#Steph has virtually no supportive adults in her life (her gym coach is added later. and also deals coke in that same issue. so) | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

gothamite-rambler · 1 day ago

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Jason's on the side lines like "What the fuck? You broke like that?!"

And Stephanie shrugs her shoulders saying "He's got a point, plus not killing my dad is much more... Satisfying because he knows that I was close to doing it."

Hi hello I will forever be thinking about how close Steph came to straight up murdering her dad during her debut

#PREV i think all the time abt what batman says to steph here #bc already 'destroyed' is a really interesting way to refer to Stephs life and tje consequences of arthurs abuse #but Steph is a person who's both constantly put down AND oft times puts herself down #we're never given any indication of what she wants to do/be when she grows up (partially bc she's a side character-#-who only has as much inner life as serves the story BUT SHHH lemme use this real quick for characterization reasons)#when she's pregnant she says she must be a disappointment to her mom and while that's in a specific context #i think it's not completely unsubstantiated to say she might've felt that way pre-pregnancy too #Steph has virtually no supportive adults in her life (her gym coach is added later. and also deals coke in that same issue. so)#Batman saying that Steph's life isn't destroyed (and also validating the fact that Arthur DID hurt her-#-something no one but Steph seems to acknowledge (crystal at this point still enables him and steph seems to have no one else to-#-confide in)#might've been the first time in recent memory that someone treated Steph as if #a) she had a future b) she was a victim and c) she had enough worth to preserve said future (by not getting a rap sheet)#erm idk if i worded this well but YEAH had a lot of thoughts about this line wayyy back when i initially read the issue #but seeing this post and prev tags reminded me

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