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Starfire: On Top Of The World

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Hey there folks! Just another picture from me of one of my favorite characters, Starfire! Or...at least she used to be one of my favorite characters. Not so much anymore. It's been brought to my attention, and mind you, this kind of goes back to that whole thing that I'd said in a recent comment I'd made when I discussed with a comic shop owner about casual readers being the ones who get upset about when their favorite characters change, so hopefully you'll bear with me on this one, that Starfire has been turned into a bimbo.

Yeah. I know. I really couldn't believe it when I heard about it either, but I was actually shown a copy of an actual page from a comic, and my eyes about popped out of my head! Here's the link to the page that was linked to me: 1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ryhbS-YV6A…

While Starfire was always, in my opinion, a romantic option for Dick Grayson, and therefore her obvious sexual presence was there, it was always muted by her innocence, or at least naiveté to the ways of Earth culture. This innocence, was one of the things that endeared her to Dick, and was what kept them together for so long and I believe draws them together to this day. (I believe in Kingdom Come, which yes, I know is considered to be an alternate non-cannon dimension, but in that they have a daughter together. And I believe I have a Teen Titans issue where they are getting married on the cover.) It's sad, to see this sort of thing happening to long time characters with what we believe are set patterns of behavior, but I suppose times change, and so too must those characters. When that happens, we must readjust if we continue to like them or not.

Personally, from what I've seen, which admittedly isn't much, I don't like this New 52 Starfire. Will I attempt to read more? Maybe. As I've said, every character deserves their time in the sun, I can only hope that this is Starfire's time to rise from a time of darkness.

As for the picture...just something to remember her by. High above everything. Classic Costume. At peace.
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This render was done of the model that I use for Kara ( :iconfinaltelkai: ) and then post worked in Photoshop CS6. I think this one may have come out a bit better than my Ms. Marvel one in terms of the suit fitting, because I took :iconexgemini: 's advice and used Photoshop to clean up the suit rather than taking an extreme amount of time to adjust the fit in Poser.

Special thanks to :iconexgemini: for all the advice he's given me in terms of Poser and Photoshop, and to :icondarkhound1: for tips on lighting. Without those two I might as well be drawing stick figures. :hug:

Starfire is (c) DC/Warner Brothers and is fan art.
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