Batgirl (2009) #3
Past and current (shh dc) batgirls at a night-sky-themed dinner function.
never bet against a librarian.
Oracle Week: Day Two - Badassery
Oh, I’m finished talking. Finished fearing you. Finished hating you.
you know why i don’t have handles on my wheelchair, grayson? i don’t like to be pushed.
And we bonded. Crazy bonded. I like to think we brought out the best in each other. So much so, it was like we were more than just partners - Birds of Prey #100
Steph: A guy asked me a question the other day… about why people run when things get tough. That’s easy - you can become someone else, wherever you land, right? Who’s gonna know the difference? So why stay? Why set yourself up for more failure? For more pain? Also easy - because we don’t know how to do anything else. So why stay? Why open yourself up to all the bad you’ve tried to leave behind? ‘The only variable you can control is yourself.’ You can forget who you are, or you can be who you want to be. That’s why you stay. You stay for a second chance.
Scarecrow: But if you stay, you’re forced to face yourself. No one is brave enough to face who they really are!
Steph: I am— Scarecrow: And who might that be?
Steph: I’m Batgirl.
Barbara: [monitoring from the Bat Cave] She just might be…
Batman Chronicles #5: Oracle Year One
I realized that the internet could be a mask as surely as any cowl. I could assume an identity —– and this time not a second-hand version of someone else. This would mine —– my mask, my shield — my persona.
dc challenge 52 // week 5: dream team ↳ an all female justice league
Batgirl #26 (2002)
Barbara Gordon in Batman: Hush
Barbara Gordon being a badass in Batgirl #1
i’m strong enough and smart enough for anything you throw at me.
babs in birds of prey #017 (2000)
a lot of the time it’s like you batguys want me to hold onto the past because you can’t get over it. understand—i have. i have a new life now. one i like—one that fulfills me. it’s not the same as the one i had before, but it’s good. maybe even better.
here’s babs judging you silently in the corner