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cass cain angst for @arcaneprism!! TYSM FOR DONATING THIS TO @dcforgaza you spoil me

original poem from this video! i really want to do more of the poem (adding in lady shiva too) but i got burnt out. anyways, i love angst and i love cass

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this is ancient lol but i like steph

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I do think Cass and Shiva and what they owe to each other is an interesting conversation because one thing that the new run has danced around without diving into is that Cass was conceived via rape. Shiva did not want Cass, she was coerced. Once she gave birth to Cass and Cain set her free, there was a responsibility to try and get help so that someone could rescue Cass from Cain, but we don't actually know if Shiva tried, or how hard she might have tried. All we know is that she left and became Shiva.

But I'd argue that's as far as responsibility goes. Shiva does not owe Cass motherhood, she didn't owe her a life where she was there to raise her. Cass was owed the same safety and security every child should be owed, but how much of that responsibility should fall on someone who was just as much a victim of the situation as Cass? And I do think Cass understands and accepts this. Much as she wanted a regular mother, Shiva cannot be that for her, and the fault for that lies entirely with David Cain.

It's one of those complicated situations that I think a lot of fans struggle with, because they want to blame Shiva for being neglectful and absent and not caring about Cass as a parent should. But Shiva did not choose to have that child. It was forced on her at gunpoint and with the threat of death. Nor could Shiva just up and leave with Cass, or she would have done so months earlier to get an abortion ASAP. When it comes to judging Shiva for her parenting skills I do wish this angle was considered more before people write her off as cruel and uncaring and a bad mom. Because she's just... Not that lol. And villainizing her for not wanting and loving a child she was raped and forced to give birth to just doesn't sit right with me. The complicated grey area in her motherhood is abandoning Cass to David. The lack of maternal care once they meet again is not the issue at all. Sad for Cass certainly, but it's Cain's fault in the end, not Shiva's.

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Why the [skibidi] they gave Cass, who's now BATGIRL, that ugly Orphan suit? 😭😭

Absolute Power #2 (DC, August 2024) variant cover by Nathan Szerdy

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I really liked how this one turned out🖤

(For those keeping up with the “Non-negotiable HCs I have” series — up next: Cass✨)

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ULTIMATE MATORAN UNIVERSE

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Well, I'm bored, so here's my crack pitch for a trilogy of books for Cassandra Cain.

This will be a comic series set in the Dark Multiverse. I know everything related to this is water under the bridge within DC continuity, as I think many of the plots are wrapped up with their respective events and such… (honestly, I haven't followed the comics that much), but still, this is an idea I had the other day, and no matter what, I want to put it here and write it, like simple, silly ideas in the air.

THE CASS TRILOGY

"Warning":

This trilogy is much more intended to be "goofy": In the sense that it seeks more epic moments, as well as conflicts and more "metal" action than complex plots, so there will be quite a few exaggerations here that, possibly and certainly, won't be to everyone's taste - since I want to focus on giving Cass her leading role within the typical events with exaggerated power scales.

Likewise, since this has a stupidly epic focus, some decisions may be "poorly written," but that's part of the point since this is a "crack pitch."

Technical info:

Writers:

For Book 1: Ram V & Deniz Camp

For Book 2: Al Ewing & Scott Snyder

For Book 3: Jason Aaron, Al Ewing & Kelly Thompson

Artists:

Pencilers: Devmalya Pramanik ; Paolo Traisci, Emma Rios & Daniel Acuña

Colorists: Rachelle Rosenberg, Adriano Lucas

Cover art: Esad Ribic

· BOOK 1: Daughter of the Moon.

It begins with a jokerized evil Batman from the Dark Multiverse, who is about to try to kill the Batfamily; however, Cassandra intervenes, leading to a long and tense fight in which Cass has no choice but to finish him off to stop the situation and prevent an escalation - since, besides, she would have succumbed to rage, being able to take into account any Batfamily casualties that would have driven her to anger.

I know it may seem inappropriate for Cassandra to kill, because after all, for her, there's nothing worse. And, as a fan of hers, I understand her character well enough to know that something like that would be out of place—that there could have been many alternatives, like searching for a cure—but what I'm looking for is to push her into a complex situation, where she reconsiders all the options that could have been taken… And, what's more: Now she's wanted, as many of the great heroes seek to neutralize her, considering her a threat.

This is how she becomes "hunted" by Amanda Waller's various government groups. Even the Justice League is after her, and let's remember: Cassandra isn't like Bruce, being a jack-of-all-trades; she doesn't possess his immense versatility, but here she develops it to elude the heroes, searching for a plan.

In the end, she proves the truth, but she is deeply consumed by her guilt, which is why, uprooted from the mantle of the Bat, she adopts the Huntress legacy to redefine it.

Just because she took another life and is now a Huntress doesn't mean she'll get her hands dirty again; quite the opposite. Here, she seeks new alternatives to work within the vigilante force and avoid cruel punitiveness, working alongside Oracle and other heroes with great power over the world to rebuild the system as best they can, which is difficult.

· Book 2: Bat-Hunt.

Several months after the end of the previous book, Cassandra seems to have established greater order, even achieving "crime-free week," a period in which no crime or criminal activity occurred in Gotham for a week. However, the world is much bigger, and a small squad of Dark Knights from the Dark Multiverse attempts to invade this world.

Cassandra repels the invasion, this time without lethal force, and realizes that her homeland isn't the only one in danger, which is why, along with the JL, she decides to travel through different universes to "hunt" the Dark Knights.

Her hunting method isn't lethal, no, it's based rather on preventing the catalysts that lead these Batmen to become villains, and on neutralizing and purging those who have succumbed to the antics of the dark multiverse itself.

It's not an idea I have fully developed, but I thought of it as a mix of Ewing's Ultimates with Hickman's Illuminati, but with a more grounded approach.

At the end of this comic, she becomes Batman.

· Book 3: BAT-CRISIS

Yes, I know it's not the most original name, but this book is basically… The epitome of nerdy, hardcore, and metal, which makes it a bit silly and goofy. Well, here I want to feature the typical Cassandra, buffed up and with mega-powers, all for the fun of it.

The Darkness Knight—or, at least, an equivalent version of it adapted to this story (which is ultimately an Elseword)—endangers the entire cosmos, leading Cassandra to confront him, although to do so she needs much more, having to gather different powers—being a bit of a typical allusion to the power-ups the trinity has received in this kind of event:

Power of Shazam (a bit like in DCeased)

Shining-Shade Energy: A mixture of the darkness of the Aboriginal, emerging as a shadow from the great light of creation, this being the balance of light and darkness.

K: An emanation of "the ideas of the gods" materialized in the form of a new metal (superior to the tenth metal) impregnated with anti-crisis energy, allowing Cassandra to make all the milestones, legends and stories of The Bats a divinity upon which she embodies her will.

Finally: Thanks to all the emotions she feels, and the way she torments and forgives herself, she obtains all the lantern rings, becoming a white lantern to be: "The Brightest/Whitest Knight."

"I had the will to end my father's life, I wish I hadn't. From that day on, I was consumed by rage, to this day, still raging for a different future - only I can save the world - still clinging to hope, the hope of my family. I love… I love Steph, and that's why I'm pouring my heart and soul into this fight, so that she or anyone else will never have to get their hands dirty - so that they won't ever fear getting theirs dirty for justice, because only a world of compassion will remain."

Yes. I know this ended being less more than a shitty cosmic fic..... But that's what I wanted, to make some cosmic-epic-goofy-silly book for Cass !

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Batgirl 2000 #49 / Confessional by Sue Zhao / Batgirl 2000 #49 / syzygy-yzygy on Tumblr / Batgirl 2000 #46 / Batgirl 2000 #1 / Batgirl 2000 #46 / Eighth Grade by Bo Burnham / Batgirl 2000 #67 / Batgirl 2000 #39 / These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever / Batgirl 2000 #67 / Lady Bird (2017) / Batgirl 2000 #2 / Batgirl 2000 #67 / Gilmore Girls / Batgirl 2000 #4 / Batgirl 2000 #54

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crimson and clover

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...Why does everyone I care about die?

Batgirl (2000) #2 // #14 // Batman & Robin Eternal #26 // Detective Comics (2016) #940 // Batgirl (2000) #58 // Batgirl (2024) #6 // Batman (1940) #567 + Batgirl (2000) #73

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rosecass auuughh

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joseba eskubi paintings that make me feel crazy!!

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joseba eskubi paintings that make me feel crazy!!

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wlw appreciation week-day 2: noncanon wlw ship

stephanie brown/cassandra cain from batgirl (2000) #28

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bleeding heart doves

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I'm sitting here watching this youtuber stream The Game Awards and at some point the topic of Batman comes up and she mentions how she's a huge Lady Shiva fan and loves that Origins made it so Batman couldn't beat Shiva I guess (I never played that far into the game). She then says "Batman should never be able to beat Shiva, maybe Tim Drake, but not Batman."

hahaha I don't talk in chat, but ppl were confused and she went on about how underrated Tim is as a Robin. Of course she went on about how she just knows cause she's a comic book reader.

Look I don't expect the gamers in her chat to bring up Cass cause you want a real underrated/underrepresented batfam she's one of them (I get why the comic book/batfam community doesn't think so but bring her up outside the bubble we live in and you'll see) but for a self proclaimed massive fan of Shiva to not say at least "Shiva's daughter is at best her only true equal if I wanna be nice" or something is hilarious to me.

Oh well maybe someday Cass will get the recognition. Also hopefully more games use Shiva cause unbeatable bosses is kinda the cool thing right now so doing a soulslike Batman that's just one boss, Shiva that's truly unbeatable sounds hilarious to me.