#primer: clashing colors

[sylvieserene]

My thoughts on Primer: Clashing Colors #1 - "Color Me Impressed" (2024)

This was a comic I was waiting a long time for and was super excited about its story. Not because omg New character, Primer!! Nah, because of Teen Titans lol

That too the TEEN TITANS ANIMATED SERIES 2003

I seriously had high hopes for this comic but let's just say I'm disappointed.

Without getting into spoilers,

The writing is just meh at best. Primer is fleshed out decently but the writing for TT03 cast is horrendous at worst and ooc at best.

This comic also suffers from the "Telling but not showing" problem, similar to Nightwing (2016) comic by Taylor.

It's clear that the writers prefered Primer but it's almost like they didn't really do much research over the Titans' personality and that was of less priority. They act a lot like their TTG! (2013) Counterparts rather than TT03 characters. Even the humour is similar to TTG! (2013) and not the original show unlike what was being advertised.

As a Primer comic, it gets the job done and highlights her nicely but as a teen titans fan who was looking forward for the TT content rather than Primer, it's pretty disappointing and saddening.

⚠️ Now getting into spoilers ⚠️

(click off if you want to or scroll down to the end if you wanna skip and basically go to the summary)

The introduction to Primer is pretty decent and I think it does a decent job and blooming her personality.

I believe most of you here must have seen this particular panel in the teasers before the comic's release. It catches the TT03 essence nicely but this is where characterisation jumps in.

As I said Primer as a character isn't of concern to me but as a TT fan, TT is.

So here's where things went downhill in characterisation and character consistency.

You are saying Slade came out in the open, got unmasked and it's of NO big deal to Robin?

Lemme rephrase this to you; Slade, the evil mastermind, who never does anything without a reason and NEVER leaves his basement other than the reason for kidnapping children, touched grass and came out at day and Robin is unphased? It doesn't make ANY sense.

Even more so, when the story tries to pretend it's on purpose.

Slade was NEVER unmasked other than that skull reveal scene and that one Easter egg from TTG! 2003 spin off comics. So the fact, this scene was displayed as something comical is genuinely baffling. The Titans KNOW he doesn't get caught unless there's a catch. This part makes absolutely zero sense.

Then this part ...

The problem with this part is, characterisation. BB debatably acts like himself but Raven? No. It's ooc for her to go "Awww :D" like that. If anything, the best possibility is that she'll say the same line but she'll say it with full and utter sarcasm.

I think most BBRAE fans will agree with me on this one but they both had romantic POTENTIAL but they weren't anything other than good pals in the show. And we haven't gotten any hint at their relationship even in the spin off comics which were canon to show. Which in simpler terms means, this is ooc. Most of the development BBRae can have is after the show and after they get older. But the comic claims they are same Titans who haven't aged a day thus THIS IS OUT OF CHARACTER FOR RAVEN TO SAY!

Raven is a gloomy, sarcastic character who doesn't express what she feels instantly or openly, it would have made a lot more sense if she said the same line sarcastically (where she could blush implying a subtext incase they really wanted to insert BBRae but not making too obvious)

It really makes no sense for her character as depicted in TT03 to suddenly melt at the idea BB giving her tulips if it is the same Raven from TT03. Raven isn't that stereotypical girl character. She's a reserved and introverted person who was still learning to open up even to the series very end.

If this is the TT we know and love, this can't be her.

I'm not bashing the ship btw, I'm bashing the writing. Atleast be faithful to the character's personality while doing fan service!!

If you say, it's the same people who haven't aged a day since the last time you met. You can't have it be that oh yk they changed. Both the statements can't be true at the same time.

Then this scene:

This scene looks straight up from TTG. Back to making Robin dumb af and the team bashing him into normalcy. I'm tired of this trope like jeez, TT ROBIN WAS NOT LIKE THAT!!!

Infact if anything, "Can we just call it 'the battery'?" Line is something BB would say not Raven. Also Starfire getting mad at Robin for saying a long name and rolling eyes? She would never. Robin taught her earth customs and language patiently. If anything, she's that one person who would never eye roll on Robin even if he says something dumb. If it's the same Starfire from TT03 AS ADVERTISED.

Then there's this panel....

Two things, Robin never had a car in TT03. He had a bike named R-Cycle. Second, Starfire always carried Robin while Beast Boy carried Cyborg as a Pterodactyl. The Titan with a car was Cyborg. And when the car was out, everyone rode the car instead of taking the skies. Why the hell would Cyborg be carried out by Starfire when the car is right there??? It makes no sense.

It's incredibly strange how the writer is going long lengths to not make the two (Robin and Starfire) even merely interact with eachother.

How hard is it to just be canon accurate? These are stuff you catch on literally one rewatch. Did the writers not even do that or did they go with fanon or what they remembered from their childhood or like spent 5 mins trying to remember the characters through YT shorts and called it a day?

Like this is the only time they technically look at eachother to talk anything other than business:

Then coming back to Slade, I said the story tries to pretend it was all on purpose.

This further proves that this Slade isnt the same evil mastermind we knew of. This is some other guy.

Then this,

Yk what the awful part is? This . This isn't something you would see in TT03 or anything similar. This is simply something you can expect to see in a fan comic.

And wanna know what's worse? Ravager already existed in TT03 verse except she was Rose Wilson not this guy. This simply just means the writers didn't even BOTHER doing minimum research on the show beforing stamping in characters.

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SPOILERS END!!!

Like I am genuinely lacking words as to describe this mess of a Teen Titans 2003 representation. This isn't them at all.

If anything, this isn't anything like they promoted and advertised. If anything, this is simply a TT03 AU which has nothing to do with the show.

It's neither faithful to the show nor the characters nor the established canon.

If anything, this feels like a shameless cash grab..ik some of y'all be mad at me for saying this but yeah. That is what this is.

If anything, it feels like a clickbait way to get people to Primer without actually bothering to respect that clickbait through which you are trying to pull people in.

It's shameful and disappointing and if I'm being honest, this got boring fast. I didn't enjoy it at all.

The writers prioritised cheap comedy and Primer over the Titans who are apparently a big part of her journey. They didn't even feel hesitant in making all the characters go ooc. The story itself is pretty bland and not interesting and genuinely nothing unique about it other than the Titans who apparently were TT03 as left on the final episode.

Anyway, this feels like an AU TT03 self insert OC fan comic at best or a version of TT based on TTG 2013. Frankly, it has the humor and characterization of TTG. Infact, I think this can totally work out as a 'tame' episode in TTG.

Introduction of Primer to TT and her demeanor to them to get along and on the team gave off Massive Terra vibes, it's almost like the writers got heavily inspired from it.

Tldr, the characterisation and characters of TT aren't like their TT03 counterpart but rather TTG one with a lot more grounded personalities. They often go ooc and say things which they won't say if we went with TT03 canonicity. Deathstroke is basically a joke now. The story itself is boring and uninteresting and doesn't make me like Primer any better. The comic falsely promotes this as the TT03 version even though this is, at best, a TT universe maybe inspired by the 2003 show but not the 2003 show. It's closer to 2013 one.

Personally, I'm severely disappointed and I'm gonna say it again, this is a total cashgrab and not worth reading.

[not-a-lame-llama]

SOMEONE GET ME PRIMER: CLASHING COLORS RIGHT NOW I JUST FOUND OUT IT EXISTS FROM PINTERESTS AND KORY IS SO CUTE OMFG HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS

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Preview: Primer: Clashing Colors #3 (of 3)

Primer: Clashing Colors #3 preview. Deathstroke and Strack are free from prison and ready to take their revenge on the Teen Titans…and on Primer #comics #comicbooks

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Primer: Clashing Colors #3 Preview: Deathstroke and Strack are free from prison and ready to take their revenge on the Teen Titans…and on Primer. Can Ashley find a way to track them down, recapture the battery, and save the Titans—even as she reels from Ravager’s betrayal and the loss of the Primer suit? Written by JENNIFER MURO and THOMAS KRAJEWSKI Art by NICOLETTA BALDARI Cover by GRETEL…

[rosewilsonravager]

I'm very confused why Rose needed to disguise herself, when Ashley wouldn't have known who she was anyway. That was clearly for the audience to be left guessing, which is just an odd choice. I get that her real hair is showing in her Ravager costume, but she could have just worn a head covering while in costume?

I'm also so tired of Rose being used as a gleeful villain, so here's hoping she has a change of heart or something and doesn't just end up tossed in jail at the end. But then the writing for this has been generally atrocious, so I don't have much hope. I haven't physically cringed reading a comic in a long time, but here we are.

This is also the 3rd iteration of Rose in the TT03 universe. Is this actually a separate universe or did TTGO and the original tie in comics all get retconned? Does anyone have an actual answer to that?

[why-i-love-comics]

Primer: Clashing Colors #1 - "Color Me Impressed" (2024)

written by Jennifer Muro & Thomas Krajewski art by Gretel Lusky

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Primer: Clashing Colors (2024) #1 art by Gretel Lusky

[zeivivii]

"One Shot, One Makeup Challenge: Gojo’s Most Chaotic Night Yet"

Pairing: Gojo Satoru x GN!Reader (established relationship)

Genre: Humor, Domestic Chaos, Fluff

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Gojo & Y/N’s Apartment – Friday Night, 8:56 PM

Nobara’s voice echoed from your phone speaker.

Nobara: “Y/N-sensei, I dare you to do the One Shot, One Makeup Challenge. One shot of alcohol per makeup step. Don’t be a coward.”

You, bold and possibly slightly too sober, accepted.

But in your defense, how bad could it be?

Turns out?

Worse than the time Yuji put wasabi in Megumi’s mouthwash.

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Camera ON – 9:12 PM

The ring light is on. The alcohol? Open. The brushes? Ready.

Y/N (to the camera): “Step one: Primer. Shot one. Let’s GO.”

downs it like a cham

“Wow. That tastes like regret and college trauma.”

By shot three (eyeshadow), you’re humming Unholy and trying to blend three violently clashing colors because they “remind you of Nanami’s tie.”

Y/N: “This color’s called Existential Crisis Blue. Perfect for the inner corner, right?”

You stab yourself in the eye with a glitter wand and blink twice.

Y/N: “Pain is temporary. Sparkle is forever.”

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Gojo Enters – 9:33 PM

The door creaks open.

Gojo steps in wearing sweatpants, holding a popsicle, and mentally unprepared for what he sees.

Gojo: “Why does it smell like tequila, glitter, and possible demonic possession in here—”

He stops short.

Y/N has one brow glued to their forehead, lipstick on their nose, and is now attempting to contour with chocolate pudding.

Y/N (grinning): “Hey babe. Do I look hot? Be honest.”

Gojo: “You look like Picasso took a personal vendetta out on your face.”

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Chaos Escalates – 9:50 PM

Shot 6: Attempted winged eyeliner.

Shot 7: Highlighter... on every exposed limb.

Y/N: “If I stand in the sun tomorrow, I will literally blind people.”

Gojo: “Okay, I love you, but I’m putting the fire extinguisher near the vanity just in case.”

Megumi walks past the living room window, sees the mess, and walks right back out.

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10:15 PM – The Aftermath

Gojo finally pries the eyeliner from your hand, places you gently on the couch, and hands you water.

Y/N: “I could’ve been a makeup influencer, Satoru. I had vision.”

Gojo (patting your head): “Sweetheart, you had double vision. There’s a difference.”

Y/N: “You're just jealous of my glow.”

Gojo (deadpan): “I’m scared your highlighter has its own cursed energy.”

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Later – Curled Up on the Couch

You’re half-asleep in Gojo’s hoodie, eyes still slightly shimmering from residual sparkle fallout.

He kisses your forehead.

Gojo: “Next time, we do this together. I wanna see if I can apply blush blindfolded.”

Y/N: “You’d still look hot and I hate that.”

[vyva-melinkolya]

mixing water and salt and sugar in a gallon jug and chugging it and hoping for the best and treating my snake’s mite problem and giving him a warm soak and gently easing off his stuck shed and reading the directions on the mite spray very carefully and hoping for the best and dealing with the dirty power signal in my house and swapping what plugs into what outlet and running power cables from downstairs and changing my pedal order and holding the guitar away from my computer and making sure i’m not holding it too far away and buying a new power supply and asking my friend about power conditioners and comparing the noise with and without a surge protector and hoping for the best and making sure to moisturize my face while it’s still wet and making sure my face isn’t too wet and finding my primer under the table and mixing the lighter concealer with the darker with a pallet knife and adding more dark concealer and adding some pink lipstick to cool the tone and keeping in mind what color dress i’m wearing and making sure it doesn’t clash with my eyes today and putting the dress on before i take down my hair and spraying it down and scrunching the same amount on both sides and pinning the right side of my bangs and making sure it doesnt weigh down the hair underneath and hoping for the best and warming up my voice and making sure i spend at least 10 minutes and making sure to do a scale over again if it’s flat and making sure i’m not pushing my voice before my set and making sure no one can hear me in the car and remembering to relax and remembering which strings go out of tune fastest and making sure i’m not spending too long between songs and making sure my posture is okay and making sure the ear monitor is in the right way and turning off continuous playback on the back tracks and make sure the projections are set to loop and making sure my guitar strap is secure and looking up into the venue and hope for the best

[ravensvirginity]

I told myself I wouldn't get mad at Primer: Clashing Colors because it's made for kids using the toon continuity but this is just baffling

[ao3statistics]

The poll results from "Who said it?" (Part 6)

Most of you voted for Poison Ivy! Correct or not?

Reveal under the cut!

Who said it? Raven!

Primer: Clashing Colours #1 - "Color Me Impressed" (2024)

by Jennifer Muro (writer), Thomas Krajewski (writer) and Gretel Lusky (art)

[vonteasevintage]

Letting the Cat Out of the Makeup Bag: An Inside Look at my Arsenal

We're adults in this room, right? I'll be frank with y'all...I giggled whilst reading the title in my head. My mind lives in the gutter and loves to throw glitter at passerby.

This post is a fun little piece where I will be sharing with you my tools of the trade. The tools behind the look that I swear by.

Just a reminder: Like I always say - what works for me, may not be the best for you. We are all unique! This is just a list of the stuff I find works best for me, and thought I'd share with you in case you are still on the hunt for the right fit!

Ready? Let's go!

Revolution Renaissance Flick Waterproof Eyeliner in Black

Annabelle Waterline Matte Kohl Eyeliner in White

Annabelle Matte Kohl Long-Lasting Eyeliner in Bark Brown

Color Institute brown duo eyebrow cream (I believe? it came in one of those cute makeup kits that my fiancé bought for me because he knew I would love to have the container it came in, haha. Mostly people trash these kinds of things, but let me tell you... that product actually slays!

NYX Professional Makeup Ultimate Shadow Palette: Warm Neutrals (I'm one of those neutral undertones that can swing either way for makeup, but due to my hair colour I tend to stay to the cooler sides of things..BUT this palette actually works swimmingly well and doesn't clash! Highly recommend!)

Ardell Professional Magnetic Lashes in Double Demi Wispies (I sh*t you not. These are great and I prefer them to gluing on lashes. Tip though...cut in half (Marilyn style) and use your own fingers to apply the lashes (First place the bottom one under the lash, then put the other one on top of your lash). That applicator is not user friendly.

Maybelline Fit Me Matte & Poreless 12hr foundation in Porcelain

NYX Worth the Hype Mascara in Black

E.L.F Power Grip Primer with 4% Niacinamide

E.L.F Stay Cool Primer Stick (Hydrate + Soothe with refreshing Aloe water)

Tarte Cosmetics Amazonian Clay 12hr Blush in Paaarty (Also recommend the shades Blushing Bride or Exposed for a natural looking blush for all skin tones)

NYX HD Studio finishing powder

NYX Suede Matte Lip Liner in Spicy

NYX Lipstick Suede Matte Lipstick in Spicy

Vaseline Limited Edition Rose Gold Hydrating Lip Balm

Bomber Betty Custom Cosmetics Canadian Bombshells Beauty Exclusive Lip Gloss (it smells as amazing as it looks!)

Urban Decay All Nighter Waterproof Setting Spray

Stemtox D.Tox Stem Cell Exfoliating & Detoxifying Peeling Gel

Stemtox C.Tox Protein Stem Cell Moisturizer

Rexy Green Tea Foam Cleanser

Just to name the mains! I have a variety of other makeup shades, etc. But these are my Go-To's! There's no contest for me when it comes to these!

Stay Fabulous!

xo Bree Von Tease

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Preview: Primer: Clashing Colors #2 (of 3)

Primer: Clashing Colors #2 preview. Ashley finds herself discouraged that the Titans don't believe Primer has what it takes to join the team #comics #comicbooks

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Primer: Clashing Colors #2 Preview

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Primer: Clashing Colors #2 Preview: While struggling to balance her classwork, her growing friendship with Violette, and Luke acting so weird lately, Ashley also finds herself discouraged that the Titans don’t believe Primer has what it takes to join the team. Could helping the Titans capture Ravager and possibly uncover the next steps in Deathstroke’s plans be just the second chance Primer needs…

[justabitscrewy]

Just want to say I adore your OC Izen! I don't know his whole story but the snippets I've seen are tantalizing and I really enjoy him. Also his design is so cool like, I'm a tiny bit afraid of spiders but he is adorable and epic and utterly amazing.

Thank you for sharing him and your art!

THANK YOU SO MUCH. i know i should've just answered this ask when i received it, but i was so excited at your words that i spent like,,, two weeks drafting a primer? just so that way you'd have more context?? Theres a LOT of lore that provides the foundation for Izen's backstory, so writing a primer of any kind was DIFFICULT. I've parsed it down substantially. The vibes are there, and i think it all tracks, but I haven't broken down any specific timeline or events, because a) it would be way too long, and b) some of those events haven't come up at the table yet.

Summary:

Izen fled the Monks of Mercy after becoming a drider, and found sanctuary with a formless voice that lives deep in the underdark, a voice lingering on the boundary between life and death. This voice would become Izen's undead patron and friend, and provided Izen with magic and means of defending himself. The patron is missing pieces of himself (ancient relics that were scattered to the surface) and Izen has made it his mission to leave the underdark in order to find his friend's missing pieces.

On the surface, Izen first met Phaela -- who would quickly become the greatest friend he ever had. She would offer him safety and transportation (in the form of her truck) and more importantly, a kind hand and an eagerness to show him how beautiful and wonderful the world can be.

Now, Izen and Phaela are traveling with three more people -- and the more people Izen meets the safer he feels. The world is a kinder place, and these people are good. He believes in them, he trusts them, and he wants to help them.

Breakdown of Themes and Lore are under the readmore!

THE THEMES BABY:

Pre-Campaign:

Izen sees his drider transformation as a victory over death — society told him that he was cursed, condemned, and in need of redemption. He refused to internalize the guilt and blame and fought tooth and nail to separate himself from anyone who would manipulate him.

Izen is driven by equal parts hope and fear. Fear of death, fear of captivity, fear of pain — but an unwavering hope and raw belief that life has to be good, that freedom is obtainable, that there must be a kinder and softer place for him out there somewhere.

Now:

Izen is trying so hard to embrace the second chance at life and freedom that the surface has provided him. He has a best friend in Phaela, someone who has proven to him that he was right all along. He was right to never give up, never give in, that the world could be better and kinder than what he was raised in.

Izen is absolutely enthralled by what he finds on the surface. The moon, the stars, the changing of seasons. And he’s torn between being fully enamored with the people he meets while still harboring a paranoia at being found out and returned to the drow. But every person he’s met, from Phaela, to the party, to strangers along the way, has only reaffirmed that the cruelty he experienced in his past was the outlier.

He loves bright colors, clashing patterns, soft blankets, scented soaps, and beautiful candles. Simple and beautiful things that brings such small but profound comfort and vibrancy

AAAAHHHHH Lore Notes:

Enlightenment: The Drow are a culture that lives in division. There are the days of Enlightenment — the days of now, where they have agriculture, cities, infrastructure, mining, industry — and the days of Descent — the days of a previous age, where they were nothing more than primitive warriors who had to fight to survive in a savage time, barely more enlightened than the monsters and beasts they fought against.

Death: The Drow believe that the moment of death is the most important time in a drow’s life. Death is when they return to Lolth, death is when Lolth sees how far the drow have come. For every drow returned to Lolth, her judgement of their entire progress shifts. This is why the Drow believe that it is imperative for each individual to die with pride and dignity — to never fear death and always welcome its embrace. Only animals fears death, and the Drow are not animals. And the individual will be held against the whole.

Drider: The Drow believe the drider transformation is a divine punishment from Lolth. And given that Lolth has not spoken to the drow in generations, it’s the only form of contact she has with them in this age. The Drow believe that the Drider are a lingering scar of the Descent — a time when they had to become monsters themselves in order to survive. When Lolth turns a beautiful drow into a hideous drider, she’s revoking their progress — reminding them that they haven’t grown at all. It’s a warning that they are still no better than their primitive ancestors that crawled in the dirt of the under dark. And worse of all — given that ever drider transformation is given to a drow near death — its a rejection. Lolth only wants to receive the brave and the enlightened. For Lolth to seeing a dying Drow and instead of ending their misery and welcoming them into her embrace — she prolongs their life by twisting them into a monster that isn’t even a drow anymore. It’s a rejection. A guilty verdict. That drow was so fallen that she spit them out and left them to be an example and warning so that others might learn from their mistakes. This is what they believe.

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Primer: Clashing Colors #1 - "Color Me Impressed" (2024)

written by Jennifer Muro & Thomas Krajewski art by Gretel Lusky