OOC Information:
Name: Blissy
Age: 20
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IC Information:
Name: Stephanie Brown (current Batgirl)
Fandom: Batman - DC comics mainstream continuation
Timeline:Batgirl - Batman Reborn Series - volume three
Age: 18
Appearance: Steph is petite, blonde, and blue eyed. A total knockout in more ways than one. Her golden locks reach to a little below her shoulders and is usually swept up into a ponytail for classes and crime fighting. She’s only 5’6 and 125 pounds, but most of it is muscle. She's slender but not twig-thin, her muscles are well defined giving her a distinctly athletic appearance. She has a body strengthened from a rigorous training program started by Bruce Wayne, continued by Cassandra Cain, and now overseen by Barbara Gordon. When not in her new and improved Batsuit, she wears casual clothing: t-shirts, jeans, sweaters, tank tops, but rarely ever a skirt.
Abilities: The only abilities Steph possesses are above-average strength for a girl of her age and fitness level, self defense and basic gymnastic skills. She can hold her own in a fight and has been known to take down criminals twice her size. She has no superhuman abilities, only athletic abilities born from intense training. When wearing the Batsuit she has access to smoke bombs, batarangs, grappling hook, and some items used for detective work (Luminol, fingerprint kit, etc).
Personality: Steph’s personality has changed since the Black Mask incident. Where she was rash and impetuous before, she has now matured and calmed down a bit, pausing for five seconds before jumping into a dangerous situation instead of just jumping in. She is defiant as all hell and just as determined. She has an iron will and a good heart that guides her choices, even if they aren’t always the right ones. She’s not just a typical teenager. She has wisdom beyond her years that was gained the hard way. Years of abuse by her father seeded a hatred for him that drove her to seek justice by any means necessary, even if she has to defy her superiors to do so. She can be hot headed and sarcastic at times but she cares deeply for her friends and loved ones, often going to great lengths to protect them. She has an upbeat personality despite all the things she’s gone through and has fun doing what she does. She enjoys kicking butt and deals huge amounts of snark while doing it. She also has a bit of daddy complex, often seeking out male role models and trying her best to prove herself to them… or beating up bad guys to compensate.
History: Stephanie Brown was born in Gotham city to Arthur “the Cluemaster” Brown, a small time Batman villain, and Crystal Brown. She was their only child. Growing up with a villain for a father was a living hell. He was in and out of jail, constantly abused her and her over worked mother and Stephanie developed a deep hatred for him and all people like him and an admiration for his constant foil… Batman. It got even worse when her father got sick of being a small time crook and tried his hand at the big time.
Stephanie donned a homemade costume to leave Batman and the authorities clues about her father’s illegal activities. Essentially, she was spoiling his crimes and gave herself the name “Spoiler.” She used her gymnastic abilities to become a vigilante crime fighter and helped to ruin her father’s first real bank heist. She met Batman and Robin for the first time and after smashing Robin in the face with a brick after he unmasked her, she had to be stopped from killing her father and let the Batman take him away.
She continued her heroics when her father broke out of jail, saving Robin’s life in the process and earning a thank you kiss from the Boy Wonder. She started patrolling around the suburbs of Gotham, near her home, and took up crime fighting as a regular night time activity. Robin and Spoiler came into regular contact and because of this, attraction between the two grew (despite him already having a girlfriend and Steph not knowing his true identity). Robin eventually breaks up with his girlfriend and begins dating Stephanie as Robin, still not revealing his identity.
Stephanie finds out she is pregnant by an ex-boyfriend that fled Gotham after the Earthquake. Robin was very understanding about the whole situation and even took her to Lamaze classes under an assumed name. The two became even closer. Robin was relocated to keystone during the last few months of the pregnancy but made it to the hospital, with the help of Flash, to be by her side while she delivered a healthy baby girl. Stephanie gave the baby up for adoption, without even learning the gender, so that it wouldn’t have to grow up without a father and would have the life she could never give it.
Robin went missing not long after and Batman approached her, revealing Tim Drake’s identity, and asked for her help in locating him. Batman trained Spoiler for the mission and soon she was receiving regular training from him and the Birds of Prey. She also developed a close relationship with Cassandra Cain, the second batgirl. The two trained together and bonded over how bad their fathers were. They became best friends in no time.
Batman stopped training her abruptly when he was charged with murder and told her to hang up her cape. He also forbade Dinah, the Black Canary, from training her as well saying Steph didn’t have the skills or talent. Around the same time, she was told that her father had died. She cut ties with Tim and went on a vigilante rampage, targeting the Riddler to gather information on her father. She eventually found out that as bad as the Cluemaster was, he did love her in his own, sick way.
Tim’s father found out about him being Robin and forced him to stop. Stephanie snuck into the Bat Cave, angry at Tim, and demanded that Batman take her on as Robin. He reluctantly agreed, possibly to lure Tim back to the mantle. And so Stephanie Brown became the fourth Robin to fight crime alongside the Dark Knight. Unfortunately, it was a short-lived career and Steph was fired for messing up on the job. In an attempt at redeeming herself, Stephanie as Spoiler inadvertently started a city-wide gang war and was captured and tortured by the Black Mask (Roman Sionis). She managed to get to safety, despite her injuries, and was believed to have died in the hospital with Batman at her bedside, holding her hand.
In reality, Dr. Leslie Thompkins took Stephanie with her to Africa to recover and get her away from the dangers of Gotham. She realized she couldn’t stay away, that she didn’t want to run, and after saving the village from some voodoo guy, she returned to Gotham and resumed her Spoiler identity which led to a confrontation with Robin and a tearful reunion.
After the Batman: RIP and Battle for the cowl story arcs, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie’s best friend, stepped down as Batgirl and left the mantle to Stephanie. Now Steph has to juggle her freshman year at college, nights saving the city as Batgirl, and keeping her vigilante life secret from her mother. Luckily, she was able to win over Barbara Gordon, Oracle, and the two of them make a pretty good team.
Roleplay Sample - Log: It didn’t matter that Stephanie had a midterm in nine hours, or that she still had some homework to do. It didn’t matter that Stephanie should be at home, sleeping, like her mother thought she was. It didn’t matter that Stephanie still had three chapters to review and summarize for tomorrow. All that mattered right now was that Batgirl had a mission to complete, and so Steph took a backseat to the cowl.
Oracle was guiding her through the warehouse over her earpiece but Batgirl wasn’t really listening. There was too much on her mind and she was getting sloppy. Every thug she took out got at least one hit on her before being dispatched. Oracle was telling her to focus but she was pretty much on autopilot. Uppercut, roundhouse kick, a punch to the face so hard that it probably dislocated the guy’s jaw, all of them were pretty much reflexes. No matter how hard Batgirl tried to stay focus, she couldn’t help but think of Steph’s midterm, Steph’s homework, and Steph’s mom asleep at home. It was because of these thoughts that Batgirl was taken by surprise when Oracle suddenly shouted “Batgirl, behind you!”
“What?” She asked as she spun around to come face to face with a gloved fist. “Ah!” she stumbled backward and struggled to get her footing while evading more incoming punches. “You guys are really going all out, aren’t you? Didn’t your mommy tell you that it’s wrong to hit girls?” She asked between a few punches and kicks of her own, “Especially when those girls fight back!” She finished her sentence with a swift kick to the thug’s head. He went down hard.
“Ha. What’s next?” Steph asked, a smile spreading across her face. She confidently put her hands on her hips, her mind drifting back to the impending midterm, when suddenly there was a dull pain at the base of her skull and the floor rushed up to meet her. The last thing she heard before it all went black was a low voice speaking softly, “Nice of you to drop in.”
Roleplay Sample - Journal: I think I’m going to give up on relationships and men for the rest of ever. School is hard enough without having to worry about stupid boys. Stupid boys that go to Spain and won’t listen to reason or their adoptive big brothers. Maybe I’ll meet someone in class, not like I’ll have time to date them though, what with my secret double life! I wish Cass was here.
I need to punch someone. Hard. In the face.
Questions? Comments? Crazed and creative statements? Those go here. NINE PARAGRAPHS LONG! NINE!!!! … longest history I’ve ever written. Sorry, Mods.
Overall Info Rating: PG - NC17 depending on her mood
Death: Discuss beforehand please~
Smut: I'm up for it if you're up for it.
Yaoi - Het - Yuri: I doubt she's yuri for anyone but Cass, so let's go with Het
Relationships: see seperate post