Any way to apply Twist effect twice in opposite directions?

I am trying to draw a sun-like shape. I started with a star polygon and apply the Twist effect. That gets me pretty good arms on the sun, but I'd like for something a bit more flame-like, so I'd like to get the arms to now bend back in the opposite direction. Is there any way to use or modify the Twist effect so that I can apply it a second time but bend further out in the opposite direction? Or is there some other good way to get the rotation along all the arms that someone can suggest?

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Take the Rotate tool and Copy Rotate that object around a common rotation centre.
Add a circle.
Select all and apply Pathfinder Unite. Change fill colour.

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