On the ‘I am not Starfire’ thing, it’s more about the background that people are pissed about. Starfire is a beloved character in DC, an absolute angel and a bit naive (also a warrior princess), but the comics made her a diva who isn’t such a good mother to her gothic daughter, claiming they’re too different to understand each other, even though Starfire is close friends with Raven, a literal hell spawn with heavy gothic vibes. In almost ever form of media Starfire is in, she has a relationship with Robin/Nightwing, yet he is completely gone in the comics, which is unusual to say the least. And in the old comics, the two already had a daughter, who is a complete 180 of the new one. The first daughter also only showed up in one short series, but people adored her and wanted more of her, creating lots of fanart and AU’s for the family. The new daughter Mandy, however, is a tad unlikable, wallows in self-pity, is too negative for her own good, and she looks suspiciously like her writer, almost too identical, like one would treat an OC.
Point is, people are pissed the writer managed to sell and publish her self insert fanfic as official material, completely wrecking the one thing people have been looking forward to.
I want to say I respect your opinion and your view is valid.
Okay so I should iterate I am a fan of Starfire. Always have been since the airing of Teen Titans on Cartoon Network. Robstar and BBRae for life. And I agree with what you are saying about Starfire.
I saw the trailer for the comic some time back and thought it wasnt for me. Forgot it even existed, then saw it just EXPLODE on Youtube.
It kind of annoyed me how many videos were actually about this. And you can tell the ones that were click bait for likes and likely didnt read it as well as the the ones that defend it staunchly just to hate on the people that criticized it. Just made me really sick of the whole thing.
There are a bunch of comics where they take beloved characters and make them act in f***ed up ways. DC and Marvel have done it so often that at this I pretty much figured that this was just another grain of sand. Besides it isnt part of the main timeline anyway so it was much less harm then... OTHER pieces of media that came out recently
But yes, if I read the comic and saw all of what you described I would be mad/annoyed with it. And I think those that have that criticism are warranted.
Also I did check to see what the author looked like and she looks 'very' similar to Mandy. (I WISH I was kidding.) You were not kidding about it being a self insert.
I am honestly not even mad. She got DC to okay her self insert fanfiction. That is pretty Damn funny.
But yea, the best thing to do is not give it anymore attention. People will see bad reviews and then journos try and use it to insult the readers that insulted them and it just becomes a bloody mess.
I aint gonna read it, so I dont plan on criticizing it or Praising it. I was just tired of the culture where people just bad mouthed or shamelessly praised something because they were told about it and not actually forming the opinion themselves.