#but she may gain some popularity if readers knew her as the Batfam's scouter
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What interesting things do you think they can do with Stephanie to make her stand out from the other Batkids?
I feel like this deserves a deep analysis, but that will be for another day.
The most efficient way to make her stand-out will be to give her a story that's fully centered on her (with NO Cass or Tim for once, please) with a focus on her personal development and inner-conflict.
But that's basically impossible to get in modern-day, especially for a C-list character who's part of the "Batfamily" where everyone has only one personality trait. However, on surface-level, I think there's a lot of little gimmicks that I think they should bring back to make her presence in Gotham more unique for readers.
You know how back in the day she and her dad used to have those white-belts with capsule-thingy that can explode into sticky slime or even ruin guns? Bring it back and have it be her thing:
Also at first glance, I actually liked how she used to leave clues/riddles to help the police find criminals, it almost felt like she was the "reverse Cluemaster," but that was when she was an unprepared teenage girl. As a seasoned vigilante, I think it would be unnecessary for her to do this now, buuuuuut I wouldn't mind seeing glimpses of it in some stories if done right:
And this was mentioned only once before, but I thought the concept of her wanting to take care of the suburbs of Gotham because Batman and Robin were too focused on the inner-city to be very interesting? Gotham is a big city and we don't really have characters who are mostly stationed in the suburbs, so I wouldn't mind her taking this role again (give her Burnside as her personal region):
Also bring back that device that she stole from The Penguin that gave her the ability to turn invisible and make her the Batfam’s official scouter/information gather:
And you know what will go great with that role? Her listening-devices that she used to always use before the pre-52:
I also think that like the other Robins, she deserves an unofficial signature weapon since they mostly make her share a Bo staff with Tim and I humbly suggest nunchucks:
Also I love “SPOILER ALERT!” being her catchphrase, it's just a catchphrase, but they really should stick to it alongside other Spoiler puns:
Lastly, and this might come as a surprise to some, but I personally wouldn’t mind it if she was the token “breaks the 4th wall and talk to the audience” Deadpool-like character in Batman comics since we don’t have one of those already:
#stephanie brown#these may sound like small unimportant gimmicks#but you gotta realize that sometimes gimmicks is what makes characters recognizable in the first place#not everyone is gonna read all of her appearances#but she may gain some popularity if readers knew her as the Batfam's scouter#or the Batkid that can turn invincible and yells SPOILER ALERT!#or the Batkid that breaks the 4th wall and uses nunchucks#see little things like this can be helpful
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