Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

Intro Shoutout to Ms. Yarbrough’s class - listened to episode on Xavier/Magneto Email us voice recordings of your thoughts on Batman & what he means to you for upcoming episode - capesonthecouch@gmail.com Background (4:54) Levana Blackburn created by Marissa Meyer, introduced in Cinder, published July 2012 Antagonist of the Lunar Chronicles, particularly the first book Cinder Based on the Evil Queen from fairy tales Levana is queen of Luna, a colony of Earth set in a future where cyborgs and magic are real Had an older sister who was mercilessly cruel to her as a child, and pushed her into a fire, scarring half her face and most of her body She spends all of her time using a “glamour” - magic that allows Lunars to alter their appearance At 15, her parents are killed, and her sister ascends to the throne, but is more interested in promiscuity and cruelty Levana has a crush on a palace guard at least 10 years older than her, Evret Hayle After Evret’s wife dies in childbirth, Levana changes her gla