all hands, brace for impact

[usuallyhats]

So Steph is returning to the DCU. That is a thing that is happening unless they swap her out for Babs at the last moment again. And I don't know how to react. I mean, she's my favourite, hands down, but... the DCnU is just such an unappealing universe to me. And a lot of that is because of how broken the Batfamily is, which obviously impacts on Steph a LOT. And some more is the "no-one can be happy, hope is not allowed" tone, which is basically the opposite of what I liked about Steph's Batgirl run. And even more is the fact that so many characters are still missing: CASS, Oracle, Helena B., Dinah Laurel Lance, Zinda, Renee (who technically still exists, at least), and so on. I really love Steph's preboot relationships with Damian, Oracle and Cass, and it's not looking likely that we'll get to have any of that. (And also Tim Drake is a completely different character now, so who knows how that'll work out.) ARGH I DON'T KNOW. Also I just basically don't trust DC to do good things anymore, is what it comes down to.

(I'm also really frustrated that we went through all that rigmarole with her (and Cass) being forbidden to appear in Smallville and Li'l Gotham, and all those writers being told they couldn't use her because reasons (I do not believe that DC was planning this all along, and even if they were, that still doesn't explain why she was banned from out of continuity stuff), all for... what?)

BASICALLY IT IS PAST MY BEDTIME AND I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS. D: