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A big Halloween post, biggest one since my Deviant Art days

There is a little story behind this.

The Titans are asked by Aura's young niece (From his sister figure) Marceline if they could do a Wizard of OZ theme for Halloween. Up front you'd think that they wouldn't do it, but since the team (Especially Robin, Star, Donna and BB) have close relations with the young girls family, they go all out.

Both Merceline and Troy are Dorothy (Both book and movie versions), Robin as the Scarecrow, Cy and the Tinman, BB as the Cowardly Lion, Lycan (A good friend's TTOC) is the Wizard, Terra as Glinda and Raven as Elphaba. (Yes I'm going with the wicked approach)

Unfortunately for Aura, he got the short end of the stick. He was the only one who did not wear Robin's uniform in the Quest episode. As such he opened his mouth and said.

"A province punk ever compromises his style for anything or anyone except on time of the year...Halloween"

This bit him in the a$$, Robin and the team got Blue too put the damn uniform on...tight pants and all. (God that design is not pretty lol)

But its not a total loss, originally Starfire was going to wear one of Donna's uniforms.

(In this else-world, Robin and Troy become a couple, its based on an unused idea from the 80's and it came up in an episode of TTGO)

Instead Starfire opts to go for a more mythological idea based on Mermaids. She comes up with a mermaid style dress with the accessories to match. Believing that Aura needed a pleasant surprise despite him being stuck in Robin's uniform for his first Halloween back in Jump City.

The small animals with Blue and Star are furry companions of the team. Claire the Sphinx and Klein the Misthound.

Now here is something I didn't know about till after I got back into doing fan art. I didn't know that the wild TeenTitansGo and TT 2003 had a crossover film.

Did it sound nuts? Oh yeah, but for someone who finds the wild and insane rather intriguing, I looked into it. The fact OG Robin couldn't stand the mayhem had me in stitches even when he embraced it to save the world.

I have my reservations for TTGO, but there is some charm to be found if given a chance. Not all of it is great, but the fact that both teams interacted had me grinning like an idiot.

It's been confirmed that the film is else-world so not part of the original story. So its something I want to visit as something when Aura rejoins the team but has to go find his friends. He ends up in the Go world and...well he's antiquated with it during his training as a Sentinel, even meeting his own GO counterpart.

I thought the crossover was genius and it plays into a plot element of Avalon involving the Mists. (A magical force that was introduced in Disney's Gargoyles, it connects to other places, even worlds where other heroes exist.)

This one takes place much later, after the show ended but the story continues on. This piece is one that is near and dear for me as I had been out of the TTOC community for a long time.

Aura goes on another adventure and becomes a soldier called a Sentinel from Avalon. A modern knight that helps safeguard the island and other lands from threats. This happens after season 4 and Blue doesn't return to the team till after the show went off the air.

He is met with the Leader of the Sentinels; Viviane Celestine, for his struggles and is offered a chance to become stronger. But he would have to leave for one year of training...he takes it as he is at a very low point after the battle against Trigon. Blue lost most of his powers and sets off on his own adventure to become a Sentinel and regain his abilities through magic.

During his time as a Titan and before, Blue and Star do befriend one another. Between their jobs as heroes, the boy jumps in to help Starfire get acclimated to Earth. He does this by introducing her into his normal everyday life outside of the tower. She meets and becomes antiquated with Blue's extended family and the towns people. Even the Titans eventually are welcomed as part of the community.

Starfire has her own separate moments with Aura. While Robin still does his own thing with her in the show, Blue shares moments with Starfire that are largely kept private unless asked about it. They do have disagreements, and even bicker like close friends usually would. She learns from him and others that you could have more than one best friend which the show doesn't go into. (I might be wrong so don't jump at me please lol)

The Princess starts to develop feelings for him and becomes conflicted on wither Robin or Aura would be right for her. Sadly the story would cause them to go their separate ways, they don't become a couple but come close to a few times. Their story is one about not just blossoming love, but change overtime and rekindling that flame when given a second chance.

At that point, Robin and Star broke up but reminded best friends. He finds someone else (Will point that out later on) and Starfire learns that Aura would be coming back after being away for one year. (A requirement for his training as an Avalon Sentinel). This is part of a story I am writing outside of posting but if there is interest I might share it.

Anyway, she's hesitant as Starfire thought that Aura would have moved on. The Princess learns that he is waiting for her and she seeks him out at where he is staying. Aura planned on rejoining the Titans, to represent the Sentinels as one of their soldiers. So reuniting with Starfire was the first thing he wanted to do.

At first she doesn't believe that it's the same boy, one year later he's a warrior and no longer the struggling kid she befriended. It's a tearful reunion for her and after numerous moments and tension that remained since he left, they admit their feelings for one another and...well you can see in the picture above.

This is why I love else-world stories, you can take what is canon and either change, expand or both. Personally I do both while trying to remain true to the original story itself. While I lagely have fond memories of Teen Ttians, it felt incomplete and there could me more stories to tell. So introducing Starfire with someone new is something I take pride in.

It shows that not all stories have to follow a set tone, that's why comics and stories can be a lot of fun.

Now before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm not shooting down Robin and Starfire supporters, far from it.

I'm cool with them as a thing in the comics, the old cartoon was...okay but it could have been better. If Warner Bros wasn't limited on story and character development back then, I'd have a higher favor for them.

Now then...I was one of the few who had/have an original character paired with Starfire back when the show was on the air. I didn't know about the TTGO comics that much so the show is what I stuck with. You can imagine how people reacted to those who went this way, personally I just wanted something different.

I created Aura at a time when I was really struggling, TT 2003 was a good outlet and introduction to the comics itself. He does exist in an else-world at the same time as the show's story and past that.

It wasn't to shoehorn in some random wanna be character just to spur Robin fans. This was and became more of a personal project when I came back to the character as a grown up.

Both Aura and Star don't become a couple till much later on, past the show's ending and Trouble in Tokyo. I acknowledged Robin and Star do get together but they don't last long. Aura Blaze wasn't present in Seasons 5 and Tokyo as he was on a different adventure and away from the team.

Some of the stuff I'm posting is alternate scenarios with Aura being part of them. Most of the Plot is the same with some changes.

Now as for the scene here, this takes place after Betrothed Season 3 but the outcome was much darker. Starfire does succeed in defeating Blackfire but one person from her friends is missing, that one being Aura Blaze.

During the time the team is split up, Blue forgoes Robin's original orders and opts to go after Blackfire himself. However when the team gets captured and Blue isn't found, the castle guards try to find him and he gets into multiple battles.

By the time he is able to escape, only for Blackfire herself to end up finding him. A fight breaks out and Blue loses it in the worse way. He's almost killed and is left behind to die. Galfore was ordered to dispose of him but opts to take him to safety instead.

Star and the gang learn what happen, unable to take the kid back in his current condition. Star stays behind to make sure he can heal under her people's care. We learn that Starfire isn't just a survivor of her home world invasion, but is knowledgeable of being a healer. (Based on what we see in the show, that's the logic I'm going with)

The Princess in her time was learning how to use plants as medicine and wound care before she was taken away. Much like herbal healers before modern medicine was available. Although terrible in the kitchen, medicine creation is her forte in this else-world.

For Porcelain-Requiem.