So question. This week's Detective Comics mentions Helena's last stand at the end of No Man's Land. So Cass's old origin is back it seems. So how does this "everything is canon" thing work?
And behold I shall be a blight upon the land and everything I touch shall wither and die.
So basically Morrison's hypertime.
Gonna do some self-promotion and post my ongoing Cass fic (available on multiple platforms) here. No spoilers on the premise:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/thre...batman.982906/
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.co...-batman.98935/
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36...pters/89806009
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1402169...-0-gaNycGzNCiU
Weird Cass variation this week in Tec with the lack of bat symbol.
And behold I shall be a blight upon the land and everything I touch shall wither and die.
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But that's the thing when it comes to Cass/Steph. The latter alludes to it in Robins, but we barely get any mention of the two in Batgirls. I'd think the topic of conversation would be a fascinating one between all three. Address the elephant in the room. Cass/Steph be all why did life hate us so in trying to set away from each other and this identity?
And behold I shall be a blight upon the land and everything I touch shall wither and die.
I wish it was buried and put six feet under, yet it just keeps coming back in unexpected ways. You'd think of all the identities Black Bat or Kasumi would be the ones that stick more but nope Orphan somehow is the one that sticks just because it lumps Cass away from being a bat and Batgirl.
And behold I shall be a blight upon the land and everything I touch shall wither and die.
In the case of contradicting histories, I don't think they remember everything about both timelines. Nightwing, for example, remembers being a police officer (and having a low degree, which I think was never canon?) but Bludhaven was never bombed and Blockbuster was never killed. So it's more of a pick and choose what you take from their pre-52 histories.
They do remember being Batgirls, but returning their previous full pre-52 histories could be a bit tricky, as Steph was college-age and Cass was about Jason's age. It would probably age them considerably and make Babs mentoring them redundant. I'm also not sure it would be in their best interest, as it seems that DC wants them to be the younger and less experienced Batgirls so it would be a fresh start. The Batgirls seem to be intended for younger audiences and a starting point for new readers, so I assume that's the reason they were age down.