Yeah, very true. But I think it's fair to say that as the sidekick of Robin, she's at least a sidekick of someone with a solo.
And I don't think that Steph really is considered a sidekick as Batgirl. She teams up with people, she's not really support for them, except slightly in Batman Inc (but the whole point of her Batman Inc story is that Batman trusts her as a solo hero, and she crashes in to save the day in the final panel).
I have Batgirl #22 on my wall at work here, and I still treasure it as a sort of statement of Steph's history and relationship to Batman. Not necessarily more than her Bruce Wayne: The Road Home issue, but it's perhaps more subtle.
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Does anyone else feel a bit gross about Steph choosing to wear a symbol of a person who for years treated her like ****?
Which symbol?
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
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"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
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Steph wore Babs' symbol. And, by extension, Cass' symbol as well.
Plus, a good part of her Batgirl run, Dick was Batman. And the two got along a LOT better than Steph and Bruce. Granted, most people got along better with Dick than Bruce, but still.
Nice!
Also, Steph got to be in a cool action scene in episode 8 of Young Justice: Outsiders today, with some pretty solid Batfamily teamwork and detection. Not really much character work, but way more than we got before! (It is the scene of the young Batfamily team crashing through the roof that was in trailers).
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
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The source is 4chan.. For this I decided add it before they erase the topic:
stephanie brown cassandra cain batgirls tim drake red robin.jpg
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
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Awesome! Here's a gallery with hi-res versions of this photoset!
https://imgur.com/a/g53vBs2
I love the way they draw Steph - smiley, full of energy, supportive.
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
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