Okay, now that I'm on my computer, I can address this properly, instead of my other screwed up posts. In response to someone on tumblr who commented on how disappointed they were over Babs "losing", Gail Simone responded with the following:
Totally sorry you were disappointed! It’s always a bummer when someone doesn’t like an issue, especially when they have been so supportive.
The issue is being very well reviewed but I completely get what you are saying.
The thing is, it’s not that Barbara lacks confidence in this issue, or that she can’t get a shot in. There’s a difference here, in that Batwoman comes in guns blazing, ready to fight. Batgirl doesn’t WANT to fight.
It’s a different fight from most comic book fights, in that it’s not two people going full-out. Batgirl is reluctant, and she doesn’t really believe that Batwoman is bad. She’s not like Wolverine or Batman, who might throw punches FIRST and figure out if they were necessary later. Throughout the run, we have tried to show Batgirl as having strength, but also being a little smarter and more compassionate than just another cowl-jockey.
If she’s really, really wanted to give Batwoman a fight, she would have. At least that’s my take on it. I’m not saying who would win. But in that moment, it makes sense to me that Batgirl would hesitate.
Hope that makes sense.
Sorry you didn’t care for the issue! :(
So yeah, Babs wasn't actually trying to fight Batwoman there. She was just trying to asses and diffuse the abrupt situation. Had she actually been going all out, things would have ended much differently. In an earlier issue, we saw Babs on equal footing with Nightwing, so that's about where her skill level is. In my honest opinion, Kate, while putting up a good fight, would probably lose eventually against a no-holds-barred Babs. Later in that same issue, she took on all the members of the Disgraced at once and was holding her own just fine before backup arrived.
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