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i can’t tell if dick grayson or jason todd are a more accurate depiction of the female experience and it’s driving me mad

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John Constantine: Hellblazer: Dead in America, Issue 5

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In case y’all were wondering who that quote is actually from and to- this is something Cass has hallucination! Steph say to her when she thinks she’s dying. It’s the ultimate conclusion to why Cass does what she does and highly important to her, and absolutely nothing which should be attributed to two men who, whilst being brothers, generally can barely stand to be in the same room.

Anyway, read Batgirl (2000-2006). This is from issue 73.

DC Comics Incorrect Quotes Pt 235

Tim: Why does everyone I care about die?

Jason: Because... you care about everybody. And everybody dies.

Steph, to Damian: You carry yourself with the confidence of a much taller man.

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Actually, no.

You don’t get more eldest daughter than Harper Row.

The Fridged woman? Barbara Gordon (who only escaped it thanks to Kim Yale) and Stephanie Brown (whose fans have to constantly rally and scratch and fight to force DC to allow her to even show up as the support in somebody else’s story).

Other bat family characters who have stories which SPECIFICALLY encapsulate other experiences women have:

•Helena Bertinelli (survivor’s guilt, horrifically CSA, of struggling with anger and rage despite being told it’s not acceptable)

•Cassandra Cain (passive suicide ideation, depression, living with a mother who does not understand you despite you being incredibly similar, trying to copy other women because you’re not sure what femininity is but you’re sure you’re doing it wrong)

•Stephanie Brown (of always feeling like you’re the worst, that there’s some big joke on you that everybody else sees, teen pregnancy, on being preyed upon by an older man in your teens, a distant mother too heavily struggling with herself to help you, a violent angry father who hates you and that mother for bringing you into the world, in being told that ‘that doesn’t belong to you’ because of your femininity, being harmed by a man your family trusted, not feeling safe around men even when you know they’re good, your emotions and story always being centred around those you, being forgotten and sidelined because you’re seen as the disposable one)

•Selina Kyle (the experience of growing up poor and marginalized, in having to step up to look after your sister, in caring for your community even when it seeks to destroy you, in knowing just how disposable men in your life see you, in being blamed when you have to protect yourself)

•Kate Kane(when your hopes and dreams are ripped from you because you are a woman- a lesbian- and somebody else has decided that wrong, of presenting and existing as openly queer in a space which often defines women as a status symbol of the men they’re with, of losing your mother young and feeling like there’s a piece of you gone with her, of existing in a male dominated world and being told you’re play acting as one of them for being yourself, of being deified by people who do not know you- who still wish you harm and won’t listen even as they pretend to uplift you, of being your father’s rock and trying to hold him above the same waves that crumble of pieces of you, of being a sister who would do anything to save her sister)

•Leslie Thompkins (helping raise and love a baby boy as best you can and watching him turn dark and angry despite your best efforts, of trying to find a way around the violence and heartbreak around you and desperately failing because you can only do so much, of being the shoulder for everybody to cry on but having nobody willing to support you)

And there’s more. Women, sometimes written by men, but often saved by real life wonderful women such as Kim Yale and the fans who rallied constantly for Steph and Cass until DC had no choice but to bring them back. There’s nothing wrong in reading your experiences and life into any character, but ignoring the women whose stories actively engage with their gender for some canon cis het dude written by some cis het dude is wild.

i can’t tell if dick grayson or jason todd are a more accurate depiction of the female experience and it’s driving me mad

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i need to hunt Tom King for sport

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My Post Crisis Stephanie Brown reading list for y’all! [twit] [tt]

Best place to access (if you have the funds, can read digital, and it’s available in your country) is via the DCUI app. Subscription is less than 10£ a month, and gives you access to 27k different dc issues, including all of these ones.

If you have a public library system near you, you can go in via person, or use an app such as hoopla or Libby to access whatever issues they have.

Obviously, local comic shops (if you have any near you, I don’t) are also a potential for back issues and Tradebacks, though only the war games arc and Steph’s batgirl run have ever been included in those. Some also have online shops!

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The inspiration > the gear > the con ready look

(Given Steph’s original spoiler outfit was originally meant to be something she cobbled together from her gymnastics gear, her own sewing ability and father’s cast offs, I went for items which would could either be purchased as is or relatively easily made. I think her original fit was actually a leotard with tights underneath, but a full length suit with swim shorts over was personally a warmer option for me and it was 3 C/37 F outside, so I needed to also prioritize/consider my wellbeing and not just the aesthetic. I didn’t sew any of this due to limited time, but I’ll probably make the cape myself (with better colour matching) and get a better leg holster when I rework this. Everything in this can be found in a military surplus store, costume shop, and/or on major online resellers.)

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Some of y’all read the Robin (1993) comics Stephanie Brown appeared in with mind and eyes both tightly shut.

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Half-mask Mask Bats

Alternate cropping:

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Steph profile

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bestiess

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DAY 3: RED STRING OF FATE

i couldnt come up with anything cool so i just put a little red ribbon around them...im so sorry stephcass

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stephcass week day 3: red string of fate

on a chance encounter, years ago...

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this one’s super simple but i still think it’s really cute ^_^

@stephcass-week

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StephCass 2023 Day #1: Holding Hands

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day 3: red string of fate