Intsapho edityanisiweyo edibeneyo kule veki, ngaphandle kweyodwa: Masingayilibali iBatgirl Cassandra Cain

Enye yezona zinto zibonakaliswe ngokulula kwimizekelo yesini kwiNew 52 echaphazelekayo yeyiphi kubalinganiswa abahlanu ekuthiwa nguRobin kunye nabalinganiswa abathathu ababizwa ngokuba nguBatgirl abakwenze oku kuqhubeka. Inqaku lokuhlela licacisele abalandeli ukuba iiBatgirls ezimbini ziyakucinywa kwisimo ukuze eyona ibalulekileyo, uBarbara Gordon, abuyiselwe kwisinxibo, ukwenza izinto zibe lula kubafundi abatsha. Nangona kunjalo, kwelinye igumbi lokutshixa iBatcave, bonke abalinganiswa abangamadoda abebengoRobin baziswa kwi-52 entsha, ngaphandle kwendalo iphela enobunzima beminyaka emihlanu ukusuka ekuveleni kokuqala kukaBatman.

Kule veki ndibone omnye wabo bafazi (umonakalisile Batman # 28)UStephanie Brown, owesithathu uBatgirl kunye nowesine uRobin, buyela kwiikhomikhi njengeUmchithikwimbonakalo ye-sneak yebali elilandelayo le-arc ukuya kwi-Gotham City kunye nezihloko ezinxulumene neBatman. Kwaye ngelixa ndichulumancile kakhulu ukumbuyisa, ndinexhala ngoCassandra Cain, umntu wokuqala webala ukujoyina iBatfamily, ngoku inguBatgirl wokugqibela ohleli ebhentshini namanye amaqhawe ama-52 ashiyekileyo.

Ngaphandle : Kungangcono, nangona kungenjalo, ukuchaza uCass njengokuphela kweBatgirl okanye uRobin ongakwaziyo ukupasa umbala omhlophe. UDick Grayson, owokuqala uRobin, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, lilifa lemveli lamaRomani; kwaye ngelixa kunqabile ukuba atsalwe ngendlela ebonisa oko, uDamian Wayne, oyena Robin mvanje, unemvelaphi exubeneyo yama-Arabhu namaTshayina kwicala likanina.

Ndiyakholelwa xa umntu omnye obhinqileyo efumana ithuba lokubonakala ngokubanzi kumzi-mveliso, impikiswano akufuneki ibe yeyokuba omnye umntu obhinqileyo ufanelwe kukujongwa ngakumbi (ndijonge kuwe, abalandeli beCaptain Marvel ababediliza uMhlolokazi Omnyama emva kokugqibela Amarhe ngefilimu yakhe eyedwa). Eyona mpendulo intle ilungile, ngoku nayo [lo omnye umlinganiswa]. Ukucaphula i-Tumblr yeka: Kutheni kungenjalo zombini? Kukwayinto embi ukugxotha uCassandra Cain noStephanie Brown ngenxa yokuba, xa babekho kwindalo enye, babengabahlobo abasenyongweni.

UCass noSteph bobabini bakhule ngootata abahlukumezayo (nangona kunjalo inqanaba lokuphathwa gadalala Ngokuqinisekileyo yayiyinto eyahlukileyo phakathi kwabo), bobabini babesamkelwa njengamahlakani kaBatman ngexesha elinye (uCass njengoBatgirl, kunye noSteph njengegqala lomtshabalalisi), babeneminyaka efanayo, bobabini babeyintloko Intombazana encinci isihloko esasithengisa ngokungaguquguqukiyo (iCassandra's Intombazana encinci ibikokokuqala ukuba umlinganiswa abe neenkwenkwezi kwisihloko sakhe, uSteph wanqunyulwa sisibhengezo seNew 52), kwaye bobabini kwafuneka bajongane nemeko yokuhlela eyayikhe yabakhuphela kwinqanaba eligqithisileyo.

UStephanie Brown ubanga isihloko sokuphela komntu obhinqileyo uRobin kuqhubekeko oluphambili lwe-DC hayi kuba umhleli wayecinga ukuba lixesha eliphezulu lokuba aphule isithintelo sesini, kodwa ngenxa yokuba bekugqityiwe ukuba uzakungcungcuthekiswa ade afe sisikhohlakali esimnyama soMnyama kwincopho Umxholo webali ozayo kwiincwadi zeBat. Abantu baseDC babecinga ukuba ukubonakala kwakhe njengomlinganiswa kuya kufuneka kwandiswe ukuba ukusweleka (okuthe ngobuchwephesha kwavela kukungakhathalelwa ngabom ezandleni zomnye umntu obhinqileyo, uGqirha Leslie Thompkins, owayesuswe kumabali kaBatman. ) zaziza kuba nefuthe elifanelekileyo kubafundi. Ekugqibeleni, ukusweleka kukaSteph kwagxothwa kwakhona ukuba yayiyinyani ngalo lonke ixesha: UBatman watyhilwa ukuba ebekrokrela ngalo lonke elixesha kodwa engaxeleli mntu, nditsho noRobin (ngeloxesha uTim Drake), waphinda waphinda wamthanda, kuba… kuba wonke umntu uyazi ijerk. Oku kuphindwe kabini njengenkcazo yokuba kutheni uBatman ebonakale engakhange ahlukane nokufa kukaSteph (ngakumbi xa kuthelekiswa noko kwakusele kukufa kweBatfamily emfazweni, uJason Todd).

Amabali amaninzi amabali kamva, kwiphepha lokuqala elitsha elitsha Intombazana encinci uthotho olujolise ekuboniseni uStephanie Brown, uCassandra wavuma kuStephanie ukuba wayephoxekile ngokuba liqabane likaBatman, kwaye ke ngoku wayemshiya nendima kaBatgirl. Oku kwakusemva kwexesha elide apho uCassandra wabhalwa njenge-villain, umbulali, kunye nentloko ye-League of Assassins. Oku kunokubonakala kungathandeki kuhlobo apho amaqhawe atshintsha rhoqo amacala xa ababhali begqiba ekubeni kuya kuba mnandi, kodwa apha i-twist ibaleke ngokuchaseneyo nokubuyela umva komlinganiswa. Owayesakuba nguMhleli weDC UScott Peterson ichaze umxholo wokuqala kaCassandra Ndiyayithanda lento : ochwayitileyo kunye no-chipper kwaye uhlala elungile kwaye ulungile kwaye unomnqweno opheleleyo wokufa. Indlela ebilawulwa ithatha inkcazo encinci.

Imvelaphi kaCassandra yayiyintombi yabona babulali babini babalaseleyo emhlabeni, uDavid Cain noLady Shiva, abamkhulelweyo kwinto eyayiyintengiselwano yeshishini. UDavid Cain wayenomdla ngumbono wokuphinda abeke indawo yolwimi kwingqondo yomntu ukuze afunde izinto ezibonakalayo endaweni yezomlomo, kwaye emva kokuba uninzi lusilele kuvavanyo ngabantwana abaxhwilwe, wagqiba kwelokuba kufuneka akhulise umntu kwasekuzalweni. Ngeminyaka esibhozo ubudala, uCassandra wayengasakwazi ukuthetha, kodwa wayenobungozi njengombulali wakho oqhelekileyo onamava. Malunga nelo xesha, phantsi kwemiyalelo kayise, wabulala umntu okokuqala. Ngobuntununtunu bakhe bokuphakama kulwimi lomzimba, uCassandra wayenokufunda iyintshi nganye yentlungu yendoda kunye noloyiko njengoko esweleka, kwaye kwangoko wazimisela ukubaleka utata wakhe kwaye angaze ammamele kwakhona. Njengomntu ofikisayo, weza eGotham kwaye waba ngomnye wabantwana abangenamakhaya owayesebenza njengempimpi kunye no gopheli kaBarbara Gordon, emva koko u-Oracle, ngexesha leziganeko ze Akukho Mhlaba woMntu , kwaye ekugqibeleni ngemvume kaBarbara waba nguBatgirl wesibini.

Waziswa ngexesha apho ababhali nabahleli bezihloko ezahlukeneyo ezinxulumene noBatman bekhululekile kwaye benomdla wokugxila kubudlelwane phakathi kwabantu abalinganiswa abohlukeneyo kunye neengxaki zabo ezahlukeneyo zeemvakalelo. Kwaye ke bakhulise indlela yokuba afundiswe nguBatman nangona wayenamava kunye nokuziphatha, icala elifanelekileyo: wayeqinisekile ukuba akonelanga ukunceda abantu njengoBatgirl. Olona hlobo lwenyani lokuhlawulela ngokwenza isenzo sokubulala, emehlweni kaCassandra, yayikukufa sisenzo sokunceda abantu abamsulwa, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha wayeya kwamkela ukufa kwakhe njengesona sisombululo sisiso kwingxaki kunokuba simqwalasele sonke ukhetho. Ngokwendalo, uBatman owayebambekile wayengenalo kwaphela ixesha loko.

Bendiphi? Kunene. Yiyo loo nto ebhala uCassandra Cain njengombulali nombulali, okanye umntu owayephoxekile kukuthunywa kukaBatman ngenene etsiba iimayile kude nomlingiswa ophambili. U-Oracle noNightwing ngequbuliso baqonda ukuba, kwiminyaka emva kokuba eqale ukuba nguBatgirl, uCass wayeqaphele nje ukuba usaziwayo uBruce Wayne wayenguBatman, ngenxa yokuba wayengenawo nomdla wobuntu bakhe obuyimfihlo. Akazange ahlangane noBatman kwaye azibuze ukuba yintoni emenza ukuba enze oku. Kwanele kuye ukuba azi ukuba into ayenzileyo ilungile. Ngokucacileyo angathanda ukuyenza. Kuba yayilungile.

Kodwa uCass noSteph nabo banomahluko. USteph uyathetha, ade atsho kamnandi, ngelixa uCass, ngelixa ekrelekrele kakhulu, esasebenza ukubekwa kwangaphambili. Amabali malunga noSteph angabamba ngokulula i-superhero yolutsha ngeeha zesikolo esiphakamileyo apho imeko yosapho kaCass iluthintelo. Uhlobo lukaSteph lungumnqweno osisiseko, malunga nokuzama kakhulu ukuba yinto enzima kakhulu, kwaye uzikhethele xa usiwa. Xa uCass eqala ukuba nguBatgirl, wayesele elungile ekulweni-ngesandla-kunangalo naliphi na ilungu leBatfamily ethintela uBatman. Uya kuqhubeka nokwenza izinto ezinje ngokubetha u-Lady Shiva kumlo olungileyo, into enabantu abambalwa kuphela kwi-DCU abanakho.

Kwaye ke, uSteph u-blonde kwaye uluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kwaye uCass ukhona, kwaye uhlala etsalwa njenge, (ngokucacileyo) waseAsia.

Zininzi izizathu zokuba kutheni uStephanie Brown enokuba nefani enkulu kunegama likaCassandra Cain. Ube nguBatgirl kutsha nje, uthotho lwakhe lwaludume kakhulu xa kwabhengezwa iNew 52 kwaye ke waba ngumzekelo olula wesimilo somntu obhinqileyo kodwa esingaqondakaliyo, nangona umthetho wokuhlela umgcine kwindawo ebonakalayo amaxesha amaninzi ebenethamsanqa ukuba ibhalwe njengophawu oluhambelana ngakumbi, kwaye yona yeyona nto ingummangaliso kakhulu: nguPeter Parker, ukuba uyathanda. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba kuya kuba kukungazi kakuhle ukungahoyi ukubanakho ukuba ubuhlanga bakhe (kwaye nenyani yokuba uneempawu zobuntu bobufazi) kufuneka kumnike ithuba elingcono lokungabi nabuntu kunye nokuhlela.

Ukuba sele uza kuvuka isinqe sam malunga nokuba ukuthanda kukaStephanie Brown akwenzi njani ukuba umntu abe nobuhlanga, nceda ubhekise kwinxalenye yeli nqaku apho ndibonisa khona abalinganiswa ababhinqileyo akufuneki babekwe ngokuchaseneyo. Ukuthanda uStephanie Brown akazenzeli ngokobuhlanga (unokuba nobuhlanga nangaliphi na ezinye izizathu, andazi, ndoda). Ngaba isizathu sokuba ndingazange ndibe nomdla wokwenene kuSteph kwaye bendihlala ndimthanda uCassandra Kaine ukuba mna, ndinguhlanga oluxubekileyo? Kukho zonke iintlobo zezizathu zokuba kutheni abantu bachonga umlinganiswa. Ngamanye amaxesha, kungenxa yokuba kunye naloo mlinganiswa baya kuphawula into efanayo kwifom yobalo yabantu base-U.S. Kubalulekile ukwamkela ukuba, kwaye iindlela ezinokuthi zenze ngayo imithombo yeendaba xa udidi lobalo lwabantu oluthile lusenza uninzi lwabantu abajongene nokudala imithombo yeendaba kunye nokuyikhuthaza.

Inqaku lokuhlela aligqibekanga, kwaye akukho fandoms. Ukuba sibanga ukuba esinye sezizathu zokuba sifune uStephanie Brown kwi-52 eNtsha yayikukunyusa iyantlukwano eyayilahlekile kumthetho wokuhlela ukuqala kwakhona, okanye ukuba sifuna ukuba abuyele kwinxalenye yokujongana nebango elihlekisayo lokuba abathathu Batgirls kufuneka incitshiswe ibe nye ngenxa yokulula kodwa iiRobins ezine ziyafikeleleka ngokugqibeleleyo, emva koko kuya kuba kukuphakama kohanahaniso ukuhlala phantsi uphumle ngoku uSpoiler ebuyile, ngelixa uCassandra Cain esasebhentshini. Ndiyathemba ukuba olona loyiko lwam lukhulu kakhulu, kwaye ndiyathemba ukubona uCass njengoBlack Bat, eyona nto ayenzileyo ngokugqwesileyo, amaphepha ahlekisayo kwakhona.

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