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Description The main reason for this pic is that I was in the mood to draw Terra, and I decided to throw Link in there as well. Before anyone jumps to any conclusions, NO I do not ship them; I'm still a major (hardcore?) Link&Starfire shipper. I just see Link and Terra being good friends. Besides, I still support Beast Boy and Terra (otherwise, that one girl in one of my other pics, Zodiac, wouldn't exist. Here's a link for those curious: linkstar-number1.deviantart.co... . )

I honestly do not see why so many people hate Terra. Is it mainly because of her getting in the way of BBxRae? I know Beast Boy and Raven had a relationship in the comics, but I don't see it happening in the show. Is it because she betrayed the team? The girl's powers were out of control and she was kinda insecure about it, plus wherever she tried to do good she would just end up causing trouble, then everyone turns against her. Can you honestly blame her? Also, it was all because of Slade's mind games, but nope, people decide to hate on Terra but completely disregard the fact that it was really all Slade's fault. Is it because she broke Beast Boy's heart? To be fair, he broke her heart first. I distinctly remember him saying: "Slade was right, you don't have any friends!" ....Ouch. That was cold. Yes, I know she deactivated the Tower's security so that Slade's robots could get in, but as I mentioned before: she's an insecure little girl who has been through a lot of messed up stuff. Besides, for all we know, maybe she was hoping that they'd be able to handle the attack; at least until BB broke her heart, then she could care less.

Anyway, I see a lot of reasons why Link and Terra could be good friends (and most of this is in regards to the Link from my fanfiction, Titan Legends). First, and this is straight from my fanfic, both of them betrayed the team and went to work for Slade. The only difference is that Terra was manipulated by Slade, while Link was influenced by a different outside force (by that, I mean Majora's curse. Although Slade's mind games had a hand in it as well). Plus, ironically, Dark Link ends up betraying Slade in the end, saying that he serves no one. Another difference is that after Link is returned to normal, he is accepted back into the Titans (maybe because they didn't want to make the same mistake that they did with Terra; y'know, giving up).
Second, Link and Terra are kinda similar in appearance, other than the fact that they are different genders of course. Heh, Sometimes (and this is completely non-canon) whenever I see Starfire hugging Terra, I feel that she reminds her of her long lost friend Link and that's why she hugs her so bone-crushingly tight. I know that's not the case, but still... I like to think of it that way.
A third reason, is that they both travel around a lot. Although Link travels around for adventure (and if you take volume one into account, to reassemble the Spirit Key), while Terra travels around trying to do good (mostly failing at it).

In conclusion, I am one of those people who does not hate Terra for any reason, supports her being with Beast Boy, and sees the possibility of her and Link being really good friends (almost like brother and sister. Yes, I know Terra has a brother, but still). In fact, for my fanfic, once he finds out about her from Beast Boy, Link is gonna be the one who convinces her to rejoin the team. Witnessing the Titans in a fight against Majora will ultimately decide her choice. But all of this doesn't come until volume seven (volume six will be a three-part origin story telling of the events in the ancient past that ultimately lead up to the main events in my fanfic).







Link belongs to Nintendo
Terra belongs to Warner Bros and DC Comics
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TyLuko4life [2015-08-09 22:18:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for not hating Terra.  I love Terra (and ship BBTerra), and I honestly get ticked to the core when people bash her.  She's the most relatable character on the show.  She was lost, alone, and constantly rejected, and was manipulated and abused.  There is no good reason to hate her.   Everyone messes up and makes a dumb mistake at some point in their lives.  Hating her because of shipping is stupid, and I've also seen her get hated on for being blonde (yes, really).   Honestly, Terra hate is based on misogyny.  

Take Zuko from Avatar: the Last Airbender.  He betrayed Katara and his uncle, yet no one hates him.  Anakin Skywalker gets hate, but not for his transformation into Darth Vader.  Loki from the MCU has done awful things and betrayed his brother (first film), but since he had an awful father, fangirls insist on whitewashing his actions and claim he's the real victim even though he doesn't regret his actions.  Snape from Harry Potter betrayed his best friend in front of half the school and joined wizarding terrorists (who wanted to wipe out people like the girl he supposedly loved).  He turned back and spied for the Order, but that doesn't excuse abusing the students he taught.  Yet everyone whitewashes his abusive teaching as well, claiming he's the real victim.  And most of them did way worse things than Terra did, yet fanbrats insist on making Terra out to be the anti-christ.

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NarniaHero [2015-03-14 10:26:56 +0000 UTC]

OMG! THANK YOU, FOR NOT ONLY DRAWING THIS AWESOME ARTWORK, BUT FOR NOT HATING TERRA

The fact that people hate SO much is probably cause of her old counter part who WAS a b**h, a traitor, and slept with Slade...yes she slept with a 50 year old guy while she was 16 years old x.x; But, I also think people hate her cause she's "in the way" of the whole Beast Boy and Raven pairing. And even though they are canon in the comics and the stupid "Titans go!" show now, this version of her was the best version of her. The creators took the time to give her a more sincere background and someone you can relate to. Everyone has felt rejected, a lone, and not finding your place in this world. I know when I Watched this, I was 15 years old, her age and I felt all the emotions she did to a "T". All teenagers make mistakes but we learn from them as she did. And people don't seem to realize that everyone messes up. Heck, I bet you all of those Terra haters did something horrible as well but they'll always think Terra is the worst and they're perfect and it's kind of sad. What about Zuko from "Avatar: The last airbender?" He betrayed the Avatar Gang yet NO ONE hates on him for it! And no one blames Slade either when we KNOW he has a lot to do with this and probably more.

Terra and Beast Boy were such a sweet and realistic couple. My husband actually reminds me of my Beast Boy since he loves to crack out jokes and tries his best to make me smile but I know that it helps him inside just like it helps Beast Boy since he covers up his pain with a smile and a laugh. Terra knows him better than anyone as does he. I hope that, if we do get a Season 6, that this epic couple gets the ending that they deserve instead of "Things Change" ending. I just don't feel like it was done just yet. I think Terra has retrograde amnesia, which is basically not remembering anything before her accident. But, I think they were starting to come back and she wanted to hurt Beast Boy to keep him away from her. She probably thinks that if she was with him and the titans, she would just hurt them again. But, realizing that she made a mistake, she would come back and be with them again Haha, sorry for this long comment xD But, your words and drawing just inspired me to let out my thoughts on this. Hope we can also be friends since you seem like one epic person! Keep up the awesome work!

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Andruril93 [2014-08-07 01:52:24 +0000 UTC]

Dude, I don't think I could've found a better Teen Titans "welcome-back" sight than this (by that I mean, I've been slacking on watching the show alot, and just got back into it today).  I couldn't agree with you more about Terra.  Plus, I don't only not hate her.  I also hate the very fact that she's hated on.  Once a Titan, always a Titan!  I'm also a shipper of BBxTerra.

By the way, I also despise the "so-called fate" the creators gave her in that petty excuse of a "last episode".  I wouldn't call it canon if I was paid to.

Anyway, pretty cool pic you got here.  Maybe when I get around to it, I'll try to read your fanfic.

Peace out, fellow Titans fan!

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