History YMMV / Batgirl2011

* BaseBreaker: Alisya Yeoh. Less about the character herself, and more about whether her being transgender is handled well or is being [[TokenMinority shoved into the reader's face to make the comic look progressive]]. Her getting DemotedToExtra when Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr took over made this worse.

** [[http://cdn.bleedingcool.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/BG-Cv41-Joker-variant-solicitation-68d7f.jpg This cover]] from June 2015's Joker variants got fans so riled up that DC decided to pull the cover altogether.

* Anvilicious: The latest run can be very preachy, especially concerning social media culture and popularity. The character Liam seems to be a spokesperson for this.

* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Oracle]]'s face and the individual declaring that [[spoiler:the Barbara we had seen thus far was ''not'' Batgirl, and that Oracle would be coming back to "take back what's [hers]"]] in Issue 39.

* UnfortunateImplications: Her newfound walking ability is summed up in this Gutter's [[http://www.the-gutters.com/comic/147-ron-chan comic]]

* UnfortunateImplications

** The bickering between Dinah and Barbara, somewhat carried over from the end of Birds of Prey, has upset some readers who miss their friendship. There are some who believe Barbara has not apologized enough to Dinah for what she did (which involved burning down Dinah's home), and others who think Dinah has been overly aggressive and catty. It does not help that Dinah is quick to take some of her anger out on Barbara's roommate.

* UnfortunateImplications: Her newfound walking ability is summed up in this Gutter's [[http://www.the-gutters.com/comic/147-ron-chan comic]]

** Barbara's return to being FunPersonified. Alongside the outfit, the vocal detractors of the change say that DC seems to be trying a bit too hard to transform Barbara into an {{Expy}} of the [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] Batgirl instead of, you know, ''bringing Stephanie back from limbo''.

** There are a few camps divided over the newest direction. Some absolutely love it, and find it welcome after Simone's rather dark and grim run. Others think the new Barbara acts out of character, at least compared to pre-{{Flashpoint}} versions. Some find that the number of social media references and trendy slang to be a bit excessive. Even then, most critics do seem to agree that although the book might not be for them, they do hope this new direction succeeds with its target audience.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Gail Simone stated that she was forced to make the book grim and gritty much to her frustration [[note]]Contrast her concurrent run on RedSonja at the time, which featured the titular character poisoned to the point of blindness, and it was still tonally lighter.[[/note]]. She then decided to quit, but, as noted above, a new editor was hired and who encouraged the new creative team to make the title fun. [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/07/11/gail-simone-left-batgirl-over-creative-differences-with-the-editor-who-then-left-dc-comics/]]

* AwesomeArt: [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=23837&disp=ilib&oty=1&oid=53962 Batgirl's new costume]] by Babs Tarr has been generally well received by critics and fans alike. It has garnered [[http://comicsalliance.com/best-batgirl-art-ever-this-week-babs-tarr-cameron-stewart-brenden-fletcher-fan-art/ tons of fan art]] in just a day after it was revealed.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The collective fan response to #31 has been overwhelmingly positive, if only due to the [=Nu52=] debut of Ragdoll from ''SecretSix'' as well as the implication that the Six still exist in the DC Universe, and that Scandal Savage is still married to Knockout and Liana Kerzner.

*** Plus, the first villain Batgirl faces is a deranged man named "Mirror" who's M.O. is to kill people who were saved from death by chance, thus undoing the "miracle". He might have been a TakeThat at the fans who thought Barbara should have stayed handicapped, though WordOfGod is that much of what's been perceived as meta-commentary actually [[http://gailsimone.tumblr.com/post/17297460858/wheres-the-beef-i-liked-batgirl-6-there-i-said-it isn't]].

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Oh, boy, where do we ''start''.... sufficient to say that Babs didn't had it easy from issue one, all [[Batman]]-related titles have gotten a very hard dose of [[Wangst]] from ''at least'' since DeathOfTheFamily, which made things exponentially worse for her, and let's leave it at that.

** Also, many people thought she became a much more interesting character as Oracle than as Batgirl.