by no merit of her own skill, and entirely because they write it off as "aliens"). If it's only for the sake of a mission and/or helping a friend then she has also demonstrated that she call pull it off with a straight face. Cartoon logic, I guess. Just telling it like it is in canon. We never really get to see what kind of conversations happen to "motivate" her into acting the part she's been assigned.
Though she admits to enjoying being terrified while watching a horror movie with the others, she later expresses levels of genuine terror and panic in the episode "Fear Itself" when she and the others are suddenly the ones being hunted down and killed one by one by an unexplained monster. She's also expressed insecurity over the idea of being replaced ("Sisters"), losing her friendships and the people that she cares about ("How Long is Forever", "Transformation", "Betrothed", "Masks", and "The Quest" to an extent).
AU Information: n/a
Character Abilities: Can be found here or here is a breakdown:
Tamaranean biology - Tamaraneans are a warrior race naturally built to withstand the harsh atmosphere of space. It's not speecified HOW but Starfire has no trouble "breathing" in space where the other Titans clearly require the use of space suits and helmets. She's somewhat invulnerable to extreme temperatures such as freezing or hot temperatures, though overexposure does eventually wear her down.
Tamaraneans are also shown to have extensively long, somewhat prehensile tongues. Starfire goes on to state that she has nine stomachs as opposed to one (for extra food storage during times of hardship - cited from "Mother Mae Eye (Episode)") meaning that Starfire is capable of consuming obscene amounts of food. She is also shown to be able to- for lack of a better word -regurgitate that food, whole, with the use of her tongue.
They're built tough. Starfire is seen being thrown into all kinds of things (buildings, cars, buses, space ships, mountains, etc.) and still gets back up. She has these abilities as well as: Accelerated healing factor, agility, durability, endurance, omnilinguistic assimilation, self-sustenance, and is experienced in hand-to-hand combatant.
Tamaraneans harness the power of their emotions for their powers from the moment of birth (as stated by Starfire: Even newborns can fly.). Unbridled joy (flight), righteous fury (starbolts), and boundless confidence (superhuman strength) for example. It makes them an unbelievably powerful race of fighters and yet it also leaves them incredibly vulnerable in times of emotional turmoil. When in extreme emotional turmoil Starfire's powers don't work. This can be one specific power tied to one specific emotion or it can be all of them, as she is able to recover her strength and her starbolts but not her flying ("Stranded").
It's been stated and shown that Starfire can actually fly faster than the speed of sound in space. In normal atmosphere she would still be able to fly fast without fear of friction damage, but would have to contend with a denser atmosphere, of course, so wouldn't be able to fly nearly as fast (or so is my understanding). Starfire is also immune to radiation. That is indeed proven time and time again as she survives all manner of explosions throughout the series as well as direct exposure to radiation throughout the episode "Snowblind".
Starbolts - A glowing, powerful green energy that Starfire is able to shoot from her hands, eyes (since she actually underwent her transformation in game), mouth, and seemingly from her body as a whole (though this may just be her rapidly expanding starbolts from her hands to encompass her like an aura and propel objects and opponents away with explosive force). These are blasts of energy fueled by her emotions. The stronger the emotion the greater their power. Shown to send monsters and other Tamaraneans flying.
Character Inventory: Titan communicator (non-functional until/unless she can get someone to set it up with the Rekindle network)
Samples: Interactive sample and third person sample from![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
somarium application).
Player Name: Koree
Player Age: 30
Player Contact: godgivenlemonade;aim - twincidentally;plurk
Player/Character HMD: Here
Other characters in game: Piper McLean
IC Information
Character Name: Starfire (Koriand'r)
Character Canon: Teen Titans (animated)
Character Age/Gender: 16-18 (it's never stated outright in canon, so somewhere in this range)
Canon Point: "Snowblind" - Post episode
Character Canon History: Teen Titans Wiki; Starfire's History
Character Personality: Starfire is often considered to be the most cheerful and compassionate member of the team (which SOME might find surprising for a member of a race that doesn't even have a word for "nice"), aside from possibly Beast Boy. Usually she's the one most attuned to her roommates emotional state, or at the very least the first to want to address the issue directly in an effort to help. She's a bubbly, giggly, caring young girl striving to fit in on Earth and learn all of its customs. Overall she's a very virtuous person, her morals very firmly in place, but she has her playful side, finding plenty in life to rejoice in, to smile and laugh about.
Quirks/Hobbies
Most of her hobbies seem to either be artsy or people oriented. She's demonstrated a talent for playing musical instruments from home (though we're never given a gauge on how good she actually is as there are no other Tamaraneans to compare her to), singing, poetry, some... form of alien Pilates and yoga... and culinary arts. She enjoys stereotypical "girly" things but also revels in her abilities, including her combat skills and strength. She lifts weights with Cyborg, makes trips to the mall, has belching contests with the guys, likes to paint her nails and dress up, she's a little flirtatious (read as: has a healthy appreciation for the opposite sex), babies her pet killer larva (Silkie - acquired sometime during season 4), and seems to spend a lot of time experimenting in the kitchen.
In most instances she can be very patient (she waited for what might very well be about two years through five seasons and one feature length film for Robin to come around to the romantic tension between them, but admittedly her feelings towards him were largely unopposed saveforabriefcrushonAqualad also). Most of the time she displays charming quirks and a knack for getting into things kind of the same way a kitten manages to get into all kinds of things around the home. Her curiosity hasn't gotten her into any serious trouble, yet, but she's often easily impressed and fascinated by new things, big or small.
Her daily habits are pretty extreme, too. She drinks mustard as a beverage instead of using it as a condiment. She mistook mint frosting, sprinkles, and ice cream for pizza toppings and even then she didn't think it was odd at all, especially in combination. She thinks that chickens are adorable, and plays with them like one would play with parakeets or canaries. She also has no qualms with eating strange foods or tasting things that come from strange places. She sleeps with her head hanging off the edge of the bed and her feet on the pillow. Did I mention that she drinks mustard like it's Dr. Pepper?
The creators have likened Starfire to a quirky "foreign exchange student". She's well intended and always gives whatever she's doing her best effort. Her way of speaking reflects this as well, as she's very rarely heard using nicknames (and when she does they're usually in Tamaranean), speaking with proper English grammar, and seldom using conjunctions. Also, Starfire is actually pretty superstitious, and as such traditions and festivals are to be observed! If you've ever had a friend that insisted on passing along EVERY chain letter that they received by text or email? THAT would be Starfire. She takes things like that very seriously and usually one of the others has to take the time to explain things like that to her.
Manners/Relationships with Others
Okay, so now it gets a little bit weird. On the one hand Star's very polite and considerate towards her fellow humanoids and... well, all creatures in general (as long as they don't freak her out). That SOMETIMES goes for enemies as well (example: Trouble in Tokyo; During the opening chase with Psycho Tech she taps him on the shoulder, excuses herself, and explains that she did not wish to attack him while he wasn't looking). In other instances she's been shown to put manners aside for the sake of battle (example: cutting off Red X mid-sentence by blasting him with her eye star bolts because he angered her).
Meanwhile, on the OTHER, hand she's very up front and not big on personal space when it comes to showing affection. Starfire is frequently shown to be one of the few members of the team who hugs Robin on a fairly regular basis. By the calm way he reacts to it it's apparent that he's completely accustomed and just sort of expects it. They ALL do. Strangers, new friends, it doesn't matter. You are all open for Starfire hugs. Every last one of you.
When the team meets the meta human, Terra, and begin to introduce themselves Starfire performs a curtsy in one moment and in the next she's completely invaded Terra's personal space and hit her with a barrage of questions (including asking if she'd like to be her friend). After Terra agrees to become friends with Starfire and the rest of the Titans she informs them that she's been sleeping out in a cave. Star's response is "I cannot allow my new friend to reside in a cave." - not in a pushy way, just concerned and a bit surprised. Kind of like she's simply (calmly) stating a fact. It doesn't matter that they only just met Terra, or that they know nothing about her, Starfire (and most of the others) is ready to welcome her into their home with open arms and show her ALL THE THINGS. That's how she is with almost everyone she meets. She wants to be friends with everyone she meets if at all possible. I swear that's probably her life's ambition right there.
By nature she's very much a "trust first", forgiving kind of person, and it takes a lot to break that trust.
Starfire chooses to see the good in others and believes that no one is beyond forgiveness and redemption. She has a very pure heart and is unfamiliar with human culture, but her sincere nature, open mind, and strong heart endears her to almost everyone that she meets. She's always well intended and seldom gets angry. Starfire is loyal, brave, and even tempered, if a bit clueless. She constantly butchers various idioms and sayings ("Potatoing the couch", "the mall of shopping", "kick the butt", and "opening a can of the butt whoop" being just a few examples). The others seem to expect this as just the way Starfire speaks, however, since no one corrects her on it. As a princess of Tamaran she has also been shown to have a strong sense of obligation to her people. Galfore had to advise her to listen to her heart not only for Tamaran, but also for her own sake. She seems to have taken the lesson to heart. While she still often puts the needs of others above her own she also seems more willing to stand up for herself and fight for what she wants.
Tamaraneans harness the power of their emotions to function from the moment of birth (as stated by Starfire: Even newborns can fly.). Unbridled joy, righteous fury, and boundless confidence for example. It makes them an unbelievably powerful race of fighters and yet it can also leave them incredibly vulnerable. Even considering this there's really only one episode in which Starfire states that she's actually lost her powers, and that's "Stranded". During the episode she and Robin got into something of an argument, and Starfire became confused about Robin's feelings towards her or what the nature of their relationship truly was. It's not until near the very end of the episode when they sit down and resolve the misunderstanding that she's able to sort through it and her powers finally return.
Insecurities, Fears, and Sense of Self worth
Compared to the others (Robin, Beast Boy, and Raven) and considering how long the series ran Starfire (and Cyborg, to be fair) had no dedicated character arc. Much of the Titans series is episodic rather than following any sort of steady plot line, of course, so she did still manage to have a few character centric episodes that shed some insight into her faults and fears.To start, she actually does have a temper and is capable of holding grudges. When it comes to Robin she can easily become jealous if other females are too forward with him - see Blackfire and Kitten in "Sisters" and "Date with Destiny". When this happens she seems to take her anger and frustration out on inanimate objects and sometimes people (punching the hood of Kitten's limo so hard that it crumples, melting the punch bowl, growling at and consequently terrifying two innocent bystanders). When she's been offended she usually responds by snubbing the guilty party (ignoring Beast Boy and his attempts to weasel his way back into her good graces by being cute, refusing to hear Robin out after his verbal blunder regarding their relationship status). When she feels insecure and embarrassed there are times when instead of going to her friends about it she hides it and tries to deal with it on her own due to fear of rejection or ridicule. She's actually demonstrated that she's very self conscious about her lack of familiarity with Earth culture, though her friends are so accepting of most of her weird behavior that she doesn't think twice about it with THEM, at least. It just so happens that in addition to hating to do so she's kind of a terrible liar as it stands, but because of them being so accustomed to some of the weirder traditions that Starfire has shared she has an easy time of getting away with it on the rare occasion she does (by no merit of her own skill, and entirely because they write it off as "aliens"). If it's only for the sake of a mission and/or helping a friend then she has also demonstrated that she call pull it off with a straight face. Cartoon logic, I guess. Just telling it like it is in canon. We never really get to see what kind of conversations happen to "motivate" her into acting the part she's been assigned.
Though she admits to enjoying being terrified while watching a horror movie with the others, she later expresses levels of genuine terror and panic in the episode "Fear Itself" when she and the others are suddenly the ones being hunted down and killed one by one by an unexplained monster. She's also expressed insecurity over the idea of being replaced ("Sisters"), losing her friendships and the people that she cares about ("How Long is Forever", "Transformation", "Betrothed", "Masks", and "The Quest" to an extent).
AU Information: n/a
Character Abilities: Can be found here or here is a breakdown:
Tamaranean biology - Tamaraneans are a warrior race naturally built to withstand the harsh atmosphere of space. It's not speecified HOW but Starfire has no trouble "breathing" in space where the other Titans clearly require the use of space suits and helmets. She's somewhat invulnerable to extreme temperatures such as freezing or hot temperatures, though overexposure does eventually wear her down.
Tamaraneans are also shown to have extensively long, somewhat prehensile tongues. Starfire goes on to state that she has nine stomachs as opposed to one (for extra food storage during times of hardship - cited from "Mother Mae Eye (Episode)") meaning that Starfire is capable of consuming obscene amounts of food. She is also shown to be able to- for lack of a better word -regurgitate that food, whole, with the use of her tongue.
They're built tough. Starfire is seen being thrown into all kinds of things (buildings, cars, buses, space ships, mountains, etc.) and still gets back up. She has these abilities as well as: Accelerated healing factor, agility, durability, endurance, omnilinguistic assimilation, self-sustenance, and is experienced in hand-to-hand combatant.
Tamaraneans harness the power of their emotions for their powers from the moment of birth (as stated by Starfire: Even newborns can fly.). Unbridled joy (flight), righteous fury (starbolts), and boundless confidence (superhuman strength) for example. It makes them an unbelievably powerful race of fighters and yet it also leaves them incredibly vulnerable in times of emotional turmoil. When in extreme emotional turmoil Starfire's powers don't work. This can be one specific power tied to one specific emotion or it can be all of them, as she is able to recover her strength and her starbolts but not her flying ("Stranded").
It's been stated and shown that Starfire can actually fly faster than the speed of sound in space. In normal atmosphere she would still be able to fly fast without fear of friction damage, but would have to contend with a denser atmosphere, of course, so wouldn't be able to fly nearly as fast (or so is my understanding). Starfire is also immune to radiation. That is indeed proven time and time again as she survives all manner of explosions throughout the series as well as direct exposure to radiation throughout the episode "Snowblind".
Starbolts - A glowing, powerful green energy that Starfire is able to shoot from her hands, eyes (since she actually underwent her transformation in game), mouth, and seemingly from her body as a whole (though this may just be her rapidly expanding starbolts from her hands to encompass her like an aura and propel objects and opponents away with explosive force). These are blasts of energy fueled by her emotions. The stronger the emotion the greater their power. Shown to send monsters and other Tamaraneans flying.
Character Inventory: Titan communicator (non-functional until/unless she can get someone to set it up with the Rekindle network)
Samples: Interactive sample and third person sample from
somarium application).