For the character ask, Steph??
So this is from a set of asks from MONTHS ago that I’m JUST now getting to I’m so sorry y’all. I realized the reason I put them off was bc they required a bit more Thought that I was willing to put into them at the time (but that I’ve found the spell slots for now at least)
I won’t be accepting any new characters for this ask meme at this time! Just answering the ones I have in my inbox over the course of the rest of this week! Thanks y’all!
So without any further ado~
Favorite thing:
Stephs tenacity is something that time and time again I admire so much. “No” is simply NOT in her vocabulary. It’s an answer she refuses to accept. She’s willing to put in 120% into anything she makes her mind up about, Damn the consequences. And tbh? It’s something I just love abt her to pieces
Least favorite thing:
Moreso a fandom thing, but obvsly any time she’s left out of a Robin line up aksja. She did not DIE to be ignored. She was INTENDED to STAY DEAD just as much as Jason was! (& I’m so glad that she was brought back anyways but yknow) it’s just something Important to me and the ways that some fans will approach her just... rubs me wrong
Favorite line:
“It’s only the end if you want it to be.” Just hits me SO HARD. Her run was so short and KNOWING in the meta sense that she was abt to be erased from the continuity, even for as short of a time as it ultimately ended up being ;-; idk man. It just HITS
Friend-Ships: LOVE when ppl explore her platonic relationships with diff batfam members ofc! would’ve loved to see maybe her and Charlie (Misfit) hanging out post-resurrection? Also in a BoP Jr group maybe lmao. Uhhh I liked that one issue when she and Klarion hung out, that one was rlly fun akdjaksj
Romantic-Ships: I think Tim/Steph is Important & I appreciate it as a Young Love thing, but I totally get why most ppl don’t ship it or don’t ship it beyond the canon points. Tbh. I don’t want it explored any further than that either lmao. I think I’ve made it pretty obvs I love Steph/Cass and Steph/Rae more anyways uhh can’t think of many others tho ahhh
Don’t Ship:
I got recommended a Dami/Steph group chat here on Tunglr™️ once and snakes began manifesting in my house. The grossest part was that a big-name batblog was part of that group too so yknow 🤢🤢🤢 (if anyone wants to know who I’ll give it privately but anyways suffice it to say I blocked all those ppl in that chat immediately)
Random Headcanon:
When Steph’s getting her bachelors she briefly considers an Engineering/Geology dual major (bc IMAGINE the improvements she could make to the Firewall or even relocating/expanding it?) but long-term I don’t see it panning out/holding her interest
Unpopular Opinion:
Ultimately I do like the idea of her becoming more detached from the Bats and going her own way. Whether that means doing something in the med field or even just doing part-time private investigative work (ala next Question ofc) I love Steph & her place in the batfam is never going to change in the wider fanon eye. But personally? I’d like to see her step more away from them as she grows. She fought so hard for her place but imagine the GROWTH that would show on her part in just... recognizing that she has nothing to prove to them ultimately.
Song I Associate with them:
Listening to Neon Tree’s “Trust” gave me Steph vibes that I can’t exactly explain but like... idk. I just Feel her and her struggles (esp Spoiler/Robins days-wise) in it? That chorus esp just hits a little different from the perspective of Steph who’s JUST “returning from the grave” too I think.
Fav pic of them:
Detective #796 is a work of art in many ways but ESP in the fact that all of the watercolor perspectives are put there with such PURPOSE to only be in “color” when Zsasz in “zeroing in” on a potential victim and yet in This Panel Steph is REFUSING to give up without a proper fight! She’s been thru hell by this point in the story of this issue and she’s coming back at Zsasz TRIUMPHANTLY here! She’s not a victim, SHE is the VICTOR.