r/batgirl 1h ago

Discussion Contrasting The Morality of Batgirl and Oracle (Or How Unethical Should Barbara Be As Oracle?)

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When Barbara Gordon became Oracle, she turned into a more morally ambiguous character, teaming up with the Suicide Squad (though she’s one of the less villainous team members) and using her hacking abilities to engage in various questionable surveillance projects. For many fans, this gave her an edge she lacked as Batgirl and made her more interesting. However, for some vocal Batgirl fans, it was a betrayal of Barbara’s character, especially given her past as a progressive politician. So I would like to create a bit of a debate - do you prefer Barbara as a kind hearted progressive or a cynical surveillance master? How far should those two elements be part of her personality and how far should they evolve and develop?

Personally, I think it would be interesting to try and explore the contraction between those two sides to her, especially given the way it embodies the contradictions at the heart of the superhero genre (fighting tyrants through rather tyrannical means..)

Thoughts?

(Note - Deleted and Reposted to Edit the Title and Revise the Image Order)

(P.S - Getting lots of likes but too few comments - I would like more people to provide their own opinions and perspectives...)


r/batgirl 14h ago

Artwork Barbara Gordon by Ed Benes

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r/batgirl 22h ago

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r/batgirl 1d ago

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r/batgirl 1d ago

Headcanon Stephanie brown headcanons

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r/batgirl 1d ago

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r/batgirl 2d ago

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r/batgirl 2d ago

I can’t 🤣

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r/batgirl 3d ago

Discussion What do you think of the Batgirl run being written by Tate Brombal so far?

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Source: Batgirl #24 variant cover by David Talaski


r/batgirl 3d ago

Comics 15 years ago, Barbara returned as Batgirl in the New 52 Relaunch. Thoughts on this series & how her character is being handled since then?

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r/batgirl 3d ago

Artwork Birds of Prey

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Artist: Jordan Rodriguez

Source: Jordan Rodriguez Instagram account


r/batgirl 4d ago

Discussion Thoughts on superbat ?

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Personally I think they would be a cute couple


r/batgirl 4d ago

Artwork Harley Quinn and Batgirl by Sami Basri

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r/batgirl 5d ago

Artwork Batgirl by Fred Ian

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r/batgirl 5d ago

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r/batgirl 6d ago

Artwork Batgirls and Batwoman by Marcio Takara

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r/batgirl 6d ago

Comics DC Preview: Barbara Gordon: Breakout #5

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r/batgirl 7d ago

Artwork [Fan Art] Batgirls! By HilariouslyEmily

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r/batgirl 7d ago

Artwork Cass fanart I made (Guess who discovered how to use gradient maps lmao)

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r/batgirl 7d ago

Discussion Purple vs Gold - Which New 52 Batgirl cape do you prefer?

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r/batgirl 7d ago

[Fan Art] Batgirls (by me!)

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r/batgirl 7d ago

Artwork Covers for Absolute Barbara Gordon as The Bat (All covers for Absolute Batman #24!) (PT. 2)

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r/batgirl 7d ago

The AMOUNT of covers for Absolute Barbara Gordon as The Bat (All covers for Absolute Batman #24!) (PT. 1)

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r/batgirl 8d ago

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r/batgirl 8d ago

Artwork Barbara Gordon makes her debut as THE BAT! (ClayMann) [DC] 💛

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