Originally Posted by
Assam
Ways I'd fix Barbara Gordon while still keeping her Batgirl:
- Age her up to late 20's. (I'd personally want even older, but whatever)
- Have her act like the mature adult we know and love.
- Give her the skills and abilities she had as Oracle.
- Re-establish more of her ties to the DCU, as well as within the BatFamily. Ex. Ted Kord and the Justice League for the DCU, and Cass, Steph, and JPV for the Batfamily.
and most importantly for me:
- WIPE THE KILLING JOKE FROM CANON.
While there are several reasons I have not bought a single Batgirl comic since the Nu52 started, chief among them is that I found the choice to have Babs become Batgirl again disgusting. Not because of the inherent idea though. If she'd just been starting out as Batgirl, or had had the role for a few years, fine. I wouldn't like it, but fine. The decision to have the events of Killing Joke still in play though, and having her 'recover' from the incident by becoming Batgirl, even though she'd already 'recovered' and become stronger while Oracle was strikingly ablest, and not something I could forgive.
I know DC won't do this last one, or most of these probably, but it's what it would take for me at least to vote with my wallet in favor of Babsgirl.