#idk enough about Jason to know if he'd kill his dad or not - but before new52 he'd kill most criminals so steph wouldn't be on board

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Fanon steph is mostly sue to either woon over her partner, eat waffles and make vine and meme refrences. She's like the "fun relatable" one

Hmm, i feel like that's somewhat similar to her Batgirl run, but y'all are really missing the point with the waffles - she eats them as a sign of reconciliation with her mother (which is a relationship she nearly lost due to the whole Leslie took her to Africa to heal for years kind of thing). She also eats them with Barbara while they talk and such. Mashed potatoes are her favorite food according to Robin 1993.

She is more lighthearted than the other characters, so i can see where the fun thing came from - but similarly to how Dick is portrayed in group settings that's not all their is to their personalities. Odd similarities on that front - both were tortued, died and were shipped off across the world to remain undercover. Steph has a villain father, and her mom used to be an addict, she was pregnant at 15 and gave up the baby for adoption, and Bruce treated her like a chess piece - a pawn to get his rook (Tim) back as Robin. She's happy and sometimes silly in Batgirl sure, but that's likely the result of years of therapy (I'm assuming Leslie had that as part of the death situation).

As for swooning, i guess i can see it in Robin 1993 to some extent, but that's Chuck Dixon writing about how he thinks a 15-16 year old girl would act and he made her prolife so idk i don't take it as gospel for the character. She still also has issues with her father in the run, but like it does sometimes come off to me as if she's just there to be a source of drama for Tim to deal with (narratively wise). She definitely swoons over Tim at first but by Batgirl she definitely is over the "swooning" phase.

Honestly i wish fandom would explore her relationship with Damian more, and maybe Dick because they've had that shared experience (now that everythings canon I'm guessing she remembers that), and of course Barbara and Cass as her mentor and best friend (and maybe bring back Wendy too). I've only read a few things with Steph, but Put All Your Faults to Bed by hauntedlittledoll is my favorite and features Steph and Damian. Idk i think there are platonic relationships on the batfam that are worth exploring more, her and Damian being one of them - she's someone who also sees him as a child first, and while he's older than her child would be, maybe sometimes she looks at Dick and Damian (and their age gap of almost 15 years) and wonders if she had kept her child, is that where she would be. Anyways now I'm making myself sad so I'll stop.

Edit: i just realized i categorized Steph and Cass as best friends when i ship them, but not in a swoony way