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brucewaynehater101 · 1 month

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There needs to be an Oracle movie

Barbara Gordon and her time as Batgirl. The subtle implications of misogyny (from criminals, emergency services, social media, etc.) and her struggles of being slightly outcast from the Bats (maybe not intentionally, but it's still felt). Despite that (and how hard the role is), she admits to feeling alive and powerful as Batgirl. She loves her ability to help Gotham, the city her dad tries so hard to shape up to be better.

Then the Joker shoots Barbara. He doesn't shoot Batgirl, doesn't even know it's Batgirl that's being injured, but he shoots Barbara because she's the commissioner's daughter. Her life changing injury isn't even about her.

There's the hopelessness, the grief, the sense of loss, and then Jason dies.

The Bats, try as they might to be there for her, are drowning in their own grief. They can't be there for her even if they wanted to.

She's wasting away with the realization that she's lost everything and her father is bending under the weight of supporting her and his job as commissioner.

Slowly, an idea comes to her. Slowly, when she starts looking out at Gotham's skyline and sees the clock tower, she begins to pull herself back together.

It's not an easy process, and she does return to depressive spirals and bed rotting, but she starts to have more decent days than bad. She's puts away her first criminal as Oracle. She becomes a feared force the Bats can turn to for help.

The end of the movie will hint at her starting Birds of Prey.

#dc comics #dc universe #barbara gordon #dc oracle #if dc doesn't knock it off with their ableist and sexist bullshit #barbara deserves her own spotlight because she's cool as hell and not just an extension of the bats #i would pay good money to see a movie where barbara was the focus and the bats were BACKGROUND characters #barbara is badass and capable #her ascent to oracle is a riveting story #if the directors knew what they were doing the movie would be a great representation of disabilities #show me barbara beating the shit out of ableist bastards #subtle indications of barbara being extremely capable but limited to the restrictions the lack of accessibility force upon her

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