On the Cusp by Esther-Channah (G)

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Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: Babs Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle)
Length: short character piece
Author on LJ: dragonbat2006
Author Website: http://dragonbat2006.livejournal.com/tag/fanfiction
Why this must be read:

Because this fic is a well-written character study that shows us what was going on in Barbara Gordon's head at one of the most critical moments of her life. Babs Gordon was the first Batgirl; she eventually quit on her own without being forced out. Not long after, Joker decided to go after her father Jim Gordon the police commissioner; Babs opened the door to the Joker unsuspectingly, got shot (she lived, but was paralyzed from the waist down), and decided to turn herself into cyber-guru Oracle, tech and computer go-to girl for the whole bat-family. But she'd decided to leave the heroing business, and certainly she'd gotten a hard lesson in just what the collateral damage for standing up to Gotham's crazies could be. What made her go back, then of all times? Esther-Channah shows us, in the process giving us a look at a strong woman who makes her own choices and is not going to let any tragedy, even her own, destroy her.

On the Cusp