Batgirl #8

[aeka]

After a nice chat with Dinah in the last issue, Barbara decides to confront one of her major issues....and it's not the *story that shall not be named*










I'm not sure I understand what the message here is. Did Barbara's mum think she was already a bad parent prior to James Jr killing the cat? Or did she think it was her fault that James Jr was a sociopath? Also how exactly is leaving your daughter with a son you know is a killing sociopath supposed to "save" her?

Sure, I could buy into Barbara's mum not being in her right mind, but if she was worried about her daughter's safety, surely she would have taken her daughter with her? Also, why exactly did she feel like she herself was a danger to her own daughter? For that matter why did she think she was a bad parent?

I'm back to square one.

Comments

[md84]

Jim Gordon has been through a lot:

1) His son has serious issues

2) His first wife left him

3) His daughter gets shot and paralyzed by a lunatic who then strips him naked and forces him in a demented carnival ride operated by S+M dwarves featuring nude pictures of his bleeding out daughter.

4) His second wife gets shot and KILLED by the same lunatic

and that's on top of being one of the only honest cops in the sea of corruption that is the Gotham police department. And one of the closest things he has to a friend also has issues, what with the whole "dressing up like a bat and going out at night to punch criminals in the face" thing.

It's a good thing Gordon doesn't have a dog too, otherwise some writer would have the Joker (or maybe Two-Face if they want to be original) kill it and cook it for him ala Fatal Attraction style.

[kazeno]

Christ, I forgot about Sarah. I know Tim Drake had a rough couple of years, but Jim Gordon really takes the cake as the saddest character in Gotham.

[halloweenjack]

If Jim Gordon had one more tragedy in his life, he'd be Miles O'Brien from Deep Space Nine.