Originally Posted by
Domino_Dare-Doll
Well it’s worked for Nightwing, hasn’t it?
And subjective opinion is subjective: as far as I’m concerned, Burnside and Maighread Scott’s run were up to par with Simone, the latter of which even managing to reconcile Babs ‘insisting she’s recovered’ with her actual recovery, albeit without the awesome Frankie Charles, another disabled woman. And here’s the thing: Batgirl isn’t a side-kick role, never was. She isn’t a rookie as Batgirl, it’s simply her identity: one that criminals underestimate her for and with what she can use as an advantage. She was inspired by Batman but never ‘under’ him until 90’s retcons.
Steph and Cass can easily work with Babs in the -exact- same way without being Batgirl, but Babs never gets that luxury or opportunity. The lads can flail around for decades, but one mistake from Babs? Well that’s just inexcusable.