This is a tribute to the Maximum Ride movie. Max is supposed to be a fearless heroine who takes on all challengers, but the movie made her look criminally bad. She was overpowered by every single opponent and her bravado came across as empty. Dorothy never had that problem as she was feared across the land. If anyone got in her way…they wouldn’t be there for long. Dorothy is really everything that Maximum wanted to be. Dorothy wins.
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When you said “Dorothy”, my first thought was that you meant Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz…
Well, she is a homage to that character. Her main monster is actually called Toto and the main difference is just that this Dorothy is a ruthless killer who possesses a great amount of super strength and speed.