...is there really something wrong with being me? Being Tara?
[She sounds mad now...]
I like who I am. And I'm Tara. I'm not some copy, and I'm not her damn shadow.
[She doesn't like swearing, but right now she wants to make one point clear.]
Do you think being me is easy? You have no idea what it's like to be me so don't act like you do. Yeah, some people don't like you, but don't you dare lie to me and say that you don't have fans, or the other Titans, to support you. There are thousands of kids out there who think of you as their hero, who admire Raven for her smarts, Starfire for her beauty...don't you dare say that you have it worse than me! I had no one but my father for six months and he was the only one who believed me, who saw me as who I am, not who everyone says I should be.
[She's practically shaking at this moment.]
...it's never about me, is it? It's always about her. Terra.
[That name comes out with heaps of bitterness.]
Did you even like me in the first place? Or am I just some replacement for her?
I'm not Terra. And I don't want to be her. And I'm sick and tired of people treating me the way they do simply because I look like her.
[She turns away to hide the tears that are starting to form at her eyes. Always. ALWAYS. Whether it was people who hated her, or people who liked her, it was always because of her similarities to the fallen Titan. And there wasn't anything she can do to change that. She thought Beast Boy had fallen for her, not for the ghost of the girl who has haunted her recent dreams and who destroyed her reputation at school before she even set foot in Jump City.]
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[She sounds mad now...]
I like who I am. And I'm Tara. I'm not some copy, and I'm not her damn shadow.
[She doesn't like swearing, but right now she wants to make one point clear.]
Do you think being me is easy? You have no idea what it's like to be me so don't act like you do. Yeah, some people don't like you, but don't you dare lie to me and say that you don't have fans, or the other Titans, to support you. There are thousands of kids out there who think of you as their hero, who admire Raven for her smarts, Starfire for her beauty...don't you dare say that you have it worse than me! I had no one but my father for six months and he was the only one who believed me, who saw me as who I am, not who everyone says I should be.
[She's practically shaking at this moment.]
...it's never about me, is it? It's always about her. Terra.
[That name comes out with heaps of bitterness.]
Did you even like me in the first place? Or am I just some replacement for her?
I'm not Terra. And I don't want to be her. And I'm sick and tired of people treating me the way they do simply because I look like her.
[She turns away to hide the tears that are starting to form at her eyes. Always. ALWAYS. Whether it was people who hated her, or people who liked her, it was always because of her similarities to the fallen Titan. And there wasn't anything she can do to change that. She thought Beast Boy had fallen for her, not for the ghost of the girl who has haunted her recent dreams and who destroyed her reputation at school before she even set foot in Jump City.]