Originally Posted by
Zorkel567
I'm totally fine with mantel sharing. Bruce and Jace? Great. Steph, Cass, Barbara? Definitely. Peter and Miles? No problem. All the various Green Lanterns? Sure thing. And I like Jace a lot already, and have been following Second Son and I Am Batman.
But there is definitely a difference between Steph and Cass- two characters who have been heroes for 2+ decades in the real world, have both been active for a while in universe, and have seen a past in which they were Batgirls themselves- to take on a known mantel than for Jace Fox- a character only reintroduced into canon within the past year, with no prior superhero experience- taking on such a significant mantel. Especially in the case where Barbara is stepping back from field work into her Oracle role again.
But I also think that is part of Jace's story, a young upstart taking on the mantel of Batman as opposition to the privileged Bruce Wayne, whose interest Jace feels align more with the rich and powerful rather than the people of Gotham.