![]() ![]() ![]() Making her see that she can be the center of her own story. “I thought for Cass it would be important to have someone who kind of looks like her when she’s older, who is mentoring her and helping her. ![]() “It was really important to me that Cass had someone to look up to who was an Asian American woman, because in my own life that has certainly been important to me,” said Kuhn. While Barbara and Cassandra’s relationship is rooted in comic book history, Jackie is a “Shadow of the Batgirl” original character. Two people who take an interest in Cassandra and her well-being are Barbara from the library, who knows an awful lot about gadgets and Batgirl, and Jackie Fujikawa Yoneyama, who owns a ramen shop. To write those first moments after she’s escaped her abusive father and she is finding happier things, more joyful things, connections with people love of all different kinds.” “That made me really want to find the joy for her. “There’s so much empathy in that design,” said Kuhn. “There’s trauma and abuse and other heavy issues.”Īnd she credit’s Goux’s art for helping her really connect with Cassandra and the story they wanted to tell. ![]() As a writer known for work that is generally more “fun and joyous and happy,” Kuhn said it was a challenge to push herself to explore the darker aspects of Cassandra’s backstory in a meaningful and authentic way. ![]()
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