The Steph-cuts-her-hair-short-because-it-bothers-her-under-her-Spoiler-mask to Steph-now-has-her-hair-just-hanging-there-loosely-getting-sweaty-under-her-hood-and-in-her-face pipeline saddens me.
I know it's not popular to obsess over practicality in superhero comics (And BQM even included a little jab at fans like me complaining about her hair in her Batgirl solo THANKS BRYAN) (the Babscowl bothers me less than her current look though because at least the cowl keeps it out of her face)
But the fact the comics showed her actively worrying about her hair:
Then deciding to go with a ponytail sticking out to deal with this:
THEN cutting it short to deal with it:
Just made her feel really real to me. It was one of the things that made me connect to her so hard, that she felt like a real teenage girl even in the minor details like that. And the fact this was all implied, she never SAID that the ponytail was to deal with her hair under the mask, she never SAID the hair being short was to help with the mask, it was just something you noticed if you remember that Robin #25 panel and connected the dots.
It also SAYS something about Steph. The fact she cut her hair for the sake of being Spoiler shows how much more she prioritizes her life as a superhero over her civilian life, and how she took it even more seriously as time passed. It also gave the implication she likes to be comfortable, which you could see extend to her choice in a really practical costume.
But that kind of started slowly disintegrating as time went on, and while teen me was dramatic about it, I do look back on it and be like, "man, I miss that careful continuity in the little details of her life".
