Symbolism
a k a n t h a e - h i m e
Authoress' Note & Disclaimer: I think there's supposed to be some real symbolism here, but it seems to have disappeared.
And also, I don't own Storm Hawks, so this is all made-up.
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There is something that Starling dislikes about the rainbow. Her colleagues, all of her fellow sky knights and squadron members...they all think it's great fun to tell her to look out the window at that band of color just to see that expression of confusion. Her eyes narrow underneath her crown of violet locks, her smile twists into a grimace, and often she replies, "I hate the rainbow."
And she does.
It's the one thing she does, though only because she can't help it. It's confusion that reigns over her heart during days like this, when she ventures out on her Slip-Wing and she catches a glimpse of that sparkling color. How can the rainbow be so admired when its beauty is so obviously stolen? It's nothing but a mocker of the sun and rain; it is empty, immaterial, and because Starling cannot touch it she resents it a little more than she should.
There are few who hate the rainbow, thinking for a moment that because it is unusual it deserves more attention and love than the sun itself, which shines through the rainbow and ever after. Starling thinks the sun deserves all the credit save for what goes to the rain, the rainbow's predecessor and namesake. People have told her it is stupid to love the sun and sky, especially the ones that love the sky themselves, those who deserve the title of hypocrite, because the sun and sky aren't half as important to growth and prosperity.
It's not her fault.
That dislike is not because she can't catch the rainbow - which she can't, no matter how far or fast she flies, because rainbows are, after all, untouchable. Starling is no goddess; and she is certainly no angel that can wield the rainbow as a weapon.
She hates the rainbow because she knows what it feels like to be the sun.
(Unappreciated, unknown - and now, they've all forgotten the Interceptors, everyone except her, because she still is one and will always be one.)