Terra/Sarah

"Terra: Back off! I'm with the Titans! They'll be coming to--

Slade: You don't belong with the Titans.

Terra: You don't know anything about me!

Slade: On the contrary, Terra.  I know everything about you. I've been watching you for some time. I know why you're always running away.

Slade: I know your secret, little girl.

Terra: No!

Slade: Earthquakes. Avalanches. Mudslides.  Everywhere you go, you try to do good.  And everywhere you fail. So everyone turns against you.

Slade: You lack control, Terra. And when you lose control, you are more dangerous than anything I've ever seen.

Slade: But it doesn't have to be this way. I can help you, child.

Terra: You can?

Slade: Right now, you are...rough around the edges.

Slade: You need more than obstacle courses to overcome your problem.

Slade: You need a teacher. A mentor. Come with me, Terra, and I can teach you to shine.

Terra: But...my friends told me you're...

Slade: You don't really believe they're your friends, do you, Terra?

Terra: They took me in. Gave me a home.

Slade: And when they find out what's wrong with you, they'll reject you, like everyone else.

Terra: Beast Boy--

Slade: --Can't keep his mouth shut forever. He'll tell them.

Terra: He promised.

Slade: He lied.

Terra: Shut up! Just shut up and leave me alone!

Terra: Don't lose control...don't lose control!"

I feel like her all the time, but when I watch this, I see her humanity that no one else wanted to. Everyone hated her, but I can't help loving her. When she cries in Beast Boy's arms, I see my own vulnerabilities. I see the free-spirited girl who has so much love to give despite her darkness. Despite people not loving her like everyone else is so readily loved. The girl who pushed everyone away because she thought she had to. She had no other choice. Asking for love and help and guidance feels like getting hit by a train.

I'll never forget Terra from Teen Titans.

Not only because she's me.

But because she had a love so powerful and free.

I can see why Beast Boy fell in love with her.

She has a beautiful soul.

A diamond in a million.