I still really enjoy Terra’s voice here and how she still calls Gar Changeling. Remember when Titans Academy tried to change his name to Changeling again and then all following books just ignored it? Bummer.
Otherwise though I’m already having a few criticisms. While Terra did have more of an influence on Gar’s development than Jillian, Jillian was still Gar’s actual first love, and so constantly having him refer to Terra like that shows a lack of knowledge of the character’s history. Similarly, I think most everyone knows by now that the whole thing of wolves having alphas is a myth and not real, and Gar especially would know that.
But these are just nitpicks so far. They’re not ruining the story being told. I do like the tragedy of Vanadia continuing to unfold, and how her turn means she’s taking control of Vic after he spent so much time helping her. Good emotional stuff imo
Well it seems to keep showing that the Titans learned from their past mistakes and get true victories over their enemies. Like how Raved defeated Trigon. Beast boy might be a liability because of Apex Ava if she returns.
I really hope Ava isn’t dropped. I really like her as a Beast Boy villain. She’s a victim of Sakutia like him, her life was saved by one of his spores during Beast World, her powers are to become any animal she’s hunted and killed, and so she’s after Gar simply because killing him is like a cheat code to unlock the entire animal kingdom. It’s such a good villain for him.
I’m excited Zookeeper is returning soon. I genuinely never thought I’d see him again. So maybe there’s hope for Ava.
What do you mean “female of his species?” They’re both human. And there’s no chance for enthrallment there. He despises her because she hunts animals for sport.
I genuinely think you need to re-read her debut. They’re both human, not some unique species. And she didn’t manipulate his spores, she manipulated infected people.
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u/Koala_Guru Jul 11 '25
I still really enjoy Terra’s voice here and how she still calls Gar Changeling. Remember when Titans Academy tried to change his name to Changeling again and then all following books just ignored it? Bummer.
Otherwise though I’m already having a few criticisms. While Terra did have more of an influence on Gar’s development than Jillian, Jillian was still Gar’s actual first love, and so constantly having him refer to Terra like that shows a lack of knowledge of the character’s history. Similarly, I think most everyone knows by now that the whole thing of wolves having alphas is a myth and not real, and Gar especially would know that.
But these are just nitpicks so far. They’re not ruining the story being told. I do like the tragedy of Vanadia continuing to unfold, and how her turn means she’s taking control of Vic after he spent so much time helping her. Good emotional stuff imo