lol
I love Speedy too. He's too funny!
Favorite lines:

"You have ten seconds to explain to me why I am all of the sudden your beard."

"Well, you see, Speedy-" She cut him off.

"Say no more,"

lol

So funny.
One's gotta wonder, just exactly where did Raven send Speedy, and what the hell happened to him there? lol

I know she wasn't really necessary for the story, but still, where's Starfire? Her absence (even a mention of her presence) just feels a little glaring.

Hola AqualadxRaven11!

I remember your old story! I liked it, but I like this one a lot more. I looked back at the original, and your initial premise for this one is definitely more believable and natural, your prose is more creative and fitting (barnacles in your ears - nice) there's more flow and description of people's non-verbal expressions and emotions, and in general it's just more well-written. Improvement - whoo!

I think the one thing I liked about the original story was that the other Titans also believed the rumor - that was funny (not that the twists with the brothers phone number weren't too). I'm glad, though, that you incorporated a more positive social message and I'm really, really happy that you yourself changed your social views. Also, the homophobic internet comments sounded authentically humorous-in-a-hateful-way, it's good that you took the time to flesh that out instead of leaving the response vague.

One thing to consider for improvement on the new story and any future ones though, might be to ease up on Raven's response? I know it's kind of default in this fandom that Raven is reactionary and throws Beast Boy/Speedy/Etc. out of windows and into alternate dimensions casually and it's played for laughs, and I know you said that the team knew she wouldn't send him anywhere serious, but it still seems mildly OOC and over-reactive.

You took the time to rewrite this story, so I'm sure everything I just wrote is nothing new, but it's nice to have affirmation, no?

Happy writing,
~Juniper

Hi! I just saw your message this was a super fun story! I can't say I remember the original, but for a short story this was a smooth and entertaining read :)