The next article incorporates spoilers from DC vs. Vampires #8, on sale now.
Batgirl might need to kill Nightwing, however DC vs. Vampires #8 (by James Tynion IV, Matthew Rosenberg, Otto Schmidt, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Pierluigi Casolino, and Tom Napolitano) calls into query whether or not she will muster the energy to comply with by way of with it. Throughout a dream, Batgirl was ready to kill Nightwing, however when she lastly got here head to head with him, she succumbed to her lingering emotions for him. What’s much more disturbing is that she appeared looking forward to Nightwing to rework her into the vampire queen.
This hints that Batgirl could also be harboring doubts concerning the viability of humanity’s trigger. As well as, it additionally reveals a probably energy hungry facet of her that has by no means been seen earlier than. She wakened from the dream in shock, however the truth that her unconscious manifested such a state of affairs proves that becoming a member of the vampires isn’t removed from Batgirl’s thoughts. The query now could be whether or not she’s going to attempt to make this dream a actuality or not.
It is not shocking that Batgirl nonetheless has feeling for Nightwing. The 2 do love one another, however Nightwing’s betrayal and institution of a vampire kingdom twisted these emotions of affection into bitterness. Nevertheless, need doesn’t distinguish between love and hate. Batgirl nonetheless has some form of emotions for him, and seeing what he is completed in such a short while is a temptation that she is now wrestling with.
A part of what makes this explicit apocalypse so horrible is that it turns family members in opposition to each other. Brother fights brother, youngsters combat mother and father, and on this case, lovers combat amongst themselves. It might be extra regarding if Batgirl did not handle to carry onto some love for Nightwing, even after what he is turn into.
Sadly for everybody, these emotions would possibly compromise Batgirl’s means to comply with by way of together with her mission. She might have got down to put Nightwing down, however when she lastly comes face-to-face with him, she might not be capable to finish him. Given how the story is progressing, Batgirl appears the one probably to kill Nightwing, so her having doubts about it might spell doom for what stays of humanity.
Then there may be the political facet to contemplate. Nightwing’s betrayal killed off an excellent many heroes, leaving the survivors with a set of leaders who aren’t used to being in such a place. Even now, the varied surviving heroes and villains can not agree on a plan of action. Batgirl has spent months endlessly squabbling together with her remaining allies over totally different plans of assault, and it is clear the impasse is grating on all their nerves.
One virtually could not blame her for eager to turn into Nightwing’s queen. There would solely be one individual above her, an individual she would love and belief, everybody else must obey her instructions whether or not they appreciated it or not. It might not even be about being listened too, having been given a style of true authority could be a bit addicting to her, and realizing that it could by no means attain past the survivors of humanity, a tiny kingdom at greatest, would not be sufficient for her. Batgirl might find yourself being a fair larger tyrant than Nightwing ever was.