Identity Frictions

Phase 2: The Individual vs. The World

"What happens when who you are clashes with who they want you to be?"

Nimona: Subverting Archetypes

Nimona refuses to be labeled. Her ability to shape-shift tests the limits of Ballister Blackheart’s strict code.

Chaos vs. Order

"The Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics wants clear lines. Nimona breaks them."

Mica High is a culture of conformity. Stargirl tests the limit of how much difference a group can tolerate.

Direct: "She was different."

Indirect: The Ukulele

The Clash: The Shunning

"Victor wants to impress Teresa. He fakes a language he doesn't know. He hits a limit of his own honesty."

Is the conflict internal or external?

INTERNAL

EXTERNAL