This is in response to the very fair and reasoned “mini-rant.” I have zero objections to people looking for context, that’s quite nice actually. But this line does not make Steph or Cass not be Batgirl. I’m pretty sure at least one of them HAS been Batgirl. My point, and it’s not really criticism, is specifically to the people who felt that Bruce speaking to Barbara is supposed to actually be DC or me speaking directly to the reader. Which it really isn’t. Once you put the words on paper, they are really no longer yours to interpret. I just am having a kind of growing aversion to the overuse of meta-commentary in genre fiction. I think it’s getting a little bit arch, you know? And I agree, the timeline is confising.Where’s The Beef?: I Liked Batgirl #6. There, I Said It
Yes, that one line isn’t doing anybody any favors and I hate it just as much as the rest of you. But to write off an entire issue, an entire series, based on a single sentence that Bruce probably only…
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