ORACLE, COME BACK. (Nu!DC Comics. Or possibly DCnU.)

[scrollgirl]

Oh, my God. I thought I didn't give a damn about the DCU reboot since I haven't been actively following since Infinite Crisis, but then I wandered over to

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[kita0610]

Ok, I know your heart is in the right place but something about this post bothered me all night long and so here I am

[scrollgirl]

It doesn't make him special, or heroic. It doesn't make him anything but a guy who has a really shitty thing happening to him, who's handling it as best he can.
Okay, I see what you're saying. I guess the thing about Babs being heroic and being in a wheelchair is that it's not like one thing led to another, either her being heroic leading her to be in a wheelchair or her being in a wheelchair leading her to be heroic. I mean, yes, her being in a wheelchair shaped the kind of crime-fighter she was going to be, but she always had the heart/calling for it. In as much as she is a fictional character, I think her becoming Oracle was a de-fridging... but maybe that's not the best way to express it? As though she's somehow better because she's in a wheelchair? I can see how that'd be offensive.

And the implications that someone shouldn't - or shouldn't *want* that, just so that there can be diversity or to prove to the public that being in a wheelchair doesn't suck- I just. It makes me very uncomfortable. You're right, and I'm sorry for

[kita0610]

Thanks for listening and trying to get it. I really do appreciate that.

*hugs*