Starr Nova is the one of the three new brawlers, and she’s dropping in May. Now, as a HUGE Don Quixote fan (hell, I even joked I wouldn’t come back to brawl stars until they added her), this came as a shock to me. But after some thought, it started to make more sense, since after all, most characters are already quite insane, so therefore, the developers made a character based on a delusional nobleman.
Alright, enough rambling, I’ll get to my main points.
First of all, I’ve seen people asking to get her name shortened to just ‘Nova’. Now, I get that from a convenience perspective, but from what I’ve seen in Brawl Stars, most double word character names are just Title +name, like Colonel Ruffs, or El Primo. Guess what? Don Quixote is also one of those names! Don in Don Quixote actually stands for sir in Spanish. I don’t think anyone calls Don Quixote simply Quixote, or El Primo just Primo, so I don’t see a reason to shorten Starr Nova’s name, as it kind of misses the point of the name Don Quixote. For those of you who aren’t aware, Don Quixote isn’t the guy’s real name, it’s actually Alonso Quijano. The point of the Don here is to make himself sound more knightly. Since we don’t really have any evidence pointing to what Starr Nova (the character, not the brawler) is, I’m gonna just say the Starr is the title. For Starr Nova, the brawler deeply immersed in the role of a righteous fixer hero, taking on the entire name suits her better than shortening it, right? (and for most people who refer to Don Quixote in short, they just use Don, so using Starr to refer to her would also work).
Secondly, Starr Nova is a very clear embodiment of the ‘chuunibyou’ or ‘Don Quixote’ troupe, due to her being so immersed in that role she’s probably forgotten who she actually is outside of it. Very much like Don Quixote, since he’s a nobleman who’s read too many chivalry novels and now thinks he’s a knight, similarly, Starr Nova’s an actor who’s consumed so much anime that she’s convinced herself that she’s actually Starr Nova. In addition to this, she also believes she can solve any issue by hitting it with her sword, and if that doesn’t invoke the same feeling as Don Quixote believing he can defeat windmills by charging at them, I’m not sure what will.
Thirdly, some people claim her design ‘seems like a parody of anime’. Well, that’s kind of the point. Have you ever seen a design of the original Don Quixote? He has a barber’s basin on his head because he thought it was a knight’s helmet, and his horse is literally a worn out work-horse called a nag (Rocinante). So for me, I see Starr Nova as an anime representation of a Don Quixote, and as such her design appears as a parody.
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Fourthly, her move set reminds me a lot of Lobotomy E.G.O: In The Name Of Love And Hate Don Quixote (which is based on an abnormality who’s based on magical girls), those moves being her Skill 1 and Skill 2. But the thing that stands out to me the most is really her Super, which feels like Don Quixote using her base E.G.O/her ZAYIN E.G.O: La Sangre De La Sancho, and lunging forward with her lance to regenerate some HP. (and that’s without mentioning the actual symbolism of Don Quixote being able to regenerate HP from that move, as well as it being a ‘transformation’…) Just like Don Quixote, Starr Nova charges forward with a speed boost and hits the enemies with her sword, regenerating HP while she attacks them.
Finally, her voice lines sound very righteous (almost like a noble fixer sprinting for justice), just like a heroic magical girl fighting for the greater good, so I think this really shows off the Don Quixote/ Chuunibyou aspect of her best! I can’t wait to see who they reveal her VA to be!
TL;DR: Starr Nova is a walking reference to Don Quixote, down to the title, appearance and personality, so don’t shorten her name.