#and “they’re trying to get rakan back” and he got 5 mins screentime at the end when they “purify him”

[starsnsparkles]

OKAY I HAVE TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST SOB i LOVE raven and star together. like, their friendship of goth x sunshine is literally my dream dynamic. i love it to DEATH. it’s why i adore sam & cat so much even though so many people dislike it.

but by god can you tell that one constantly shines over the other, both in works and in community..... everyone i know would choose raven over star in terms of favouritism ranking (i don’t know THAT many people into titans but still, i remember my friend group had tt matching icons and like. 3 PEOPLE HAD RAVEN. my group wasn’t big by any means so that speaks volumes.). it’s like no one even thinks of female characters like star when presented with the “snarky goth character with a really troubled past” character. in every iteration of titans raven’s story is amplified or even at the center of it. i know trigon’s a huuuge threat, but still.....

and i LOVE gabriel picolo’s titans. i literally live & breathe them, that man is BRILLIANT. but you can tell who he favours, not only in terms of couples, but characters as well. the graphic novels are amazing as well and i am enjoying them, but they also start off with raven’s story, immediately followed by beast boy, and then by a beast boy x raven book. while star and cyborg get squeezed into one. now i’m not saying anything...... but man...... :,,,)

it’s not like star has no plots except to be the “quirky sunshine” of the group, her relationship with her sister is complex & a great thing to explore (THAT ALMOST NO MEDIA WITH HER EVER DID as far as i know SOBBB), her upbeat personality clashing with the cruel world around her but still prevailing, her overcoming her insecurities instilled by blackfire, etc. SOB

as i said, i adore raven, but i think i had too much of her i’m overdosing and getting frustrated and it’s starting to show & bleed into my perception of the character SOB

and now i’m proofreading and this sounds like such a raven hate post and i hate myself for it because i appreciate her so much but i gotta let out my frustrations somewhere :,)