Post by Terra on Mar 7, 2007 23:04:05 GMT -5
Name: Terra
Alias: ( Is that the codename or where i say she's on the teen titans side?)
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Abilities:Terra has control over the Earth and can transform the consistency of earth and rock. She can use this power to cause earthquakes, tap into lava flows and levitate or create shapes out of solid rock.
Personality:Terra can be shy, a tomboy who can be angered. She is very concerned with her powers and how at she doesn't have full control over them.
Description: She's really skinny, linky with blonde hair, blue eyes.
History: Terra is also featured in the Teen Titans animated series, voiced by Ashley Johnson. In this version, Terra appears much less physically developed. Her diminutive frame, skinny limbs, and longer, lank blonde hair work to create a dramatic contrast between her tremendous power and her apparently frail body. These changes also make her look closer to Beast Boy's age relative to the other Titans.
In this setting, she also betrayed the Titans to Slade (a.k.a. Deathstroke), despite her relationship with Beast Boy, but was portrayed as more of a lost soul than an irredeemable villain. Also, her dysfunctional relationship with Slade more closely resembles the twisted family dynamics exhibited between the comic's Deathstroke and his daughter Rose Wilson, than the comic book Terra and Deathstroke's extremely illicit romance.
Terra was portrayed as an outgoing, fun-loving, tomboyish transient. However, her poor control of her Earth manipulation would ultimately turn her from a happy girl into a troubled teen. She caused earthquakes, avalanches or mudslides wherever she settled, causing her to be ostracized by those she tried to aid. These experiences caused her to run away from home and become a traveling vagabond, helping people whenever she could, but living in constant fear of hurting others. When she joined the Titans, Beast Boy quickly discovered the volatility of her powers, though Terra, fearing rejection, made him promise not to tell the others.
On a mission with the Titans, Terra was approached by Slade, who, playing on her vulnerabilities, told her he knew her secret and offered to train her to better control her powers, warning her that Beast Boy would break his promise. When Robin figured out her lack of control on his own, Terra left in panic, wrongfully believing that Beast Boy had betrayed her trust. She then defected to Slade.
After training with him, she returned to the Titans as his undercover agent, under orders to spy on them and compromise Tower security, which she did not without her own doubts and hesitation. When she took Beast Boy on a date (trying to keep him from harm due to her affections for him) and cover the attack, Slade followed, and revealed his alliance with Terra to Beast Boy as the two were about to kiss. A battle ensued where Beast Boy, who refused to believe Slade, was crushed by Terra's admission of betrayal. He left in anguish and rage, saying to Terra, "Slade was right; you don't have any friends." Terra, heartbroken, wholeheartedly joined forces with Slade.
Terra as Slade's apprentice. Like Slade, one eye is covered.Now Slade's villainous apprentice, she was given armor with a neural link to Slade to ensure her complete obedience, and instructed to hunt down and kill her former comrades. She attacked them in the city streets, beginning with destroying their car. During Terra's assault, a horrified Beast Boy pleaded with her to stop, claiming "We're your friends!", to which Terra responded "I don't have any friends, remember?!". After the Titans fled, she proceded to free Cinderblock, Plasmus, and Overload and put them under Slade's control, using them as decoys to bring the Titan's out of retreat and split them up, easily defeating them one-by-one. Keeping a promise with Beast Boy, Robin attempted to convince Terra to stop working for Slade, but failed. After she has presumably destroyed all five Teen Titans, it was revealed that the Titans survived, and had regrouped underground and were planning an all-out assault on her. In the meantime, Terra easily conquered the city, claiming that she had no regrets, but was ambushed by the Titans just as she was reminiscing about her friendship with them and doubtful if they were really gone. With the elements of surprise and determination to their advantage, the Titans easily defeated Terra, who, against Slade's wishes, fled back to him. In anger Slade began attacking Terra for her failure, and stated that the neurosuit which he gave her had fused with her skin, giving Slade complete control over Terra's body and powers. After taking a beating from both the Titans and Slade, she had a change of heart, and with Beast Boy's help (she pleaded at him to kill her so she could be free, but Beast Boy refused and turned the tables on her as he said that the one truly hurting her was Terra herself), broke free of Slade's control.
During the ensuing fight, Terra moved small plates in the ground which triggered a small volcano, temporarily killing Slade. When it began to erupt, the Titans told Terra to flee with them. However, she realized that only she could stop the upcoming disaster, and stayed to sacrifice herself and save the city. As a result, Terra was turned into a stone statue after tearfully saying good-bye to Beast Boy, her "best friend ever" in her last words. The Titans vowed to find a way to reverse the process, and laid a plaque at her "grave" reading: "Terra: a Teen Titan, a true friend."
The Possible Terra from the episode "Things Change".The series finale, titled "Things Change", centered around the possible return of Terra, when Beast Boy crossed paths with a civilian high school student who looked and sounded exactly like her. Although Terra's underground statue had disappeared, (some believe she became unfrozen due to the end of Trigon's reign, when the world went back to normal after almost everyone had been turned to stone by Trigon.) the girl claimed to have no memory of her former life. There are hints throughout the episode that she truly does remember, such as her statement that "Things were never the way you remember [...] Things change, Beast Boy. The girl you want me to be is just a memory,". Therefore it may be possible that Terra, having felt remorse and shame for her actions, wanted to leave that past completely behind. The girl's true identity and the mysteries behind her appearance are left unexplained. Even in the script and storyboards, the girl is never actually identified as Terra; the only name given was "Schoolgirl."
Secret Words: Muffins Muffins Everywhere!
Sample Post: Terra watched from the roof of the Titan Tower as the sun began to set. She'd been there all day, just thinking. And boy did she have a lot to think about. Things seemed to always been going wrong in her life, or they had until she'd finally rejoined with the Titans once again, for hopefully the last time. As the sun began to go down, the wind started to pick, tossing Terra's hair everywhich away.
With the sun replaced by the moon, Terra held onto herself and walked back inside the Tower. The other Titans, Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg, StarFire, and Raven could be found in random places of the Tower. The boys in the living room battling it out for control of the TV. Raven in her room soulken and alone, and Star-Fire was either watching as the guys agreed, or was trying to get Raven to be Friends. Terra wasn't sure where she fit into the team anymore, and so she went to her room, to lay down and sleep.
Her room was towards the back of the tower, away from everyone else's. She liked it that way, for now at least. After having done battle against them when she was with Slade, she wasn't sure if she'd be welcomed back into the Teen Titans. As Terra got to her room, she noticed someone standing outside her door, waiting for her to return. Terra stopped about 15 feet away from the door and her guest. Because of the shadows that loomed in the Tower, Terra wasn't sure who it was. " Hello?" She called out.
Alias: ( Is that the codename or where i say she's on the teen titans side?)
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Abilities:Terra has control over the Earth and can transform the consistency of earth and rock. She can use this power to cause earthquakes, tap into lava flows and levitate or create shapes out of solid rock.
Personality:Terra can be shy, a tomboy who can be angered. She is very concerned with her powers and how at she doesn't have full control over them.
Description: She's really skinny, linky with blonde hair, blue eyes.
History: Terra is also featured in the Teen Titans animated series, voiced by Ashley Johnson. In this version, Terra appears much less physically developed. Her diminutive frame, skinny limbs, and longer, lank blonde hair work to create a dramatic contrast between her tremendous power and her apparently frail body. These changes also make her look closer to Beast Boy's age relative to the other Titans.
In this setting, she also betrayed the Titans to Slade (a.k.a. Deathstroke), despite her relationship with Beast Boy, but was portrayed as more of a lost soul than an irredeemable villain. Also, her dysfunctional relationship with Slade more closely resembles the twisted family dynamics exhibited between the comic's Deathstroke and his daughter Rose Wilson, than the comic book Terra and Deathstroke's extremely illicit romance.
Terra was portrayed as an outgoing, fun-loving, tomboyish transient. However, her poor control of her Earth manipulation would ultimately turn her from a happy girl into a troubled teen. She caused earthquakes, avalanches or mudslides wherever she settled, causing her to be ostracized by those she tried to aid. These experiences caused her to run away from home and become a traveling vagabond, helping people whenever she could, but living in constant fear of hurting others. When she joined the Titans, Beast Boy quickly discovered the volatility of her powers, though Terra, fearing rejection, made him promise not to tell the others.
On a mission with the Titans, Terra was approached by Slade, who, playing on her vulnerabilities, told her he knew her secret and offered to train her to better control her powers, warning her that Beast Boy would break his promise. When Robin figured out her lack of control on his own, Terra left in panic, wrongfully believing that Beast Boy had betrayed her trust. She then defected to Slade.
After training with him, she returned to the Titans as his undercover agent, under orders to spy on them and compromise Tower security, which she did not without her own doubts and hesitation. When she took Beast Boy on a date (trying to keep him from harm due to her affections for him) and cover the attack, Slade followed, and revealed his alliance with Terra to Beast Boy as the two were about to kiss. A battle ensued where Beast Boy, who refused to believe Slade, was crushed by Terra's admission of betrayal. He left in anguish and rage, saying to Terra, "Slade was right; you don't have any friends." Terra, heartbroken, wholeheartedly joined forces with Slade.
Terra as Slade's apprentice. Like Slade, one eye is covered.Now Slade's villainous apprentice, she was given armor with a neural link to Slade to ensure her complete obedience, and instructed to hunt down and kill her former comrades. She attacked them in the city streets, beginning with destroying their car. During Terra's assault, a horrified Beast Boy pleaded with her to stop, claiming "We're your friends!", to which Terra responded "I don't have any friends, remember?!". After the Titans fled, she proceded to free Cinderblock, Plasmus, and Overload and put them under Slade's control, using them as decoys to bring the Titan's out of retreat and split them up, easily defeating them one-by-one. Keeping a promise with Beast Boy, Robin attempted to convince Terra to stop working for Slade, but failed. After she has presumably destroyed all five Teen Titans, it was revealed that the Titans survived, and had regrouped underground and were planning an all-out assault on her. In the meantime, Terra easily conquered the city, claiming that she had no regrets, but was ambushed by the Titans just as she was reminiscing about her friendship with them and doubtful if they were really gone. With the elements of surprise and determination to their advantage, the Titans easily defeated Terra, who, against Slade's wishes, fled back to him. In anger Slade began attacking Terra for her failure, and stated that the neurosuit which he gave her had fused with her skin, giving Slade complete control over Terra's body and powers. After taking a beating from both the Titans and Slade, she had a change of heart, and with Beast Boy's help (she pleaded at him to kill her so she could be free, but Beast Boy refused and turned the tables on her as he said that the one truly hurting her was Terra herself), broke free of Slade's control.
During the ensuing fight, Terra moved small plates in the ground which triggered a small volcano, temporarily killing Slade. When it began to erupt, the Titans told Terra to flee with them. However, she realized that only she could stop the upcoming disaster, and stayed to sacrifice herself and save the city. As a result, Terra was turned into a stone statue after tearfully saying good-bye to Beast Boy, her "best friend ever" in her last words. The Titans vowed to find a way to reverse the process, and laid a plaque at her "grave" reading: "Terra: a Teen Titan, a true friend."
The Possible Terra from the episode "Things Change".The series finale, titled "Things Change", centered around the possible return of Terra, when Beast Boy crossed paths with a civilian high school student who looked and sounded exactly like her. Although Terra's underground statue had disappeared, (some believe she became unfrozen due to the end of Trigon's reign, when the world went back to normal after almost everyone had been turned to stone by Trigon.) the girl claimed to have no memory of her former life. There are hints throughout the episode that she truly does remember, such as her statement that "Things were never the way you remember [...] Things change, Beast Boy. The girl you want me to be is just a memory,". Therefore it may be possible that Terra, having felt remorse and shame for her actions, wanted to leave that past completely behind. The girl's true identity and the mysteries behind her appearance are left unexplained. Even in the script and storyboards, the girl is never actually identified as Terra; the only name given was "Schoolgirl."
Secret Words: Muffins Muffins Everywhere!
Sample Post: Terra watched from the roof of the Titan Tower as the sun began to set. She'd been there all day, just thinking. And boy did she have a lot to think about. Things seemed to always been going wrong in her life, or they had until she'd finally rejoined with the Titans once again, for hopefully the last time. As the sun began to go down, the wind started to pick, tossing Terra's hair everywhich away.
With the sun replaced by the moon, Terra held onto herself and walked back inside the Tower. The other Titans, Robin, Beast Boy, Cyborg, StarFire, and Raven could be found in random places of the Tower. The boys in the living room battling it out for control of the TV. Raven in her room soulken and alone, and Star-Fire was either watching as the guys agreed, or was trying to get Raven to be Friends. Terra wasn't sure where she fit into the team anymore, and so she went to her room, to lay down and sleep.
Her room was towards the back of the tower, away from everyone else's. She liked it that way, for now at least. After having done battle against them when she was with Slade, she wasn't sure if she'd be welcomed back into the Teen Titans. As Terra got to her room, she noticed someone standing outside her door, waiting for her to return. Terra stopped about 15 feet away from the door and her guest. Because of the shadows that loomed in the Tower, Terra wasn't sure who it was. " Hello?" She called out.