Batgirl discovers that there is light in the deepest abyss and finds answers about her tormented past.
Everybody knows what it is the tragic origin that changed the life of Bruce Wayne in a very drastic way. The reason that motivated bruce wayne to become the Dark Knight was that his parents were killed by the criminal Joe Chill when he was just a kid. These events had a profound effect on the young man’s life, changing his course forever. However, Batman is not the only member of the Bat Fatmilia to be affected by a similar tragedy. The batgirl of Barbara Gordon she was also dragged to hell by the criminals of the city of Gothambut unlike the Dark Knightcould see the light, and it all comes down to a chance meeting which Bruce was never lucky enough to receive.
Batgirl discovers that there is light in the deepest abyss and finds answers about her tormented past.
On the trail of the high society villain aka Grotesquein the comic Batgirl #7, made by Gail Simone, Adrian Syaf, Alitha Martinez and Vincente Cifuentes, Batgirl managed to recognize one of her thugs. In this sense, Danny Weaver was one of the thugs of the jokerone of the main villains of DC, who accompanied him the night in which put a bullet in his spineconfining her to a wheelchair for three long years.
Joker shoots a smiling Barbara Gordon
Stunned by the sudden recognition and still struggling with post-traumatic emotions from the accident that left her sitting in a wheelchair, Batgirl lets Weaver go, calming her desire for revenge. With such a monumental event still looming over his head, the sudden confrontation manifests his deepest fears. Despite the fact that tragedy is at the core of the spirit of the bat family, something that is generally boosts your inner darkness and your resistance to evil. Nevertheless, the batgirl encounter with Weaver gives you a route back to the path of light.
Using her recognition of tracking down Danny to get closer to her boss, Batgirl wins another confrontation with her former attacker. So when she turns on GrotesqueSaving her and being mortally wounded in the process, Batgirl finds twisted solace in the moments that follow moments after. The chance to see the tragedy and the redemption of her own attacker got her out of it. This was an opportunity that was never offered to Batman..
Barbara Gordon is one of Batman’s main allies.
At the moment when the heroine of DC Batgirl learning that it was Weaver himself who called the emergency services that saved his life the day he was shot, he manages to see light in the depths of the abyss. By confronting it so directly and learning that the abyss is not a simple darkness. Batgirl finds out it’s not so bad as at first it could seem nothing more than a complex network of lights and shadows. Batman it has never been able to discover that light from the abyss. Through her experience with Weaver, he is able to protect that place of light within her from going blindly into a road laden with desolation and despair.
Sometimes it is said that the villains are also victims and in some cases it may be true. The moment you are faced with such utter and senseless darkness, as in the case of Batman, it can be all too easy to lose faith. fortunately for Barbara Gordon, Danny Weaver’s discovery allowed her to preserve this sense of faith in a way that has made her a hero. But perhaps most importantly, his refusal to succumb to the dark it allows her to be a beacon of hope to those around her. Although the main allies of Batman were born in total darkness, they are flashes of light like Barbara Gordon those who keep the fire burning.