Starling

* Starling
* Judith

**Starling** is a recurring character in ***The Villains of Valley View***.

She is a superhero and a reality TV star. Starling has superpowers and is a full-blown superhero.
 Starling is portrayed by **Mariah Iman Wilson**.

## Personality

Starling is witty and a nice mix of passion and mellow. She believes that people have the potential to be better and encourages them to do so. She also doesn't take no for an answer. However, she is a bit preoccupied with fame, as she takes part in a reality show, and has several celebrity endorsements.

## Relationships

#### Amy Madden

Havoc is a villain whom Starling doesn't like. Since Starling beat her in a fight and she became a meme, Havoc despises her. When the annual ColossaCon comes to Valley View, Amy goes in an attempt to injure Starling with Chrominite, but Starling ends up saving Amy instead when she falls from the overhead scaffold. After the events of Battle for My Brother, and A Superhero in Valley View, their relationship improves considerably, and they agree to be frenemies. And in Season 2, Villain Number One, when Amy was trapped by Shadow, Starling saved Amy as they both work together to defeat Shadow. Their relationship has improved since then.

In Bad Influence, Starling was doing "Safe Skies" flyovers, when she crashed into birds, and down on The Round-Up Can-teen-a. She revealed that she was getting progressively worn out with no breaks, and that she was starting to make more and more mistakes, so Amy came up with an idea; Starling would use her Temporal Freeze to pause time and take breaks without actually taking a break. This would, in thinking, be the perfect plan, but there would soon be consequences. Starling would start to "blip" in random places, similar to a hiccup. It was minor at first, but it would soon become worse and worse, which started to cause conflict between Starling and Amy for suggesting what she suggested. However, Amy would soon fix the problem by disrupting the blipping with her sonic scream.

#### Jake Madden

After saving him during a battle, Starling inspired Jake to be a better person. After the Maddens moved to Valley View, the convention center held the annual ColossaCon, where Jake was set on meeting and thanking Starling for saving him. But when he gets home that night, he sees that she wrote "I know who you are," on his autograph. The next day, he threw the autograph away, but Hartley found it causing the pair to go to the TV set to visit Starling. When they get there, Starling initially thinks that Jake is someone else, but he accidentally reveals his superpower secret when he saved her from a falling scaffold. She was finally convinced that Jake was Chaos and initially was going to turn the Maddens, in but she was willing to risk getting into trouble with the Hero League for Jake since he was trying to become a better person. They exchanged numbers, hinting that there may be a budding romance. However, in Battle for My Brother, Starling severed all ties with Jake, stating it would be the best for the both of them in the long run and gave him a kiss on the cheek before leaving. The two reunited in A Superhero in Valley View after Starling was forced on the run after the superheroes found footage of her saving Jake as Chaos, but not turning him in. Starling initially didn't tell Jake the truth because she knew that Jake would do something dangerous and/or drastic, but he found out during their date when Captain Valor called in and offered for her to turn Chaos in, and in exchange, being reinstated of her superhero position. Jake decided to give himself up to protect Starling, but Amy and Starling instead worked together to send Clone Jake in his place. Although everything worked out, Starling still decided to leave and shared a goodbye hug with Jake before leaving. Although Jake was upset to lose Starling again, he was still happy that she was safe. Jake and Starling were united again when she showed up to help Amy defeat Shadow in Villain Number One. After the battle, the two were happy to see each other again, but their moment was interrupted by Eva Madden, who wasn't keen on seeing a superhero flirting with her son. The two pretended nothing ever happened between them, and Starling left once again.

### Fans

#### Hartley

Hartley is a Starling super-fan, which Starling thinks is creepy.

## Powers and Abilities

**Primary Powers**
* **Temporal Manipulation:** The ability to control and manipulate time.
	+ **Temporal Projectiles:** Starling can gather up a temporal energy and unleash a powerful energy blast.
	+ **Temporal Freeze:** Starling has the power to pause the space-time continuum; she initiates this by performing a waving and circular motion with her arms in a flourishing movement that briefly summons a magic circle-like effect, and time can be restarted once again using the same gesture. Starling can choose specific targets who don't freeze when she uses this power.
* **Flight:** Starling has displayed the ability to fly.
* **Aerokinesis:** Starling has demonstrated the power to manipulate strong winds. She uses the power to achieve an ability called "Velocity Force", where she builds up a large amount of wind power an unleashes it as a powerful cannon-like gust. She used this power to free Amy from Shadow's superpower-proof cage and again fighting Shadow at the park. This power has showed to be highly compatible with Amy's sonic powers.
* **Teleportation:** Starling has the ability to bleep where ever she pleases.

**Abilities**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat:** Starling has shown to be a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, shown in her previous battle with Havoc during ColossaCon!. She also proved this while aiding Amy against Shadow during Villain Number One.

### Weaknesses

* **Chrominite:** Exposure to this chemical will knock her out cold. It's noted to be her one weakness and given her exalted standings and nigh-unblemished record of victories as a superhero, it's very likely that chrominite is very rare; unsurprisingly, Amy knows how to manually make it using run-of-the-mill highschool laboratory equipment. Fortunately for Starling, Amy can't distinguish it from pomegranate juice.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* Finding Another Dimension
* ColossaCon!
* Super Secrets
* Battle for My Brother
* Unleash the Chaos (mentioned)
* A Superhero in Valley View

### Season 2

* Villain Number One
* Dojo Mojo (mentioned)
* Bad Influence
* A Tale of Two Havocs (mentioned)
* The Return (flashback)

## Trivia

* Her true first name is Judith, which was revealed in A Superhero in Valley View.
* Her secret texts with Jake contained 357 😗 (Kissy face emojis).
* Starling has a hectic schedule. She even has bar mitzvah appearances because she likes a good party.
* She states she comes from a family of heroes but does not name any of them.
* When she uses her time freezing ability, the magic circle resembles the ones used by Doctor Strange within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
* Sharonda Scott is the stunt performer for Starling.