#and then she brings this up to alysia like hey what's with these dumb people i ran into today and alysia's like ah.

[squireofgeekdom]

contemplating this further and i think this would also work - and potentially be better as - a 6 episode miniseries, to give it more space to breathe

this is distinct from what i'd do for cass in a more conventional multi season, 13 or, if we're truly returning to form, 26 episodes a season, which would be much different in both structure and tone. think episodic dramady/almost slice of life sort of vibes?

like, in a period where cass is operating in a city outside of but close to gotham, like in batgirl (2000) when she's running around in bludhaven, in that era where she's figuring out who she is as a civilian outside of being a superhero (while still being a superhero)

like, think something along the lines of season 1 of supergirl in terms of the combination of humor/drama/action, except rather than figuring out a superhero identity it's the reverse. (might even just call it cass wayne for that vibe) and like, I've only seen bits of a couple of unbreakable kimmy schmidt episodes but like, also that same grew up in horrible circumstances that left you totally unprepared for being in the world as a person, handled with a lighter tone. and since it's cass like, when she's out of step with social expectation or whatever 9 times out of 10 she's just like wow. sucks to suck. obviously i am doing this better than you. which I think is a delightful avenue to do comedy poking fun at stupid/absurd social norms - as well as like. give full rein to cass's canonical sharp sense of humor. (and other things from batgirl (2000) like her picking up things from tv, occasional obliviousness-to-the-point-of-comedy, etc) (my brain also keeps going to btvs as another point of reference in structure and tone)

also things like a running thread of cass struggling with and learning speaking and reading, and then getting very into reading ala batgirls. etc.

the batfam would show up as recurring characters but like, she'd have her own supporting cast. maybe alysia yeoh has coincidentally moved to the same city before cass does and barbara asks her to look out for her, so there's someone who knows cass in both civilian and superhero identity. but then of course, there's identity shenanigans with people cass befriends as a civilian (like her friend at the cafe in batgirl 2000) vs people befriends as a superhero (like the family with the vietnamese restaurant in batgirl 2024), and cass's frequently indifferent attention to maintaining a secret identity (potential for delightful comedy of people knowing who she is and pretending she is maintaining a secret identity anyway, potential for drama of people protecting her secret identity)

and of course there's still superhero action and being able to do more dramatic plotlines with shiva or cain or various batfam related conflict, and also potentially doing stuff with folks outside of the batfam, like with xanthe zhou in spirit world. and i'm of course picturing steph as the endgame love interest but with a multi-season show there would be some time for cass to explore different relationships

and of course your series finale ends with the flash forward to her taking on The Bat mantle

i am thinking... about a cass movie

it is just called 'the bat' and it is told nonlinearly over three different periods in cass's life