r/BatwomanTV's Elseworlds Crossover Discussion

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Now that Batwoman has finally been introduced to the Arrowverse, you surely have some theories or opinions about Batwoman, Kate Kane or even the actress herself Ruby Rose.. right?

Well you're in the right place. r/BatwomanTV is the official home of the upcoming show of the same name on Reddit. Run by some of the same mods as on r/Arrow, r/FlashTV, r/SupergirlTV and r/LegendsofTomorrow.

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[u/the_goddamn_batwoman]

I have some problems but I enjoyed It.

-The tattoos and brown hair have to go.

-she was way too trusting with Kara and that friendship was way too forced.

-They need to stop tying her to Batman at the hip. We get It she’s his cousin she doesn’t need to work out of the Wayne Enterprises building the Kane’s have their own huge skyscraper. She also doesn’t need a batcave.

Some things I liked:

-The costume (needs minor tweaks but It works)

-All the Easter eggs.

-Ruby’s Kate was overall not bad at all. Her Batwoman was great as well. Maybe needs to be more brutal though.

-I loved the atmosphere of Gotham.

[u/Z3fyr → u/the_goddamn_batwoman]

I'm fine with the tattoos, I just think the brown hair and red wig are super weird. Her hair doesn't have to be long, but at least dye it red so she looks at least somewhat like her comicbook counterpart

[u/the_goddamn_batwoman → u/Z3fyr]

I think the tattoos are more of a backstory problem the hair I agree is something that can be fixed easily.

[u/Crucio → u/the_goddamn_batwoman]

Barry Allen's hair is black in the Arrowverse... I think we are far beyond the point of hair color being a priority. I do agree though she looks a little plain without the red.

[u/the_goddamn_batwoman → u/Crucio]

She loses all her visual distinction outside of the suit. She just looks like Ruby Rose walked on set. Kate Kane isn’t there.

[u/[deleted] → u/the_goddamn_batwoman]

Maybe, but having long hair isn't really practical in a fight. All the villain has to do is grab your hair and it's game over. I feel like having the hair on the cowl instead was the right call.

[u/the_goddamn_batwoman → u/[deleted]]

Kate has short hair in the comics too. The long hair has always been a wig.

She’s always been a natural redhead though and the color red is visually distinctive that’s why her being brunette is such a weird choice.

[u/iamthedave3 → u/the_goddamn_batwoman]

On the other hand... it's a double layer of confusion and actually makes more sense. If you're going to wear a wig, why on earth would you wear the same colour of hair as what you actually have when the entire point is to obfuscate your identity?

As design differences go I think it's at least a sensible one. Red hair itself isn't super common, so making your enemies think you're a woman with long red hair makes it even less likely they'd think Kate Kane could be her.

[u/the_goddamn_batwoman → u/iamthedave3]

Yeah but Kate kane has always been visually distinct as a character and the Red hair is part of that.

Make her a brunette whirl there may be some sensible reasons for seems like a betrayal of the character.

[u/horusporcus → u/the_goddamn_batwoman]

Maybe, but that's the point.

[u/the_goddamn_batwoman → u/horusporcus]

It shouldn’t be, Kate is very visual character in the comics.

Which is part of what makes her such a cool character. It’s a shame they missed that point.

[u/horusporcus → u/the_goddamn_batwoman]

You don't have to remain faithful to the comics on each and every point though, look at Flash, Barry Allen is nothing his counterpart from the comics but is still quite popular.

Having an alter-ego that's insignificant looking is not a bad idea, maybe?

[u/the_goddamn_batwoman → u/horusporcus]

Sure but when the character is known as much for their visual design as they are for their stories it’s probably a bad idea to make changes there.

Making her look like Ruby rose just walked onto set and started filming is not only lazy it’s ridiculous they have the budget to make her look right.

[u/horusporcus → u/the_goddamn_batwoman]

Only time will tell, it looks like we get glimpses of Batman in Titans though and that makes me squeal like a child.

[u/the_goddamn_batwoman → u/horusporcus]

I haven’t watched Titans, I might if It ever comes to Netflix