I'm bookmarking the fics to read later, because I only have a few minutes, but--
It occurred to me that Cassandra Cain was autistic. Comic book autistic, sure, in a disability = superpower sort of way, but relatable nonetheless.
That same thought occurred to me when someone was telling me about the movie Chocolate (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183252/)! It's about an autistic woman who is able to memorize and copy any actions or martial arts she sees (thus she is awesome at it and can kick a lot of ass).
So now we're at the point with Batgirl is back, but with what's most distinct and endearing about her erased. They Kid Flashed her Impulse, to put it obscenely. They wouldn't cure Barbara Gordon's paralysis and they wouldn't bring Batman's parents back from the dead.
I never looked at it from that angle before but...yes. That, exactly. The only way that I can see Beechen's mess being redeemed (without completely retconning it) is if while she can read and write, we find out that she's still far from what the average 20-year-old's literacy level should be at.
Because realistically, even being a very smart person, a year's worth of ESL for someone who never even had a first (verbal/written) language is not going to be enough. It would make sense for her to still have trouble with things like spelling, some vocab and the nitty-gritty grammar stuff that you only really learn by having your English essays pick apart with a red pen for years. Fits with the whole dyslexic/LD theory that Babs came up with she scanned Cass's brain or whatever.
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Date: 2008-10-05 09:53 pm (UTC)It occurred to me that Cassandra Cain was autistic. Comic book autistic, sure, in a disability = superpower sort of way, but relatable nonetheless.
That same thought occurred to me when someone was telling me about the movie Chocolate (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183252/)! It's about an autistic woman who is able to memorize and copy any actions or martial arts she sees (thus she is awesome at it and can kick a lot of ass).
So now we're at the point with Batgirl is back, but with what's most distinct and endearing about her erased. They Kid Flashed her Impulse, to put it obscenely. They wouldn't cure Barbara Gordon's paralysis and they wouldn't bring Batman's parents back from the dead.
I never looked at it from that angle before but...yes. That, exactly. The only way that I can see Beechen's mess being redeemed (without completely retconning it) is if while she can read and write, we find out that she's still far from what the average 20-year-old's literacy level should be at.
Because realistically, even being a very smart person, a year's worth of ESL for someone who never even had a first (verbal/written) language is not going to be enough. It would make sense for her to still have trouble with things like spelling, some vocab and the nitty-gritty grammar stuff that you only really learn by having your English essays pick apart with a red pen for years. Fits with the whole dyslexic/LD theory that Babs came up with she scanned Cass's brain or whatever.