themomentstealer | SHAKING AND CRYING (Reply)

I regret to interrupt our regularly (HAHA) scheduled programming, but this is something that I have been waiting for for years, and letting it pass me by would be an insult to all those angry rants and aborted hopes.

So here it is, in all its undiluted glory.

Tomorrow, Red Robin #17 comes out. In this issue's story, Tim goes to Hong Kong for some reason I don't particularly give a crap about because --

CASS IS BACK CASS IS BACK CASS IS BACK LOOK AT HER!

She's got a little bit of the Scandal Savage look going on, but that's perfectly fine. At least her ripoff costume's way cooler than Tim's ripoff costume. I don't particularly appreciate the ninja look for political reasons (not all Asians are ninjas, okay? And if I remember it right, Cass is half-Vietnamese. Aoi dai?), but it does look badass.

Little bit of Batgirl history for those who, y'know, have lives outside of comic books: Cassandra Cain is the second (well, third if you count Helena's short-lived career under the cowl) Batgirl, the first Asian member of the Bat Family, the daughter of Lady Shiva and assassin David Cain, and the adopted daughter of Bruce Wayne, whom some of you may know as the Batman.

Raised by an assassin to become the world's finest little assassin, Cassandra was taught to understand body language and did not speak until she one day happened to pass by and save Jim Gordon's life. The Bat family took her in and she soon became popular enough to have her own series, where she grows as a crime fighter and, most importantly, as a person.

However, Adam Beechen came along and screwed all that up by turning her evil and giving her the power to read Navajo, which sounded just as WTF for me as it probably does for you. Due to what I'm sure is politics over at DC, Cassandra was made to give over the mantle of Batgirl to her best friend, Stephanie, who makes an excellent and relatable Batgirl, don't get me wrong, but she isn't Cass.

Cass then disappeared from the world and was promptly forgotten by everyone who loved her, because apparently Babs, Steph, Tim and the rest of the Bat Family are a bunch of heartless dicks.

Until DC realized that the surprisingly multitudinous (I am so happy I got to use this word) Cassandra Cain fans were not going to take this appalling treatment lying down. They've been waffling around making grand statements about Cass's comeback for years, trying to cover their asses. I am not awake enough to write about it, so I redirect the curious to this, this, and this site, if they want to know how DC screwed things up with Cass.

CASS I HAVE MISSED YOU SO MUCH TT______TT

nowgomakeoutwithtim

You know what you're going to get tomorrow once I put my grubby hands on a copy of this baby.

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Sidebar, I watched Glee (2.06) today. I didn't feel like clawing my eyes out (SHOCK AND AWE). Do I take this as a sign that things are turning for the better or is this merely lulling me into a false sense of security?

Stay tuned.