Love or hate for a fallen Starfire?

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Okay, since the whole Snowblind debacle, I thought it was time to clear the air. I don't know the majority of you but the mainstay ones seem to hate Starfire there and I want to address this.

What do you feel about Starfire?

Love?

Hate?

Indifference?

Mild liking/disliking or just like?

You can make reference to the comic version, if you wish. But for the animated, I like her, as she's unique than all the archetypes of the other Titans in her speech pattern and her way about things, as she's running with Scissors logic: can fall apart at any time. She's also different because she can be a mouthpiece for the writer (How Long Is Forever), which is rare for storytelling, although it does give her a limited range in her roles, not counting her romantic lead abilities, a determent to her (which we shan't go there). And then with recent episodes in Season Five, Snowblind showed her range as she can include drama.

This combined with her mothering abilities (Can I Keep Him), does give her even more dimensions, not just with her pet but even the romantic (such as R/S maybe as Dick needs a mother).

Is she perfect? No. But if she were, she'd be like Raven right? Besides, just like Raven, flawed characters give us the most to analyze and entertain. It's just she needs to evolve to a non foil and shine to her own right.

Thoughts?