AN: First off, updates for Generic Exaggeration won't be as frequent because 1) I don't have a lot of ideas for chapters, so requests will be appreciated and 2) I'm working on TFTP more often

Oh, the stupidity

Starfire of Tamaran was a very stupid girl.

Which didn't explain why she understood the functions of traveling at light speed and the multiple theories of quantum space gravity aptitudes.

But people on Earth thought she was stupid anyways. They also thought she was very childish, and cheerful in a creepy sort of way.

Like take that time she danced around the streets, singing songs from The Sound of Music. Or that time she tried to eat the coffee dispenser at Starbucks. Yes, she was very stupid indeed.

But it still didn't explain why she studied earth psychology periodically, and knew all about the complete history of Russia (courtesy of Red Star).

People just assumed she was stupid, so there. Because people will be like that.

Just ask Bob. He worked at a mental institute. Once he had to interview Starfire, because many citizens were afraid that she was mentally ill. Here's how the interview went:

"Hello Starfire. My name is B-O-B,"

"Yes, I am quite able of reading the tag of names on your shirt."

"No, no, honey. It's a N-A-M-E-T-A-G"

"Please, why do you call me the condiment released by the stinging insects? I am clearly not the honey."

"Er- never mind. T-E-L-L M-E W-H-A-T I-S Y-O-U-R P-L-A-N-E-T L-I-K-E?"

"Bob, please do not talk to me as if I were an infant. I am quite capable of understanding your language."

"Oh for the love of… okay. Just tell me what your primitive planet is like."

"Excuse me. My planet's technology is far superior to your insignificant 'toasters' and 'ipods' and 'MTV,"

"Oh, poor girl. You are clearly delusional. You may leave now."

"Um… thank you."

Bob later sent a report to the Titans. He recommended sending her back to her primitive planet because she was clearly overwhelmed by the sophistication of Earth cultures. Cyborg used the report to start a barbecue fire. He had some steak.

Raven, angry that her friend was called stupid, blew up Bob's house. They never found out who did it. Bob had to go live in a closet.

Even so, people still think Starfire is stupid.

Which doesn't explain why she knows approximately four hundred thirty eight methods of killing people, or why she memorized the Earth periodic table and then discovered some more elements.

But still, did I mention that they thought she was stupid?

Like that time Beast Boy yelled "Shut up!" when Starfire said something unbelievable, and she didn't say another word for a whole week. Or when a hip hop guy said "What's up, dawg?" and Starfire said "No, I do not believe there are any dogs above."

But it STILL doesn't explain why she analyzed a species of sea slug to find a cure to cancer (who no one accepted because they thought it was a deadly alien disease) or why she knows more than a dozen different languages. Oh wait, she didn't learn them. She just kissed some random guys, didn't she?

Even so, many people say she is stupid. In fact, people started talking to her verrrryyyy slowly and loudly whenever they talked to her after Bob published a copy of his report in the tabloids.

But in reality, Starfire is actually very smart. She understands the principles of aerodynamics, air pressure, center of gravity, etc., and she can apply it to her flight techniques to create deadly aerial assaults. Plus, she knows how to hack the federal government's computer data network and she once built a perfect replica of an Ancient Roman chariot, complete with weapons. She just hasn't bothered to let anyone know that she knows all those things.

Which was why even her friends sometimes questioned her sanity.

Like that time Robin caught her eating some titanium in the garage.

Or when Raven nearly went insane when Starfire was reading Where the Red Fern Grows and wouldn't stop crying.

How about that time Beast Boy ate one of her recipes and turned blue for a few days?

Or when Cyborg let Starfire help repair his T-Car and it blew up?

But all in all, Starfire isn't stupid. She's just different from us, that's all. Even if she is a little crazy in the head sometimes.

AN: I AM SO SICK of writers decipting Star as an idiotic, stupid, clingy, byotchy little kid. SHE ISNT STUPID. She's just unaccustomed to earth stuff, which explains her different way of talking. If you call Starfire stupid, you're basically calling every foreigner stupid, because that's what she is. A foreigner. Not an idiot.