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angel-gidget In reply to quwykxz [2012-10-22 21:04:35 +0000 UTC]

It is not my intention to "hate on her" as in whine about her endlessly. She was a Robin. She was inspirational to many. Just not to me. I didn't click with her because I didn't like the way she treated Tim, who was my favorite character. I know there's plenty of people who even dislike Tim for the same reason. I have art of her elsewhere in my gallery. I just don't ship it.

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quwykxz In reply to angel-gidget [2012-10-23 20:44:09 +0000 UTC]

Fair enough. I wasn't trying to blame you or anything like that, it's just that I've seen too many people treat Steph like she was a disposable character, when she was actually a pretty vital part of the Bat-Family for a while, either as Spoiler, Robin, or Batgirl.
As far as the relationship thing goes, I blame the writer(s); it seems like they were too lazy to research the character, and therefore ended up writing her treating Tim in a manner which went very much AGAINST her character and the normal way she would react (when scripted by a competent writer who actually cares for the characters he/she's writing)...

Having said that, there's obviously no way I should or would blame you for not having the Steph that was completely screwed up by the writers as part of your Robin 'ships, but I have to say that I still believe that the original, "real" Steph was a great partner/LI for Tim .

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angel-gidget In reply to quwykxz [2012-10-25 00:02:53 +0000 UTC]

Many people who ship them seem to feel that Steph's big virtue is that she could balance Tim out by being laid-back where he was uptight. There were things that Tim took seriously that Steph didn't. That didn't feel like balance to me. It felt kind of disrespectful. I felt like she tended to dismiss his feelings on a lot of things: Ariana, Batman's issues, vigilante rules, etc. I didn't like that. I get that some people did.

I know that some people felt that not telling Tim about her faked death and the trip to Africa was OOC, but while I felt it was extreme, I didn't feel like it clashed that much with the Steph I knew. Their "breakup" felt natural to me, like the older Tim just wouldn't take as much crap from people anymore, be it Steph or Bruce or Dick.

I actually came much closer to actually liking Steph post-breakup, because she was interacting more with other characters. I liked her dynamic with Damian, for instance.

Those are my basic thoughts. They did have cute moments, for sure, but I like them better as separate characters.

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quwykxz In reply to angel-gidget [2012-11-01 08:54:28 +0000 UTC]

Agreed on the Africa situation thing, and I certainly see your point regarding everything else.

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angel-gidget In reply to hideseekkeep [2011-06-19 22:21:41 +0000 UTC]

D'awwww.

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angel-gidget In reply to Falkenkralle [2011-04-03 21:24:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Yes, Darla was creeper, but she entertained me. As for Cassie, I actually think the time they dated has helped make them better friends. But that may just be me.

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angel-gidget In reply to kadenfukuyama [2011-04-03 06:46:26 +0000 UTC]

Oh tragic, indeed! Thanks!

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Yob3 In reply to angel-gidget [2011-06-03 19:13:19 +0000 UTC]

Amen!!! I love the impossible ships!

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