We all know that due to the Insane Joker Barbara Gordon had to give up being Batgirl since she was paralyzed from waist down and Oracle was born in Birds Of Prey she revealed a intelligent side on computers even that she could speak to them due to Brainiac's attack but what if Barbara wasn't attacked by the Joker or if she was cured by a miracle do you think she would claim back her place as Batgirl or remain as Oracle where would she go ?
Barbara Gordon
Character » Barbara Gordon appears in 4183 issues.
Barbara Gordon was the first modern age Batgirl until she was brutally shot by the Joker, rendering her paralyzed from the waist down. Barbara reinvented herself as Oracle, providing intelligence to the DCU heroes and leading the Birds of Prey. She has recently become Batgirl once again to protect Gotham City.
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She had already retired as Batgirl, when she was paralyzed, so I figure she would have still been Oracle or taken a job at the GCPD, following in her father's footsteps(no pun intended)
Barbara has grown up now, she's become her own self 'Oracle' and has evolved from Batgirl
so I wouldn't be happy if she went back to Batgirl, she deserves to be her own person. (:
I like how she has progressed over the years. Oracle seems natural to me.
" Barbara has grown up now, she's become her own self 'Oracle' and has evolved from Batgirl so I wouldn't be happy if she went back to Batgirl, she deserves to be her own person. (: I like how she has progressed over the years. Oracle seems natural to me. "Agreed. The Oracle should be seen as an evolution from her identity as the Batgirl, imo. Besides, wouldn't someone like the Oracle be a massive help to this 'Batman Inc.' that's being formed?
" @Cherry Bomb said:Yeah definately (: plus, I think it'd be weird if a grown woman is going around saying Batgirl XD" Barbara has grown up now, she's become her own self 'Oracle' and has evolved from Batgirl so I wouldn't be happy if she went back to Batgirl, she deserves to be her own person. (: I like how she has progressed over the years. Oracle seems natural to me. "Agreed. The Oracle should be seen as an evolution from her identity as the Batgirl, imo. Besides, wouldn't someone like the Oracle be a massive help to this 'Batman Inc.' that's being formed? "
But yeah, it's a necessary evolution. Cassie evolved to Batgirl and is now her own character. Steph was Spoiler and then Batgirl and will evolve again in the future. (:
Granted, I'm not gonna lie...I wanna see her beat up a bunch of generic bad guys or something on her wheelchair...just once :P She still trains to keep in shape and all..." @Cherry Bomb: i know right she's my favorite character :D if she would have never been shot she would have stayed as Batgirl but would probably evolve like Dick Grayson and yeah I know it would be funny at that age being Batgirl she would have changed eventually . Oracle is awesome though "
If she was cured, I still think she'd be Oracle or some persona like that. It's what I love about the Batman characters, they all evolve, they're not static.
Dick Grayson into Robin, into Nightwing, into Batman
Jason Todd into Robin, into dead, into the Red Hood
Tim Wayne into Robin, into Red Robin,
Damian Wayne into little d-bag into Robin the boy d-bag
Batman into Batman into Time Traveling Batman into Batman the Franchise? Yeah....
I think for Barbara to become Batgirl again would be a step backward. She is so efficient and valuable as Oracle. If anything, I would rather see her expand her "services" to--say--the police department, public, or on a global scale. How this could be done, I don't have the brains to concoct, but . . . you get what I'm saying. If she were to be "cured," she would need to be moving forward, using both her skills as a computer genius AND crime-fighter to do good.
And, just FYI, I don't see her as the kind of person to quit for any reason, so retirement is out of the question. :3
1. Barbara Gordon is too old to be Batgirl. It's like asking Richard Greyson to become Robin again.
2. Isn't Oracle
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