PRE-BOOT ORIGIN

Once in the Legion she became an able member, however she was still not completely comfortable around other people. Violet formed a long-distance romance with Duplicate Boy from Lallor rather than allowing herself to become close with anyone nearby. Salu maintained her long distance relationship true to Duplicate Boy, even in the face of other suitors such as Gim Allon, her fellow Legionnaire Colossal Boy. Once Violet's vacation with Duplicate Boy on Imsk was savagely interrupted by the Fatal Five, nearly slain by Validus. After being saved by the Legion, Colossal Boy expressed a sincere romantic interest in Salu, however she later chose to return to Duplicate Boy at the disappointment of Colossal Boy.

After time and with the experience's as a Legionnaire Salu became more confident and self-assured. But her progress was violently interrupted by a group of Imskian independence fighters led by Legion reject, Micro Lad. They kidnapped Salu, put her in a sensory deprivation tank, and replaced her in the Legion with a popular Holo-Vid Durlan actress named Yera. By the time the Legion caught onto the scheme, Vi had been captive for months. Traumatized by these violations on her person  she emerged dramatically changed, she decided she'd never again be weak and defenseless.

Salu used her newfound anger to help her focus it on recovery, and she recouped in record time through vigorous training and physical therapy. Salu also embarked on a intense training program that made her skill in unarmed combat third among Legionnaires behind only Karate Kid, Timber Wolf and Dream Girl. She took control of her personal life as well, breaking off her relationship with Duplicate Boy, who had known of her predicament but had done nothing about it. She started to pursue men previously "unattainable," such as Sun Boy. She soon realized the shallowness of such dalliances, and began to build close friendships among her fellow Legionnaires, especially with Lightning Lass.She has since forgiven Colossal Boy for marrying the woman who helped kidnap her.

Over the years, Imsk's relationship with the United Planets has also been strained. They once threatened to secede from the U.P. over a dispute involving hunting rights. When Earth's solar system was ravaged by a mysterious shrinking plague, the U.P. accused Imsk and caused tension between Shrinking Violet and her fellow Legionnaires. They eventually discovered that the plague was engineered by the evil Dr. Regulus.

RE-BOOT ORIGIN

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