this awful take seems to be very common so i’m gonna assume in good faith that no one’s explained it to y’all and do just that:
that’s not what happened! babs getting shot had NOTHING to do with oracle! that was her being fridged because dc didn’t gaf about her 😭
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@shadowoftheali
Why is Barbara's most traumatic moment, in a story that robbed her of her agency, is seen as a sort of "graduation" to you?
Why is Barbara existing and being happy now seen as an attack of her previous iterations? 🙃 this is such a weird and misguided ass post.
Delete this.
ORACLE came to be because john ostrander and kim yale took a fridged character and gave her back her agency by letting her deal with her grief and trauma and become a hero again! and they did this by directly addressing the misogyny (and trauma) in the original text
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oracle, a VISIBLY and CONSISTENTLY disabled woman, was portrayed as smart, capable, badass, desirable, and crucial to the dcu. THAT was her “graduation”. THAT was her “overcoming” her trauma. and she was perfectly happy and whole that way
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a magi-cure chip created (and her triumph over her trauma as a disabled woman erased) because men in charge missed THEIR batgirl, or couldn’t fathom a disabled woman being happy, isn’t a win for feminism. neither is barbara’s trauma being brought back for spectacle…
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now tell me exactly why you think “batGIRL” is a better title for a woman who’d become arguably one of the most powerful heroes in the dcu, who was happily mentoring her successors, who was content and complete as oracle—and do it without being ableist. quickly!
end of 🧵
“but she’s still disabled” disabilities aren’t interchangeable, and oracle is still treated as lesser
“but tkj—” is still canon
“but sexism—” disabled women exist
“but in the dcu people CAN become abled—” this world isn’t real. everything is a choice made by humans. lol
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tw // SA
dean died? y’all talked about how marina should adopt pru. vic had an unwanted pregnancy? y’all said she should give the baby to marina. andy literally just got assaulted? y’all are mad she’s “cutting into” marina’s screentime.
#Station19
fandom get a grip challenge.
hello just popping in to add that i’ve muted this thread but will check back semi-regularly to reply to comments bc i love how much we all love oracle 🫶🏼 also i know i come off as kinda bitchy in the thread but i swear i’m nice and happy to answer any questions or just chat 💗
@gwynerso
i used to see ppl defend her being tossed aside because “she was just a civilian LI” and i think the root of the problem here is the same. like what’s “just” about being a nice, normal person 😭 not everybody needs to be a goddamn superhero to be an important character
i always forget that she went to the death match in her regular clothes. shiva was the one who dressed her in her batgirl costume before resurrecting her