Reply With QuoteA lovely image, if nothing else.
A lovely image, if nothing else.
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I'm really hoping for a fakeout here. Barbara as Batgirl is a MASSIVE regression for the character. Sad times.
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Also, I'm loving Stephanie as Batgirl in spite of myself.
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I'm not sure if it's to be believed, but a rumor floating around now is that the new Batgirl will be Charlie Radcliffe from Birds of Prey and that Nightwing is Tim Drake. It's worth noting that DC did apparently consider making Charlie into Batgirl before deciding on Steph.
Me too.
But the only that I had looking at this was - lavender? wtf?
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The face looks photoshopped into the mask. I wonder if that's a clue it's a fakeout.
barbara Gordon is the Batgirl the public knows. I wouldn't count on it being a fakeout.
And, yes, I think it's a bad idea as well.
ETA: Batgirl's original costume on the TV show had purple/lavender.
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Was I upset when Babs was croippled and no longer Batgirl? YES!
Did I love what she became afterwards? TOTALLY! Especially since Gail did since an awesome job of fleshing her out as Oracle.
Is making Babs Batgirl a good move? NO! DC was moving forwards, now they're only looking back and calling it progress. Besides, bringing all these Golden/Silver Age characters in the Dark/Crimson Age of today is disgusting in that characters form a lighter time are getting wedged into this time of beheadings, rape, mutilation, and pointless death and blood.
I repeat: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Oh....oh, god...please no.
I love Barbara, I really really do, and I'm glad she's going to get a focus after the reboot, but to just shove the character back two decades and completely remove Stephanie...I might just weep. The Stephanie Batgirl series has been excellently written and great development for her character and I have loved the character of Oracle for even longer, this isn't fair to either of them.
If it turns out this is Charlie and not Barbara that's a small something, it gives me hope that Oracle could still be around, but that still boots out Steph and gets rid of Misfit entirely (She might not have been my absolutely favorite character, but I did enjoy her story and writing).
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