#starshiv

Courtney Whitmore/Cindy Burman:

Courtney and Cindy are such interesting foils for each other!!! They're both fairly impulsive and brash, both mean in their own ways, both have issues with their fathers, and yet they're so different and their stories go so differently. Cindy is a villain, but would she be one if not for her desire for her father's approval? If he didn't abuse her? Courtney is a hero but would she be one if didn't want to prove something to her step-dad ("If you're a superhero playing dad, then I'm a daughter playing superhero")? If she wasn't an asshole teen? Neither of them are really likeable and neither of them necessarily have an independent desire to be a hero/villain—that character development comes later on for both of them!! They're so so interesting together because of how they reflect each other's flaws and motivations!!!!! Plus, their civilian identities in my opinion are very mean girl/loser girl high school tropes in a really interesting way. And that's not even getting into later comics like JSA where Cindy becomes like specifically "Courtney's" villain every time the Injustice League shows up!!!!!!!!!! A vote for StarShiv is a vote for toxic loser yuri.

Koriand'r/Donna Troy: