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My Thoughts on How Barbara Became Oracle.

I’ve seen people talk about this change and I wanted to join in since I have some thoughts too.

For the most part, I’m okay with the change the writers did. Young Justice is one of many DC universes so anything can happen. I applaud the writers for trying something new.

Though, I still have some problems with the change. It was pretty weird that Barbara automatically assumed Orphan never killed anyone before they met. I think the writers were trying to outright tell us that Cassandra’s story is widely different. I also would’ve preferred if Orphan made that decision not to kill or killing is bad on her own like what happened when she and her mother fought in episode 8.

I read Cassandra’s comic origins on her Wikipedia page and prefer how she decided to be a hero than YJ’s version.

Incase anyone is wondering about my thoughts on how Barbara became Oracle in the Killing Joke, I’m okay with this version. There are many people who said they didn’t like it because they believe Barbara was a consequence of Joker wanting to drive Gordon crazy. I can see where they are coming from but that was not my perspective.

From how I see it, what happened to Barbara was a devastating way to show the audience that heroes can face as much pain and tragedy in their civilian lives as them being superheroes. And that terrible things can indirectly happen to you.

I hope you liked my rant! Thanks for reading!

Damian’s prosthetic spine is my Roman Empire

COMMS OPEN

Text ver. of the handwriting under cut in case it's hard to read

Comic; page 1

Panel 1 -

(Halfway up a skyscraper)

Damian: X-ray vision.

Jon: would it kill you to say please?

Panel 2 -

Damian: Does baby need to be coddled?

(Bomb)

Panel 5-

(whole ass metal spine)

Panel 6 -

(pamphlet saying 'childhood scoliosis spinal implants. Titanium rod')

Jon: Man, your scoliosis must've been bad, huh?

Comic; Page 2

Panel 3 -

Jon: it's the red one by the way

Panel 4 -

Jon: Wanna swing by mine for leftover pie after?

Damian: sure.

Sketches;

Page 1:

Headcanons.

Cracks back like old man

Has to do regular back exercises

Page 2:

Headcanon 2

Rubs back of neck/where chip was when upset

(I know he wouldn't have a scar, but consider scars are cool)

Page 3:

Banner: Paralysed by a colourful serial killer club

Barbara: Joker. You?

Damian: ... Flamingo

The dynamic

At heart, a good person

Just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing

Babs! Babs! Babs!

Casa! Babs! Steph! My girls!

omg he really does gymnastics when he's upset just like the fanfic woman said

You may not be pregnant, but you always deliver

okay

look

i'm going to be deadass with you

people do not actually behave like this when you acquire a disability. acquiring a disability is traumatic, not just for the disabled individual, but for the people in their life who must re-learn that person's life and reality, yes. that is true.

but they see you continue to live and in time the disability becomes normal, just a feature of life. when you see your friend remove his prosthetic or waggle his stumpie for the first time, it's weird and uncomfortable; if you still find it weird and uncomfortable after a year, you are being a freak. adjusting to a new communication need is frustrating and it's natural to feel distant from someone while you learn the nuances of their aac; but you DO learn, and as you become fluent, the frustration does fade. the first time a friend rolls up in their chair after an injury can be shocking and let's be honest, no, you do not know the right thing to say and neither do they - that is a moment that will always be awkward. that awkwardness does pass, and you see the individual, not the chair.

i NEED bruce and the boys to harden the fuck up about babs' chair because they reduce her to it every single time they see the jonkler and go

noooooooo

babs' leggggs

😭😭😭😭😭😭

in a way, they make themselves the victim of barbara's disability. she's built a life and she's moving on but the men that surround her constantly think of the chair and not the woman in it - with the exception of dick ofc, his flaw is that he thinks cops are human, not that he thinks crips are inhuman.

it's an unexplored nuance of bruce - that, in a way, his sense of guilt for barbara's disability is selfish, and that when he mourns who she was to the partial exclusion of who she has been able to become, he does rob her of that new identity.

3B Barbara Gordon

Thank you for the ask ^_^!!!

I think this outfit worked really well with her. She was a pleasure to draw!

Batfam: A bunch of teens/adults actively trying to murder each other

DC: look they're fighting! Don't you wanna know who's strongest!?

Fans: Aw family <3

DC: Tf do you mean family?? Look Jason tried to kill Tim again!

Fans: Siblings <3

DC: Bruce gaslight Tim into thinking everyone was trying to kill him!

Fans: He's such a shit dad omfg

DC: BRUCE ISN'T HIS DAD!?!!

I love it how we as a fandom collectively invented the concept of the "batfamily" when in reality it's just a bunch of messed up kids/teenagers and a few even more messed up irresponsible adults running around with their deeply dysfunctional relationships

So I was thinking about the batmobile earlier and how they use it on patrol.

Wayne Manor and therefore the Batcave are pretty much on the edge of town and the bats use the batmobile/their other vehicles like bikes to get into the city.

Now when they are there, they move mostly by grapple or parcour. Which makes sense, you wouldn't really beat up a goon, get in the batmobile, drive three blocks and park it again. I assume they park it somewhere and then go on patrol.

A standard patrol is most likely circular, so they end up back at the batmobile. But what if they have to chase someone? Or something happens that draws them to the other side of the city? What if one of them gets injured and they need to be transported? The batmobile is parked somewhere, so what happens now?

I imagine the following possibilities:

1. The batmobile has self-driving capabilities. I can't really tell how good that would work in Gotham, and i don't know how that would work for the bikes.

2. There is a bat on batmobile-duty. They spend the patrol night chilling, watching tiktoks, reading a book etc. and just wait for a pickup.

3. There is a remote driving system, probably accessed by Oracle as well as the batcave. In the necessary moments Oracle grabs a controller and GTAs the Batmobile to the location.

4. There are Batmobiles hidden throughout Gotham and after such an incident happened, a few batkids need to go for a drive and pick up/drop off the various batmobiles at their spots.

I don't know which one is the most likely, and all of them have so much Batfam Chaos potential. Maybe all of them are true. Allow me to present some of these chaotic scenarios.

Red Robin, severly sleep deprived: *nearly hits a lamp post*

Batmobile: *avoids the post, speeds up* *steering wheel moves under his fingers*

RR: What?

Oracle, via comms: for the love of god just take a nap I'm taking you home

Nightwing, after a chase: great, now i need to walk like 5 kilometers to the car.

Red Hood: There is a batmobile in a garage like two streets down

NW: what?

RH: don't you have a map?

NW: a map of what?

RH: of the batmobiles

NW: what- no. No i do not. I will be having words with someone.

Batman, after patrol: There are still two bikes and a batmobile on the streets. Go pick them up.

Red Hood: alright, which one of you idiots is allowed to drive?

Nightwing: Damian put your hand down.

Gothamite: *crosses the street* *nearly gets run over by batmobile* *stares to see it driving off without a driver*

Phone: *beeps*

Text message: very sorry, still working on the self-driving. Have a coffee on me, heres a coupon code for batburger. -O

Red Hood: *peacefully reading a book, legs on the batmobile dashboard, a thermos of tea in the cupholder*

Oracle, via comms: Hood, Spoiler has been injured, i am sending you the adress for pickup.

Hood: How bad is it?

Oracle: Not life-threatening. She wanted to go on but Batman refused.

Hood: so she can wait a bit more.

Oracle: what?

Hood: They are about to have the big love confession and i am not waiting on that because B is overprotective.

Oracle: I just googled your book. Pick up Spoiler now or I will make you listen to Spoilers for the entire series.

Hood, starting the car: Jesus O no need for warcrimes

(I am fairly new in this fandom, if there is something in canon that i missed/got wrong please correct me)