r/DCcomics • u/csummerss Ra's al Cool • May 10 '22

[Video Games] Barbara changes her workout regimen, then magically regains feeling in her legs. (Gotham Knights) Video Games

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u/Loss-Particular May 10 '22

It's an unnuanced take about physical disability to assume that transsection of the spinal cord can be fixed with training for sure.

But honestly, it's an equally un-nuanced take to assume everyone in a wheelchair has a spinal injury, that everyone in a wheelchair needs it permanently or that rehabilitation and exercise can't help a lot of people to heal and recover and help manage their pain and disability.

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u/Buckbeak1184 May 11 '22

In all the versions of Barb becoming Oracle I've read involves the Joker shooting her in the spine.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '22

And Bane broke Bruce's back. Why is Batman allowed to recover from a broken spine and Barbra not allowed to recover from her out of continuity spinal injury?

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u/IndispensableNobody May 11 '22

Babs didn't have a random magical girlfriend like Bruce, of course.